Austin Butler, Norman Reedus, Jodie Comer and writer-director Jeff Nichols of the new movie 'The Bikeriders' took press tours to the next level with their United Service Organizations trip to Fort Irwin Army Base on May 28: 'One of the most special press days I've ever been part of,' Butler tells PEOPLE.
During “one of the most special press days I've ever been part of,” as Butler tells PEOPLE, ‘The Bikeriders’ team met soldiers, riders and veteransJack Smart is the Movies Staff Writer at PEOPLE. With 10 years of experience as an entertainment journalist, he previously worked at The A.V. Club and Backstage.don’t tend to have a typical work day. But even for them, riding in Black Hawk helicopters to and from an army base in the middle of the California desert is an unusual commute.on May 28.
Plus, Army soldiers and their families aren’t the only inhabitants of Fort Irwin; the base shares an overlap with motorcycle clubs much like those inNichols, 45, was inspired by the 1968 photo book of the same name from journalist Danny Lyon, recreating its portraits of chain-smoking, leather-clad Midwesterners for the big screen. Butler and Reedus play members of the Vandals, an eventual gang led by a macho“A lot of soldiers are riders themselves,” Nichols tells me.
“It feels like a beautiful part of the job,” reflects the English actress. “You do the acting part, which is what you sign up for, but then you end up finding yourselves in these kind of unlikely places and getting to have an insight into a very different world.”“It's nice to make something that's appreciated by somebody that's in a position like this,” says Reedus after meeting a group of veterans in a motorcycle club outside the theater. “This is a good audience.
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