Summary

• Logan Lerman faces the threat of Nazis in a drastically different context in We Were the Lucky Ones.
• Lerman, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, and Amit Rahav open up about their resonating with the scripts for the Hulu show and the layers of their characters.
• Lerman also reflects on reuniting with Joey King for the show and his thoughts on Noah's recent streaming surge.

Logan Lerman is facing the terrors of the Nazis in a much more harrowing and true fashion in We Were the Lucky Ones. After becoming a breakout star with his leading turn in the Percy Jackson movies, Lerman would explore a variety of projects on the big screen, including the acclaimed adaptation of the coming-of-age drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Daren Aronofsky's Noah. Among these projects, Lerman would square off against the Nazis with David Ayer's WWII drama Fury and the Prime Video dark comedy thriller Hunters.

In We Were the Lucky Ones, Lerman plays Addy Kurc, one of the children of a Polish Jewish family who becomes separated from them after Germany invades the country due to his music career in France, having received a letter from his mother warning him of the dangers. Across the show's eight episodes, Addy exhausts every potential avenue in the hopes of getting back to his family, all while dealing with the hostility of the German forces.

In honor of the show's premiere, Screen Rant interviewed Logan Lerman, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, and Amit Rahav to discuss We Were the Lucky Ones. Lerman humorously reflected on reuniting with Joey King after similarly playing siblings in Bullet Train, while the group also discussed the complexities of their characters and the joys of building a family dynamic on set.

Lerman Is Ready To Play King's On-Screen Sibling Forever

Screen Rant: I'm very excited to chat with all of you about this show. It is beautiful and timely. Logan, I love that this continues a unique trend of you and Joey King playing siblings with one another, even if it was only briefly in Bullet Train. Did you have any of those kinds of flashbacks when you were going into this show?

Logan Lerman: Yeah, I guess so.

Henry Lloyd-Hughes: It's a very unique boxset. It's a very unique boxset collection. [Chuckles]

Logan Lerman: Yeah, that's all we're gonna do together is continue to play siblings in different projects down the line. [Chuckles] No, it's funny how that happened. I think it's coincidence, but yeah, she's the best. We all love Joey.

She's a wonderful person, and a great actor, and somebody that you just love spending time with. So, that's great when you're going to be working on a production for — I don't even know how long we did this, like a year? Yeah, when everything's said and done, it's nice working with people you love being around.

Lloyd-Huges & Rahav Were Enthralled By The Show's Writing

Henry and Amit, I will turn to you two next. Your characters and this story are just so impactful, and so powerful to watch. What was it about both of your characters and the story that intrigued you both to be a part of this?

Henry Lloyd-Hughes: I think that the way in which it was written, there is a tendency, sometimes, with shows that are set in a certain period — I don't want to say a staginess to it. But, as soon as I opened the screenplay and started reading, the reality, the humanity, and it was, I almost feel like, the most realistic family I've ever seen in a period drama.

I could see all the different characters, and all the different dynamics as soon as I started reading. Obviously, hopefully, I managed to nail it, because I did get the part. But I felt like I could just see exactly who this person was, and I could see the family structure. And I'm the eldest of six kids in real life, so I felt like I could see my way in, I suppose. It's testament to how beautiful the writing is.

Amit Rahav: Yeah, yeah, exactly. I also agree. And the book is just so amazingly written, and Giorgia is so talented with describing the small details and emotions. It felt that it was really transcribed into the script, and naturally, it was really well-written. Also, there's so much humor in the show, which is so unexpected, which I love the fact that there's a lot of air in this periodic drama. It really was a no-brainer for me to join this project. Every single character is so well-written. I really think that it's just the greatest project and a no-brainer, the moment you get it.

Logan Lerman: The writing is so good. When the writing is good, you just jump at the opportunity to work on something that's so well-written.

Lerman Praises Streamers For Giving Movies Like Noah A Longer Life

Logan, Noah recently started trending on Netflix, and it's been a few years since it came out. What is it like for you hearing that and looking back on that experience?

Logan Lerman: Oh, did it? That's cool, I had no idea. That's one of the coolest things about the streaming age is that movies can be in shows can be rediscovered. Time can go by and people can find it again. That was a really cool project to work on. It's cool to hear that people still want to watch it. It's nice.

About We Were the Lucky Ones

Based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel, the television adaptation of “We Were the Lucky Ones” is a limited series inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of WWII. The series follows them across continents as they do everything in their power to survive, and to reunite. “We Were the Lucky Ones” demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. The series is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.

Stay tuned for our other We Were the Lucky Ones interviews with:

• Joey King & Sam Woolf
• Georgia Hunter
• Erica Lipez & Tommy Kail
• Robin Weigert
• Hadas Yaron & Michael Aloni

We Were the Lucky Ones begins streaming on Hulu on March 28.

Source: Screen Rant Plus