Andrew Patterson’s The Rivals of Amziah King is unlike any other movie you’ll see this year. Starring Matthew McConaughey as a rural Oklahoma beekeeper and honey maker, the film is all at once a bluegrass musical, a heist movie, a murder mystery, and a father/daughter drama, but mainly it’s a movie about community. McConaughey’s Amziah King is at the center of a colorful group of locals leaning on one another to make it another day, living joyfully as much as they possibly can.
Tony Revolori plays one of those colorful locals, Komar, who has the wildest introduction of them all. It involves a dangerous piece of chopping machinery, a baseball cap, a ponytail, an empty teddy bear bottle of honey, and an emergency room visit. Komar, a self-professed world-class banjo player, enters into Amziah’s world with a chip on his shoulder, but soon finds that he’s found a home within this beekeeper’s close-knit society.
I had the chance to speak with Tony Revolori about The Rivals of Amziah King, the insane intro for Kolmar, and the training he underwent to learn the banjo and be part of the film’s talented musical ensemble.
It was a great time that I had talking with Revolori, who I’ve been a fan of since The Grand Budapest Hotel and Dope. Check out the interview below, and my review of The Rivals of Amziah King here!
