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After an early screening, Perri Nemiroff moderates a Q&A with Jenn Wexler, director of The Last Temptation of Becky.
Wexler discusses how she joined the franchise, what she brought from her previous films, and working with Lulu Wilson.
She also discusses Wilson’s 10-minute sword fight and teases Becky’s romantic or spacey future.

By 2020, when Becky first smashed and bashed her way onto screen, 13-year-old Lulu Wilson (The Haunting of Hill House) already had roles in major features and TV series under her belt. Now, with the franchise’s third installment, The Last Temptation of Becky, Becky (Wilson) isn’t that same wily, vengeful kid anymore — she’s a wily, vengeful CIA field agent who’s just been sent undercover to Poland to do what she does best: hunt down Nazis.

With The Last Temptation hitting theaters soon, Collider’s Perri Nemiroff was thrilled for the opportunity to sit down with longtime Becky fan and first-time Becky director Jenn Wexler (The Sacrifice Game) to pick her brain on how she and the cast and crew wanted to continue this heroine’s brutal journey. “We wanted to reveal those little heartfelt moments,” Wexler explains when asked about the crucial character Kate Siegel (Carrie) plays opposite Becky, “while also delivering on Nazi head-bashing.” Enter Neil Patrick Harris as the franchise’s newest villain, General Wilhelm Reuss, and his twisted family.

“I was a genuine fan of the movies that came before, so it was really easy to be like, ‘Hell yeah, I know what this is. I know how to dive into it and do service to what’s come before,’ but also bring out a little bit of rage that you might find in my first two films, too. It seemed like a really good fit.”

“I was a genuine fan of the movies that came before, so it was really easy to be like, ‘Hell yeah, I know what this is. I know how to dive into it and do service to what’s come before,’ but also bring out a little bit of rage that you might find in my first two films, too. It seemed like a really good fit.”

Don’t miss the full spoiler-free conversation in the video above, with a transcript provided below, where Wexler takes us behind the scenes for The Last Temptation for Becky‘s epic, rage-fueled fight sequences, the 10-minute stunt Wilson pulled off on her own, and where Wexler believes she could take the future of the Becky franchise.

Jenn Wexler Honors ‘Becky’ While Bringing Her Own Rage to the Franchise

“My first two films are about young girls against evil authority figures in various ways.”

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PERRI NEMIROFF: Last time we spoke was for your last movie as a director, The Sacrifice Game. I wanted to fill in the gap between that movie and this one. I love phrasing a question about that this way because in film and television, I feel like you think things are going to go one way and then the industry throws you a curveball. After you finished that movie, what did you think you were going to do next, and how does that compare to the movie everybody just watched?

JENN WEXLER: So I’ll say first I made a movie called The Ranger, which is a punk rock horror movie, and then The Sacrifice Game, which came out in 2023 — and that happened to be also that it came out right in the middle of the writers’ strikes and the actors’ strike, so our actors weren’t able to come to our premiere and things like that, which was all very sad.

But yeah, I think that I’ve learned over the course of making movies that you can’t actually ever predict anything, and all you can do is keep making stuff, keep writing. Have your, like, three or four things you’re trying to get going, but then when an opportunity presents itself, jump at it.

First, I want to say that I’ve been a fan of the Becky movies since the first one came out in 2020, and we can get deeper into my love for them, but my very good friend, Chadd Harbold — producer Chadd Harbold, and filmmaker Chadd Harbold — Chadd was a producer for Wrath of Becky, and he was producing Last Temptation of Becky, and he was familiar with The Ranger and The Sacrificed Game. So, I think it was in 2024 that he, at a party, presented me with the idea of this, and I was very intrigued.

What’s something about your experience making The Sacrifice Game and The Ranger that came in handy here, but then also, can you tell us about a one-of-a-kind challenge that directing a Becky movie posed?

WEXLER: For sure. So, my first two films are about young girls against evil authority figures in various ways. In The Ranger, it’s a killer park ranger. In The Sacrifice Game, it’s two boarding schools who have to fend off against a Manson-esque gang with this kind of crazy male figurehead of the gang. So this, when I read the script for it, I was like, “Oh, all the themes and everything that I love is right here.” Yeah, it’s playing with a lot of things.

I would say the challenge in coming into any kind of franchise, and this is the first one I’ve been a part of, is you’re coming into something that has an existing storyline. For me, I was a genuine fan of the movies that came before, so it was really easy to be like, “Hell yeah, I know what this is. I know how to dive into it and do service to what’s come before,” but also bring out a little bit of rage that you might find in my first two films, too. It seemed like a really good fit, so I guess, Chadd, good idea for that.

Lulu Wilson Took Becky to the Next Level

“We have to keep that going and get even crazier.”

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As a fan of the first two films, I know you probably go into this with sky-high expectations of Lulu, but can you tell us a little bit about seeing her exceed those expectations and explain how she did it?

WEXLER: Oh my god, of course. Well, Lulu has grown up with this franchise. She was 13 in the first movie; she was 16 in the second movie; and now, I think she’s 20 or so, and the character’s 18 or so. So again, it was like, “I am the guest in this world. Lulu, this is your character.” And that was a lot of our first conversations, were like, “I’m coming in, and I’m going to be asking you a lot of questions. I have some ideas, but I want to hear about this entire story from your perspective.” It was really cool to get to work with an actor in that way.

What’s a big burning question that you posed to her on set?

WEXLER: We talked a lot about Becky’s loneliness, because I think with this movie, the producers and I felt each movie gets more and more wild. The first movie is a little bit more straightforward and a little darker. The second movie is more pulpy and a little bit more wild. And the third, this, we were like, we have to keep that going and get even crazier. So while this movie goes to some wild places, it was really important to me and to Lulu that we keep the core emotional arc for her.

So I would say, I don’t know if there is a question specifically coming to mind, but it was a lot of back and forth of, like, where is Becky now that she’s the youngest CIA agent, but she’s still dealing with the real stuff? She doesn’t have a family. This group of CIA agents kind of is her de facto family. She wants connection. It was a lot of talking about objectives like that.

I’m going to curse with this next question because I’m borrowing Lulu’s words. “Becky is a character who doesn’t give a fuck.” Can you tell me a little bit about the conversations you two had about bringing a character who doesn’t give a fuck to screen, but also making sure that she gives enough fucks that we have something to root for for her to get?

WEXLER: 100%. While she doesn’t give a fuck, she does give all the fucks. I mean, I think that that’s her prime motivation. That’s how she defends herself from the world. So she doesn’t have to reveal who she really is to anybody, she acts like she doesn’t give a fuck, but she wants connection, and she wants family, and she wants to be understood. She just doesn’t want to show any of that to anybody.

Kate Siegel’s Relationship With Lulu Wilson Is the Heart of the Sequel

Plus, what makes Neil Patrick Harris such a terrifying villain?

Image via Quiver Distribution
Image via Quiver Distribution
Image via Quiver Distribution

Image via Quiver Distribution

As you were explaining that, my mind immediately went back to the line that Kate [Siegel] delivers, when she’s explaining that nobody cares about the missions more than Becky. I’ll jump to Kate next. I feel like sometimes we see these types of scenarios play out on screen, and the CIA handler character can feel cookie-cutter and one-note. Can you tell us about seeing Kate Siegel add layers to her character and make Montana feel like a whole person who is deeply invested in Becky?

WEXLER: 100%. I mean, she is so talented, and she’s able to capture all of those nuances. I think it’s really important because Becky has no more family. Agent Montana is her mentor figure and her guardian figure, and I think that their relationship is really like the heart of the movie. Especially the scene where they’re talking over the phone in the woods, and Becky reveals just a little bit of her true self where she says, “Thank you for believing in me, Montana.” We wanted to reveal those little heartfelt moments while also delivering on Nazi head-bashing.

The next person in your ensemble that I have to ask about is Neil Patrick Harris. What was it like working with him and seeing him sink his teeth into that kind of role?

WEXLER: Neil is so talented and so good, and obviously he’s been acting his entire life. I think for me, the scariest villains are the ones who are charming and who you kind of want to follow. You’re like, “Well, that guy, he’s pretty charismatic. Maybe he has a point there.” I think that’s the scariest kind of villain in cinema, but also in real life. I won’t say everybody we’re dealing with in the world right now, but some of them are charismatic, and maybe have gotten us to certain places we are right now. But, yeah, he’s just fantastic, and you can kind of understand why these dudes would follow him to Poland.

Lulu Wilson Pulled Off an Entire 10-Minute Sword Fight

“Fuck yeah! This is awesome.”

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From there, I want to jump into your epic fight sequences. I would love to hear about working with Drew [Leary] on Becky’s fight choreography. What was it like figuring out what to keep from her style in the previous films while evolving it to show how her CIA training has influenced how she fights back?

WEXLER: Drew Leary, our stunt coordinator, is awesome. We shot this in Belfast, and he came with us to Belfast. She has a lot of rage, so even though she has learned all the ways you’re supposed to do things in the CIA, the sheer Becky energy still comes through. So that was something Drew and I were talking about early on.

Lulu, by the way, is incredible with stunts, and she has a background in fencing, so she knows how to wield a sword and everything. So, the stunt coordinator usually works with the actor, then you come back and then you kind of figure out how you’re going to shoot it. And we were kind of anticipating we’d have to do coverage because fight sequences usually require that, and we did get it. However, when we came back to set to see what they had done for the sword sequences and also for the big fight scene, Lulu was able to do the entire thing in one. We could have done it in one.

We wanted the flexibility for pacing and stuff to get more coverage than that, but we sat there and watched, like, a 10-minute sword fight that Lulu and Luisa — Aoife [Hughes] — did, and the DP and I were just like, “Fuck yeah! This is awesome.” And while we did use stunt performers, too, they did and could have done the whole thing.

I must preface this question by saying every single name you just saw in the credits is of the utmost importance to seeing this film through to fruition, but can you name a Last Temptation of Becky unsung hero, someone who we don’t hear about nearly enough, but we need to know the vital contribution they made to your film?

WEXLER: I’m gonna name Cassidy [Routh], who’s in the room. Cassidy did all of our graphic design and all of our titles. Between Cassidy and Nima [Fakhrara], our composer, who’s in the room, I really feel that the titles and the music are part of the atmosphere that creates the Becky vibe. Certainly, our titles. Every time you see a screen or anything, that was Cassidy.

We really looked to the first Becky and the way they do the titles because we want to bring that forward, but then be like, “But what would the CIA agent version of a Becky Burn Book be?” So, Cassidy did a great job.

And this is a sung hero, not an unsung hero, but I must also re-sing the praises of Janna Emig, our editor, who’s back there.

I’ve got follow-up questions! First, I’ll go to you mentioning Cassidy’s work. Is there a particular Easter egg in any of her designs that really stuck with you or tickled you when you first saw it?

WEXLER: Oh my God, like all of them? I mean, all the closing credits. Look, that’s skull up there. Do you see that skull? So in the second Wrath of Becky promotional campaign, there’s a smiley face that’s everywhere, and we all really loved that skull, for instance. We’re like, “That’s going to be in The Last Temptation.” Like, in all of our art and stuff, you’ll see that skull around. But yeah, there’s tons of stuff.

‘The Last Temptation of Becky’ Created Its Own Version of Becky’s Iconic Theme

“This is like James Bond for Becky.”

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From there, I’ll go back to the music, specifically to focus on the Becky theme, which, sincerely, is iconic. Can you tell me about collaborating with Nima in terms of figuring out how much to use the classic version, when to use it in a form that feels evolved a little, and also maybe when using it is crossing the line and you have to pull it back so it’s still so special?

WEXLER: Well, Nima is so incredible. I love Nima so much. I’m sorry if I’m getting too intimate up here. But Nima’s been the composer on all three movies, so it was an honor, again, to get to walk into his world and what he’s been doing on the first two films, and for us to talk about, “How are we using some of the theme that’s been established previously? Where are we using that?” So, for instance, we use some of that in the big fight scene at the end.

And then, this is an international spy thriller, right? I mean, this is like James Bond for Becky, through the perspective of Becky. So how are we expanding into spy thriller territory? And when are we going to be a little bit more, like, full of rage and more alt female rock rage? We talked about k.flay at one point, who I love. So, it was such a joy collaborating with Nima. It was so fun, and I love the score so much.

Now I’ll bring it home with that trio you named, and I’ll ask a little bit about the edit. For that part of the process, what scene of the movie would you say changed the most from first pass to final edit?

WEXLER: I’m just going to go with the fight scene because that was so big, so I think that’s the logical, actual answer. I will say that Janna is an amazing partner to work with. I spent many, many days and weeks and months in her living room as we were getting into everything so deeply together. The tone of the movie is really established in the edit, and we talked about how everything should reflect Becky, and this should feel like the quick pace that Becky’s energy would have.

Here’s another thing that I just love asking, but in particular when it comes to wild and ambitious genre movies. I’m in awe of everything that has to go into making a movie like this so always love highlighting the moments of joy during the process. Can you pinpoint the single moment of being on this set that filled you up with the most joy as an artist, something that made you stop, look around, and think, “My job is wild, and I just love doing this?”

WEXLER: I have to say, I feel that all the time. I love making movies so much. I love being on set. Every moment. You wake up, you go to set. Just arriving on set, seeing the truck, seeing the people. Obviously things can be hard, too, but I don’t know, I’m just so obsessed with the magic of everyone coming together to make something work.

So, the beginning of the day and then the end of the day, like when everybody’s just focused, and you’re like, “Oh, we only have five minutes left, and we have to get this,” and then you get it because everyone’s working hard together. It’s all so lovely.

Jenn Wexler Wants to Explore Becky’s Romantic Life

What’s in store for the Becky franchise?

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Now let’s look to the future. I’m a big fan of yours and I want to see you direct some more so what is a new tool in your directing toolkit, so to speak, that you gained from making The Last Temptation of Becky that you’d be most eager to put to use on your next film?

WEXLER: Oh man, I want to do more fight scenes. All kinds of fight scenes in all kinds of places — underwater, outer space. Everywhere.

The Last Temptation of Becky opens in theaters on November 4.