Exclusive: ViolentNight director Tommy Wirkola breaks down why David Harbour's Santa casting was pivotal to getting the movie made: 'It was one of those moments where we just looked at each other, and it's like, 'Oh my God, he's absolutely perfect.'' 🤓
Violent Night director Tommy Wirkola explains how David Harbour signing on solidified the project for the studio. Violent Night is a very different kind of Christmas movie, with Santa Claus acting as an action hero. Santa fights a group of mercenaries that have attacked a wealthy family's home, where a young girl has been caught in the crossfire.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Tommy Wirkola: It's a boring answer and sounds like I'm making it up, but it was one of those cases where really early on, me, producers, and the studio were [looking] through names and what agents are suggesting. And somebody said, "Oh, wait, what about David Harbour?" It was one of those moments where we just looked at each other, and it's like, "Oh my God, he's absolutely perfect.
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