You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview of the director of the old guard, too, Victoria Mahoney.

How are you doing?

I'm at peace.

Didn't look that peaceful when you were throwing that guy out the window.

Yeah. Listen, sometimes quick is better than subtle. For centuries, I've watched you fight to protect humanity

while forsaking your own country. I've watched you fight to protect humanity. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, forsaking your own kind.

I will destroy you and everything you stand for.

With a power you can't even imagine yet.

All right, everyone, I'm being joined right now by the director of the Old Guard 2, Victoria Mahoney.

Victoria, thank you so much.

Hello, how are you?

Nice to meet you.

You as well.

I'm really excited to talk with you about this because, you know, it's not every day that you get a sequel to a streaming blockbuster film as successful as the old guard here.

And I understand that for you, like you were a very big fan of the first film when it premiered.

How many times have I heard that you watched it?

Many. And I mean many, many, many.

And then what's funny is I then subsequently watched it more because for research,

so I would watch it sometimes just for cinematography, sometimes just for the action,

sometimes just for the lighting, sometimes for the locations.

So sometimes for props.

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