HUNTING PARTY PLAYS WITH INSANITY

The stars of The Hunting Party were attracted to the insanity of their characters.

Richard Gere and Terrence Howard star in The Hunting Party, the story of a washed up reporter hoping for his big story when he reels in his camera man to capture Sarajevo’s most wanted war criminal.

Gere was attracted to the insanity of his character.

”The guy is irreverent, out of control. Very few rules are left for this guy. He’s fallen about as low as you can fall. And again to keep a thread of possibility in the guy, it’s lurking there at the same time that he is totally outrageous. He’s a very fun balance to play for an actor.”

Howard liked the fact that his character was in the thick of it filming in war zones, an insane thing that he would never do in real life.

”And often times his back is right where the action is taking place. He has no one protecting him and so it takes a lot of courage to do that. Or you either have to be in a position where you are ready to die or you’re looking for death. I don’t know. It’s a little insane. You know that’s what makes this fun. I’m over there playing someone that I could never imagine being in my real life. And the bombs and the explosions and the machine gunfire; all that feels real. The special effect here are so precise. It’s absolutely great and you feel like you’re right there in the midst of it.”

The Hunting Party which also stars James Brolin and Jesse Eisenberg, opens Friday, September 14th in theaters nationwide.