{"id":31447,"date":"2025-09-16T00:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31447"},"modified":"2025-09-20T09:47:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T13:47:27","slug":"bang-bang-tim-blake-nelson-video-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31447","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bang Bang\u2019 Star Tim Blake Nelson on Taking on a More Physical Role for the Boxing Drama (Video Interview)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Blake Nelson is more than just a beloved character actor, having directed six feature films with another one on the way, but most people will know him more for his roles in films by the Coen Brothers (<\/span><b><i>O Brother, Where Art Thou<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b><i>The Ballad of Buster Skruggs<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Guillermo del Toro (<\/span><b><i>Nightmare Alley<\/i><\/b><b>, <\/b><b><i>Pinocchio<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and so many others. In fact, Nelson even returned as Sam Sterns aka The Leader in the recent Marvel Studios movie, <\/span><b><i>Captain America: Brave New World<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, quite unexpected since the character previously appeared in 2008\u2019s <\/span><b><i>The Incredible Hulk<\/i><\/b><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nelson plays a very different and more physical role in Vincent Grashaw\u2019s <\/span><b><i>Bang Bang<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, playing ornery, washed-up featherweight boxer, Bernard \u201cBang Bang\u201d Rozyski, living in the outskirts of Detroit, hoping to someday retrieve his glory in the ring. Bernie\u2019s chance comes when his daughter (Nina Arianda) drops by with his grandson, Justin (Andrew Liner), and he sees an opportunity to train the young man to enter the ring in his place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bang Bang<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a touching but also quite funny boxing movie, driven by Nelson\u2019s performance, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a chance to talk to the actor about the role and making the movie, which you can watch in the video player above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bang Bang <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2024, but it\u2019s now coming to theaters, beginning with New York\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifccenter.com\/films\/bang-bang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFC Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this coming weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Subscribe to CinemaDaily US\u2019 YouTube channel for more video content.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BangBangPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31449\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BangBangPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BangBangPoster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BangBangPoster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BangBangPoster-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BangBangPoster-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BangBangPoster-696x1031.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vincent Grashaw<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Will Janowitz<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Blake Nelson, Glenn Plummer, Andrew Liner, Kevin Corrigan, Nina Arianda, Eric Gimpel, Daniella Pineda, Will Janowitz<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angelia Adzic, Vincent Grashaw, Will Janowitz, Ran Namerode, Cole Payne<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Randomix Productions, Traverse Media, Bad Grey, CinemaWerks, MooseBoy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sunset FIlms<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Unrated<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Drama, Sports<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> September 12, 2025 (limited)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 hour, 43 Minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bang Bang <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"uQkZDR6lV5U\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bang Bang | Official Trailer (2025) | September 12th, Only in Theatres\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQkZDR6lV5U?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim 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