Like father, like son!
Kurt Russell and son Wyatt Russell not only play the same character in their new series – they even share a scene together.
On Thursday, Apple TV+ shared a new clip from Monarch: Legacy of Monsters exclusively with PEOPLE that features 72-year-old Kurt Lee Shaw’s character watching videos taken decades before.
In the show, Kurt’s son Wyatt, 37, plays a younger version of Lee, an army officer, as the show jumps back and forth between time periods as it unravels the mysteries surrounding Monarch, the secretive organization at the center of the recent Godzilla and King Kong movies.
In the clip, taken from the series’ fifth episode, the two Russell men are seen together on screen for the only time in the series. Lee, handcuffed and under Monarch surveillance, is shown old footage and even briefly steps into the light of the projector — showing Wyatt’s figure superimposed over the real father.
The dual role sees Kurt — who shares Wyatt with his partner Goldie Hawn — as an older Lee who reflects on his connection to Monarch in the 1950s as his own children begin to “follow in their father’s footsteps to discover their family’s connection to the secretive organization,” according to an official synopsis for the series.
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Wyatt Russell in “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”.
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“The dramatic saga – spanning three generations – reveals buried secrets and the ways in which epic, earth-shattering events can reverberate through our lives,” the synopsis adds. The action of the series mainly takes place after 2014 Godzillawhich launched Legendary Pictures’ ongoing MonsterVerse.
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Kurt Russell in the movie “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”.
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The father-son duo spoke about their experience of working together to portray the same character at different ages during a recent interview with Party tonight. “We were given the opportunity to play the same person, as opposed to father and son, so we started pushing it and saying, ‘Let’s make this good!’ Kurt said.
“All of a sudden I found myself going, ‘God, Wyatt is going to create this character. I’m going to play him later in life, so everything has to make sense,'” he added of how he approached playing the role. – And suddenly I realized, I’ve been looking at it all my life, but I’ve never examined it.
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Kurt Russell in the movie “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”.
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After this new series, the MonsterVerse franchise will further expand with the upcoming movie Godzilla x Kong: The New Empirewhich is expected in theaters on April 12, 2024.Monarch: Legacy of Monsters debuted on Apple TV+ on November 17 and will air 10 episodes until January 12, 2024.
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