However, it very much helps if you have someone like The Old Guard director Gina Prince-Bythewood steering the ship.

Having lived in entirely different epochs, Andy being the oldest, all of the immortal characters in the movie have complicated histories, and Gina Prince-Bythewood was excited even at just the prospect of fleshing them out and making them real.

To help create the kind of authenticity that she wanted from her actors, Gina Prince-Bythewood worked with them individually and discussed with them the key things that she wanted them to focus on.

Each actor was different, and I gave each actor different things.

Charlize, I had actually put together literally the history from 600 AD, like all the major things that happened through history all the way to modern [day] to help her understand 'This is what you've lived.' KiKi, just being a marine, what does that mean to be a Marine and following in your father's footsteps!

Continuing, Gina Prince-Bythewood explained that having the chance to work with the actors on The Old Guard (and while directing in general) is one of the best parts of her gig, and she had nothing but tremendously nice things to say about her cast:.

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