{"id":708006,"date":"2026-01-17T01:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-dead-mans-wire-star-dacre-montgomery-committed-to-richard-hall-role\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T01:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:10:18","slug":"how-dead-mans-wire-star-dacre-montgomery-committed-to-richard-hall-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-dead-mans-wire-star-dacre-montgomery-committed-to-richard-hall-role\/","title":{"rendered":"How ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Star Dacre Montgomery Committed to Richard Hall Role"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t[This story contains spoilers from Dead Man\u2019s Wire<\/em>.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDon\u2019t expect Dacre Montgomery to half-ass his performance, and especially not in his new movie, Dead Man\u2019s Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 31-year-old actor slowly fell \u201cin love with movies<\/a> and the idea of the process of making films\u201d growing up while watching his parents, who worked as a 1st AD and sound recordist. After grinding for 10 years and studying drama in college, Montgomery eventually landed his breakout role as Billy in Stranger Things<\/em> in 2017.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut as someone who is always looking to \u201cexplore the limits of what I\u2019m capable of in every way,\u201d the actor says, his latest role in filmmaker Gus Van Sant\u2019s Dead Man\u2019s Wire<\/em> made for the perfect challenge. The film is based on the real 1977 Indianapolis hostage situation, where disgruntled businessman Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgard) held mortgage executive Richard Hall (Montgomery) captive, with a shotgun rigged to a \u201cdead man\u2019s wire\u201d around his neck.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m always someone who\u2019s going to be pushing to have the handcuffs tighter and the wire to be real,\u201d he tells The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> of how he made the filming process a more immersive experience. \u201cAnd sure, I left set with bruises around my neck and my arms and a sore back and whatever else, but I think it helps believe the performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, Montgomery opens up about his preparations to portray a real person in Dead Man\u2019s Wire<\/em>, how physically taxing the role was and working so closely with Skarsgard. He also reflects on Stranger Things<\/em>, with the megahit series wrapp<\/a>ing last month.<\/p>\n

\n\tHow did you first get attached to Dead Man\u2019s Wire<\/em> and what attracted you to the script?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI got a text from a rep saying, \u201cGus [Van Sant, director] wants to call you about playing one of the leads in his first film in eight years.\u201d I obviously freaked out. Gus is a bucket list director of mine, so when I got the call, I was like, \u201cOh my God. He FaceTimed me the next day and was like, \u201cLook, I\u2019m doing this film. It\u2019s called Dead Man\u2019s Wire<\/em>. It\u2019s based on a true story and I\u2019d love it if you could play Richard or Dick Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tI didn\u2019t know anything about the true story. I was looking it up while we were chatting and I was like, \u201cGus, Dick Hall is 55. You do realize I\u2019m 29.\u201d Gus was like, \u201cYeah, I don\u2019t care.\u201d I was like, \u201cOkay, well, who are you casting to play Tony?\u201d Tony\u2019s 48, he\u2019s 5\u201910 [and] he\u2019s an American Greek man. He goes, \u201cBill Skarsgard,\u201d who as we know is 35, he\u2019s 6\u20198\u2033 or 6\u20197\u2033 and he\u2019s Swedish. So I was like, \u201cThis is not obviously what the true characters look like,\u201d but it\u2019s a testament to Gus. It\u2019s not about that. It\u2019s about the soul or the creative spirit of the actors he casts in his film.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019ve learned that as part of his process, even in making the film. He said, \u201cObviously let\u2019s try and get you looking like Richard, but let\u2019s not put an emphasis on it.\u201d But I don\u2019t do things in between. So I went to 1,000 percent \u2014 bolded myself, got rid of my eyebrows, tried to become this man, this character. And it was a really rewarding experience because Gus is super collaborative and trusts the process.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDacre Montgomery in Dead Man\u2019s Wire.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tGiven that the film is based on real events, what\u00a0did your preparations and research look like to take on\u00a0the role of\u00a0Dick Hall?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI have a random, abstract way of entering that space, which is [that] I create a perfume for every character I play, which I\u2019ve done in the past, and kind of hybrid the real story and the fictionalized Bill\/Dacre\/Gus version of Tony and Dick Hall\u2019s story. I created a perfume that embodied what I wanted to bring to the character and what I knew about Dick Hall. <\/p>\n

\n\tDick Hall wrote a book after the situation that happened in his life. It\u2019s a really tragic story. He was sober and ost his sobriety after everything happened; he lost his brothers and his dad. I tried to put all of that into the scent, and also this idea of the \u201970s that I had because Gus is very artistic and tactile and was able to describe the \u201970s to me in detail. I found that really rewarding, and I tried to bottle all of that up into a scent that I could spray on my costume every day that smelt like the moment.<\/p>\n

\n\tAcross the film\u2019s\u00a0105 minutes, there are only a handful of settings that you filmed in. When you\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0rely on your environment as much, how do you go about getting yourself into your character\u2019s headspace?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe biggest thing that was really helpful was actually just getting Bill and I in a room together and the wire around my neck and his hand on the gun, because we\u2019re more like dance partners than scene partners. We have to move as one for so much of the film, and the funny thing about that was that it was kind of a catalyst for this darkly funny version of the film to emerge. The film on paper was a lot darker, a lot more dramatic. And I think the film is very morbidly, absurdly funny.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut a lot of that was born from this odd couple dynamic that Bill and I fell into because you put two people in a room \u2014 one who\u2019s on the far right, seemingly, and one who\u2019s on the far left,seemingly. It\u2019s a really interesting thing to see nowadays, especially in this country: two people put in a room for four days who have to have discourse about the gray area in between; the right and left forced to merge closer and have a discussion. U<\/p>\n

\n\tltimately, because of that, I, as Dick, found a lot more empathy for Tony, and Bill as Tony found a lot more empathy for Dick, especially with the relationship with his father and seeing that it\u2019s subjective to each of our circumstances. Even though Dick represents so much to Tony, he isn\u2019t ultimately that. They can kind of bond in this weird way, which I think, is again, a testament to Gus for finding a story that puts two people with opposing ideologies and different backgrounds in a room together.<\/p>\n

\n\tBecause of the limited surroundings, do you enjoy a role like this where your microexpressions have such\u00a0a massive impact\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0audience?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tEvery single one of the characters in the ensemble of this film is a huge personality \u2014 a huge, amazing, intricate performance, and Dick fundamentally isn\u2019t. It\u2019s not what I wanted to give to the character. I wanted to create someone who is kind of frozen among all of these people. And, how far could I push that? Not just aesthetically with my hair, my eyebrows, the costume, the scent, which people don\u2019t see, but how far could I push that in terms of the minutia of the idiosyncratic behavior or mannerisms that he would use? It was a really, really difficult role to play. It was physically taxing because the wire was real \u2014 the handcuffs were tight, Bill was at my back, the whole film.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m a control freak and Gus is very much like, \u201cLet\u2019s just find it as we go along.\u201d At the start, I found that really hard, to be honest with you, but then I found all these amazing wins in being pushed to get out of my head. Bill was pushing me to just go with the flow of the run and gun. We didn\u2019t have enough time, we didn\u2019t have enough money, but what good can come out of that? I learned a huge amount and I\u2019m very happy with how the film came together and everyone\u2019s performances.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDacre Montgomery and Bill Skarsgard in Dead Man\u2019s Wire.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tYou also spent\u00a0a lot of time leaning over with something\u00a0tight\u00a0around your neck. Can you talk about how phsyically demanding that was?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIt helped make it a more immersive experience. I\u2019m always someone who\u2019s going to be pushing to have the handcuffs tighter and the wire to be real. I left set with bruises around my neck and my arms, and a sore back and whatever else, but I think it helps believe the performance. It helps if I\u2019m cramping as I\u2019m sitting there and feeling exhausted and fatigued and tired, because that\u2019s what it was. I will always push to try and find something more in performance and process that helps the audience believe what the character\u2019s going through. I invented the knots that Tony used to tie me down on the ground with the bolt in the ground of his apartment floor because I wanted it to feel real. I hated movies when that rope looks slack or the handcuffs look loose. For me, it was all about believing every single component of what you\u2019re seeing on screen, especially when it\u2019s a hostage film.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film has quite an impressive cast, including yousrself, Bill,\u00a0Al Pacino\u00a0and Colman Domingo. What was that\u00a0like working with all of them?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAl texted me, took me out for dinner in L.A. before we started the shoot in Kentucky, and we talked at length about the characters, but also his love of the film industry. He\u2019s not jaded at all by the amount of years he\u2019s been doing it. He\u2019s in love with it. He\u2019s in love with acting. He\u2019s in love with film and theater and television and all of these things. So that was really nice to actually spend time with him before going and doing the shoot. He was very generous in that capacity. Coleman\u2019s amazing. I didn\u2019t really get to [spend a lot of time with him on set]. I\u2019ve gotten to know him afterwards and he\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

\n\tI just can\u2019t say enough good things about Bill. He\u2019s wonderful. He\u2019s the best friend I\u2019ve made on a set. He\u2019s one of the best scene partners I\u2019ve ever had. He gives it his all. And there\u2019s some other amazing character performances, like Cary Elwes playing Michael Grable and Myha\u2019la is amazing as well. And again, it\u2019s a testament to Gus. He gets the most amazing ensemble and heads of departments. The crew was unbelievable.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Stranger Things<\/em> coming to an end this final season, I can\u2019t not ask you about the show. What comes to mind when you reflect on your role as Billy in seasons two and three, and the impact it had on your career?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSo much. It\u2019s such a formative period of time. I wouldn\u2019t be allowed the opportunities I have had since if I hadn\u2019t been a part of that show. Someone was asking me, \u201cAre you really sad about Stranger Things<\/em> coming to an end?\u201d Because I feel like I have to be a glass-half-full kind of person\u2026 [creators] Matt and Ross Duffer have so many other ideas that they wanted to explore, make [and] develop for years. And because of the size of the show, they have had zero bandwidth or ability to do anything else. And the thing that I have to remain positive about with the show coming to an end is that this new chapter for them\u2026 it\u2019s like if audiences love Stranger Things<\/em>, imagine what\u2019s next? That\u2019s what I have to remain excited and optimistic for, for audiences to be taken on the next journey and next generation of maybe younger people as well growing up with whatever the next Duffer Brothers\u2019 show is.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDacre Montgomery in Stranger Things<\/em> season two.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tDo you have a dream role or genre that you would love to take on in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m forever an optimist. I\u2019m forever a cinephile. There are so many things I could tell you right now, but the biggest thing that I\u2019ve been chasing my whole life is directing my first film. That has been my north star and has taken a huge amount of work convincing people to believe in me. That just finished 10 days ago and it\u2019s been a life-changing experience, and anything and everything I\u2019ve been chasing. I was saying to someone the other day, if it\u2019s the last job I ever do, I\u2019m happy. That\u2019s what I wanted. I play the lead in the film as well, so it was also not only a challenge to direct, but to direct and star. I just want to be pushed. I want to explore the limits of what I\u2019m capable of in every way. And this was the hardest, most rewarding experience of my adult life.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat\u2019s\u00a0one of the biggest challenges\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0been able to overcome to get you where you are today?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI suffer a lot from really bad anxiety, and that can bleed into every part of your life. And my greatest challenge was figuring out that my anxiety is my superpower, to use that analogy or the metaphor. And it took a long time to figure that out. For a long time, it hindered me. It didn\u2019t help me. I really do think and believe and have talked a lot publicly about that, and about anxiety actually being a superpower, depending on how you look at it. And putting a lot of work and time into making sure that it is and that it doesn\u2019t hinder you or your process or your life, and reminding people it\u2019s an everyday process. I work on it every single day, but I am actually thankful for it because it pushes me to try and achieve new things, and have new goals and desires and dreams and try new things and be bold.<\/p>\n

\n\tIf you had to describe what makes Dacre Montgomery, Dacre Montgomery, what would you say?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tProbably my OCD (Laughs<\/em>). I\u2019m super OCD. I think a lot of my friends would say, \u201cWhat\u2019s his No. 1 trait that makes him everything: the good, the bad, the ugly, everything?\u201d It\u2019s definitely my OCD, 100 percent. I know that\u2019s a lame answer, but it\u2019s so true.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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