Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes & Idris Elba Shine At ‘Masters Of The Universe’ Premiere; N18G

I mean truthfully my interests have always lied in very different genres and I think the people that I've admired the most in my career have been people who imbue their careers with versatility and so for me it's just scratching the itch whether it's comedy or drama and there's plenty I still haven't done and so you know look I grew up a big fantasy nerd I was a huge Lord of the Rings fan and so the idea of getting to swing a sword around the place was a pretty easy career choice I mean I feel like when you have so many so much material at your fingertips it's kind of easy like I just dove into the cartoon I was watching it every night I feel like everyone around me was so sick of hearing the theme song over and over and over again playing in my house I had to play I had to play it falling asleep every night it was just like this constant theme song in my head and you know I watched Revelation I watched Revolution I watched the 80s film like I just did as much as I could to immerse myself in the world and Mattel was obviously super helpful and they sent like a box of you know books and comics everything I could possibly get my hands on so with that amount then of research and resources available that you mentioned how do you make sure that you put your own in do you know what I mean you put the Camila element in there totally I think so much of that was also because of Travis Knight our director he obviously created such a vision in his own world that we got to step into and he obviously wanted to honor the lore that came before us but you know also give it its own fresh spin and so I always I'm somebody who loves to stay true to material so I would always try to like incorporate little details that I understood from the comics into my work but ultimately I know that I bring my own set of qualities and traits to the role that will just effortlessly be there because it's me embodying it you know the fan base is so loyal and loving I think this is so nostalgic for people and you can see how much love they have because it transports them back to a time a very much simpler time so it's really special to see what this means to people you know I have I have realized how global this is I think you know my family's Brazilian and it's crazy to see how much it means to them and their upbringing in Brazil and I didn't realize how how global the reach was so when I told him I was doing this movie they were ecstatic they've never been more excited about one of my projects before so I mean look you're gonna remind yourself that this is all fiction it's a very famous cartoon so I didn't really overthink it I felt like I'm gonna have some fun there's obviously a change of ethnicity with Duncan and me playing it but I just saw you know what this played a guy in the cartoons he was a solid guy with a solid mustache this storylines really fun and there's a family element to it there's a lot of comedy so I just try to enjoy myself in it when I I just kind of dove in it's a cartoon it's a camp cartoon is a really big world and I thought you know what go big or go home it's a mix you know I don't like to play a role that I've already played I try and mix that up as much but I always want to challenge I always want to challenge I think it's important to kind of sharpen the iron you know I love what I do and I I love it the more complex it gets