Harbour is an actor who gives everything and I really think you'll see that he did something special."įrom the trailer, you'll notice Santa dispatches his foes with various St. And without spoiling anything, Santa's backstory kind of plays into how he trained. And as we know, like what 87North did with Odenkirk and Nobody, or even what David Leitch did with John Wick and Atomic Blonde, he really wanted to do that too. " has great physicality," the director continued, "and he really wanted to train for it and do the action himself, to embrace it. And David, obviously is a great actor, has heart and humor." "When I talked to David, he had a lot of great ideas, and I knew he could really make this special. Stranger Things/Black Widow's David Harbour was just the right performer to play this Yuletide avenger. Our own crazy story."įinding the right actor to play Santa was paramount here, as this person would need to play a character that was both grounded and fantastical. And then try to make our own thing and based on that. "And for me, McTiernan, just as a director, is one of my favorite directors, and we try to pay tribute and honor that movie as much as we can. "Obviously, Die Hard was a big influence," Wirkola added. So yeah, it has a really interesting combination of things."
"And so when I went into it, I basically said 'we can do all this crazy action, we're gonna have fun, we're gonna have humor and darkness and all that stuff,' but I really want the audience when they leave the theater to feel like they've seen the Christmas movie. "There's a relationship in the movie between Santa and a little girl that really is the beating heart of the movie," he explained. Wirkola easily acknowledges the Die Hard comparisons here, and there are even moments in the movie meant to echo that classic 1988 action game-changer, but Violent Night isn't only that. IGN spoke to Wirkola about bringing Santa Claus fully into the realm of action movie heroes, complete with character flaws, one-liners, brutal beatdowns, and unexpected heart. Nick is more like John NICKlane here, battling armed thugs with Christmas lights, tree toppers, and even some ol' Kris Kringle magic. We've seen Santa portrayed in movies countless times, but never like this.
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