The Accountant 2 with Gavin O’Connor and Dan Gilroy (Ep. 540)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Director Gavin O’Connor discusses his new film, The Accountant 2, with fellow Director Dan Gilroy in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses working with his Actors to find more opportunities for humor, building out the scope of the film to expand on the world within the story, and aiming for an entirely different look and tone to create a fresh experience separate from the first installment. The film tells the story of Christian Wolff, hired again to use his brilliant mind and highly lethal skillset to solve the puzzling murder of a Treasury Chief. Though a danger in his own right, this time he enlists the help of his equally lethal estranged brother as they uncover a deadly conspiracy full of ruthless killers and buried secrets. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2025/june2025/accountant2_qna_0425

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0:00.0	I did say to him early on, I'm like, look, man, I, I just so you know, we're working on the script.
0:05.6	And it's, I know it's called the accountant, but I said, I'm integrating Brax into the movie
0:10.3	really early. When we get to Brax, I said, I'm going to just leave the plot. Emma's going to go
0:14.3	hang out with Brax for 10 minutes and just live with him, completely disconnected from the story, and then you're going to pull him into
0:21.5	this story. And I said, and then it's really, I just want to explore the two brothers trying
0:24.9	to fix it. Fix it. And he was like, great. Cool.
0:51.3	Yeah. Hello, and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Director's Guild of America.
0:56.3	In this episode, the mathematical savant and moonlighting hitman returns,
0:59.9	and director Gavin O'Connor's action sequel, The Accountant 2.
1:03.5	The film tells the story of Christian Wolfe,
1:06.9	hired again to use his brilliant mind and highly lethal skill set to solve the puzzling murder of a treasury chief.
1:10.4	Though a danger in his own right, this time he enlists the help of his estranged brother
1:14.6	as they uncover a deadly conspiracy full of ruthless killers and buried secrets.
1:20.9	In addition to The Accountant 2, O'Connor's other directorial credits include the features
1:25.8	The Accountant, The Way Back,
1:28.9	Warrior, Miracle, Tumbleweeds, and episodes of the series Seven Second Seconds, The Americans,
1:36.3	and Clubhouse.
1:39.4	Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, O'Connor spoke with
1:43.5	director Dan Gilroy about
1:45.2	filming the accountant, too.
1:47.8	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:56.9	Hello.
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