Gunpowder Milkshake Director Navot Papushado on Giving Each Character Their Own Color Scheme

With Gunpowder Milkshake now streaming on Netflix, I recently spoke with director Navot Papushado’s about making his action-packed and violent thriller. If you haven’t seen the trailers, Gunpowder Milkshake follows Sam (Karen Gillan), the daughter of an elite assassin, Scarlet (Lena Headey), who is forced to fight the shadowy organization that raised and trained her to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Sam is forced to reunite with her mother and a new group of assassins when a job goes south and she chooses to protect one of her targets. The all-star cast also features Angela Bassett, Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh, Chloe Coleman, Paul Giamatti, Ralph Ineson, Adam Nagaitis, and Freya Allan. During the interview, Papushado talked about giving each character their own color scheme, working with his all-star cast, how he crafted the cool slow-motion tracking shot in the third act, why he wanted some of the shots to be completely in focus, what it was like directing Michelle Yeoh, and how he’d love to m