1 of 3 | Bruce Davison’s new movie “Casa Grande” opens in theaters Friday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Willard, Longtime Companion and X-Men icon Bruce Davison plays a governor who must decide between power and friendship in the new contemporary western, Casa Grande.
In theaters Friday, the film stars Lou Diamond Phillips, John Pyper-Ferguson, Madison Lawlor, Christina Moore, Javier Bolaños, Kate Mansi, Lauren Swickard, Daniel Edward Mora, Loren Escandon, Bruce Davison, Shalim Ortiz and Charley Debenedetti.
Directed by Juan Pablo Arias Munoz and written by Munoz, Lauren Swickard, Sherell Jackson and Alex Ranarivelo, the movie follows two families fighting over the future of their California ranches.
Asked what he found most compelling about the plot, Davison told UPI in a Zoom interview Wednesday: “More than anything, the conflict that always exists between what is of value and what is changing.
“It is always one of the stories you can tell through science fiction or any procedural or westerns and this one has a really interesting take on it and I love the idea that Lou Diamond Phillips’ character has Latino affluence and the problems and the responsibilities and the conflicts that he has to deal with, coming up against what is of human value to John Pyper-Ferguson’s character,” he added. “Both of them have their flaws and have their values. It’s a wonderful story.”
Davison described his character Gov. Grant as being “between a rock and a hard place.”
“He’s been John Pyper-Ferguson’s character’s friend for a long time, but Lou rules the roost and he’s pretty ruthless and he has a couple of numbers on the governor that are really squeezing the life out of them and that’s a tough position to be in,” the actor noted.
“I always find that kind of conflict interesting, whether it’s a small, one-scene character or whatever else it’s going on through the through line of a story and I find all of the characters written with a very interesting complexity — who they are and what they’re going through — the good and the bad.”
John Pyper-Ferguson, Christina Moore attend ‘Casa Grande’ premiere
Cast member John Pyper-Ferguson attends the premiere of Amazon Freevee’s “Casa Grande” at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., on May 1, 2023. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
