Chapter 540: Opinions on Casting for Mortal Kombat(2/2)
But the audience for this movie actually has many people who like comics and cartoon culture, and they still understand this difference very clearly.
"Oh, okay, you know, this ability to distinguish human faces is developed when we were young. I lived in Britain when I was a child, and there were not many Asians there." Paul W.S. Anderson said that he would pay attention.
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The next most important ones are the two mythical characters.
The bad guy Shang Tsung was a good choice. A Japanese actor Hiroyuki Tagawa was Paul W.S. Anderson's first choice. Ronald remembered him because he had made the B-level action movie "Little Tokyo" for Daydream a few years ago.
Showdown in Little Tokyo), and even earlier he worked with Diane on "Big Trouble in Little China".
In both movies, he plays the kind of Japanese villain who looks very evil. He gives people a very bad imagination from the very beginning.
Lord Rayden, the mythical figure who protects the earth, needs a fairy-like face and a very decent temperament.
Among the actors Paul W.S. Anderson has chosen, the one he is most satisfied with is the Chinese actor Christopher Lambert. He has played several B-level monster movies before, and he is the immortal highlander in the Scottish legend.
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Especially his huge forehead, it looks like it was blessed at first glance.
"Why, is he bad?" Paul W.S. Anderson asked cautiously. He looked at Ronald's eyes and expression and looked very uncomfortable, as if he had a feeling of disgust towards the actor.
"No... uh... what..." Ronald couldn't explain clearly why he felt uncomfortable when he saw this person. "I just think that such a typical Korean actor, as a man who saves the earth,
, many American and British viewers will be very uncomfortable, especially male viewers.
"Oh, that makes sense..." Paul W.S. Anderson also understood that the British and American cultural circles had a natural tendency to ridicule the country. "Then Jean-Claude Van Damme doesn't seem to be suitable either."
He originally listed Jean-Claude Van Damme as an option, but because his salary was too high, he preferred Christopher Lambert.
Chapter completed!