His character, Teddy is used to taking a lot of blows and experiencing a lot of moments where life seemingly knocks him down… that’s until he meets Harrelson’s character, an assassin also known as “the man from Toronto.”

“My character is a real loner, you know, [he] doesn’t spend time with other people and has really come to accept and embrace just being alone and so to be thrown into this Teddy world, at first is a shock,” Harrelson explained. “My first instinct is to murder him, you know, since he’s a witness to my face and so forth and to keep my anonymity. During the course of the film, you find that there’s something about Teddy that is so winning and likable. He does petty things and he messes up a lot, but he’s got this extraordinary heart. Eventually, the man from Toronto just can’t help but to be won over by him and ultimately he helps me to open and grow.”

Although the pair, as one would say, come from opposite ends of the train tracks, there is so much that they learn from one another when it comes to navigating this thing called life. Eventually, we are all responsible for what we allow to continue.

“The challenge that The Man From Toronto presents is that you need to stop doing what you do. You make excuses, you are the problem, you’re the cause, yet you point to everybody else,” Hart continued. “And, you know, it takes a hard talking to like that. “Sometimes you need the mirror, and when you get that mirror, when you look in it correctly, you may answer, and Teddy answered.

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