NEW YORK – Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan just can't stop cracking each other up.
The pair, who star in Apple TV’s new cat-and-mouse heist series "12 12 12" (out Nov. 13 with a two-episode premiere), sat down to share their "Costar Confessions" in a new video interview with USA TODAY, and it was quickly apparent that they share the kind of friendship grounded in playful quips and jokes made at each other’s expense.
They spilled about everything from the first time they met (over drinks and a passed cigar at The Bulldog in New Orleans) to what it would be like if they swapped their iconic roles, Christian Grey ("50 Shades of Chocolate," as Mackie put it) and Captain America, to joking around about their pay, and it was clear from their constant
stream of laughter that they’re thrilled to be working together again after previously starring in 2019’s "Synchronic."
“I did think that we had a good thing going on and it would be cool to do something together again,” Dornan tells USA TODAY in the video while sitting beside Mackie. “I didn't think it would take seven years, or something, but we got there.”
After the sci-fi film, which centered nonlinear time, Dornan says he would've expected their next project together to be more straightforward and linear, which "12 12 12" surely is not. The series takes place across three distinct, nonchronological timelines: 12 months of preparing for a heist, 12 hours of executing it, and 12 days after, the window during which almost all bank robbers are caught.
Mackie plays FBI agent Jack Strickland who's doggedly on the trail of bank robber Paul Galvin (Dornan) – but a lasting vendetta from a previous case makes the whole thing extra personal.
Now that they've played both best friends and bitter enemies on screen, it's clear that being buddies comes much more naturally to them. “You’re an easy person to laugh with – that’s easy to find with you," Mackie told his costar. "Some people, you wouldn’t be their friend in real life. But I think we have a good rapport.”
Watch Jamie and Anthony's Costar Confessions video here:
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