0:00:00.000,0:00:01.710 - Can you handle horror films? 0:00:01.710,0:00:03.060 No. 0:00:03.060,0:00:05.400 No, I don't watch horror movies. 0:00:05.400,0:00:07.140 I couldn't even tell you one, 0:00:07.140,0:00:09.000 but it was great working[br]with Robert Eggers. 0:00:09.000,0:00:12.330 That film is gonna scare[br]the (beep) out of you. 0:00:12.330,0:00:14.760 It will scare the living[br](beep) out of you. 0:00:14.760,0:00:16.320 Hey, it's Aaron Taylor-Johnson. 0:00:16.320,0:00:17.700 I'm here with "Esquire" 0:00:17.700,0:00:20.400 in this insane castle in[br]the middle of an island, 0:00:20.400,0:00:24.300 and "Esquire" has asked[br]me to explain some things. 0:00:24.300,0:00:28.462 So I'll try and do my best to[br]explain some things. (laughs) 0:00:28.462,0:00:31.045 (upbeat music) 0:00:34.230,0:00:37.470 Who can walk on their[br]hands longer, you or Sam? 0:00:37.470,0:00:39.690 I can, me. 0:00:39.690,0:00:40.920 To give Sam her credit, 0:00:40.920,0:00:42.780 Sam's actually upside down more 0:00:42.780,0:00:44.400 than I'm upside down actually. 0:00:44.400,0:00:47.070 In the mornings, I'll be[br]dancing round the kitchen 0:00:47.070,0:00:48.240 for the most part. 0:00:48.240,0:00:51.330 We have quite a bit of a[br]morning dance off most mornings. 0:00:51.330,0:00:52.839 Sam's most likely upside down 0:00:52.839,0:00:55.560 up against a wall somewhere on her head. 0:00:55.560,0:00:56.700 You have a good jump. 0:00:56.700,0:00:58.800 Explain the vertical skill. 0:00:58.800,0:00:59.793 I don't know, it comes from a sort of 0:00:59.793,0:01:02.160 like a dance background,[br]I guess, you know? 0:01:02.160,0:01:03.675 There's a lot of speculation 0:01:03.675,0:01:07.053 on whether there's a trampoline[br]or not, but there's not. 0:01:08.280,0:01:09.180 There was a reason why. 0:01:09.180,0:01:10.200 I'll tell you what, it's funny. 0:01:10.200,0:01:11.400 I was in Prague. 0:01:11.400,0:01:14.550 I thought I'd do a sort[br]of series of jumps, 0:01:14.550,0:01:16.590 and I did my first one, 0:01:16.590,0:01:18.840 and I jumped really high, but nobody knows 0:01:18.840,0:01:21.753 that when I landed, I[br]literally tweaked my knee. 0:01:21.753,0:01:25.075 I tweaked my knee, and I[br]was like hobbling around. 0:01:25.075,0:01:26.100 I couldn't jump. 0:01:26.100,0:01:28.530 And I was like, damn, I[br]have like five more jumps 0:01:28.530,0:01:30.727 I wanted to do, but everyone was like, 0:01:30.727,0:01:32.317 "I don't believe you jumped there. 0:01:32.317,0:01:33.720 "That's Photoshop." 0:01:33.720,0:01:35.757 And I'm like, "It's not." 0:01:36.900,0:01:37.852 How did it feel the first time 0:01:37.852,0:01:40.530 you saw yourself in this campaign? 0:01:40.530,0:01:43.020 Truth be told, I have four daughters, 0:01:43.020,0:01:46.800 all of which just rips dad to pieces. 0:01:46.800,0:01:50.197 So, (laughs) my youngest daughter said, 0:01:50.197,0:01:53.617 "Dad, you look like a posh dancer 0:01:53.617,0:01:57.957 "who thinks they are like[br]amazing, but really they're not." 0:01:59.130,0:02:02.100 You're never gonna be[br]cool when you're just dad. 0:02:02.100,0:02:04.170 You are in peak performance shape. 0:02:04.170,0:02:05.940 What's your training regime look like? 0:02:05.940,0:02:07.290 I'm actually really fortunate 0:02:07.290,0:02:09.750 I found out an incredible[br]trainer, David Kingsbury, 0:02:09.750,0:02:12.420 who trained Hugh Jackman for "Wolverine." 0:02:12.420,0:02:13.380 He trained me for this. 0:02:13.380,0:02:15.810 I'd never been in such crazy shape. 0:02:15.810,0:02:17.430 It was extreme. 0:02:17.430,0:02:19.350 There was so much discipline behind it. 0:02:19.350,0:02:20.910 You don't drink alcohol. 0:02:20.910,0:02:22.230 You eat clean. 0:02:22.230,0:02:25.230 You know, you're on such[br]a different sort of regime 0:02:25.230,0:02:27.690 that it's such a reset, and it was great. 0:02:27.690,0:02:29.010 And then I try and sort of stay 0:02:29.010,0:02:31.710 in that kind of somewhere in there. 0:02:31.710,0:02:33.630 What was the most surprising[br]thing you learned working 0:02:33.630,0:02:36.390 with Brad Pitt on "Bullet Train?" (laughs) 0:02:36.390,0:02:38.250 It's a very funny photo of us. 0:02:38.250,0:02:40.260 We had all sorts of ways of doing hearts. 0:02:40.260,0:02:42.030 Do you what was interesting on that tour, 0:02:42.030,0:02:44.370 he had these beautiful cashmere shirts, 0:02:44.370,0:02:47.250 God's Own Cashmere, which I found out 0:02:47.250,0:02:49.320 that pretty much everybody had, 0:02:49.320,0:02:52.470 but I didn't find that gift in my hotel, 0:02:52.470,0:02:55.280 but Joey King, she had a[br]beautiful cashmere shirt. 0:02:55.280,0:02:56.193 Good thing. 0:02:57.840,0:03:00.660 What do you love most about farm life? 0:03:00.660,0:03:02.370 That's everything to me actually. 0:03:02.370,0:03:06.150 There's nothing better than[br]being kind of like back at home 0:03:06.150,0:03:07.560 and out in the countryside. 0:03:07.560,0:03:09.630 Kind of keeping busy outside of work, 0:03:09.630,0:03:12.120 it's nice to have like[br]a hobby, to be creative, 0:03:12.120,0:03:13.800 to be kind of immersed in something. 0:03:13.800,0:03:16.230 It started with like really[br]enjoying cooking for the family, 0:03:16.230,0:03:17.850 and then it was like, well,[br]actually I wanna learn more 0:03:17.850,0:03:20.205 about where those ingredients come from. 0:03:20.205,0:03:21.990 And then it's like, well, you know, 0:03:21.990,0:03:24.660 the fresher, the better and more organic. 0:03:24.660,0:03:26.610 And then it was like, well,[br]then I started gardening, 0:03:26.610,0:03:27.990 and then it was a vegetable garden, 0:03:27.990,0:03:29.550 and you start to get[br]more involved with that. 0:03:29.550,0:03:31.020 And then it just got[br]further and further out. 0:03:31.020,0:03:31.920 And now I have pigs. 0:03:31.920,0:03:34.260 I'm looking at getting a couple cows. 0:03:34.260,0:03:35.093 You know, it's just stuff like that, 0:03:35.093,0:03:36.480 but it kind of keeps you busy, 0:03:36.480,0:03:38.288 and it's kind of like it's[br]just a sort of a thing 0:03:38.288,0:03:40.140 that's for you, you know? 0:03:40.140,0:03:43.200 Tom Ford personally shaved[br]Aaron Taylor-Johnson's 0:03:43.200,0:03:45.210 Golden Globe winning mutton chops. 0:03:45.210,0:03:47.250 Tom is so particular. 0:03:47.250,0:03:48.810 He's got such an eye for detail, 0:03:48.810,0:03:50.520 and he knows exactly what he wants, 0:03:50.520,0:03:51.840 and that's kind of the beauty of Tom 0:03:51.840,0:03:54.450 is that like there's structure and form, 0:03:54.450,0:03:57.870 and I think he just wanted[br]to kind of craft the look. 0:03:57.870,0:04:01.050 And I was so open to him just doing that 0:04:01.050,0:04:02.700 because I like playing characters, 0:04:02.700,0:04:04.410 and I like when you when[br]you jump onto something, 0:04:04.410,0:04:08.550 and you get to start to shed[br]yourself and then just start 0:04:08.550,0:04:10.900 to sort of put together[br]these other characters. 0:04:11.760,0:04:13.418 It doesn't really matter[br]how you kind of find it. 0:04:13.418,0:04:15.750 Like you can start from[br]the physical aspect 0:04:15.750,0:04:19.050 all the way through to like[br]the psychological aspects 0:04:19.050,0:04:21.089 of your character, but[br]they sort of kind of merge 0:04:21.089,0:04:22.170 at the same time. 0:04:22.170,0:04:25.140 How do you get into the[br]mindset of a psychopath? 0:04:25.140,0:04:26.850 Like anything, you're doing[br]your research, aren't you? 0:04:26.850,0:04:28.950 And then you're just[br]absorbing and soaking up, 0:04:28.950,0:04:30.982 and you're being a sponge for all of that. 0:04:30.982,0:04:35.190 And then you want to, you know,[br]adopt some of those nuances 0:04:35.190,0:04:37.830 and these bad habits and things like that 0:04:37.830,0:04:40.590 and then sort of bring them[br]out and play with them on set. 0:04:40.590,0:04:44.010 So yeah, it was just a very[br]toxic mindset you gotta be in. 0:04:44.010,0:04:46.860 If you had to have dinner[br]with one of your characters, 0:04:46.860,0:04:48.570 who would you choose and why? 0:04:48.570,0:04:49.890 So I got "Kraven the Hunter" here. 0:04:49.890,0:04:52.170 I got Lieutenant Ford from "Godzilla." 0:04:52.170,0:04:53.520 Isaac, "The Wall," no. 0:04:53.520,0:04:55.350 Ray Marcus, absolutely not. 0:04:55.350,0:04:58.470 Friedrich Harding from[br]"Nosferatu," I just played, 0:04:58.470,0:05:01.590 he'd be quite a laugh for dinner actually. 0:05:01.590,0:05:03.210 He'd be quite a laugh for dinner. 0:05:03.210,0:05:04.590 What's the most surprising[br]thing you learned 0:05:04.590,0:05:06.900 about John Lennon while[br]playing him in "Nowhere Boy?" 0:05:06.900,0:05:09.000 What was kind of[br]interesting about that story 0:05:09.000,0:05:12.150 was the impact of what rock and roll 0:05:12.150,0:05:16.440 and what Elvis sort of inhabited[br]like this effect on women. 0:05:16.440,0:05:18.780 And I think in this story,[br]we was kind of playing 0:05:18.780,0:05:21.660 with the themes of these[br]maternal figures around him. 0:05:21.660,0:05:23.220 He was living with his aunt Mimi, 0:05:23.220,0:05:25.110 but he sort of discovered[br]his mother a bit late, 0:05:25.110,0:05:27.600 but she was into rock and[br]roll, and then he saw Elvis, 0:05:27.600,0:05:30.180 and he saw this effect[br]that he had on women. 0:05:30.180,0:05:32.040 It was like, okay, I want that attention, 0:05:32.040,0:05:33.300 but not from everybody else. 0:05:33.300,0:05:35.100 All he wanted was the attention 0:05:35.100,0:05:37.350 from, you know, that[br]one person, his mother. 0:05:37.350,0:05:39.570 What's a cheat day look like for you? 0:05:39.570,0:05:41.010 Lots of pizza, man. 0:05:41.010,0:05:42.000 Pizza and pasta. 0:05:42.000,0:05:43.146 On the day of wrap of "Kraven," 0:05:43.146,0:05:45.030 I had a pizza truck turn up, 0:05:45.030,0:05:47.296 and we all just munched on pizza. 0:05:47.296,0:05:48.510 That's good. 0:05:48.510,0:05:49.758 The character Kraven is one 0:05:49.758,0:05:52.440 of Spider-Man's notorious villains. 0:05:52.440,0:05:53.880 He's quite a big dude. 0:05:53.880,0:05:55.920 I remember looking at the comic books 0:05:55.920,0:05:57.810 and thinking his arm's really, really big, 0:05:57.810,0:05:59.820 but also, you know, it's[br]his stomach as well, 0:05:59.820,0:06:01.230 which is a bit of a contradiction really, 0:06:01.230,0:06:03.000 because if you want to put on some size, 0:06:03.000,0:06:05.910 you've gotta eat a lot, but[br]you're not really gonna end up 0:06:05.910,0:06:07.440 with a washboard stomach. 0:06:07.440,0:06:09.120 So that was quite tricky, 0:06:09.120,0:06:10.230 but I did train really hard, 0:06:10.230,0:06:12.840 spent, you know a good six[br]months training really hard 0:06:12.840,0:06:15.690 to put on size, so I had[br]that kind of physicality 0:06:15.690,0:06:16.590 for this character. 0:06:16.590,0:06:19.680 Also, the action side of[br]things is really agile, 0:06:19.680,0:06:21.840 so, you know, I really[br]wanted to show his movement. 0:06:21.840,0:06:24.660 His technical sort of[br]skillset is that he tracks 0:06:24.660,0:06:25.666 and hunts down his prey. 0:06:25.666,0:06:29.310 So, you know, that's really important. 0:06:29.310,0:06:30.960 What seems really interesting, I mean, 0:06:30.960,0:06:33.960 it is something that inherently is a part 0:06:33.960,0:06:36.840 of the character and the[br]introduction to Kraven 0:06:36.840,0:06:38.580 in this movie. 0:06:38.580,0:06:42.150 So, I think it's really[br]interesting how Kraven's connection 0:06:42.150,0:06:46.200 to his iconic lion vest[br]is in the comic books. 0:06:46.200,0:06:48.120 So I think we wanna stay true and integral 0:06:48.120,0:06:51.510 to the comic books, and, you[br]know, it's really important 0:06:51.510,0:06:54.600 to give the comic book[br]fans what they've seen 0:06:54.600,0:06:58.080 and grown up with and try[br]and translate that to cinema. 0:06:58.080,0:07:00.630 So, that took some really a lot of time 0:07:00.630,0:07:03.960 and thought into how we[br]would get to that place. 0:07:03.960,0:07:04.793 Oh, that was it. 0:07:04.793,0:07:05.626 Thanks for watching. 0:07:05.626,0:07:08.323 All right, cheers. 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