Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman are going head-to-head in Netflix's holiday thriller 'Carry-On.' The airport-focused action film from Jaume Collet-Serra centers on an inexperienced TSA agent, played by Egerton, who ends up in a battle of wits with a mysterious traveler, played by Bateman, after the stranger blackmails him into allowing a dangerous package onto a flight on Christmas Eve.
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00:00Ethan, today is a day that you're going to remember for a very long time.
00:09Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman are going head-to-head in Netflix's new holiday thriller,
00:14Carry On.
00:15The airport-focused action film from Jemma Collette Serra centers on an inexperienced
00:19TSA agent, played by Egerton, who ends up in a battle of wits with the mysterious traveler,
00:24played by Bateman, after the stranger blackmails him into allowing a dangerous package onto
00:28a flight on Christmas Eve.
00:29Rounding out the cast are Sophia Carson, Danielle Dedweiler, Cinqua Walls, Logan Marshall-Green,
00:35Theo Rossi, Josh Brenner, and Dean Norris.
00:38During a recent Entertainment Weekly interview, Egerton teased his character's mindset at
00:41the point when viewers meet him in Carry On.
00:44He's unhappy at work at the airport and feeling flat and dejected about it.
00:47He's also just found out his girlfriend is pregnant, so he feels pressure to be a responsible
00:51father and provider.
00:52But I think he also feels a deep lack of fulfillment, so when he's put in this terrible situation,
00:57he has a huge occasion to rise to.
00:59The film hits the streaming service on December 13.
01:02All you have to do is nothing.
01:07To watch the full trailer, head to THR.com.
01:10And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter
01:14News.