Not all Hollywood actors can say they were set on fire for a movie. Matt Dillon can. This is apart from a whole host of interesting things he has done throughout a long and succesful career.
Speaking of being set on fire for the new movie he is in, Armored, he says, “This is the first movie I have been set on fire. This is fun. I think this rolling around in the dirt doing this stuff, it is like being a kid again, you know. It is just a lot of fun. I know they have got fire gel all over me under this thing.”
Nimrod Antal, Director says, “They like it better than with the leg on fire? Well, I do not care. I want them to use the best thing, and I really trust Nimrod. I think he has got a great eye, he has got really good instincts, but look, you go have to go for it. These guys have stunt men around and they might be able to use something, you know.”
Wondering what happens in the movie to bring this Oscar nominee to being set on fire? With much care not let out too much of the plot, all Dillon says is that an explosion of one of the armored cars takes place. “It has been rigged and It is right at the moment when myself, Jean Reno, and Laurence Fishburne are going into the truck, and I end up, fortunately, I am not inside the truck, so I survive the explosion. So that is how my leg catches on fire,” says Dillon.
The movie, Armored, which opened on December 4 at theaters, is all about a gang of security guards who decide to hit on their own armored money truck.