Anthony Mackie & Stephanie Beatriz Talk Twisted Metal S2

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We're in for a treat in Twisted Metal season 2, according to Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz. They've been telling Melissa Nathoo about Axel joining, Mackie's dancing and more. Report by Nathoom. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I'm a very good dancer, okay?

00:02Anthony's like a beautiful prism.

00:05We brought a lot of oil to make him stand out the way he did.

00:11Mackie and Stephanie, good to see you guys. How are you?

00:14Hey, Melissa.

00:15Yeah, good. How are you?

00:16I'm very well. It's always a pleasure.

00:18Mackie, you always bring the energy.

00:20I always think if someone can, like, bottle your energy

00:22and your charisma, like, they'd make millions.

00:25Like, you're my guy.

00:26Oh, well, you know, I am a good time.

00:30So, you know, I just try to enjoy it and let it seep out where it may.

00:35Listen, you bring a good time, both of you, to be honest, in this season.

00:40What? Have I embarrassed you?

00:44No, it's... No, don't worry about it.

00:47You know, Anthony's got a lot of...

00:51Anthony's like a beautiful prism.

00:53It's got so many different kinds of sides to him.

00:58But my particular favourite is Party Anthony,

01:01when he's, like, got a little glass of something in his hand

01:04and his whole court. That's my favourite.

01:06It's a good time.

01:07It's a good time.

01:08It's a good time.

01:09Listen, this season's a good time as well, guys.

01:12It's tournament time as well, which is what the fans have been waiting for.

01:16If people haven't seen season one, though,

01:18is there anything important they need to know going into season two?

01:22Or can you just jump straight in?

01:24I think you can jump straight in.

01:25You know, season one was basically the relationship between John and Quiet

01:34and how, you know, we brought Sweet Tooth into that.

01:38And moving forward, we kind of reintroduced everybody in a smart way,

01:43in a completely different world.

01:45Because every year, every time the game was released,

01:49it was released with a new canvas and a new backdrop.

01:51So every season is a new canvas and a new backdrop with the same character.

01:55So the backstory doesn't really play into it.

01:58It just, it's just a layer that's added on top of it.

02:02How excited were you guys to have Axel finally joining?

02:04Because I know, Mac, you'd mentioned before as well,

02:07you were like, that was the character you were most excited to see.

02:10Like, what was that like having, finally having Axel in season two?

02:14It was insane.

02:15And he's, last year, I was most excited about Sweet Tooth.

02:18And I said, Sweet Tooth is going to be the breakout star still the show.

02:21And none of us are here except Sweet Tooth.

02:23This year, it's Axel, like, by far.

02:26And I love all the new characters.

02:28But Axel was one of those characters in a video game

02:30that was so ridiculous and so insane and so uncontrollably unique.

02:35To be able to say that we did that in the second season with that character

02:39and built that machine and Mike Shaw showing up and locking into the machine,

02:44it literally put me in the world.

02:47I couldn't imagine having to do that with an actor who had dots all over him

02:51and CGI and him into that.

02:53The fact that we practically did that and he was on set rolling around

02:57was insane and I think a testament to this season.

03:00And he's absolutely terrifying and really grounded and also very funny in the role.

03:06I don't know how he does all those things, but he does.

03:10And as a producer, I know for a fact we brought a lot of oil

03:15to make him stand out the way he did.

03:19It was outstanding.

03:20Nice.

03:21What is, like, I watch this and my jaw is on the floor

03:25at what happens, like, every single time.

03:28For you guys, what is, like, the coolest or the wildest thing

03:31that you got to do this season?

03:33There's a scene where we were, it was very, very cold.

03:36We were shooting in Canada.

03:38It was nighttime.

03:39We were all in this, like, giant lot and everything's wet

03:43and all the crew was, like, in their goose-down comforter jackets

03:47and all of us are freezing because we're in these, like, new costumes.

03:51Don't want to give anything away.

03:52But it was just so incredible because we have these lighting rigs

03:56that were amazing.

03:57It was practically lit.

03:58The lighting in that scene is not, like, CGI'd in.

04:02It's practically lit.

04:03The lighting is timed to what we're doing.

04:05There's explosions going off in the background.

04:07We were running across the...

04:09It was, it was, I felt like I was, like, I really,

04:13sometimes when I'm acting, I get so caught up in the play pretend

04:16that it really, it feels so real to me.

04:19And it felt so real that night.

04:21And it was so much fun.

04:22I had such a great time.

04:23I wasn't even cold.

04:24When the camera rolls, I'm not cold.

04:26Right, right.

04:27You know, it's one of my favorite things about acting

04:30is that, like, everything else disappears

04:31and you're just in the scene in the moment.

04:33I'm not going to brag.

04:34This isn't bragging.

04:35I'm just going to state a fact and let it be truth

04:37in the world that we live in.

04:39Uh, I'm a very good dancer, okay?

04:42And, you know, I got the boogie woogie bean.

04:45Like, I crush dancing.

04:47If you want to put down some parquet, you know,

04:50and turn on some music, I will show you what it looks like

04:53to be amazing on the dance floor.

04:55Boogie woogie bean.

04:58So, so I got an opportunity this season

05:02to let them know what Mack the Knife looked like

05:05because I was cutting up the dance floor.

05:07Mack the Knife is very musical.

05:09You should hear him sing.

05:10I mean, I would love to.

05:13I mean, so we had thong song in the first one.

05:15So now I guess we get dancing is going to be

05:17the iconic scene.

05:19I threw in a few local New Orleans dances.

05:23I put in some Baryshnikov.

05:25I put in some Martha Graham.

05:27Put in a little James Brown.

05:29I mean, I went across the spectrum.

05:32Cannot wait.

05:33And listen, I know you guys have probably been asked this

05:35many times.

05:36I'm still going to ask it.

05:37Obviously, when Calypso, if you win the tournament,

05:41you get your greatest desire granted for you guys.

05:46If it was you, Mackie and Stephanie,

05:48what would your greatest heart's desire be?

05:50What would you be wishing for?

05:51I will say the thing that I said already,

05:53which is I do want world peace.

05:56I wish that that would be my greatest wish.

05:59You can never beat that.

06:00No, I mean, you should have won a second.

06:03Yeah.

06:03I'll shorten mine.

06:05I would like to be able to speak dolphin and swim with dolphins.

06:11That was very, very good.

06:13Very specific.

06:14Yeah.

06:15Okay.

06:17Very different.

06:19Very different.

06:20I will end on that.

06:22Thank you so much, guys.

06:25Good luck with season two.

06:27It's always lovely to see you.

06:29Take care.

06:29Good luck with the support.

06:33Bye again.

06:34Bye.

06:35Bye.

06:37Bye.

06:38Bye.

06:40Bye.

06:43Bye.

06:48Bye.

06:49Bye.

06:50Bye.

06:51Bye.

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