Summary
Minecrafthas been, pun intended, a building block in millions of peoples lives worldwide.
It was only a matter of time before the universe would be adapted for the silver screen.
CollidersSteve Weintraubhad the pleasure of chatting with Hess and Olafsson about their feature interpretation.
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COLLIDER: Do you know how I know the studio believes in this movie hardcore?
Because of this set.
This costs money to build.
I have done 1,000 junkets, and this is not the norm.
This is a, pardon my language, fucking awesome set.
JARED HESS: It is, man.
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We got all these sweet Young Garrett magazine covers.
Is it in your contract to be able to take home720?
Because this game is impossible to play.
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HESS: Weve been watching it on loop this whole time, and Im dying to play it.
TORFI FRANS OLAFSSON: I get super distracted in our interviews.
I’ve played this game.
It’s very hard.
But enough about the set, which I could go on for the next 10 minutes.
I want to start with congratulations.
HESS: Oh, thank you.
You did not crash the Ferrari.
So, how the hell did you do this?
HESS: It was a lot, man.
It was a big part of our family.
We were always laughing when we played the game.
It’s not even that, though.
It’s from who they are as people and how they’re navigating this world.
I could dig down on that for forever.
The duo also tease DC’s ‘Lobo’ and the ‘Anaconda’ remake with Paul Rudd.
HESS: One of my favorite Easter eggs came from Sebastian, who plays Henry.
Is there anything else you’d like to add?
Like the Totem of Undying, which is basically an extra life in the game.
One of them is sitting there, but they don’t know what any of it means or does.
Every Set In A Minecraft Movie Was Crafted Practically
They’re all the real deal.
OLAFSSON: It was also so frustrating.
The production design team made so much cool stuff.
They would make these different utility blocks that the villagers use, and the different props and different things.
So, it was surreal coming on the set every day.
OLAFSSON: And the villagers are all people.
It was a huge challenge to find dancers in New Zealand.
They were all 56 because they all had to be a certain height.
They had these amazing, crafted, highly detailed costumes.
HESS: All the villagers' costumes are real.
We ended up making villager heads that we could animate.
But yeah, they’re all the real deal, which was super fun.
A Minecraft Movieis in theaters now.
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