No Sudden Move, out July 1 on HBO Max, is a crime thriller that makes full use of its large ensemble cast. When a group of small-time criminals take on a job that’s too much to handle, things go horribly wrong as they wind up roping in everyone around them.
That includes Mary and Matthew Weitz, a mother-son duo (played by Amy Seimetz and Noah Jupe) whose home they unceremoniously invade. The actors spoke to Screen Rant about the part their characters play in the caper.
When Mary wakes up in the morning, this is no typical Monday for her and her family. With things going wrong and these robbers coming in, how does Mary handle the situation, Amy?
Amy Seimetz: Well, obviously, having a gun pointed in your face is quite frightening. And masked men - even though it is very funny to have them in those masks, it's quite absurd.
But I think for Mary, she's piecing it together. In those heightened situations, you're sort of in a fight or flight heightened mode, and you are piecing together each word to get a grasp on what exactly is happening. And I think for Noah's character as well, there's all these moving pieces, and we're like, "Wait a minute, Matt - played by David Harbour - is involved in some way? And hold on, what about a secretary? I had an inkling but now it's confirmed, you son of a bitch." And then it's like, "What about the boss? Why do you know these things?"
The writing and Steven's direction lends itself to all these micro movements that show how Mary's reacting to situations - and the pieces she's piecing together in order to stay safe in the situation, essentially.
Matthew and his family are forced to leave their home and end up with Dawn and her family, but that's when Matthew's feelings really start to boil over. Can you talk to me about how Detective Joe Finney, played by Jon Hamm, exploits that inside of Matthew?
Noah Jupe: I guess, yeah. I think when he walks out and sees the detective, he already knows is going to tell him. He really wants to be a hero, which his dad explicitly tells him not to be. He wants to he wants to help. So, when there's that line about how you're only in trouble if you lie, he's realized he's messed up and he thinks, morally, he should tell the truth. And so he does.
But yeah, I really love doing that scene, and working with Jon was great.
Amy, how does Mary's opinion of David Harbour's Matt change throughout the course of the film?
Noah Jupe: I'd hope it does.
Amy Seimetz: Yeah, or she's really repressed.
What I kind of like about it, and what I had told Steven I wanted to play around with, is that maybe she has surrendered to the fact that he's gone and she's gonna figure out another life. And then that day, he comes back. It's like, "That life was starting to look appealing, and now you're back. What are we going to do? Do I have to keep you?"
You shot in real locations in Detroit. How does that help immerse and inform your performance?
Noah Jupe: Hugely. It was a huge factor, to actually feel like you were living in 1950s Detroit. Because it kind of still looks like that, man. There are a lot of places that are still really similar and almost untouched. It's like a time capsules; it's really crazy.
Linking it to acting, I guess it does help to have that scenery. If it was blue screen or green screen, that would have been less exciting.
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