Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother Cast on Preparing for Their Intense Roles | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2026

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is the intense story of a hitman Latif (played by Mahershala Ali) struggling after the death of his wife with caring for his family, and wrestling with his faith. As part of IGN Fall Fan Fest 2026, John Cho, who plays a somewhat unhinged pastor, and Adia, who plays Latif's daughter, sat down with IGN to discuss how they prepared for filming such emotionally demanding roles.

John Cho's Christian pastor is a complicated antagonist with good intentions but extremist methods, and his character is particularly notable for his combination of cowboy fashion and gold grills. Cho explained how the character's unique look came about.

"It was definitely a collaborative process. I didn't know what he was gonna look like. This is pretty unique in the work that I've done on film where very little was obvious to me on the page," he says. "I didn't know what he looked like or sounded like. …