February 15, 2024 • 6 mins
Actor Ed Westwick talks new film 'Dark Game', recent engagement and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is on with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
It's up, bro, Mario Lopez joining me now on Zoom
for the new movie Dark Game. Actor Ed Westwalk. Welcome
to the show man.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
How are you. I'm doing good, Mario. How are you, buddy?
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I'm well, I'm well. Thank you for taking the time.
First off, congrats on the engagement.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Thank you, man. Thanks, We're so excited, dude, so excited.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
It's awesome. Welcome to the club, well almost almost, welcome
to the club right there. How'd you pop the question?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Man?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
I so I got the ring before Christmas, and then
I was thinking about the location and my girl Amy
wanted to been talking about this one spot for a while.
She hadn't been I'd been there before, this spot in Switzerland,
and I had a couple of.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Buddies who lived out there. They helped me kind of.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Come up with a good plan and we found this spot.
There was this bridge that was between two peaks of mountains.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Up on this glacier and we have the whole kind of.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Thing all planned out, romantic, we will be involved in
all of this craziness. And went up there and did it?
Didn't drop the ring? And she said yes? So it
all worked out.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
You know.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Nice man, that's nice. That's uh, that's that's pretty clever
and a special way to do it right there. Are
you already into the wedding planning? Do you have a
date set?
Speaker 1 (01:19):
We are, we are. We're looking to do it pretty quick,
maybe the end of summer.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
We got We've got somebody helping us with the wedding now,
so yeah, it's it's it's going to be an intense
few months, but I'm sure we can pull it off.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Good for you.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Well, congratulations, that's awesome man, and congrats on the new movie.
It's called Dark Game.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
What's it about? So?
Speaker 3 (01:42):
It is a very dark, twisted, gruesome movie. I play
a detective hunting a serial killer who is live streaming
his crimes.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
On the dark web. It is not one for the fainthearted.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
But something tells me pretty appealing considering we all loved
true crime.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And dark stuff that's out there these days, you know.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
So, yeah, very appealing, and it seems like it could
be based on the true story. I'm sure there's unfortunately
a lot of characters like that out there. Now, you're
a detective, is he sort of a by the book
guy or sort of Fast with the Rules.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh, man, Fast with the Rules. He's on the edge.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
You know, he's carrying his own PTSD and he's a
breaking point when we find him. And this is this
is a real real test of what's going on. So yeah,
he's a very conflicted guy.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Okay, where'd y'all shoot this movie?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
We shot it in the UK, you know, but it's
said in the US.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
But it's certainly interesting. Far from where you grew up?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Sorry, what was that?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Far from where you grew up?
Speaker 3 (02:46):
A couple of hours drive, a couple hours away? Yeah, yeah,
so not too bad. But I stayed down there. It
was a city called Bristol, and you know, we made
it work.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
We made it work.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Don't think my dog's like yelling at me right now. Sorry,
but you uh yeah, I think we've made it worked.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Man. Good for you.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
You're also in Deep Fear on Netflix. Is this basically
Cocaine Bear but with sharks.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I mean people have been referring to it like that.
I mean it sounds awesome.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I watched Cocaine Bear and he's the best kind of
on cocaine for a lot of the movie, and that
features heavily, but you know, ours kind of has a
little bit.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
More going onto it.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
But it's a shark on cocaine, A couple of sharks.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I love it. Where did you do that one?
Speaker 1 (03:37):
At?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
That one was in Malta, the island of Malta, set, Caribbean.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So fine, again, you're gonna find sharks on cocaine.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Come on, if there were sharks doing blow, I figured
it'd be outside of maltime.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
That seems to makes sense.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Also in the works Busy Guy, a boxing movie American Thunderbolt.
Tell me about that?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Man, that's actually a true story about a fight cycle
Billy Miski who.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Had a crazy story.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
He got diagnosed with a really serious kidney illness and
ended up kind of persevering through and having this one
last fight to kind of secure a future for his family.
It's a pretty intense story. It's a beautiful story, amazing script.
So really really excited for that one. What era nineteen
(04:30):
twenty six?
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Oh way back? Well, no wonder okay, I'm not that
familiar with him. Oh wow, so period piece. And have
you been in the gym training? Has you already shooted?
Are you in the process?
Speaker 1 (04:39):
No?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
No, no, getting we're getting We're getting ready to shoot
that one.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
We should be starting starting soon.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Have you have you started training?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Yeah, I mean I've been doing boxing because i know
you like your boxing as well, so I've been doing
some for a few years. So I've got to hone
my skills, as it were. But I'm always I'm always
never too far away from the boxing gym.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Nice you live out here in l A.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
No, no, no, I'm in London in UK.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Oh so you're staying that. Oh well, they're big, a
lot of big fight fans and great places out there,
that's true.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
And got some great fighters. I'm friendly with the guys
at Matt Troom Box.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah. They have me over to the flights. I love it.
It's a big dark guy too. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,
for sure exactly which.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I'm fascinated that darts is so popular out there. Crazy,
that's crazy to me, like the arenas fool.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
The professional athletes. But then again, but then again, you've
seen the slap flights, right these guys.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yes, yes, yes, that's a real sport. Athlete has really
expanded it has it?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Has it has?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
That's good for you. I look forward to checking that out. Well,
watch Dark Game. Meanwhile, it is February twentieth, when it
drops in theaters. ED, thanks for hanging out, man.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Hey, Mario, thanks so much. You got me.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
We'll see in the gym.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Thank you, buddy. I'm buddy to Mario Lopez.
This is on with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
It's up, bro, Mario Lopez joining me now on Zoom
for the new movie Dark Game. Actor Ed Westwalk. Welcome
to the show man.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
How are you. I'm doing good, Mario. How are you, buddy?
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I'm well, I'm well. Thank you for taking the time.
First off, congrats on the engagement.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Thank you, man. Thanks, We're so excited, dude, so excited.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
It's awesome. Welcome to the club, well almost almost, welcome
to the club right there. How'd you pop the question?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Man?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
I so I got the ring before Christmas, and then
I was thinking about the location and my girl Amy
wanted to been talking about this one spot for a while.
She hadn't been I'd been there before, this spot in Switzerland,
and I had a couple of.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Buddies who lived out there. They helped me kind of.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Come up with a good plan and we found this spot.
There was this bridge that was between two peaks of mountains.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Up on this glacier and we have the whole kind of.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Thing all planned out, romantic, we will be involved in
all of this craziness. And went up there and did it?
Didn't drop the ring? And she said yes? So it
all worked out.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
You know.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Nice man, that's nice. That's uh, that's that's pretty clever
and a special way to do it right there. Are
you already into the wedding planning? Do you have a
date set?
Speaker 1 (01:19):
We are, we are. We're looking to do it pretty quick,
maybe the end of summer.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
We got We've got somebody helping us with the wedding now,
so yeah, it's it's it's going to be an intense
few months, but I'm sure we can pull it off.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Good for you.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Well, congratulations, that's awesome man, and congrats on the new movie.
It's called Dark Game.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
What's it about? So?
Speaker 3 (01:42):
It is a very dark, twisted, gruesome movie. I play
a detective hunting a serial killer who is live streaming
his crimes.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
On the dark web. It is not one for the fainthearted.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
But something tells me pretty appealing considering we all loved
true crime.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And dark stuff that's out there these days, you know.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
So, yeah, very appealing, and it seems like it could
be based on the true story. I'm sure there's unfortunately
a lot of characters like that out there. Now, you're
a detective, is he sort of a by the book
guy or sort of Fast with the Rules.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh, man, Fast with the Rules. He's on the edge.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
You know, he's carrying his own PTSD and he's a
breaking point when we find him. And this is this
is a real real test of what's going on. So yeah,
he's a very conflicted guy.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Okay, where'd y'all shoot this movie?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
We shot it in the UK, you know, but it's
said in the US.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
But it's certainly interesting. Far from where you grew up?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Sorry, what was that?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Far from where you grew up?
Speaker 3 (02:46):
A couple of hours drive, a couple hours away? Yeah, yeah,
so not too bad. But I stayed down there. It
was a city called Bristol, and you know, we made
it work.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
We made it work.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Don't think my dog's like yelling at me right now. Sorry,
but you uh yeah, I think we've made it worked.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Man. Good for you.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
You're also in Deep Fear on Netflix. Is this basically
Cocaine Bear but with sharks.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I mean people have been referring to it like that.
I mean it sounds awesome.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I watched Cocaine Bear and he's the best kind of
on cocaine for a lot of the movie, and that
features heavily, but you know, ours kind of has a
little bit.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
More going onto it.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
But it's a shark on cocaine, A couple of sharks.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I love it. Where did you do that one?
Speaker 1 (03:37):
At?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
That one was in Malta, the island of Malta, set, Caribbean.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So fine, again, you're gonna find sharks on cocaine.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Come on, if there were sharks doing blow, I figured
it'd be outside of maltime.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
That seems to makes sense.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Also in the works Busy Guy, a boxing movie American Thunderbolt.
Tell me about that?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Man, that's actually a true story about a fight cycle
Billy Miski who.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Had a crazy story.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
He got diagnosed with a really serious kidney illness and
ended up kind of persevering through and having this one
last fight to kind of secure a future for his family.
It's a pretty intense story. It's a beautiful story, amazing script.
So really really excited for that one. What era nineteen
(04:30):
twenty six?
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Oh way back? Well, no wonder okay, I'm not that
familiar with him. Oh wow, so period piece. And have
you been in the gym training? Has you already shooted?
Are you in the process?
Speaker 1 (04:39):
No?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
No, no, getting we're getting We're getting ready to shoot
that one.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
We should be starting starting soon.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Have you have you started training?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Yeah, I mean I've been doing boxing because i know
you like your boxing as well, so I've been doing
some for a few years. So I've got to hone
my skills, as it were. But I'm always I'm always
never too far away from the boxing gym.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Nice you live out here in l A.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
No, no, no, I'm in London in UK.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Oh so you're staying that. Oh well, they're big, a
lot of big fight fans and great places out there,
that's true.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
And got some great fighters. I'm friendly with the guys
at Matt Troom Box.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah. They have me over to the flights. I love it.
It's a big dark guy too. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,
for sure exactly which.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I'm fascinated that darts is so popular out there. Crazy,
that's crazy to me, like the arenas fool.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
The professional athletes. But then again, but then again, you've
seen the slap flights, right these guys.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yes, yes, yes, that's a real sport. Athlete has really
expanded it has it?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Has it has?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
That's good for you. I look forward to checking that out. Well,
watch Dark Game. Meanwhile, it is February twentieth, when it
drops in theaters. ED, thanks for hanging out, man.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Hey, Mario, thanks so much. You got me.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
We'll see in the gym.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Thank you, buddy. I'm buddy to Mario Lopez.
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Mario Lopez
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