(L to R) Ryan Phillippe and C. Thomas Howell star in ‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’.
Obtainable on digital starting February twentieth is the brand new collection of motion movies ‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’, which had been directed by Adam Davidson (‘Shooter’), and stars Ryan Phillippe (’Merciless Intentions’) and C. Thomas Howell (‘The Outsiders’).
Launch Date: Feb 20, 2026
Run Time: 1 hr 26 min
Moviefone lately had the pleasure of talking with Ryan Phillippe and C. Thomas Howell about their work on ‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’, how the undertaking got here collectively, capturing each films back-to-back, Phillippe’s character’s relationship along with his daughter, how Howell introduced humanity to his villainous character, and dealing collectively on the motion sequences.
Launch Date: Feb 20, 2026
Run Time: 1 hr 20 min
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(L to R) Ryan Phillippe as “Danny” and Amélie Hoeferle as “Alex” within the Motion, Thriller, Suspense movie, ‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’. Photograph courtesy of Republic Footage (a Paramount Footage label).
Moviefone: To start with, Ryan, are you able to speak about how this uncommon undertaking got here collectively and what was your response to the concept of capturing a film and its sequel on the similar time after which releasing them collectively on the identical day?
Ryan Phillippe: Nicely, I had labored with the producer, Aaron Kaplan on a mini-series that I did with Juliette Lewis years in the past referred to as ‘Secrets and techniques and Lies’. So, we had a previous working relationship, and he referred to as me up and pitched me this story that was born out of an actual state of affairs with him and his daughter, Jaiden Kaplan, who’s considered one of our producers. They had been on faculty excursions in rural New Hampshire, and on a highway the place that they had no cell service, and she or he simply form of mentioned to him, “Dad, think about if we broke down proper now, what would occur?” So primarily, as soon as he instructed me the story about how he and Jaiden had this concept when she was 17, he requested me if I’d be keen on creating it right into a film. Which then ended up being two films, which is extremely formidable and infrequently performed that you just shoot a movie and its sequel back-to-back. So, there have been quite a lot of difficult components associated to that. However it was only a enjoyable experience, and I liked {that a} father and daughter conceived it initially, and the story was emotionally at its coronary heart, no less than from Danny’s perspective, a few father and daughter making an attempt to reconnect. Being a father or mother myself, having two daughters, I discovered quite a lot of relatable components to that, and I simply suppose that it is distinctive to have a father and daughter motion piece and a survival story like this. So, we developed it over a few years after which was so excited when C. Thomas Howell got here on board, and that introduced the entire thing to life.
(L to R) C. Thomas Howell as “Stanley Dixon” and Amélie Hoeferle as “Alex” within the Motion, Thriller, Suspense movie, ‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’. Photograph courtesy of Republic Footage (a Paramount Footage label).
MF: C. Thomas, are you able to speak about becoming a member of this undertaking and your strategy to taking part in the villain?
C. Thomas Howell: Nicely, I really like taking part in despicable characters. Discovering a flawed character and injecting them with humanity. He’s attempting to actually do the most effective for the group of people who he holds a really huge duty for, their survival on this off the grid tradition, and there is some similarities between the 2 characters. He is preventing to deal with the one which he loves, and I am preventing to deal with people who I really like. So, I did not actually strategy him from the angle of being a foul man, and that is what I favored about it, regardless that he was any person that was prepared to do issues which might be deemed despicable. He was coming from a very good place, no less than from his perspective. He felt justified. So, that made it very attention-grabbing for me as an alternative of just a few type of socially disconnected psychopath, and that is far much less attention-grabbing to me. Actually proudly owning the truth that this small village that he created was on the verge of distinction until he was prepared to take some main steps when it comes to not permitting that to occur, even when it meant kidnapping any person. That was the power that I believe, no less than from my character’s perspective, that drives the film.
(L to R) Ryan Phillippe as “Danny” and Amélie Hoeferle as “Alex” within the Motion, Thriller, Suspense movie, ‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’. Photograph courtesy of Republic Footage (a Paramount Footage label).
MF: Ryan, are you able to speak about Danny’s relationship along with his daughter and creating that relationship on display with actress Amélie Hoeferle?
RP: I imply, she’s nice. We did an exhaustive search to search out the fitting Alex and noticed 100 women. However the second I noticed Amélie’s audition tape, I instructed the opposite producers that this was the lady. She’s meant to be this angsty teenager at a degree in her life the place she’s received this need to be an artist and her mom has designs for her that aren’t in that realm. I believe the truth that on set we had to take action a lot bodily work on this film. We needed to soar into icy, chilly water. We needed to run full pace over rocky terrain, and this lady didn’t complain as soon as. Her character within the film has company. She is reduce of the identical fabric as her father and we begin to see components of that, of her preventing again and her utilizing her intelligence. I believe that ultimately they do begin to develop nearer collectively after which he does provide his apologies for not having been round as a lot. Then it turns into that he desires to save lots of this individual that he loves most on the earth and would do something for. As a father or mother, that is very relatable.
C. Thomas Howell as “Stanley Dixon” within the Motion, Thriller, Suspense movie, ‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’. Photograph courtesy of Republic Footage (a Paramount Footage label).
MF: C. Thomas, are you able to speak about executing the motion sequences and dealing with Ryan on these scenes?
CTH: You understand, I come from a stunt background. My household, my father, spent a lifetime doing stunts on this enterprise. In order that’s probably not one thing that I battle with, however I definitely want standing again and watching Ryan get beat up and thrown into icy chilly water versus being part of that. However we had our moments the place he received his revenge and took it out on me. It is one thing that I believe when an actor can do their very own bodily stunts, it actually provides one thing to the piece and Ryan has spent a really huge portion of his profession coaching and doing that. He is very coordinated. He is a black belt in a number of martial arts, so I do not need to make him that indignant. It was simple to get bodily and to work out our stunt sequences collectively. He is very bodily, and it made it enjoyable at occasions. That may be very robust once you’re working with one other actor that does not essentially have these capabilities they usually’re put into that place. Someone can get damage. It may possibly look poorly performed and it could possibly change into awkward. However when you’ll be able to work with any person who’s succesful, it makes it enjoyable.
(L to R) Ryan Phillippe as “Danny” and James Michalopoulos as “Vince” within the Motion, Thriller, Suspense movie, ‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’. Photograph courtesy of Republic Footage (a Paramount Footage label).
MF: Lastly, Ryan, do you may have a philosophy on the subject of capturing motion sequences?
RP: It’s a dance of types, and we had been fortunate to have an unbelievable stunt staff, unbelievable stunt choreography, and we actually labored exhausting at it. Working with Tommy, first, I used to be excited as a result of I watched him once I was youthful, and I liked his work and his performances. But in addition, the depth he dropped at the position of Stanley ups my recreation. It makes me a greater actor. It makes me lock in and focus a special means. So, I felt lucky.
‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’ will likely be accessible digitally on February twentieth.
What’s the plot of ‘One Mile: Chapter One’?
Danny (Ryan Phillippe), a former particular forces operative, travels along with his teenage daughter Alex (Amélie Hoeferle) on a school highway journey. After an surprising detour brings them into contact with a violent, remoted group dwelling off the grid, Alex is taken, and Danny is pressured right into a determined rescue try.
What’s the plot of ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’?
Within the second installment, Danny is pulled again into battle with the identical group when Alex is kidnapped once more as a part of an act of revenge, sending him into one other pursuit in opposition to an enemy ready for him.
Who’s within the forged of One Mile: Chapter One and Two’?
(L to R) Amélie Hoeferle as “Alex” and Ryan Phillippe as “Danny” within the Motion, Thriller, Suspense movie, ‘One Mile: Chapter One’ and ‘One Mile: Chapter Two’. Photograph courtesy of Republic Footage (a Paramount Footage label).