The horror-action-comedy costars Dave Franco and Snoop Dogg.
Director Perry, a military veteran, based the latter character on his old platoon sergeant.
Everyone hires him to be that pot-smoking West Coast guy.
Jamie Foxx in ‘Day Shift’.PARRISH LEWIS/NETFLIX
He further established his action bona fides by directing second unit onBloodshotandF9.
“When you see a contortionist, our natural reaction is: It’s shocking,” says Perry.
So we weaponized that.
Perry first met Foxx when the former worked as a stunt performer onDjango Unchained.
“Jamie was a dream come true,” the director says of their collaboration onDay Shift.
“He is a gem of a human.
Perry explains he would like to make more movies set in the same universe.
“Well, this is theDay Shift.
You know we’ve got to do theNight Shift,“he says.
“And then we’ve got to do theGraveyard Shift, baby!”
The movie premieres on Netflix Aug. 12.
