‘Plane’ Exclusive Interview: Gerard Butler and Mike Colter

Opening in theaters on January 13th is the new action-thriller ‘Plane,’ which was directed by Jean-François Richet (‘Assault on Precinct 13’).

The film stars Gerard Butler (‘300,’ ‘Olympus Has Fallen,’ ‘Den of Thieves‘) as commercial pilot Brodie Torrance, who saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island, only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning.

When the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare (‘Luke Cage’s Mike Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. Now, Torrance and Gaspare must learn to trust each other and work together in order to rescue the passengers and survive.

In addition to Butler and Colter, the movie also features Yoson An, Daniella Pineda, Kelly Gale, Paul Ben-Victor, and Tony Goldwyn.

Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Gerard Butler and Mike Colter about their work on ‘Plane,’ what audiences can expect from the new movie, why Butler wanted to play this role, and the bond that is formed between his and Colter’s characters.

Moviefone: To start with, what would you each say to audiences on the point of watch this film to arrange them for the theatrical expertise they’re about to have?

Mike Colter: Listen, ‘Plane’ is a film that’s for everyone. Everybody goes to take pleasure in this movie as a result of this movie, it checks all of the bins. It’s a thriller, it is passionate, and it is motion. It’s a character-driven plot that you could’t get away from as a result of we mainly join and we’re from reverse sides of the spectrum. What persons are going to answer are issues that they’ve skilled of their life, but it surely’s a thrill experience and also you simply received to look at it from starting to finish, and it will be quick so take pleasure in.

Gerard Butler: I really feel like we’ve got the survival, we’ve got the drama, and we’ve got the thriller. It actually has a lot occurring. You’re coping with characters that are not superheroes, they’re characters that you could get behind. They’re the underdogs.

One, we’ve got what I believe is among the most thrilling motion sequences on the aircraft as we undergo this storm, that we aren’t letting anyone off the hook. You’re in it until the top and it is terrifying. It’s simply white knuckle, after which that is the beginning of the film. Once we land, we’re in a complete new world of Hell. But it is such an enchanting dynamic between the passengers, how do you management them?

Then me as a captain who’s fairly sq., large coronary heart, however I’ve to depend on basically an accused assassin, who I do know is much better on this surroundings than I’m. It results in a extremely, I believe, memorable relationship in an motion film between these two guys.

MF: Gerard, Brodie Torrance is an bizarre man thrown into a unprecedented circumstance. Can you discuss that and the challenges of enjoying a personality like that?

GB: For me, it was an opportunity for me to play a personality who’s, in loads of methods, extra like me as an individual. He’s an everyman. This morning that he wakes up, he is sort of a tragic man. He misplaced his spouse, and he is attempting to bond together with his daughter. He thinks he is flying on New Year’s Eve, and he will get some treasured time as a result of issues have not been going very properly in his profession. He is flying for an economic system airline on the opposite facet of the world. A number of hours later he realizes that he is able the place these subsequent few hours will outline his entire life, and he did not even know what it was going to tug out of him.

How far does a way of responsibility take you that you simply owe to your passengers or the folks round you? He clearly takes that to the acute, however as I say, there isn’t any perfection in these characters. Is he taking them down the incorrect path? Am I going to get all of them killed? A whole lot of the time, I’m gung-ho and this man this is like, “Yeah, that’s cool, but there’s other ways to go about this.” That’s one other fascinating factor about our dynamic.

MF: Finally, Mike, Louis Gaspare appears uniquely certified for the state of affairs he finds himself in. Can you discuss that and the partnership that he kinds with Brodie?

MC: It’s actually attention-grabbing as a result of we by no means actually lay out precisely all of his abilities, or something like that. But it is attention-grabbing as a result of throughout the context of the 2 characters, Brodie is extra gung-ho, as Gerard mentioned. I’m sort of pulling him again. He’s received all the guts, and he is received all of the dedication. I’m kind of assessing issues, attempting to determine methods to survive and the way to verify we do not do an excessive amount of and preserve us alive. We’re attempting to dwell to battle one other day.

So, I believe his character evokes my character to do issues that he usually would not do for different folks as a result of he is by no means needed to. In this case, he is an accused assassin. If something, he is about self-preservation. But I believe he simply sees the eagerness and the humanity in Brodie. That rubs off on him and that creates this bond between the 2 of them. Somehow you simply see them joined on the hip for a bit and it is an amazing factor to see.