When Boyd Holbrook flops down into a chair for our interview, roughly 18 hours have passed since the premiere of his latest film. That film was Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the premiere took place at the Cannes film festival and, despite patchy reviews, it was met with a five-minute standing ovation in the room. As we talk, Holbrook is visibly still attempting to process the whole thing.
“The level of stimuli was comical,” he drawls. “It was out of sight, man. An ovation like that has a real life of its own. It goes from, you know, pure love and admiration to, ‘OK … are you gonna stop? OK, no keep going,’ to ‘This is a bit awkward, isn’t it?’ to ‘Oh, this is great. This is a moment.’”
