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Lauren spoke with the cast and director of GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE.

Stars Carla Gugino and Angela Bassett talk their new movie, Gunpowder Milkshake.

Sam (KAREN GILLAN) was only 12 years old when her mother Scarlet (LENA HEADEY), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her. Sam was raised by The Firm, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15 years later, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and grown into a fierce hit-woman. She uses her “talents” to clean up The Firm’s most dangerous messes. She’s as efficient as she is loyal. But when a high-risk job goes wrong, Sam must choose between serving The Firm and protecting the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl - Emily (CHLOE COLEMAN). With a target on her back, Sam has only one chance to survive: Reunite with her mother and her lethal associates, The Librarians (MICHELLE YEOH, ANGELA BASSETT and CARLA GUGINO). These three generations of women must now learn to trust each other, stand up to The Firm and their army of henchmen, and raise hell against those who could take everything from them.

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Emmy-Winner Jake Hamilton talks with the stars of GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE -- Karen Gillan, Carla Gugino and Angela Bassett

It’s not always easy to play a knife-wielding, chain-swinging badass. Luckily for the gals of Gunpowder Milkshake, they were all pretty badass going into the whole project. Though Karen Gillan is the movie’s lead, you can’t say enough about the movie’s supporting cast of grown and murderous women, including Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, and Carla Gugino. Together, the trio front as librarians who just happen to deal in weaponry, though how they got there isn’t entirely clear. According to Gugino, though, it’s a form of retirement. As she tells us in the video above, where we also talk to Yeoh and Bassett ,“These women were assassins and now they’re just giving the people who are still out in the field equipment that they need and providing resources for them.”

During the wide-ranging interview, Bassett and Gugino talked about what drew them to the material, getting to work with a mostly female cast, what previous character from their past would they like to have brought into this film to fight alongside them, when they felt like acting could pay their bills, and more. In addition, Gugino revealed how Troop Beverly Hills changed her life and when she might be working with Mike Flanagan again. And Bassett talked about why she’s not in Mission Impossible 7 and how she’s getting ready to film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and how she’s read five versions of the script.

Before the movie can hit the screen, The Beat caught up with Angela Bassett ("Anna May") and Carla Gugino ("Madeleine") to talk about the best scenes.

We interview Gunpowder Milkshake stars Angela Bassett and Carla Gugino about their roles in the film.