Sinners, a horror film, proves to be a hit, starring Michael B. Jordan as twin brothers set in Mississippi in 1931. Now, Ryan Coogler, the director behind it, sheds light on the vampire movie.
“Every day was different. Every scene was different,” he shares on Entertainment Weekly on The Awardist podcast, while discussing how he directed the actor as an on-screen twin.
“Watching the movie, there are certain scenes you wouldn’t think were difficult,” he continues, nodding to Michael, who was there with him in the interview.
“Like…, you remember the day I almost lost my mind — where you guys had to drive the car and get into the bushes?”
Ryan notes, “Pulling off that shot was f**** crazy, because Mike’s driving, and we had to do a repeated pass of the car driving up and landing, them getting out of the car with the correct timing, and then interacting with the bush with the correct timing.”
The filmmaker, who also directed Black Panther, points to how Smoke and Stack, the twins Michael played, not only walk but also drive the car differently.
“You can see the difference in performance,” he shares, referring to the actor, adding, “but also, because of the timing, they have to enter the bushes in a certain way.”
Sinners is streaming on HBO Max.
