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 As far as the land of green screen filmmaking goes though, the Speed Racer cast didn’t have it as bad as they could have. “Well, we had the advantage that we’re not making the movie with Jar Jar Binks up in it,’ he says. “So we didn’t have to look at an X and talk to it and pretend it was there. We had for the most part a realm of real people which is very, very helpful. Let’s say the background’s fake but you can talk to your acting partner and you guys are real for each other - that’s very helpful. If I had to talk to a person that wasn’t there I’d have some serious issues.” Even though the actor didn’t get the benefit of special driving training he did actually have to pull off all of the kung-fu style fighting that his character engages in, so he went through a ton of training and preparation for those scenes which was a very new experience for him. “I’m the guy in the scene that usually would get beaten down,’ he laughs. “But not in this one!” “It was very fun to go through the martial arts training with the stunt coordinators Chad and Dave. Those guys are tough they really put me through the ringer with the training and such. I mean, you get tired,’ he admits. “You finish an hour of punching and kicking and stuff and I didn’t wanna hit them. That was their problem, cause I was like, ‘I don’t wanna hurt these guys they’re just doing their jobs they want me to punch them in the stomach - they don’t have pads on or anything.’ Maybe I was giving myself too much credit for how much force I had in a blow… Eventually though, they would start doing little things like we’d be sparing and they’d like slap me a little bit like, ‘c’mon hit me! Hit me!’ and I’d be like, ‘no no’ and they’d hit me again and I’d be like ‘no’ then they’d hit me again and I’d actually punch them and they’d be like good… good… it was like the emperor, [in his best emperor voice] ‘I can feel your anger!’ When asked about his directing team on this project Emile has nothing but good things to say about The Wachowskis. “They’re so wonderful,” he begins with a huge smile. “I mean they’re just guys that are super creative, super smart and are always dazzling you with their intelligence. I think they knew in their heads the kind of movie they wanted to make from the beginning. They had a very specific vision for the movie. I have a lot of respect for them. I really was a huge, huge admirer of the Matrix trilogy. The first Matrix I saw when I was 13 in theaters and I was just so loving it. It ... |
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