‘Apex’: Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, & Director Baltasar Kormákur On Surviving A Brutal Shoot, Cliff Jumps, and More [The Discourse Podcast]

Some films are just…films. Others feel as though a hugely skilled group of people were challenged to beautifully suffer in front of the camera. “ Apex ,” the new survival thriller on Netflix on April 24th, absolutely falls into that second category. It’s stark, pared-back, and wonderfully, not-so-slightly crazy. There are two people, a seriously awful predicament, and a huge number of bad choices about to be made. There’s no unnecessary explaining, no safety net, simply nature & some creepy guy slowly asserting dominance. "Apex" is directed by Baltasar Kormákur , and is about two strangers (Charlize Theron & Taron Egerton) trapped in a brutal, increasingly desperate battle for survival across harsh land. It's deliberately simple, almost to an extreme. A Man hunts a woman. Both are pushed to their limits. Who comes out on top?! On this episode of The Discourse , Charlize Theron , Taron Egerton , and Baltasar Kormákur talk about creating a film that, at times, sounds less like a typical film production and more like a carefully managed survival test. And “managed” might be overstating it, depending on who you ask.

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