Sep 2, 2026 · 31 min · 14 segments
Mark Wahlberg & Yahya Abdul-Mateen II sit down to talk By Any Means... Mark as real-life mob hitman Greg Scarpa, Yahya as FBI agent Wayne Strider and then dig into scenes from their own careers. Mark…
Mark WahlbergGuest
Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIGuest
John FeitelbergHost
We are lucky enough to be sitting here with Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
And, like, do you guys know when you're filming? Are you that sure, like, right away? Was your chemistry that quick?
I thought when we had a first Zoom, it was like, okay, we definitely, you know, could have great chemistry.
But when I read the script, it was like, you know, you get the right guys in this.
Yeah, the script, we were kind of talking before, but like, when you read the script, did it play as funny as it played in theaters? Again, it's not a comedy.
was a lot of opportunity to infuse some humor just because these guys are from completely different worlds.
They look at the world completely differently, and it's like a real odd couple.
Elegance wanted to encompass a lot of things, you know, obviously to make a thought-provoking movie, but also something that was...
So, you know, it was it was yeah, we knew there was potential for for some laughs.
The humor wasn't really in the in the in the lines, but more so the humor was in the different like the the the psychology of these two men put in this hot box, you know.
It's not intended to be humor, but it's like I'm sticking up for myself and he's he's trying to, you know, he's he's trying to antagonize.
And, you know, so it's just about the little jabs and things like that.
We are lucky enough to be sitting here with Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
And, like, do you guys know when you're filming? Are you that sure, like, right away? Was your chemistry that quick?
I thought when we had a first Zoom, it was like, okay, we definitely, you know, could have great chemistry.
But when I read the script, it was like, you know, you get the right guys in this.
Yeah, the script, we were kind of talking before, but like, when you read the script, did it play as funny as it played in theaters? Again, it's not a comedy.
was a lot of opportunity to infuse some humor just because these guys are from completely different worlds.
They look at the world completely differently, and it's like a real odd couple.
Elegance wanted to encompass a lot of things, you know, obviously to make a thought-provoking movie, but also something that was...
So, you know, it was it was yeah, we knew there was potential for for some laughs.
The humor wasn't really in the in the in the lines, but more so the humor was in the different like the the the psychology of these two men put in this hot box, you know.
It's not intended to be humor, but it's like I'm sticking up for myself and he's he's trying to, you know, he's he's trying to antagonize.
And, you know, so it's just about the little jabs and things like that.
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