Aldis Hodge & Matthew Lillard Cross season two Interview.

0:00Hello guys, my name is Camicia Reviews, the queen of reality TV. Let's go ahead and get started. How y'all doing guys? First of all, thank you. So I want to start with Mr. Matthew. We first met you in screen, 13 Ghosts and so many iconic genre projects that were horror and suspense. Since the follow you, is that genre you're naturally drawn to or do you think is just one that keeps finding you because you're so effective in it? Uh, I, it's a great question. I'm, I think that look, a lot of times those genre films work really well for me. I make big choices. I'm a big actor. Like there's a lot of actors out there that are really simple and tight, tiny. I am not that guy. So I do think that my energy lends itself to sort of big, given circumstances and I'm happy to take that job. Period. Okay, is for Mr. Elders, uh, at across novels, my son lived as a booze by the way, are beloved by so many fans. How much pressure, if any, do you feel that when translating such an

1:01iconic literary character to screen? I feel no pressure whatsoever. Period. No, no. Yeah, I've been in this game for a minute. I've fashioned out how to deal with such things, anxieties and pressures. You know, I step into roles that I feel fully confident in because of my relationship to the role. I also feel like things are not accidental. If I'm met with an opportunity, I think it's because it's, it's my time. It's intentional. So I thrive in the chaos sometimes when there might be something that is haunting. I live for the challenge. If it's not challenging enough, I don't want it. Wow. Okay. Love that response, by the way. So Matthews for you, Lance, uh, the character is the traditional villain. There's no night. There's no mask, but he's dangerous and very different, more unsettling way. Who are what did you tap into to play this kind of antagonist? Yeah, I just want to say you're saying he's a straight down the middle of

2:04villain. He is not. That's those are words that I don't agree with. You're making assumptions, ma'am. Like you calling me a villain. I don't, I don't subscribe to that. I totally disagree. He is a man on the mission. Ladies and gentlemen, don't let this woman influence how you look at Lance Trent. Lance Durand, just a word clear, is out there trying to feed the world. Sometimes you have to break an egg to make an omelette and sometimes things happen. Is it worth it? I do think that I'm all joking aside, I think the one of the great things about Cross is it does offer you a lot of moral gray areas and you have to sit around a table and sort of figure out where you, who you think is right and who you think is wrong. I mean, the season is about, it's really we hinge on vigilanteism, right? There's a complexity of doing the wrong things for the right reason or doing the right things by wrong methods and wrong means and that's the conversation we get to have with the audience through our characters. You know, what would you stand behind? Is this

3:06morally justifiable? Would you do this or would you do that and how do you feel about, you know, because we we live in these sort of environments on a regular basis and it is interesting when you really have to dig into the fabric of these scenarios, these choices, the truth of it all, you get to discover who you really are and that's what we're going through in this season. People really discovering and sort of challenging their truth. So that's not my question was going to be kind of similar to that where I say this season, Alex is pursuing a vigilante targeting corrupt billionaires while navigating the names of Mrs. Kayla Craig. How does that shift as far as the character from before last season, the stakes for him emotionally and professionally? It just seemed like it was just a little bit different especially when it came to Kayla relationship too. Yeah, no, it was it was different. You know, I mean, you know, he was thrown into a part dealing with he's dealing with a lot obviously emotionally, particularly on the personal side.

4:10You know, when it comes to where he's living for romance, his complex relationship with L and trying to figure that out and you know, I think that we see him responding, you know, I think to some nuances that were not particularly planned on and as he's dealing with the stuff he's fighting to maintain who he is, but also fighting to discover who he is whilst being hit with, you know, I mean, just things left and right that are coming out of the blue also dealing with some betrayals. It's pushing him to look at the world around him in a different way and figure out how he can basically keep everything that he truly does love to himself. What does he have to give up? What does he have to let go? Walk towards and walk away from in order to keep the things he loves in his life there. And that's sort of his journey. We start off with him thinking everything is good and then everything goes awry and now he's back where he thought he wasn't, which is what is life.

5:14I love that. Yeah, there was some secrets and loyalty situation going on and the will they they won't say about that, but if you know what they're next, I would just call this. So McGee, I'm a final question. What does it take away that you, with the second season, to me, is very powerful. I will say that takeaway for the fans who love the book and also love the first season and getting into the second season. What does it take away from, I want to hear from both of you guys, please. Yeah, I think, I mean, we sort of touched on it. I do think that it asks a very interesting question. I mean, it's, you know, it's as if the show has been pulled out of the headlines today, what's happening in the world right now. I think the the writers have done a great job putting the audience in a place of like wondering what is right and what is wrong. So much immediate, transactional, we scroll, we watch, we don't feel anything. This show, look, it compels you to sit around the table and talk about it. And I think that that's what makes this show exceptional. Yeah. And you know, as a show, we center on the fabric of real life to contain

6:20truths through entertainment, right? So we don't push the audience towards a particular mindset. We're not trying to to byguile people to get to a specific answer. But the question we do pose, really, is the same question we're having currently right now in our real lives with a lot of people who would stand behind atrocities by justify one or two goods, even if it creates, you know, four or five wrongs. A lot of people stand behind it until it kind of hits their home and they say, oh, wait a minute. You know, was this worth it? Oh, I didn't know. It's like, no, no, you have to address that from the beginning. If you can stand behind 10 wrongs just to get one good, who are you really? Is that really okay? Do you feel okay about that? Do you feel like you should be doing more? Do you feel like there's a different way to get to the good? You know, it's about accountability. I think this season asked people to deal with themselves in truth and really have the conversation

7:24internally about what accountability really looks like. Oh, I love that. That will be a conversation. Because I've already had it. Well, my son who watches the women and loves the book and everything else, he just is so exciting. So I'll tell him later on in the line, we're going to talk. I just can't, I want to spoil the photo. So I just don't want to talk about it. So I appreciate this guy's, you got a wonderful two pins talking to you. I love both of your work. The work is phenomenal. Kid doing what you do. Thank you for taking time to talk to the queen. I appreciate it. Thank you.