Raul Castillo On Bonding With Cast in London While Filming ‘Wrath of Man’

“Wrath of Man” is the new crime thriller starring Jason Statham and directed by Guy Ritchie. It is a remake of the 2004 French film “Le Convoyeur” (Cash Truck).

Stratham portrays H. A new, mysterious driver to a cash truck company in Los Angeles. The drivers are responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around the city each week. When robbers hit H’s truck, he breaks out a serious set of marksmanship skills that have his co-workers wondering who he really is. His real motive for taking the job becomes clear as he takes dramatic steps to settle a score.

“Wrath of Man” marks the fourth collaboration between Statham and Ritchie. Their previous work includes; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Snatch (2000), and Revolver (2005).

The film also stars Josh Hartnett, Scott Eastwood, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Laz Alonso, Raul Castillo, Niamh Algar, and Post Malone.

Castillo plays ex-military vet Sam, who is a member of a heist crew. He spoke with Jill Munroe about the role, weapons training, and bonding with his cast mates while filming in London.

Munroe: What was the training process like for this film? Did you have to do any special training?

Castillo: It’s funny I did this film just as I was coming off of “Army of the Dead,” Zack Snyder’s big Zombie opus that is coming out later in the summer. And there’s a lot of weapons training in that. Moving into “Wrath of Man” and going over to London, we landed a bit before shooting. My character is part of this former military unit, so we were sent off into the countryside outside London for weapons training.

That’s a great gift. As actors, you start bonding and forming chemistry – which we had to do pretty quickly. But the training was definitely a part of that. It’s a lot of fun. You get to learn a new skill set as an actor. I had a different weapon in this film. I had to learn the shotgun. And I’m not a big gun person, but it’s just great as an actor to expand your repertoire of knowledge.

Munroe: What can we share with fans about Sam?

Castillo: He’s part of this former military unit. He’s a bit of a dark horse. He has a dark sense of humor to him. He enjoys being a part of the unit. He gets a thrill from the type of work they did overseas. When Jeffery Donovan’s character (Jackson) proposes that they start pulling off these jobs, he’s such a loyal soldier, and I think he just snaps to attention and goes right to work.

The film was written by Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, and Marn Davies and hits theatres Friday, May 7th.

 

 

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