Exclusive: Omar Sy & Nathalie Emmanuel talk new version to John Woo’s The Killer
Coming to Peacock on August 23 from legendary action director John Woo, the visionary filmmaker of Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II, Paycheck, Broken Arrow and Hard Boiled is a radical reimagining of his 1989 Hong Kong classic, The Killer, starring Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy, and Sam Worthington.
The kinetic action thriller stars Emmy nominee Nathalie Emmanuel (The Fast Saga, Game of Thrones) as Zee, a mysterious and infamous assassin known, and feared, in the Parisian underworld as the Queen of the Dead.
But when, during an assignment from her shadowy mentor and handler (Avatar’s Sam Worthington), Zee refuses to kill a blinded young woman (Diana Silvers; Ma, Booksmart) in a Paris nightclub, the decision will disintegrate Zee’s alliances, attract the attention of a savvy police investigator (Golden Globe nominee Omar Sy; Jurassic World franchise, Lupin), and plunge her into a sinister criminal conspiracy that will set her on a collision course with her own past.
The film’s stellar global cast includes celebrated French actors Eric Cantona, Saϊd Taghmaoui, Tchéky Karyo and Grégory Montel, and also features Angeles Woo, and Aurélia Agel.
Based on the 1989 motion picture written and directed by John Woo, The Killer is directed by John Woo, from a screenplay by Academy Award® winner Brian Helgeland and the screenwriting team of Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken and is produced by Academy Award® winner Charles Roven p.g.a., Alex Gartner p.g.a., John Woo p.g.a. and Lori Tilkin deFelice.
Sy is a French actor who is best known for his performance in The Intouchables, which led him to become the first Black actor to win the César for Best Actor. He currently stars in Netflix’s Lupin, one of the streamer’s most watched non-English language series, which has been renewed for a third installment. He most recently appeared in the WWI drama Father & Soldier, which had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, also producing the pic through his Korokoro production banner.
Emmanuel is best known for her role of Missandei in the HBO series Game of Thrones. She’s appeared in several Fast and Furious films as Ramsey. Notably, Emmanuel starred in Quibi’s Die Hart opposite Kevin Hart and John Travolta, earning her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. She reprised the role in the sequel Die Harter. The actress starred in Screen Gems’ horror film The Invitation opposite Thomas Doherty, which went to No. 1 at the box office on its opening weekend. Before that she starred in Netflix’s heist comedy Army of Thieves, the prequel to Army of the Dead. Emmanuel will next be seen in Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, starring opposite Adam Driver in the epic story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Omar Sy and Nathalie Emmanuel about new version to John Woo's The Killer, which will premiere on Peacock