Roth sums up Ramirez’s character as a, “mix of every evil billionaire rolled into one.
Hes power hungry and nothings ever enough for him.”
Lilith’s mission leads her to look for a cache of valuables on the peril-filled Pandora.
Cate Blanchett as Lilith in ‘Borderlands’.Lionsgate
“Kevin really wanted to play against punch in,” the director says.
“He didn’t want to be the goofy sidekick.
“In the game, Tiny Tina is very over the top.
‘Borderlands’.Lionsgate
It’s Level 10 crazy the entire time,” Roth says.
As for Krieg, the director explains, “His brain is broken.
“Claptrap is an old model robot.
Threshers “urinate out of their mouths,” says ‘Borderlands’ director Eli Roth.Lionsgate
“Tannis is the archaeological expert of the group, shes just a little bit odd.
Shes very much into her objects, very much on her own planet.
Thats what makes her a genius, and Jamie played the character beautifully.”
Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina in ‘Borderlands’.Lionsgate
They’re giant and they can swallow you whole.
Roth shotBorderlandsin Budapest using practical sets whenever possible.
“We had some incredibly skilled crafts people there,” the director says.
We really wanted to have a ton of practical environments.
It was a wild experience, actually building it and being on Pandora.”
After wrapping the film’s main shoot, Roth moved on to direct the long-in-the-works horror movieThanksgiving.
“The movies done, youre just slotting in little pieces here and there.
That is an exclusive, nobody knows that.
Borderlandswill hit theaters Aug. 9.
Put on your urine-resistant goggles and watch the film’s trailer at the top of this post.
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