{"id":2159905,"date":"2025-11-16T11:18:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2159905"},"modified":"2025-11-16T11:18:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:18:32","slug":"the-running-man-stars-glen-powell-lee-pace-and-josh-brolin-talk-violence-spectacle-and-survival-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-running-man-stars-glen-powell-lee-pace-and-josh-brolin-talk-violence-spectacle-and-survival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Running Man&#8217; Stars Glen Powell, Lee Pace And Josh Brolin Talk Violence, Spectacle And Survival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-v-55f2c84a=\"\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/entertainment\/the-running-man-trailer-glen-powell\">Paramount\u2019s <em>The Running Man<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>directed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/entertainment\/daniel-ezra-glen-powell-the-running-man\">by Edgar Wright<\/a>, thrusts audiences into a brutal vision of a dystopian future consumed by spectacle and class disparity. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Glen Powell, Lee Pace, Josh Brolin and More Cast Interview for &#039;The Running Man&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jr-e5yp-XJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The movie reimagines Stephen King\u2019s tale for a new age, set in 2019, and questions what happens when entertainment is built on human suffering and social barriers feel impossible to overcome. The film follows Ben Richards, portrayed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/tags\/glen-powell\">Glen Powell<\/a>, a husband and father forced to participate in the deadly game show called The Running Man<em>.<\/em> He isn\u2019t trying to test his heroics; he\u2019s fighting against economic despair while trying to save his sick child and family, running for both his life and theirs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen Richards is the audience surrogate,\u201d Powell told Blavity\u2019s Shadow and Act during our cast interview, later, expressing, \u201cWe\u2019re all Ben. We\u2019re all ordinary people, and none of us has superpowers. We\u2019re just a guy who\u2019s trying to show up for his family. And we all have people we love and people we care about. You think about the lengths we would go to protect them. And that\u2019s really what the story\u2019s about\u2026.It\u2019s in the DNA of all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Ben, most people in the film live in poverty under a corporate-controlled state where the government is merely a fa\u00e7ade for media conglomerates. Their survival depends on ratings and the entertainment value they provide. The premise of the \u201cgames\u201d is an evil cat-and-mouse chase in which contestants attempt to remain unnoticed in a society that encourages them to be killed or turned in for profit.<\/p>\n<p>Their greed is fueled by the \u201cnetwork,\u201d run under the sinister control of Josh Brolin\u2019s character, Dan Killian. \u201cI felt like Oz,\u201d Brolin said when asked how it felt to control and manipulate the masses through the network\u2019s programming.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-josh-brolin-on-working-with-colman-domingo\">Josh Brolin on working with Colman Domingo <\/h2>\n<p>With the help of Colman Domingo as Bobby Thompson, the master of ceremonies of the vulturistic game show, Killian\u2019s grip tightens. \u201cHe\u2019s so mellow,\u201d Brolin says of Domingo. \u201cWe\u2019re similar ages and we\u2019ve been through a similar trajectory, and I\u2019m a major fan of his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cThen to see what he was doing on this, which was so opposite of what he did in <em>Sing Sing<\/em>, it was fun. He\u2019s just fun to watch. He\u2019s an interesting guy and a really interesting actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katy O\u2019Brian, Colman Domingo, Glen Powell and Martin Herlihy in \u2018The Running Man\u2019 | Photo: Paramount Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Killian\u2019s plans for the bloody broadcast are carried out by the \u201cHead Hunter,\u201d Evan McCone, played by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/tags\/lee-pace\">Lee Pace<\/a>. Evan represents the final level of the fatal game that no contestant has ever reached until Ben. Pace\u2019s brooding 6\u20195\u2033 stature helps him embody the daunting character. \u201cI love a mysterious character, and in this movie I had on a mask, sunglasses, and a hat, and I\u2019m basically covered up to my knuckles. So nothing but mystery here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Runners can meet their demise at any moment, whether they\u2019re flirting in a coffee shop or blowing their earnings at a casino. Ben chooses to defy the odds, giving Evan and his hunters a fierce chase as he meets every checkpoint with a fight, a disguise, an explosion, or all of the above. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a first-person narrative, and you\u2019re basically with Glen\u2019s character all the way through, and that was very exciting to me,\u201d Wright said of the film\u2019s direction. He added, \u201cThe idea of making a very intense experience where you are with the main character the entire time was really exciting to me.\u201d Wright cites the original 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a key inspiration.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-it-holds-a-mirror-to-watching-trauma-for-entertainment\">How it holds a mirror to watching trauma for entertainment <\/h2>\n<p>The movie holds a mirror to modern culture\u2019s obsession with watching trauma for entertainment. The network exploits survivor stories through manipulative editing and deepfakes, twisting Ben\u2019s struggle into villainy and turning him into a target for the masses. Ironically, that manipulation transforms him into a vigilante. Powell considers Ben a \u201creluctant hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes you can be the one that sparks something,\u201d Powell said, reflecting on what he hopes audiences take away from Ben\u2019s resilience. He continued, \u201cOrdinary people against extraordinary odds \u2014 a man who\u2019s fighting against the system\u2026.they are fighting for their own, they end up fighting for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1&#038;appId=567482886746994\" async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source blavity.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount\u2019s The Running Man, directed by Edgar Wright, thrusts audiences into a brutal vision of a dystopian future consumed by spectacle and class disparity. 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