WEBVTT 00:00:02.983 --> 00:00:05.194 SIMU LIU: You know, when I was still struggling as an actor, 00:00:06.028 --> 00:00:08.822 I had this job where I literally dressed up 00:00:08.906 --> 00:00:11.116 as Spider-Man for kids' birthday parties. 00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:13.702 And the reason why I'm dressed up as Spider-Man is 'cause 00:00:13.786 --> 00:00:15.829 I was Asian and I couldn't show my face. 00:00:15.913 --> 00:00:18.958 There weren't any Asian superheroes, you know? 00:00:19.041 --> 00:00:22.836 So, I could only play one of those heroes with a full mask. 00:00:24.838 --> 00:00:27.800 And it's pretty incredible now that, uh, 00:00:27.883 --> 00:00:31.762 you know, not only is Shang-Chi making it to the big screen, but he has no mask. 00:00:31.845 --> 00:00:37.851 His face is, you know, is just his face and he's out there. 00:00:48.737 --> 00:00:52.366 People will inevitably watch this movie and be like, 00:00:52.491 --> 00:00:56.036 "Did he do his own stunts? Does know martial arts?" 00:00:56.120 --> 00:00:59.915 And to those people, I only have one thing to say. 00:01:30.072 --> 00:01:33.034 LIU: When they announced Shang-Chi, I was like really, really excited 00:01:33.117 --> 00:01:35.995 and at the same time, did a bit of research on the character. 00:01:36.078 --> 00:01:39.665 I was like, "Okay, he's a martial arts master 00:01:39.749 --> 00:01:41.000 "and he's an Asian guy." 00:01:41.083 --> 00:01:43.711 So, I was like, "Okay, where are they gonna take this?" 00:01:44.795 --> 00:01:49.091 The comic was originally created in the 1970s, 00:01:49.175 --> 00:01:53.512 where there was a bit of, shall we say, a Kung fu craze, 00:01:53.596 --> 00:01:56.224 you know, sweeping across America. 00:01:56.307 --> 00:01:59.268 It was not the most, 00:01:59.810 --> 00:02:03.314 uh, progressive source material that we've ever had. 00:02:04.065 --> 00:02:05.858 And, you know, from day one, 00:02:05.942 --> 00:02:09.237 it was something that we knew right off the bat had to change. 00:02:10.488 --> 00:02:14.492 When we looked at the comics, I think we learned a lot. 00:02:14.575 --> 00:02:16.118 Some of that was what not to do. 00:02:16.202 --> 00:02:18.913 Shang-Chi in 1973, was definitely brought to life 00:02:18.996 --> 00:02:21.707 by people who are big fans of Kung fu cinema, 00:02:21.791 --> 00:02:25.044 but didn't necessarily understand it from the inside out. 00:02:25.127 --> 00:02:31.050 It was very important that this story was told primarily by Asian-Americans. 00:02:31.133 --> 00:02:34.095 With Dave Callaham as the writer and with Destin as the director, 00:02:34.178 --> 00:02:36.514 we felt like we were in good hands in making sure 00:02:36.597 --> 00:02:38.015 that we honored that experience. 00:02:38.099 --> 00:02:41.269 Yeah, the more you can make it feel heart felt... 00:02:41.394 --> 00:02:42.979 Then when she says, "Are you..." 00:02:43.062 --> 00:02:48.276 Destin had already proven himself to be a very adept filmmaker, 00:02:48.359 --> 00:02:50.361 primarily working with amazing actors. 00:02:50.444 --> 00:02:51.612 So, we knew that. 00:02:51.696 --> 00:02:53.114 What you don't always know is, 00:02:53.197 --> 00:02:56.200 are they interested in stepping into the Marvel process? 00:02:56.284 --> 00:02:58.536 Are they interested in taking on something 00:02:58.619 --> 00:03:01.581 that is on a much bigger scale than they've done before? 00:03:01.664 --> 00:03:03.249 I showed up and saw these crane... 00:03:03.332 --> 00:03:05.334 I've never seen a crane this big in my life, 00:03:05.418 --> 00:03:08.212 and there's two of them. Yeah, the scale's insane. 00:03:10.631 --> 00:03:15.261 Growing up, I didn't really have anyone besides 00:03:15.344 --> 00:03:18.306 Bruce Lee, Rufio, 00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:23.403 Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat to dress up on Halloween. 00:03:23.486 --> 00:03:24.946 Those are my three options. 00:03:26.406 --> 00:03:29.867 CRETTON: To be able to add not only one character, 00:03:29.951 --> 00:03:33.746 but to add a whole cornucopia of Asian faces, 00:03:33.830 --> 00:03:37.834 and just seeing these young Asian characters 00:03:37.917 --> 00:03:40.878 acting like I act and my friends act, 00:03:40.962 --> 00:03:44.090 is just something I've never really seen before. 00:03:44.173 --> 00:03:47.385 And it's really exciting to be a part of it. 00:03:47.468 --> 00:03:49.971 I have a lot of experience writing action movies 00:03:50.054 --> 00:03:52.432 and writing comedy-action movies. 00:03:52.515 --> 00:03:55.685 At this point, I've been doing it for 18 years professionally, now. 00:03:55.768 --> 00:03:59.063 The thing I was doing was writing for other people, essentially. 00:03:59.147 --> 00:04:04.068 I was imagining, "What would it be like to be a hot White guy named Chris?" 00:04:04.152 --> 00:04:08.281 And then I write that character going through the world like that. 00:04:08.364 --> 00:04:11.701 This was the first opportunity that I've ever been given 00:04:11.784 --> 00:04:14.245 to write a little bit more of my own story. 00:04:15.330 --> 00:04:17.957 LIU: The thing that we're really fortunate with about Shang-Chi 00:04:18.041 --> 00:04:20.752 is just that he's pretty obscure. 00:04:20.835 --> 00:04:22.503 Not a lot of people have heard of him. 00:04:22.587 --> 00:04:26.090 As far as his origin story, there's nothing quite as iconic as, 00:04:26.174 --> 00:04:28.134 for example, Bruce Wayne with Batman 00:04:28.217 --> 00:04:30.887 or Spider-Man getting bitten by the radioactive spider. 00:04:30.970 --> 00:04:34.223 What really moved me from the comics 00:04:34.307 --> 00:04:37.352 was this really interesting relationship 00:04:37.435 --> 00:04:42.482 of a dad who trained his son to be a killer, 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:46.569 and now, his son is back and grown up. 00:04:46.652 --> 00:04:50.239 And he has to face him. That was really exciting to me. 00:04:50.323 --> 00:04:53.951 And it was the basis of the pitch that I gave them. 00:04:54.035 --> 00:04:57.580 And it was actually a very personal pitch. 00:04:58.831 --> 00:05:02.335 FEIGE: Destin really had this remarkable story of this son 00:05:02.418 --> 00:05:04.212 who felt one way about his father, 00:05:04.295 --> 00:05:06.673 and learned to think another way about his father. 00:05:06.756 --> 00:05:10.635 And it was really emotional, in a way that you go, 00:05:10.718 --> 00:05:13.930 "Well, if we can carry that through the development of a script 00:05:14.013 --> 00:05:17.433 "and into this final movie, this will be everything we've dreamed of." 00:05:30.530 --> 00:05:33.408 TSAI CHIN: What... Which one is it? LIU: It's the Funyuns. 00:05:33.533 --> 00:05:35.868 -It's the Funyuns and the cigarette. -This one? 00:05:35.952 --> 00:05:37.829 -It's called Fun... -They're called "Funyuns." 00:05:37.912 --> 00:05:39.497 They're like onions, but more fun. 00:05:39.580 --> 00:05:41.791 LIU: It's our first day of filming. 00:05:41.874 --> 00:05:43.459 It's a family scene, 00:05:43.543 --> 00:05:46.921 and I think everyone was really nervous/anxious/excited. 00:05:47.005 --> 00:05:49.966 But, um, once we all got on set and we kind of felt the vibe, 00:05:50.049 --> 00:05:53.469 we kind of really chilled out, and now, we're at it. 00:05:53.553 --> 00:05:57.306 So, I hope the rest of the shoot goes like this, 'cause this was great. 00:05:57.390 --> 00:05:58.474 KYM BARRETT: Draw them up. 00:05:58.558 --> 00:06:00.768 CALLAHAM: I'm Chinese-American. I was raised here. 00:06:00.852 --> 00:06:03.312 I don't feel too much of a connection to China, 00:06:03.396 --> 00:06:06.899 which is a thing that gives me a sense of shame, to a degree. 00:06:06.983 --> 00:06:10.403 I was interested in exploring what that story could be like 00:06:10.486 --> 00:06:13.239 if this is a person who's spent time in both places. 00:06:13.323 --> 00:06:18.786 He has, sort of, the ethics and the culture of China behind him. 00:06:18.870 --> 00:06:21.622 He was raised to care about family. 00:06:21.706 --> 00:06:24.917 He was raised to listen to his parents. 00:06:24.918 --> 00:06:26.419 (SPEAKING MANDARIN) 00:06:27.128 --> 00:06:30.548 CALLAHAM: But because he spent time in America and because his time in America 00:06:30.631 --> 00:06:33.051 was spent hiding from his past, 00:06:33.134 --> 00:06:36.554 he's built up a lot of defense mechanisms around himself. 00:06:36.637 --> 00:06:38.139 Okay. Okay. 00:06:39.015 --> 00:06:43.436 BARRETT: He's got a slightly goofy playfulness over the top of this, 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:45.480 like, hidden part of his character 00:06:45.563 --> 00:06:48.649 which we don't really see until later on. 00:06:48.733 --> 00:06:52.820 So, we just tried to give him a very American sensibility 00:06:52.904 --> 00:06:56.532 because he actually is, in a way, kind of hiding from his past. 00:06:56.616 --> 00:07:01.871 So, he's, in effect, wearing a costume when we first meet him. 00:07:01.954 --> 00:07:03.373 (SPEAKING MANDARIN) 00:07:04.666 --> 00:07:06.876 (IN ENGLISH) I don't know what you're talking about. 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:10.713 CRETTON: Our character doesn't find his superpower by, 00:07:10.797 --> 00:07:14.050 you know, falling into a pit of slime. 00:07:14.133 --> 00:07:17.136 He finds it through going inward 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:22.308 and dealing with the things that he's been avoiding from his past and running from. 00:07:22.392 --> 00:07:23.851 That's definitely something 00:07:23.935 --> 00:07:27.397 that is rooted in a lot of beautiful Chinese stories. 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:31.984 You know, it's been a really in-depth search to try to find 00:07:32.068 --> 00:07:36.197 somebody who will capture this character 00:07:36.280 --> 00:07:40.326 with all the dimensions that he deserves 00:07:41.577 --> 00:07:44.247 and it's going pretty well. 00:07:44.330 --> 00:07:45.373 We found him. 00:07:47.250 --> 00:07:51.087 -WOMAN: Do you wanna tell us who he is? -You guys wanna meet him? 00:07:51.170 --> 00:07:54.007 Our search was spearheaded, as always, by the great Sarah Finn, 00:07:54.090 --> 00:07:55.299 who's done such a great job 00:07:55.383 --> 00:07:57.802 finding many actors in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 00:07:57.885 --> 00:08:01.889 Destin and Jonathan and Sarah saw literally hundreds of people, 00:08:01.973 --> 00:08:05.935 that we went through numerous rounds, and found some wonderful people. 00:08:06.019 --> 00:08:07.520 But nobody that... 00:08:07.603 --> 00:08:10.857 There is that thing at Marvel, which is, when you know, you know. 00:08:10.940 --> 00:08:13.860 And everybody sort of agrees. And we hadn't found that yet. 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:16.946 My real name is Shang-Chi. 00:08:18.948 --> 00:08:20.450 FEMALE CREW MEMBER: Shang-chi? 00:08:21.284 --> 00:08:22.285 Shang-Chi. 00:08:22.368 --> 00:08:25.621 I am just painfully ordinary. 00:08:25.705 --> 00:08:27.582 I haven't been in a single movie before this. 00:08:27.665 --> 00:08:29.667 Hi, my name is Simu Liu and I'm six feet tall. 00:08:29.751 --> 00:08:31.753 I never thought that I would be in the running 00:08:31.836 --> 00:08:34.380 because I could think of 20 other guys 00:08:34.464 --> 00:08:36.466 who are taller than me, who are buffer than me, 00:08:36.549 --> 00:08:38.217 who are better martial artists than me. 00:08:38.301 --> 00:08:40.845 The only thing, really, that I had to my name was like, 00:08:40.928 --> 00:08:42.972 I could maybe do some stunts 00:08:43.056 --> 00:08:45.850 and I could tell a joke, 'cause I was on this show in Canada 00:08:45.933 --> 00:08:47.393 called Kim's Convenience. 00:08:48.186 --> 00:08:50.772 Simu rose to the top of the pack. 00:08:50.855 --> 00:08:54.525 His take on the character was really funny and also had a lot of emotion. 00:08:54.609 --> 00:08:57.820 It was clear that there was this deep well of emotion there. 00:08:57.904 --> 00:08:59.322 We knew he was a fan, 00:08:59.405 --> 00:09:02.116 how badly he wanted it and how hard he worked for it. 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:05.078 Picking up the phone and calling Simu with Destin and Kevin 00:09:05.161 --> 00:09:06.496 and telling him he got the part, 00:09:06.579 --> 00:09:09.123 it's one of the most fun phone calls that we get to make. 00:09:09.207 --> 00:09:14.003 I watched Endgame in the movie theater in April of 2019, 00:09:14.087 --> 00:09:15.171 still as a fan, 00:09:15.254 --> 00:09:18.132 having no idea that three months later, 00:09:18.216 --> 00:09:21.469 I would be at Comic Con in front of, 00:09:21.552 --> 00:09:26.933 you know, 8,000 fans live being introduced as one of the next Phase-Four heroes. 00:09:27.016 --> 00:09:32.939 It is a huge honor for me to introduce you to the incredible Simu Liu. 00:09:47.328 --> 00:09:50.999 LIU: My first reaction to reading the script, I cried. 00:09:51.082 --> 00:09:55.211 I cried because there is such an intimate relationship 00:09:55.294 --> 00:09:57.839 between Shaun and the characters in his family. 00:09:58.798 --> 00:10:02.343 I cried because we got to see an Asian superhero 00:10:02.427 --> 00:10:04.220 saving the world and saving the day. 00:10:04.303 --> 00:10:06.389 And it was just such a profound moment 00:10:06.472 --> 00:10:09.726 for me as a fan, as an actor, as an Asian person. 00:10:26.701 --> 00:10:28.786 (IN ENGLISH) Did you guys get that, by the way? 00:10:29.954 --> 00:10:31.581 Not a damn thing. Okay, that's cool. 00:10:31.664 --> 00:10:35.043 The thing that really connects me to this Shaun character, 00:10:35.126 --> 00:10:39.756 is that we're both people that are in between. 00:10:39.839 --> 00:10:43.634 We're both people that struggle with two different halves of ourselves. 00:10:43.718 --> 00:10:46.387 My parents are from China. I was born in China. 00:10:46.471 --> 00:10:50.683 But I feel very much like an outsider when I visit the country. 00:10:50.767 --> 00:10:52.435 And I speak to my relatives 00:10:52.518 --> 00:10:54.312 and they make fun of me for my Mandarin. 00:10:54.395 --> 00:10:55.605 (SPEAKING MANDARIN) 00:10:55.688 --> 00:10:58.024 (IN ENGLISH) But in Canada and in the States as well, 00:10:58.107 --> 00:11:00.109 you aren't fully at home there, either. 00:11:01.277 --> 00:11:02.904 SCHWARTZ: We felt confident that even though 00:11:02.987 --> 00:11:04.906 it was gonna have a big action component, 00:11:04.989 --> 00:11:06.658 that we wanted to, as we always do, 00:11:06.741 --> 00:11:10.119 hire the best actor and get them as far along as we could with the action, 00:11:10.203 --> 00:11:12.872 that the audience would respond mostly to the performance 00:11:12.955 --> 00:11:16.834 and the emotion, and that the action and martial arts would follow. 00:11:16.918 --> 00:11:20.421 LIU: Going into a job like this, I think it's pretty natural that, 00:11:20.505 --> 00:11:23.049 you know, you have all sorts of insecurities. 00:11:23.132 --> 00:11:25.259 Destin was really great in, kind of, 00:11:25.343 --> 00:11:29.138 grounding me in what this movie was really about. 00:11:29.222 --> 00:11:30.306 Who is Shaun? 00:11:30.390 --> 00:11:32.809 What drives him to do the things that he does? 00:11:32.892 --> 00:11:36.145 And in what ways will he find himself over the course of this movie? 00:11:36.229 --> 00:11:38.690 Focusing on that made all the rest of it, 00:11:38.773 --> 00:11:41.901 all the Marvel part of it, not seem so daunting. 00:11:48.950 --> 00:11:51.160 This character is the master of Kung Fu. 00:11:52.829 --> 00:11:54.247 He has mastered his body. 00:11:55.957 --> 00:12:00.878 Probably could scale a building just by climbing with his bare hands. 00:12:02.880 --> 00:12:05.174 I am definitely not that cool, all right? 00:12:05.258 --> 00:12:07.385 I have trouble getting out of bed in the morning 00:12:07.468 --> 00:12:09.387 -sometimes, when I'm really sore. -(ALARM BEEPING) 00:12:09.470 --> 00:12:10.972 Oh, no. 00:12:11.055 --> 00:12:13.141 -MAN: More. -Oh! Panic! At The Disco! 00:12:15.601 --> 00:12:18.855 -Oh, God. -Nine, ten. Okay, okay. 00:12:19.439 --> 00:12:21.441 (CHUCKLING) Are you ready? 00:12:21.524 --> 00:12:22.942 LIU: The moment that I was cast, 00:12:23.026 --> 00:12:26.738 we started to have conversations about what the training regimen would look like. 00:12:29.574 --> 00:12:32.285 I always fancied myself as kind of like a physical guy. 00:12:32.368 --> 00:12:33.369 Fifty-three. 00:12:33.453 --> 00:12:35.038 Toronto's a bit of a smaller market. 00:12:35.121 --> 00:12:37.582 So, I was doing stunts professionally at one point. 00:12:37.665 --> 00:12:41.919 I showed up for the first day of training and I just got my * kicked. 00:12:43.296 --> 00:12:47.425 They have him on a crazy training schedule. The poor guy. 00:12:48.468 --> 00:12:51.304 Let's go, let's go, let's go. Let's go! 00:12:51.387 --> 00:12:53.556 Basically, there's two main components. 00:12:54.682 --> 00:12:58.311 Strength and conditioning, and martial arts. 00:12:59.645 --> 00:13:02.190 First, we're making sure the fundamentals are there. 00:13:02.273 --> 00:13:04.525 Like flexibility, strength. 00:13:04.609 --> 00:13:07.111 He came in with a lot of strength and power. 00:13:07.195 --> 00:13:10.323 So, we really needed to work on his flexibility. 00:13:10.406 --> 00:13:12.533 -Oh, God. Oh, God! -One... 00:13:13.993 --> 00:13:15.662 -One... -(GRUNTING) 00:13:15.787 --> 00:13:18.623 Definitely one of the signs of a true martial artist 00:13:18.706 --> 00:13:20.833 is when they can just drop into splits, 00:13:20.917 --> 00:13:23.211 and they have that kind of range of motion 00:13:23.294 --> 00:13:25.755 that they trained over months and months and months. 00:13:25.838 --> 00:13:29.300 He has to learn two different styles of martial arts, 00:13:29.384 --> 00:13:34.138 because in our movie, he learns a very aggressive style from his dad, 00:13:34.222 --> 00:13:39.769 and he learns a much more spiritual flow from his mom. 00:13:39.852 --> 00:13:42.563 One main style that we're working on right now is Tai chi, 00:13:42.647 --> 00:13:44.190 which is very, very flowy. 00:13:44.273 --> 00:13:46.484 Very, I think, in harmony with your surroundings. 00:13:46.567 --> 00:13:49.862 Another one is Wing Chun, which is a bit more combative 00:13:49.946 --> 00:13:52.115 and then looking at certain regional styles 00:13:52.198 --> 00:13:54.534 like Southern boxing and other things, 00:13:54.617 --> 00:13:58.830 to kind of fill in this whole mosaic of how this character moves. 00:13:59.831 --> 00:14:03.543 We took the time to explore a lot. We explored what his strengths were. 00:14:04.168 --> 00:14:06.504 And we also covered all his weaknesses as well. 00:14:06.587 --> 00:14:07.964 LIU: Oh, no! What weaknesses? 00:14:08.047 --> 00:14:09.257 -(LAUGHING) -I have no weaknesses. 00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:10.758 -Come at me. -I have no weaknesses. 00:14:10.842 --> 00:14:13.302 -Doing the splits. -That's not what I told you say! 00:14:13.386 --> 00:14:14.387 Get in the splits. 00:14:16.973 --> 00:14:19.684 LIU: I wanted to do as much of the stunts as I could. 00:14:19.767 --> 00:14:22.437 I mean, I felt like it's the actor's responsibility 00:14:22.520 --> 00:14:27.442 to kind of become a sponge and to soak in as much as they can. 00:14:27.525 --> 00:14:30.361 Definitely wasn't able to do this when I got here for prep, 00:14:30.445 --> 00:14:35.825 but, uh, now, I'm very happy to say that I could go head to knee. 00:14:36.784 --> 00:14:39.704 LE: One, two, let's go! Whoo! 00:14:45.084 --> 00:14:48.963 A lot of that physical intensity of the training 00:14:49.047 --> 00:14:52.175 that he went through really mirrored the character. 00:14:53.926 --> 00:14:56.929 Talking with Simu, I think he was using a lot 00:14:57.013 --> 00:15:01.351 of that physical training as a mental tool to tap into the character. 00:15:06.939 --> 00:15:10.443 KATY: Your dad trained you to be an assassin when you were seven. 00:15:10.526 --> 00:15:13.446 You realize how messed up that is, right? 00:15:15.198 --> 00:15:18.451 SCHWARTZ: We really wanted this to be the opportunity to show off The Mandarin. 00:15:19.619 --> 00:15:22.497 The Mandarin is really a marquee character from the comics, 00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:24.874 who we've never been able to execute on screen. 00:15:25.416 --> 00:15:27.126 WENWU: Names are sacred. 00:15:27.210 --> 00:15:31.255 They connect us not only to ourselves, but to everyone who came before. 00:15:32.256 --> 00:15:37.178 Shang-Chi's father is Wenwu, also known as The Mandarin, 00:15:37.261 --> 00:15:41.683 who was portrayed to some degree in Iron Man Three. 00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:43.434 THE MANDARIN: You know who I am. 00:15:44.602 --> 00:15:46.437 You don't know where I am. 00:15:46.521 --> 00:15:49.190 And you'll never see me coming. 00:15:50.400 --> 00:15:51.901 What we got was a red herring. 00:15:51.984 --> 00:15:53.903 -Where's The Mandarin? Where is he? -(SCREAMING) 00:15:53.986 --> 00:15:56.280 When we really saw behind the curtain, 00:15:56.364 --> 00:15:59.450 we saw that he was just this, like, kind of dopey actor. 00:15:59.534 --> 00:16:01.577 My name is Trevor. Trevor Slattery. 00:16:01.661 --> 00:16:03.830 Don't hurt the face! I am an actor. 00:16:03.913 --> 00:16:07.542 We wanted Shaun to have a father of great power in China, 00:16:07.625 --> 00:16:09.961 and as it happened, the character of The Mandarin 00:16:10.044 --> 00:16:13.965 had already been teased, but not utilized in any true way. 00:16:14.048 --> 00:16:15.967 Going all the way back to Iron Man one, 00:16:16.050 --> 00:16:19.512 we've seen this organization called The Ten Rings pop up in Marvel movies. 00:16:19.595 --> 00:16:22.807 We've seen a little bit in Iron Man one, in Ant-Man. 00:16:22.890 --> 00:16:26.644 Then there was this short film that was released after Iron Man 3 00:16:26.728 --> 00:16:29.480 called All Hail the King that established that Trevor 00:16:29.564 --> 00:16:32.650 had been basically sprung from jail by the true Mandarin, 00:16:32.734 --> 00:16:34.068 who we don't see in the film. 00:16:34.152 --> 00:16:36.112 There's somebody who wants to meet you. 00:16:36.195 --> 00:16:38.656 -Do I know him? -No. 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:41.909 But you took his name, and now he wants it back. 00:16:44.579 --> 00:16:47.623 (CHUCKLES) Nope, sorry, I still don't get it. 00:16:48.750 --> 00:16:52.211 It's such a joy to have Sir Ben come back as Trev. 00:16:53.046 --> 00:16:55.048 The way that he plays him 00:16:55.131 --> 00:16:59.218 is just so weird and so endearing. 00:16:59.302 --> 00:17:04.682 Every scene just feels so alive and unlike anything I've seen before. 00:17:04.766 --> 00:17:07.018 Live on television. 00:17:08.478 --> 00:17:09.604 Sounds familiar, right? 00:17:09.687 --> 00:17:11.522 You shot a guy on live television? 00:17:11.606 --> 00:17:13.775 Yeah. No. Yeah, well, I faked it. 00:17:13.858 --> 00:17:16.986 But dramatically speaking, yes, I did the deed. 00:17:17.070 --> 00:17:20.448 This is my third visit to Trevor. 00:17:20.531 --> 00:17:24.952 The wonderful thing about Trevor is that he is an amazing adapter. 00:17:25.036 --> 00:17:28.247 He will adapt to anything. He's a wonderful survivor. 00:17:28.331 --> 00:17:29.374 Calm down, mate. 00:17:29.457 --> 00:17:32.710 I'm not dead. It's just a performance. Get down here and play along. 00:17:32.794 --> 00:17:34.212 As an actor, a craftsman, 00:17:34.295 --> 00:17:39.175 that whole package and that journey over a few years now, 00:17:39.258 --> 00:17:42.011 is to me, immensely attractive. 00:17:43.513 --> 00:17:45.807 SCHWARTZ: The Ten Rings were an element from the comics, 00:17:45.890 --> 00:17:48.226 which we felt were in need of an update. 00:17:48.309 --> 00:17:51.312 In the comics, there are ten rings that are worn on the fingers, 00:17:51.396 --> 00:17:53.064 and they all have different powers. 00:17:53.147 --> 00:17:55.608 ANDY PARK: The whole idea was to try to figure out 00:17:55.692 --> 00:17:58.945 a new language, a new power set. 00:17:59.028 --> 00:18:01.823 They knew that they didn't wanna do the rings on the finger 00:18:01.906 --> 00:18:04.283 like you see in the comic book. 00:18:04.367 --> 00:18:07.161 And probably the main reason is because of Thanos 00:18:07.245 --> 00:18:11.290 and the Infinity Saga that we just had being too similar. 00:18:11.374 --> 00:18:13.418 Destin had the idea that they would actually be 00:18:13.501 --> 00:18:17.171 more of the bracelets rings, like, martial arts training rings. 00:18:17.255 --> 00:18:19.132 SCHWARTZ: What those rings have become in Shang-Chi, 00:18:19.215 --> 00:18:21.342 is kind of Hung Gar inflected iron Kung fu rings 00:18:21.426 --> 00:18:23.720 that pop up a lot in Kung fu cinema 00:18:23.803 --> 00:18:26.180 that really feel a little bit truer to the genre. 00:18:26.264 --> 00:18:28.641 The Mandarin first found the actual physical Ten Rings 00:18:28.725 --> 00:18:30.393 that the organization became named for. 00:18:30.476 --> 00:18:31.728 And built that organization 00:18:31.811 --> 00:18:34.147 from the ground up with the power of those rings. 00:18:34.230 --> 00:18:36.649 Suddenly, the Ten Rings thing goes from an Easter egg 00:18:36.733 --> 00:18:40.820 in the very first MCU movie to the core of what I think 00:18:40.903 --> 00:18:44.240 is one of the greatest father-son relationships in any of our films. 00:18:44.324 --> 00:18:47.910 We will rebuild The Ten Rings to what it once was. 00:18:47.994 --> 00:18:51.914 FEIGE: Thinking about this character, as the father to Shang-Chi, 00:18:51.998 --> 00:18:55.877 as a man who is corrupted by these rings and corrupted by power, 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:59.130 and who at every turn kind of wanted to do the right thing. 00:18:59.213 --> 00:19:03.176 But his greed or his obsessions would turn him away from that. 00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:07.055 That started to unlock the notion of doing justice to a character 00:19:07.138 --> 00:19:11.893 and more justice than have ever been done in the comics, frankly. 00:19:11.976 --> 00:19:17.148 The Mandarin is a brand that we wanted to peel away 00:19:17.231 --> 00:19:22.195 and understand the person behind that title. 00:19:22.278 --> 00:19:27.367 If there was anybody in the world who will instantly break the cliché 00:19:27.450 --> 00:19:32.872 of the mustache-twirling villain, it would be Tony Leung. 00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:38.672 MAN: And, cutting. All right. 00:19:38.755 --> 00:19:40.632 -WOMAN: That was really nice. -(CHUCKLES) Right? 00:19:40.715 --> 00:19:41.758 WOMAN: That was great. 00:19:41.841 --> 00:19:43.718 LIU: So, I still cannot believe this. 00:19:43.802 --> 00:19:46.012 But I just shot a scene with Tony Leung, 00:19:46.096 --> 00:19:49.349 and, um. if you are into Asian cinema at all, 00:19:49.432 --> 00:19:52.852 you'll know that Tony Leung is an absolute legend. 00:19:53.895 --> 00:19:58.942 Every time I talk to my parents, they always lead with the same question. 00:19:59.025 --> 00:20:02.946 It's not "How are you doing?" It's not "Are you sleeping well?" 00:20:03.029 --> 00:20:05.156 It's "Did you work with Tony Leung today?" 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:06.241 Perfect. 00:20:06.324 --> 00:20:08.326 AWKWAFINA: When I found out that he was cast in this, 00:20:08.410 --> 00:20:12.205 I almost fell out of my chair 'cause for me, that's like... 00:20:12.288 --> 00:20:14.374 Legitimately one of my favorite actors. 00:20:18.503 --> 00:20:23.174 TONY LEUNG: I think this time, the story is trying to approach 00:20:23.258 --> 00:20:25.051 Mandarin in the more 00:20:26.428 --> 00:20:27.679 human perspective. 00:20:29.431 --> 00:20:32.600 CRETTON: The way that Tony Leung sees that character, 00:20:32.684 --> 00:20:35.020 it's all rooted in Wenwu's pain 00:20:35.103 --> 00:20:39.858 and in Wenwu's desperation to be loved 00:20:39.941 --> 00:20:43.987 and to show love, but he does not know how to show it. 00:20:44.070 --> 00:20:46.488 (SPEAKING MANDARIN) 00:20:49.242 --> 00:20:51.328 SCHWARTZ: I think what Destin was after was 00:20:51.411 --> 00:20:53.705 looking at those Ten Rings and the power they brought 00:20:53.788 --> 00:20:55.373 and the immortality that they brought. 00:20:55.457 --> 00:20:57.667 It's kind of a metaphor for addiction, in a way. 00:20:57.751 --> 00:21:00.045 PARK: I had the idea that when it powers on, 00:21:00.128 --> 00:21:02.464 the rings would kind of raise up on the arm. 00:21:02.547 --> 00:21:05.508 And then you would see that it's embedded in there 00:21:05.592 --> 00:21:09.471 and it's also just kind of infusing whatever energy, power 00:21:09.554 --> 00:21:12.807 that the rings emit into your whole body. 00:21:13.516 --> 00:21:16.686 Wenwu gets drawn to this power. It's almost like drug. 00:21:16.770 --> 00:21:20.148 So, we're try to make the rings give this sense 00:21:20.231 --> 00:21:21.858 that as they're going through his arms, 00:21:21.941 --> 00:21:26.863 you get this sense of the veins glowing as he becomes more powerful with them. 00:21:26.946 --> 00:21:29.783 CRETTON: Those rings are also his chains. 00:21:29.866 --> 00:21:32.744 They are the thing that keeps The Mandarin 00:21:32.827 --> 00:21:34.871 from being the person that he is meant to be, 00:21:34.954 --> 00:21:36.831 that his wife believed he could be. 00:21:36.915 --> 00:21:40.835 Ultimately, this is a story about how this family has kind of 00:21:42.128 --> 00:21:44.422 lost each other at the moment 00:21:44.506 --> 00:21:48.301 that the glue of that family who was their mother, was killed. 00:21:50.595 --> 00:21:54.099 LIU: This is not the same father that was around when he was a boy. 00:21:54.182 --> 00:21:57.227 This is a much meaner and more hardened father 00:21:57.310 --> 00:22:00.689 that has been scarred by tragedy. 00:22:00.772 --> 00:22:04.067 WILLIAM POPE: The gambling den is a story told in flashback. 00:22:05.068 --> 00:22:06.861 What Shang-Chi sees, 00:22:06.945 --> 00:22:09.406 is his father is a monster, 00:22:10.115 --> 00:22:14.786 and the goodness in his life is gone, and he's left with this monster. 00:22:15.495 --> 00:22:17.038 That's what the scene is about. 00:22:17.122 --> 00:22:19.958 The child and the child's understanding of it. 00:22:20.041 --> 00:22:23.962 So, instead of going down to the end of the room 00:22:24.121 --> 00:22:26.539 (SPEAKING MANDARIN) 00:22:27.908 --> 00:22:29.785 LEUNG: Wenwu is the tragic character. 00:22:30.052 --> 00:22:32.930 Although he is so powerful with the rings, 00:22:33.013 --> 00:22:37.810 he is lonely all his life until he met his wife, 00:22:37.893 --> 00:22:42.815 and I think that's the most happiest time in his one thousand years of life. 00:22:49.646 --> 00:22:52.733 I think when people watch the movie in theaters, 00:22:52.816 --> 00:22:55.527 they're just gonna look at this sequence and think, 00:22:55.611 --> 00:22:57.905 "Oh, of course they found a beautiful waterfall 00:22:57.988 --> 00:23:01.450 "in the middle of a forest that's perfectly lit." 00:23:01.533 --> 00:23:04.787 But in actuality, everything from the dirt 00:23:04.870 --> 00:23:07.623 that's on the ground right now, to the leaves, 00:23:07.706 --> 00:23:11.960 to every single branch of bamboo has been carefully designed. 00:23:13.587 --> 00:23:17.500 It's one of the most gorgeous sets that I think we've built for this movie. 00:23:17.683 --> 00:23:20.269 It's really bittersweet for me 00:23:20.352 --> 00:23:23.189 because I haven't been born yet at this point. 00:23:24.648 --> 00:23:27.276 SUE CHAN: One of the things we want to convey, 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:29.987 with all the sets relating to Li, 00:23:30.070 --> 00:23:35.868 is that they utilized the five elements, which is a core idea in Chinese culture. 00:23:35.951 --> 00:23:38.996 Fire, metal, water, earth and wood. 00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:43.626 In Chinese cosmology, these are the five foundational elements. 00:23:43.709 --> 00:23:47.087 -This looks so good. -You're not tired of it yet? 00:23:47.171 --> 00:23:48.506 So beautiful. 00:23:48.589 --> 00:23:53.344 You know, the idea is that all these things are in harmony in Li's life, 00:23:53.427 --> 00:23:56.764 and they're in harmony in the sets in which Li appears 00:23:56.847 --> 00:23:58.766 and that she uses her Tai chi, 00:23:58.849 --> 00:24:01.477 which Brad has so nicely choreographed, 00:24:01.560 --> 00:24:05.356 which is also about balance and being at one with nature. 00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:07.817 CRETTON: When we first brought on Brad Allan, 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:10.444 it was so important to all of us, 00:24:10.528 --> 00:24:15.658 and Brad included that we treat all of the martial arts in this movie 00:24:15.741 --> 00:24:18.035 with the respect that it deserves 00:24:18.118 --> 00:24:23.374 and that Brad would bring on some really amazing choreographers 00:24:23.457 --> 00:24:27.670 from China and Hong Kong to root all of our choreography 00:24:27.753 --> 00:24:33.634 and martial arts styles, that would pay respect to everything that came before. 00:24:36.554 --> 00:24:39.306 It's so rare that you can describe 00:24:39.390 --> 00:24:43.185 a fight scene as beautiful and moving. 00:24:43.269 --> 00:24:48.232 Peng and Chris did an amazing job creating a fight sequence 00:24:48.315 --> 00:24:53.154 that really tells the story of a real human connection. 00:24:53.237 --> 00:24:56.699 Destin, he actually have very strong vision. 00:24:56.782 --> 00:25:01.120 We would give him lot of different ideas, a lot of different designs. 00:25:01.203 --> 00:25:03.789 CRETTON: Right there, the rings should be flying already. 00:25:03.873 --> 00:25:07.710 So, I think we should cancel this shot 00:25:07.793 --> 00:25:11.088 and maybe tweak the choreo of the next shot. 00:25:11.172 --> 00:25:13.007 COWAN: He knows what he needs for his story, 00:25:13.090 --> 00:25:15.759 and that was beneficial for us to see 00:25:15.843 --> 00:25:18.345 what we can lose and also keep to make sure 00:25:18.429 --> 00:25:22.016 that we're still telling the story that he wants to tell. 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:24.685 CRETTON: Li's character, a lot of her movements 00:25:24.768 --> 00:25:28.522 and her philosophy is rooted in Tai chi, 00:25:28.606 --> 00:25:31.442 which is the opposite of aggression. 00:25:31.525 --> 00:25:36.614 It's about taking somebody's aggressive power and attacks 00:25:36.697 --> 00:25:40.326 and reverting that energy back on them. 00:25:41.285 --> 00:25:44.497 The style for Tai chi is not just the martial arts. 00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:47.500 It's also a culture. Also a philosophy. 00:25:47.583 --> 00:25:51.462 It's very hard to put that style into the movie, 00:25:51.545 --> 00:25:53.297 especially to the Marvel movie. 00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:56.550 We have to figure out a lot of idea, 00:25:56.634 --> 00:26:00.137 how we're gonna combine the style with excitement 00:26:00.221 --> 00:26:05.518 and also keep respecting the original culture and philosophy. 00:26:05.601 --> 00:26:09.188 Tai chi, it looks very easy and graceful, 00:26:09.271 --> 00:26:12.358 but it's actually the hardest thing to learn. 00:26:12.441 --> 00:26:15.152 Every move has a countermove on the other side. 00:26:15.236 --> 00:26:19.573 So, it took me literally weeks to even just understand that concept. 00:26:20.449 --> 00:26:22.451 Tony made it look so easy. 00:26:22.535 --> 00:26:25.371 He learned all his moves within the first two days, 00:26:25.454 --> 00:26:28.040 and it took me weeks to remember all mine. 00:26:28.124 --> 00:26:30.876 What I was doing is tiger-claw. 00:26:31.585 --> 00:26:34.588 I think it's more like a symbolic thing. 00:26:34.672 --> 00:26:37.758 It's a symbol of the character's state of mind. 00:26:37.842 --> 00:26:41.011 It feels like it represents the aggressiveness 00:26:41.095 --> 00:26:44.265 and anger of Wenwu's character. 00:26:44.348 --> 00:26:46.976 Ready, and action. 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:50.312 POPE: Each character has their own fight style. 00:26:50.396 --> 00:26:54.233 We wanted each person's character or their emotions, 00:26:54.316 --> 00:26:58.904 or the motivations, or the plot to be carried forward by the fight. 00:26:58.988 --> 00:27:00.197 I like it better than this. 00:27:00.281 --> 00:27:02.908 COWAN: Every action sequence has a different style, flavor. 00:27:02.992 --> 00:27:05.995 We've been lucky enough to work with different designers, 00:27:06.078 --> 00:27:10.166 different choreographers, and everyone has their different sort of flair. 00:27:10.249 --> 00:27:13.961 LIU: Certainly, we take a lot of influences from Chinese Kung fu, 00:27:14.044 --> 00:27:16.964 but at the same time, I think it's important to distinguish 00:27:17.047 --> 00:27:19.091 between a Kung fu movie and a Marvel movie. 00:27:19.175 --> 00:27:22.470 And I think Shang-Chi is, at its core, a Marvel movie. 00:27:24.096 --> 00:27:27.183 SCHWARTZ: What the martial arts movies and Marvel movies have in common, 00:27:27.266 --> 00:27:29.226 is that they express character through action. 00:27:29.310 --> 00:27:32.104 That's what Destin and this movie have done a great job of, 00:27:32.188 --> 00:27:35.191 is that scenes that would ordinarily be dialogue-driven, 00:27:35.274 --> 00:27:36.734 are action and fight-driven. 00:27:36.817 --> 00:27:39.195 And that's a great way that we've managed to 00:27:39.278 --> 00:27:42.740 honor the genre, but also, make it feel like a Marvel movie. 00:27:44.950 --> 00:27:46.911 We're in the middle of our bus sequence, 00:27:46.994 --> 00:27:50.289 which is the first time that Shang-Chi reveals 00:27:50.372 --> 00:27:52.708 to his best friend and to the world 00:27:52.792 --> 00:27:57.171 that he's actually an extremely skilled fighter. 00:28:03.427 --> 00:28:06.806 Is there maybe a snack that I may have gotten along the way? 00:28:06.889 --> 00:28:09.975 -Or like a boba? -A snack? Are you snacking? 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:12.895 -A boba? Obviously, a boba. -(LAUGHING) 00:28:12.978 --> 00:28:15.356 We needed somebody to anchor Shang-Chi, 00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:20.194 and to anchor him in Asian-American culture. 00:28:20.945 --> 00:28:23.322 There's no one better to do that than Nora. (CHUCKLES) 00:28:23.405 --> 00:28:25.366 That is the highest I've ever seen an umbrella. 00:28:25.449 --> 00:28:27.618 I've never seen an umbrella that high before. 00:28:27.701 --> 00:28:30.120 Whoa! It's like Lady Liberty, am I right? (LAUGHING) 00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:32.623 AWKWAFINA: I connect to Katy a lot. 00:28:32.706 --> 00:28:35.918 I think anyone that comes from some kind of immigrant background, 00:28:36.001 --> 00:28:37.878 in my case, any dash-American, 00:28:37.962 --> 00:28:40.422 will always have that kind of duality 00:28:40.506 --> 00:28:43.676 and sense of struggle when it comes to finding their own identity. 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:45.761 And I think Katy really embodies that. 00:28:45.845 --> 00:28:48.848 She's not necessarily against embracing her culture, 00:28:48.931 --> 00:28:51.725 but she does know that she's more of a stranger to it. 00:28:51.809 --> 00:28:56.397 -"Moving on" is an American idea. -You're American, Mom! 00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:00.734 She brings such a fun and unique angle to Katy. 00:29:00.818 --> 00:29:03.279 And what we found right away, 00:29:03.362 --> 00:29:06.365 is that we had just such a natural chemistry working together. 00:29:06.448 --> 00:29:10.703 And I think it speaks to just her level of preparation and her work ethic, 00:29:10.786 --> 00:29:15.416 and also just like our shared ability to just kind of be goofy with each other. 00:29:15.499 --> 00:29:20.713 The other day, I made a U-turn into a parking spot using... 00:29:20.796 --> 00:29:23.632 Right, get ready for it. Just my * cheeks. (LAUGHS) 00:29:26.760 --> 00:29:31.891 The bus scene, it's basically Shang-Chi being revealed to Katy for the first time. 00:29:31.974 --> 00:29:34.101 That's really what the import of the scene is. 00:29:34.185 --> 00:29:37.813 Katy realizes that this meek guy... (LAUGHING) 00:29:38.647 --> 00:29:41.442 "You didn't really need my help, did you?" 00:29:42.318 --> 00:29:44.987 It was still being shot in the last week we were here. 00:29:45.070 --> 00:29:48.449 CRETTON: Yeah, it was the beginning and end of our entire shoot. 00:29:48.532 --> 00:29:51.243 POPE: I called it a road to nowhere. Just never ends. 00:29:51.327 --> 00:29:55.998 Yeah, it was really fun at first, and then really claustrophobic. 00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:02.838 You know, working with some of the best stunt coordinators, 00:30:02.922 --> 00:30:04.882 fight coordinators in the business 00:30:04.965 --> 00:30:07.384 and coming up with this sequence over the past, 00:30:07.468 --> 00:30:09.804 -how long has it been, like four months? -Four months. 00:30:09.887 --> 00:30:13.265 -It's been seven. September, right? -LIU: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 00:30:13.349 --> 00:30:16.602 October, November, December, Jan... Five. 00:30:16.685 --> 00:30:18.771 -So, it's been... -Yeah, five. 00:30:18.854 --> 00:30:20.064 Okay, Yung can't count. 00:30:20.147 --> 00:30:22.358 -(LAUGHTER) -But it's been a lot of months. 00:30:23.567 --> 00:30:26.445 SCHWARTZ: There's a version of this movie that's very Jackie Chan. 00:30:26.529 --> 00:30:30.366 That's kind of prop-based and comedic, but also very real and practical. 00:30:30.449 --> 00:30:32.576 Our stunt coordinator, Brad Allan, 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:34.495 was with Jackie Chan's stunt troop 00:30:34.578 --> 00:30:36.747 and brings a lot of that amazing skill and talent 00:30:36.831 --> 00:30:41.252 and a lot of those people who made those movies so great to this movie as well. 00:30:41.335 --> 00:30:46.465 -What's the style of this fight? -The man with the plan. 00:30:46.549 --> 00:30:49.301 -Like, the choreography? What... -The style. 00:30:49.385 --> 00:30:51.637 -Do you have any references it comes from? -Yeah. 00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:55.266 This style is come from us, where we come from. Jackie Chan's stunts. 00:30:56.851 --> 00:30:58.727 CHENG: We're influenced by Jackie Chan. 00:30:58.811 --> 00:31:00.771 But no style is a style, 00:31:00.855 --> 00:31:02.940 like what Bruce Lee said. 00:31:03.023 --> 00:31:05.151 That's then one Shang-Chi style. 00:31:05.234 --> 00:31:07.069 That's why we're making Shang-Chi style. 00:31:07.153 --> 00:31:09.738 Everything you can name it, we have something there. 00:31:09.822 --> 00:31:11.699 But we don't want to base on one thing. 00:31:11.782 --> 00:31:15.244 We want to base on the character and the situation, 00:31:15.327 --> 00:31:18.581 and we create that makes Shang-Chi outstanding. 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:23.627 My favorite thing, is this move right here, 00:31:23.711 --> 00:31:27.423 where I get to do this. (GRUNTS) 00:31:27.506 --> 00:31:30.217 Run up here. (GRUNTS) 00:31:31.510 --> 00:31:32.803 So, just a bit of that. 00:31:35.431 --> 00:31:38.058 TOWNSEND: What we're going to be doing in visual effects primarily, 00:31:38.142 --> 00:31:41.270 is putting San Francisco out through the windows. 00:31:41.353 --> 00:31:44.356 We've got the lighting, it's all rigged to emulate the lighting 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:46.358 as you go down through the streets, 00:31:46.442 --> 00:31:49.612 but also taking on any wires and rigs that the stunts people... 00:31:49.695 --> 00:31:52.531 -Really? -Yeah, it's all it is to me, it's easy. 00:31:52.615 --> 00:31:54.366 Basically, it's all in camera. 00:31:54.450 --> 00:31:58.370 One of the things that Chris constantly says, 00:31:58.454 --> 00:32:00.998 is it's always better to try to do it live. 00:32:01.081 --> 00:32:04.168 Enhancing something that is rooted in reality, 00:32:04.251 --> 00:32:08.839 I think, allows an audience to not just turn their brain off and go, 00:32:08.923 --> 00:32:11.300 ''That's a computer. That's a computer.'' 00:32:12.593 --> 00:32:17.389 Our role was to build a rig that could simulate that kind of bus motion. 00:32:17.473 --> 00:32:21.060 So, for this particular bus, we're using a six-axis gimbal. 00:32:21.143 --> 00:32:24.522 What the six-axis gimbal gives us is six degrees of freedom. 00:32:24.605 --> 00:32:28.734 So, we get heave, which is up and down. We get pitch, which is forward and back. 00:32:28.901 --> 00:32:32.196 We get roll, which side to side. We get yaw as well. 00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:36.158 So, we get all those motions which can be programmed into the system 00:32:36.283 --> 00:32:40.329 to give the bus pretty much any motion that would seem real-life. 00:32:41.831 --> 00:32:45.876 We had to choreograph the fights according to the streets of San Francisco, 00:32:46.043 --> 00:32:48.462 of their dips, their curves, rounds or turns, 00:32:48.838 --> 00:32:51.006 and put that into the fight. 00:32:52.424 --> 00:32:55.177 I was getting carsick in that thing. 00:32:55.261 --> 00:32:56.971 You actually did get sick. 00:32:57.054 --> 00:32:58.472 CRETTON: When it was turned sideways, 00:32:58.556 --> 00:33:00.724 I thought it'd be really fun to get on to direct, 00:33:00.808 --> 00:33:03.394 and I got on, and my head just started going like... 00:33:05.646 --> 00:33:07.106 I couldn't do it. 00:33:07.648 --> 00:33:11.318 So, what we have here is, it's a little slide on the roof of the bus 00:33:11.402 --> 00:33:16.240 This is one of my favorite stunts that I've had to do so far. 00:33:16.323 --> 00:33:17.992 It basically involves doing this. 00:33:22.872 --> 00:33:24.457 Didn't mean to go that far. 00:33:24.957 --> 00:33:27.126 -(AIR HISSING) -CRETTON: All right, here we go! 00:33:27.209 --> 00:33:29.712 And, three, two, one, action! 00:33:35.217 --> 00:33:38.137 -CRETTON: Cut! You all right? -Yeah. 00:33:38.971 --> 00:33:40.389 CRETTON: What happened? Oh, it broke. 00:33:42.808 --> 00:33:49.231 Oh, man, it's all about applying even pressure, even distribution of heat. 00:33:56.155 --> 00:33:58.324 Could be a little bit more convincing. 00:33:58.407 --> 00:33:59.700 -And then... -It's not bad. 00:33:59.783 --> 00:34:04.705 And then jumping, I could flare my legs out more further back, 00:34:04.789 --> 00:34:05.915 but that's... 00:34:06.081 --> 00:34:09.084 You did the face adjustment. I love it. It's fun. 00:34:09.168 --> 00:34:11.504 TOWNSEND: I'm going to the corner, which is better. 00:34:11.587 --> 00:34:13.881 Could I get you to regrip a little more urgently? 00:34:13.964 --> 00:34:16.467 -You know, too much hang time. -Yeah. Sure. 00:34:16.592 --> 00:34:20.304 -You wanna have one more go? -I would like one more go. 00:34:20.471 --> 00:34:24.141 -(HEROIC MUSIC PLAYING) -CRETTON: And, three, two, one, action! 00:34:34.568 --> 00:34:38.113 Oh, man. That concludes our time in the bus. 00:34:38.531 --> 00:34:41.951 Gotta say, it was a very love-hate relationship. Um... 00:34:42.201 --> 00:34:46.288 Lot of good times. Lot of bad times, like getting hit in the shin, twice. 00:34:49.083 --> 00:34:51.836 Do you mind? I'm doing... 00:34:51.919 --> 00:34:55.005 Just a talking head. Pardon me. 00:34:58.259 --> 00:35:02.847 We were able to shoot for about eight or nine weeks 00:35:03.013 --> 00:35:07.476 before COVID swept around the world and production shut down. 00:35:08.477 --> 00:35:11.272 CHARLES NEWIRTH: It became very apparent we couldn't continue. 00:35:12.064 --> 00:35:13.566 We stopped filming, 00:35:13.649 --> 00:35:16.819 we sent many people home, back to their countries. 00:35:16.902 --> 00:35:18.654 Some people did stay here. 00:35:18.737 --> 00:35:21.991 Destin, our director, stayed here and continued to do some post-production work 00:35:22.074 --> 00:35:25.452 because we did have about a third of the movie shot already. 00:35:25.661 --> 00:35:29.999 We shot entirely in sequence, so we had, basically, the beginning of the movie done 00:35:30.166 --> 00:35:33.085 and posted over the course of that time that we were off. 00:35:33.210 --> 00:35:36.672 We were able get a lot of visual effects in the pipeline and in general, 00:35:36.797 --> 00:35:40.801 just kind of keep refining the movie in a way that we don't ever get to do. 00:35:41.051 --> 00:35:45.473 It was a very big decision to shut everything down. 00:35:45.556 --> 00:35:51.103 And then it became a weekly, monthly revisit, 00:35:51.353 --> 00:35:55.983 trying to gauge when it actually could be safe to re-open again. 00:35:56.108 --> 00:35:58.861 NEWIRTH: We knew that we had to put a lot of protocols in place. 00:35:59.111 --> 00:36:03.199 One thing we had going for us on our film was that we were filming in Australia, 00:36:03.532 --> 00:36:06.577 and Australia did have a very low incidents 00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:10.122 relative to United States for sure, of COVID cases. 00:36:10.873 --> 00:36:13.167 When we finally got the green light to come back, 00:36:13.250 --> 00:36:15.836 it was just such an incredible moment. 00:36:16.041 --> 00:36:17.501 I can't believe that I'm saying this, 00:36:17.584 --> 00:36:21.005 but this is actually our first day back on set 00:36:21.088 --> 00:36:22.965 since the pandemic started, 00:36:23.048 --> 00:36:25.801 and it's such a huge moment for all of us. 00:36:25.884 --> 00:36:29.096 Yeah, it's honestly just an indescribable feeling. 00:36:29.596 --> 00:36:31.015 (CRETTON SPEAKING) 00:36:40.170 --> 00:36:41.797 LIU: Don't know why I just gave Satan horns. 00:36:41.922 --> 00:36:45.592 The Golden Dagger is just this kind of mix between like, a discotheque 00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:48.554 and also like a massive fight club. 00:36:50.147 --> 00:36:53.900 CHAN: I really liked the idea of the Shanghai ads from the 1930s, 00:36:53.984 --> 00:36:56.611 where you had these beautifully-dressed women 00:36:56.862 --> 00:36:58.848 selling cigarettes or whatever they were selling. 00:36:59.110 --> 00:37:02.431 And then my amazing graphic design team just took that idea 00:37:02.514 --> 00:37:07.436 and sort of mashed it up with modern graffiti, Asian graffiti, 00:37:07.603 --> 00:37:12.149 Western graffiti, and we just threw it all in there, 00:37:12.232 --> 00:37:15.069 and came up with what I think is a really great aesthetic 00:37:15.194 --> 00:37:18.405 for that nightclub, it feels very fresh and modern. 00:37:20.090 --> 00:37:24.303 Shang-Chi needed to be surrounded by two strong female characters 00:37:24.386 --> 00:37:27.180 who represented the two worlds that he's from. 00:37:27.431 --> 00:37:33.020 Meng'er represents the modern, Chinese female experience. 00:37:33.520 --> 00:37:36.648 We did a big search, and it was very important to us to find an actor 00:37:36.732 --> 00:37:40.485 who was from China, who grew up there, and who speaks 00:37:40.819 --> 00:37:43.071 Mandarin as their primary language. 00:37:46.408 --> 00:37:50.287 LIU: Meng'er is easily the goofiest of the bunch. 00:37:50.370 --> 00:37:54.791 She's just such a light and a spark and always finds a way to make us laugh. 00:37:56.084 --> 00:38:00.130 LIU: She is always the first person at the snack table. 00:38:02.424 --> 00:38:05.302 Simu is just like my brother. 00:38:05.427 --> 00:38:11.099 Yeah. He sometimes annoys me, sometimes takes care of me. 00:38:11.350 --> 00:38:13.852 But most of the time, he annoys me. 00:38:14.436 --> 00:38:17.481 Fight me, brother. Fight me. Fight me. 00:38:17.856 --> 00:38:19.149 LIU: Gonna call my agent. 00:38:19.566 --> 00:38:21.401 -(CHUCKLES) -He can't. He can't fight me. 00:38:23.445 --> 00:38:29.243 Jokes aside, he brings genuine sibling connection with me, 00:38:29.326 --> 00:38:30.577 on and off set. 00:38:30.697 --> 00:38:31.540 Shang-Chi and Xialing, 00:38:31.624 --> 00:38:37.046 we just wanted it to feel like a brother and sister arguing, 00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:40.424 but doing it through a physical expression. 00:38:42.093 --> 00:38:44.679 Three, two, one, go! 00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:46.262 I have three sisters and two brothers. 00:38:46.312 --> 00:38:52.443 So, I know what it feels like to be in that seemingly very aggressive, 00:38:52.610 --> 00:38:54.904 emotional fight, 00:38:55.029 --> 00:38:58.741 but knowing that you're still in a safe place 00:38:58.825 --> 00:39:02.537 'cause there's no way you would actually hurt the other person. 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:04.197 It's fun and brutal, 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:09.368 but it's also just watching two siblings work through their crap together. 00:39:13.441 --> 00:39:16.653 LIU: What's been extremely gratifying for me 00:39:16.736 --> 00:39:19.614 is seeing Meng'er from the moment that she arrived to now. 00:39:19.698 --> 00:39:23.743 Because I've watched literally like a fighter come out of a child. 00:39:26.538 --> 00:39:30.500 PENG ZHANG: Another big action sequence is a scaffolding fight. 00:39:30.583 --> 00:39:35.839 Which is outside the building, like, 20 floors high. 00:39:36.715 --> 00:39:38.842 Oh, hell no. * you! I'm not doing this. 00:39:39.175 --> 00:39:41.845 When you actually put the people in the straight wall... 00:39:41.928 --> 00:39:45.348 And it's very difficult. So, we build a wall, 45 degree. 00:39:45.515 --> 00:39:48.810 TOWNSEND: Special effects department that built this set on this incredible rig, 00:39:48.935 --> 00:39:51.896 which leans the entire set back 45 degrees, 00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:55.191 so that the stunts department, they're able to work with this set 00:39:55.275 --> 00:39:58.361 either in a vertical position or a 45 degree position. 00:39:58.445 --> 00:40:00.864 So, I'm here with one of my stunt doubles, Sunny. 00:40:00.947 --> 00:40:04.451 Sunny, he's one of the people that puts his life on the line everyday. 00:40:04.617 --> 00:40:07.996 And really just gives a 100% of his mind, his body, 00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:09.748 and his soul to his craft. 00:40:10.331 --> 00:40:11.916 CRETTON: Three, two, one, action! 00:40:13.918 --> 00:40:15.545 LIU: The stunt team... 00:40:15.879 --> 00:40:18.298 I mean there's stuff that they do 00:40:18.923 --> 00:40:21.259 that I would not do for any amount of money. 00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:24.429 Every actor wants to go in front of a talk show and say, 00:40:24.512 --> 00:40:27.474 how they did their own stunts and the reality is, 00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:31.186 these people are professionals, they've been training their whole lives, 00:40:31.269 --> 00:40:32.520 they train every single day. 00:40:32.604 --> 00:40:36.566 I would be disrespecting their efforts if I said that I did all my stunts, 00:40:36.649 --> 00:40:37.692 'cause it's not true. 00:40:52.248 --> 00:40:55.919 Simu was actually really keen on doing a lot of it. 00:40:57.962 --> 00:41:01.841 (CHUCKLING) He's always bummed when the doubles sometimes go in 00:41:02.092 --> 00:41:06.513 and you could see Simu actually being legitimately down sometimes. 00:41:06.596 --> 00:41:08.348 He's like, "I really want to do this." 00:41:08.431 --> 00:41:10.975 Like, so it just shows how much he wants it. 00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:15.605 And how, I guess, just excited he is to get in front and do this stuff. 00:41:15.772 --> 00:41:18.650 Let me try one more 'cause I feel like we're close. 00:41:18.733 --> 00:41:21.945 Yeah, and then if we can't get it, then, we'll be back. 00:41:22.070 --> 00:41:23.321 CREW MEMBER: All right. 00:41:41.631 --> 00:41:43.925 KATY: Is what he said about your mom's village true? 00:41:47.846 --> 00:41:50.765 SHAUN: She used to tell us stories about Ta Lo when we were kids. 00:41:57.856 --> 00:42:00.900 LIU: Ta Lo was just such an incredible set, 00:42:00.984 --> 00:42:04.237 it really felt like we were completely somewhere else. 00:42:04.904 --> 00:42:09.868 CRETTON: Sue and her team built an entire village for us to shoot on. 00:42:11.036 --> 00:42:14.497 It's mind-blowing what her and her team put together. 00:42:15.498 --> 00:42:17.250 It's transformative. 00:42:17.417 --> 00:42:20.920 When we're saying we're going to set, we just say we're going to Ta Lo. 00:42:21.087 --> 00:42:24.924 It's very important to build the sets practically as much as possible. 00:42:25.008 --> 00:42:27.052 And in the village in particular, 00:42:27.135 --> 00:42:29.804 we decided to build all of these buildings 00:42:29.888 --> 00:42:31.556 the way they might have been built, 00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:33.808 we really studied the Chinese architecture, 00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:37.353 and we erected them in a way that would make sense. 00:42:37.437 --> 00:42:40.231 We had to come in here and do quite a bit of grading 00:42:40.315 --> 00:42:42.359 in order to build all of our buildings. 00:42:42.484 --> 00:42:46.154 And, as you can see, each of them has a little stone foundation, 00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:48.114 some bigger than others. 00:42:48.615 --> 00:42:50.408 We wanted the temple in the middle 00:42:50.492 --> 00:42:54.788 because the notion of the ancestors and this long line of protectors 00:42:54.954 --> 00:42:58.875 was a big part of what Destin wanted to convey in that, 00:42:59.042 --> 00:43:02.128 a person is made of where they come from. 00:43:02.712 --> 00:43:05.256 The level of detail as you go around the village, 00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:07.842 as you see the individual houses and the temple... 00:43:08.051 --> 00:43:10.428 I mean, it's just absolutely phenomenal. 00:43:10.512 --> 00:43:14.766 They built houses, full houses with toilets in them. 00:43:14.933 --> 00:43:17.811 Maybe not toilets here 'cause I don't know if that's the vibe, 00:43:18.144 --> 00:43:22.649 but the point is that they're putting in full plumbing and it's incredible. 00:43:22.732 --> 00:43:27.487 To walk into the weaponry and pick up a tool 00:43:27.570 --> 00:43:32.492 and know that somebody went through the trouble of making this tool 00:43:32.575 --> 00:43:35.870 that is specific to cutting Dragon Scale. 00:43:36.413 --> 00:43:40.583 All of those details may not make it to the final big screen, 00:43:40.667 --> 00:43:45.922 but they will in what it does to an actor and their performances. 00:43:46.256 --> 00:43:52.345 Even the floor on one house that the interior of which is possibly never seen, 00:43:52.846 --> 00:43:54.556 is deep green tiles. 00:43:55.140 --> 00:43:56.558 A lazier filmmaker would say, 00:43:56.641 --> 00:43:59.102 "It doesn't matter. The audience won't see it," 00:43:59.185 --> 00:44:02.772 the actor sees it and it feeds the actor's energy. 00:44:02.856 --> 00:44:06.443 It places the actor in this beautiful village. 00:44:06.526 --> 00:44:12.240 And wherever the eye looked, we are fed by this wonderful ambience. 00:44:15.618 --> 00:44:20.040 Because Ta Lo is kind of this, like, supernatural, interdimensional place, 00:44:20.206 --> 00:44:23.376 we had a lot of creative liberties to introduce creatures 00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:25.837 that were not of this world. 00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:31.092 We have many that are influenced by ancient Chinese folklore and culture. 00:44:31.217 --> 00:44:34.721 Things like the nine-tailed foxes, fire birds, and the Ch'i-lin. 00:44:35.305 --> 00:44:40.101 It's a horse-like, dragon-like, deer-like creature, 00:44:40.226 --> 00:44:43.146 and I have one tattooed on my back and have for years. 00:44:43.229 --> 00:44:45.231 Now, there's one in the movie, and it's like, 00:44:45.315 --> 00:44:46.399 (CHUCKLING) "That's awesome." 00:44:46.483 --> 00:44:47.609 That's super cool. 00:44:47.692 --> 00:44:48.860 That's a weird horse. 00:44:49.194 --> 00:44:50.945 What's it looking at me for? 00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:55.367 CALLAHAM: The Fu dogs, which looks sort of like lion, sort of like dogs. 00:44:55.450 --> 00:44:57.577 There's always two on both sides of an entrance. 00:44:57.660 --> 00:45:00.246 They're very built into Chinese mythology. 00:45:00.705 --> 00:45:04.584 To be able to finally see what one looks like is amazing. 00:45:06.836 --> 00:45:09.589 I have a lovely companion, Morris, 00:45:09.839 --> 00:45:13.551 who's a pet and a companion and a guide and a mentor. 00:45:13.635 --> 00:45:14.636 My animus. 00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:16.638 -KATY: Oh, oh! -What is that? 00:45:16.721 --> 00:45:19.099 -What's what? What's what? -That. That. That. 00:45:19.265 --> 00:45:20.308 This is Morris. 00:45:20.392 --> 00:45:23.978 Morris is based on a Hundun, which is a mythological character 00:45:24.229 --> 00:45:26.981 thought to be sort of the God of Chaos and Confusion. 00:45:27.399 --> 00:45:31.152 We use this stuffy for our sort of what we call a proxy, 00:45:31.403 --> 00:45:32.946 which gives the actors a prop, 00:45:33.029 --> 00:45:36.533 so that they can be physically holding something and reacting to it. 00:45:36.991 --> 00:45:38.993 At one point, we actually asked Sir Ben, 00:45:39.077 --> 00:45:41.371 if it was okay if we change this for something else, 00:45:41.454 --> 00:45:44.541 and he said, "No, no, I've grown quite fond of Morris." 00:45:45.083 --> 00:45:49.963 KINGSLEY: I built a rapport with Davi, who operates Morris. 00:45:50.046 --> 00:45:52.382 I said, "Davi, you are my puppeteer. 00:45:52.632 --> 00:45:56.344 "You are my fellow actor. We must build a rapport." 00:45:56.428 --> 00:45:59.305 So, I was not working with an abstract lump of green. 00:45:59.389 --> 00:46:00.932 I was working with a creature 00:46:01.015 --> 00:46:04.185 because Davi was so sensitive in the scene to, 00:46:04.269 --> 00:46:05.895 "What would Morris do in this scene?" 00:46:06.020 --> 00:46:08.648 He'd probably jump up, he'd probably want a little tickle, 00:46:08.732 --> 00:46:10.108 or he'd probably be scared, 00:46:10.191 --> 00:46:12.193 or he'd probably want to wake his master up. 00:46:12.277 --> 00:46:16.948 Perfect. So, a green screen, and visual effects do not have to be deadly. 00:46:18.867 --> 00:46:19.943 YING NAN: You were everything to her. 00:46:20.076 --> 00:46:23.039 I knew that I was gonna get a suit. Every superhero has a suit. 00:46:23.189 --> 00:46:25.066 Our first day with the suit. 00:46:26.634 --> 00:46:28.970 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -Which is really exciting. 00:46:29.095 --> 00:46:34.767 BARRETT: Shang-Chi's hero costume was a Marvel illustration by Andy Park. 00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:41.607 He's definitely starting to leave behind some of his American culture 00:46:41.691 --> 00:46:46.737 and clothing looks and getting slowly closer to his true self. 00:46:47.113 --> 00:46:51.158 The main thing as a character designer that I'm trying to do, 00:46:51.367 --> 00:46:53.911 is bring a story into his look. 00:46:54.245 --> 00:46:58.374 For Shang-Chi, his story is really about his family. 00:46:58.457 --> 00:47:00.084 His mother comes from Ta Lo, 00:47:00.209 --> 00:47:01.836 so from the great protector, 00:47:01.961 --> 00:47:05.381 I wanted to incorporate dragon scales, dragon skin. 00:47:05.715 --> 00:47:08.050 When it came to the triangle motif, 00:47:08.134 --> 00:47:13.723 I had the idea of incorporating the infinite knot or the endless knot. 00:47:13.890 --> 00:47:16.684 It's a symbol that has been used throughout various cultures 00:47:16.767 --> 00:47:17.852 for thousands of years. 00:47:17.977 --> 00:47:20.062 And certainly, in Chinese culture. 00:47:20.146 --> 00:47:24.108 It symbolizes the endless cycle of life and death and rebirth, 00:47:24.192 --> 00:47:27.028 which is definitely applicable to the story of Shang-Chi. 00:47:27.403 --> 00:47:30.198 When he ran away, he came to America. 00:47:30.364 --> 00:47:34.577 So, even though he's given the suit, I wanted one element to be his. 00:47:34.744 --> 00:47:36.996 So, that's why you saw him with his Air Jordans. 00:47:37.205 --> 00:47:38.956 He's also a product of his father. 00:47:39.123 --> 00:47:44.754 So, at the end of the film, he receives the Ten Rings, which completes his look. 00:47:45.004 --> 00:47:48.341 You see his mom, you see his dad, 00:47:48.591 --> 00:47:51.594 you see when he was living in America and his shoes. 00:47:51.844 --> 00:47:55.473 So, it tells the full story of his whole journey. 00:47:56.557 --> 00:47:59.227 Of course, there is nowhere to go buy dragon skin. 00:47:59.352 --> 00:48:03.981 And, so, for us, that means carving all the scales, 00:48:04.065 --> 00:48:07.235 and then molding hundreds and thousands and thousands of scales. 00:48:07.318 --> 00:48:12.698 And in fact, each suit has about 14,000 tiny individual scales, 00:48:12.782 --> 00:48:15.826 glued on to it, by hand, by our team. 00:48:17.703 --> 00:48:20.581 To be honest, it was very emotional, trying it on for the first time. 00:48:22.416 --> 00:48:26.921 I understood the weight and the gravity and the significance of what that meant, 00:48:27.004 --> 00:48:30.883 you know, and understanding just how precious few people 00:48:30.967 --> 00:48:32.760 experience that kind of feeling. 00:48:32.927 --> 00:48:37.974 How do you feel? How do you feel wearing the suit for the first time? 00:48:40.851 --> 00:48:44.230 Right? That's how I feel. 00:48:45.982 --> 00:48:47.984 We're in the bamboo practice dome, 00:48:48.067 --> 00:48:51.404 where Shaun's character in the movie basically learns 00:48:51.863 --> 00:48:55.616 this whole new style of martial arts from his aunt. 00:48:59.579 --> 00:49:05.209 Watching Michelle kick Simu's * was really fun. 00:49:08.421 --> 00:49:11.424 It was very surreal shooting that scene with Michelle 00:49:11.507 --> 00:49:15.928 because I've been such a die-hard fan of hers for so long 00:49:16.012 --> 00:49:18.264 and to be able to meet her and work with her 00:49:18.347 --> 00:49:22.059 and find out how lovely she is, how silly she is, 00:49:22.143 --> 00:49:24.353 (CHUCKLING) how weird she is, 00:49:24.437 --> 00:49:25.949 and how much fun she is, was really a huge 00:49:26.100 --> 00:49:30.604 In terms of Asian representation and especially female Asian representation, 00:49:30.729 --> 00:49:35.401 Michelle has always played nothing but strong women, 00:49:35.609 --> 00:49:37.903 and growing up watching someone like that, 00:49:38.070 --> 00:49:41.031 it impacts who you want to become and how you see yourself, 00:49:41.115 --> 00:49:43.242 especially when there are not a lot of us. 00:49:43.826 --> 00:49:47.204 Working with Michelle, who's so good. 00:49:48.122 --> 00:49:51.375 'Cause when you're doing Tai chai with two people, it's like a dance, 00:49:51.458 --> 00:49:54.920 you know, and you flow only as well as the other person flows. 00:49:57.589 --> 00:50:00.509 She's so just steady and graceful in all of her movements. 00:50:00.592 --> 00:50:03.679 I feel like a bit of a schlub next to her, 00:50:03.762 --> 00:50:07.516 but thankfully, that's kind of the cadence of the fight to begin with. 00:50:09.435 --> 00:50:11.603 So, I think I played my part very well. 00:50:23.907 --> 00:50:24.908 Yes! 00:50:25.951 --> 00:50:30.038 It's a fun character to play. Aunties are always fun. 00:50:30.497 --> 00:50:36.253 My character helps him understand that you have to know who you are, 00:50:36.336 --> 00:50:39.006 and the only way you know and love who you are, 00:50:39.089 --> 00:50:41.800 is by accepting the whole package. 00:50:51.521 --> 00:50:55.191 This is our big final battle sequence basically, 00:50:55.275 --> 00:50:59.696 where the Ten Rings organization faces off against the forces of Ta Lo. 00:51:03.866 --> 00:51:08.329 This is a crazy assembly of martial arts masters. 00:51:08.663 --> 00:51:11.124 SCHWARTZ: Guang Bo, who we meet in the mystic village of Ta Lo, 00:51:11.249 --> 00:51:14.919 he's played by this amazing actor, Yuen Wah, a martial arts legend, 00:51:15.003 --> 00:51:16.337 who doubled for Bruce Lee, 00:51:16.588 --> 00:51:19.299 who brings this great wealth of knowledge to the movie. 00:51:19.757 --> 00:51:23.261 CRETTON: Here we go. Ready, and action. 00:51:30.310 --> 00:51:32.228 GINTHER: It's always a challenge, trying to 00:51:32.312 --> 00:51:34.856 make it look real without someone getting hurt. 00:51:36.441 --> 00:51:38.276 We have some battles with a lot of weapons. 00:51:38.359 --> 00:51:40.612 And like every movie, when you put 'em that close 00:51:40.737 --> 00:51:44.574 and then sticks that are six-foot-long, swinging 'em around, 00:51:44.699 --> 00:51:46.242 there were big challenges. 00:51:48.597 --> 00:51:50.867 We have to train everybody. There's special skill extras, 00:51:50.934 --> 00:51:53.102 they all martial arts background. 00:51:54.309 --> 00:51:57.479 So, here's a story, right. I show up to work, and they're like, 00:51:57.563 --> 00:52:01.567 "Listen, your stunt double is gonna get put in a wire rig 00:52:01.650 --> 00:52:05.237 "and then flung out 40 feet out that way." 00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:07.072 "And you're not going to do it." 00:52:07.156 --> 00:52:08.949 And I was like, "The hell I'm not." 00:52:09.783 --> 00:52:11.618 "Put me in that harness right now." 00:52:11.869 --> 00:52:13.537 CRETTON: Three, two, one, action! 00:52:18.792 --> 00:52:20.794 CRETTON: And, cut! 00:52:22.463 --> 00:52:23.464 It's pretty cool. 00:52:23.630 --> 00:52:26.592 YEOH: Simu is brave and bold. 00:52:26.675 --> 00:52:28.677 There's no doubt he works very, very hard. 00:52:28.761 --> 00:52:30.220 He's always, like, ready. 00:52:30.304 --> 00:52:34.391 "Let me do this. Let me do that." And I'm like, "Just sit down, dude." 00:52:36.393 --> 00:52:37.895 Just to reiterate, in this scene, 00:52:37.978 --> 00:52:40.606 I have to fight off three demons and then catch my sister 00:52:40.689 --> 00:52:43.275 who's being snatched by a tentacled beast in midair. 00:52:43.484 --> 00:52:45.194 CRETTON: Ready? And pull! 00:52:52.368 --> 00:52:54.369 (MAN SPEAKING) 00:52:55.913 --> 00:52:58.373 Yeah, there wasn't a whole lot of acting going on. 00:52:59.500 --> 00:53:02.836 And you're being dragged out two ways. 00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:08.759 We are heading into our last week. 00:53:09.718 --> 00:53:11.678 We're on mile 24... 00:53:11.762 --> 00:53:15.224 -(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON PA) -...of the, uh... 00:53:16.141 --> 00:53:17.601 Of the marathon. 00:53:21.146 --> 00:53:24.483 You can feel the fatigue and the weariness all around set, 00:53:24.566 --> 00:53:29.113 but, uh, everyone's still pulling through. 00:53:29.238 --> 00:53:30.405 How do you feel, Alex? 00:53:30.489 --> 00:53:31.490 (ALEX SPEAKING) 00:53:36.662 --> 00:53:39.915 I didn't know that. Now, I sound like an idiot. 00:53:40.666 --> 00:53:42.793 I honestly don't know what I expected going in. 00:53:42.876 --> 00:53:46.213 It's my first feature film of any sort. 00:53:46.422 --> 00:53:49.675 Let alone a feature film of this size and magnitude. 00:53:51.510 --> 00:53:53.971 PENG ZHANG: Then do your move. Yeah, that's how you saddle. 00:53:54.054 --> 00:53:55.097 LIU: Move? What the... 00:53:55.722 --> 00:54:01.478 I think it's just how much of a grind everything is, has come as a surprise. 00:54:04.022 --> 00:54:05.149 CRETTON: All right, once again. 00:54:05.232 --> 00:54:11.321 LIU: It is such a dream to be here every day and to be working, 00:54:11.405 --> 00:54:12.614 as my first film, 00:54:12.698 --> 00:54:17.161 but also as one of the only films that are able to shoot around the world right now. 00:54:17.244 --> 00:54:20.289 But it really... Yeah, it's hard. It's hard. 00:54:20.622 --> 00:54:22.958 There's a lot of fighting, a lot of fighting. 00:54:25.085 --> 00:54:29.590 I kind of wish Shang-Chi was a master of nonviolent de-escalation sometimes. 00:54:33.677 --> 00:54:37.264 You were there when they came for her, and you did nothing. 00:54:38.932 --> 00:54:41.518 You stood at a window and watched her die! 00:54:44.521 --> 00:54:47.733 When we see Shaun face off against his father for the first time, 00:54:48.233 --> 00:54:50.277 he's emotionally all over the place. 00:54:50.402 --> 00:54:52.446 He's letting his anger get the better of him. 00:54:52.654 --> 00:54:56.575 And he's just really just being controlled by his emotions, 00:54:56.658 --> 00:54:58.452 rather than controlling them. 00:55:01.538 --> 00:55:04.917 You trained your son to be a killer. Is this what you wanted? 00:55:06.877 --> 00:55:09.546 LIU: For Shaun, his maternal half and his paternal half 00:55:09.630 --> 00:55:11.882 represent very different parts of his personality, 00:55:11.965 --> 00:55:15.219 and he doesn't really feel like he belongs in either which world. 00:55:15.552 --> 00:55:19.473 CRETTON: He's got a thousand years of sin and destruction 00:55:19.556 --> 00:55:22.101 living somewhere inside of him from his dad, 00:55:22.226 --> 00:55:26.647 and he has this peaceful but powerful opposite to that, 00:55:26.730 --> 00:55:29.149 also living in him, from his mom. 00:55:29.358 --> 00:55:34.154 His journey is not as simple as just rejecting Dad and bringing in Mom. 00:55:34.822 --> 00:55:38.283 It's him recognizing that both of them are in him, 00:55:38.367 --> 00:55:41.203 and both of them are neither good nor evil. 00:55:41.286 --> 00:55:44.373 They are just a part of him, and that's what he has to work with. 00:55:44.998 --> 00:55:47.042 Once he recognizes that, 00:55:47.251 --> 00:55:51.672 that's when we see him blasting out of the water on a dragon. (CHUCKLES) 00:55:59.263 --> 00:56:02.891 You can see when he makes his first pose, 00:56:03.016 --> 00:56:06.520 that he's in a place that he's never quite been before. 00:56:06.603 --> 00:56:08.564 He's very grounded and at peace. 00:56:08.730 --> 00:56:12.067 He's still got to stop his father, but he doesn't do it from a place of anger. 00:56:12.151 --> 00:56:14.486 He's doing it from a place of love. 00:56:14.611 --> 00:56:18.115 I think we made that action sequence very beautifully. 00:56:18.198 --> 00:56:20.284 I think that the relationship and the story 00:56:20.367 --> 00:56:22.453 is very interesting inside the fight. 00:56:22.703 --> 00:56:26.331 COWAN: Yeah, you see things that Li does while fighting Wu, 00:56:26.623 --> 00:56:29.626 you start seeing more of his mother start come through 00:56:29.751 --> 00:56:32.504 Shaun towards the end, which culminates to, 00:56:32.671 --> 00:56:36.341 I guess, sort of a perfect merge of father and mother within Shaun. 00:56:41.013 --> 00:56:43.932 Shaun and Wenwu are trying to find each other again, 00:56:44.057 --> 00:56:47.352 rather than just being about who's stronger than the other, 00:56:47.436 --> 00:56:49.354 whose martial arts are better. It's like, 00:56:49.521 --> 00:56:52.316 this is a family that's trying to find its way back together. 00:56:52.399 --> 00:56:54.777 And I think that's really beautiful for a fight. 00:57:04.703 --> 00:57:08.707 CRETTON: It's really been incredible to watch Simu sink into this character 00:57:08.791 --> 00:57:10.751 and take complete ownership over it. 00:57:10.834 --> 00:57:14.129 Over the course of this year, I've watched him 00:57:14.546 --> 00:57:18.509 in a lot of ways, go on the journey that Shang-Chi goes on. 00:57:18.759 --> 00:57:21.720 Shang-Chi starts out in this movie 00:57:21.845 --> 00:57:23.472 completely out of his element 00:57:23.597 --> 00:57:27.726 and learns over the course of this journey, 00:57:28.060 --> 00:57:32.731 how to own himself, how to be happy with himself, 00:57:32.815 --> 00:57:36.485 and look in the mirror and be proud of what he sees. 00:57:37.194 --> 00:57:41.949 And I've watched Simu really tap into that character. 00:57:42.282 --> 00:57:46.745 It was a very inspiring and moving experience for me to witness. 00:57:49.873 --> 00:57:51.375 And cutting. 00:57:53.710 --> 00:57:59.925 Finishing picture to our Meng'er and our lead man, Simu. 00:58:00.300 --> 00:58:02.119 -Finishing picture. -(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 00:58:02.248 --> 00:58:06.335 I was a kid who was born halfway around the world, 00:58:06.419 --> 00:58:08.671 who immigrated when he was very young 00:58:08.755 --> 00:58:11.549 and had parents that never even dreamed of 00:58:11.674 --> 00:58:14.177 allowing their son to go into show business. 00:58:14.802 --> 00:58:21.768 It just feels like I was plucked out of my life and sent on this wild, wild ride. 00:58:21.851 --> 00:58:25.605 And I'm still trying to figure out, "How did I get picked?" 00:58:29.484 --> 00:58:30.902 I have no words. 00:58:30.985 --> 00:58:33.696 (HESITATES) This is the most incredible thing for me. 00:58:33.988 --> 00:58:37.200 Guys, this is as much as a Cinderella story for me 00:58:37.408 --> 00:58:39.410 as you could ever find in the universe. 00:58:39.660 --> 00:58:42.372 I mean, a year ago, I was just some guy 00:58:42.455 --> 00:58:44.832 and now, for some reason, I'm a superhero, 00:58:44.916 --> 00:58:47.543 and you guys all helped make that dream come true. 00:58:47.627 --> 00:58:51.214 And I honestly am so blown away by all of your work. 00:58:53.132 --> 00:58:57.387 I know that it probably doesn't hold a lot of water 00:58:57.470 --> 00:59:01.015 when I say that you're the best film crew that I've ever worked with... 00:59:02.517 --> 00:59:05.561 ...but you're the best film crew that I will ever work with, 00:59:05.645 --> 00:59:06.979 so, there you go. 00:59:12.360 --> 00:59:15.822 You know, as a movie fan, I grew up on American movies 00:59:15.905 --> 00:59:20.034 and I've never seen characters like myself on-screen, 00:59:20.118 --> 00:59:21.869 it's incredibly meaningful. 00:59:21.953 --> 00:59:23.329 It's incredibly important. 00:59:23.454 --> 00:59:26.541 YEOH: I've grown up looking at the Marvel Comics 00:59:26.624 --> 00:59:28.918 and know a bit about the Marvel world. 00:59:29.168 --> 00:59:33.464 And I've never seen a superhero that looks something like me. 00:59:33.673 --> 00:59:37.677 And I'm really pleased because it truly is the right time 00:59:38.713 --> 00:59:40.465 "Oh, look, we're superheroes, too." 00:59:41.841 --> 00:59:44.719 AWKWAFINA: When you see a superhero, you see yourself. 00:59:44.802 --> 00:59:48.514 I think that's the really important thing that movies like this does for kids. 00:59:48.598 --> 00:59:50.433 It allows them to feel the possibility, 00:59:50.516 --> 00:59:52.018 and it's only going to add to that 00:59:52.101 --> 00:59:55.688 and hopefully, will continue to open the door for more movies like this. 00:59:57.065 --> 00:59:59.734 CRETTON: I hope Shang-Chi is another step. 00:59:59.901 --> 01:00:02.946 If Shang-Chi is the end, then we have failed. 01:00:03.238 --> 01:00:09.494 I could not be more proud of the way that this movie has allowed us to bring up 01:00:09.577 --> 01:00:13.665 more representation, both, in front of and behind the camera. 01:00:13.748 --> 01:00:19.837 And I think the world just is hungry for movies that reflect who we are 01:00:20.004 --> 01:00:21.339 and all of our colors. 01:00:26.094 --> 01:00:29.472 SCHWARTZ: I think Shang-Chi has a very bright future within the MCU. 01:00:29.556 --> 01:00:32.767 When I look forward to super teams and crossovers, 01:00:33.309 --> 01:00:35.895 Shaun feels like this huge, untapped reservoir 01:00:36.020 --> 01:00:39.232 of great possibilities from Simu and beyond. 01:00:44.696 --> 01:00:48.825 And that's our show. So, thank you for tuning in to watch this documentary. 01:00:48.950 --> 01:00:51.661 I hope you learned something about the magic of filmmaking, 01:00:51.744 --> 01:00:56.457 or something about Marvel or cinema or anything. 01:00:56.541 --> 01:01:00.545 But it's been my pleasure to spend the last little while with you 01:01:00.628 --> 01:01:03.548 and I can't wait for you to see the movie. 01:01:03.715 --> 01:01:05.049 Take care. 01:01:37.790 --> 01:01:40.627 (CHUCKLING) I don't think this will make the documentary.