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And this is Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
the producer.
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Ethan and John. they did all the ninia
star sounds for those stars right there.
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lt's always hard to deal
with these multiple logos.
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So many companies.
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gets to create a little mood atmosphere
as you sit down in the movie and relax.
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who l actually went to college with.
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it was raining so hard
you couldn't even get out of the car?
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And we were desperately looking for
a location we could actually afford.
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And we had to build that giant.
giant fence that went all the way back.
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There's a scene that comes in
right after this that we always loved.
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And l think for Jon and l
it's always a little bittersweet
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"how to get that other scene in"
you know?
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lt started with them on the grass
whispering to each other.
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and we were like
right intimate with them.
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Well. it was a cool scene in that
in an action stealth mode.
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and sort of figure out who they are
on the fly. you know.
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There's no tower there.
building it from the ground up.
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Actually. in many ways. this movie
couldn't have gotten made at the scale
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because we had this insane facility.
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Yeah. like the rockets. basically.
for the shuttles.
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this gigantic space they had
for transporting these things.
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Yeah.
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500/o of the movie within a 5-mile range.
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- Yeah. A couple miles.
- Yeah. It's crazy.
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When we first went in it. we were like.
"You guys are kidding. right?
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We drove through it.
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They say that building is so big
that it would rain indoors.
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There's a lot of characters in G.l. Joe,
and it's one of the strengths.
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because you don't have
enough time. really.
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So this opening sequence here
was designed
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of who the characters are. what they do.
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and we could get
into the actual character motivations.
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what are their goals.
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when we came up with this idea.
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and reintroducing these characters to
people who didn't watch the first movie.
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as well as pushing
new information forward
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This scene. l always loved this surprise.
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And it also firmly established what great
chemisty these two guys had together.
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because they had such a naturalistic
attitude with one another.
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l remember watching the first take of it
and going.
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- Yeah.
- You know?
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Usually you replace screens.
any TV screens or stuff.
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that we actually recorded
the video game prior.
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And then we'd play back
while they were in the scene.
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That's actually real timing.
which gets tricky.
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- Yeah. yeah.
- Yeah.
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and being incredibly accessible.
and funny.
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That's a really rare thing
for two movie stars
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As different as they are. they also have
those same qualities amongst them.
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And l remember we needed to
give the audience permission to laugh.
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and that helped. that scene itself helped
to not take ourselves too seriously.
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they could turn around
and save the world.
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This idea that our writers came up with.
Reese and Wernick.
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l think it gives the movie
a sort of gravity that's unusual
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And it's amazing when you do
something on a purely creative level
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when you see events occur.
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there's a lot of things you're
suddenly going. "Wow" you know?
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and suddenly has
an additional weight to it.
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'cause you had to be on a gimbal.
It has to...
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but it was fun to do.
In fact. all the guns...
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They're so expensive.
and they're so time-consuming.
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"You can iust fake it.
You can just shake the camera."
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and it actually makes
a big. big difference.
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is that we once had The Rock
doing a Patton quote.
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and get a sense
of how contemporay it could be.
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What's interesting is. you know.
they cary different weights.
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l think as a filmmaker.
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You iust end up with a choice
where you emotionally think
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The Patton quote had
a lot of strengths to it
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But the Jay-Z quote had
a contemporay thing
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You're not seeing where it's coming.
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go to Duke as he says
he accepts his fate.
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lt wasn't in the script.
It wasn't purposely done.
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And that building. actually.
is part of the NASA facility. too.
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Yeah.
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we were given a lot of money.
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a lot of the big tentpole movies
have been given.
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So a lot of our creative energy
was put to.
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And this building kept being
our advantage. l mean. this is...
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is actually the fuel tank
that they put on the shuttle.
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l mean. Iook at the scale of this thing.
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which is crazy.
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which we'll talk a lot about.
is a guy named Paul Borne.
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But he was an amazing rock climber.
and a great rigger and stuntman.
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that we would not have felt without
a guy like that onboard. you know?
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And the actors need to feel comfortable
suddenly going down...
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Yeah.
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The height of that.
that's all 'cause he's rigged up.
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One of the ideas. Jon. l think you had.
was. "How do you differentiate him?"
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So he really fully went after it.
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We had a bunch of Na_ SEALs
on the movie.
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They hold guns in a certain way.
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l think that's actually almost more
important than anything.
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And it's iust a detail. too.
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"Hey. how do you get from Place A
to Place B?"
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and then the other actors would watch
and learn from that.
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Details that l wouldn't
ever know even. so...
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which is kind of where l learnt it.
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because. l mean. what they go through
is so much harder than what we do.
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We may go.
"Christ. we're working 12-14-hour days."
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A debate that we had
from the vey beginning was.
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"What kind of uniforms do they have?"
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so we gave them
different camo patterns.
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if you're going into a place
to have different camo patterns.
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- lndividuality. yeah.
- Exactly.
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And the Joes are a conglomeration.
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which is part of what we were doing.
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and that they all come
from different places.
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And they all had their own personalities.
and it was like an all-star team.
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Again. there's an actual firing range
on the NASA facility
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We were like.
"Where the hell are we gonna do this?"
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Yeah. literally.
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Yeah. l think we had
a couple of them that...
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You know. it's so about the kind of fun
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And it was a really important thing
to really fall in love
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because what's about to happen
is really grim.
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after really falling in love with them.
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This is the real gun range where we
would go to train our actors and stuff.
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You can see all the hills behind them
are all CG.
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- The magic of Holl_ood.
- Yeah.
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- Yes.
- We kept thinking.
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lt's iust funny.
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And to fire it. you can see
how it pushes back on Dwayne.
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- And the barrel gets so hot.
- Remember how hea_ it was?
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Exactly.
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but there's also a lot improvised.
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and had real fun
giving each other a hard time.
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that they were doing at each other.
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Jonathan Pyce. though. boy. huh?
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because obviously his role in the movie
is so important on both fronts.
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There was actually a scene
right in between there.
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to get to the door. but there was a...
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...come in and...
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lt's one of those ones where sometimes
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Yes.
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How did the process go for you
as you were tying to visualise it?
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This was like a motion-control rig
that you shoot one part at a time.
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And then you move the camera
the way you need.
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And then once you pick
your take that you like.
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And he has to dress up as the other guy.
and it has to be exactly the same.
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And it's a really crazy process.
you have to make decisions on the set.
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And you have to be pe_ect.
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you can't go back to shoot this stuff.
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Jonathan's such a good actor.
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- without the other half.
- Yes.
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And then he turns around and does it.
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lt's not a sequence that we had to
cut around pe_ormance.
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in this case him.
it can be tricky to time it.
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lt was bizarre how easily it cut together.
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And you wanted to show that
we weren't cheating it too much.
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You wanted to see him
walk all the way around.
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and to show that
these are two different people.
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There's a lot of iokes he made
about the President's wife.
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And "the quicker blower-upper. baby."
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And talks about interns.
bringing back the interns.
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"What would a President have
underneath his building?
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"Would it be..." Like. what is it?
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For such a simple space.
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lt was. "Exactly who
is flying these helicopters?"
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"Are they Cobra soldiers
that are flying it? What are they?
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lt was a big conversation piece
by the studio.
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And eveybody... We all kind of...
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lt kind of went around and around.
l think.
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because it was iust...
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Yeah.
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this area is actually a sandpit in...
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- lt was in St Francisville.
- St Francisville. there you go.
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- we found this huge sandpit.
- Baton Rouge.
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which was one of the things
when we first went there. we're like.
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'Cause that's not your vision of it.
You know. your vision is bayou.
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- God. it was miserable.
- And my first action movie.
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That Hummer is a real blowup
of a Hummer.
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lt was a big rig.
Eveyone's super nervous.
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And you have over 300 e_ras
running around.
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You can't step in the wrong place.
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lt's funny how you bring different things.
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"All right. that thing's gonna go
over there" you know.
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But you know.
one of the things about this was.
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That ain't makeup.
We're in a hot desert environment.
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- At night it was 100 degrees.
- Yeah. It was insane.
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And they're in this full battle gear.
and they couldn't have been hotter.
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who was iust so determined
that nobody would faint
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l don't think l ever saw her without
30 bottles of water in her hand.
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And this is amazing. this well.
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The well in the real world. on the top.
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And we had to tie that all together.
And you could be at any part of the well.
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And it was pretty awesome to
shoot in a tank like that.
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l think if you don't know its complication.
it doesn't seem all that complicated.
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and how do you go underwater.
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the ability to
move the camera an_here.
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And that really was. you know.
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- Andrew Menzies. our...
- Our production designer.
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something that gave you
the ability to shoot it in a way that
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'Cause we had to
fit a whole crew down there.
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And he literally gave us space
to be able to do all that.
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There's one shot
where he jumps into the well.
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as if it's like _lice in Wonderland,
a camera right below him.
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When he iumped.
he dropped the camera with him.
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ln fact.
where they're about to walk up to.
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But we made an identical set
across the way.
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and then destroy it. and then redress it.
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for the explosions
to show the aftermath.
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you need a tunnel that high so
you can fit your crew and eveyone in.
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it gives you a sense of reality.
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We didn't create...
That's not a green screen effect.
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'cause we have all these guys and girls
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And we're like.
"Well. we just need to make it simple
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And the effects that you put on.
and the filters.
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And that move. you know. that was...
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for when they would go up the well
to be back-to-back like that.
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But it's actually really cool.
It shows strategy.
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lt communicates something. you know.
about. yeah. both the strategy.
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- They're not gonna make it alone.
- Yes.
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was take these people who are
going to be the heroes of the movie.
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ln fact. and disgrace them.
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You know. this moment of realisation
as they're looking out. they're going.
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There's anger. there's sadness.
there's a lot of emotions.
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you felt for them.
and you were behind them.
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And those people dead in the desert.
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They're not mannequins.
Those are real people lying in that.
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This is probably like
120 degrees at this point.
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'Cause it was
our first week of shooting again.
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We really wanted to feel that.
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having all those little errors.
all those little te_ures to it
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One of the things when you came on.
which l so related to.
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and who to make it with. is. you know.
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Like you can see how The Rock's
armour has been used before.
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lt's got hea_-duty stuff
that's gone through it.
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communicated a toughness
to the movie.
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And l think that there was a lot of other
things that were related to that.
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of what these people look like
really influenced how you feel about it.
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There was parts where this was gone.
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'cause it was
a little confusing for people
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lf you didn't know the lore.
this might be confusing.
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But Walt Goggins is iust brilliant.
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Well. really. that opening sequence
was really what saved this.
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understand the trick we were gonna do
in this sequence.
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'Cause not only was Walt brilliant in it.
but he's a fun guy to be with.
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So Jon and l were both so incredibly...
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Yes. And l love that Walt's
in his casual wear today.
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- That's right. yeah.
- And that building. we actually built.
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Yeah. a golf course.
So there's nothing there. It's just a field.
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That was insane for me to come into
a movie where you could build like that.
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l remember when we were
scouting that other location
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l looked at you and l said.
"l don't care how good this place is.
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Yes. l do.
That was a cool place. though.
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- l can't believe we could recreate that.
- l know.
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that these walls are not real.
None of this stuff.
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and that's not gonna get eveyone sick.
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- That was...
- That was a lot of safety stuff.
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Even if you've worked on a lot of movies.
you don't realise that
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how the little things are
where we really can get hurt.
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So l know you love these tubes.
and l'm glad it paid off.
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the science of it.
and then the safety of it on top of it.
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l love that that's...
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before he becomes Cobra
with the silver mask.
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God. l don't know. l mean. come on.
there's like 45 versions
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Not even the visor. The visor.
there's got to be 100. l don't know.
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iust the way it has a little brow furrow.
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l think it's funny. 'cause you and l had
so many debates about both
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And Jon having grown up with the Joe...
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so was determined to keep Cobra cool.
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This whole section here
was so interesting.
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And then Destro. Ieaving him behind.
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'cause if you don't know the first movie.
you come into this movie.
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The fact that we even brought him up.
we really wanted to do that for the fans.
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because there's
a lot of people out there who did.
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This is literally probably
our fourth shot of the whole movie.
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Yeah. we chose the easy stuff first.
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And that gear is not easy.
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"How much gear would they keep on
at this point?
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"Would they even be sweating?
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There were so many debates
of all those things.
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Yeah. no. l know.
That's one of the great things.
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is a guy named Hary Humphries.
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And you have real service men now
who can tell you
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That's exactly what they would wear.
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l'm sure there's
a few Holl_ood cut corners.
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What would they keep.
and what would they abandon.
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this is what soldiers would actually do.
which is nice.
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lt's both safe
for an actor to have on underwater.
284
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We're always gonna miss
this motorcycle. though.
285
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- l think it was in the script.
- Yeah. it was.
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that the studio
just could not get their head around.
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And we were like.
"We don't know. but it's cool."
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And it was weirdly a huge
argument point that became this thing.
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And evey time l see it. l go.
"God. that three-wheel was cool."
290
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But iust to make a motorcycle
that has the Cobra symbol on it.
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l love that idea you had about
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- The charge bar.
- Yeah. the charge bar.
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lnterestingly enough. l think Firefly.
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and didn't have in the script.
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There was iust something about the way
they rendered him.
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and then his opening lines with Cobra.
297
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Ray really embodied
a great version of that character. too.
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And at first l was a little bit like.
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"lt'll be interesting to
see how this develops."
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about how Firefly saw things exploding
as creation. not destruction.
301
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and that redistributing energy was art.
302
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And so we went with it.
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This sequence is amazing. because
right from the beginning right here
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"he's gonna pull him upside down.
which is already an odd thing.
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And suddenly he's right side up.
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And what's great about having him
as Storm Shadow.
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But he's also
this incredible physical specimen.
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And there was a huge difference
between making the first movie with him
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he was iust beginning to learn English.
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They didn't iust come
from a natural place.
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was iust sort of in the vey first scene.
when you were shooting him. l was like.
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And because he owned the language.
you know?
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and not the least of which
Iook how built he is.
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His dedication to learning English
really helped us.
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Bringing the rage into Storm Shadow.
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He wanted a little more craziness.
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which was nice to have.
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That sense of betrayal is like.
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- You'd get increasingly crazy about it.
- Yeah.
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That road is literally... We created it.
321
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And then do this rig where he iumps
off of the ramp.
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You cannot do a big...
You have to be going e_remely fast.
323
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Which was scripted. actually.
324
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Those explosions are real.
We don't CG those explosions.
325
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Which l think was a big aesthetic
change we wanted to do in this movie
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power of the explosions. the debris.
the water. all sorts of environments.
327
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That this was happening in real life.
328
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We had switched actors
playing this character.
329
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and yet this moment.
on a physical level.
330
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Luke Bracey.
who plays Cobra Commander.
331
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You can see his stature.
the way he walks.
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which is really. really cool.
333
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And the voice. Robert Baker.
who does the voice.
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We got to add this sort of hissing.
breathing thing.
335
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and he's always e_ending his S's.
336
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So we went with more of this
breathing mechanism. it had this rattle.
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and what he's saying.
So you'll hear it throughout the movie
338
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Yeah. l think also.
the trick was also not to be Darth Vader.
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That was always the hardest thing.
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Gets you there first.
341
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- lt took up a big area of that space.
- Yup.
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And his iacket. His iacket is so insane.
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lt's like bedazzled...
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And that scar on his head.
that was an idea that Ray brought.
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And the idea of it was it was
an explosion gone bad. right?
346
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lt did. it gave the character...
We immediately saw it.
347
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This was a big debate.
348
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lt's pretty bad-looking.
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You gotta get him to the healer.
350
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And. of course. Snake Eyes' vision
through there was really fun.
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All the reticules became
really fun to design.
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l think one of the amazing things.
actually. about that conversion was.
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both Jon and l had gone through
experiences with 3-D.
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we were so. so focused on.
"How do we do this the right way?"
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in terms of how you saw it.
356
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in terms of how Steve Windon
shot the movie.
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So the conversion process. l think.
had less pressure on it.
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This is a gigantic space
we're shooting in.
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l think one of the real triumphs for us.
l know l feel that way. is that
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The 3-D is incredibly appreciated.
361
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Yup.
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was when Paramount called us
and said.
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lt was. "Whoa! Really? Why?
364
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That's all the things you go through
in your head right away.
365
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"we actually think
there's bigger upside if we go to 3-D."
366
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after having the moment
of emotional recovey of.
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Now we're like. "Okay. stop."
368
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You know. when a studio wants to
spend more money on a movie.
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And as it's turned out.
it was a great move.
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l think if we didn't have those moments.
it wouldn't have been a choice for us.
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But because there's
just so many moments...
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where we're pushing
through the satellite.
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And stuff like this in 3-D
is beautiful and gorgeous.
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All these things.
the language is already in there.
375
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Elodie Yung is amazing.
376
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Yeah. Well. the hardest thing. l think.
when you make.
377
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is the audience is vey tough
on female action characters.
378
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And Elodie in Distr9ct 13: Ultimatum,
wasn't that what it was called?
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she's got the grace
of being a beautiful woman.
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and then this ferocity in her
is really crazy good.
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She really brought it to life. the feeling
of wanting to be part of something.
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l mean. she learnt those swords
from the ground up.
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l mean. evey time you see an actor
actually learn it and do it.
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lt's more believable.
There's an organic nature to it.
385
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But we knew his love of kung fu
and the lore of it.
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he was iust for us sort of a special treat.
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iust mess with your expectations
of these characters.
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But going from there to here.
to the streets of Washington. D.C..
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lt's really fun.
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is both incredibly liberating.
and. actually. really. really dangerous.
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and keep it moving in
the same direction. you know?
392
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Miley Cyrus and Ryan Seacrest.
that's such a fine line.
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And l think it was actually important
that it does fit into our world.
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lt's also one of those things
where you go to that first preview.
395
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if they don't laugh at that
it's coming out of the movie.
396
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l always wanted a scene here
where at the end of the movie.
397
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and it's iust destroyed.
398
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'Cause the reality is they get a car
from him and they just destroy it.
399
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He iust came in.
he riffed a lot of the stuff.
400
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And it's all gotta establish.
really. Roadblock's backstoy
401
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Why this place would these guys
choose to hide?
402
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That one line.
"Home is where the help is." That's it.
403
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That he's coming back to his origins
to build up again.
404
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:40,080
no tons of weapons.
just back to where he started.
405
00:43:01,039 --> 00:43:04,920
make up the stuff that they figure out
all the DNA things from later.
406
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,360
you could see that
Roadblock grew up in this place.
407
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l love those little trophies back there.
408
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,600
- lt's such a sort of sports feeling.
- Yeah.
409
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in those frames. which is cool.
410
00:43:39,639 --> 00:43:41,280
Yup. yup.
411
00:43:46,119 --> 00:43:47,960
That thing's so fun to iump in.
412
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and this tension that exists
between Flint and Roadblock of.
413
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"l got my own set of..."
414
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And he's really on program.
but at the same time.
415
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You know. he can't sort of help it.
416
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especially from the new guy Flint.
417
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'cause he's not there yet.
418
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,480
and that they can debate that.
419
00:45:04,119 --> 00:45:06,760
We don't get fully into it.
but we get to play just a little bit.
420
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:16,000
what would convince somebody
that a guy was an imposter.
421
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,680
'Cause people do cross their thumbs.
as you'll see him shortly.
422
00:45:25,159 --> 00:45:26,160
and they always do that move
423
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,480
Yeah. and if you ty it.
you feel like one way feels natural.
424
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Even if you do it both ways.
one of them feels more natural.
425
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,440
You forget how simple it is.
426
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to create the Ul for a computer system
in any scene.
427
00:45:51,079 --> 00:45:54,400
Like. "How high-tech do they have it?
What era we are in.
428
00:45:57,639 --> 00:45:59,840
And going through even iust the sound.
429
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,160
iust because we wanted to give them
a little edge to it.
430
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:07,720
Things that you'd never think...
431
00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:17,200
This was a tricky moment. you know?
432
00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:21,440
that these guys can
Ieap to this conclusion?
433
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,320
lt's actually set up in the desert.
434
00:46:30,159 --> 00:46:32,080
"l voted for him" you know.
435
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:39,360
so how long can you actually draw it out
before you're like. "Come on. guys."
436
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,520
the introduction of his character.
is a really interesting thing.
437
00:46:51,039 --> 00:46:56,680
at first blush. the idea that he's
gonna call her by her wrong name.
438
00:46:59,039 --> 00:47:02,000
You know. that was really Bruce's idea.
that was not a scripted idea.
439
00:47:05,199 --> 00:47:07,640
and even this. sort of.
Girl Scout reference here
440
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,280
And it's one of the things. l think.
441
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:17,240
you realise why they're movie stars.
442
00:47:19,599 --> 00:47:22,120
and they know what they do well. too.
443
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,080
"Shut your mouth. Brenda" is so rough.
444
00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:34,000
"How are women
gonna feel about this?"
445
00:47:39,119 --> 00:47:40,880
And l remember Adrianne.
446
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:45,480
lt started at the dinner. yeah.
447
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:51,400
But it was funny. because
it started to get under her nerves.
448
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:56,600
l think l got it about halfway
out of my mouth.
449
00:47:58,559 --> 00:48:00,360
lt only works for Bruce.
450
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:04,560
Bruce even brought this up. he's like.
451
00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:07,320
"At some point she needs to punch me."
452
00:48:09,559 --> 00:48:12,160
'Cause it would've happened at the end.
when they're attacking the President.
453
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:17,920
But l always... You do. You want her
to punch him at some point.
454
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:21,440
with what could be
a vey unsympathetic thing
455
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:25,520
Yes. That's the power of Bruce.
456
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:31,000
that Jon and l talked a lot
about this character. Joe Colton.
457
00:48:32,679 --> 00:48:36,120
is the embodiment of the original
G.l. Joe ethos. if you would.
458
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:43,000
And that's the Joe l grew up with.
459
00:48:46,119 --> 00:48:50,760
Single character. not a fantasy.
not all that stuff. the guy.
460
00:48:55,079 --> 00:48:57,240
it was actually one of
the easiest pitches l've ever had.
461
00:48:59,519 --> 00:49:03,640
And l turned to him.
and l called him up and said.
462
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He goes. "l get to play the original Joe?
463
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,680
"Putting firecrackers on my Joe.
and throwing him off the roof."
464
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,880
And so it was this kind of funny moment.
465
00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:25,240
is now in this movie.
466
00:49:26,639 --> 00:49:28,760
we succeeded in the first movie
of doing.
467
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:34,480
that we could bring that to this table.
468
00:49:37,119 --> 00:49:39,000
Which is pretty awesome.
'cause it has...
469
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:45,000
So when they're all in the same room.
it's the only person...
470
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:50,120
Roadblock in the face. and say.
471
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:55,440
"You don't need a tank. and a laser...
Laser guns to be a soldier.
472
00:49:56,679 --> 00:49:59,400
And l thought that was
the important part for our team.
473
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:03,000
'Cause l remember
Iooking at the crew members
474
00:50:06,599 --> 00:50:08,360
"We're professionals doing our iobs.
475
00:50:13,639 --> 00:50:14,840
Yes.
476
00:50:17,559 --> 00:50:20,040
Yes. there were.
That was a vey popular day.
477
00:50:22,199 --> 00:50:23,200
There might have been.
478
00:50:26,639 --> 00:50:28,120
She'll give it right back at you.
479
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:33,280
She's like. "l need to
get punched in this scene."
480
00:50:36,159 --> 00:50:38,920
And she's like. "Jon. l have to be
as tough as eveyone else.
481
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:42,040
And it made complete sense.
482
00:50:44,119 --> 00:50:45,800
So we never treated her differently
in all this stuff.
483
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:49,880
which also conveys
that sense of toughness.
484
00:50:51,119 --> 00:50:54,240
And. actually. it's one of the tricks
l think that...
485
00:50:58,159 --> 00:51:02,160
how you cary yourself
conveys a lot about your physicality.
486
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,000
We shot this in the...
487
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,040
Whistler area.
488
00:51:49,559 --> 00:51:52,840
l think it's probably our most highly
complimented sequence in the movie.
489
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:58,120
they were fans of the comic book.
490
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:04,000
l think it was originally
two and a half pages.
491
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:08,080
Something like that.
492
00:52:11,079 --> 00:52:13,920
So you won't hear
any conversation. anything.
493
00:52:17,559 --> 00:52:20,000
And we kept saying to ourselves.
"Are we gonna get away with that?
494
00:52:22,039 --> 00:52:24,080
We kept feeling like.
"There's always the out"
495
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,480
We can always have him
say something.
496
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:34,080
l know you were a huge fan
of the comic book.
497
00:52:37,079 --> 00:52:41,880
Yeah. And Issue 21 that Lary Hama did
that had no dialogue in it
498
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:47,920
Before that it was like.
"lt's just to sell toys."
499
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:56,080
And that's what we really wanted
to capture in the movie. too.
500
00:52:59,880 --> 00:53:03,200
and more of the comic book feel to it.
501
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,200
At least some of the reality of it.
the te_ure.
502
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:12,880
l always thought this was
one of the coolest moments.
503
00:53:14,079 --> 00:53:16,480
There's Cobra symbols
carved into the ninja stars.
504
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:24,480
No music. l remember
we used to have big music here.
505
00:53:26,039 --> 00:53:27,680
- lt was cool to hear the silence.
- Yeah.
506
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:32,200
We iust tried it to hear and we were like.
507
00:53:39,079 --> 00:53:43,120
Just the fact that Snake Eyes iust
punches through a column is awesome.
508
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,280
Thank God Byung-Hun and Ray
are such great athletes.
509
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,800
So that's the mother
of one of our stunt guys.
510
00:54:05,079 --> 00:54:07,320
And so she'd never been in a movie.
511
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:16,600
l was iust drawn into her.
'cause she was so tough.
512
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:21,000
And so called her up.
said if she'd ever come down.
513
00:54:24,159 --> 00:54:26,400
all those things are really her.
514
00:54:28,079 --> 00:54:29,800
She'd never done a movie with her son.
515
00:54:33,079 --> 00:54:36,960
Travis Wong is the stunt guy.
and he's one of the Red Ninjas.
516
00:54:42,039 --> 00:54:47,080
And l loved that Jinx has that
sort of Bruce Lee ninja outfit on.
517
00:55:02,079 --> 00:55:05,320
You can see it. even iust
passing out here he's so intense.
518
00:55:06,679 --> 00:55:08,200
lt was scaring me
when we were shooting.
519
00:55:10,159 --> 00:55:12,520
But he iust gives it all. sells it.
520
00:55:23,639 --> 00:55:28,760
was again a Reese and Wernick idea
that then we had to figure out.
521
00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:32,960
This was such a huge team effort
522
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:42,680
to our pre-viz guys. to our stunt guys.
to George. who did our second unit...
523
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:46,560
lt was amazing.
eveyone came together for this one.
524
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:53,880
l don't know. how many months
went into this planning?
525
00:55:56,559 --> 00:55:58,360
And this sequence wouldn't work
without Paul.
526
00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:05,000
How you would pendulum something.
527
00:56:07,039 --> 00:56:10,440
And being a stuntman. a rigger.
a world-class climber.
528
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:18,160
A lot of this sequence. you know...
529
00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:23,600
That he had to rig up.
which is really cool.
530
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:26,680
- A thousand feet?
- Yeah.
531
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:29,720
And. Paul. from the vey beginning...
532
00:56:32,639 --> 00:56:34,880
he came to my office and we worked out
533
00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:42,320
We got out our ninia action figures
from Hasbro and started planning it out.
534
00:56:44,599 --> 00:56:46,600
"so it doesn't feel
like we're in a video game."
535
00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:49,640
You know that
this could actually happen.
536
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:54,560
And for me.
l'd used him in a lot of movies.
537
00:56:59,960 --> 00:57:03,360
l knew we were in good hands
to be able to execute it.
538
00:57:13,079 --> 00:57:14,320
l always loved this.
539
00:57:17,239 --> 00:57:20,000
- And l loved the posturing...
- The joust.
540
00:57:21,519 --> 00:57:24,040
The pause right here.
it's such a great idea.
541
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:29,040
lt was really
one of the most dramatic things.
542
00:57:30,599 --> 00:57:32,880
lt really conveyed a lot of attitude.
543
00:57:35,639 --> 00:57:38,080
And l was like.
when they're hanging on the side.
544
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,840
and they pull out their swords.
it's so cool.
545
00:57:46,199 --> 00:57:48,560
There are real people with real weight.
546
00:57:52,559 --> 00:57:54,080
But these. you feel the weight.
547
00:57:55,639 --> 00:57:58,720
That guy. when he falls off the line
is not real.
548
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,400
- Yes.
- Now it's a real fake rock.
549
00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:19,640
then we had this gigantic green screen
built in our facility
550
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:24,120
- l don't know. five weeks?
- A lot.
551
00:58:26,119 --> 00:58:28,240
l don't know.
probably in total this thing is
552
00:58:30,079 --> 00:58:31,840
At least. And we did great.
553
00:58:35,119 --> 00:58:36,960
as they're swinging that fast.
554
00:58:39,519 --> 00:58:40,800
or getting things out of focus.
555
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:49,560
There's some really fun details
that eveybody contributed to.
556
00:58:53,159 --> 00:58:56,280
Jim May and Roger Barton.
who were our editors.
557
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:03,080
We had to be done with this
while we were shooting
558
00:59:05,079 --> 00:59:07,040
They had to figure it out.
Especially Roger.
559
00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:13,320
When you shoot all these pieces.
how does it all come together.
560
00:59:15,199 --> 00:59:16,120
And so that was really fun to see.
561
00:59:24,679 --> 00:59:28,480
l mean. he's like the unofficial mayor.
maybe it's even official now.
562
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:32,160
But there's something about
the political veracity of that
563
00:59:36,039 --> 00:59:37,280
There he is.
564
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:40,280
He's such a great face.
565
00:59:42,599 --> 00:59:43,760
l didn't know how he would...
566
00:59:46,119 --> 00:59:47,640
He was the most welcoming.
he was like.
567
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:51,120
He was literally like the mayor.
568
00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:59,960
to a city still recovering from Katrina
meant a lot to the city.
569
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:07,240
was he felt like.
well. he could help us help the city.
570
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:10,800
That dress was always a winner.
571
01:00:13,599 --> 01:00:15,400
That might have been
the first dress she showed us.
572
01:00:17,079 --> 01:00:18,560
Right when you saw it.
you couldn't deny it.
573
01:00:20,639 --> 01:00:22,360
"Move on. another decision."
574
01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:26,560
- She's a fashion fan.
- Yeah.
575
01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:30,280
'cause then we could say.
"No. you have to have that mask"
576
01:00:31,639 --> 01:00:32,680
And she would put up a fight.
577
01:00:35,639 --> 01:00:36,880
And then you would look at it.
578
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:41,560
but in the way that it needed to be.
579
01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:45,720
She iust understood. she got it.
580
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:52,760
lmmediately when l see her
walking through. l think Matrix.
581
01:00:55,679 --> 01:00:58,040
l'm sure that wasn't Louise's intention.
582
01:01:01,239 --> 01:01:04,160
Yes. and then there was no one else
we wanted to put in red.
583
01:01:06,679 --> 01:01:08,520
- Let her stick out.
- Yep.
584
01:01:11,599 --> 01:01:13,480
and they're like dancing. all this stuff.
585
01:01:15,079 --> 01:01:16,480
Who was great. too. she was great.
586
01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:21,520
You really fall in love with certain things.
and then the ne_ thing you know.
587
01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:24,640
At a certain point
we needed the tension.
588
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:29,520
- And the pacing.
- Yeah.
589
01:01:40,840 --> 01:01:43,360
- As evey Joe should.
- Of course. of course.
590
01:01:49,239 --> 01:01:52,720
To work with the graphics people
to create how it scans.
591
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:12,080
l also remember this moment.
592
01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:20,000
in comes something
that's a direct call back to...
593
01:02:24,239 --> 01:02:26,880
But this moment with The Rock
that's about to come up.
594
01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:33,840
about. "Should we see the Firefly.
should we not see the Firefly?"
595
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:41,920
this character wouldn't react
the way he reacts.
596
01:02:43,159 --> 01:02:45,240
We had a long debate about this.
remember. Jon?
597
01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:51,080
At one point he was doing it.
He'd gone rogue from the others.
598
01:02:53,400 --> 01:02:54,840
And so there was a lot of debate
599
01:02:57,199 --> 01:02:59,240
"What. strategically.
are they tying to do?"
600
01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:05,280
that the G.l. Joes had to
assassinate the fake President.
601
01:03:06,519 --> 01:03:08,320
So this moment would be
that moment. you're like.
602
01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:13,640
But eventually it became that
you wanted Roadblock to be in control.
603
01:03:15,159 --> 01:03:17,440
You wanted it to be well thought out.
604
01:03:31,119 --> 01:03:34,200
But it's brutal. because the hard thing is
605
01:03:39,519 --> 01:03:42,000
And it was one of the things
we kept saying to ourselves.
606
01:03:46,079 --> 01:03:48,440
"and actually make it believable?"
607
01:03:50,920 --> 01:03:52,680
- Yes.
- And a great actor.
608
01:03:55,239 --> 01:03:57,480
lt was one of those great things
that all came together.
609
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:05,680
but he was physically so daunting
that we wanted this moment.
610
01:04:08,760 --> 01:04:13,760
and how some of the great action stars
have understood
611
01:04:19,599 --> 01:04:20,680
And that's a tricky thing.
612
01:04:23,119 --> 01:04:28,320
"can you really let a hero like Dwayne
get beaten?"
613
01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:33,840
is that now it's the rematch.
614
01:04:42,159 --> 01:04:45,520
l always imagined that was the
three-wheeled motorcycle going away.
615
01:04:47,639 --> 01:04:49,080
Yeah. that would've been fun.
616
01:04:57,119 --> 01:04:58,240
and we were intrigued by
617
01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:04,440
One which is a sort of ninia stoy.
618
01:05:08,840 --> 01:05:12,080
This is about past histoy that has
nothing to do with Dwayne's character.
619
01:05:14,840 --> 01:05:17,920
This is a totally different stoy
that's going on.
620
01:05:22,719 --> 01:05:24,960
that we're tying to
juggle these stoylines.
621
01:05:29,400 --> 01:05:32,400
But when you have someone
like Byung-Hun Lee here.
622
01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:37,000
it doesn't matter where you are.
what you're doing.
623
01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:42,200
And you get into him. and you feel that
it's a guy struggling with
624
01:05:46,079 --> 01:05:48,800
- you're immediately back in this.
- Yeah.
625
01:05:53,599 --> 01:05:55,840
helped a lot with going back and forth.
626
01:06:00,119 --> 01:06:03,280
Especially falling off cliffs.
Why not? Why not?
627
01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:11,160
lt's actually something
we didn't talk about.
628
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:19,680
So she's really. in her life. has had to
629
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:25,560
of being the cousin of a traitor
in their minds.
630
01:06:28,559 --> 01:06:30,920
The Blind Master's friend was killed.
631
01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:37,120
And eveybody's got some grudge
in this scene.
632
01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:42,920
l don't know if you knew this.
but we were literally...
633
01:06:46,559 --> 01:06:51,960
they had casted. not little people.
but really small ninjas.
634
01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:58,400
"We've gotta find bigger.
more warrior-like ninjas."
635
01:07:03,159 --> 01:07:05,880
"Are you guys crazy
how big you've made this thing?
636
01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:11,160
"Boy. you better make
a good thing out of this set."
637
01:07:14,159 --> 01:07:17,720
l think one of the interesting things
about making movies is.
638
01:07:20,679 --> 01:07:22,840
And so many decisions get made so fast
639
01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:27,640
keep track of all the decisions.
640
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:34,920
Picking the right people to make the
right decisions is incredibly complex.
641
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:39,560
l remember iust looking at
the production designer. Andrew.
642
01:07:41,039 --> 01:07:43,320
"You built this big...
How much does this set cost?"
643
01:07:44,679 --> 01:07:46,400
"We're gonna need money
for the tank battle.
644
01:07:47,599 --> 01:07:49,280
"Well. Jon loves the big ninias scene."
645
01:07:51,679 --> 01:07:53,560
- We need all of it.
- Right.
646
01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:34,120
- The TV became the most...
- Right.
647
01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:59,440
this moment that dad does not take.
648
01:09:03,439 --> 01:09:06,240
and that her motivation is
to get him to salute to her.
649
01:09:08,399 --> 01:09:11,960
There's a lot of hostility
and anger in that. you know.
650
01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:16,760
- Yeah.
- That he salutes her at the end.
651
01:09:18,279 --> 01:09:21,880
To me. it makes their relationship
make all the sense in the world.
652
01:09:24,239 --> 01:09:27,120
and l guess we'll get there.
we'll talk about it.
653
01:09:29,039 --> 01:09:31,880
When he said. "l knew your dad"
you were like. "Whoa."
654
01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:37,440
- He didn't even have to go there.
- Didn't have to do anything. He got it.
655
01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:43,240
This was a matter of saving some time.
656
01:09:47,479 --> 01:09:49,080
before it was getting boring.
657
01:09:50,720 --> 01:09:53,880
and said what if you are the President
and look right at the camera.
658
01:09:55,439 --> 01:09:58,160
We'd done a little bit of that
with the Cobra vision.
659
01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:04,200
So we tried to find
fun ways to make it interesting.
660
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:17,520
l always loved Jonathan's look
on his face.
661
01:10:20,319 --> 01:10:22,440
And the reflection in Cobra's mask
is hard.
662
01:10:24,239 --> 01:10:25,920
That should be the camera.
663
01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:33,720
So whenever you see his mask
you won't see the camera.
664
01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:46,680
We had a lot of debate
about this briefcase. remember?
665
01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:51,240
l remember looking at it going.
"What is this? What is this leather?"
666
01:10:53,720 --> 01:10:56,640
But we were like. "That's what
a real nuclear football looks like."
667
01:10:58,359 --> 01:11:00,280
- lt's true.
- And we started tearing stuff off of it.
668
01:11:02,720 --> 01:11:05,080
- what's the right look for the football.
- Yeah.
669
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:11,320
and yet instantaneously recognisable
for the audience?
670
01:11:14,279 --> 01:11:16,440
lf you don't understand.
you haven't seen an action movie
671
01:11:20,159 --> 01:11:22,440
This was hard.
because it was really dark.
672
01:11:26,640 --> 01:11:28,320
You wanted this rawness to it.
673
01:11:36,720 --> 01:11:38,160
Always got a big laugh. that moment.
674
01:11:41,039 --> 01:11:44,600
Yeah. l think it was when they added
the sound effect of the gun.
675
01:11:46,439 --> 01:11:48,200
'Cause you don't necessarily
Iook down there.
676
01:11:50,079 --> 01:11:53,240
He had a ton of things
that he kept saying that were hilarious.
677
01:11:59,680 --> 01:12:01,720
And this was always hard to...
At what point...
678
01:12:07,279 --> 01:12:10,200
they have mutual interest
in this one battle.
679
01:12:13,239 --> 01:12:16,680
l remember the arguments...
Not the arguments. but. really. like.
680
01:12:20,359 --> 01:12:23,160
- Really quickly.
- So that's all in pe_ormance.
681
01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:29,400
Now we enter this scene.
682
01:12:32,239 --> 01:12:34,600
l remember we were in New Orleans
683
01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:38,040
right before you make a movie.
684
01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:43,960
And l turned to the writers and l said.
685
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:50,240
'Cause l knew whatever it was.
it couldn't be too expensive. Right?
686
01:12:54,640 --> 01:12:56,920
And they literally wrote in the script.
they put.
687
01:13:00,119 --> 01:13:01,360
And then our editor.
when he got the dailies.
688
01:13:03,279 --> 01:13:06,280
He read it and he was like.
"Okay. what song do they mean?"
689
01:13:08,479 --> 01:13:11,000
to find the most obscure song
that they think we mean.
690
01:13:12,239 --> 01:13:14,600
l remember when l walked in
and l saw...
691
01:13:16,920 --> 01:13:19,960
And l looked at you like. "You guys
actually used The Four Horsemen."
692
01:13:21,199 --> 01:13:22,920
You should've seen my face
when l walked in.
693
01:13:24,319 --> 01:13:27,280
But it was so funny
that we had to show you.
694
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:37,120
l don't know. self-conscious.
or tying to be cool.
695
01:13:39,159 --> 01:13:40,640
- "We're tying to have fun."
- Yes.
696
01:13:44,479 --> 01:13:46,400
'cause it's almost so obscure
that you're like.
697
01:13:48,840 --> 01:13:50,560
And it's probably Joe Colton.
698
01:13:53,680 --> 01:13:55,040
AIthough, Rockin' Is Ma' Business
699
01:13:58,399 --> 01:14:00,360
_cause business is good.
- Nice.
700
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:03,000
- We tried it.
- l think we tried it.
701
01:14:05,680 --> 01:14:07,000
That was actually
702
01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:13,560
And we would sometimes
bring a boom box out with us.
703
01:14:15,479 --> 01:14:17,480
That's how l got turned on to them.
704
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:53,360
that l couldn't believe
l was doing a G.l. Joe movie.
705
01:14:56,279 --> 01:15:00,040
Byung-Hun Lee. Ray Park. Adrianne.
D.J.. all these guys...
706
01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:05,320
Elodie. these characters around a table.
it was just insane.
707
01:15:07,640 --> 01:15:09,800
'Cause we've seen
a lot of these scenes.
708
01:15:12,479 --> 01:15:13,960
And each of them
to have something to do.
709
01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:17,200
Each one. like. "What's that character?
710
01:15:19,039 --> 01:15:20,040
Yeah. yeah.
711
01:15:24,399 --> 01:15:27,320
l never understood why nobody laughed
when he said "Rock solid."
712
01:15:29,359 --> 01:15:30,360
Yes.
713
01:15:33,479 --> 01:15:37,120
Don't know if we're actually making
a reference to The Rock or not.
714
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:40,560
l always loved this moment. too.
715
01:15:44,119 --> 01:15:46,800
l remember. l think that was your...
l don't know whose idea it was.
716
01:15:50,439 --> 01:15:53,440
- And he's like. "Nope."
- "Not gonna help you there."
717
01:15:55,119 --> 01:15:57,880
But it also throws her as a character
718
01:16:01,960 --> 01:16:06,040
or slightly. at least at a minimum. edgy.
has suddenly...
719
01:16:07,560 --> 01:16:08,840
The tanks and the fan boat.
720
01:16:12,560 --> 01:16:14,360
rebuilt it to make it a Cobra boat.
721
01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:17,160
because it weighed too much.
remember?
722
01:16:18,840 --> 01:16:19,800
No. it sank.
723
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:27,680
So we tied the car that our crane was on
to pull it out.
724
01:16:29,359 --> 01:16:31,800
So we have to cut the cord.
and to let it sink.
725
01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:35,720
- lt knocked over our car.
- Yeah.
726
01:16:37,399 --> 01:16:40,360
But those H.l.S.S. Tanks
are really about your passion.
727
01:16:44,159 --> 01:16:47,040
And so l'm like.
"H.l.S.S. Tanks? Why is that so cool?"
728
01:16:48,479 --> 01:16:50,200
"All right. l get it.
They turn into a Cobra."
729
01:16:52,520 --> 01:16:54,320
So then we turned it into a tank battle.
730
01:16:56,000 --> 01:17:01,440
And to actually have a tank live there
that was 30. 20 feet high.
731
01:17:03,920 --> 01:17:07,480
lt was crazy. We got a tank somewhere.
l don't know where we got a tank from.
732
01:17:09,720 --> 01:17:11,320
and built it in the H.l.S.S. Tank way.
733
01:17:14,800 --> 01:17:16,440
and you could fire it in the warehouse.
734
01:17:20,840 --> 01:17:23,200
This sequence was actually
originally scripted
735
01:17:26,319 --> 01:17:28,680
And we didn't have the money to do it.
736
01:17:30,079 --> 01:17:32,960
that even remotely looked like it
in New Orleans
737
01:17:35,439 --> 01:17:37,720
lt's actually one of the things
that was so hard.
738
01:17:41,920 --> 01:17:47,240
And we came up with this idea
of Fort Sumter being a symbol of war.
739
01:17:50,159 --> 01:17:52,520
when the guy's gonna
talk about disarmament.
740
01:17:53,960 --> 01:17:56,400
"we can actually do this ending
here in New Orleans"
741
01:18:00,079 --> 01:18:03,560
gave us enough sense of grounding
and sense of purpose about it
742
01:18:06,399 --> 01:18:09,320
l think l'll always miss the UN a little bit.
743
01:18:15,119 --> 01:18:17,720
a sort of Dr. Strangeloye-esque
feel to it.
744
01:18:20,319 --> 01:18:22,360
so they could use them
throughout the battle.
745
01:18:25,319 --> 01:18:26,800
be in histoy and have. you know.
746
01:18:29,680 --> 01:18:32,600
or shadows of the soldiers
from past wars above these guys.
747
01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:36,160
Yes. Hary Humphries.
who was our militay advisor
748
01:18:37,920 --> 01:18:40,640
He was part of the Joe Colton
old-guy crew.
749
01:18:43,039 --> 01:18:45,440
Old-school. l'm an old guy.
l can say that.
750
01:18:50,239 --> 01:18:54,800
l guess we iust put a sticker on that
thing. if it's from a different county.
751
01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:01,600
l think it's almost the biggest laugh
in the whole movie.
752
01:19:03,079 --> 01:19:05,240
l'm gonna put _ngy Birds
in evey one of my movies.
753
01:19:09,720 --> 01:19:12,000
This was always
a controversial and crazy idea.
754
01:19:14,439 --> 01:19:17,280
l remember when the studio first read it.
and Hasbro.
755
01:19:19,239 --> 01:19:22,680
"You're gonna launch
evey nuclear weapon in the world?"
756
01:19:24,239 --> 01:19:29,360
"This is cool. this is diabolically insane.
twisted logic.
757
01:19:32,039 --> 01:19:33,440
l remember
when l read it for the first time
758
01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:36,560
l was like. "What?
How do you get out of this one?"
759
01:19:38,399 --> 01:19:41,000
lt was one of those ones. where
when you first read it. you were like.
760
01:19:48,279 --> 01:19:50,440
We have so much cool footage
we couldn't put in.
761
01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:54,920
- Especially of Elodie. l always miss that.
- Yeah.
762
01:20:20,159 --> 01:20:21,320
And this ioke we used. l don't know.
how many times in marketing.
763
01:20:22,520 --> 01:20:24,160
l had no idea
it was gonna work like that.
764
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:29,920
His pe_ormance. her pe_ormance
together are amazing.
765
01:20:33,479 --> 01:20:35,800
He's like. "You gotta use my car.
it's awesome."
766
01:20:37,920 --> 01:20:40,360
To have Joe Colton do that car.
the El Camino.
767
01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:47,160
- lt was so much fun watching him do it.
- Yes.
768
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:55,040
is how do you cast a President
that's credible as a President?
769
01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:58,480
So it's vey difficult. it's tricky.
770
01:21:04,159 --> 01:21:07,200
So when you ty to cast
the President of the United States.
771
01:21:09,520 --> 01:21:13,920
And Jonathan gave it
such a level of credibility and gravity.
772
01:21:17,399 --> 01:21:19,480
that he held in that thing. you know?
773
01:21:25,199 --> 01:21:27,160
lt used to be seeing iust dots go along.
774
01:21:31,319 --> 01:21:33,480
But it really didn't.
when we came down to it.
775
01:21:36,399 --> 01:21:38,240
And this is. again.
one of these things where.
776
01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:46,440
'cause they're nuts. And he's nuts.
777
01:21:49,279 --> 01:21:50,320
Yeah.
778
01:21:52,439 --> 01:21:55,280
was those threats started
right about when we were releasing.
779
01:21:56,520 --> 01:21:58,160
That's serious stuff.
780
01:22:00,640 --> 01:22:02,920
"Okay. which city are we
going to blow up?"
781
01:22:05,439 --> 01:22:07,480
gone through evey single thing.
782
01:22:14,119 --> 01:22:17,400
And so. l think we all sat down.
we were like. "Let's do London.
783
01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:22,520
lt's one of the most incredible shots
ILM did. though.
784
01:22:23,920 --> 01:22:27,560
An amazing company.
but that shot is just something else.
785
01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:32,280
you could pause that on any frame
and you can see how detailed...
786
01:22:36,079 --> 01:22:37,480
Yeah. it's crazy.
787
01:22:40,479 --> 01:22:42,520
and iust stare at that box
for the whole shot
788
01:22:44,239 --> 01:22:45,800
So it was intense.
789
01:22:50,640 --> 01:22:54,240
lt was interesting. it was definitely
a struggle for us. is that.
790
01:22:57,399 --> 01:22:59,160
the handing off of leadership.
791
01:23:04,239 --> 01:23:06,240
when you're establishing the movie.
792
01:23:10,479 --> 01:23:13,800
And it took a lot of massaging
for us to figure that out.
793
01:23:16,239 --> 01:23:17,560
Look at this shot. it's crazy.
794
01:23:21,359 --> 01:23:24,440
Those buildings... l iust went to London
to premiere our movie there.
795
01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:31,200
"l know what we did with this window."
It was pretty cool.
796
01:23:43,119 --> 01:23:45,280
l love these shots. It's iust so fun to see.
797
01:23:47,880 --> 01:23:50,240
We had actually more shots of them
taking over the Capitol.
798
01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:54,560
The Supreme Court Justice.
rounding them up.
799
01:23:58,479 --> 01:24:00,920
- ln one shot. it said eveything.
- Yeah.
800
01:24:03,920 --> 01:24:06,400
We were like.
how fast should they fall. and...
801
01:24:08,880 --> 01:24:11,320
- Who's releasing them?
- Who's releasing them? Yeah.
802
01:24:13,199 --> 01:24:14,720
- l remember that debate.
- Yeah.
803
01:24:18,479 --> 01:24:22,360
lt's one of the things
that's so interesting in filmmaking is.
804
01:24:25,039 --> 01:24:28,680
that can tell a lot of stoy
in a really short period of time?
805
01:24:30,479 --> 01:24:31,800
the rounding up
the Supreme Court Justices.
806
01:24:33,880 --> 01:24:35,840
"l got it. This is bad."
807
01:24:40,680 --> 01:24:42,840
- This thing. the Ripsaw tank.
- Ripsaw. yeah.
808
01:24:45,840 --> 01:24:50,360
Of course Dwayne has to have it battling
these three giant H.l.S.S. Tanks.
809
01:24:54,159 --> 01:24:55,960
lt drives through houses.
810
01:24:57,920 --> 01:25:00,680
So it's fun to play around with that thing.
811
01:25:02,760 --> 01:25:05,360
lt was fun to stage that.
and it was complicated to do that.
812
01:25:09,920 --> 01:25:14,680
'cause we had this real thing.
Those are real H.l.S.S. Tanks to a point.
813
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:18,360
you have to create some of it.
814
01:25:20,079 --> 01:25:22,000
- l love that one.
- Love that...
815
01:25:23,199 --> 01:25:25,000
l think that was your idea.
816
01:25:28,039 --> 01:25:30,200
And even the sound. having it go out.
817
01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:38,320
But. again. that's another one of those
combo things. from our stunt guys.
818
01:25:41,960 --> 01:25:44,280
to DD. who did the tanks.
all those things.
819
01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:48,560
Yes.
820
01:25:51,439 --> 01:25:53,160
Who would've thought?
821
01:25:56,199 --> 01:25:57,560
l always loved them.
822
01:26:01,399 --> 01:26:04,360
The yin and the yang
coming together in a swirl.
823
01:26:08,680 --> 01:26:10,520
lt says eveything about who they are.
824
01:26:14,199 --> 01:26:16,080
"Nope. l'm on your team."
825
01:26:18,159 --> 01:26:20,600
Steve Windon. who is our DP.
826
01:26:25,640 --> 01:26:26,880
That's what l love about Steve Windon.
827
01:26:30,359 --> 01:26:32,680
but also iconic moments.
828
01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:37,280
in the most comic book character way.
829
01:26:38,920 --> 01:26:41,720
Yeah. l think it's one of the hardest
things to do in these big movies.
830
01:26:42,960 --> 01:26:48,080
How do you keep that 5'10".
6-foot creature called humans
831
01:26:51,960 --> 01:26:53,640
Both of us. when we saw fast fiye,
832
01:26:56,840 --> 01:27:00,440
The dynamism of it. and yet
you never lost sense of the characters.
833
01:27:03,319 --> 01:27:06,280
And when we were
debating about which DP.
834
01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:10,320
that you and l both gravitated towards.
835
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:13,800
Yeah.
836
01:27:19,279 --> 01:27:22,600
the fight with the President
and the Red Ninja.
837
01:27:26,560 --> 01:27:30,480
But it iust became a distraction from
getting the actual suitcase throughout.
838
01:27:34,319 --> 01:27:36,520
l love seeing Bruce fight here.
839
01:27:41,239 --> 01:27:43,400
That was a big moment.
Bruce Willis walking on the set. huh?
840
01:27:46,920 --> 01:27:49,120
l was nervous. but he was great.
841
01:27:53,039 --> 01:27:56,240
and you look at the monitor. l forgot that
it was a movie that l was making.
842
01:28:00,079 --> 01:28:03,800
lt's funny. 'cause when you're
working on these stunt action beats.
843
01:28:06,119 --> 01:28:08,760
That's Steve Ritzi. actually.
our stunt coordinator.
844
01:28:09,960 --> 01:28:14,240
And sometimes it comes from him.
sometimes it comes from Jon.
845
01:28:16,560 --> 01:28:18,640
lt comes from all different people.
846
01:28:21,199 --> 01:28:22,920
lt was such an interestingly
choreographed...
847
01:28:27,439 --> 01:28:29,400
to distract the audience.
848
01:28:31,560 --> 01:28:33,120
l remember
when Ritzi first pitched it to us.
849
01:28:36,119 --> 01:28:38,520
That's kind of cool.
nobody's seen that in so long.
850
01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:43,400
"What way have you
never entered a scene before?"
851
01:28:44,680 --> 01:28:46,640
'Cause he could say.
"l did that. l did that. l did this."
852
01:28:50,800 --> 01:28:52,600
'cause he knew evey single one.
853
01:28:54,640 --> 01:28:55,920
l remember him
pointing to his shoulder.
854
01:28:58,600 --> 01:29:00,120
or something crazy.
855
01:29:05,239 --> 01:29:08,240
And. again. Byung-Hun Lee
giving a great pe_ormance here.
856
01:29:10,720 --> 01:29:13,160
But you feel for a ninia. which is cool.
857
01:29:21,680 --> 01:29:23,760
l remember this debate.
Remember this debate?
858
01:29:26,560 --> 01:29:29,040
- But it's so cool.
- lt's pretty awesome.
859
01:29:31,199 --> 01:29:33,080
And l think that was something that...
It was actually...
860
01:29:35,640 --> 01:29:37,800
He was like.
"What if we just cut it in half?"
861
01:29:39,479 --> 01:29:43,480
Again. it's so hard to tell if you're going
over the top or not with a movie like this.
862
01:29:45,279 --> 01:29:47,360
as we were sort of going
and seeing cuts put together.
863
01:29:49,680 --> 01:29:51,800
but you have to ground it.
all at the same time.
864
01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:55,800
l'm so glad that came into the movie.
That was gone for a while.
865
01:30:01,399 --> 01:30:04,560
And that helicopter... Oh. my gosh.
That thing is awesome.
866
01:30:07,840 --> 01:30:10,280
Does that mean Cobra's
in the ne_ movie?
867
01:30:11,560 --> 01:30:12,560
You never know. You never know.
868
01:30:15,920 --> 01:30:17,800
Maybe Duke'll be alive.
869
01:30:25,199 --> 01:30:27,080
This whole fort was really crazy.
870
01:30:30,520 --> 01:30:33,560
With crocodiles in the moats
that we had to be careful of.
871
01:30:37,680 --> 01:30:38,640
And this moment. l love it.
872
01:30:40,479 --> 01:30:44,200
to finally get onto the tank
and just fire that gun.
873
01:30:51,279 --> 01:30:53,400
- and misses the other guy.
- Misses the other guy.
874
01:30:55,920 --> 01:30:57,280
- He'll get it.
- Exactly.
875
01:31:02,800 --> 01:31:04,120
how many times were we like.
876
01:31:06,720 --> 01:31:09,520
We had to find vey strategic places
that never bumped you
877
01:31:17,880 --> 01:31:21,040
One of the good things about working
with Dwayne. he's so up for anything.
878
01:31:23,760 --> 01:31:26,080
He's always prepared. totally on it.
879
01:31:31,319 --> 01:31:34,640
So we had to like do a lot of tricks
to make it look fast.
880
01:31:37,079 --> 01:31:39,120
then we built them. and we were like.
"These move really slowly.
881
01:31:41,159 --> 01:31:42,960
- You remember that?
- Yeah.
882
01:31:45,239 --> 01:31:48,080
l remember thinking
how cool fan boats were
883
01:31:51,239 --> 01:31:52,840
l always wanted to do a fan boat
from that.
884
01:31:55,439 --> 01:31:56,960
l can't remember.
885
01:32:05,680 --> 01:32:07,680
Yeah. this is the big showdown.
886
01:32:12,880 --> 01:32:17,000
Again. to me it was like
always e_ended brass knuckles.
887
01:32:20,279 --> 01:32:22,520
We went back and forth with.
"How realistic is this?"
888
01:32:26,000 --> 01:32:27,880
but that they're actually attacking.
889
01:32:31,880 --> 01:32:32,920
So it didn't seem like...
890
01:32:35,439 --> 01:32:38,520
ThanMully.
Ray and Dwayne are so game.
891
01:32:40,399 --> 01:32:43,080
Look at how hardcore they're going at it.
892
01:32:50,159 --> 01:32:53,840
l was always like. "l don't know. man.
how many bullets can go off here?"
893
01:32:55,439 --> 01:32:56,400
Yeah. we did at one point.
894
01:33:02,079 --> 01:33:03,680
But l love at the end here.
he's out of bullets.
895
01:33:10,800 --> 01:33:12,480
Sees that suitcase.
896
01:33:15,439 --> 01:33:16,760
Again. it was so hot here.
897
01:33:19,479 --> 01:33:21,160
the flies were out.
898
01:33:23,239 --> 01:33:26,000
because you iust see these bugs
flying eve_here. It was so disgusting.
899
01:33:30,279 --> 01:33:32,160
lt was pretty disgusting.
900
01:33:53,640 --> 01:33:55,760
and how were we gonna make sure
the audience is gonna react.
901
01:33:57,319 --> 01:33:59,440
l think we had so many characters.
it was always a puzzle
902
01:34:03,319 --> 01:34:07,280
But this moment here...
Actually. this was a Ritzi moment. too.
903
01:34:08,720 --> 01:34:10,280
"He should iust walk away
and press the button.
904
01:34:13,800 --> 01:34:15,200
lt's one of those classic moments.
905
01:34:21,039 --> 01:34:23,400
lt's funny when you re-watch this scene.
And we were talking about it.
906
01:34:25,880 --> 01:34:27,280
then you go back and look at it
907
01:34:29,680 --> 01:34:32,160
- That one we always really relished.
- Yes.
908
01:34:35,119 --> 01:34:37,120
Sometimes those moments are tricky.
the balance.
909
01:34:39,760 --> 01:34:41,800
l always love
how uncompromising it is here
910
01:34:46,319 --> 01:34:49,400
You know. it's not the way
you normally play in a movie like this.
911
01:34:52,079 --> 01:34:54,480
- He is so not over his grudge.
- Yeah.
912
01:34:57,359 --> 01:34:58,360
That has to keep going.
913
01:35:00,279 --> 01:35:02,360
Plus. there's room to milk it.
914
01:35:09,079 --> 01:35:10,400
G.l. Joes.
915
01:35:15,159 --> 01:35:16,160
l love these kids.
916
01:35:18,279 --> 01:35:21,480
Yeah. l think that there was
a moment of attaching that.
917
01:35:23,560 --> 01:35:26,560
the head of the studio.
who had this idea of.
918
01:35:35,319 --> 01:35:36,440
lt's good to see the President.
919
01:35:37,640 --> 01:35:41,000
Here we are supposedly
at the edge of Arlington National.
920
01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:48,400
- Again.
- Again.
921
01:35:51,720 --> 01:35:53,840
Yeah. and the Washington Monument
back there.
922
01:35:58,119 --> 01:36:01,240
lt's funny. even in the script
it made you get tears in your eyes.
923
01:36:03,159 --> 01:36:04,120
- He iust...
- He killed it.
924
01:36:07,119 --> 01:36:08,320
And you iust feel that.
925
01:36:10,960 --> 01:36:14,200
he really understood this dynamic
in a way that we couldn't understand it.
926
01:36:17,840 --> 01:36:19,520
Even at the moment.
l didn't quite get that.
927
01:36:21,159 --> 01:36:22,480
and see what he's doing
underneath it all.
928
01:36:27,600 --> 01:36:29,280
They're all Joes now.
929
01:36:32,600 --> 01:36:34,400
l always thought this was fun. too.
930
01:36:39,840 --> 01:36:41,720
Two generations of stars.
931
01:36:45,079 --> 01:36:47,200
The respect they have for each other
is huge.
932
01:36:49,039 --> 01:36:51,280
to see them together again
would be amazing.
933
01:37:02,399 --> 01:37:03,400
Boom.
934
01:37:08,319 --> 01:37:10,720
with this way of iust reminding us
of the adventure.
935
01:37:14,119 --> 01:37:16,520
And How You Like Me Now?,
it's just that song is just pe_ect for it.
936
01:37:18,720 --> 01:37:20,240
We never mentioned Hasbro either.
937
01:37:23,319 --> 01:37:24,360
What's great about working with them is
938
01:37:27,880 --> 01:37:30,160
And they were always constantly
coming to us with new ideas about.
939
01:37:32,520 --> 01:37:34,000
That whole part of the sequence
we had to cut out.
940
01:37:36,159 --> 01:37:37,600
That was crazy.
941
01:37:39,439 --> 01:37:40,960
Yeah. go. Jinx.
942
01:37:50,039 --> 01:37:52,440
And Heny did a great iob
doing the music.
943
01:37:55,119 --> 01:37:57,400
and things that he found really well.
944
01:38:09,159 --> 01:38:11,240
- Love that move.
- Yeah.
945
01:38:19,920 --> 01:38:21,880
That's a great character introduction.
l gotta say.
946
01:38:26,680 --> 01:38:30,080
She's really such a delight
to work with. too.
947
01:38:32,359 --> 01:38:34,320
and evey single person
brought their own thing.
948
01:38:36,520 --> 01:38:39,160
lt iust felt like
you could attach yourself to any of them
949
01:38:40,880 --> 01:38:44,600
l could hang out with all those
guys and girls at a bar and be cool.
950
01:38:48,039 --> 01:38:51,920
You want somebody
for each person to relate to. you know?
951
01:38:56,680 --> 01:39:00,080
simply because they're
more possible for who you are.
952
01:39:04,239 --> 01:39:06,680
- Way to go. buddy. Way to go.
- Good job to you. too.
953
01:39:08,600 --> 01:39:12,200
- That's an awesome logo right there.
- Designed by Steven Soderbergh.
954
01:39:12,600 --> 01:39:14,080
- ls that true? Wow.
- Yeah.
955
01:39:16,319 --> 01:39:17,880
l had a clause in my contract that
956
01:39:20,279 --> 01:39:21,840
And he's like.
"l don't like logos on my movie."
957
01:39:23,079 --> 01:39:24,080
He goes.
"Because l don't like the logos."
958
01:39:25,760 --> 01:39:27,640
And there was this long silence.
and he goes. "Are you serious?"
959
01:39:30,000 --> 01:39:32,000
- And that's the logo.
- Nice. nice.
960
01:39:36,079 --> 01:39:38,840
and he goes.
"l guess you really did like it. huh?"
961
01:39:41,000 --> 01:39:43,120
- He didn't see it in 3-D.
- That's what he's gotta see.
962
01:39:45,039 --> 01:39:46,520
The movie is still in theatres.
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