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Josh Brolin Talks Soldado Which Is "Bigger" Than Sicario

Published Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:15:42 -0500

Sicrio was a fantastic little movie that came out a few years ago and it's getting a kick ass sequel in 2018. Star Josh Brolin recently did an interview with Collider about Soldado and what we can expect.

"You know what? That movie, honestly, I'll just tell you really quick, when I first saw it I was like, 'Okay, it's a good movie and I think we need to trim some things. We need to do this, and this, and that to it.' Everybody else had their notes and then when they saw the final cut it's a really good movie. I'm really excited about it. I was actually surprised at how good it turned out."

Brolin revealed that he wasn't sure how Sicario would turn out but was extremely pleased with how it turned out.

"When I saw [Sicario], I said, 'This is a really fucking good movie.' When I finished the movie, I thought it was going to be OK. I had seen Denis's movies. I knew he was a great director, but not everybody's perfect and not everybody can put a good movie together no matter what their intentions are, but when I saw Sicario I didn't know what happened. I was like, 'I know we accomplished a good movie, but why don't I remember this?'

I kind of felt the same way [with Soldado], and maybe that all stems from Taylor Sheridan's writing and the fact that you can only fuck up his scripts to a certain extent, but it's still going to be a good movie because maybe it does all start with the script. When you have an OK script you're constantly manipulating it to make it sound decent, is one thing. When you have a great script and you're just trying to do justice to it, maybe that's something else, and I think that's what we experienced with him."

When it comes to the content of the movie we Brolin echoed what writer Taylor Sheridan said earlier this year; if you thought Sicario was dark wait until you see this one.

"I think it's just more severe, man. All the way around. I think the characters are more severe. I think the movie is more severe. I think it's just much bigger. It's just a bigger scope film. Like I said, when I saw it it was like Sicario felt like a small movie to me, even though it was a very intimate movie. I've always said I don't understand why bigger movies can't be just as intimate, if not more intimate. Why do they have to be less emotional? I think Soldado's a perfect example of that. I think it's extremely emotional. I think it's extremely tense and it deals with similar subject matters."

Sheridan has shot to the top of many people lists for writers to watch after his offerings with not only Sicario but Hell of High Water and his directorial debut Wind River this year. Soldado is coming out in a packed summer next year but it is absolutely one to keep an eye on.

Summary: A follow-up to the 2015 film 'Sicario', which centers around the escalating war against drugs along the border of the United States and Mexico.

Soldado, directed by Stefano Sollima, stars Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Benicio Del Toro, Matthew Modine, and Jeffrey Donovan. It will be released on June 29, 2018.

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