Ambulance’s Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza González, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen on Michael Bay’s Filming Style
119With director Michael Bay’s best film in years, Ambulance, now playing in theaters, I recently got to speak with Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza González, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II about making the non-stop action thriller. During the interview (which was a lot funnier than I expected), the three of them talked about what it was like working with Bay and how quickly he changes what they’re filming, shooting the intense surgery scene in the ambulance, what it was like working with the drones, and the way Bay embraces new technology. In addition—continuing my streak of asking Gyllenhaal about David Fincher’s Zodiac in every interview—he talked about the way Fincher and Bay are similar in what they’re looking for on set.
Ambulance is based on a 2005 Dutch film of the same name made by Laurits Munch-Petersen and Lars Andreas Pedersen. Bay’s film, which was written by Chris Fedak, follows Will Sharp (Abdul-Mateel II), a retired veteran who needs money for his wife’s surgery. He goes to his adoptive brother Danny (Gyllenhaal), who involves him in a heist that quickly goes wrong, leaving them outrunning the cops in an ambulance with an LAPD officer in critical condition and an EMT (González) as hostages.
Watch what Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza González, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II had to say in the player above, or you can read exactly what they had to say below.
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