Heads of State
Two heads are better than one.
Country
Budget
$158 400 000
Box office
$0
Director
Actors
John Cena, Idris Elba, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Paddy Considine, Carla Gugino, Stephen Root, Jack Quaid, Sarah Niles, Richard Coyle, Aleksandr Kuznetsov
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Ben Davis
Composer
Artist
Niall Moroney, Peter Yip
Audition
Sophie Holland, John Papsidera
Editing
Tom Harrison-Read
Whole Team (51)
Whole Team (51)
Short description
The UK Prime Minister and US President have a public rivalry that risks their countries' alliance. But when they become targets of a powerful enemy, they're forced to rely on each other as they go on a wild, multinational run. Allied with Noel, a brilliant MI6 agent, they must find a way to thwart a conspiracy that threatens the free world.
What's left behind the scenes
- Sam Clarke, played by Idris Elba, goes for a run wearing a baseball cap with the logo of the professional football club "Arsenal". The actor is a passionate fan of this club.
- In one scene, the viewer sees a doorbell and a nameplate with the resident's name – “P. Pogorzhelsky”. This is a reference to Pavel Pogorzhelsky, who was the operator in the director Ilya Naishuller's previous project, "Nobody", a 2021 thriller.
- In a scene filmed in the style of Wes Anderson, in which Priyanka Chopra Jonas's character moves from a festival in Spain to a safe house, the film's director Ilya Naishuller appeared on screen (he played a Polish-American police officer whose car is taken, and who is himself handcuffed).
- It took director Ilya Naishuller five months to create the film's storyboard, including repeatedly redrawing scenes with the attack on the presidential plane.
- Jack Quaid enjoyed filming "Heads of State" so much, where he played Marty Comer, that he immediately signed on to star in Dan Berk and Robert Olsen's comedic action film "Novocaine" (2025).
- When the main characters, played by John Cena and Idris Elba, prepare to jump from the train, the former advises the latter to press his chin to his chest during the jump. This is a reference to Cena's past, as he was once a professional wrestler, and they are specifically taught to press their chin to their chest during falls to avoid injuries.
- Initially, the film was conceived as a thriller. When Ilya Naishuller joined the creative team, he decided it would be better to make it a comedic action film.
- When the presidential plane flips over and oxygen masks hang from the ceiling, the president and prime minister roll along the wall and end up on the ceiling, but the oxygen masks continue to hang as before.
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