Constance Wu & JD Pardo Interview: The Terminal List
Amazon has taken another crack at the military operative genre with The Terminal List, Prime Video's newest drama. An intense tale of revenge, it centers on Navy SEAL James Reece (Chris Pratt, playing against type after his beloved role of Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy) and how he reacts after realizing the military has covered up a mission that took out his entire team.
Based on the novel by Jack Carr, The Terminal List also stars Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) as Reese's best friend Ben. The stellar cast also includes Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians) as Katie Buranek, a journalist who gets involved in Reece' vengeance plot, and JD Pardo (Mayans M.C.), an FBI agent tasked with bringing in the rogue SEAL. Other cast members include Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Arlo Mertz.
Related: The Terminal List Cast & Character Guide
Screen Rant spoke to Wu and Pardo about the unique ways they prepared for The Terminal List - including watching Training Day for the first time - and the latest update on Crazy Rich Asians 2.
Screen Rant: Congrats on The Terminal List. Every role requires some new research that you do and new training. What is the most unique or fun thing that you did to research for this role?
JD Pardo: I didn't do any research going into it, because my dad was an LAPD officer and marine for 30 years. I know that world; I've been around it, but I didn't want to get ahead of the character. Because there's a moment where Tony, as the FBI agent, starts chasing Rees. And it gets deeper, where he starts entering his world. I wanted that to be in real time; I wanted to show that and wanted to experience it. I wanted to feel it, so that it was real for the audience.
But every day
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