Mike Colter recalls the epic prank Halle Berry pulled on The Union Set

Mike Colter had a “great” time on the set of Union with a costar Halle Berry – including when he convinced the cast and crew to eat him a spy while filming in London.

“There was a moment when Halle found me, she did a little prank on me,” Colter, 47, shared exclusively with the latest magazine. Us Weekly. “I got to the set about five minutes late. [Halle] it was already planned, and there was a scene where our characters meet outside a cafe. I had to shoot early in the morning. So I got there and I got to the set and everyone was staring at me. I said, ‘What’s going on?’ And Halle looks like, really upset, really upset.”

Colter said Berry, 57, started “going off” on him about being late. “‘This is unacceptable,'” he recalled the Oscar winner telling him. “He just starts staring at me and I say, ‘What’s going on?’ I was completely surprised.”

“I look around first [assistant director]and he gives me nothing. He just looks at me, and he’s a great actor. He certainly plays it straight,” he continued. “And I look around and no one is breaking. So I said, ‘Oh, am I late? Oh, OK. I’m sorry everyone. I apologize for wasting your time. I didn’t know.’ I mean, I was sitting in the makeup chair, letting the makeup artist do her job!”

After a few – very tense — minutes, Colter said that Berry finally couldn’t keep a straight face and “broke down,” but not before he convinced Colter that he really did the wrong thing.

“It was a good moment because I didn’t expect that,” he said. “’I literally got out of the van three minutes later [everyone else] and suddenly they just stopped. I am involved in the production. It was really good. It was a good joke. He treated me well.”

Unionhitting Netflix on Friday, August 16, it follows Berry as Roxy, a woman who arrests her high school sweetheart – to bring down his fortune-building worker revealed by. Mark Wahlberg – in high-level intelligence work. Colter, on the other hand, plays Nick Faraday, a mysterious Roxy employee with a few surprises up his sleeve.

The comedy was shot overseas in London, Slovenia, Italy and Croatia. When Colter joined the cast later in the filming process, he immediately felt at home due to Berry’s warm welcome.

“[Halle] he’s a lot of fun to work with,” Colter said of his costar, whom he called a “great” actor. “I had a great time and he welcomed me right away. … He greeted me, really welcomed me and connected with me right away. It made me feel at ease.”

Colter said Wahlberg, 53, was also “very welcome” to the set, noting that the actor has a “natural intelligence” about him. “He’s a naturally funny guy,” Colter said Us. “I think you see his comedy in movies like Ted, and I’m a big fan of Boogie Nights. His character isn’t always in the joke, though [he’s] to be fun.”

Both Wahlberg and Berry, Colter said, created the kind of environment necessary for their co-stars to feel comfortable as directors. Julian Farino called “action.”

“I think it helps to be there with your best actors because it allows the other actors to come in and do what they have to do,” he explained. “A lot of times, he is [playing these] scenes with experienced people, and they have many skills. You want to be able to keep up with them and not worry about stepping on their toes because it’s basically mono in those scenes. “

Colter is no stranger to leading a set himself. He starred on Netflix Luke Cage as a respected actor in two seasons from 2016 to 2018, and was cast in 2019 as Catholic priest David Acosta in the series Paramount +. Badis currently in its fourth and final season. Colter said Us that he is “always having fun” in his role, and has the ability to find “fun” in whatever project he is committed to at the time.

“We are very lucky [as actors]we’re really just having fun because we’re playing a child’s game at the highest level,” explained Colter, expanding on that. Union it was very nice to thank Farino. “He was very sweet. He was easy to work with and commanded great production. “

Having a good time, of course, is easier when you’re in a good place. Colter admitted that even things like being at a high level are prioritized as he enjoys the facilities he is being offered overseas.

“It’s like, ‘Why don’t I just go to the beach? Why don’t you just go and sleep by the pool? Why not go on another spa visit? I mean these European resorts are just fine, they don’t have bars,” he said. “I mean you have to use that when you’re there. Exercise is good, but I think sometimes you need to rest too. It’s so important to lower your blood pressure and just relax, get a massage, mani-pedi, facial, whatever. Just enjoy.”

While most of Colter’s role in Union stays under wraps – no spoilers here, sorry – finding time to relax and indulge is something a character might support. Colter noted that the opportunity to play someone with “charisma” and “charisma” was an attractive factor when auditioning for the project, as was the film’s 007 feel.

“It looks like the kind of movies I grew up watching as a kid,” he said Us. “Looking at them [James] Responsibility jumps with Roger Moore or Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnanwhen you see yourself in a different place. These expensive cars are driving, there is a car chase, and they shoot [people] … It feels like the whole world is passing, more Europe. “

For more on Colter’s latest role, pick up the latest issue of Us Weekly – on newsstands now.

Union hits Netflix on Friday, August 16.