Watching Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren team up to blow enemies away with machine guns and explosives has an undeniable charm and it goes to show. RED opened in October of 2010 to the tune $21.8 million and then went on to stay in theaters for four full months and accumulate nearly $200 million worldwide. These Retired and Extremely Dangerous agents certainly earned their sequel.
In RED 2, opening July 19, we find former CIA black ops agent Frank Moses (Willis), again, happily retired, but this time hes living the Costco shopper life with Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker) by his side, much to her chagrin. But soon enough, she gets her wish and gets to add a little danger to their romance again when Frank and Marvin (Malkovich) are tasked with finding and destroying a missing Cold War weapon that returned to pose a serious threat. As if tracking down a super weapon isnt tough enough, Frank, Marvin and Sarah have to do so with two assassins on their tail the US hire, Han (Byung Hun Lee), a contract killer with a vendetta against Frank, and someone dispatched by MI6, none other than their old pal, Victoria (Helen Mirren).
ComingSoon.net had the chance to talk to Willis, Parker, and Mirren about coming back for another go-around and to Lee about being tasked with punching poor Anthony Hopkins. Check out what the gang had to say about that, infusing their characters with their own personal star power, the translation of a certain mid-fight Korean taunt, and the art of keeping your hair frizz free in the summer heat (yes, really) in the video interview below.
