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Charlize Theron stars in the action film,
arriving on Netflix on Friday, as the leader of a small unit of
immortal mercenaries who are trying to help humanity. It is
based on the 2017 comic book by Greg Rucka and Leandro
Fernandez.
"I just saw a lot of potential to explore something on a sci-fi
level scale but somehow stay true to the very insular human
emotions that I felt an audience could really appreciate in the
sci-fi world," Theron said.
The diverse cast includes Black actress KiKi Layne as Nile, the
first immortal to have been "born" in a few centuries, as well
as "12 Years a Slave" star Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tunisian-Dutch
actor Marwan Kenzari, Italian Luca Marinelli and Belgian
Matthias Schoenaerts.
"I love that there were two females at the head of this which
just felt different. And most notably, there's a young, Black
female hero in this which is absolutely a rarity in the genre,"
said director Gina Prince-Bythewood.
Ejiofor said the movie tries to delve into "what it would be
like for people if they could live as immortal, if they could
live forever, and what they're actually confronted with is a lot
of this kind of angst."
It's also a project that demonstrates what inclusion should look
like in Hollywood, Ejiofor said.
"Everybody is celebrated in this experience and that is, I
think, part of what film and television should be aspiring to.
That shouldn't be something radical, that should be a natural
evolution of our medium," he said.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Editing by Marguerita Choy)
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