The Art of Self-Defense: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Alessandro Nivola and Riley Sterns Interview
186The Art of Self-Defense: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Alessandro Nivola and Riley Sterns Interview
One of my favorite films at this year’s SXSW was writer-director Riley Sterns’ dark comedy The Art of Self-Defense. In the film, Jesse Eisenberg plays a timid bookkeeper, who joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself after being attacked by a motorcycle gang. At the dojo, he gains a newfound sense of confidence for the first time thanks to his charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Alessandro Nivola). But things are not as they appear, and as he dives deeper into this new world, he’s forced to make choices that could change everything. Trust me, The Art of Self-Defense is something special and the script takes a number of left and right turns you won’t expect, with razor-sharp dialogue and a completely original take on the world of karate.
Shortly after seeing the film, Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots and Riley Sterns stopped by the Collider studio in Austin. During the wide-ranging interview they talked about how the movie came together, the awesome dialogue, why the cast was so excited to make the film, what Stearns learned from early screenings, and you can even watch Eisenberg do a Face/Off impression. In addition, towards the end of the interview, Poots teases the Y: The Last Man TV show and Eisenberg talks about returning for Zombieland 2, revealing multiple people wrote multiple scripts over the years.
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