Uma Thurman talks about his return to action cinema with 'The Old Guard 2'

More than twenty years have passed since we saw A thurman address action cinema.

From its leading role in Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004), Thurman has avoided accepting gender roles, but that is about to change with the sequel The Old Guard 2where he assumes the role as the villain discord.

During her appearance at The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the actress explained her reasons:

“I never made other action movies after Kill Bill why I didn't want to be in a lot of B action films B. When you do Kill Billyou never stop talking about that, you know, it's like: 'Oh, I have to be very careful what I do later'. So I did other things”.

After Kill Billthe actress explored other genres and made the musical The Producerslas rom-coms Playing for Keeps y My Super Ex Girlfrienddramas Nymphomaniac y Burntfamily comedy The War with Grandpathe docudrama Oh, Canadaand the Slasher terror with The House that Jack Builtbut the action was still on the waiting list. That changed with the arrival of the sequel The Old Guard 2.

The first film, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Charlize Theronwho Return for the sequelimpressed Thurman for his depth and for being very moving. In fact, he felt such admiration for Theron's work in that film that, when Fallon asked him if participating in this movie gave Thurman the opportunity to show everyone how it is done, she was very direct:

“I didn't think I was going to teach anyone how it is done after seeing Charlize in 'The old guard 1'“Said Thurman.”This seemed different [de otras películas de acción que le ofrecieron] why In 'The old guard 1' Charlize was epic. So I thought: 'Well, I could do this for her in that. Where she, somehow, is carrying the genre. I will support her, I will fight her and be overcome. '”.

“Put your foot back into the action genre”as she expressed it herself, it was not as easy as she could have thought, partly because she joined the late project and did not have time to train in advance.

“Oh, if I could only train,” he said. “No, I came to do it more or less at the end. So I had no training. I thought: 'Ah, yes, a sword. I think I hold it like this'”.

Hattori Hanzo needs to have a conversation with Thurman.

In The old guard 2Andy (Theron) and his team of immortal warriors continue their mission of protecting humanity. This time, a new and formidable enemy threatens the very tissue of the old guard.

Victoria Mahoney She is the director of the sequel.

The old guard 2 He plans his Netflix premiere for July 2, 2025 worldwide.