For me personally, it wasn’t so much in the weapons training but just the logistics part of it.

TK: “There’s these close quarter gun fights and they really helped ground that stuff. How did their teachings marry up with your own Navy SEALS training to inform how you played Ray? I went there to study and it’s got its own energy, it’s an infectious city.” ICON: There were NYPD offices on the set of 21 Bridges. From the people to running into so many different artists to people grinding, I loved it. And I love that challenge that that city brings. It can either really beat you up and test you or elevate you. I love the energy, especially when you’re in your early 20s. TAYLOR KITSCH: “Man, I come from a tiny town so I couldn’t believe how this little island of so many people worked. What was your first experience with the city? But it’s not your first time in Manhattan. ICON: A lot of the film was shot in Philadelphia and you came back and forth to New York to shoot. Here, 38-year-old Kitsch talks to ICON about how his training with Navy SEALS helped inform Ray, how he kept his body in shape for the role and how he got into the head of a wild man. Then we flood the island with Blue” says Andre.Ī live-wire and maybe even a little bit psychotic, Ray keeps audiences on the edge of their seats for the entire film. When the only option to escape is to kill all the cops in their way, the boys are wanted men as Davis orders the city of Manhattan to be closed at every portal: all 21 bridges, three rivers, four tunnels and every train that leaves the island. Ray and his best friend Michael (played by Stephan James) are small-time thieves whose latest heist involving cocaine is interrupted by a bunch of police officers. The Friday Night Lights actor stars as Ray, an outlaw on the run from NYPD detective Andre Davis (Chadwick Boseman) in a film that nods to those pulpy cop movies of yesteryear – but operates at a far more thrilling pace.

Warning: Taylor Kitsch’s character in his new movie 21 Bridges is absolutely brutal – and, for that, insanely watchable. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 19: Stephan James, Sienna Miller, Chadwick Boseman, and Taylor Kitsch attend “21 Bridges” New York Screening at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on Novemin New York City.

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