Peter Dinklage says an unusual call from Marvel co-star Josh Brolin convinced him to star in a new action comedy from Palm Springs director: "We should play twin brothers"
Oct. 8, 2024Exclusive: Peter Dinklage reveals the phone call that made him join the cast of Brothers
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Peter Dinklage says an unusual phone call from Josh Brolin convinced him to star in Brothers, an upcoming action comedy from Palm Springs director Max Barbakow.
“I got a call from Josh. He said, ‘Hey, man, I don’t know you, you don’t know me, but a friend of mine says we have the biggest heads in showbusiness.’ Not egos. Though both of our egos are enormous. Literally, we have two big heads,” Dinklage tellsTotal Film in our final issueout on Thursday, October 10, which featuresGladiator 2on the cover. “And Josh said, ‘We should play twin brothers because of said fact.’ I took it as a compliment. Montgomery Clift had a big head.”
The film stars Brolin and Dinklage as twins Moke and Jady Munger raised by a career-criminal mom, Cath (Glenn Close). Growing up, the brothers’ heists become increasingly risky (and profitable) until Jady is caught and lands a five-year stretch. Moke escapes and goes straight. Barbakow directs from a screenplay penned by Etan Cohen (Holmes and Watson) and Macon Blair (The Toxic Avenger).
“I’ve actually looked at it objectively and it seems right,” Btolin added. “I called him and said, ‘I have this idea, loosely based on my family…’ And we started to riff on it.”
Brothers hits select theaters on October 10 before hitting Prime Video on October 17. And you can read more about it and a whole lot else besides in the final issue of Total Film when it hits shelves and digital newsstands on Thursday, October 10.
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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