Bateman stars alongside Taron Egerton, Sofia Carson and Danielle Deadwyler in Netflix’s airport action-thriller.
— who plays as a mysterious man attempting to blackmail a TSA agent into allowing a dangerous package on a Christmas Eve flight — spoke about the unique take on his character. “I’m not some hardened criminal-looking kind of guy, so I’m glad they didn’t want me to play him like that,” he told. “They let me do it as just a guy and this is just his job. He wants to blow this plane up, move on to the next thing, and get home for the holidays too.
Carson, who arrived in a black Dolce & Gabbana couture gown, said she was particularly drawn to her role as Nora — the girlfriend of Egerton’s character, who also works at the airport — because it offered a refreshing take on a strong female character. “I was so happy to be offered the role of a woman in an action movie that was never once a damsel in distress,” she said.
As the film is released amid the holiday season, Rossi expressed his hope that it would offer a new perspective on the demanding and often misunderstood work of TSA agents. “The film gives you a sense of an insider where you can then learn empathy for what they actually go through and how hard it is,” Rossi said. “I think that if we did that with a lot of things, we’d have a better understanding of what people do.
Bateman, whose mother worked as a flight attendant, also reflected on how airport security has evolved over the years. “It’s pretty streamlined now. I mean, let’s put it this way, it’s much harder to do what my character tries to pull off nowadays than it was back when I was flying around with my mom. The security is pretty awesome these days.”, Egerton welcomed the parallels. “This film made me feel very Christmassy — that’s what I would love for it to do.
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