The father-and-son film stars play the same character in different timelines on MonsterVerse show.
“I think theres two genres that allow you ask really big questions about humanity.
“I love sci-fi when its done well,” says Wyatt, 37.
Wyatt and Kurt Russell.Eric Charbonneau/Getty
“I kind ofhatesci-fi when its not done well.”
“Yeah, that’s the scary part,” Kurt says with a laugh.
Theres no better place to play around in.”
Kurt Russell in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’.Diyah Pera /Apple TV+
“He doesnotlet you down.”
“And also, just to see thehair.
Like, you see it and youre like, goddamn, he’s like a lion!”
Wyatt Russell in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’.Diyah Pera /Apple TV+
It was really, really fascinating to watch them work."
The actor explains that he “cant work digitally.
Yeah, Im old school.
And Wyatt is old school.
Thats whats interesting here.”
“To be honest with you, there wasnt that much,” he says.
“There were some wire gags and stuff like that.
[It was] hard running through the snow.
Running, Im not a big fan of.
No, this wasnt a difficult show really in that regard.
[Wyatt] had a fight scene.
“I had a fight scene,” Wyatt says.
“Rope-climbing…”
“Hehad stuff,” says Kurt.
“We’re going to keep it that way!”
Kurt and Wyatt previously shared a role on another science fiction project, director Paul W.S.
Anderson’s 1998 filmSoldier.
“Wyatt was terrific,” Kurt says.
I say, How did it go, Wyatt?
It just hit me right away.
Man, hesin italready, hes already trying to find the right thing.
I thought to myself, okay, I like that attitude.
“In my book, Snake shouldnevermature,” he says.
