All language subtitles for Becoming Warrior Part 8 The Legacy Cinemax.en

Empty your mind.

Be formless. Shapeless.

Like water.

Now, you put water into a cup...

it becomes the cup.

You put water into a bottle,
it becomes the bottle.

You put it in a teapot,
it becomes the teapot.

Now, water can flow
or it can crash.

Be water, my friend.

♪ (WESTERN MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

(SWORD RINGS)

JUSTIN LIN: Casting
the main character Ah Sahm,

I knew it was gonna be
a challenge

to find someone
to play the role,

and it was gonna be
a global search.

It was a tall order.

You're looking for an actor
who is compelling

and can handle all the drama
and vulnerability

but is also really funny,
who can also fight.

SHANNON LEE: There was
just something so introspective

but also, like, sort of
quietly fierce about Andrew

that really just felt right.

ANDREW KOJI: I never thought
I'd be able to play Ah Sahm

because I'd never seen
a lead Asian on a show before.

(EXHALES) I'm blessed.
I get to do this?

Andrew came in...

I'm not making any promises.

...and he blew us away.

This is why
you wanna tell these stories.

You wanna find people
who come in and seize it.

And in many ways,
that is, to me,

kinda embodies
what Bruce Lee is all about.

-(PUNCH LANDS)
-(GRUNTS)

Casting the show,
we looked all over the world,

and we found Koji in England,
we found Jason in Hong Kong,

we found Joe in Indonesia,
we found Dianne in L.A.,

we found Olivia in Canada,

and we have Hoon Lee,
who played Job on Banshee.

My goal with this show was
to have an interweaving story

for 11 or 12 characters but it
felt really important to me

to include both the police force

and the mayor
and the executive branch.

KOJI: Jonathan had quite
a huge vision for this show.

He wanted to find
that kind of balance

between, you know, styled pulp
and the period.

JONATHAN TROPPER: This show
exists in its own universe.

We did a few things to just
really make sure that there was

a signature look and feel
to this show

so it couldn't be mistaken
for a historical docudrama,

which is why you see

Tong members
wearing Armani suits.

The wardrobe is really
interesting on this show

because on one hand,
you don't want people

looking like they just
walked out of 2019,

but at the same time,

you want it to have
that contemporary feel.

DIANA CILLIERS:
In this era in fashion,

it is an absolutely hot thing
at the moment

for Asian and Western fashion
to sort of fuse.

Using period and mixing it
with some contemporary,

which was really,
really exciting.

And then, the extra challenge

for all the characters
who fight,

they had to be able
to move in their clothes.

KOJI:
Feels weird to fight in a suit.

Looks good.

(LAUGHS)

They really had to figure out,

"Okay, how do these guys
look really cool,

look true to period,

but have a sort of
postmodern flair

and not split their pants?"

(GRUNTING)

The wardrobe
is highly fashionable.

There's huge trains,
there's corsets and jewelry.

They've been incredibly open
and willing and eager

to discuss the aspects
of character

that would inform costume.

Every piece has a story.

What colors Mai Ling would wear,
what sleeve shapes.

It gives you
a kind of deportment

that we don't have
in modern life.

You know, they'd walk
in a certain way,

they'd wear the gloves,
the hats, the stick.

And then suddenly you see them
walking around on the set.

That's when it started
to feel really real.

We knew that we wanted
this world to be very tactile.

And so that meant that
we would have to build.

Recreating 1878 San Francisco,

you're gonna be starting
from scratch.

And then there was
a lot of discussion

about scale and the scope
of what we were gonna be able

to create for a backlot.

For 24 hours, we just sat
talking about,

"We have to build a set
that we can reuse."

The Chinatown backlot we built

has multiple streets
and alleyways

which can be redressed

to make it feel
like an entire city.

It's pretty remarkable.

We built hills,

we have Chinatown streets,
we have Irishtown.

The fact that the set is so
comprehensive and so detailed,

you don't have to expend
any extra energy,

you just are in this world.

We tried to avoid having

green screens and blue screens
all over the place.

The thing that struck me when
I first stepped on the backlot

was not only this replica
of San Francisco Chinatown,

but also the care
that set deck had taken

with even populating
food stands

with real food and real smells.

They make use of a lot

of the historic buildings
in Cape Town as well.

We shot at City Hall.

The photographs I've seen
of San Francisco 140 years ago,

pretty accurate.

DANIELLE WOODROW:
The opening scene of the pilot,

it's Ah Sahm walking
off the boat in blackness

and we kind of knew that
that shot was key.

You see the door open,
and you see America.

This is an American story,
and we are experiencing

what it feels like for our hero
coming into this world.

I like to think that Bruce Lee,

if he saw the show,
he would be proud.

I think we made a very
concerted effort to celebrate

why he was doing it,
what he was trying to do.

(YELLING)

There's just so much care
and love in this work.

It's pretty mindblowing and
I'm just grateful to be here.

It's an action series,
but with heart,

with a message, style,
and substance.

You've got fantastic styling,

you've got a great narrative,
you've got huge characters.

TOM WESTON-JONES:
The show itself,

it's a melting pot,
which is what America really is.

JASON TOBIN: The history
of the show being an idea

that Bruce Lee created,

it's such an honor
and a privilege.

I mean, just don't tell
the little kid I was

that my name is coming
right after Bruce Lee's name

on a TV show because...

I just don't think I ever would
have believed that's possible.

KOJI: Bruce Lee, I'm eternally
grateful to that man

'cause I'm somehow
here right now because of him.

SHANNON LEE:
To take my father's idea,

give it life, give it a voice,
adding to his legacy,

to be able to correct
some Hollywood wrongs,

to cast an Asian cast
that is so talented,

it's an amazing moment.

BRUCE LEE:

(SWORD RINGS)

♪ (WESTERN MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

-(MEN GRUNTING)
-(CROWD YELLING)

(SWORD RINGS)