Milo Ventimiglia on filming with Hemsworth Bros: ‘Australian Royalty’

Milo Ventimiglia is used to working with big stars, but he only narrates We weekly that filming Land of Bad with Lucas And Liam Hemsworth was on another level.

“When you film in Australia with the Hemsworths, you’re actually filming with the Australian royal family,” Ventimiglia said exclusively Us.

The actor, 46, plays a member of a military team sent to retrieve a missing CIA asset Land of Bad, now in cinemas. Luke, 43, plays Ventimiglia’s partner on the mission, and they are joined by an inexperienced soldier, played by Liam, 34. Ricky Whittel rounds out the team as a battle-hardened veteran. As the mission heads south, a drone operator arrives (Russel Crowe) becomes their only hope.

Although the Aussies treat the Hemsworths like royalty, the brothers were nothing but hospitable to the cast and crew.

“The easiest thing is just working with the guys,” Ventimiglia said Us of its cast. “You have a good group of gentlemen there, and we laugh a lot. We are enjoying ourselves. We are working hard. There’s no tension on set other than what’s on the screen we’re playing, filming in a beautiful location with a great crew. Everything was great. It was one of those jobs [where] …it’s almost too short for how good it was and how great the group progressed. You wish it was a little longer.”

It’s not easy leaving the country for weeks or months at a time, but Ventimiglia said knowing he’ll be in good company makes him more likely to sign up for a project like Land of Bad.

“You know what you’re getting into. … Really, what it comes down to when you’re on set and you’re there [is] to enjoy and take care of each other,” he said. “And when you present that, it’s presented to you. And there was no shortage of that. Lots of laughs, lots of fun time with Luke, Liam and Ricky.”

The Gilmore Girls alum continued, “Ricky and I go back about ten years when we knew each other, and Liam, same thing. I’ve known Liam for a while, coincidentally. We used to train in the same gym.”

This isn’t the first time fans have seen the newlyweds (We weekly announced the news that he was married Jarah Mariano in October 2023) play a soldier. Are This is us character, Jack Pearson, was a Vietnam War veteran, and Ventimiglia said portraying military heroes is important to him.

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‘My father is a Vietnam veteran. He did two tours in Vietnam,” Ventimiglia said Us. “I have a lot of friends in uniform, a lot of friends who are retired from the military, who do a lot of work with Gold Star families who have lost loved ones in combat, advocating for them and trying to make sure that their loved ones are not the ones who died for nothing. … Hopefully a project like this can always look back on the good work that those soldiers in uniform do for us.”

Although military families are close to Ventimiglia’s heart, he also can’t deny how much fun it is to star in a film full of stunts and explosions. “I think an action role is always great because I like to think I’m a pretty fit guy,” Ventimiglia said. Us.

Like it This is us“Jack, Ventimiglias Land of Bad character is a family man that viewers can root for throughout the R-rated film. “You want him to get home safely, you want him to get through the mission,” Ventimiglia said. “I think there are a lot of inspiring moments for a lot of these guys that I play in the action space, but it’s fun to be in it. It’s fun to play in that world, especially when you’re with two Hemsworths and a Ricky Whittle. . It’s a lot of fun.”

Land of Baddirected by William Eubanksis in theaters now and will be on demand March 19.