Mahershala Ali took on Jurassic World Rebirth not just for the dinosaurs or the spectacle but to challenge himself in a space far bigger than the indie dramas that made him a two-time Oscar winner.
Ali plays Duncan Kincaid, a black-ops logistics specialist who works alongside Scarlett Johansson’s covert operative Zora and Jonathan Bailey’s palaeontologist Henry. Together, they infiltrate an island that once housed the original Jurassic Park research facility. While Jurassic World Rebirth marks his first time leading a tentpole of this scale, Ali is no stranger to big-budget fare. He’s appeared in Predators, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and 2, and Alita: Battle Angel. He’s also been attached to Marvel’s long-delayed Blade reboot since 2019.
“But there were people in Jaws and in Jurassic Park, in Star Wars and these huge tentpole films that resonated with authenticity and a certain truth and purpose that made those films worth watching again and again.”
Jurassic World Rebirth is the seventh film in the franchise and opens in theaters on July 2nd.