Now,Panterabrings the two back together in a whole new way: as reluctant co-workers.

He’s very good at taking down the bad guys, and he’s good at winning.

He only really knows that.

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Life has not been so great.

But he has Donnie, and Donnie is something to aim for.

I’m sick of this.

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I want to join with you.

And then what does that bring in?

So there’s so many colors, and I found that great to play, especially the humor.

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It’s very funny, this movie, and it doesn’t rely on the intensity and the grittiness.

It’s well-rounded, I’d say.

Christian Gudegast: It’s really a buddy movie.

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It’s really sort of a love story between Nick and Donnie.

So it’s about that dynamic between a cop and a criminal.

Crime is almost like a symbiotic relationship, right?

the Panthers in Den of Thieves Pantera

The cop and criminal [cannot] exist without the other, right?

So it’s really a buddy movie between the two of them.

The two groups, the criminal group and the cop group, they only hung out with one another.

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They never did because we wanted to keep up that sort of rivalry between the two groups.

And this one, we did the opposite.

They were neighbors for the whole time.

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So they really sort of developed that camaraderie between each other, naturally off-screen.

And then onscreen, it pays dividends, right?

I’ve worked with Christian a lot now, so we have a shorthand.

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But just that was a great moment.

Butler:The main story was all Christian.

Like, what if Donnie then hooked up with these guys?

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Because they’re an amazing crew of people, they’re very mysterious, and they’re very brilliant.

So, I’m good with logic.

Yeah, we got to be careful with that.

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It’s just constantly pulling the rug from underneath you as to where they’re at.

It’s a very culturally specific, closed-off world.

So, in reality, to get to know them was fascinating.

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Obviously, he proves himself worthy by the heist he pulls off in the beginning.

But that was a really fascinating process.

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