{"id":964857,"date":"2026-11-15T02:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T02:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/964857\/"},"modified":"2026-11-15T02:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T02:38:13","slug":"mahershala-ali-your-mother-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/964857\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahershala Ali ‘Your Mother’ Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBassam Tariq<\/a>\u2019s Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother<\/a> is a complex action movie that interweaves religion at its center.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film stars Mahershala Ali<\/a> as Latif, a staunch Muslim and father of three, including an infant. Latif is employed as a contract killer, who after the death of his wife struggles to reconcile his faith with his seedy work. However, as he tries to distance himself from it, he finds himself pulled into his longtime employer\u2019s violent battle with a religious extremist group led by a viral preacher played by John Cho<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt Deadline\u2019s Contenders Film Los Angeles event on Saturday, Tariq alongside Ali, Cho and Son Lux<\/a> band member Rafiq Bhatia spoke about making the unique project.<\/p>\n

\n\tTariq revealed that the film was inspired by a scary incident experienced by his wife soon after giving birth to their son. \u201cTwo days [after giving birth] she had an infection and was sent to the emergency room unconscious. And we didn\u2019t know if my wife was going to make it, and at the same time my son needed breastmilk because he was not taking any formula,\u201d he explained. \u201cHe was vomiting it out, and I couldn\u2019t get in touch with her because she wasn\u2019t able to communicate. So, I strapped him on me, and started looking for breast milk around New York City. Thank God my wife was well enough to nurse him back to health.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother\u2019 Review: Mahershala Ali Is The Glue That Binds A Dour Texas-Set Action Drama \u2013 Toronto Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tHe continued: \u201cBut my son was really, really fussy and I remember on the cab ride back, he was still crying and I felt like such a failure as a dad. I just remember taking him out of the car seat and he\u2019s still crying and I held him close to me and he finally calms down and I realized he just needed me to be a dad. I was trying to do all these other things, try to fill these other things, try to fill these impossible shoes of the mother and I just needed to be me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThough foes on different ends of the religious spectrum, Latif being devout but more forgiving, Cho\u2019s Hwan Yoon is devout but intolerant. But both are equally matched in the area of combat and violence. In reconciling with his character on the page Ali said, \u201cI think what can be dangerous about religion is how people interpret it. It naturally is making an argument, the faith itself, like this is the right point of view of the world. So, then if you have something that gives you such confidence around being correct, but then perhaps you have an incorrect interpretation of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother\u2019 Trailer Showcases Mahershala Ali\u2019s Dramatic Chops \u2014 And \u2018Blade\u2019 Skills<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tAli added, \u201cWhat can be dangerous is that people sort of end up believing in their own righteousness, so to speak. So, I think my character believes deeply in what he is doing and in his interpretation of what he\u2019s doing. And I think there\u2019s some real similarities between John\u2019s character \u2026one of us is humbled and one of us is uplifted by somewhat of a miracle that takes place during the course of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLike Ali, Cho gets some equally gnarly action scenes. In Cho\u2019s case, his role is a little more sadistic and unhinged as a pastor aiming to purge the world of what he deems as lewd through any means necessary. \u201cIt was a group effort [to get this character right],\u201d Cho said. \u201cBut I wanted to be in this movie. And frankly, I was a little worried that I would be a distraction. I didn\u2019t want to be Harold and Kumar on the screen and distract people from this story. But most of my work was with these two gentlemen to my left and right [Ali and Tariq]. It was a process of getting into a room with them and [being vulnerable with each other]. That made me feel as though I could get rid of the artifice and start in an honest place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCheck back Monday for the panel video<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Deadline Launches Its Contenders London Streaming Site<\/a><\/p>\n

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