EXCLUSIVE: Jodie Turner-Smith Chats her New Movie, Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse
Jodie Turner-Smith plays Lieutenant Commander Karen Greer in Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse. To celebrate the release of her new film, Turner-Smith chatted about bringing to life this character, Greer’s relationship with Kelly and so much more. Check out what she had to say below.
On movies skipping theaters and going straight to platforms like Amazon Prime Video:
“The benefit is everybody taking this in in the comfort of their own homes, I think that means many more eyes will be on it. It’s a way for us to be together now, really be together. Like when movies come out, now you go on Twitter and you see that everybody’s watching it and talking about it and tweeting. There’s a different of sense of community because we’re not going to the cinema.”
On the relationship between John Kelly and Karen Greer:
“I think it is so important every time you speak to somebody, your relationship is alive in that conversation. Whether you’re actually talking to them about something that is concerning your relationship or not, the trust that you have, the respect that you have, the love that you have is always alive when you speak to someone that you have relationship with. And it always felt important to me and to Michael [B. Jordan] that we just tried to infuse that in our scenes, even when we’re coming and we’re butting heads.
I think it’s really wonderful and really brave to have a relationship where it is talking about and displaying platonic love. I think that is the purest form of love that there is. And these two are deeply bound by that.”
You can check out the rest of our interview below the jump. Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video!
Photo credit: Nadja Klier © 2020 Paramount Pictures
On how her pregnancy played a part when prepping for her stunt scenes:
“That definitely added a level of intensity to it that I didn’t even myself anticipate. I’m used to feeling like, okay, I’m a strong person. I’m an athletic person. I can push my body to the limit to do this. I have a little bit of a background in this genre being that I started on a television show on TNT called The Last Ship. That was my first big role on television. And that was all about just running around, getting the bad guys, jumping in and out of stuff, getting exploded.
So, I thought this was something that I was definitely ready to throw my body into, but to add that was really unique. Nobody really tells you all that your body is going through. And it’s so funny because it’s like I’ve trained for many things in my life. But what was required of me physically with carrying this baby and doing this film is unlike anything that I have ever experienced. So, in terms of what was it like? I mean, it was intense. Obviously, I worked with a trainer as well. Michael was so gracious to let me borrow his trainer sometimes.”
On working with the movie’s stunt team:
“As part of the production, they had us working with these guys on set that were making sure that we had integrity with the way that we were moving, that we moved as a team. The way that we were moving in combat. The way we would use our weapons. The way that we would come at each other in groups, because these are men that are working together all the time to the point where they become a unit. They become like one and we’re needing to emulate this idea that we have been for years living this life and working together.
So it was all of that and just throwing myself into all of it. And one thing about Stefano [Sollima], is he really wants to make it look as cool and interesting as possible by having us do as much as we can.”