Having already revealed that director Terrence Malick’s films were the inspiration for the new Hulu movie victimDirector Dan Trachtenberg has pulled the curtain further on Predator, confirming that Jackie Chan’s films were also influential. talk interview with filmcastTrachtenberg spoke at length about the casting of Amber Midthunder for the lead role in the film and how it made her watch so many films that portray the martial artist and movie star in Hong Kong, specifically the way he carries himself physically and helps her communicate essential bits of information about his characters without a word .
“We pointed out a lot from Jackie Chan,” Trachtenberg revealed. “I definitely felt uncomfortable every time I spoke, because she was saying, ‘Why are we still talking about Jackie Chan? “I kept making her watch movies, the thing I kept showing her – do you remember it shields of GodHe chews gum, throws gum on his back and bounces it back in his mouth? And she’s like, “Oh yeah, this guy’s like, cool and capable of doing things.” It was such a challenge with her to find a way that she thinks it’s not zero, it’s not the nerd who becomes the champ. It starts from a place where there is physical competence, but it is not all the way. She has to earn her tension and she has to earn her streaks, and she has to go through some tough stuff.”
He continued, “For me it was like how there could be something in her body that feels like there’s an ability but it’s not like ‘I’m the most badass person ever.’ So in the little touches it’s like she’s flipping the tomahawk up and chopping, that was kind of Of Jackie Chan’s main influences. That’s her sliding down the mountain and starting to take off. So even in the little moments, there’s a little bit of a beating You only believe her physical center. So that was my whole point of making her watch a million Jackie Chan movies that were like those two things.”
Trachtenberg also noted that using Chan as an influence on the film was a “challenging cast” for his lead actress, challenging her to make moves and physiques on set so that it could be seen on camera that it was her and not a character. Doppler. Chan’s influence posed a unique problem though, because the film couldn’t depict traditional martial arts moves without standing out from the rest of its authenticity in region and time.
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