Did You Know? It Took The Russo Brothers 9 Years To Make 'The Gray Man'

The Russo Brothers' next action drama, The Gray Man, is set to be released on Netflix this Friday. The film stars some of the biggest actors from across the globe, like Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, and Dhanush. As we are set to witness this action spectacle in a couple of days, we have learnt that the film took longer than expected for the director's duo.

In developing the journey of The Gray Man from a book to a film, the Russo brothers revealed why the story stood out and appealed to them. "It took nine years to make this film because of our busy schedule. We were in awe of Mark Greaney’s writing and the amount of research he did. We are always on a quest to develop an interesting sideway to a genre. Having been inspired by the 70s thrillers that we grew up on, The Gray Man encompasses the themes of a very complex political and rebelling against the system, and we have reflected on our own fears about the world," Russo Bros. divulged.

"Considering the peculiar genre of the film, we wanted to create a world for the audience to immerse themselves in; thus, we have an incredible cast that has a level of detail and thought and back story to them," they further added.The Gray Man was shot in seven different locations including Los Angeles, France, the Czech Republic, Thailand, Croatia, Austria and Azerbaijan. Tapping again on his inspiration from the 70s classic cinema Joe Russo also said, "The Gray Man has that energy, that compulsion, and the compressed time frame that makes you sit on the edge of your seat while you’re watching the story unfold."