It's time to go behind the scenes of the Paramount+ crime drama movie Finestkind, directed by Brian Helgeland.
Finestkind Cast:
Jenna Ortega, Ben Foster, Toby Wallace and Tommy Lee Jones
Stream Finestkind now on Paramount+!
Finestkind Cast:
Jenna Ortega, Ben Foster, Toby Wallace and Tommy Lee Jones
Stream Finestkind now on Paramount+!
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Short filmTranscript
00:00 [VIDEO PLAYBACK]
00:01 - Once you get out on the ocean, you
00:05 can't help but understand it's the biggest, most
00:08 powerful thing on Earth.
00:09 - You live, you die, it's the in-between that counts.
00:17 Ray Eldred said so, right?
00:19 - The part that I'm personally involved with
00:22 has to do with the relationship between a father
00:25 and a son, which is a very old theme.
00:27 Yes or no?
00:29 No.
00:30 I'd like to help you out, Ray, but you
00:32 make it pretty goddamn tough.
00:34 - In the case of Tom and Eldredge,
00:37 they're the same person in a lot of ways,
00:40 and they've had a difficult past together.
00:43 - You can't work with people.
00:44 Can't get along.
00:46 - You know why I fish?
00:49 Because when I'm out at sea, every asshole disappears.
00:54 - Ben Foster plays Tom.
00:57 He's absolutely incredible.
00:58 He's just fascinating to watch.
01:00 He's got this volatile--
01:01 - Tom!
01:02 - --almost unhinged quality about him that he shares with Tom.
01:06 - You set us up.
01:07 - Whoa, whoa, whoa!
01:08 - Charlie, you set us up!
01:10 - Tom was a bit of a guide for Charlie.
01:12 I want to go fishing.
01:13 - Why?
01:14 - I'm curious.
01:15 - Curious about what, Charlie?
01:17 - I love Toby.
01:19 He's kind of hard not to.
01:22 - Mabel!
01:22 - Charlie!
01:24 - They're both kind of in the same place in life,
01:26 trying to move past what they've been raised as
01:29 or what they've been doing in the past.
01:32 - This is where I'm from, right?
01:34 It's not where I'm going.
01:35 - OK.
01:36 - We got Jenna Ortega.
01:38 I always say she's a Navy SEAL of the cast,
01:40 because she just comes in, bangs away, and leaves no prisoners
01:44 and walks off in two takes.
01:45 - I'll tell you when to stop.
01:47 - I'm not your father, Charlie.
01:49 I'm that son of a bitch Ray Eldridge everybody
01:51 tries to steer clear of.
01:52 - Tommy Lee Jones, you're getting
01:54 to paint with a master painter.
01:57 And I've admired his work for years.
01:59 - Tommy did a scene the other day where he gets out of the car
02:02 and as he's getting out of the car, he says, finest kind.
02:04 He did it like, the finest kind.
02:08 And everyone went, oh, that's how you say it.
02:09 - Finest kind.
02:11 - That's exactly how you say it.
02:14 - When I read the script, I just said,
02:16 I need to get out there.
02:17 - I've never fished a day in my life.
02:19 The first time that I got on the boat to do some training,
02:21 it was docked.
02:23 And I got seasick.
02:26 - I thought it would be invaluable
02:28 if several members of the cast at least went to sea
02:31 and learned a little bit about what it was like.
02:34 - It was an adventure.
02:35 And struggling with the elements out there.
02:37 - Green water's coming over the ship.
02:39 People are sliding around.
02:42 - It was crazy.
02:42 It was this experience that I'll never forget.
02:45 And at times, it was a nightmare.
02:47 - We're all losing it.
02:48 - But that experience definitely bonded us together,
02:51 which I think is an important aspect of our character
02:53 in the movie and our chemistry together.
02:56 - It's been amazing.
02:56 We all form a really, really good relationship
02:58 and connection.
03:00 - There's just really good chemistry between everybody.
03:04 - They're very playful, but very, very good at what they do
03:08 and very respectful.
03:10 - Brian is really great because he trusts us
03:12 to kind of take our characters to where we have to take them.
03:15 - And really wants to give actors the space
03:17 to do what they need to do.
03:19 - Being surrounded by so much commitment
03:22 and talent, it takes it to another level.
03:25 We become engines for each other.
03:29 - The rhythm of a scene in this movie
03:31 is discovered by actors as they play that scene.
03:36 The scene is born alive.
03:38 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:41 - Outward bound.
03:44 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:47 [BLANK_AUDIO]