Beau Knapp chats with THR at 'The Bikeriders' premiere and reveals what he thought when he first read the script. Plus, he dishes on his "love-hate relationship" with motorcycles.
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00:00What did you think when you first read the script?
00:03I thought it was incredible. I mean, Jeff Nichols is the best writing director I've ever met, you know, and his previous work is just gold, you know, so, yeah, it was easy.
00:14Did you have a relationship with motorcycles beforehand, or was this kind of the first foray into it?
00:19Yeah, absolutely, a love-hate relationship. Yeah, yeah, I broke my hip riding motorcycles when I was a kid, but yeah, I grew up riding dirt bikes and Harleys,
00:29and it was good to get back on the bike.
00:31Did you have to do as much training then, or were you pretty, like, well-versed?
00:35I was ready to go, yeah, absolutely.
00:38And it feels like a bunch of you have been kind of long-time riders. Who was the best one of you, of the group?
00:44Riding? Probably Corky, probably Carl Glusman. He's done.
00:52I'm getting different answers from everyone, so it seems like this is very competitive.
00:57And this is a genre that we don't really see so much anymore, this kind of biker movie.
01:01Why do you kind of feel like that faded out, and the value of bringing it back?
01:08I mean, I think this is like a love story, you know, a love letter to this time, and to, like, all the misfits out there that are looking for a place in the world,
01:18you know, they go looking for it, and they found it in this club.
01:21But it is, I haven't seen the film yet, so you may know more than me.
01:27How are you feeling watching it for the first time with people?
01:30I'm excited. I know Jeff doesn't miss, so I'm excited.