ComingSoon caught up with Lukas Haas about his newest film, Excessive Rollers. The sequel to Cash Out, the heist movie sees Haas reunite with John Travolta and Quavo. Haas spoke concerning the distinctive scenario of filming a sequel earlier than the primary film is out, talked about engaged on Spider-Noir with Nicolas Cage, and mirrored on slapping pal Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception. Excessive Rollers is out in Theaters, On Demand, and on Digital beginning immediately.
“Grasp thief Mason (John Travolta) resides the felony’s dream: island-hopping along with his crew and the love of his life, Decker (Gina Gershon), whereas floating on a sea of stolen money. However his dream is shattered when his nemesis, the ruthless Salazar, kidnaps Decker and forces Mason and his crew to aim a near-impossible on line casino heist in trade for her return. Hedged in by Salazar’s equally ruthless rivals, and with the FBI on his tail, Mason gambles all the things in pursuit of each the large rating and the final word jackpot: Decker’s life,” says the synopsis.
Tyler Treese: We spoke about Cash Out last time, and it’s very distinctive to shoot a movie and its sequel earlier than the primary movie comes out. What was the largest problem going again to shoot that in a brief turnaround? I assume there’s additionally positives as a result of clearly all people had that inbuilt familiarity and I feel that exhibits within the movie as effectively.
Lukas Haas: Yeah. It was principally simply sort of humorous. It was humorous to be on set making the second when the primary one hadn’t even come out, you recognize what I imply? However all people cherished one another and had a good time on the film. It simply sort of was acquainted, such as you mentioned. There wasn’t actually something troublesome about it. It was simply extra like a joke on set, you recognize what I imply? We might giggle concerning the truth. How effectively the primary one had finished. It hadn’t even come out but, and we’re like, “Oh, wow. The primary one did so effectively. We’re right here for a second one.”
The movie was shot in Mississippi and on the Scarlet Pearl On line casino Resort. It offers Excessive Rollers a very distinctive really feel. What actually stood out about capturing there?
The South is superior and Biloxi is a spot I’d at all times heard of. There’s even that film, Biloxi Blues. It was humorous ’trigger I didn’t actually know what that place was. I didn’t notice that it was kind of like a Las Vegas of the south, you recognize? There’s a bunch of casinos there. We stayed in a distinct on line casino, so it was humorous dwelling and dealing in two totally different casinos for just a few weeks, a few months, no matter it was. You go to work, you go right into a on line casino, you get dwelling again from work, and also you’re going to a on line casino.
Once you’re bored, you simply go right down to the on line casino and wander round, see what’s occurring, see who’s there. There was at all times any person from the film there, so you possibly can simply make a bit circle and you possibly can at all times stumble upon any person. There was really one thing sort of enjoyable about that, and being within the south basically is superior. I used to be launched to Waffle Home, which I’m very grateful for.
You weren’t dwelling earlier than that. That adjustments your life.
Precisely. I had no concept what I used to be lacking all these years.
You talked about being within the two casinos. There’s a really tense poker match that winds up being one of many highlights of the movie. Are you a giant poker man?
I’m not the largest poker man, however I do play it, and I’ve some associates that play. So, I’m not like the most effective participant, however I do get pleasure from it. It certain is numerous enjoyable. I might enterprise to say I used to be one of many extra skilled gamers at that exact desk within the film, you recognize? I used to be kind of serving to individuals know the lingo and stuff, you recognize what I imply? How you can play along with your chips and all that sort of stuff.
Yeah, you may inform when any person like doesn’t know learn how to transfer their chips round. You probably did a great job instructing all people.
Get ’em off the highest. It’s humorous what a giant deal simply the chips factor is ’trigger actual gamers, they futz round with their chips and after they throw them in, they throw ’em in an actual kind of blase informal manner, usually. However if you don’t actually know learn how to play, you’re kind of fearful about your chips and also you kind of push ’em in, you recognize? Stiff. it’s humorous, you don’t even actually take into consideration these little issues.
This yr is the fifteenth anniversary of Inception, and that film remains to be simply as beloved now and is an actual journey to look at. How particular was that filming expertise? Clearly, you don’t get a lot better than Nolan.
You actually don’t. That was unbelievable. What a cool expertise. Clearly working with Chris was unbelievable. He’s simply among the finest administrators on the market. However it was additionally only a cool expertise as a result of we have been touring. That little bit of labor that I did within the film, it was in like a bunch of various locations: Tokyo, London, someplace in Morocco, and a bit bit in LA. So it was simply superb. You by no means get to journey like that and be engaged on a tremendous movie on the similar time. It was a very spectacular expertise for certain.
You bought the slap round your buddy Leo for a bit in that movie. Clearly, you guys go manner again, so how was it really working with him and getting bodily? That needed to be fairly enjoyable.
It was enjoyable. However truthfully, I used to be like a bit nervous to slap him. I’m not a really [physical guy], I’m not a preventing kind of man. I don’t actually. So, he’s like, “Come on. You’ll be able to hit me tougher, buddy. You’ll be able to hit me tougher than that.” So the best way I needed to like get myself [amepd up] to actually slap him and slapping him.
You’ve acquired Spider-Noir developing with Nicolas Cage. That present is sort of like a pulpy throwback, however can also be superhero associated. What’s most enjoyable about becoming a member of that mission?
Properly, it was simply an unbelievable mission. All people concerned was superb. Brendan Gleason, he performs my boss. Simply attending to, to do this noir factor. It was very real movie noir, the best way they filmed it, just like the lengthy shadows.
We filmed it in — I feel it might come out in each black and white and shade, however after we filmed it, the screens have been all black and white, so you bought this sense and it seemed very, very genuine. To the purpose that I might really go and take a look at the monitor and assume I used to be taking a look at some older footage, but it surely was really only a monitor of what was on the digital camera on the time. They did a phenomenal job with the filters and all that stuff, making it appear like real outdated Thirties, black and white movie. However clearly, simply the writing, and Nic is unbelievable. It’s only a actually enjoyable mission and I can’t wait to see the way it seems.
Due to Lukas Haas for taking the time to speak about High Rollers and his profession.
