15 Things You Learn While Hanging Out With Armie Hammer

11. But don’t get him wrong: He loved The Man From U.N.C.L.E., too.
Guy Ritchie’s 2015 spy movie is an underrated gem that bombed at the box office but has since built a cult following. Hammer starred as a Russian agent opposite Henry Cavill and Alicia Vikander, and he still counts the movie as one of his favorite filming experiences. “It was glorious,” he said. “White-tablecloth lunches and amazing meals all across Europe and hanging out with Guy Ritchie, who’s the coolest fucker in the entire world.” Still, Hammer felt like he had hit his limit when it came to making big studio films. “I was so happy and having a great time, but at the end of the day, I wanted to finish a project feeling like I had almost been transformed as a person. You only get that on movies where you have an exceptional amount of skin in the game and everybody is there pouring sweat and really sacrificing to get it done. That just wasn’t the experience on Man From U.N.C.L.E.”

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