Yvonne Strahovski on ‘The Tomorrow War’ and What It’s Really Like Fighting Aliens on a Movie Set

With director Chris McKay’s The Tomorrow War now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, I recently spoke with Yvonne Strahovski about making the time-traveling alien apocalypse blockbuster. During the fun interview, we joked around about J. K. Simmons and how buff he got for the film, what it’s really like fighting aliens on a movie set, getting to play a badass, super smart character, premiering on streaming, and how the film pulls a Bad Boys 2 in that you think the film is over, but it’s just the end of the second act. Written by Zach Dean, The Tomorrow War is about a group of time travelers that arrive from the year 2051 to warn humanity that 30 years in the future a war is being lost against a deadly alien race that could signal the end of all life on our planet. This leads to the world banding together to send both soldiers and civilians to the future to join the battle. Chris Pratt plays a former member of the military who is one of the many drafted into service. The Tomorrow War also stars Sam Richard