HOLLYWOOD GRIND: Cory Hardict Of Battle L.A.: The Soldier, The Warrior, The Father And More (EXCLUSIVE)

Cory Hardict is a warrior! He moved to Los Angeles with a couple of dollars to his name, and is now in one of the movies of the year so far, Battle: Los Angeles. If you’re wondering what the movie is about, Cory Hardict sums it up best saying, it’s “a war epic slash thriller action sci-fi movie.”

GlobalGrind sat down with Cory to chat about his new film, his body of work, losing his mother at a young age, and his soon-to-be-born child with his wife, actress, Tia Mowry. Check out the interview below. 

GlobalGrind: One of your earlier movies was "Creature Unknown," where there was the un-human thing in there, and now, you’re in this alien movie about L.A 

Cory Hardrict: No, no, don’t – you can’t say it like that. It’s a war epic slash thriller action sci-fi movie. (laughs) Yeah.

GG: That’s exactly what it is.

CH: You got that war joint in there too ‘cause it ain’t just alien, it’s a war film mixed with the alien concept. It’s kind of like that whole “Saving Private Ryan”/”Black Hawk Down” feel then you throw “Independence Day” in there with some “District 9”/”War of the Worlds” then you got “Battle: Los Angeles.”

GG: You summed it up very well which is a good lead to the next question, as part of the preparation the cast went through boot camp. Who had the most trouble holding their gun the correct way?

CH: I mean I did sometimes, I ain’t going to put my self down as last, I didn’t have the most trouble but it was a lot of—we had to get it right, I mean, we weren’t trained. This was a lot of our first time. First time holding a M16, AK47’s, you talking about 60-75 pound weapons, you know? It was just kind of like, put your gear. So it was new to all of us. And you’re shooting this blanks, but at the same time these blanks put a hole in your hand if you make a mistake, you know? So it was kind of like it was a work in progress, you know? We all wound up getting it together. Weren’t no casualties on the film so we did alright.