"This rhetoric works because it taps into our primal fear of harm to the innocent and vulnerable — our feelings of being prey, of being threatened by outsiders, allow culture wars to explode."

For Adams, it was not difficult to tap into her character’s more primal impulses: she is one of seven children, raised in a military family that moved frequently throughout her childhood.

“It’s primal. There’s something in the ground that we want, and we’re getting it out,” Tucker said.

Levy: You took this Logan to a primal, painful place that was so bare and authentic.

Can you expand a little bit more about playing a mother facing that dilemma and getting into that primal instinct and the fear of what she’s facing?