Most viewers of APEX—the new Charlize Theron thriller that began streaming on Netflix today—will have never heard the 2006 single “Nasty Boy” by the Icelandic electronic-pop/rock band Trabant before. But after watching Taron Egerton swing around on a rope like Tarzan, completely naked, while blasting a song about being a “a filthy little horny dog,” they won’t be likely to forget the tune any time soon.
“It was my favorite song,” APEX director and Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur said with a laugh, in a Zoom interview with Decider. “I thought it was just a perfect song, and so many people responded to that. It’ll be a nice little find.”
Written by Jeremy Robbins, APEX stars Theron as Sasha, an experienced climber grieving the death of her husband (played by Eric Bana). She embarks on a solo hiking-and-kayaking trip in the Australian wilderness, where she meets a friendly local (Egerton) who
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