Armie Hammer reflects on his favourite roles
Armie Hammer can next be seen in the movie Citizen Vigilante - his first lead role since Death on the Nile in 2022 - in which he plays Sanders, an “underground vigilante targeting violent criminals, rapists and corrupt judges”
Armie Hammer loves playing characters who aren’t “close to who you are”.
The 39-year-old actor can next be seen in the movie Citizen Vigilante - his first lead role since Death on the Nile in 2022 - in which he plays Sanders, an “underground vigilante targeting violent criminals, rapists and corrupt judges”.
It’s arguably the most violent role he’s taken on to date, but Armie said it’s “more fun” playing characters which he can’t compare himself to.
He told Comingsoon: “As an actor, it’s more fun playing a character who’s not close to who you are. I live in a world of gray. This guy does not.
“To be in that for a little bit and have the opportunity to have such a clearly defined sense of right and wrong, even if it’s entirely subjective and not a global thing.”
He added that it’s even more fun to work on a film which has “a very specific point of view”.
Armie said: “I don’t have to agree with the view to do it. I always say I wasn’t a twin when I made The Social Network.
“I’m not gay in Call Me by Your Name. You get to do all these things that are outside of your wheelhouse, and that’s the fun of it for me. That’s the juice from the squeeze.”
When it comes to preparing for a role like Sanders, Armie said he does “a lot of research”, and subscribes to acting teacher Stella Adler’s stance on the approach to take.
He explained: “I subscribe more to the Stella Adler approach, where first and foremost you need to learn who you are and have a very clear sense of what you think about things and how you feel about things. Then you can get into the psychology of the character and figure out how they think about things and how they feel about things.
“That way, you can have a clear delineation between yourself and the character so that you don’t accidentally let yourself bleed through too much.”
Another film Armie has coming up mafia movie Night Driver, which he said was “so fun” to shoot.
He said: “It’s so fun, man. It was a great experience. I got to shoot it in LA. I hadn’t shot a movie in LA since J. Edgar, which was probably 2012 or 2013. To get to work in LA was great.
“The story takes place all over one night, so it was all night shoots for the film, which was brutal. But it was such a fun little project, and it was extremely shoestring. I got paid almost nothing for it, but really had the time of my life.”
