Uploaded September 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Jay Baruchel and Jonathan Sobol talk about the heist film The Art of the Steal.
Baruchel co-stars in this twisty-turny movie as Crunch's sidekick and protégé, which meant he got to spend a great deal of time with Kurt Russell.
"It's one of these things where if we didn't get along at all we would find a way to fake it but what really helped is that we were two Chatty Cathys. I would ask him every conceivable thing. Every John Carpenter story. Stuff about Tango and Cash. Stuff about Tombstone, one of my very favorite movies of all time.
"He was cool to talk about all of it so whenever cut was called Kurt and I would go outside and have a cigarette and talk. We talked about everything. We talked about politics. We talked movies, sports. He's a Canadian-O-Phile as well, so the man has some real Canadian bone fides. So when it comes time to say action, there's an energy, a connection, a shorthand because we enjoy one another's company.
"It can be faked, but it's way less fun and way more work."
Jay Baruchel and Jonathan Sobol talk about the heist film The Art of the Steal.
Baruchel co-stars in this twisty-turny movie as Crunch's sidekick and protégé, which meant he got to spend a great deal of time with Kurt Russell.
"It's one of these things where if we didn't get along at all we would find a way to fake it but what really helped is that we were two Chatty Cathys. I would ask him every conceivable thing. Every John Carpenter story. Stuff about Tango and Cash. Stuff about Tombstone, one of my very favorite movies of all time.
"He was cool to talk about all of it so whenever cut was called Kurt and I would go outside and have a cigarette and talk. We talked about everything. We talked about politics. We talked movies, sports. He's a Canadian-O-Phile as well, so the man has some real Canadian bone fides. So when it comes time to say action, there's an energy, a connection, a shorthand because we enjoy one another's company.
"It can be faked, but it's way less fun and way more work."
