The following video interview contains mild spoilers about the goons in Gunpowder Milkshake if you haven’t seen the film yet.
We interviewed David Burnell IV for you (before we had seen the film): He plays the goon Shocker in this exciting new action-thriller. Shocker is part of the quintessential “goon squad” led by Ivan Kaye’s character Yankee. The protagonist Sam gives all three of them the loving nickname “boneheads”.
Our interview mini-series “The Goon power of Gunpowder” aims at exploring the film from a different perspective: The senior goons of The Firm who are the cult comic element of the film as they are sent after Karen Gillan’s Sam to retrieve a suitcase of money from her, at best without doing her any harm.
In this interview, David shares his experience working with Ivan on Gunpowder Milkshake, fun insights behind the scenes and his character’s background story, along with a bit of his own adventurous life story as a former US marine.
You find clickable timestamps in the caption on Youtube and further below.
Pt. 2 will feature Ivan’s stunt double Joseph Toedtling with insights into the most important element of an action-thriller: the action (i.e. the fight scenes).
Timestamps (some seconds back and forth)
00:00 Cover image followed by intro
01:55 The names of the goons
03:20 Shocker’s background story
09:00 The goons in the story
12:00 David on Lena Headey
14:55 Ivan and the stunt training
17:50 Gun training anecdotes
19:00 David’s background as a marine
23:30 Working with Ivan and the impact of his presence and personality
28:10 Working with Karen Gillan
29:55 Funniest memory from set involving Yankee’s wheelchair and Ivan adding production value to Gunpowder Milkshake
34:50 Better than Kill Bill: David’s opinion on Gunpowder Milkshake
35:50 Humour and the goons
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