Gareth Evans (The Raid 2) Talks with Ben Wheatley (A Field in England) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

The two British directors (and Twitter friends) talk on Skype about awkward intros, musicals, stunts, real gunfights and much, much more.

By Gareth Evans

2:00 AM EDT on October 3, 2014

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On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast, Gareth Evans, director of the awesome martial arts thrillers The Raid: Redemption and The Raid 2, talks with fellow fan favorite Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field in England), with their wide-ranging conversation touching on everything from fight choreography and their upcoming projects to musicals and gonzo filmmaking. For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse Film at thetalkhouse.com/film.

The music featured in the podcast is as follows:
1. Intro / outro underscore: “Plastic Man vs. The Giant Red Phase Of The Sun” – Iced Ink
2.“Razors Out” – Mike Shinoda feat. Chino Moreno (from The Raid: Redemption)

Episode engineered and edited by Elia Einhorn

Gareth Evans

Born and raised in Wales, Gareth Evans is a writer-director currently based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He made his debut in 2009 with Merantau, and broke through internationally with the acclaimed martial arts thrillers The Raid: Redemption (2011) and The Raid 2 (2014), both of which were released by Sony Pictures Classics. You can follow him on Twitter at @ghuwevans.