Angelique Jackson KiKi Layne is a natural — and not just when it comes to acting. While training to star opposite Charlize Theron in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s graphic novel-based film “The Old Guard” (streaming on Netflix beginning July 10), the 28-year-old learned she’s quite adept at preparing firearms. “Our tactical trainer was blown away at how smooth all of my reloads were,” Layne tells Variety. “I was changing my magazines like I was born doing it.” Layne, whose breakout role came in Barry Jenkins’ 2018 movie “If Beale Street Could Talk,” trained for more than nine weeks to master the combat and martial arts skills necessary to play Nile Freeman, the newest (albeit reluctant) recruit into Theron’s band of immortal mercenaries.
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