With filming almost complete on Nimrod Antal’s please Jesus be good Predator franchise reboot “Predators”, we are getting a little sauce on the backgrounds of the characters soon to be prey to those tusky mawed human hunters.
Laurence Fishburne, better known as Morpheus, apparently plays a guy that has survived on the Predator home world for 10 years living in a cave. He is therefore a spectacular badass. Louis Ozawa Changchien sat down with Gigazine (via Io9) and spoke about his own character as well as the Fishes.
First he illuminates on Laurence:
Yes, it is. We were nagging them everyday like “Is Fishburne really coming?” but all of us were excited to find out indeed he is. There were many rumours at first, like it will be Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, or even Arnold Schwarzenegger, but I’m glad Laurence was casted in the end. It’s a really interesting role, quite different from Morpheus. A bit shady, crazy, surviving on his own, kind of a ratty character. I didn’t know anything about his role, and we all went to see the rehearsal. It was quite a surprise.
Mr. Changchien on his own part in the proceedings:
G: The synopsis on IMDb says “A group of elite warriors are hunted by members of a merciless alien race known as Predators.” , and you are casted as “Hanzo”. What is he like?
L: He’s basically a mean yakuza. A yakuza abducted by the Predators.
G: Why was he abducted?
L: He’s not the boss in the yakuza family but obviously not a no-one. He’s probably a right-hand man sort of guy, very much feared and very skilled. Excellent gun man and also competent with a sword.
G: So his fighting skill attracted the attention of Predators?
L: I guess so. That part is not explained in the movie, everyone is suddenly abducted and dropped on the Hunting Camp, so they’re not aware of where they are or why they were dropped there. They all gradually become aware of the situation and surroundings.
G: Was it easy to get into your role?
L: It was a bit challenging, in fact. He’s the silent type, man of very few words, whereas I’m very talkative and love joking around. As Hanzo, I have to be cool and collected for a change.
G: Is Hanzo a cold-blooded killer?
L: I guess he used to be, a guy who can murder someone without a qualm, but by the time he arrives to the Hunting Camp, he’ll no longer be that kind of person. Those things aren’t explained in the script, but you’ll get it when you see the movie.
G: Can you tell us what he looks like?
L: His outfit is a grey three-piece suit, slinging a Beretta on his shoulder. His other weapon is a Japanese sword he finds in the Hunting Camp. It was left there by a 15th century samurai, who was probably killed there.
A trailer can’t be too far away. Like I said. Please don’t screw this movie up. It’s hard to reboot a reboot.
