‘Insurgent’ News: Jai Courtney Talks His Character & Who He’d Play If He Wasn’t Eric [PHOTOS, VIDEO]
Australian actor Jai Courtney who portrays Eric Coulter in Divergent and its soon-to-be released sequel Insurgent recently dished on the highly anticipated movie.
Watch Two Clips From 'Insurgent' Featuring Shailene Woodley, Theo James & Miles Teller
Courtney took over the IMDb Twitter account on March 3.
Jai Courtney will takeover our Twitter account TOMORROW at 2:45pmPT/5:45pmET. Send Qs now to #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent pic.twitter.com/ZT0prtxG6S
— IMDb (@IMDb) March 2, 2015
He's in Seattle, Wash. at the IMDb office where he disclosed information about his character and much more.
#JaiCourtney is in Seattle for our livechat TODAY at 2:45pmPT/5:45pmET. Send Qs now to #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent pic.twitter.com/AYSulAoJvf — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
Hi everyone! Jai Courtney is here to answer your questions! #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent pic.twitter.com/YjlYRcrBLu — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
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Check out highlights from his live Twitter chat below.
The actor dished that his favorite snack on set of Insurgent was trail mix, but it had to be the kind with M&Ms in it since "That shit's like crack".
. @ArcticDivergent Trail mix the kind w/ the M&Ms in it. That shit's like crack #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
Courtney shared that if he was able to play another character in the Divergent series he would definitely play Shailene Woodley's character Beatrice "Tris" Prior who the series centers around.
.@fabfandoms Tris #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
The Aussie joked that he hates his other costar Theo James who portrays Four.
.@trisapatao I hate Theo James. :) #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
A fan asked who would win in a fist fight between him and James and the Aussie continued to poke at James.
"Theo and I both know who would win in a fist fight... He tried to start one once," he tweeted.
.@ignitefourtris Theo and I both know who would win in a fist fight... He tried to start one once. #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
The Australian actor did reveal that Four "is purty" compared to his own character though.
.@hailshaiwood Four. That man is purty. #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
Courtney also mentioned that working with Octavia Spencer (Johanna in the movie) "was fun." He even called her "a sweetheart."
.@fourtrismended @octaviaspencer was fun. She's a sweetheart. #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
He also brought up his other costar Miles Teller (Peter in the movie) since a fan asked who inspires him and Teller was his response.
.@inxurgentprior @Miles_Teller obviously. #IMDbAskJai #Insurgent — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
Courtney divulged he "only fell over twice" while filming his favorite scene in Insurgent, which happens to be "an exciting chase sequence through the woods".
.@four_tris4 There's an exciting chase sequence through the woods in #insurgent. I only fell over twice. #IMDbAskJai — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
The actor also revealed that Insurgent "is definitely bigger" than Divergent and "the action is more intense."
.@erickalee_ I think both were great but #Insurgent is definitely bigger. The stakes are raised & the action is more intense. #IMDbAskJai — IMDb (@IMDb) March 3, 2015
Insurgent hits theaters on March 20.