Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
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Abbey Lee and Jamie Campbell Bower get their next sprawling risky venture with Kevin Costner’sHorizon : An American Saga — Chapter 1 . Both first found success in the earth of modeling before turning to a career in roleplay , with Lee finding her first breakout role in George Miller’sMad Max : Fury Roadas The Dag , one of Immortan Joe ’s wives on the run with the titular character , and Bower receive winner withThe Twilight Saga , meet one of the Volturi ’s founding members , Caius . In the years since , Bower found acclaim starring as Vecna inStranger Thingsseason 5 , while Lee has starred in everything from M. Night Shyamalan’sOldto HBO’sLovecraft Country .
InHorizon : An American Saga — Chapter 1 , Lee and Bower play two different facet of the American West , with the former playing Marigold , a woman desperate to break free from her small - town living through any substance necessary , be it through her skillful words or her body . Bower ’s Caleb Sykes , on the other hand , is a more disruptive someone , being part of a criminal family and often relish his activity , though frequently coming under the disciplinal hand of his family ’s ruthless matriarch , Dale Dickey ’s Mrs. Sykes .
Kevin Costner ’s westerly epic is here , and there are options for where to see Horizon : An American Saga - Chapter 1 in theater or on streaming .
Alongside Lee , Bower and Costner , some of the ensembleHorizon : An American Sagacastincludes Sam Worthington , Sienna Miller , Michael Rooker , Luke Wilson , Isabelle Fuhrman , Tatanka Means , Wasé Chief , Ella Hunt , and Jena Malone . Nicely setting up future installation while still firmly constitute its inwardness cast of characters , Costner ’s sprawl Western epic is a unequaled plan of attack to the well - stride musical style .
In anticipation of the motion picture ’s release , Screen Rantinterviewed Abbey Lee and Jamie Campbell Bower to discussHorizon : An American Saga — Chapter 1 , how their characters are connect to Kevin Costner ’s gun for hire , how the former ’s Marigold is trying to better her site in the complex time of the American West , and the latter ’s climactic face-off .
Lee Was “Fascinated” By Marigold’s “Bursting” Desire To Be Free & Bower Was “Wildly Energized” By Costner’s Script
When the duo were approached with the chance to join Costner ’s Western existence , both role player feel thrilled and connive by theirHorizoncharacters ' journeying and backstories . Lee , in particular , cite her chief enthrallment as coming from Marigold ’s " bursting " desire to be costless , while Bower come back feeling " wildly energized " when he first take the script for the Western epic :
Abbey Lee : I think what enamor me the most about Marigold , my fictitious character , is that she was this charwoman who was like burst to be free and desperate to be independent and live a really full life , and yet , she live in a clip that did n’t let women to have that experience . There were rules set in spot that think that women did n’t have rights , they did n’t have exemption . Even the clothes that women wore at that time were constricting , you could n’t breathe , it was grueling . It was implausibly uncomfortable to wear a girdle all day , and women tire out those all daylight , every daylight . So , I was really excited to explore someone who feel caged , regardless of the fact that she was so desperately want to be free .
Jamie Campbell Bower : I ’ve honestly just experience wildly energized . When I first read the script , I was buzz , I just thought , " What an amazing story , what an awe-inspiring group of character . How is this go to do work ? How is this go to play out ? " And then , the character of Caleb that I get to play — I ’m always interested in this estimate of damage , of trauma , of what makes multitude the manner that they are . We all have a taradiddle right , and I in person do n’t believe anybody is take over bad . It ’s a variety of product of environs , as it were .
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For me to kind of jump into that , and figure all of that out and build it , and to be out in the desert and in the mountain range was just a joy . This is a place I ’ve spent time in before filming , it was a place that I will expend time in after filming . I would have gone there anyway . So , for me , I was just stoked . The whole thing just felt bully , and feel ripe , and yeah , I follow that .
Lee further expounded on how Marigold ’s efforts to be free willcarry over intoHorizon : An American Saga — Chapter 2 , cite her various skills and resourcefulness as being fundamental to her persona ’s growth and arc in future installation of Costner ’s franchise :
Abbey Lee : I feel that what was interesting to me is this idea of up-to-dateness , when someone does n’t have money . To me , Marigold was someone who was always attend for a way to get by with what she had , whether it was her body , her magic spell , her words . So , to me , Marigold mat like this person who was invariably endeavor to negociate , and that was a really fun journeying to be on , as you ’re with the character that ’s figuring out how she ’s run to get out of this situation , or better her situation in that very moment . She ’s not a natural , she ’s not instinctively maternal , so to sort of be give that role , she ’s picture it out as she go . That ’s another reason why I incur her fascinating .
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 is a Western film directed by Kevin Costner, and sees him in the starring role. The film explores multiple generations surrounding the expansion of the American West before and after the Civil War. Horizon is the first in a series of four films, all of which were greenlit by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The First Movie’s Final Showdown Between Costner & Bower “Means A Lot” To Its Director/Star
WhileChapter 1takes a generally unwavering approach to exploring the groundwork of the other age of the American West , the latter number ofHorizon : An American Saga – Chapter 1 ’s story pit Costner ’s Hayes Ellison against Bower ’s Caleb . In muse on shooting the with child successiveness , Bower cite the setting as meaning " a lot " to his music director , while also praising the slight details Costner include in the conniption to show the shifting of power between the two characters :
Jamie Campbell Bower : I mean , first of all , " Do n’t fuck it up " is something that was there . But then , also , just this kind of burning rage . I ’ve got a bunch of videos that I was doing prior to filming that , just kind of building this combust desire to win . So , there was that , but then also , on a more human level , on a more personal level , I cerebrate there was just a peck of trust between myself and Kevin there . There were these swell second that Kevin orchestrated within that aspect with the role .
There ’s a slight shift , one kind of steps down a piddling , and one steps up , and all of a sudden , the power is taken out of one hand and put into another . When I get to see those thing that a director does , I ’m like a kid in a confect store . I have intercourse that stuff . So , I had a bully meter doing it , I think we both did . That scene intend a pot to Kevin , it ’s sort of an innovation for his character , and I get it on he really wanted that to land , and I hope that we were able to do that DoJ for his grapheme . I ’ve pick up it , I think it ’s cool , it looks great , looks bada– , so yeah , I ’m stoked .
AboutHorizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Academy Award - gain visionary filmmaker Kevin Costner directs New Line Cinema ’s larger-than-life Horizon : An American Saga Chapters I and II , a multi - faceted chronicle cover the Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West . A news report of America too with child for one film , this true cinematic event also stars Costner , who co - writes with Jon Baird ( “ The Explorers Guild ” ) and farm through his Territory Pictures .
In the great custom of Warner Bros. Pictures ’ iconic Westerns , Horizon : An American Saga explores the lure of the Old West and how it was won — and fall back — through the profligate , sweat and snag of many . Spanning the four year of the Civil War , from 1861 to 1865 , Costner ’s ambitious cinematic dangerous undertaking will take audience on an emotional journeying across a country at war with itself , have through the lens of families , friends and foe all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the
United States of America .
Costner , Sienna Miller , Sam Worthington and Giovanni Ribisi hotshot alongside an impressive ensemble cast that includes Abbey Lee , Will Patton , Jena Malone , Michael Rooker , Danny Huston , Luke Wilson , Jeff Fahey , Isabelle Fuhrman , Ella Hunt , David O’Hara , Owen Crow Shoe , Tatanka Means , Tim Guinee , Scott Haze , Tom Payne , Alejandro Edda , James Russo , Jon Beavers , Jaime Campbell Bower , and Michael Anganaro , and more .
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Horizon : An American Saga - Chapter 1 is a westerly celluloid direct by Kevin Costner , and sees him in the asterisk role . The movie research multiple generation surrounding the expansion of the American West before and after the Civil War . Horizon is the first in a serial of four plastic film , all of which were greenlit by Warner Bros. Pictures .
