Lukas Haas, the star of films likeThe Revenant,First ManandLady White, has revealed a startling detail about his experience makingInceptionwith Hollywood starLeonardo DiCaprio. In Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed sci-fi action thriller, Haas gives life to Nash, one of the “architects” that DiCaprio’s Dom Cobb works with. While his role is small, Haas recalls having to get physical with DiCaprio’s character when Nash is forced to wake him up from a deep sleep. A big no-no in the world ofInception. The actor recalled that, per DiCaprio’s standards, he was pulling back when having to slap the actor, but DiCaprio gave him the green light to slap him harder to make the scene more authentic.
Haas is currently promoting his latest movie,High Rollers, and he spoke to ComingSoon about his experience on the film, his upcoming superhero projectSpider-Noir, and working with Christopher Nolan in the sci-fi heist action film that turns 15 this year. Per Haas, Nolan is “one of the best” in the business, andmakingInceptionwas one of the best experienceshe’s had in a career that spans more than 40 years:
“What a cool experience. Obviously working with Chris was incredible. He’s just one of the best directors out there. But it was also just a cool experience because we were traveling. That little bit of work that I did in the movie, it was in like a bunch of different places: Tokyo, London, somewhere in Morocco, and a little bit in L.A. So it was just amazing. You never get to travel like that and be working on an amazing film at the same time. It was a really spectacular experience for sure.”
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Haas also talked about working with DiCaprio, and he mentioned being nervous when he had to slap him in the film’s opening sequence. The scene in question takes place inone of the several dreams that the thieves break into. Nash is forced to try and wake up Cobb, but it’s not easy to bring him back from his drug-induced state. The actor said he received advice from DiCaprio on how best to slap him across the face:
“It was fun. But honestly, I was like a little nervous to slap him. I’m not a very [physical guy], I’m not a fighting type of guy. I don’t really. So, he is like, ‘Come on. you’re able to hit me harder, buddy. You can hit me harder than that.'”
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Haas is pretty active these days, and although people remember him mostly from his roles as a child, he has recently shown up in some big Hollywood projects like Damien Chazelle’sBabylonand in the TV seriesThe Righteous Gemstones. In 2025,he will appear in the superhero projectSpider-Noiralongside Nicolas Cage. He offered a few details about the upcoming series based on the Marvel Comics character, which is set to premiere on MGM+:
“Well, it was just an incredible project. Everybody involved was amazing. Brendan Gleason, he plays my boss. Just getting to, to do that noir thing. It was very genuine film noir, the way they filmed it, like the long shadows.
We filmed it in — I think it may come out in both black and white and color, but when we filmed it, the monitors were all black and white, so you got this feeling, and it looked very, very authentic. To the point that I would actually go and look at the monitor and think I was looking at some older footage, but it was actually just a monitor of what was on the camera at the time.
They did a beautiful job with the filters and all that stuff, making it look like genuine old 1930s, black and white film. But obviously, just the writing, and Nic [Cage] is incredible. It’s just a really fun project and I cannot wait to see how it turns out.”
Source:ComingSoon
