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Go behind the scenes of By Any Means as stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg take viewers inside the incredible true story that inspired the film. The pair discuss the unlikely alliance between a young FBI agent and infamous mob hitman Greg Scarpa, and how the real-life events shaped this gripping crime drama.

Inspired by true events, By Any Means follows a young Black FBI agent sent to 1960s Mississippi to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia enforcer Greg Scarpa, he enters a dangerous mission where justice and vengeance collide.

How to Watch: By Any Means opens in theaters on September 4, 2026.

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00:00By any means, it's based on this wild, true story about the FBI teaming up with the New York mob
00:07to solve a murder in 1960s Mississippi.
00:12I play the character Wayne Strider. He's a young, ambitious agent at the FBI, and he believes in doing things
00:19the right way.
00:20When the FBI can't solve the case, they bring in a mobster, Greg Scarborough, and pardons him up with my
00:26character.
00:27Who are you supposed to be?
00:28FBI. We'll be working together.
00:31Get out of here.
00:31Gregory Scarborough lived and existed in this world with the mafia in New York, and all of a sudden, he's
00:37down in the south, taking on these crazy assignments for the FBI.
00:42I knocked some heads around, and I cracked the case.
00:45Making people disappear does not solve the problem. We're gonna put them in jail for breaking the law.
00:51When you take a guy with such a strong moral spine, and you put him with a character like Greg
00:55Scarborough, who's willing to do whatever it takes.
00:58Go around. There's no witness. There's no crime. Let's get out of here.
01:02They become unlikely partners, and there is a level of respect that could almost be defined as a friendship.
01:09Tony on the cheek. That ain't really working, is it?
01:12There's always forces in the world that are seeking to take us backwards, and we need each other to resist
01:18those forces and to continue the job.
01:21And because of this incredible collaboration between Scarborough and Wayne Strider, hopefully the audience will look to the person to
01:27the left or the right and say, hmm, maybe we could collaborate in the real world.
01:30I believe in justice.
01:32Listen in this.
01:33Fighting me is necessary.
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