Apex Mountain
Doug Liman at Bourne
In the discussion (4)
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- Blunt is raised first, then the question turns to whether Liman's apex is Bourne; the answer is "It's Bourne," because he still had some "kwan" back then.
- Liman never had a smooth ride: the hosts recount that Favreau did not speak to him for years over a side deal on Swingers, and that Bourne was a troubled shoot after which he was removed from the franchise.
- Bourne would probably be his apex as the moment everyone thought he had figured out action movies; the pushback is that he did figure them out, but they are risky and difficult for him to make.
- Blunt had mostly thankless parts in big-budget movies after Devil Wears Prada (The Wolfman, The Adjustment Bureau, the Huntsman sequel); this movie or Sicario is probably her apex, with possible disagreement acknowledged.