Benjamin Walker on ‘The Ice Road,’ the ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series, and New Zealand Dairy Products

With writer-director Jonathan Hensleigh’s The Ice Road now streaming on Netflix, I recently spoke to Benjamin Walker about making the action-thriller. The film is about a ‘big-rig’ ice road driver (Liam Neeson) that must lead a rescue mission across a frozen ocean to save dozens of trapped minors in Northern Canada. It’s a race against time to save everyone from running out of oxygen, and as they drive across the frozen water, they have to content with thawing waters, a massive storm, and a threat no one saw coming. The Ice Road also stars Amber Midthunder, Marcus Thomas and Laurence Fishburne. During the interview, Walker talked about why everyone loves watching Neeson punch people in the face, getting to work with Neeson and Fishburne, why the satefy people on the film told him to open the window if the truck went into the freezing water, and more. In addition, we talked about what people would be surprised to learn about the making of Jessica Jones, how New Zealand dairy products are incredible, and