I felt like I didn’t earn my paycheck.” Pivoting shines a light on difficult moments in life–such as death–and brings humor to them. When we shot the pilot, I would go home and be like, did I even work today? All I did was laugh and my body doesn’t hurt. My co-stars Ginnifer Goodwin and Eliza Coupe are so brilliantly funny. “I think it is hysterical that these two polar opposite things are coming out in one year,” she says. ![]() With The Protégé in theaters now, Maggie Q laughs at the juxtaposition between the action thriller film and her upcoming television role in the dark comedy, Pivoting. But, it is so great when you’re able to connect with an actor who is so generous of spirit, who is so collaborative, who doesn’t have any ego around what’s happening for himself, but has a lot of motivation for what’s happening for the film in its entirety,” she says of Keaton. “You run into a myriad of things when you’re in this business. “Richard Wenk, the writer of the film, is such a brilliant writer and he wrote relationships that I haven’t seen in a very long time on film.” While Q credits Wenk’s writing, she says that Keaton made it such a joy to create something so captivating and complex. It is like two boxers in a ring,” Q says of the two characters. Q and co-star Michael Keaton offer dynamic performances showcasing a tumultuous relationship that at first glance might not seem totally relatable but is actually very textured and rooted in realism. The Protégé might not be a war movie but there are many battles throughout–both physically and emotionally. Unfortunately we couldn’t do that but on the screen we’re able to show it in a way that we wanted and really feature Southeast Asia in a different way that’s not a war movie,” she says. ![]() “It was a bummer because one of the things that excited me most was taking a film like this–with a huge director like Martin Campbell and my co-stars–back to my mom’s home. ![]() Director Martin Campbell and the film’s crew traveled to Vietnam and were able to shoot but Q admits she was disappointed not to be able to go. Filming was slated to start in March 2020 but because of the pandemic, it wasn’t safe for the actors to travel. The film is primarily set in Vietnam, where Q’s mother is from and where her parents met during the Vietnam War. Jackson and Maggie Q in The Protégé (Photo by Simon Varsano)
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