{"id":262146,"date":"2026-02-01T07:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262146\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T07:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:16:09","slug":"morena-baccarin-on-why-the-wrecking-crews-jonny-valentina-dont-get-back-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262146\/","title":{"rendered":"Morena Baccarin on Why The Wrecking Crew\u2019s Jonny & Valentina Don\u2019t Get Back Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morena Baccarin<\/a> recently opened up about her role in 2026\u2019s action movie The Wrecking Crew<\/a>, and why her and Jason Momoa\u2019s characters\u2019 relationship was flipped on its head.<\/p>\n

What did Morena Baccarin say about her and Jason Momoa\u2019s on-screen romance?<\/p>\n

Speaking to ComingSoon in a recent interview<\/a>, Baccarin (who plays Valentina in the movie) was asked about subverting the relationship trope between action stars. In the film, Valentina is the calm, cool, and collected one, while Momoa<\/a>\u2018s Jonny is chasing after her constantly after the pair breaks up.<\/p>\n

According to Baccarin, the pair of actors worked hard to cultivate that, and she believes that, at the end of the day, they still don\u2019t end up together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really worked, myself and Jason, on the relationship with these two, and like, it was very important to find moments to really make it specific, like what they\u2019ve been through, where they\u2019re going, what\u2019s happening. I felt it was really important that she does not get back together with him now. Like it became a little bit like, you don\u2019t know if it\u2019s gonna happen,\u201d said Baccarin.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut like in my mind, I do not get back together with him, and I had to play that all the way through. And so in these moments, even when I kiss him, it\u2019s like an anger kiss, you know? It\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, we\u2019ve been through this crazy thing together.\u2019 So, like all those moments and things came out of really deepening the relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wrecking Crew is directed by \u00c1ngel Manuel Soto (Blue Beetle), from a script written by Jonathan Tropper. Alongside Baccarin and Momoa, The Wrecking Crew also stars Dave Bautista, Claes Bang, Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, Hugo Borich, Sean Meehan, Joshua Hamill, Maia Kealoha, Mark R. Black, David Hekili Kenui Bell, Lydia Peckham, Roimata Fox, and Branscombe Richmond.<\/p>\n

Bautista had a busy 2025, starring in In the Lost Lands, Afterburn, and Trap House. Up next for him is a role in The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, Alpha Gang, and Road House 2. As for Momoa, he\u2019ll next star in Supergirl as Lobo, Street Fighter as Blanka, and will also reprise his role as Duncan Idaho in the upcoming Dune: Part Three. <\/p>\n

The Wrecking Crew is now available to watch on Prime Video. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morena Baccarin recently opened up about her role in 2026\u2019s action movie The Wrecking Crew, and why her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[14926,150190,430,18622,156,4309,131755,3130,111,139,69,16505,134118],"class_list":{"0":"post-262146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-amazon-mgm-studios","9":"tag-angel-manuel-soto","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-dave-bautista","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-jason-momoa","14":"tag-morena-baccarin","15":"tag-movie-news","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-newzealand","18":"tag-nz","19":"tag-prime-video","20":"tag-the-wrecking-crew"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}