Jack Black went "as method as it gets" to play Steve in the Minecraft movie: "He was just slaying it in the Overworld"
Nov. 21, 2024The actor “got obsessed with searching for lapis lazuli”
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Jack Black apparently got very into his role as Steve while shooting the upcoming Minecraft movie, spending his filming breaks playing the game. The movie’s director Jared Hess even went as far as joking that Black went “as method as it gets” to play the role.
“I mean, he was in his trailer anytime he had a break, he was just slaying it in the Overworld,” Hess toldIGN. “Torfi [Frans Olafsson, producer and Minecraft’s Sr. Creative Director of Entertainment] put together a special server just for the crew. Jack got obsessed with searching for lapis lazuli, as he calls it. I mean, every day, it was like, I’d pop in there to go over the scene in the morning and he would be dressed as Steve playing the game. It was kind of a surreal thing to behold.”
We’ve had a fewglimpses of Black as Steve in the trailersso far, and we’ve got to admit, he looks the best part of the movie. Based loosely on beloved games, the film follows four misfits (played by Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, and Sebastian Eugene Hansen) who are pulled into the Overworld, a cubic land that thrives on imagination. In order to return home, they’ll have to complete a magical quest with a crafter called Steve.
Black previously joked to GamesRadar+ thathe thinks he’ll get an Oscar for his work on A Minecraft Movie. “Oh, youknowI’m playing Minecraft all the time. Whenever I’m not filming I’m playing Minecraft because an actor prepares,” he told us.
“I like to be in that Minecraft headspace. I like to know the rules, and I like to get little, like, things like, ‘Oh, in the game you pickaxe like this. You hit stuff like that,’ then I do that in the movie. I think the members of the Academy will appreciate my research later. I don’t want to jinx it, but I’m pretty sure I’m getting an Oscar for this one…”
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I’m the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for the Total Film and SFX sections online. I previously worked as a Senior Showbiz Reporter and SEO TV reporter at Express Online for three years. I’ve also written for The Resident magazines and Amateur Photographer, before specializing in entertainment.
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