![]() Talbert? What was he like, as a director?ĭ’ONOFRIO: He’s very cool and smart. How did you find working and collaborating with David E. It’s a difficult answer to give because, at times, it’s significantly different because of who they hired to play the part, but as far as the story itself, it’s pretty close to the script. It does change a lot because of what each actor brought to their part, but other than that, the storyline is the same. I would improvise something in almost every scene that we did, but some of it was just too outrageous.ĭid this film change or evolve much, from the first time you read it, or is the finished film pretty close to what you first read?ĭ’ONOFRIO: I would say that it’s pretty close to the script. We improvised a lot, said some funny stuff, and cracked each other up. Also, Dax Shepard is one of my close friends, and it’s always fun to be around him ‘cause he’s a very funny guy. Everybody in that room were very nice people and good conversationalists. ![]() Basically, I’m bleeding out through the whole thing, but there were distractions. Did you have any particularly fun or funny moments on set, with any of them?ĭ’ONOFRIO: Improvising with the cast, inside the liquor store, was fun. This film has a pretty great cast, with Dax Shepard, Kurtwood Smith and Tim Allen. I just liked it because I saw, the way that it was written, that it could be something I could have fun with. They really let me expand on it and do all kinds of stuff. I thought I could bring some kind of weirdness to it. VINCENT D’ONOFRIO: With it being (writer) Ted Melfi’s, and I think he’s a really talented guy, and the introduction to David, the director, I thought that I could do something with the part. Now Eric must prove his innocence while doing his best to ensure no one is shot and killed by the other bumbling police officers outside.Collider: What made you want to do El Camino Christmas ? ![]() This eventually ends up in a situation where Eric is in a liquor store with "Bukowski," a young woman and her son, Officer Hooker, and the liquor store owner - he's believed to be holed up with hostages, a story stoked by the police and an opportunistic news reporter (Jessica Alba). While Eric is trying to get back to his hotel, he ends up being pursued by a very drunk Officer Hooker, who shoots at Eric's car while in pursuit. Unsure of how to handle the situation, Calhoun simply lets Eric go. Out of control, Hooker beats up Eric with a billy club. On the way, "Charles" rolls a joint and leaves his bag of marijuana in Eric's car, where it will be found by the two police officers who later search his car and take Eric to jail. Meanwhile, Roth goes to the address on the letter, where he meets a drunken foul-mouthed older man (Tim Allen) who introduces himself as "Charles Bukowski." "Charles" claims to know where Eric's father is, but will only tell if they go to a bar and get drinks. ![]() Almost immediately upon arrival, Roth is suspected of running a meth lab by two police officers - Billy Calhoun (Dax Shepherd), the inept nephew of the police chief (Kurtwood Smith), and the other, Carl Hooker (Vincent D'Onofrio), an alcoholic known for making questionable arrests. In EL CAMINO CHRISTMAS, Eric Roth (Luke Grimes) is on a road trip out west from Missouri, in search of the father he never knew, with only an old letter and an address that leads him to a rural Nevada town. ![]()
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