Star Of 'Civil War' Said It Was Hard To 'Shake It Off' After Filming

Alex Garland’s Civil War is fast approaching. You’d know that if you’d stepped foot in a movie theater recently or watched Wrestlemania last night. The ad campaign for the film about a divided United States has been vast. A24 is putting a lot behind what might be the last film Garland directs. If so, he will go out with a movie that feels scarily relevant.

To say politics in America are divisive would be an understatement. A political line has been drawn and pushed to an extreme degree. Things are volatile, primarily because one side has made them so. Yes, I mean Republicans. Many elected GOP officials have gotten behind a man who has literally said he will be a dictator if he gets into office.

That said, I don’t think a second Civil War is on the horizon. It would cost people too much money. Capitalism can only thrive if everyone is united in their lack of power. That doesn’t mean the idea of a Civil War isn’t terrifying. People turning against each other in a violent conflict is scary! Even if you are pretending, those ideas can stick with you.

That was the case for Wagner Moura, one of the stars of Garland’s new film. Moura recently sat down with Comicbook.com to discuss the movie, and he explained how getting out of the film’s intense mindset can be difficult.

“I was just talking about this, the tension in films like that, when I did Narcos, we were dealing with a lot of heavy scenes and all that,” the actor told the site. “It’s not in your mind, it’s not an intellectual thing. Your mind is free when you rap[sic]. Right? I’m going to go somewhere, I’m going to smoke a cigarette, have a drink, but the body, it sort of stays there, right? So I don’t know how to shake it off, actually. And those keeping up with life, seeing people that you love and maybe love. Love is the answer, though.”

Response to the film has been positive so far. Whether or not it resonates with the general public has yet to be seen. Will people be willing to experience a movie that feels so of the moment? Could it make people think a country-dividing conflict is soon to come? Did Alex Garland need to “both sides” political parties when discussing the flick? We’ll get answers to some of these questions on April 12th.