Last week in New York at the American Film and Television Museum as part of the program "Fist and Sword" there was a special screening of the 2009 action film "Blood and bone" (Blood And Bone). Present at the session Michael Jai White и Ben Ramsey, and the host was a famous actor/director/producer Warrington Hudlin.
After the screening, the audience asked their questions to the filmmakers. White spoke briefly about how he came up with the choreography, about the stunt team, about his desire to work together with Wesley Snipes etc. I would like to highlight the most interesting points.
- Michael Jai White hinted at the possible creation of a sequel.
- When asked when the decision was made to cast the main final villain Matt Mullins, White replied that Matt was originally part of the team, but the problem was that it was difficult to find people with whom to film the climactic fight, since most people of his size are not able to move so quickly, and Mullins height 1 m 85 cm. Compared to Michael he was somewhat smaller in size, and they tried to give him a larger appearance by putting a suit on him. Something similar, according to White, was in “Undisputed 2”Where Scott Adkins was almost up to his shoulder, and White during fights they had to sit down, and if they stood opposite each other, then Scott climbed onto an apple box to appear taller.
Michael also mentioned fighters from UFC, champions, etc., saying that although they can be good punchers, etc., they cannot really show this on the screen. Most of them lack the technique and fundamentals [of on-screen fighting], and they may not look very good on camera, so they had to make those sacrifices. Ben Ramsey added that Matt was a young, handsome guy with a boyish face, but his character was originally supposed to be a healthy, cruel villain, and subsequently they decided to change his appearance. When White said that, among other things, Matt voiced/dubbed by another person, everyone in the audience laughed.
One of those present stated that people with sizes White, who can move just as quickly, grabs (and he is among them) - they are there, but they are not visible on the screens. Hinting that there are people who are fighters and stuntmen who will prove in practice that they are capable of such things, he proposed his candidacy. Michael replied that if a person has starred in at least one film, he will star in the next one, and that he does not want to be the healthiest in the film - it will not look like a hero, he wants to fight with those who are larger than him. White said he recently trained with Bob Sapp, but joked that it was so big that it looked like it was created using computer graphics.
- Michael said that the film's production "The Moor" (The Moor) with his participation was supposed to begin in July, but an interim project - a comedy in which he will again play a character named Marcus from the movie “Why Did I Get Married Too?”, the filming of which was supposed to begin the day after the session. It turned out that he was preparing for “Mavru”, deliberately gained muscle mass, but he had to go on a strict diet and lose weight.
I’ll add that in a recent interview, when asked what film he would make if the studio gave him a budget of $200 million, White replied that he would make ten films with that money: a drama about Paul Robeson , “Black Panther” (based on comics), after which people will forget about Batman, then an action comedy, etc. He has enough ideas, but he does not want to reveal all the secrets in advance. Movie about - decide what to watch
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Tags: Blood And Bone, Ben Ramsey, Michael Jai White, Matt Mullins
That's why I don't really trust imdb data.
Yes, it doesn’t look like Marco is 184 cm. If Scott is 180 cm, then Marco is 10 cm taller... Scott and Ninze, in my opinion, was healthier than in the photo with Mike
Sott's usual weight in Ninja was about 78-80 kilos
he wrote somewhere that his usual weight is around 86 kg (as in indisputable 3), in indisputable 2 he weighed 92 kg. And here, in the photo, it seems to me about 80... Although, maybe it’s in the background of the T-shirt))
I think they are so good... =)
FanLee, for the Undisputed he is gaining weight, but here he is in his usual form.
P.S. Scott Adkins lost weight or what?! Indisputably, both were healthy, but in the photo it seems that Mike is twice as big))...
But the fight choreography was not bad, and Mike moved pretty well for his size.
By the way, since we're talking about height, does anyone by any chance know how tall Anis Cheurfa and Marco Zarora are? They look quite tall, but they do such things. ..
Saror is 1 m 84 cm tall.
I tried, but didn’t knock it down) Freken Bok didn’t let me. ) in the final fight, White has such high boots with heels. But Malins has the opposite - imitation shoes. If you look carefully again, you can see that Mullins’ soles are greatly deformed from the weight, as if they were rubber like sneakers. And they gave him a shirt 2 sizes larger. and also wrinkled, so that it visually seems a little wider, not so swollen compared to White))
In general, it seemed to me that at some moments Michael was not wearing boots, but as if he were wearing Soviet tarpaulin boots, it looked so slow and ugly. Mullins, on the other hand, also played giveaway, his speed is clearly higher, and he works better with his legs, but according to the plot he was supposed to lose, so he shot with his legs thoughtlessly and who knows how high, as if he was trying to knock down Carlson. .. But the fight was interesting, no doubt about it.
Of course, Mullins seemed shorter - look closely at what shoes White is wearing and what shoes Mullins is wearing in the final fight. (which, by the way, could not but affect the quality of White’s movements)
he's tough about Mullins and Adkins))) with both hands and feet for the sequel))) ... is anyone aware of NEVER GIVE UP 2!?
Sorry, I somehow didn’t take into account that White didn’t mean Matt’s height, but his size (corrected a little).
Scott Adkins is 180'2" and they appeared to be the same height in Undisputed 183. All sources say that White is 185 cm, but even Matt Mullins (XNUMX) seemed shorter.
On imdb it says 1 m 83 cm, but he is clearly taller than Adkins (1 m 80 cm) and definitely not by 3 cm. ;)
I forgot to say. In America, apple boxes come in different varieties:
It's crazy.... So how tall is he? Adkins seems to be 1m 85cm.... Is Mike even taller?!