Brett Chan was roped in as the stunt coordinator for Netflix's "Iron Fist" after his impressive work on "Marco Polo" and the martial artist says the challenge was to make the fighting style in the show as distinctive as possible.
"The shooting schedules were a lot tighter. Our actor was not a martial artist by nature, so getting him to train was tough. His schedules were very hectic and martial art is not something that you can just pick up. You have to train in it," Chan told PTI in an interview.
The action director, who has worked on movies like "X-Men 2" and "The Last Samurai", says he kept the fight scenes real.
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"In this show, I did not want to use a lot of wire work. We wanted to keep it real. When you have a superhero who is a martial artist and you have little time to train, you learn to be more creative. In 'Iron Fist', it is Chinese martial art. We were trying not to blend styles."
"Iron Fist", which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stars Finn Jones as Danny Rand/Iron Fist, a martial arts expert with the ability to call upon the power of the Iron Fist.
The show, which premiered on Netflix on March 15, is the fourth in a series of shows that will lead up to "The Defenders" crossover mini-series. The other shows are "Jessica Jones", "Luke Cage" and "Daredevil".
Chan says it is important that the action sequences look different from the ones that the audience has already seen other Marvel shows.
"'Defenders' is shooting as we speak. I am not a part of it and I can't speak for their stunt coordinator. But Jessica Jones did not have a fighting style. Her fighting style had more to do with what is going on.
"Luke Cage is impenetrable and is trying hard not to hurt people. Daredevil is a blind and he has a style but it is very acrobatic, dirty boxing style. So, it is not too hard differentiate."
Chan says stunt sequences in Hollywood are more choreographed now because of the demand from the audience.
"Action in Hollywood has completely changed because our audience is a lot smarter. Earlier, people would be happy to see a couple of chairs break. But now you have to make it look more intricate.
"In 'Marco Polo', One Hundred Eyes had a different fighting style while Prince Jingim and Marco had a completely different styles despite learning from One Hundred Eyes. So, they could be using the same move but that would be influenced by their character.
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