A hint about the plot of the film ‘Black Bag’ (released in 2025) is given below, so if you haven’t seen it yet, you might want to catch it at your local cinema. You can find its schedule here.
When I heard about Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, I never could’ve anticipated it would end up being one of the more unique new action movies I’ve seen in awhile. Yes, it involves an all-star cast including the likes of Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett and Regé-Jean Page. However, the core “action” element doesn’t involve big, choreographed fight scenes or globe-trotting set pieces. It’s reliant on the superb performances of the cast, And TopMob had to ask the stars about one particularly tense scene involving an intimate dinner.
The movie opens with Fassbender and Blanchett’s characters, are husband and wife and also happen to be spies, inviting their co-workers over to their home for a meal The scene ends up feeling like a bit of theatre rather than a typical 2020s spy movie, as Fassbender’s George Woodhouse starts to get under his cohorts’ skin. The whole scene concludes with Marisa Abela’s character, Clarissa Debose, stabbing her partner’s hand with a knife. When TopMob interviewed Fassbender, Abela and Page, they reflected on the scene with the following comments:
Michael: “It was a one take thing. We only had the one take.”
Marisa: “Tom only has the one hand!”
Michael: “He said, ‘You can do it to me one time.’”
Regé-Jean: “Deeply into the method, Tom.”
As a cinephile, I found unpacking the technical aspects of the scene quite tedious yet thrilling at the same time. After all, who doesn’t enjoy a bit of on-set action? And let me tell you, Tom really got into the spirit of things with that hand prop!
Regé-Jean: “He’s a playful guy, Tom.”
It must have been an absolute blast for Abela to get to do in the movie. I know when I saw it in theaters, there were squeals among the audience, especially regarding how sudden the moment was. While I might not have the gall to stab my man if I had learned he was cheating on me, I can understand the kind of catharsis that would result from what any woman might want to do in that situation. (Hey, not all of us can be spies!) Michael Fassbender also said this about shooting those long dinner scenes:
They were the only scenes that we rehearsed, and I think Steven really wanted to figure out how he was gonna differentiate the two scenes with the camera. What sort of angles he was gonna use, how he was gonna sort of find the tension in the scenes visually…it was nice for all of us to actually be together in a scene. And like the first scene was 12 pages long. And we actually got to run the 12 pages, a couple of times. And I think Steven did that for the benefit of us. And then, it was just nice to be sitting down all day.
Hey, that’s a major plus for the cast of this excellent film. They were able to make a solid spy film without having to be on their feet all day. Now, that’s the kind of practical element we just don’t think about when we see movies like this.
In a review by TopMob’s Mike Reyes, he awarded Black Bag 4.5 out of 5 stars, expressing his eagerness to watch it again, describing it as “a deliciously duplicitous dinner party he can’t get enough of.” Critics are generally praising Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, so you don’t have to just trust our opinion.
What I really loved about this film upon my viewing is how it caught me off guard and twisted my expectations in regard to what a thriller like this could be. I also appreciate the layered characters, who can be entertaining in any scenario, I’d say. The dinner scene is a testament to that notion, and I’m going to be thinking about it for a while. On that note, do yourself a favor and see Black Bag in theaters now.
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