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SIMU LIU: You know,
when I was still struggling as an actor,
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I had this job
where I literally dressed up
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as Spider-Man
for kids' birthday parties.
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And the reason why I'm dressed up
as Spider-Man is 'cause
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I was Asian and I couldn't show my face.
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There weren't any
Asian superheroes, you know?
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So, I could only play
one of those heroes with a full mask.
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Um...
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And it's pretty incredible now that, uh,
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you know, not only is Shang-Chi making it
to the big screen, but he has no mask.
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His face is, you know,
is just his face and he's out there.
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(HEROIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
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People will inevitably
watch this movie and be like,
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"Did he do his own stunts?
Does know martial arts?"
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And to those people,
I only have one thing to say.
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(GRUNTS)
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(MUSIC CONTINUES)
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(CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING)
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LIU: When they announced Shang-Chi,
I was like really, really excited
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and at the same time,
did a bit of research on the character.
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I was like,
"Okay, he's a martial arts master
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"and he's an Asian guy."
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So, I was like,
"Okay, where are they gonna take this?"
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The comic was originally
created in the 1970s,
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where there was a bit of,
shall we say, a Kung fu craze,
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you know, sweeping across America.
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It was not the most,
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uh, progressive source material
that we've ever had.
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And, you know, from day one,
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it was something that we knew
right off the bat had to change.
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When we looked at the comics,
I think we learned a lot.
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Some of that was what not to do.
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Shang-Chi in 1973,
was definitely brought to life
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by people who are big fans
of Kung fu cinema,
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but didn't necessarily understand it
from the inside out.
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It was very important that this story
was told primarily by Asian-Americans.
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With Dave Callaham as the writer
and with Destin as the director,
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we felt like we were in good hands
in making sure
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that we honored that experience.
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Yeah, the more
you can make it feel heart felt...
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Then when she says, "Are you..."
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Destin had already proven himself
to be a very adept filmmaker,
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primarily working with amazing actors.
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So, we knew that.
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What you don't always know is,
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are they interested
in stepping into the Marvel process?
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Are they interested in taking on something
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that is on a much bigger scale
than they've done before?
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I showed up and saw these crane...
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I've never seen
a crane this big in my life,
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and there's two of them.
Yeah, the scale's insane.
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(ALL YELLING)
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Growing up,
I didn't really have anyone besides
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Bruce Lee, Rufio,
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Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
to dress up on Halloween.
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Those are my three options.
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CRETTON: To be able to add
not only one character,
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but to add
a whole cornucopia of Asian faces,
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and just seeing
these young Asian characters
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acting like I act and my friends act,
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is just something
I've never really seen before.
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And it's really exciting
to be a part of it.
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I have a lot of experience
writing action movies
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and writing comedy-action movies.
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At this point, I've been doing it
for 18 years professionally, now.
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The thing I was doing was writing
for other people, essentially.
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I was imagining, "What would it be like
to be a hot White guy named Chris?"
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And then I write that character
going through the world like that.
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This was the first opportunity
that I've ever been given
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to write a little bit more
of my own story.
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LIU: The thing that we're really fortunate
with about Shang-Chi
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is just that he's pretty obscure.
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Not a lot of people have heard of him.
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As far as his origin story,
there's nothing quite as iconic as,
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for example, Bruce Wayne with Batman
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or Spider-Man getting bitten
by the radioactive spider.
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What really moved me from the comics
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was this really interesting relationship
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of a dad who trained his son
to be a killer,
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and now, his son is back and grown up.
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And he has to face him.
That was really exciting to me.
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And it was the basis of the pitch
that I gave them.
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And it was actually a very personal pitch.
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FEIGE: Destin really had this
remarkable story of this son
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who felt one way about his father,
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and learned to think
another way about his father.
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And it was really emotional,
in a way that you go,
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"Well, if we can carry that
through the development of a script
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"and into this final movie,
this will be everything we've dreamed of."
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TSAI CHIN: What... Which one is it?
LIU: It's the Funyuns.
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-It's the Funyuns and the cigarette.
-This one?
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-It's called Fun...
-They're called "Funyuns."
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They're like onions, but more fun.
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LIU: It's our first day of filming.
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It's a family scene,
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and I think everyone was really
nervous/anxious/excited.
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But, um, once we all got on set
and we kind of felt the vibe,
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we kind of really chilled out,
and now, we're at it.
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So, I hope the rest of the shoot
goes like this, 'cause this was great.
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KYM BARRETT: Draw them up.
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CALLAHAM: I'm Chinese-American.
I was raised here.
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I don't feel too much
of a connection to China,
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which is a thing that gives me
a sense of shame, to a degree.
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I was interested in exploring
what that story could be like
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if this is a person
who's spent time in both places.
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He has, sort of, the ethics
and the culture of China behind him.
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He was raised to care about family.
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He was raised to listen to his parents.
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(SPEAKING MANDARIN)
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CALLAHAM: But because he spent time
in America and because his time in America
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was spent hiding from his past,
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he's built up a lot of
defense mechanisms around himself.
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Okay. Okay.
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BARRETT: He's got a slightly goofy
playfulness over the top of this,
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like, hidden part of his character
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which we don't really see until later on.
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So, we just tried
to give him a very American sensibility
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because he actually is, in a way,
kind of hiding from his past.
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So, he's, in effect,
wearing a costume when we first meet him.
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(SPEAKING MANDARIN)
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(IN ENGLISH) I don't know
what you're talking about.
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CRETTON: Our character
doesn't find his superpower by,
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you know, falling into a pit of slime.
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He finds it through going inward
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and dealing with the things that he's been
avoiding from his past and running from.
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That's definitely something
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that is rooted
in a lot of beautiful Chinese stories.
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You know, it's been a really
in-depth search to try to find
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somebody who will capture this character
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with all the dimensions that he deserves
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and it's going pretty well.
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We found him.
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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-WOMAN: Do you wanna tell us who he is?
-You guys wanna meet him?
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Our search was spearheaded,
as always, by the great Sarah Finn,
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who's done such a great job
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finding many actors
in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Destin and Jonathan and Sarah
saw literally hundreds of people,
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that we went through numerous rounds,
and found some wonderful people.
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But nobody that...
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There is that thing at Marvel,
which is, when you know, you know.
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And everybody sort of agrees.
And we hadn't found that yet.
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My real name is Shang-Chi.
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FEMALE CREW MEMBER: Shang-chi?
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Shang-Chi.
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I am just painfully ordinary.
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I haven't been
in a single movie before this.
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Hi, my name is Simu Liu
and I'm six feet tall.
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I never thought
that I would be in the running
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because I could think of 20 other guys
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who are taller than me,
who are buffer than me,
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who are better martial artists than me.
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The only thing, really,
that I had to my name was like,
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I could maybe do some stunts
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and I could tell a joke,
'cause I was on this show in Canada
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called Kim's Convenience.
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Simu rose to the top of the pack.
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His take on the character was really funny
and also had a lot of emotion.
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It was clear that there was
this deep well of emotion there.
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We knew he was a fan,
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how badly he wanted it
and how hard he worked for it.
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Picking up the phone
and calling Simu with Destin and Kevin
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and telling him he got the part,
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it's one of the most fun phone calls
that we get to make.
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I watched Endgame
in the movie theater in April of 2019,
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still as a fan,
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having no idea that three months later,
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I would be at Comic Con in front of,
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you know, 8,000 fans live being introduced
as one of the next Phase-Four heroes.
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It is a huge honor for me to introduce you
to the incredible Simu Liu.
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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LIU: My first reaction
to reading the script, I cried.
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I cried because
there is such an intimate relationship
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between Shaun
and the characters in his family.
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I cried because we got to see
an Asian superhero
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saving the world and saving the day.
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And it was just such a profound moment
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for me as a fan, as an actor,
as an Asian person.
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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(SPEAKING MANDARIN)
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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(IN ENGLISH) Did you guys
get that, by the way?
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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Not a damn thing. Okay, that's cool.
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The thing that really connects me
to this Shaun character,
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is that we're both
people that are in between.
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We're both people that struggle
with two different halves of ourselves.
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My parents are from China.
I was born in China.
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But I feel very much like an outsider
when I visit the country.
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And I speak to my relatives
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and they make fun of me for my Mandarin.
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(SPEAKING MANDARIN)
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(IN ENGLISH) But in Canada
and in the States as well,
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you aren't fully at home there, either.
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SCHWARTZ: We felt confident
that even though
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it was gonna have
a big action component,
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that we wanted to, as we always do,
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hire the best actor and get them
as far along as we could with the action,
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that the audience would respond
mostly to the performance
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and the emotion, and that the action
and martial arts would follow.
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LIU: Going into a job like this,
I think it's pretty natural that,
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you know,
you have all sorts of insecurities.
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Destin was really great in, kind of,
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grounding me
in what this movie was really about.
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Who is Shaun?
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What drives him to do
the things that he does?
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And in what ways will he find himself
over the course of this movie?
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Focusing on that made all the rest of it,
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all the Marvel part of it,
not seem so daunting.
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(ALARM BEEPING)
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(GRUNTS LOUDLY)
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This character is the master of Kung Fu.
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He has mastered his body.
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(SCATTERED CHEERING)
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Probably could scale a building just by
climbing with his bare hands.
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I am definitely not that cool, all right?
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I have trouble
getting out of bed in the morning
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-sometimes, when I'm really sore.
-(ALARM BEEPING)
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Oh, no.
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-MAN: More.
-Oh! Panic! At The Disco!
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(LIU GROANING)
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-Oh, God.
-Nine, ten. Okay, okay.
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(CHUCKLING) Are you ready?
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LIU: The moment that I was cast,
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we started to have conversations about
what the training regimen would look like.
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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
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I always fancied myself
as kind of like a physical guy.
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Fifty-three.
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Toronto's a bit of a smaller market.
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So, I was doing stunts
professionally at one point.
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I showed up for the first day of training
and I just got my butt kicked.
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(GROANS)
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They have him on a crazy
training schedule. The poor guy.
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Let's go, let's go, let's go. Let's go!
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Basically, there's two main components.
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Strength and conditioning,
and martial arts.
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First, we're making sure
the fundamentals are there.
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Like flexibility, strength.
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He came in
with a lot of strength and power.
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So, we really needed to work
on his flexibility.
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-Oh, God. Oh, God!
-One...
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-One...
-(GRUNTING)
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Definitely one of the signs
of a true martial artist
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is when they can just drop into splits,
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and they have that kind of range of motion
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that they trained over months
and months and months.
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He has to learn
two different styles of martial arts,
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because in our movie, he learns
a very aggressive style from his dad,
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and he learns a much more
spiritual flow from his mom.
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One main style that we're working
on right now is Tai chi,
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which is very, very flowy.
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Very, I think,
in harmony with your surroundings.
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Another one is Wing Chun,
which is a bit more combative
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and then looking
at certain regional styles
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like Southern boxing and other things,
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to kind of fill in this whole mosaic
of how this character moves.
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We took the time to explore a lot.
We explored what his strengths were.
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And we also covered
all his weaknesses as well.
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LIU: Oh, no! What weaknesses?
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-(LAUGHING)
-I have no weaknesses.
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-Come at me.
-I have no weaknesses.
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-Doing the splits.
-That's not what I told you say!
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Get in the splits.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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LIU: I wanted to do
as much of the stunts as I could.
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I mean, I felt like
it's the actor's responsibility
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to kind of become a sponge
and to soak in as much as they can.
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Definitely wasn't able to do this
when I got here for prep,
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but, uh, now, I'm very happy to say
that I could go head to knee.
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LE: One, two, let's go! Whoo!
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Ah-ha!
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-Huh? Huh?
-(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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A lot of that physical intensity
of the training
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that he went through
really mirrored the character.
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Talking with Simu,
I think he was using a lot
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of that physical training as a mental tool
to tap into the character.
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(GRUNTING)
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KATY: Your dad trained you to be
an assassin when you were seven.
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You realize how messed up that is, right?
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SCHWARTZ: We really wanted this to be
the opportunity to show off The Mandarin.
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The Mandarin is really
a marquee character from the comics,
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who we've never been able
to execute on screen.
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WENWU: Names are sacred.
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They connect us not only to ourselves,
but to everyone who came before.
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Shang-Chi's father is Wenwu,
also known as The Mandarin,
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who was portrayed to some degree
in Iron Man Three.
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THE MANDARIN: You know who I am.
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(CROWD CLAMORING)
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You don't know where I am.
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And you'll never see me coming.
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What we got was a red herring.
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-Where's The Mandarin? Where is he?
-(SCREAMING)
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When we really saw behind the curtain,
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we saw that he was just this,
like, kind of dopey actor.
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My name is Trevor. Trevor Slattery.
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Don't hurt the face! I am an actor.
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We wanted Shaun to have a father
of great power in China,
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and as it happened,
the character of The Mandarin
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had already been teased,
but not utilized in any true way.
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Going all the way back to Iron Man one,
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we've seen this organization called
The Ten Rings pop up in Marvel movies.
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We've seen a little bit
in Iron Man one, in Ant-Man.
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Then there was this short film
that was released after Iron Man 3
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called All Hail the King
that established that Trevor
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had been basically sprung from jail
by the true Mandarin,
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who we don't see in the film.
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There's somebody who wants to meet you.
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-Do I know him?
-No.
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But you took his name,
and now he wants it back.
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Oh...
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(CHUCKLES) Nope, sorry,
I still don't get it.
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It's such a joy to have
Sir Ben come back as Trev.
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The way that he plays him
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is just so weird and so endearing.
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Every scene just feels so alive
and unlike anything I've seen before.
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Live on television.
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Sounds familiar, right?
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You shot a guy on live television?
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Yeah. No. Yeah, well, I faked it.
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But dramatically speaking,
yes, I did the deed.
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This is my third visit to Trevor.
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The wonderful thing about Trevor
is that he is an amazing adapter.
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He will adapt to anything.
He's a wonderful survivor.
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Calm down, mate.
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I'm not dead. It's just a performance.
Get down here and play along.
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As an actor, a craftsman,
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that whole package
and that journey over a few years now,
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is to me, immensely attractive.
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SCHWARTZ: The Ten Rings were
an element from the comics,
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which we felt were in need of an update.
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In the comics, there are ten rings
that are worn on the fingers,
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and they all have different powers.
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ANDY PARK: The whole idea
was to try to figure out
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a new language, a new power set.
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They knew that they didn't wanna do
the rings on the finger
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like you see in the comic book.
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And probably the main reason
is because of Thanos
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and the Infinity Saga
that we just had being too similar.
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Destin had the idea
that they would actually be
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more of the bracelets rings,
like, martial arts training rings.
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SCHWARTZ: What those rings
have become in Shang-Chi,
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is kind of Hung Gar inflected
iron Kung fu rings
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that pop up a lot in Kung fu cinema
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that really feel
a little bit truer to the genre.
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The Mandarin first found
the actual physical Ten Rings
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that the organization became named for.
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And built that organization
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from the ground up
with the power of those rings.
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Suddenly, the Ten Rings thing
goes from an Easter egg
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in the very first MCU movie
to the core of what I think
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is one of the greatest father-son
relationships in any of our films.
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We will rebuild The Ten Rings
to what it once was.
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FEIGE: Thinking about this character,
as the father to Shang-Chi,
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as a man who is corrupted by these rings
and corrupted by power,
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and who at every turn
kind of wanted to do the right thing.
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But his greed or his obsessions
would turn him away from that.
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That started to unlock
the notion of doing justice to a character
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and more justice than have ever been done
in the comics, frankly.
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The Mandarin is a brand
that we wanted to peel away
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and understand
the person behind that title.
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If there was anybody in the world
who will instantly break the cliché
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of the mustache-twirling villain,
it would be Tony Leung.
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(GRUNTS AND GROANS)
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(LAUGHING)
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MAN: And, cutting. All right.
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-WOMAN: That was really nice.
-(CHUCKLES) Right?
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WOMAN: That was great.
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LIU: So, I still cannot believe this.
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But I just shot a scene with Tony Leung,
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and, um. if you are into
Asian cinema at all,
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you'll know that
Tony Leung is an absolute legend.
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Every time I talk to my parents,
they always lead with the same question.
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It's not "How are you doing?"
It's not "Are you sleeping well?"
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It's "Did you work with Tony Leung today?"
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Perfect.
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AWKWAFINA: When I found out
that he was cast in this,
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I almost fell out of my chair
'cause for me, that's like...
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Legitimately one of my favorite actors.
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(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
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TONY LEUNG: I think this time,
the story is trying to approach
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Mandarin in the more
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human perspective.
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CRETTON: The way that Tony Leung
sees that character,
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it's all rooted in Wenwu's pain
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and in Wenwu's desperation to be loved
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and to show love,
but he does not know how to show it.
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(SPEAKING MANDARIN)
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SCHWARTZ: I think what Destin
was after was
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looking at those Ten Rings
and the power they brought
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and the immortality that they brought.
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It's kind of a metaphor
for addiction, in a way.
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PARK: I had the idea
that when it powers on,
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the rings would
kind of raise up on the arm.
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And then you would see
that it's embedded in there
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and it's also just kind of infusing
whatever energy, power
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that the rings emit into your whole body.
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Wenwu gets drawn to this power.
It's almost like drug.
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So, we're try to make
the rings give this sense
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that as they're going through his arms,
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you get this sense of the veins glowing
as he becomes more powerful with them.
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CRETTON: Those rings are also his chains.
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They are the thing that keeps The Mandarin
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from being the person
that he is meant to be,
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that his wife believed he could be.
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Ultimately, this is a story
about how this family has kind of
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lost each other at the moment
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that the glue of that family
who was their mother, was killed.
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LIU: This is not the same father
that was around when he was a boy.
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This is a much meaner
and more hardened father
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that has been scarred by tragedy.
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WILLIAM POPE: The gambling den
is a story told in flashback.
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What Shang-Chi sees,
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is his father is a monster,
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and the goodness in his life is gone,
and he's left with this monster.
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That's what the scene is about.
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The child
and the child's understanding of it.
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So, instead of going down
to the end of the room
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where Wenwu is beating everybody up,
we stayed with the boy.
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We saw the boy's face seeing that action,
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which we can see in the mirror behind him,
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or we can go drift behind him
and see what he sees.
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But we always returned to him.
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And we do it in one, so,
we can feel the same horror that he feels.
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(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
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(GRUNTS)
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(GROANS)
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(SPEAKING MANDARIN)
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LEUNG: Wenwu is the tragic character.
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Although he is so powerful with the rings,
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he is lonely all his life
until he met his wife,
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and I think that's the most happiest time
in his one thousand years of life.
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(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
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I think when people watch
the movie in theaters,
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they're just gonna look
at this sequence and think,
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"Oh, of course they found
a beautiful waterfall
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"in the middle of a forest
that's perfectly lit."
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But in actuality, everything from the dirt
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that's on the ground right now,
to the leaves,
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to every single branch of bamboo
has been carefully designed.
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It's one of the most gorgeous sets
that I think we've built for this movie.
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It's really bittersweet for me
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because I haven't been
born yet at this point.
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SUE CHAN: One of the things
we want to convey,
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with all the sets relating to Li,
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is that they utilized the five elements,
which is a core idea in Chinese culture.
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Fire, metal, water, earth and wood.
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In Chinese cosmology,
these are the five foundational elements.
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-This looks so good.
-You're not tired of it yet?
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So beautiful.
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You know, the idea is that all these
things are in harmony in Li's life,
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and they're in harmony
in the sets in which Li appears
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and that she uses her Tai chi,
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which Brad has so nicely choreographed,
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which is also about
balance and being at one with nature.
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CRETTON: When we first
brought on Brad Allan,
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it was so important to all of us,
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and Brad included that we treat
all of the martial arts in this movie
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with the respect that it deserves
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and that Brad would bring on
some really amazing choreographers
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from China and Hong Kong
to root all of our choreography
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and martial arts styles, that would pay
respect to everything that came before.
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It's so rare that you can describe
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a fight scene as beautiful and moving.
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Peng and Chris did an amazing job
creating a fight sequence
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that really tells the story
of a real human connection.
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Destin, he actually
have very strong vision.
472
00:25:36,161 --> 00:25:40,499
We would give him lot of different ideas,
a lot of different designs.
473
00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:43,168
CRETTON: Right there,
the rings should be flying already.
474
00:25:43,252 --> 00:25:47,089
So, I think we should cancel this shot
475
00:25:47,172 --> 00:25:50,467
and maybe tweak the choreo
of the next shot.
476
00:25:50,551 --> 00:25:52,386
COWAN: He knows
what he needs for his story,
477
00:25:52,469 --> 00:25:55,138
and that was beneficial for us to see
478
00:25:55,222 --> 00:25:57,724
what we can lose
and also keep to make sure
479
00:25:57,808 --> 00:26:01,395
that we're still telling the story
that he wants to tell.
480
00:26:01,478 --> 00:26:04,064
CRETTON: Li's character,
a lot of her movements
481
00:26:04,147 --> 00:26:07,901
and her philosophy is rooted in Tai chi,
482
00:26:07,985 --> 00:26:10,821
which is the opposite of aggression.
483
00:26:10,904 --> 00:26:15,993
It's about taking
somebody's aggressive power and attacks
484
00:26:16,076 --> 00:26:19,705
and reverting that energy back on them.
485
00:26:20,664 --> 00:26:23,876
The style for Tai chi
is not just the martial arts.
486
00:26:23,959 --> 00:26:26,879
It's also a culture. Also a philosophy.
487
00:26:26,962 --> 00:26:30,841
It's very hard
to put that style into the movie,
488
00:26:30,924 --> 00:26:32,676
especially to the Marvel movie.
489
00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:35,929
We have to figure out a lot of idea,
490
00:26:36,013 --> 00:26:39,516
how we're gonna
combine the style with excitement
491
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:44,897
and also keep respecting
the original culture and philosophy.
492
00:26:44,980 --> 00:26:48,567
Tai chi, it looks very easy and graceful,
493
00:26:48,650 --> 00:26:51,737
but it's actually
the hardest thing to learn.
494
00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:54,531
Every move has a countermove
on the other side.
495
00:26:54,615 --> 00:26:58,952
So, it took me literally weeks
to even just understand that concept.
496
00:26:59,828 --> 00:27:01,830
Tony made it look so easy.
497
00:27:01,914 --> 00:27:04,750
He learned all his moves
within the first two days,
498
00:27:04,833 --> 00:27:07,419
and it took me weeks to remember all mine.
499
00:27:07,503 --> 00:27:10,255
What I was doing is tiger-claw.
500
00:27:10,964 --> 00:27:13,967
I think it's more like a symbolic thing.
501
00:27:14,051 --> 00:27:17,137
It's a symbol
of the character's state of mind.
502
00:27:17,221 --> 00:27:20,390
It feels like
it represents the aggressiveness
503
00:27:20,474 --> 00:27:23,644
and anger of Wenwu's character.
504
00:27:23,727 --> 00:27:26,355
Ready, and action.
505
00:27:26,438 --> 00:27:29,691
POPE: Each character
has their own fight style.
506
00:27:29,775 --> 00:27:33,612
We wanted each person's
character or their emotions,
507
00:27:33,695 --> 00:27:38,283
or the motivations, or the plot
to be carried forward by the fight.
508
00:27:38,367 --> 00:27:39,576
I like it better than this.
509
00:27:39,660 --> 00:27:42,287
COWAN: Every action sequence
has a different style, flavor.
510
00:27:42,371 --> 00:27:45,374
We've been lucky enough
to work with different designers,
511
00:27:45,457 --> 00:27:49,545
different choreographers, and everyone
has their different sort of flair.
512
00:27:49,628 --> 00:27:53,340
LIU: Certainly, we take a lot
of influences from Chinese Kung fu,
513
00:27:53,423 --> 00:27:56,343
but at the same time,
I think it's important to distinguish
514
00:27:56,426 --> 00:27:58,470
between a Kung fu movie
and a Marvel movie.
515
00:27:58,554 --> 00:28:01,849
And I think Shang-Chi is,
at its core, a Marvel movie.
516
00:28:01,932 --> 00:28:03,392
(CREW MEMBER SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
517
00:28:03,475 --> 00:28:06,562
SCHWARTZ: What the martial arts movies
and Marvel movies have in common,
518
00:28:06,645 --> 00:28:08,605
is that they express
character through action.
519
00:28:08,689 --> 00:28:11,483
That's what Destin and this movie
have done a great job of,
520
00:28:11,567 --> 00:28:14,570
is that scenes
that would ordinarily be dialogue-driven,
521
00:28:14,653 --> 00:28:16,113
are action and fight-driven.
522
00:28:16,196 --> 00:28:18,574
And that's a great way
that we've managed to
523
00:28:18,657 --> 00:28:22,119
honor the genre, but also,
make it feel like a Marvel movie.
524
00:28:24,329 --> 00:28:26,290
We're in the middle of our bus sequence,
525
00:28:26,373 --> 00:28:29,668
which is the first time
that Shang-Chi reveals
526
00:28:29,751 --> 00:28:32,087
to his best friend and to the world
527
00:28:32,171 --> 00:28:36,550
that he's actually
an extremely skilled fighter.
528
00:28:36,633 --> 00:28:38,051
(BOTH GRUNTING)
529
00:28:42,806 --> 00:28:46,185
Is there maybe a snack
that I may have gotten along the way?
530
00:28:46,268 --> 00:28:49,354
-Or like a boba?
-A snack? Are you snacking?
531
00:28:49,438 --> 00:28:52,274
-A boba? Obviously, a boba.
-(LAUGHING)
532
00:28:52,357 --> 00:28:54,735
We needed somebody to anchor Shang-Chi,
533
00:28:54,818 --> 00:28:59,573
and to anchor him
in Asian-American culture.
534
00:29:00,324 --> 00:29:02,701
There's no one better
to do that than Nora. (CHUCKLES)
535
00:29:02,784 --> 00:29:04,745
That is the highest
I've ever seen an umbrella.
536
00:29:04,828 --> 00:29:06,997
I've never seen
an umbrella that high before.
537
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,499
Whoa! It's like Lady Liberty,
am I right? (LAUGHING)
538
00:29:10,459 --> 00:29:12,002
AWKWAFINA: I connect to Katy a lot.
539
00:29:12,085 --> 00:29:15,297
I think anyone that comes
from some kind of immigrant background,
540
00:29:15,380 --> 00:29:17,257
in my case, any dash-American,
541
00:29:17,341 --> 00:29:19,801
will always have that kind of duality
542
00:29:19,885 --> 00:29:23,055
and sense of struggle when it comes
to finding their own identity.
543
00:29:23,138 --> 00:29:25,140
And I think Katy really embodies that.
544
00:29:25,224 --> 00:29:28,227
She's not necessarily
against embracing her culture,
545
00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:31,104
but she does know
that she's more of a stranger to it.
546
00:29:31,188 --> 00:29:35,776
-"Moving on" is an American idea.
-You're American, Mom!
547
00:29:35,859 --> 00:29:40,113
She brings such a fun
and unique angle to Katy.
548
00:29:40,197 --> 00:29:42,658
And what we found right away,
549
00:29:42,741 --> 00:29:45,744
is that we had just
such a natural chemistry working together.
550
00:29:45,827 --> 00:29:50,082
And I think it speaks to just her level
of preparation and her work ethic,
551
00:29:50,165 --> 00:29:54,795
and also just like our shared ability
to just kind of be goofy with each other.
552
00:29:54,878 --> 00:30:00,092
The other day, I made
a U-turn into a parking spot using...
553
00:30:00,175 --> 00:30:03,011
Right, get ready for it.
Just my butt cheeks. (LAUGHS)
554
00:30:03,095 --> 00:30:04,346
(LAUGHING)
555
00:30:04,429 --> 00:30:06,056
(MEN GRUNTING)
556
00:30:06,139 --> 00:30:11,270
The bus scene, it's basically Shang-Chi
being revealed to Katy for the first time.
557
00:30:11,353 --> 00:30:13,480
That's really what
the import of the scene is.
558
00:30:13,564 --> 00:30:17,192
Katy realizes that this meek guy...
(LAUGHING)
559
00:30:18,026 --> 00:30:20,821
"You didn't really need my help, did you?"
560
00:30:21,697 --> 00:30:24,366
It was still being shot
in the last week we were here.
561
00:30:24,449 --> 00:30:27,828
CRETTON: Yeah, it was the beginning
and end of our entire shoot.
562
00:30:27,911 --> 00:30:30,622
POPE: I called it a road to nowhere.
Just never ends.
563
00:30:30,706 --> 00:30:35,377
Yeah, it was really fun at first,
and then really claustrophobic.
564
00:30:37,838 --> 00:30:39,256
(BOTH GRUNTING)
565
00:30:39,339 --> 00:30:42,217
You know, working with
some of the best stunt coordinators,
566
00:30:42,301 --> 00:30:44,261
fight coordinators in the business
567
00:30:44,344 --> 00:30:46,763
and coming up
with this sequence over the past,
568
00:30:46,847 --> 00:30:49,183
-how long has it been, like four months?
-Four months.
569
00:30:49,266 --> 00:30:52,644
-It's been seven. September, right?
-LIU: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
570
00:30:52,728 --> 00:30:55,981
October, November, December, Jan... Five.
571
00:30:56,064 --> 00:30:58,150
-So, it's been...
-Yeah, five.
572
00:30:58,233 --> 00:30:59,443
Okay, Yung can't count.
573
00:30:59,526 --> 00:31:01,737
-(LAUGHTER)
-But it's been a lot of months.
574
00:31:02,946 --> 00:31:05,824
SCHWARTZ: There's a version of this movie
that's very Jackie Chan.
575
00:31:05,908 --> 00:31:09,745
That's kind of prop-based and comedic,
but also very real and practical.
576
00:31:09,828 --> 00:31:11,955
Our stunt coordinator, Brad Allan,
577
00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:13,874
was with Jackie Chan's stunt troop
578
00:31:13,957 --> 00:31:16,126
and brings a lot of
that amazing skill and talent
579
00:31:16,210 --> 00:31:20,631
and a lot of those people who made those
movies so great to this movie as well.
580
00:31:20,714 --> 00:31:25,844
-What's the style of this fight?
-The man with the plan.
581
00:31:25,928 --> 00:31:28,680
-Like, the choreography? What...
-The style.
582
00:31:28,764 --> 00:31:31,016
-Do you have any references it comes from?
-Yeah.
583
00:31:31,099 --> 00:31:34,645
This style is come from us,
where we come from. Jackie Chan's stunts.
584
00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:38,106
CHENG: We're influenced by Jackie Chan.
585
00:31:38,190 --> 00:31:40,150
But no style is a style,
586
00:31:40,234 --> 00:31:42,319
like what Bruce Lee said.
587
00:31:42,402 --> 00:31:44,530
That's then one Shang-Chi style.
588
00:31:44,613 --> 00:31:46,448
That's why we're making Shang-Chi style.
589
00:31:46,532 --> 00:31:49,117
Everything you can name it,
we have something there.
590
00:31:49,201 --> 00:31:51,078
But we don't want to base on one thing.
591
00:31:51,161 --> 00:31:54,623
We want to base
on the character and the situation,
592
00:31:54,706 --> 00:31:57,960
and we create
that makes Shang-Chi outstanding.
593
00:32:00,379 --> 00:32:03,006
My favorite thing,
is this move right here,
594
00:32:03,090 --> 00:32:06,802
where I get to do this. (GRUNTS)
595
00:32:06,885 --> 00:32:09,596
Run up here. (GRUNTS)
596
00:32:10,889 --> 00:32:12,182
So, just a bit of that.
597
00:32:12,266 --> 00:32:14,268
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
598
00:32:14,810 --> 00:32:17,437
TOWNSEND: What we're going to be doing
in visual effects primarily,
599
00:32:17,521 --> 00:32:20,649
is putting San Francisco
out through the windows.
600
00:32:20,732 --> 00:32:23,735
We've got the lighting,
it's all rigged to emulate the lighting
601
00:32:23,819 --> 00:32:25,737
as you go down through the streets,
602
00:32:25,821 --> 00:32:28,991
but also taking on any wires
and rigs that the stunts people...
603
00:32:29,074 --> 00:32:31,910
-Really?
-Yeah, it's all it is to me, it's easy.
604
00:32:31,994 --> 00:32:33,745
Basically, it's all in camera.
605
00:32:33,829 --> 00:32:37,749
One of the things
that Chris constantly says,
606
00:32:37,833 --> 00:32:40,377
is it's always better
to try to do it live.
607
00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:43,547
Enhancing something
that is rooted in reality,
608
00:32:43,630 --> 00:32:48,218
I think, allows an audience to not just
turn their brain off and go,
609
00:32:48,302 --> 00:32:50,679
''That's a computer. That's a computer.''
610
00:32:50,762 --> 00:32:51,889
(YELLING)
611
00:32:51,972 --> 00:32:56,768
Our role was to build a rig that could
simulate that kind of bus motion.
612
00:32:56,852 --> 00:33:00,439
So, for this particular bus,
we're using a six-axis gimbal.
613
00:33:00,522 --> 00:33:03,901
What the six-axis gimbal gives
us is six degrees of freedom.
614
00:33:03,984 --> 00:33:08,113
So, we get heave, which is up and down.
We get pitch, which is forward and back.
615
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,575
We get roll, which side to side.
We get yaw as well.
616
00:33:11,658 --> 00:33:15,537
So, we get all those motions which
can be programmed into the system
617
00:33:15,662 --> 00:33:19,708
to give the bus pretty much any motion
that would seem real-life.
618
00:33:21,210 --> 00:33:25,255
We had to choreograph the fights according
to the streets of San Francisco,
619
00:33:25,422 --> 00:33:27,841
of their dips, their curves,
rounds or turns,
620
00:33:28,217 --> 00:33:30,385
and put that into the fight.
621
00:33:31,803 --> 00:33:34,556
I was getting carsick in that thing.
622
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,350
You actually did get sick.
623
00:33:36,433 --> 00:33:37,851
CRETTON: When it was turned sideways,
624
00:33:37,935 --> 00:33:40,103
I thought it'd be really fun
to get on to direct,
625
00:33:40,187 --> 00:33:42,773
and I got on,
and my head just started going like...
626
00:33:42,856 --> 00:33:43,857
(GROANS)
627
00:33:43,941 --> 00:33:44,942
(LAUGHING)
628
00:33:45,025 --> 00:33:46,485
I couldn't do it.
629
00:33:47,027 --> 00:33:50,697
So, what we have here is,
it's a little slide on the roof of the bus
630
00:33:50,781 --> 00:33:55,619
This is one of my favorite stunts
that I've had to do so far.
631
00:33:55,702 --> 00:33:57,371
It basically involves doing this.
632
00:34:02,251 --> 00:34:03,836
Didn't mean to go that far.
633
00:34:04,336 --> 00:34:06,505
-(AIR HISSING)
-CRETTON: All right, here we go!
634
00:34:06,588 --> 00:34:09,091
And, three, two, one, action!
635
00:34:12,386 --> 00:34:13,512
(GROANS)
636
00:34:14,596 --> 00:34:17,516
-CRETTON: Cut! You all right?
-Yeah.
637
00:34:18,350 --> 00:34:19,768
CRETTON: What happened? Oh, it broke.
638
00:34:19,893 --> 00:34:21,311
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
639
00:34:22,187 --> 00:34:28,610
Oh, man, it's all about applying
even pressure, even distribution of heat.
640
00:34:35,534 --> 00:34:37,703
Could be a little bit more convincing.
641
00:34:37,786 --> 00:34:39,079
-And then...
-It's not bad.
642
00:34:39,162 --> 00:34:44,084
And then jumping, I could flare my legs
out more further back,
643
00:34:44,168 --> 00:34:45,294
but that's...
644
00:34:45,460 --> 00:34:48,463
You did the face adjustment.
I love it. It's fun.
645
00:34:48,547 --> 00:34:50,883
TOWNSEND: I'm going to the corner,
which is better.
646
00:34:50,966 --> 00:34:53,260
Could I get you to regrip
a little more urgently?
647
00:34:53,343 --> 00:34:55,846
-You know, too much hang time.
-Yeah. Sure.
648
00:34:55,971 --> 00:34:59,683
-You wanna have one more go?
-I would like one more go.
649
00:34:59,850 --> 00:35:03,520
-(HEROIC MUSIC PLAYING)
-CRETTON: And, three, two, one, action!
650
00:35:11,028 --> 00:35:12,529
-(YELPS AND GROANS)
-(GASPS)
651
00:35:13,947 --> 00:35:17,492
Oh, man.
That concludes our time in the bus.
652
00:35:17,910 --> 00:35:21,330
Gotta say, it was
a very love-hate relationship. Um...
653
00:35:21,580 --> 00:35:25,667
Lot of good times. Lot of bad times,
like getting hit in the shin, twice.
654
00:35:28,462 --> 00:35:31,215
Do you mind? I'm doing...
655
00:35:31,298 --> 00:35:34,384
Just a talking head. Pardon me.
656
00:35:35,552 --> 00:35:37,554
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
657
00:35:37,638 --> 00:35:42,226
We were able to shoot
for about eight or nine weeks
658
00:35:42,392 --> 00:35:46,855
before COVID swept around the world
and production shut down.
659
00:35:47,856 --> 00:35:50,651
CHARLES NEWIRTH: It became very apparent
we couldn't continue.
660
00:35:51,443 --> 00:35:52,945
We stopped filming,
661
00:35:53,028 --> 00:35:56,198
we sent many people home,
back to their countries.
662
00:35:56,281 --> 00:35:58,033
Some people did stay here.
663
00:35:58,116 --> 00:36:01,370
Destin, our director, stayed here and
continued to do some post-production work
664
00:36:01,453 --> 00:36:04,831
because we did have about
a third of the movie shot already.
665
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:09,378
We shot entirely in sequence, so we had,
basically, the beginning of the movie done
666
00:36:09,545 --> 00:36:12,464
and posted over the course
of that time that we were off.
667
00:36:12,589 --> 00:36:16,051
We were able get a lot of visual effects
in the pipeline and in general,
668
00:36:16,176 --> 00:36:20,180
just kind of keep refining the movie
in a way that we don't ever get to do.
669
00:36:20,430 --> 00:36:24,852
It was a very big decision
to shut everything down.
670
00:36:24,935 --> 00:36:30,482
And then it became a weekly,
monthly revisit,
671
00:36:30,732 --> 00:36:35,362
trying to gauge when it actually
could be safe to re-open again.
672
00:36:35,487 --> 00:36:38,240
NEWIRTH: We knew that we had to put
a lot of protocols in place.
673
00:36:38,490 --> 00:36:42,578
One thing we had going for us on our film
was that we were filming in Australia,
674
00:36:42,911 --> 00:36:45,956
and Australia did have
a very low incidents
675
00:36:46,039 --> 00:36:49,501
relative to United States for sure,
of COVID cases.
676
00:36:50,252 --> 00:36:52,546
When we finally got the green light
to come back,
677
00:36:52,629 --> 00:36:55,215
it was just such an incredible moment.
678
00:36:55,299 --> 00:36:57,134
(ALL GRUNTING SYNCHRONOUSLY)
679
00:37:00,220 --> 00:37:01,680
I can't believe that I'm saying this,
680
00:37:01,763 --> 00:37:05,184
but this is actually
our first day back on set
681
00:37:05,267 --> 00:37:07,144
since the pandemic started,
682
00:37:07,227 --> 00:37:09,980
and it's such a huge moment for all of us.
683
00:37:10,063 --> 00:37:13,275
Yeah, it's honestly
just an indescribable feeling.
684
00:37:13,775 --> 00:37:15,194
(CRETTON SPEAKING)
685
00:37:29,249 --> 00:37:30,876
LIU: Don't know why
I just gave Satan horns.
686
00:37:31,001 --> 00:37:34,671
The Golden Dagger is just this kind
of mix between like, a discotheque
687
00:37:34,838 --> 00:37:37,633
and also like a massive fight club.
688
00:37:37,716 --> 00:37:39,718
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING)
689
00:37:47,226 --> 00:37:50,979
CHAN: I really liked the idea
of the Shanghai ads from the 1930s,
690
00:37:51,063 --> 00:37:53,690
where you had these
beautifully-dressed women
691
00:37:53,941 --> 00:37:56,527
selling cigarettes
or whatever they were selling.
692
00:37:56,610 --> 00:37:59,029
And the aesthetic of that
was the first idea
693
00:37:59,112 --> 00:38:00,906
we had for the graffiti in the nightclub.
694
00:38:00,989 --> 00:38:04,910
And then my amazing graphic design team
just took that idea
695
00:38:04,993 --> 00:38:09,915
and sort of mashed it up
with modern graffiti, Asian graffiti,
696
00:38:10,082 --> 00:38:14,628
Western graffiti,
and we just threw it all in there,
697
00:38:14,711 --> 00:38:17,548
and came up with what I think
is a really great aesthetic
698
00:38:17,673 --> 00:38:20,884
for that nightclub,
it feels very fresh and modern.
699
00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:25,222
TOWNSEND: Yeah, she started shooting
this whole scene pre-pandemic.
700
00:38:25,305 --> 00:38:29,434
In order to try and fill the place out,
we decided to employ these lovely actors,
701
00:38:29,518 --> 00:38:32,604
which are mannequins.
And the mannequins are here
702
00:38:32,688 --> 00:38:35,107
and being spaced around
and placed all over the place
703
00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:39,236
to try to fill the space out, to make it
feel like we have all these people.
704
00:38:40,070 --> 00:38:44,658
JON JON: (OVER MIC)
Xu Xialing!
705
00:38:44,825 --> 00:38:46,660
(CROWD CHEERING LOUDLY)
706
00:38:47,369 --> 00:38:51,582
Shang-Chi needed to be surrounded
by two strong female characters
707
00:38:51,665 --> 00:38:54,459
who represented
the two worlds that he's from.
708
00:38:54,710 --> 00:39:00,299
Meng'er represents the modern,
Chinese female experience.
709
00:39:00,799 --> 00:39:03,927
We did a big search, and it was
very important to us to find an actor
710
00:39:04,011 --> 00:39:07,764
who was from China, who grew up there,
and who speaks
711
00:39:08,098 --> 00:39:10,350
Mandarin as their primary language.
712
00:39:10,601 --> 00:39:13,604
-(SPEAKING MANDARIN)
-(LAUGHTER)
713
00:39:13,687 --> 00:39:17,566
LIU: Meng'er is easily the goofiest
of the bunch.
714
00:39:17,649 --> 00:39:22,070
She's just such a light and a spark
and always finds a way to make us laugh.
715
00:39:22,154 --> 00:39:23,280
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
716
00:39:23,363 --> 00:39:27,409
LIU: She is always the first person
at the snack table.
717
00:39:29,703 --> 00:39:32,581
Simu is just like my brother.
718
00:39:32,706 --> 00:39:38,378
Yeah. He sometimes annoys me,
sometimes takes care of me.
719
00:39:38,629 --> 00:39:41,131
But most of the time, he annoys me.
720
00:39:41,715 --> 00:39:44,760
Fight me, brother. Fight me. Fight me.
721
00:39:45,135 --> 00:39:46,428
LIU: Gonna call my agent.
722
00:39:46,845 --> 00:39:48,680
-(CHUCKLES)
-He can't. He can't fight me.
723
00:39:48,764 --> 00:39:50,641
-(LIU LAUGHING)
-(GASPING)
724
00:39:50,724 --> 00:39:56,522
Jokes aside, he brings genuine sibling
connection with me,
725
00:39:56,605 --> 00:39:57,856
on and off set.
726
00:40:00,776 --> 00:40:02,819
The fight between Shang-Chi and Xialing,
727
00:40:02,903 --> 00:40:08,325
we just wanted it to feel like a brother
and sister arguing,
728
00:40:08,659 --> 00:40:11,703
but doing it through
a physical expression.
729
00:40:13,372 --> 00:40:15,958
Three, two, one, go!
730
00:40:17,918 --> 00:40:19,920
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
731
00:40:20,379 --> 00:40:21,797
(SPEAKING MANDARIN)
732
00:40:22,339 --> 00:40:24,341
I have three sisters and two brothers.
733
00:40:24,591 --> 00:40:30,722
So, I know what it feels like
to be in that seemingly very aggressive,
734
00:40:30,889 --> 00:40:33,183
emotional fight,
735
00:40:33,308 --> 00:40:37,020
but knowing that
you're still in a safe place
736
00:40:37,104 --> 00:40:40,816
'cause there's no way you would
actually hurt the other person.
737
00:40:40,899 --> 00:40:42,276
It's fun and brutal,
738
00:40:42,359 --> 00:40:47,447
but it's also just watching two siblings
work through their crap together.
739
00:40:48,907 --> 00:40:51,493
-(GROANS AND LAUGHS)
-(LAUGHTER)
740
00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:54,162
CRETTON: Cut!
741
00:40:54,955 --> 00:40:57,291
I forgot that part. I forgot that part.
742
00:40:57,416 --> 00:40:59,835
-CRETTON: Zhang, are you okay?
-Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
743
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,132
LIU: What's been
extremely gratifying for me
744
00:41:05,215 --> 00:41:08,093
is seeing Meng'er from the moment
that she arrived to now.
745
00:41:08,177 --> 00:41:12,222
Because I've watched literally
like a fighter come out of a child.
746
00:41:15,017 --> 00:41:18,979
PENG ZHANG: Another big action sequence
is a scaffolding fight.
747
00:41:19,062 --> 00:41:24,318
Which is outside the building,
like, 20 floors high.
748
00:41:25,194 --> 00:41:27,321
Oh, hell no. Screw you!
I'm not doing this.
749
00:41:27,654 --> 00:41:30,324
When you actually put the people
in the straight wall...
750
00:41:30,407 --> 00:41:33,827
And it's very difficult.
So, we build a wall, 45 degree.
751
00:41:33,994 --> 00:41:37,289
TOWNSEND: Special effects department that
built this set on this incredible rig,
752
00:41:37,414 --> 00:41:40,375
which leans
the entire set back 45 degrees,
753
00:41:40,459 --> 00:41:43,670
so that the stunts department,
they're able to work with this set
754
00:41:43,754 --> 00:41:46,840
either in a vertical position
or a 45 degree position.
755
00:41:46,924 --> 00:41:49,343
So, I'm here with one
of my stunt doubles, Sunny.
756
00:41:49,426 --> 00:41:52,930
Sunny, he's one of the people that puts
his life on the line everyday.
757
00:41:53,096 --> 00:41:56,475
And really just gives a 100%
of his mind, his body,
758
00:41:56,558 --> 00:41:58,227
and his soul to his craft.
759
00:41:58,810 --> 00:42:00,395
CRETTON: Three, two, one, action!
760
00:42:00,854 --> 00:42:02,314
(YELLING)
761
00:42:02,397 --> 00:42:04,024
LIU: The stunt team...
762
00:42:04,358 --> 00:42:06,777
I mean there's stuff that they do
763
00:42:07,402 --> 00:42:09,738
that I would not do
for any amount of money.
764
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,908
Every actor wants to go in front
of a talk show and say,
765
00:42:12,991 --> 00:42:15,953
how they did their own stunts
and the reality is,
766
00:42:16,078 --> 00:42:19,665
these people are professionals,
they've been training their whole lives,
767
00:42:19,748 --> 00:42:20,999
they train every single day.
768
00:42:21,083 --> 00:42:25,045
I would be disrespecting their efforts
if I said that I did all my stunts,
769
00:42:25,128 --> 00:42:26,171
'cause it's not true.
770
00:42:27,214 --> 00:42:29,216
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
771
00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:31,718
(MEN GRUNTING)
772
00:42:40,727 --> 00:42:44,398
Simu was actually really keen
on doing a lot of it.
773
00:42:44,481 --> 00:42:46,358
(GRUNTING)
774
00:42:46,441 --> 00:42:50,320
(CHUCKLING) He's always bummed when
the doubles sometimes go in
775
00:42:50,571 --> 00:42:54,992
and you could see Simu actually
being legitimately down sometimes.
776
00:42:55,075 --> 00:42:56,827
He's like, "I really want to do this."
777
00:42:56,910 --> 00:42:59,454
Like, so it just shows
how much he wants it.
778
00:42:59,538 --> 00:43:04,084
And how, I guess, just excited
he is to get in front and do this stuff.
779
00:43:04,251 --> 00:43:07,129
Let me try one more
'cause I feel like we're close.
780
00:43:07,212 --> 00:43:10,424
Yeah, and then if we can't get it,
then, we'll be back.
781
00:43:10,549 --> 00:43:11,800
CREW MEMBER: All right.
782
00:43:17,598 --> 00:43:19,266
(BELLS CHIMING)
783
00:43:19,349 --> 00:43:21,351
(UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING)
784
00:43:30,110 --> 00:43:32,404
KATY: Is what he said about
your mom's village true?
785
00:43:36,325 --> 00:43:39,244
SHAUN: She used to tell us stories
about Ta Lo when we were kids.
786
00:43:46,335 --> 00:43:49,379
LIU: Ta Lo was just
such an incredible set,
787
00:43:49,463 --> 00:43:52,716
it really felt like we were completely
somewhere else.
788
00:43:53,383 --> 00:43:58,347
CRETTON: Sue and her team built
an entire village for us to shoot on.
789
00:43:59,515 --> 00:44:02,976
It's mind-blowing what her
and her team put together.
790
00:44:03,977 --> 00:44:05,729
It's transformative.
791
00:44:05,896 --> 00:44:09,399
When we're saying we're going to set,
we just say we're going to Ta Lo.
792
00:44:09,566 --> 00:44:13,403
It's very important to build the sets
practically as much as possible.
793
00:44:13,487 --> 00:44:15,531
And in the village in particular,
794
00:44:15,614 --> 00:44:18,283
we decided to build all of these buildings
795
00:44:18,367 --> 00:44:20,035
the way they might have been built,
796
00:44:20,118 --> 00:44:22,287
we really studied
the Chinese architecture,
797
00:44:22,538 --> 00:44:25,832
and we erected them in a way
that would make sense.
798
00:44:25,916 --> 00:44:28,710
We had to come in here
and do quite a bit of grading
799
00:44:28,794 --> 00:44:30,838
in order to build all of our buildings.
800
00:44:30,963 --> 00:44:34,633
And, as you can see, each of them
has a little stone foundation,
801
00:44:35,259 --> 00:44:36,593
some bigger than others.
802
00:44:37,094 --> 00:44:38,887
We wanted the temple in the middle
803
00:44:38,971 --> 00:44:43,267
because the notion of the ancestors
and this long line of protectors
804
00:44:43,433 --> 00:44:47,354
was a big part of what Destin
wanted to convey in that,
805
00:44:47,521 --> 00:44:50,607
a person is made of where they come from.
806
00:44:51,191 --> 00:44:53,735
The level of detail
as you go around the village,
807
00:44:53,819 --> 00:44:56,321
as you see the individual houses
and the temple...
808
00:44:56,530 --> 00:44:58,907
I mean, it's just absolutely phenomenal.
809
00:44:58,991 --> 00:45:03,245
They built houses,
full houses with toilets in them.
810
00:45:03,412 --> 00:45:06,290
Maybe not toilets here
'cause I don't know if that's the vibe,
811
00:45:06,623 --> 00:45:11,128
but the point is that they're putting
in full plumbing and it's incredible.
812
00:45:11,211 --> 00:45:15,966
To walk into the weaponry
and pick up a tool
813
00:45:16,049 --> 00:45:20,971
and know that somebody went through
the trouble of making this tool
814
00:45:21,054 --> 00:45:24,349
that is specific to cutting Dragon Scale.
815
00:45:24,892 --> 00:45:29,062
All of those details may not make
it to the final big screen,
816
00:45:29,146 --> 00:45:34,401
but they will in what it does
to an actor and their performances.
817
00:45:34,735 --> 00:45:40,824
Even the floor on one house that the
interior of which is possibly never seen,
818
00:45:41,325 --> 00:45:43,035
is deep green tiles.
819
00:45:43,619 --> 00:45:45,037
A lazier filmmaker would say,
820
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:47,581
"It doesn't matter.
The audience won't see it,"
821
00:45:47,664 --> 00:45:51,251
the actor sees it
and it feeds the actor's energy.
822
00:45:51,335 --> 00:45:54,922
It places the actor
in this beautiful village.
823
00:45:55,005 --> 00:46:00,719
And wherever the eye looked,
we are fed by this wonderful ambience.
824
00:46:00,802 --> 00:46:02,804
(MORRIS CHITTERING AND CHEERING)
825
00:46:04,097 --> 00:46:08,519
Because Ta Lo is kind of this, like,
supernatural, interdimensional place,
826
00:46:08,685 --> 00:46:11,855
we had a lot of creative liberties
to introduce creatures
827
00:46:11,939 --> 00:46:14,316
that were not of this world.
828
00:46:14,399 --> 00:46:19,571
We have many that are influenced
by ancient Chinese folklore and culture.
829
00:46:19,696 --> 00:46:23,200
Things like the nine-tailed foxes,
fire birds, and the Ch'i-lin.
830
00:46:23,784 --> 00:46:28,580
It's a horse-like, dragon-like,
deer-like creature,
831
00:46:28,705 --> 00:46:31,625
and I have one tattooed on my back
and have for years.
832
00:46:31,708 --> 00:46:33,710
Now, there's one in the movie,
and it's like,
833
00:46:33,794 --> 00:46:34,878
(CHUCKLING) "That's awesome."
834
00:46:34,962 --> 00:46:36,088
That's super cool.
835
00:46:36,171 --> 00:46:37,339
That's a weird horse.
836
00:46:37,673 --> 00:46:39,424
What's it looking at me for?
837
00:46:40,759 --> 00:46:43,846
CALLAHAM: The Fu dogs, which looks sort
of like lion, sort of like dogs.
838
00:46:43,929 --> 00:46:46,056
There's always two
on both sides of an entrance.
839
00:46:46,139 --> 00:46:48,725
They're very built into Chinese mythology.
840
00:46:49,184 --> 00:46:53,063
To be able to finally see
what one looks like is amazing.
841
00:46:55,315 --> 00:46:58,068
I have a lovely companion, Morris,
842
00:46:58,318 --> 00:47:02,030
who's a pet and a companion
and a guide and a mentor.
843
00:47:02,114 --> 00:47:03,115
My animus.
844
00:47:03,198 --> 00:47:05,117
-KATY: Oh, oh!
-What is that?
845
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,578
-What's what? What's what?
-That. That. That.
846
00:47:07,744 --> 00:47:08,787
This is Morris.
847
00:47:08,871 --> 00:47:12,457
Morris is based on a Hundun,
which is a mythological character
848
00:47:12,708 --> 00:47:15,460
thought to be sort of the
God of Chaos and Confusion.
849
00:47:15,878 --> 00:47:19,631
We use this stuffy for our
sort of what we call a proxy,
850
00:47:19,882 --> 00:47:21,425
which gives the actors a prop,
851
00:47:21,508 --> 00:47:25,012
so that they can be physically holding
something and reacting to it.
852
00:47:25,470 --> 00:47:27,472
At one point, we actually asked Sir Ben,
853
00:47:27,556 --> 00:47:29,850
if it was okay
if we change this for something else,
854
00:47:29,933 --> 00:47:33,020
and he said, "No, no,
I've grown quite fond of Morris."
855
00:47:33,562 --> 00:47:38,442
KINGSLEY: I built a rapport with Davi,
who operates Morris.
856
00:47:38,525 --> 00:47:40,861
I said, "Davi, you are my puppeteer.
857
00:47:41,111 --> 00:47:44,823
"You are my fellow actor.
We must build a rapport."
858
00:47:44,907 --> 00:47:47,784
So, I was not working
with an abstract lump of green.
859
00:47:47,868 --> 00:47:49,411
I was working with a creature
860
00:47:49,494 --> 00:47:52,664
because Davi was so sensitive
in the scene to,
861
00:47:52,748 --> 00:47:54,374
"What would Morris do in this scene?"
862
00:47:54,499 --> 00:47:57,127
He'd probably jump up,
he'd probably want a little tickle,
863
00:47:57,211 --> 00:47:58,587
or he'd probably be scared,
864
00:47:58,670 --> 00:48:00,672
or he'd probably want
to wake his master up.
865
00:48:00,756 --> 00:48:05,427
Perfect. So, a green screen, and visual
effects do not have to be deadly.
866
00:48:07,346 --> 00:48:08,722
YING NAN:
You were everything to her.
867
00:48:10,349 --> 00:48:12,601
She knew that one day
you would find your way here
868
00:48:12,768 --> 00:48:15,479
and asked me to prepare
something for your arrival.
869
00:48:16,855 --> 00:48:21,318
I knew that I was gonna get a suit.
Every superhero has a suit.
870
00:48:21,568 --> 00:48:23,445
Our first day with the suit.
871
00:48:24,613 --> 00:48:26,949
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-Which is really exciting.
872
00:48:27,074 --> 00:48:32,746
BARRETT: Shang-Chi's hero costume
was a Marvel illustration by Andy Park.
873
00:48:33,038 --> 00:48:39,586
He's definitely starting to leave behind
some of his American culture
874
00:48:39,670 --> 00:48:44,716
and clothing looks and getting
slowly closer to his true self.
875
00:48:45,092 --> 00:48:49,137
The main thing as a character designer
that I'm trying to do,
876
00:48:49,346 --> 00:48:51,890
is bring a story into his look.
877
00:48:52,224 --> 00:48:56,353
For Shang-Chi,
his story is really about his family.
878
00:48:56,436 --> 00:48:58,063
His mother comes from Ta Lo,
879
00:48:58,188 --> 00:48:59,815
so from the great protector,
880
00:48:59,940 --> 00:49:03,360
I wanted to incorporate dragon scales,
dragon skin.
881
00:49:03,694 --> 00:49:06,029
When it came to the triangle motif,
882
00:49:06,113 --> 00:49:11,702
I had the idea of incorporating
the infinite knot or the endless knot.
883
00:49:11,869 --> 00:49:14,663
It's a symbol that has been used
throughout various cultures
884
00:49:14,746 --> 00:49:15,831
for thousands of years.
885
00:49:15,956 --> 00:49:18,041
And certainly, in Chinese culture.
886
00:49:18,125 --> 00:49:22,087
It symbolizes the endless cycle of life
and death and rebirth,
887
00:49:22,171 --> 00:49:25,007
which is definitely applicable
to the story of Shang-Chi.
888
00:49:25,382 --> 00:49:28,177
When he ran away,
he came to America.
889
00:49:28,343 --> 00:49:32,556
So, even though he's given the suit,
I wanted one element to be his.
890
00:49:32,723 --> 00:49:34,975
So, that's why you saw him
with his Air Jordans.
891
00:49:35,184 --> 00:49:36,935
He's also a product of his father.
892
00:49:37,102 --> 00:49:42,733
So, at the end of the film, he receives
the Ten Rings, which completes his look.
893
00:49:42,983 --> 00:49:46,320
You see his mom, you see his dad,
894
00:49:46,570 --> 00:49:49,573
you see when he was living in America
and his shoes.
895
00:49:49,823 --> 00:49:53,452
So, it tells the full story
of his whole journey.
896
00:49:54,536 --> 00:49:57,206
Of course, there is nowhere
to go buy dragon skin.
897
00:49:57,331 --> 00:50:01,960
And, so, for us,
that means carving all the scales,
898
00:50:02,044 --> 00:50:05,214
and then molding hundreds and thousands
and thousands of scales.
899
00:50:05,297 --> 00:50:10,677
And in fact, each suit has about
14,000 tiny individual scales,
900
00:50:10,761 --> 00:50:13,805
glued on to it, by hand, by our team.
901
00:50:15,682 --> 00:50:18,560
To be honest, it was very emotional,
trying it on for the first time.
902
00:50:20,395 --> 00:50:24,900
I understood the weight and the gravity
and the significance of what that meant,
903
00:50:24,983 --> 00:50:28,862
you know, and understanding
just how precious few people
904
00:50:28,946 --> 00:50:30,739
experience that kind of feeling.
905
00:50:30,906 --> 00:50:35,953
How do you feel? How do you feel wearing
the suit for the first time?
906
00:50:36,036 --> 00:50:37,454
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
907
00:50:38,830 --> 00:50:42,209
Right? That's how I feel.
908
00:50:43,961 --> 00:50:45,963
We're in the bamboo practice dome,
909
00:50:46,046 --> 00:50:49,383
where Shaun's character
in the movie basically learns
910
00:50:49,842 --> 00:50:53,595
this whole new style of martial arts
from his aunt.
911
00:50:53,679 --> 00:50:55,681
-(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
-(GRUNTING)
912
00:50:57,558 --> 00:51:03,188
Watching Michelle kick Simu's butt
was really fun.
913
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,403
It was very surreal shooting
that scene with Michelle
914
00:51:09,486 --> 00:51:13,907
because I've been such a die-hard fan
of hers for so long
915
00:51:13,991 --> 00:51:16,243
and to be able to meet her
and work with her
916
00:51:16,326 --> 00:51:20,038
and find out how lovely she is,
how silly she is,
917
00:51:20,122 --> 00:51:22,332
(CHUCKLING) how weird she is,
918
00:51:22,416 --> 00:51:26,628
and how much fun she is,
was really a huge highlight for all of us.
919
00:51:26,879 --> 00:51:31,383
In terms of Asian representation and
especially female Asian representation,
920
00:51:31,508 --> 00:51:36,180
Michelle has always played
nothing but strong women,
921
00:51:36,388 --> 00:51:38,682
and growing up watching someone like that,
922
00:51:38,849 --> 00:51:41,810
it impacts who you want to become
and how you see yourself,
923
00:51:41,894 --> 00:51:44,021
especially when there are not a lot of us.
924
00:51:44,605 --> 00:51:47,983
Working with Michelle, who's so good.
925
00:51:48,901 --> 00:51:52,154
'Cause when you're doing Tai chai
with two people, it's like a dance,
926
00:51:52,237 --> 00:51:55,699
you know, and you flow only
as well as the other person flows.
927
00:51:58,368 --> 00:52:01,288
She's so just steady and graceful
in all of her movements.
928
00:52:01,371 --> 00:52:04,458
I feel like a bit of a schlub next to her,
929
00:52:04,541 --> 00:52:08,295
but thankfully, that's kind of the cadence
of the fight to begin with.
930
00:52:10,214 --> 00:52:12,382
So, I think I played my part very well.
931
00:52:24,686 --> 00:52:25,687
Yes!
932
00:52:26,730 --> 00:52:30,817
It's a fun character to play.
Aunties are always fun.
933
00:52:31,276 --> 00:52:37,032
My character helps him understand
that you have to know who you are,
934
00:52:37,115 --> 00:52:39,785
and the only way you know
and love who you are,
935
00:52:39,868 --> 00:52:42,579
is by accepting the whole package.
936
00:52:48,669 --> 00:52:50,337
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
937
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,470
This is our big
final battle sequence basically,
938
00:52:58,554 --> 00:53:02,975
where the Ten Rings organization
faces off against the forces of Ta Lo.
939
00:53:07,145 --> 00:53:11,608
This is a crazy assembly
of martial arts masters.
940
00:53:11,942 --> 00:53:14,403
SCHWARTZ: Guang Bo, who we meet
in the mystic village of Ta Lo,
941
00:53:14,528 --> 00:53:18,198
he's played by this amazing actor,
Yuen Wah, a martial arts legend,
942
00:53:18,282 --> 00:53:19,616
who doubled for Bruce Lee,
943
00:53:19,867 --> 00:53:22,578
who brings this great
wealth of knowledge to the movie.
944
00:53:23,036 --> 00:53:26,540
CRETTON: Here we go. Ready, and action.
945
00:53:26,707 --> 00:53:29,334
-(COMMANDS IN MANDARIN)
-(FIGHTERS YELLING)
946
00:53:33,589 --> 00:53:35,507
GINTHER: It's always a challenge,
trying to
947
00:53:35,591 --> 00:53:38,135
make it look real
without someone getting hurt.
948
00:53:39,720 --> 00:53:41,555
We have some battles
with a lot of weapons.
949
00:53:41,638 --> 00:53:43,891
And like every movie,
when you put 'em that close
950
00:53:44,016 --> 00:53:47,853
and then sticks that are six-foot-long,
swinging 'em around,
951
00:53:47,978 --> 00:53:49,521
there were big challenges.
952
00:53:49,605 --> 00:53:50,647
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
953
00:53:50,731 --> 00:53:52,065
(PEOPLE GRUNTING)
954
00:53:54,276 --> 00:53:57,446
We have to train everybody.
There's special skill extras,
955
00:53:57,613 --> 00:53:59,781
they all martial arts background.
956
00:53:59,907 --> 00:54:02,993
CRETTON: Action. Ready, and, action!
957
00:54:03,118 --> 00:54:04,578
PENG ZHANG: It gets very complicated,
958
00:54:04,661 --> 00:54:06,788
'cause sometimes,
we have to do our foreground.
959
00:54:06,872 --> 00:54:10,751
The actor fights
with the different parts of a background.
960
00:54:10,834 --> 00:54:13,962
So, they actually work the hardest
961
00:54:14,171 --> 00:54:17,758
because they fought the sun,
fighting all day long. (CHUCKLES)
962
00:54:17,841 --> 00:54:19,301
That wasn't easy.
963
00:54:23,388 --> 00:54:26,558
So, here's a story, right.
I show up to work, and they're like,
964
00:54:26,642 --> 00:54:30,646
"Listen, your stunt double
is gonna get put in a wire rig
965
00:54:30,729 --> 00:54:34,316
"and then flung out 40 feet out that way."
966
00:54:34,399 --> 00:54:36,151
"And you're not going to do it."
967
00:54:36,235 --> 00:54:38,028
And I was like, "The hell I'm not."
968
00:54:38,862 --> 00:54:40,697
"Put me in that harness right now."
969
00:54:40,948 --> 00:54:42,616
CRETTON: Three, two, one, action!
970
00:54:43,158 --> 00:54:45,869
(GRUNTING)
971
00:54:47,871 --> 00:54:49,873
CRETTON: And, cut!
972
00:54:51,542 --> 00:54:52,543
It's pretty cool.
973
00:54:52,709 --> 00:54:55,671
YEOH: Simu is brave and bold.
974
00:54:55,754 --> 00:54:57,756
There's no doubt he works very, very hard.
975
00:54:57,840 --> 00:54:59,299
He's always, like, ready.
976
00:54:59,383 --> 00:55:03,470
"Let me do this. Let me do that."
And I'm like, "Just sit down, dude."
977
00:55:05,472 --> 00:55:06,974
Just to reiterate, in this scene,
978
00:55:07,057 --> 00:55:09,685
I have to fight off three demons
and then catch my sister
979
00:55:09,768 --> 00:55:12,354
who's being snatched
by a tentacled beast in midair.
980
00:55:12,563 --> 00:55:14,273
CRETTON: Ready? And pull!
981
00:55:14,356 --> 00:55:16,775
(GRUNTING)
982
00:55:22,447 --> 00:55:23,448
(MAN SPEAKING)
983
00:55:24,992 --> 00:55:27,452
Yeah, there wasn't a whole lot
of acting going on.
984
00:55:28,579 --> 00:55:31,915
And you're being dragged out two ways.
985
00:55:35,919 --> 00:55:37,838
We are heading into our last week.
986
00:55:38,797 --> 00:55:40,757
We're on mile 24...
987
00:55:40,841 --> 00:55:44,303
-(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON PA)
-...of the, uh...
988
00:55:45,220 --> 00:55:46,680
Of the marathon.
989
00:55:50,225 --> 00:55:53,562
You can feel the fatigue
and the weariness all around set,
990
00:55:53,645 --> 00:55:58,192
but, uh, everyone's still pulling through.
991
00:55:58,317 --> 00:55:59,484
How do you feel, Alex?
992
00:55:59,568 --> 00:56:00,569
(ALEX SPEAKING)
993
00:56:05,741 --> 00:56:08,994
I didn't know that.
Now, I sound like an idiot.
994
00:56:09,745 --> 00:56:11,872
I honestly don't know
what I expected going in.
995
00:56:11,955 --> 00:56:15,292
It's my first feature film of any sort.
996
00:56:15,501 --> 00:56:18,754
Let alone a feature film of this size
and magnitude.
997
00:56:18,837 --> 00:56:20,506
Whoa! Oh... (BLEEPS)
998
00:56:20,589 --> 00:56:23,050
PENG ZHANG: Then do your move.
Yeah, that's how you saddle.
999
00:56:23,133 --> 00:56:24,176
LIU: Move? What the...
1000
00:56:24,801 --> 00:56:30,557
I think it's just how much of a grind
everything is, has come as a surprise.
1001
00:56:33,101 --> 00:56:34,228
CRETTON: All right, once again.
1002
00:56:34,311 --> 00:56:40,400
LIU: It is such a dream to be here
every day and to be working,
1003
00:56:40,484 --> 00:56:41,693
as my first film,
1004
00:56:41,777 --> 00:56:46,240
but also as one of the only films that are
able to shoot around the world right now.
1005
00:56:46,323 --> 00:56:49,368
But it really...
Yeah, it's hard. It's hard.
1006
00:56:49,701 --> 00:56:52,037
There's a lot of fighting,
a lot of fighting.
1007
00:56:54,164 --> 00:56:58,669
I kind of wish Shang-Chi was a master
of nonviolent de-escalation sometimes.
1008
00:56:59,419 --> 00:57:00,462
(CHUCKLES)
1009
00:57:01,088 --> 00:57:02,673
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
1010
00:57:02,756 --> 00:57:06,343
You were there when they came for her,
and you did nothing.
1011
00:57:08,011 --> 00:57:10,597
You stood at a window
and watched her die!
1012
00:57:13,600 --> 00:57:16,812
When we see Shaun face off against
his father for the first time,
1013
00:57:17,312 --> 00:57:19,356
he's emotionally all over the place.
1014
00:57:19,481 --> 00:57:21,525
He's letting his anger
get the better of him.
1015
00:57:21,733 --> 00:57:25,654
And he's just really just being controlled
by his emotions,
1016
00:57:25,737 --> 00:57:27,531
rather than controlling them.
1017
00:57:28,282 --> 00:57:30,117
(GRUNTING)
1018
00:57:30,617 --> 00:57:33,996
You trained your son to be a killer.
Is this what you wanted?
1019
00:57:34,121 --> 00:57:35,539
(GRUNTING)
1020
00:57:35,956 --> 00:57:38,625
LIU: For Shaun, his maternal half
and his paternal half
1021
00:57:38,709 --> 00:57:40,961
represent very different parts
of his personality,
1022
00:57:41,044 --> 00:57:44,298
and he doesn't really feel like
he belongs in either which world.
1023
00:57:44,631 --> 00:57:48,552
CRETTON: He's got a thousand years
of sin and destruction
1024
00:57:48,635 --> 00:57:51,180
living somewhere inside
of him from his dad,
1025
00:57:51,305 --> 00:57:55,726
and he has this peaceful
but powerful opposite to that,
1026
00:57:55,809 --> 00:57:58,228
also living in him, from his mom.
1027
00:57:58,437 --> 00:58:03,233
His journey is not as simple as just
rejecting Dad and bringing in Mom.
1028
00:58:03,901 --> 00:58:07,362
It's him recognizing
that both of them are in him,
1029
00:58:07,446 --> 00:58:10,282
and both of them
are neither good nor evil.
1030
00:58:10,365 --> 00:58:13,452
They are just a part of him,
and that's what he has to work with.
1031
00:58:14,077 --> 00:58:16,121
Once he recognizes that,
1032
00:58:16,330 --> 00:58:20,751
that's when we see him blasting
out of the water on a dragon. (CHUCKLES)
1033
00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:24,922
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
1034
00:58:28,342 --> 00:58:31,970
You can see when he makes
his first pose,
1035
00:58:32,095 --> 00:58:35,599
that he's in a place
that he's never quite been before.
1036
00:58:35,682 --> 00:58:37,643
He's very grounded and at peace.
1037
00:58:37,809 --> 00:58:41,146
He's still got to stop his father, but he
doesn't do it from a place of anger.
1038
00:58:41,230 --> 00:58:43,565
He's doing it from a place of love.
1039
00:58:43,690 --> 00:58:47,194
I think we made
that action sequence very beautifully.
1040
00:58:47,277 --> 00:58:49,363
I think that the relationship
and the story
1041
00:58:49,446 --> 00:58:51,532
is very interesting inside the fight.
1042
00:58:51,782 --> 00:58:55,410
COWAN: Yeah, you see things that Li does
while fighting Wu,
1043
00:58:55,702 --> 00:58:58,705
you start seeing more
of his mother start come through
1044
00:58:58,830 --> 00:59:01,583
Shaun towards the end,
which culminates to,
1045
00:59:01,750 --> 00:59:05,420
I guess, sort of a perfect merge
of father and mother within Shaun.
1046
00:59:10,092 --> 00:59:13,011
Shaun and Wenwu
are trying to find each other again,
1047
00:59:13,136 --> 00:59:16,431
rather than just being
about who's stronger than the other,
1048
00:59:16,515 --> 00:59:18,433
whose martial arts are better. It's like,
1049
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:21,395
this is a family that's trying
to find its way back together.
1050
00:59:21,478 --> 00:59:23,856
And I think that's
really beautiful for a fight.
1051
00:59:31,947 --> 00:59:33,699
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
1052
00:59:33,782 --> 00:59:37,786
CRETTON: It's really been incredible
to watch Simu sink into this character
1053
00:59:37,870 --> 00:59:39,830
and take complete ownership over it.
1054
00:59:39,913 --> 00:59:43,208
Over the course of this year,
I've watched him
1055
00:59:43,625 --> 00:59:47,588
in a lot of ways, go on the journey
that Shang-Chi goes on.
1056
00:59:47,838 --> 00:59:50,799
Shang-Chi starts out in this movie
1057
00:59:50,924 --> 00:59:52,551
completely out of his element
1058
00:59:52,676 --> 00:59:56,805
and learns over the course
of this journey,
1059
00:59:57,139 --> 01:00:01,810
how to own himself,
how to be happy with himself,
1060
01:00:01,894 --> 01:00:05,564
and look in the mirror
and be proud of what he sees.
1061
01:00:06,273 --> 01:00:11,028
And I've watched Simu really
tap into that character.
1062
01:00:11,361 --> 01:00:15,824
It was a very inspiring
and moving experience for me to witness.
1063
01:00:18,952 --> 01:00:20,454
And cutting.
1064
01:00:22,789 --> 01:00:29,004
Finishing picture to our Meng'er
and our lead man, Simu.
1065
01:00:29,379 --> 01:00:31,798
-Finishing picture.
-(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
1066
01:00:42,226 --> 01:00:43,310
Finally!
1067
01:00:43,727 --> 01:00:47,814
I was a kid who was born
halfway around the world,
1068
01:00:47,898 --> 01:00:50,150
who immigrated
when he was very young
1069
01:00:50,234 --> 01:00:53,028
and had parents that never even dreamed of
1070
01:00:53,153 --> 01:00:55,656
allowing their son to go into
show business.
1071
01:00:56,281 --> 01:01:03,247
It just feels like I was plucked out of my
life and sent on this wild, wild ride.
1072
01:01:03,330 --> 01:01:07,084
And I'm still trying to figure out,
"How did I get picked?"
1073
01:01:10,963 --> 01:01:12,381
I have no words.
1074
01:01:12,464 --> 01:01:15,175
(HESITATES) This is the most
incredible thing for me.
1075
01:01:15,467 --> 01:01:18,679
Guys, this is as much
as a Cinderella story for me
1076
01:01:18,887 --> 01:01:20,889
as you could ever find in the universe.
1077
01:01:21,139 --> 01:01:23,851
I mean, a year ago, I was just some guy
1078
01:01:23,934 --> 01:01:26,311
and now, for some reason, I'm a superhero,
1079
01:01:26,395 --> 01:01:29,022
and you guys all helped
make that dream come true.
1080
01:01:29,106 --> 01:01:32,693
And I honestly am so blown away
by all of your work.
1081
01:01:32,776 --> 01:01:34,528
-(APPLAUSE)
-(CREW MEMBER WHISTLING)
1082
01:01:34,611 --> 01:01:38,866
I know that it probably
doesn't hold a lot of water
1083
01:01:38,949 --> 01:01:42,494
when I say that you're the best film crew
that I've ever worked with...
1084
01:01:42,578 --> 01:01:43,912
(LAUGHTER)
1085
01:01:43,996 --> 01:01:47,040
...but you're the best film crew
that I will ever work with,
1086
01:01:47,124 --> 01:01:48,458
so, there you go.
1087
01:01:48,542 --> 01:01:49,960
(APPLAUSE)
1088
01:01:50,043 --> 01:01:52,045
(EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING)
1089
01:01:53,839 --> 01:01:57,301
You know, as a movie fan,
I grew up on American movies
1090
01:01:57,384 --> 01:02:01,513
and I've never seen characters
like myself on-screen,
1091
01:02:01,597 --> 01:02:03,348
it's incredibly meaningful.
1092
01:02:03,432 --> 01:02:04,808
It's incredibly important.
1093
01:02:04,933 --> 01:02:08,020
YEOH: I've grown up
looking at the Marvel Comics
1094
01:02:08,103 --> 01:02:10,397
and know a bit about the Marvel world.
1095
01:02:10,647 --> 01:02:14,943
And I've never seen a superhero
that looks something like me.
1096
01:02:15,152 --> 01:02:19,156
And I'm really pleased
because it truly is the right time
1097
01:02:19,323 --> 01:02:21,909
for our little boys
and girls to go and say,
1098
01:02:21,992 --> 01:02:23,744
"Oh, look, we're superheroes, too."
1099
01:02:25,120 --> 01:02:27,998
AWKWAFINA: When you see a superhero,
you see yourself.
1100
01:02:28,081 --> 01:02:31,793
I think that's the really important
thing that movies like this does for kids.
1101
01:02:31,877 --> 01:02:33,712
It allows them to feel the possibility,
1102
01:02:33,795 --> 01:02:35,297
and it's only going to add to that
1103
01:02:35,380 --> 01:02:38,967
and hopefully, will continue to open
the door for more movies like this.
1104
01:02:40,344 --> 01:02:43,013
CRETTON: I hope Shang-Chi is another step.
1105
01:02:43,180 --> 01:02:46,225
If Shang-Chi is the end,
then we have failed.
1106
01:02:46,517 --> 01:02:52,773
I could not be more proud of the way that
this movie has allowed us to bring up
1107
01:02:52,856 --> 01:02:56,944
more representation, both,
in front of and behind the camera.
1108
01:02:57,027 --> 01:03:03,116
And I think the world just is hungry
for movies that reflect who we are
1109
01:03:03,283 --> 01:03:04,618
and all of our colors.
1110
01:03:06,411 --> 01:03:08,413
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
1111
01:03:09,373 --> 01:03:12,751
SCHWARTZ: I think Shang-Chi has
a very bright future within the MCU.
1112
01:03:12,835 --> 01:03:16,046
When I look forward to super teams
and crossovers,
1113
01:03:16,588 --> 01:03:19,174
Shaun feels like this huge,
untapped reservoir
1114
01:03:19,299 --> 01:03:22,511
of great possibilities
from Simu and beyond.
1115
01:03:22,636 --> 01:03:24,054
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
1116
01:03:27,975 --> 01:03:32,104
And that's our show. So, thank you for
tuning in to watch this documentary.
1117
01:03:32,229 --> 01:03:34,940
I hope you learned something
about the magic of filmmaking,
1118
01:03:35,023 --> 01:03:39,736
or something about Marvel
or cinema or anything.
1119
01:03:39,820 --> 01:03:43,824
But it's been my pleasure
to spend the last little while with you
1120
01:03:43,907 --> 01:03:46,827
and I can't wait for you to see the movie.
1121
01:03:46,994 --> 01:03:48,328
Take care.
1122
01:03:50,539 --> 01:03:52,541
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
1123
01:04:21,069 --> 01:04:23,906
(CHUCKLING) I don't think
this will make the documentary.