In the Season 2 finale of 1923, there is a ton of jaw-dropping action (the train station and ranch fights) and reveals (Alex’s baby being named John). However, I’d argue that the most badass moment of this whole episode came after Spencer Dutton killed Donald Whitfield and then walked out of his burning house next to Jacob Dutton. So, obviously, I had to ask Brandon Sklenar what it was like to film such an epic moment with Harrison Ford, and he compared it to Die Hard and John Wick.
As the finale aired on the 2025 TV schedule, and I watched this scene specifically for the first time, I couldn’t help but think about some of the best action movies and moments where characters walk away from an explosion or a burning building without looking back at it. It turns out, Sklenar couldn’t either, as he understandably likened this scene to Die Hard and John Wick.
As the finale aired on the 2025 TV schedule, and I watched this scene specifically for the first time, I couldn’t help but think about some of the best action movies and moments where characters walk away from an explosion or a burning building without looking back at it. It turns out, Sklenar couldn’t either, as he understandably likened this scene to Die Hard and John Wick.
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00:00one of the most badass moments was when you and harrison ford walked out of the burning
00:04house out of whitfield's house i mean i felt exactly how you felt watching it um
00:10i mean yeah it's it's it's that thing it's that shot that you see in so many movies action films
00:18where it's you know die hard walking away from a blown up building it's like it's it's all in
00:23our brains we've all seen it it's you know it's probably in john wick a hundred times
00:27it that's that's what taylor was doing his version of that for sure um and just a little kid in me to
00:34be able to do that like i've never done that in anything um had like the shot of me like killing
00:40the guys and blowing walking out of a burning building um but to do it next to harrison ford
00:47it's pretty cool um and it was really cool and i definitely remember walking out next to him and
00:52and um we actually did a take where we we had we had a bunch of we shoot with like five cameras
01:00i made a bunch of cameras and we just walked towards the cameras you know it's happening
01:04and we keep going and keep going and then we i just kept he kept walking so i just kept walking next to
01:09him and and then we once we passed the cameras he was like run kid run and then we just took off
01:15sprinting um and he just sprinted away from the cameras and it was a really fun moment um because
01:22that guy is just the best he's the best he's just like as cool and as friendly and as sweet as you
01:30could possibly want him to be and it was just a really cool experience