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 Despite Racer X being a perennial fan favorite of the original series, the actor was also deeply aware of the potential drawbacks that could come from playing a masked cartoon character. However, with the The Wachowski Brothers’ helming the film, Matthew claims any lingering initial doubts he had with the role with were immediately erased. “I was both more excited to be a part of this and really terrified in a lot of ways, because anytime you’re talking about playing a guy who is a masked vigilante wrapped in leather, there’s a lot of ways that can go terribly wrong,” Fox admits, “I mean, there are and I went and looked at some other movies where that did go terribly wrong.” “I’m not going to mention any names,” he adds, “Obviously, I felt I was in incredibly great hands with The Wachowskis. I felt so confident about them, but I was trying to make sure that what I was doing and how that fit into the context of this world and this sort of vocal quality that I wanted to find, the rhythm I felt that I found in the way that they wrote, the way that the X has a staccato sort of rhythm. It was challenging, but it also kept me up at night for a while and until I got on set and into the shooting of it, there was a period where I felt I was in it and good and fun.” On the contrary, like with fans of the original series, Matthew believes Racer X holds a special significance in the world of Speed Racer. “This guy’s really kind of lost himself in this identity,” he believes, Which is what I wanted to play was that he’s allowed himself to become this thing that almost on a disturbing level is using it to run from what his past was and was at the same time using it to serve an idea, fighting for what he believes is right, being a solution to the problem rather than race-fixing and corruption and all these things.” “Wardrobe is always a really interesting thing,” Fox continues, “It affects you and it’s a really important part, at least for me, on how I get into things and how it informs stuff. For this particular role, the Racer X suit was the most…two weeks into shooting, when I put that thing on and I dropped the helmet over my eyes and I get fully into gear, it was all there, like I really felt I knew who I was and who the guy was, and yeah, it was fun. It was also really interesting once you drop that thing on, the people around you really take a different tact towards you, it’s really interesting.” In discussing the The Wachowskis’further, Fox says the brothers brought a highly-detailed sensibility to Speed Racer that created an |
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