Play The Main Character, John David Washington Doesn't Know Tenet's Story

JAKARTA - An actor is tested to be able to understand what he plays in the film. However, different things happened to John David Washington.

Even though he was the main character in the film Tenet, in fact he did not understand the true story of Tenet. Through an interview session with GQ, he said it took time to understand the character he played and the story.

"I mean, when I read (the script) for the first time, I thought I understood it," he said as quoted by NME on Wednesday, September 2.

"In my mind, I thought I understood and I realized as the day went on, 'Ah, I don't understand' I'm still groping about the story ..." he continued.

Apart from John David Washington, Robert Pattinson also admitted that he did not understand Tenet's story. He is known to have frequent discussions with Washington so that the two of them understand his story.

"On the last day of shooting, I asked him (John David Washington) what happened with one of the scenes, and it sounded wrong. John was like," Do you think about this all the time? "Pattinson's story quoted from Deseret on the same day. .

The John David Washington story was launched a few days after Tenet's screening in England. This film by Christopher Nolan received various positive and negative reviews. Various theories about this film began to emerge.

Moreover, Tenet uses the time inversion concept, which is a new time setting.

Time inversion in Tenet is a battle between the past, present, and future. In the story, John David Washington as The Protagonist joins the secret organization Tenet to fight but on the other hand he must be able to fight in the midst of changing times.

Tenet has been broadcasting internationally since late August. The film reached box office positions in the UK after its release in the United States was postponed.