Few would have pegged Bob Odenkirk as a burgeoning action behemoth before Nobody. But that film – in which Odenkirk’s seemingly ordinary suburban dad Hutch got back in touch with the inner assassin he’d long buried – proved that the man formerly known as Saul Goodman is very much a Somebody in the beat-‘em-up stakes. Now, he’s about to unleashed again in Nobody 2, with The Night Comes For Us director Timo Tjahjanto taking the reins. Make no mistake – it’s going to get messy.
While Nobody saw Hutch gradually unpack more and more layers of his ultra-violent past across the runtime, there’s no putting that back in the box in Nobody 2. “Now that he’s back at it in full throttle, how does his family react to this beast?” teases Tjahjanto of what Hutch is facing this time around. “You’ll see a lot of the questions that fathers and husbands ask — ‘How do they react to this other side of me who’s constantly hustling and working for the family?’ It’s gonna be quite a journey.” That comes in a sequel set to be bigger and brighter than before. “We do away with the whole drab, gloomy factory/warehouse feel of the first film,” says Tjahjanto, “and make it much more summery and colourful.”
Plus, if Nobody gave us Odenkirk as you’d never seen him before, expect Nobody 2 to give you Sharon Stone as you’ve never seen her before, stepping into the villain role. “Her performance reminds me a lot of Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast,” says Tjahjanto. “She is definitely an alpha female. She doesn’t take shit from anybody. This is a villain that is unique, and she’s making this character completely batshit crazy.” Who’s ready for Nobody reloaded?
Read more about Nobody 2 in Empire’s Ultimate 2025 Preview, led by Andor Season 2 – in the January 2025 issue. Pre-order a copy online here. Nobody 2 comes to UK cinemas on 15 August.