David Yates talks to EW about his “Legend of Tarzan”

This week, as a part of Entertainment Weekly’s 20 scoops on summer movies in 20 days, David Yates sat down with the magazine for an interview about his new film, The Legend of Tarzan. The Harry Potter director talks of why he chose his leading lady, Margot Robbie.

Margot Robbie’s Jane is not going to be a damsel in distress. No, she will be strong and fiesty. E.W. reports:

“If you enter the jungle with anybody, you want to go with Margot Robbie,” Yates says. “She’s practical, and she’s smart, and she’s resourceful. And she can take care of herself.”

In fact, Skarsgård got a firsthand look at that strength in one particularly steamy scene.

“They’re doing this love scene together, and I said [to Robbie], ‘Just slap Alex while you’re making love, just kind of give him a punch,’” Yates explains. “It was sort of an earthy, sensual moment of her enjoying sex with Alex, and the only bruise he picked up during the entire shoot was probably that punch from Margot. Which says a lot about her feistiness.”

The original article can be read here, on E.W. Yates is one of several Harry Potter alums on board with the film. The Legend of Tarzan hits theaters this summer, July 1.