O:9:"MagpieRSS":23:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:10:{i:0;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:82:"Jawaban Gofar Hilman soal Tuduhan Pelecehan Seksual Quweenjojo : Okezone Celebrity";s:4:"link";s:113:"https://movies.movs.world/shows/jawaban-gofar-hilman-soal-tuduhan-pelecehan-seksual-quweenjojo-okezone-celebrity/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Debby Kent";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:06:43 +0000";s:8:"category";s:76:"ShowsCelebrityGofarHilmanJawabanOkezonePelecehanQuweenjojoSeksualsoalTuduhan";s:4:"guid";s:34:"https://movies.movs.world/?p=40380";s:11:"description";s:788:"GOFAR Hilman terlibat tuduhan pelecehan seksual oleh wanita pemilik akun Quweenjojo. Namun sang wanita telah klarifikasi dan mengakui delusi.  Gofar Hilman menanggapi klarifikasi pemilik akun @quweenjojo alias Hafsyarina Sufa Rebowo, yang ternyata sudah berbohong menudingnya sebagai pelaku pelecehan seksual. Mantan penyiar radio ini mengaku sudah memaafkan perbuatannya. Gofar menuturkan bahwa akhirnya, dia ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:4271:"

GOFAR Hilman terlibat tuduhan pelecehan seksual oleh wanita pemilik akun Quweenjojo. Namun sang wanita telah klarifikasi dan mengakui delusi. 

Gofar Hilman menanggapi klarifikasi pemilik akun @quweenjojo alias Hafsyarina Sufa Rebowo, yang ternyata sudah berbohong menudingnya sebagai pelaku pelecehan seksual. Mantan penyiar radio ini mengaku sudah memaafkan perbuatannya.


Gofar menuturkan bahwa akhirnya, dia bertemu langsung dengan perempuan yang akrab disapa Syerin itu. Pertemuan mereka juga didampingi oleh pihak berwajib pada 10 Februari 2022.

“Alhamdulillah akhirnya gue bertemu dengan Syerin alias @quweenjojo untuk yang pertama kalinya melalui proses mediasi yang dibantu oleh pihak kepolisian kemarin,” tulisnya. .

Dalam kesempatan itu, dia dan Syerin masing-masing menyampaikan kronologi kejadian di depan polisi. Proses mediasi itu berlangsung lancar tanpa adanya perdebatan.

Syerin mengaku, bahwa tuduhan yang dibuat itu bersifat delusional. Meski Gofar sempat menerima cibiran publik gara-gara tuduhan itu, mantan kekasih Putri Tanjung ini tetap memaafkan Syerin.

“Dengan penyesalan yang mendalam, yang bersangkutan didampingi kedua orangtuanya juga sudah meminta maaf karena telah menuduh dan menyebarkan sebuah informasi yang tidak benar dan tidak bisa dipertangungjawabkan. Gue sendiri pun sudah dengan ikhlas memaafkan,” kata Gofar.

Menghadapi masalah yang kontroversial ini, Gofar memetik pelajaran penting. Tak hanya untuk Syerin, tetapi juga untuk dirinya agar lebih bijak dalam menggunkan media sosial.

“Kejadian ini telah memberikan pembelajaran yang luar biasa terhadap yang bersangkutan, dan gue berharap hal ini pun dapat menjadi pelajaran yang berharga buat kita semua untuk lebih bertanggung jawab dalam bersosial media,” kata Gofar.

Diketahui, Gofar Hilman jadi sorotan gara-gara cuitan oleh akun Twitter @quweenjojo yang mengaku sebagai korban pelecehan pada 8 Juni 2021. Sang pemilik akun mengaku sebagai korban tindakan pelecehan seksual saat hadir di sebuah acara yang juga mengundang Gofar sebagai bintang tamu di Malang, Jawa Timur pada Agustus 2018.

Lama tak muncul, akun @quweenjojo tiba-tiba mengaku bahwa tudingannya kepada Gofar sebagai pelaku pelecehan seksual adalah palsu, dibuat berdasarkan delusi dan imajinasi. Melalui video yang diunggah pada 11 Februari 2022, dia mengucapkan permintaan maaf.

We would love to give thanks to the author of this post for this amazing material

Jawaban Gofar Hilman soal Tuduhan Pelecehan Seksual Quweenjojo : Okezone Celebrity

";}s:7:"summary";s:788:"GOFAR Hilman terlibat tuduhan pelecehan seksual oleh wanita pemilik akun Quweenjojo. Namun sang wanita telah klarifikasi dan mengakui delusi.  Gofar Hilman menanggapi klarifikasi pemilik akun @quweenjojo alias Hafsyarina Sufa Rebowo, yang ternyata sudah berbohong menudingnya sebagai pelaku pelecehan seksual. Mantan penyiar radio ini mengaku sudah memaafkan perbuatannya. Gofar menuturkan bahwa akhirnya, dia ... Read more";s:12:"atom_content";s:4271:"

GOFAR Hilman terlibat tuduhan pelecehan seksual oleh wanita pemilik akun Quweenjojo. Namun sang wanita telah klarifikasi dan mengakui delusi. 

Gofar Hilman menanggapi klarifikasi pemilik akun @quweenjojo alias Hafsyarina Sufa Rebowo, yang ternyata sudah berbohong menudingnya sebagai pelaku pelecehan seksual. Mantan penyiar radio ini mengaku sudah memaafkan perbuatannya.


Gofar menuturkan bahwa akhirnya, dia bertemu langsung dengan perempuan yang akrab disapa Syerin itu. Pertemuan mereka juga didampingi oleh pihak berwajib pada 10 Februari 2022.

“Alhamdulillah akhirnya gue bertemu dengan Syerin alias @quweenjojo untuk yang pertama kalinya melalui proses mediasi yang dibantu oleh pihak kepolisian kemarin,” tulisnya. .

Dalam kesempatan itu, dia dan Syerin masing-masing menyampaikan kronologi kejadian di depan polisi. Proses mediasi itu berlangsung lancar tanpa adanya perdebatan.

Syerin mengaku, bahwa tuduhan yang dibuat itu bersifat delusional. Meski Gofar sempat menerima cibiran publik gara-gara tuduhan itu, mantan kekasih Putri Tanjung ini tetap memaafkan Syerin.

“Dengan penyesalan yang mendalam, yang bersangkutan didampingi kedua orangtuanya juga sudah meminta maaf karena telah menuduh dan menyebarkan sebuah informasi yang tidak benar dan tidak bisa dipertangungjawabkan. Gue sendiri pun sudah dengan ikhlas memaafkan,” kata Gofar.

Menghadapi masalah yang kontroversial ini, Gofar memetik pelajaran penting. Tak hanya untuk Syerin, tetapi juga untuk dirinya agar lebih bijak dalam menggunkan media sosial.

“Kejadian ini telah memberikan pembelajaran yang luar biasa terhadap yang bersangkutan, dan gue berharap hal ini pun dapat menjadi pelajaran yang berharga buat kita semua untuk lebih bertanggung jawab dalam bersosial media,” kata Gofar.

Diketahui, Gofar Hilman jadi sorotan gara-gara cuitan oleh akun Twitter @quweenjojo yang mengaku sebagai korban pelecehan pada 8 Juni 2021. Sang pemilik akun mengaku sebagai korban tindakan pelecehan seksual saat hadir di sebuah acara yang juga mengundang Gofar sebagai bintang tamu di Malang, Jawa Timur pada Agustus 2018.

Lama tak muncul, akun @quweenjojo tiba-tiba mengaku bahwa tudingannya kepada Gofar sebagai pelaku pelecehan seksual adalah palsu, dibuat berdasarkan delusi dan imajinasi. Melalui video yang diunggah pada 11 Februari 2022, dia mengucapkan permintaan maaf.

We would love to give thanks to the author of this post for this amazing material

Jawaban Gofar Hilman soal Tuduhan Pelecehan Seksual Quweenjojo : Okezone Celebrity

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1644660403;}i:1;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:59:"John Cena Reveals Vince McMahon Almost Turned Him Heel Once";s:4:"link";s:99:"https://movies.movs.world/movie-actors/john-cena-reveals-vince-mcmahon-almost-turned-him-heel-once/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Tony Grantly";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 12 Feb 2022 09:50:25 +0000";s:8:"category";s:43:"Movie ActorsCenaHeelJohnMcMahonrevealsVince";s:4:"guid";s:34:"https://movies.movs.world/?p=40374";s:11:"description";s:585:"Professional wrestling legend and a future WWE Hall of Famer John Cena who is a former sixteen times WWE World Champion recently said that Vince McMahon once wanted to turn heel and what Cena said in response. John Cena is indeed one of the biggest names not only in WWE but in the world of ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:7541:"

Professional wrestling legend and a future WWE Hall of Famer John Cena who is a former sixteen times WWE World Champion recently said that Vince McMahon once wanted to turn heel and what Cena said in response.

John Cena is indeed one of the biggest names not only in WWE but in the world of professional wrestling as well. He remained the face of WWE for over a decade and of course he was a huge attraction. He won the WWE World Championship for a record number of 16 times. Nobody else could win so many World Championships in WWE history.

John Cena Reveals Vince McMahon Almost Turned Him Heel Once

But a common complaint has always remained with him was he never turns heel after he became the face of WWE. When he started his main roster career in WWE, he played a heel role for nearly a year.

He turned babyface in late 2003 never to turn heel once again. This is the reason why a lot of WWE fans hated him. There were a lot of fans who only wanted to see him as a heel wrestler, but the wish was never been granted.

Fans often wonder why WWE never turned heel. Every big name in the promotion who remained face of the promotion has turned heel. Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker in and even Hulk Hogan turned heel. The only person who never turned heel was John Cena.

A lot of fans believe that it was because of the PG product of WWE. Majority of fans also believe that the PG product of WWE is also responsible for the downgrade of the promotion. John Cena is now fully focused on Hollywood. So it is nearly impossible to see him as a regular heel ever in professional wrestling.

John Cena who is a former sixteen times WWE World Champion recently spoke on The Pat McAfee Show where he said that Vince McMahon once wanted to turn heel and what Cena said in response. He said;

John Cena
John Cena. Image Credits: Twitter

“I’m playing a character that, you know, like I said, a character of virtue, a character that started as a generic wrestler, and then morphed into this hip-hop persona, then morphed into this character of virtue.

“To play the same character for a long time, that’s a challenge. I loved the challenge, I really loved it when like, early on, you know… I remember Vince toying with the idea of possibly turning me heel for The Rock, The Rock I in Miami, and I told him, like, ‘Hey, no problem, 100% I’ll do it, but just remember that this is so… we’re so deep in at this point, we can’t do it and then jump back because we’ll be sunk at both ends, so if we do it, I have to be the opposite of virtue, I have to be pure evil and we have to go all in.’

“And from a believability standpoint I’ve always… you know, people always see me in uniform, go figure that. If you didn’t see me in a suit in WWE, you saw me in a ballcap, t-shirt, jean shorts, sneakers. You saw me in uniform because I want people to know that what they see is somebody they can relate to.”

“And he [Vince] decided against it. It’s at that point, he was like, ‘Listen, I don’t think we’re ever gonna do it.’”

“So that’s me getting… OK, you have the luxury of playing this character, but you always are gonna play this character, which was great,” Cena said. “It got me to dive into nuances that kind of spawned the creation of, like, The Firefly Fun House Match, where like, ‘Yo, what if I went on a meta experience through all of my flaws and, like, my timeline.’

John Cena
John Cena. Image Credits: Twitter

“So you could do stuff like that, but it’s really fun to be able to be like, ‘Hey, you wanna be this weird dude who thinks he’s a superhero and murders people in the name of peace? Yeah, yeah, that sounds like a great time, I’d like to do that as well. Or do you want to be this weird conflicted boyfriend and have awkward sex with Amy Schumer on camera, and like, yeah that’ll be fun, I can tell some jokes during that, that’d be fun.’

“So, it’s not that I thought I would be any good, it’s when you do something for so long as you do it… what brings me back to WWE isn’t the falling down, it isn’t the improvement of physical skills, it’s the story-telling.

“I like being able to tell a story with Roman Reigns, that I don’t think he’s a worthy champion, and for people to buy into that, and not because he’s not… not because of the value of the belt, let’s say.

“It’s because of who he is as a human being, and point out what I believe are his character flaws, and then we go back & forth about that. I love the challenge of telling a story and acting is literally just being able to change characters whenever you want, and tell a new story. And I found that pretty intriguing.”

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John Cena Reveals Vince McMahon Almost Turned Him Heel Once

";}s:7:"summary";s:585:"Professional wrestling legend and a future WWE Hall of Famer John Cena who is a former sixteen times WWE World Champion recently said that Vince McMahon once wanted to turn heel and what Cena said in response. John Cena is indeed one of the biggest names not only in WWE but in the world of ... Read more";s:12:"atom_content";s:7541:"

Professional wrestling legend and a future WWE Hall of Famer John Cena who is a former sixteen times WWE World Champion recently said that Vince McMahon once wanted to turn heel and what Cena said in response.

John Cena is indeed one of the biggest names not only in WWE but in the world of professional wrestling as well. He remained the face of WWE for over a decade and of course he was a huge attraction. He won the WWE World Championship for a record number of 16 times. Nobody else could win so many World Championships in WWE history.

John Cena Reveals Vince McMahon Almost Turned Him Heel Once

But a common complaint has always remained with him was he never turns heel after he became the face of WWE. When he started his main roster career in WWE, he played a heel role for nearly a year.

He turned babyface in late 2003 never to turn heel once again. This is the reason why a lot of WWE fans hated him. There were a lot of fans who only wanted to see him as a heel wrestler, but the wish was never been granted.

Fans often wonder why WWE never turned heel. Every big name in the promotion who remained face of the promotion has turned heel. Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker in and even Hulk Hogan turned heel. The only person who never turned heel was John Cena.

A lot of fans believe that it was because of the PG product of WWE. Majority of fans also believe that the PG product of WWE is also responsible for the downgrade of the promotion. John Cena is now fully focused on Hollywood. So it is nearly impossible to see him as a regular heel ever in professional wrestling.

John Cena who is a former sixteen times WWE World Champion recently spoke on The Pat McAfee Show where he said that Vince McMahon once wanted to turn heel and what Cena said in response. He said;

John Cena
John Cena. Image Credits: Twitter

“I’m playing a character that, you know, like I said, a character of virtue, a character that started as a generic wrestler, and then morphed into this hip-hop persona, then morphed into this character of virtue.

“To play the same character for a long time, that’s a challenge. I loved the challenge, I really loved it when like, early on, you know… I remember Vince toying with the idea of possibly turning me heel for The Rock, The Rock I in Miami, and I told him, like, ‘Hey, no problem, 100% I’ll do it, but just remember that this is so… we’re so deep in at this point, we can’t do it and then jump back because we’ll be sunk at both ends, so if we do it, I have to be the opposite of virtue, I have to be pure evil and we have to go all in.’

“And from a believability standpoint I’ve always… you know, people always see me in uniform, go figure that. If you didn’t see me in a suit in WWE, you saw me in a ballcap, t-shirt, jean shorts, sneakers. You saw me in uniform because I want people to know that what they see is somebody they can relate to.”

“And he [Vince] decided against it. It’s at that point, he was like, ‘Listen, I don’t think we’re ever gonna do it.’”

“So that’s me getting… OK, you have the luxury of playing this character, but you always are gonna play this character, which was great,” Cena said. “It got me to dive into nuances that kind of spawned the creation of, like, The Firefly Fun House Match, where like, ‘Yo, what if I went on a meta experience through all of my flaws and, like, my timeline.’

John Cena
John Cena. Image Credits: Twitter

“So you could do stuff like that, but it’s really fun to be able to be like, ‘Hey, you wanna be this weird dude who thinks he’s a superhero and murders people in the name of peace? Yeah, yeah, that sounds like a great time, I’d like to do that as well. Or do you want to be this weird conflicted boyfriend and have awkward sex with Amy Schumer on camera, and like, yeah that’ll be fun, I can tell some jokes during that, that’d be fun.’

“So, it’s not that I thought I would be any good, it’s when you do something for so long as you do it… what brings me back to WWE isn’t the falling down, it isn’t the improvement of physical skills, it’s the story-telling.

“I like being able to tell a story with Roman Reigns, that I don’t think he’s a worthy champion, and for people to buy into that, and not because he’s not… not because of the value of the belt, let’s say.

“It’s because of who he is as a human being, and point out what I believe are his character flaws, and then we go back & forth about that. I love the challenge of telling a story and acting is literally just being able to change characters whenever you want, and tell a new story. And I found that pretty intriguing.”

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John Cena Reveals Vince McMahon Almost Turned Him Heel Once

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1644659425;}i:2;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:34:"Tyrese Gibson Interview: Dangerous";s:4:"link";s:73:"https://movies.movs.world/movie-actors/tyrese-gibson-interview-dangerous/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Debby Kent";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 12 Feb 2022 09:49:16 +0000";s:8:"category";s:42:"Movie ActorsDangerousGibsonInterviewTyrese";s:4:"guid";s:34:"https://movies.movs.world/?p=40368";s:11:"description";s:571:"Dangerous star Tyrese Gibson discusses his excitement working with Mel Gibson and Famke Janssen, the struggles of filming in freezing Canada and more. Dangerous stars Scott Eastwood as ex-con and reformed sociopath Dylan trying to quietly serve out his parole and get better in touch with his emotions with the help of his eccentric psychiatrist. When ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:11654:"

Dangerous star Tyrese Gibson discusses his excitement working with Mel Gibson and Famke Janssen, the struggles of filming in freezing Canada and more.

Dangerous stars Scott Eastwood as ex-con and reformed sociopath Dylan trying to quietly serve out his parole and get better in touch with his emotions with the help of his eccentric psychiatrist. When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances, Dylan breaks parole to attend the funeral, only to have to defend the family who hates him from a band of heavily armed mercenaries looking to collect something his brother was hiding.

Related: F9’s Invincible Speech Sets Up A Tragic Ending For Fast & Furious 11

Ahead of the film’s release, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with Dangerous star Tyrese Gibson to discuss his excitement of working with the ensemble cast, the struggles of filming in a freezing region of Canada, and more.

SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY

Screen Rant: We’ll dive right into Dangerous, what was it like filming up in Canada, where it’s almost always cold?

Tyrese Gibson: It was freezing cold. Believe me, all of the smoke that was coming out of my mouth in the movie definitely wasn’t special effects. Crazy thing was my last night of filming, the part of Canada that we shot the movie in was in the middle of nowhere and probably about four-and-a-half, maybe five-hour drive from where we were to get to Vancouver, so after I wrapped at like 3 A.M. in the morning, I drove myself through a blizzard and got all the way to Vancouver.

The driver was like, “I’m from here. I’m used to the snow, I’m used to driving in these conditions. Why do you want to drive yourself?” And I said, “Because if I die, then you won’t be the one to kill me, I rather just do it to myself. I’m not going to be sitting in the passenger side, ‘What are you doing?!'” [Laughs] So yeah, it was very real to film this movie out there in Canada, but I had a great time and the director is great. It was my first time ever working with Mel Gibson, I was very honored to have worked with him, and that was my second film with Kevin Durand, so it was cool man.

Would you say the cast was the biggest draw for you to the project or was there something else that spoke to you?

Tyrese Gibson: Yeah, absolutely. I’ve always wanted to do something with Mel Gibson, I’m a huge, über fan, so I just remember when the press release came out, I was looking at all of these images of everybody that was in the film from Famke to Kevin Durand and Scott Eastwood and Mel Gibson and there was my Black face right there in the little box.

I was like, “Oh my god, this is pretty crazy”. Moments like this, I wish I could call John Singleton and tell him, “Look, man, things are still happening here.” Because he’s the one who got me in Hollywood. It’s been cool being part of this film, I just watched it, I ended up watching it twice a couple of weeks ago and it came together, it’s pretty crazy.

So normally when we see you on screen, it’s typically in a car or in a brief shoot-out, but in this we see you get a little further in on the in-person action, what was it like getting in those sequences?

Tyrese Gibson: It was cool, man. I like action, but I love acting as well. The drama, the tension, and intensity between me and Scott Eastwood, especially in that prison scene – I don’t want to give it away. I love drama, people have no idea how challenging it is to maintain humor for The Fast and The Furious. I always got to have my energy up, doesn’t matter what timezone we’re filming in, I always got to be the humor or the life of the party. That’s very challenging, [needing] coffee, caffeine tablets, just trying to keep my energy up.

So it was cool to roll out of bed with my deep voice and be on a movie set and not have to do anything humorous. I really hope people enjoy the film, definitely want you guys to give us a shot and take the journey with us.


You mentioned working with David Hackl for the first time on this one. Were you allotted the opportunity to play around with your character, especially in that jail scene, or did a lot of that come from the scripting and David’s direction?

Tyrese Gibson: The script had the nuts and bolts of what we were doing, but a lot of what you ultimately do in the movie could never be written. So once I got to the set and saw everything about the way the set was built, the way it was lit, everything just kind of was like “click, click, click, click” [in my head] and then it was just time to get busy. Scott and I just kept going over it, trying to find those nuances and those moments and it was pretty cool.

What would you say was the biggest challenge for you coming into this one?

Tyrese Gibson: Filming in Canada while it was freezing and October. Also missing Thanksgiving, because their Thanksgiving is in a different month than ours, so it was like “Damn.” When I booked the movie and I got there, I was like, “I didn’t really even think about Thanksgiving coming up.” But everybody in America was celebrating Thanksgiving and we were on set working, so that was honestly the biggest challenge.

Otherwise, it was I think, at this point, I’m kind of on autopilot. So once you got dialogue, once you know the scenes and the gist of what you’re doing, you just kind of hope that you get along with your co-star and you get in there and catch a vibe and dance, so we got it done.

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Tyrese Gibson Interview: Dangerous

";}s:7:"summary";s:571:"Dangerous star Tyrese Gibson discusses his excitement working with Mel Gibson and Famke Janssen, the struggles of filming in freezing Canada and more. Dangerous stars Scott Eastwood as ex-con and reformed sociopath Dylan trying to quietly serve out his parole and get better in touch with his emotions with the help of his eccentric psychiatrist. When ... Read more";s:12:"atom_content";s:11654:"

Dangerous star Tyrese Gibson discusses his excitement working with Mel Gibson and Famke Janssen, the struggles of filming in freezing Canada and more.

Dangerous stars Scott Eastwood as ex-con and reformed sociopath Dylan trying to quietly serve out his parole and get better in touch with his emotions with the help of his eccentric psychiatrist. When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances, Dylan breaks parole to attend the funeral, only to have to defend the family who hates him from a band of heavily armed mercenaries looking to collect something his brother was hiding.

Related: F9’s Invincible Speech Sets Up A Tragic Ending For Fast & Furious 11

Ahead of the film’s release, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with Dangerous star Tyrese Gibson to discuss his excitement of working with the ensemble cast, the struggles of filming in a freezing region of Canada, and more.

SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY

Screen Rant: We’ll dive right into Dangerous, what was it like filming up in Canada, where it’s almost always cold?

Tyrese Gibson: It was freezing cold. Believe me, all of the smoke that was coming out of my mouth in the movie definitely wasn’t special effects. Crazy thing was my last night of filming, the part of Canada that we shot the movie in was in the middle of nowhere and probably about four-and-a-half, maybe five-hour drive from where we were to get to Vancouver, so after I wrapped at like 3 A.M. in the morning, I drove myself through a blizzard and got all the way to Vancouver.

The driver was like, “I’m from here. I’m used to the snow, I’m used to driving in these conditions. Why do you want to drive yourself?” And I said, “Because if I die, then you won’t be the one to kill me, I rather just do it to myself. I’m not going to be sitting in the passenger side, ‘What are you doing?!'” [Laughs] So yeah, it was very real to film this movie out there in Canada, but I had a great time and the director is great. It was my first time ever working with Mel Gibson, I was very honored to have worked with him, and that was my second film with Kevin Durand, so it was cool man.

Would you say the cast was the biggest draw for you to the project or was there something else that spoke to you?

Tyrese Gibson: Yeah, absolutely. I’ve always wanted to do something with Mel Gibson, I’m a huge, über fan, so I just remember when the press release came out, I was looking at all of these images of everybody that was in the film from Famke to Kevin Durand and Scott Eastwood and Mel Gibson and there was my Black face right there in the little box.

I was like, “Oh my god, this is pretty crazy”. Moments like this, I wish I could call John Singleton and tell him, “Look, man, things are still happening here.” Because he’s the one who got me in Hollywood. It’s been cool being part of this film, I just watched it, I ended up watching it twice a couple of weeks ago and it came together, it’s pretty crazy.

So normally when we see you on screen, it’s typically in a car or in a brief shoot-out, but in this we see you get a little further in on the in-person action, what was it like getting in those sequences?

Tyrese Gibson: It was cool, man. I like action, but I love acting as well. The drama, the tension, and intensity between me and Scott Eastwood, especially in that prison scene – I don’t want to give it away. I love drama, people have no idea how challenging it is to maintain humor for The Fast and The Furious. I always got to have my energy up, doesn’t matter what timezone we’re filming in, I always got to be the humor or the life of the party. That’s very challenging, [needing] coffee, caffeine tablets, just trying to keep my energy up.

So it was cool to roll out of bed with my deep voice and be on a movie set and not have to do anything humorous. I really hope people enjoy the film, definitely want you guys to give us a shot and take the journey with us.


You mentioned working with David Hackl for the first time on this one. Were you allotted the opportunity to play around with your character, especially in that jail scene, or did a lot of that come from the scripting and David’s direction?

Tyrese Gibson: The script had the nuts and bolts of what we were doing, but a lot of what you ultimately do in the movie could never be written. So once I got to the set and saw everything about the way the set was built, the way it was lit, everything just kind of was like “click, click, click, click” [in my head] and then it was just time to get busy. Scott and I just kept going over it, trying to find those nuances and those moments and it was pretty cool.

What would you say was the biggest challenge for you coming into this one?

Tyrese Gibson: Filming in Canada while it was freezing and October. Also missing Thanksgiving, because their Thanksgiving is in a different month than ours, so it was like “Damn.” When I booked the movie and I got there, I was like, “I didn’t really even think about Thanksgiving coming up.” But everybody in America was celebrating Thanksgiving and we were on set working, so that was honestly the biggest challenge.

Otherwise, it was I think, at this point, I’m kind of on autopilot. So once you got dialogue, once you know the scenes and the gist of what you’re doing, you just kind of hope that you get along with your co-star and you get in there and catch a vibe and dance, so we got it done.

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Adam has earned many claims to his name over the years for his stunning performance and acting skills in the Hollywood industry. He was also nominated as the Best Actor for his role in Marriage Story.

Coming back to our topic, as per Giant Freakin Robot, a trusted source has stated that Adam Driver is in talks with Marvel. As of now, it has not been confirmed that Adam will be a part of the humongous franchise, but his huge fan base has started speculating what character he might make an appearance in. The most prominent choice for the actor’s role by fans was Doctor Doom. Considering Adam played a villain-ish character in Star Wars, his fans believe that he could fulfil this role without breaking a sweat.

Other interesting roles shown for Adam Driver were the Silver Surfer and The Thing from Fantastic 4 (as per FandomWire). As Adam is an actor who enjoys unique roles with its challenges, having him seen as a person with a hard armoured skin would be an interesting concept. It is to be noted that we will be getting a Fantastic 4 movie so this scenario might be possible.

On the work front, Adam Driver competed in 2021 giving us three movies to remember. He starred alongside Marion Cotillard in Annette, which came out on 7th July 2021. Apart from this, he was seen in The Last Duel which was directed by Ridley Scott and starred Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck along the actor. The movie was released on the 15th of October. To round it up, the actor also starred in House of Gucci along with Lady Gaga, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, and Al Pacino.

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For producing the film, Edwards has collaborated with his Rogue One collaborator Kiri Hart and New Regency, which has given the funding for the film. His latest film sits on a forthcoming slate from the company that also has an untitled original film from David O.

Russell and stars Christian Bale, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Mike Myers, Robert De Niro, Chris Rock, and more; Adrian Lyne’s Deep Water, which stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas; and Robert Eggers’ The Northman starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman and Willem Dafoe.

Watanabe is popular for his supporting role in Edward Zwick’s The Last Samurai, for which he won Oscar, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations back in 2004. The actor will next appear in the HBO Max series Tokyo Vice, in which he also served as executive producer alongside pilot director Michael Mann and more.

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Ken Watanabe, the cast member of Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla, has joined the cast of his forthcoming New Regency film True Love in a character initially supposed to have been portrayed by Benedict Wong, after the latter actor’s exit because of scheduling conflicts.

Watanabe will be seen with earlier confirmed cast members along with Gemma Chan, Allison Janney, John David Washington, and Sturgill Simpson.

Watanabe’s Character Is Undisclosed Currently

Edwards (known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Monsters) has both written and directed the latest film. The movie is an original science-fiction story set shortly. Specifications about its storyline and the character Watanabe is portraying are not disclosed as of now, with production in progress.

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Kiri Hart and Edwards Collaborated to Produce the Film

For producing the film, Edwards has collaborated with his Rogue One collaborator Kiri Hart and New Regency, which has given the funding for the film. His latest film sits on a forthcoming slate from the company that also has an untitled original film from David O.

Russell and stars Christian Bale, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Mike Myers, Robert De Niro, Chris Rock, and more; Adrian Lyne’s Deep Water, which stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas; and Robert Eggers’ The Northman starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman and Willem Dafoe.

Watanabe is popular for his supporting role in Edward Zwick’s The Last Samurai, for which he won Oscar, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations back in 2004. The actor will next appear in the HBO Max series Tokyo Vice, in which he also served as executive producer alongside pilot director Michael Mann and more.

He has also seen on the film side in titles including Inception, Memoirs of a Geisha, Letters from Iwo Jima, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The King and I, Bel Canto, Batman Begins, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Isle of Dogs, and The Sea of Trees, among others.

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Miguel Zenón, who on saxophone has the facility of a bebopper, which he uses discreetly, is here a singer as well as an instrumentalist.

Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo, El Arte del Bolero (Miel Music)

Cover Zenón El Arte del Bolero scaled e1609285018842As I write, it is alto saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón’s 44th birthday. He’s a MacArthur Fellow, has won a Guggenheim and, more important, has earned the admiration of his peers and a wide listening audience. Often drawn from his Puerto Rican heritage, his repertoire is unique, his writing wide-ranging. He has arranged Puerto Rican songs for orchestra, (on Alma Adentro) and written for alto saxophone and string quartet (on Sonero). He’s a founding member of the SF Jazz Collective and is currently working on a disc dedicated to the music of Ornette Coleman (Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman). I think that El Arte del Bolero — its bare-faced duets featuring the saxophonist with his longtime colleague, pianist Luis Perdomo — is in its way just as ambitious as the Coleman homage. When the touching title melody on Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook is played, it seems to be reaching for something just out of reach, surrounded by a large orchestra punctuated by drums and cymbals. The large ensemble approach drives Zenón toward ever more effectively impassioned statements. On his new collection, which was recorded as a concert on September 28, Zenón begins “Alma Adentro” on his own and at a slightly slower tempo. He sounds exposed, even when Perdomo comes in quietly behind him.

In his notes to El Arte del Bolero, Zenón explains his affection for “Alma Adentro”: “Sylvia Rexach, the composer of this piece, is a favorite of my mother’s, and I was exposed to her music as a young child. This is a song that always brings back feelings of longing and deep nostalgia, a yearning for things no longer there.”  It seems that Puerto Rican songs, recorded by singers like Rexach, Benny Moré, and Cheo Feliciano, have a special meaning to Zenón and perhaps to his generation. About this recording, he says “we chose compositions from the Bolero era that we could just play right away, without giving it a second thought: songs from the times of our parents and grandparents…. When we play these songs, we can hear the lyrics in the back of our minds — something that provides a very deep connection, one that is hard to replicate in any other situation. It really is almost beyond familiar. These songs are part of us.”

So Zenón, who on saxophone has the facility of a bebopper, which he uses discreetly, is here a singer as well as an instrumentalist. His repertoire pushes him and Perdomo in similar directions. The love songs are mostly tragic, the performances impassioned, tender, and virtuosic. “What did I ask of you,” one translation runs, “but loyal understanding,” and in another song a woman wonders how she fell in love with her less loyal mate. “Life is a dream” insists Arsenio Rodriguez’s “La Vida Es un Sueño.”  The composer, blinded as a child, dramatizes life as a journey of suffering.

Throughout the album, Zenón shows himself to be the master of his instrument. On “Que Te Pedi” (and elsewhere) Zenón begins with an unaccompanied introduction — it comes off as an indirect display piece. There is a pause after the solo opening, And then, accompanied by Perdomo, there is a surprise: the saxophonist almost sings the lyrics of  “Que Te Pedi,”  He hesitates and uses an occasional line-ending vibrato to suggest the vocalist he must be hearing in his head. This is not to say that Zenón is sentimental: he plays with a tart charm, and improvises boldly and zestfully on many of the selections. Perdomo plays with a comparable poeticism and sensitivity to both the song’s words and the possibilities of the chords.

According to Zenón, the session was unrehearsed but the two musicians seem to know exactly what the other is up to.  The opening number on Alma Adentro, “Juguete,” is the last one on this album, and it is the most playful performance in the lineup. To my ears it is as much as kind of game as it is a dance, with quotes from such songs as “Broadway,” and a chorus in which the pair trade fours and Zenón plays a little of “In Walked Bud.”  If you are like me, you’ll leave listening to this album with a song in your head and, if you’re Puerto Rican, perhaps in your heart as well.


Michael Ullman studied classical clarinet and was educated at Harvard, the University of Chicago, and the U. of Michigan, from which he received a PhD in English. The author or co-author of two books on jazz, he has written on jazz and classical music for the Atlantic Monthly, New Republic, High Fidelity, Stereophile, Boston Phoenix, Boston Globe, and other venues. His articles on Dickens, Joyce, Kipling, and others have appeared in academic journals. For over 20 years, he has written a bi-monthly jazz column for Fanfare Magazine, for which he also reviews classical music. At Tufts University, he teaches mostly modernist writers in the English Department and jazz and blues history in the Music Department. He plays piano badly.

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Miguel Zenón, who on saxophone has the facility of a bebopper, which he uses discreetly, is here a singer as well as an instrumentalist.

Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo, El Arte del Bolero (Miel Music)

Cover Zenón El Arte del Bolero scaled e1609285018842As I write, it is alto saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón’s 44th birthday. He’s a MacArthur Fellow, has won a Guggenheim and, more important, has earned the admiration of his peers and a wide listening audience. Often drawn from his Puerto Rican heritage, his repertoire is unique, his writing wide-ranging. He has arranged Puerto Rican songs for orchestra, (on Alma Adentro) and written for alto saxophone and string quartet (on Sonero). He’s a founding member of the SF Jazz Collective and is currently working on a disc dedicated to the music of Ornette Coleman (Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman). I think that El Arte del Bolero — its bare-faced duets featuring the saxophonist with his longtime colleague, pianist Luis Perdomo — is in its way just as ambitious as the Coleman homage. When the touching title melody on Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook is played, it seems to be reaching for something just out of reach, surrounded by a large orchestra punctuated by drums and cymbals. The large ensemble approach drives Zenón toward ever more effectively impassioned statements. On his new collection, which was recorded as a concert on September 28, Zenón begins “Alma Adentro” on his own and at a slightly slower tempo. He sounds exposed, even when Perdomo comes in quietly behind him.

In his notes to El Arte del Bolero, Zenón explains his affection for “Alma Adentro”: “Sylvia Rexach, the composer of this piece, is a favorite of my mother’s, and I was exposed to her music as a young child. This is a song that always brings back feelings of longing and deep nostalgia, a yearning for things no longer there.”  It seems that Puerto Rican songs, recorded by singers like Rexach, Benny Moré, and Cheo Feliciano, have a special meaning to Zenón and perhaps to his generation. About this recording, he says “we chose compositions from the Bolero era that we could just play right away, without giving it a second thought: songs from the times of our parents and grandparents…. When we play these songs, we can hear the lyrics in the back of our minds — something that provides a very deep connection, one that is hard to replicate in any other situation. It really is almost beyond familiar. These songs are part of us.”

So Zenón, who on saxophone has the facility of a bebopper, which he uses discreetly, is here a singer as well as an instrumentalist. His repertoire pushes him and Perdomo in similar directions. The love songs are mostly tragic, the performances impassioned, tender, and virtuosic. “What did I ask of you,” one translation runs, “but loyal understanding,” and in another song a woman wonders how she fell in love with her less loyal mate. “Life is a dream” insists Arsenio Rodriguez’s “La Vida Es un Sueño.”  The composer, blinded as a child, dramatizes life as a journey of suffering.

Throughout the album, Zenón shows himself to be the master of his instrument. On “Que Te Pedi” (and elsewhere) Zenón begins with an unaccompanied introduction — it comes off as an indirect display piece. There is a pause after the solo opening, And then, accompanied by Perdomo, there is a surprise: the saxophonist almost sings the lyrics of  “Que Te Pedi,”  He hesitates and uses an occasional line-ending vibrato to suggest the vocalist he must be hearing in his head. This is not to say that Zenón is sentimental: he plays with a tart charm, and improvises boldly and zestfully on many of the selections. Perdomo plays with a comparable poeticism and sensitivity to both the song’s words and the possibilities of the chords.

According to Zenón, the session was unrehearsed but the two musicians seem to know exactly what the other is up to.  The opening number on Alma Adentro, “Juguete,” is the last one on this album, and it is the most playful performance in the lineup. To my ears it is as much as kind of game as it is a dance, with quotes from such songs as “Broadway,” and a chorus in which the pair trade fours and Zenón plays a little of “In Walked Bud.”  If you are like me, you’ll leave listening to this album with a song in your head and, if you’re Puerto Rican, perhaps in your heart as well.


Michael Ullman studied classical clarinet and was educated at Harvard, the University of Chicago, and the U. of Michigan, from which he received a PhD in English. The author or co-author of two books on jazz, he has written on jazz and classical music for the Atlantic Monthly, New Republic, High Fidelity, Stereophile, Boston Phoenix, Boston Globe, and other venues. His articles on Dickens, Joyce, Kipling, and others have appeared in academic journals. For over 20 years, he has written a bi-monthly jazz column for Fanfare Magazine, for which he also reviews classical music. At Tufts University, he teaches mostly modernist writers in the English Department and jazz and blues history in the Music Department. He plays piano badly.

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Bill Skarsgård stars in Clark, playing the titular role in a biopic about the man whose kidnapping crimes coined the term, Stockholm Syndrome.

Bill Skarsgård is the man behind the term Stockholm Syndrome in the new Netflix series Clark. Skarsgård is a Swedish actor who gained international fame after his role as Matthew in Allegiant in 2016. The actor is best known for his haunting performance in the 2017 remake of IT and IT: Chapter Two, where he portrayed the terrifying Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

The official teaser trailer just released for one of Skarsgård’s upcoming projects: Clark. Skarsgård plays the titular Clark Olofsson, whose hostages famously tried to protect after being held against their will during a robbery, coining the term Stockholm Syndrome. Despite being said to be a crime drama, these high energy clips suggest the series will be riddled with comedy. Check out the full teaser trailer below:

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During its six episode run, the series will showcase Olofsson’s life. It’s set to depict his early years through to present day, featuring the start of his criminal career in the 1960s. Clark will explore this notorious criminal’s long list of crimes, including attempted murder, narcotics trafficking, assault, and robbery. Director Jonas Åkerlund (Lords of Chaos, Polar) has praised Skarsgård on his performance, saying he’s “the perfect patch” for the show.

Skarsgård is not the only star studded cast member to appear in the series. Acting alongside his Clark is Vikings star Alicia Agneson and Vilhelm Blomgren known for Midsommar. Clark has been in post-production since June 2021, and while there is no set release date as of yet it is expected to premiere on Netflix later this year.


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Bill Skarsgård stars in Clark, playing the titular role in a biopic about the man whose kidnapping crimes coined the term, Stockholm Syndrome.

Bill Skarsgård is the man behind the term Stockholm Syndrome in the new Netflix series Clark. Skarsgård is a Swedish actor who gained international fame after his role as Matthew in Allegiant in 2016. The actor is best known for his haunting performance in the 2017 remake of IT and IT: Chapter Two, where he portrayed the terrifying Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

The official teaser trailer just released for one of Skarsgård’s upcoming projects: Clark. Skarsgård plays the titular Clark Olofsson, whose hostages famously tried to protect after being held against their will during a robbery, coining the term Stockholm Syndrome. Despite being said to be a crime drama, these high energy clips suggest the series will be riddled with comedy. Check out the full teaser trailer below:

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During its six episode run, the series will showcase Olofsson’s life. It’s set to depict his early years through to present day, featuring the start of his criminal career in the 1960s. Clark will explore this notorious criminal’s long list of crimes, including attempted murder, narcotics trafficking, assault, and robbery. Director Jonas Åkerlund (Lords of Chaos, Polar) has praised Skarsgård on his performance, saying he’s “the perfect patch” for the show.

Skarsgård is not the only star studded cast member to appear in the series. Acting alongside his Clark is Vikings star Alicia Agneson and Vilhelm Blomgren known for Midsommar. Clark has been in post-production since June 2021, and while there is no set release date as of yet it is expected to premiere on Netflix later this year.


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  1. Uday K. Jagadisan, Neeraj J. Gandhi. Population temporal structure supplements the rate code during sensorimotor transformations. Current Biology, 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.015

But how these neurons communicate in between seeing and acting is a complex — and important — consideration. New research led by the Cognition and Sensorimotor Integration Lab at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering has uncovered how neurons encode and decode that information and differentiate between motor and sensory signals.

“We wanted to figure out how a decoder knows exactly when to initiate a movement if it is also getting signals when a movement isn’t desired,” said Uday K. Jagadisan, lead author and former graduate student in the Cognition and Sensorimotor Integration Lab. “We not only were able to uncover a reliable temporal pattern in the neuron activity that was tied to movement, but we were also able to replicate it with microstimulation.”

The researchers studied how decoding happens when the signals lead to movement, trying to differentiate it from how information is encoded during visual processing. In other words, if the neurons are receiving both sensory and motor signals, how do they tell them apart? How does the brain know when to make the body move?

“The same groups of neurons can communicate information about sensations and movement, and the brain knows which signal is which. We found it’s as if groups of neurons encode the same information in one ‘language’ to send messages about sensation and in another ‘language’ to send information about movement,” explained Neeraj Gandhi, professor of bioengineering who leads the Cognition and Sensorimotor Integration Lab at Pitt. “The receiving groups of neurons only act on one of the languages — that’s the key.”

The research is the first to both pinpoint the encoding and decoding process and verify the findings using microstimulation. The researchers were able to repeat the pattern of neural activity in non-human primate brains and elicit the intended motor reaction.

This discovery is vital for applications like brain-computer interfaces and neuroprosthetics. These artificial systems can assist people who have suffered brain injuries or other disorders that affect motor or sensory processes, but in order to work reliably, they need to decode brain activity and understand the intentions behind the patterns of activity.

“For neuroprosthetics, this research could create a way to put the brakes on and inhibit response when you don’t need it, and release when actually needed, all based on neuron chatter,” said Jagadisan. “Current technology is just delivering a pulse every few milliseconds. If you have the ability to control the time when each pulse is delivered, you can select the patterned microstimulation to achieve the effect that you want.”

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Journal Reference:

  1. Uday K. Jagadisan, Neeraj J. Gandhi. Population temporal structure supplements the rate code during sensorimotor transformations. Current Biology, 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.015

But how these neurons communicate in between seeing and acting is a complex — and important — consideration. New research led by the Cognition and Sensorimotor Integration Lab at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering has uncovered how neurons encode and decode that information and differentiate between motor and sensory signals.

“We wanted to figure out how a decoder knows exactly when to initiate a movement if it is also getting signals when a movement isn’t desired,” said Uday K. Jagadisan, lead author and former graduate student in the Cognition and Sensorimotor Integration Lab. “We not only were able to uncover a reliable temporal pattern in the neuron activity that was tied to movement, but we were also able to replicate it with microstimulation.”

The researchers studied how decoding happens when the signals lead to movement, trying to differentiate it from how information is encoded during visual processing. In other words, if the neurons are receiving both sensory and motor signals, how do they tell them apart? How does the brain know when to make the body move?

“The same groups of neurons can communicate information about sensations and movement, and the brain knows which signal is which. We found it’s as if groups of neurons encode the same information in one ‘language’ to send messages about sensation and in another ‘language’ to send information about movement,” explained Neeraj Gandhi, professor of bioengineering who leads the Cognition and Sensorimotor Integration Lab at Pitt. “The receiving groups of neurons only act on one of the languages — that’s the key.”

The research is the first to both pinpoint the encoding and decoding process and verify the findings using microstimulation. The researchers were able to repeat the pattern of neural activity in non-human primate brains and elicit the intended motor reaction.

This discovery is vital for applications like brain-computer interfaces and neuroprosthetics. These artificial systems can assist people who have suffered brain injuries or other disorders that affect motor or sensory processes, but in order to work reliably, they need to decode brain activity and understand the intentions behind the patterns of activity.

“For neuroprosthetics, this research could create a way to put the brakes on and inhibit response when you don’t need it, and release when actually needed, all based on neuron chatter,” said Jagadisan. “Current technology is just delivering a pulse every few milliseconds. If you have the ability to control the time when each pulse is delivered, you can select the patterned microstimulation to achieve the effect that you want.”

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Warner Bros.’ long-awaited Mortal Kombat reboot opened to a surprisingly strong $22.5 million this weekend, a verifiable fortune in the pandemic. For fans of the popular video game series, the reboot represented a faithful translation of the franchise’s core action tenets. Bloody flawless victories and creative kills. For non-video game fans, Mortal Kombat was yet another step in a hopeful return to normalcy for the film industry. Love it or hate it, big budget fight scenes on the big screen have been a rarity over the last year.

At the center of Mortal Kombat is Mehcad Brooks’ Jax, a beloved character from the games who receives perhaps his best live-action treatment this time around. In speaking to Observer, Brooks reveals how he 45 pounds of muscle for the role, what fans can expect from an eventual sequel, and he isn’t letting Hollywood off the hook in its quest for greater representation.

Observer: You’ve always been a big guy, but here you are absolutely massive. Could you walk me through the workout and physical training regiment you went through to play a martial artist of this caliber?
Mehcad Brooks: I went from vegan to eating a small farm every day, and I worked out six days a week, sometimes twice a day. I had workouts designed for me to try to look like the video game character, which were kind of crazy. So that was 45 pounds of extra weight. Did boxing training like five days a week. I watched hours and hours and hours of footage on Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson just to make sure I was creating my own character but with some of the best bruisers that have ever done it. I played the game a ton because Jax moves a certain way and I wanted to make sure that the video game fans look at me and go “Oh shit, he’s Jax.” And so I incorporated the choreography into how the video game character moves and so that was a challenge but it was really rewarding. Especially if you’re fighting with people like Joe Taslim who are just like—it’s like trying to keep up with Michael Jackson, it’s a nightmare. The guy is unbelievable but he really steps your game up.

Early on you have a great fight scene with Sub-Zero where the entire room is frozen and it’s this mix of realistic environment and other worldly elements. Can you take me behind the movie magic and explain how something like that becomes a reality?
It was a beautiful scene and they had this hollowed out building in the middle of the city in the middle of the shopping area. Kind of like the Melrose I would say of Adelaide or like the Rodeo Drive in some ways. But it was this department store that had just been hollowed out for years. There we were, we took it over for a week and a half to do this fight scene. I remember walking in and [Director] Simon McQuoid is such a genius. Every piece of ice, every icicle, was in its right place, every rock, everything. I remember kicking rocks around and I realized that most of these rocks were movie rocks. They dressed up the construction site, basically. The graffiti on the walls, that was ours too. And if you’re a fan of the game you might actually recognize what some of the graffiti is saying from the game. So there’s easter eggs every square inch of the steps that we were acting on. So you just really understood you stepped into this universe that Simon McQuoid created. It’s beautiful.

Mehcad Brooks in Mortal Kombat. Warner Bros.

Any hints for those Easter eggs?
At the moment when Jax has a shotgun and he’s looking for Sub-Zero and it’s about two to three seconds before he finds Sub-Zero, look at the graffiti on the wall and if you’re a fan of the original game you’ll know exactly what it is.

What can fans expect from the sequel this film clearly sets up?
I think they can expect more of what they love. I think they can expect an expansion on the universe that we’ve all now created. I think they can expect Johnny Cage.

More of what you love, an expansion on what you realize you love now. And also the thing is every single actor, the writer Greg Russo, Todd Garner our producer and Simon McQuoid. Every single person on that set is a fan of the game. So as much as we want to give the fans exactly what they want, we also want to expand on it and raise these characters and the story to its own cinematic universe. And the level at which they deserve.

What would you like to see for Jax in the future of this new Mortal Kombat franchise? Any particular themes you’re hoping make it into the script?
Let’s just say Black heroes matter and I want to see the normalization of diversity in heroes in Hollywood. And so I think this is a universe. I think when you watch the movie you realize that you’re watching the beginning of your entry point into the universe. And whatever that means, let’s ride that until the wheels fall off.

I want kids who were born ten years ago, I don’t want them to feel the same way I did growing up, saying “Okay, there’s only a couple of us.”

You’ve played Jimmy Olson in Supergirl, now Jax in Mortal Kombat. These are iconic blockbuster characters. What is your approach to playing someone that the public has an intense familiarity with and perhaps a picture in their own mind of how that character should be played?
I take it on as respecting what the fans understand about the canon or the folklore of the actor. And understanding that the fans have a certain expectation of the character. And the thing is though, I’ve never taken on a role that was already in the cultural consciousness that I wasn’t a fan of myself. I’m a huge comic book fan, I grew up on comic books, I grew up on DC comics and I love them. So when I was brought into the DC world I had a ton of respect. I knew the canon, I knew about Jack Kirby, I understood the world so I already bring that to it. But at the same time, you’ve got to bring your own spin and expand it for complications. You want to make sure that it’s relevant for today. You can’t be doing that kind of shit. So there’s a certain swag, a certain signature that I want to bring to the characters that people think that they know and sort of create a data point or a reflection point where those characters can expand into a different world, particularly speaking to people who identify with me when they watch on their screen.

Any other iconic characters you hope to tackle next?
I think Green Lantern would be amazing. Great question, brother. Green Lantern. But here’s the other thing too. I don’t just want to stick to the characters who were written African American because when a lot of the characters were created, people had really monochromatic existences to put it nicely. Segregation and apartheid in America was a real thing. And people didn’t see a diverse set of human beings in their daily lives so what that means is they wrote the characters that they knew. And so these characters, a lot of these superheroes if they were written ten years ago or five years ago, they might look like me. They might look like my Asian brother Lewis Tan. They might look different than how they were written in 1940 is what I’m saying.

So when you ask me that question, it’s a great question but it’s a more complex answer, because I think that there’s room for growth in diversity because these characters were written 70, 80 years ago some of them. And they weren’t thinking about people like me back then. I want kids who were born ten years ago, I don’t want them to feel the same way I did growing up, saying “Okay, there’s only a couple of us.” I want them to be able to look into any superhero universe or any heroic universe and say, “That could be me too.” And with that said, who are the African heroes? Like Shaka Zulu, Hannibal, where is our Black Gladiator? Where is our Black sword-and-sandal? Who was Othello before he was a general? I want to see those stories too.

Sort of like Denzel Washington’s upcoming The Tragedy of MacbethThe characters don’t necessarily need to be blockbuster IP.
However, let’s look out for the conversation right there. Greek mythology made the superhero myths basically. Or the superhero myth is Greek mythology, they’re interchangeable. Shakespeare also wrote flawed anti-hero kind of superheroes, the kind that we’re seeing with Todd Phillips’ Joker. So we’ve been telling these stories, but I agree with you, I’m happy that we’re expanding beyond what our imaginations first connect to. So it’s a new day and it’s a beautiful day.


This interview has been lightly edited and condensed. 

Mortal Kombat is in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.

‘Mortal Kombat’ Star Mehcad Brooks Won’t Let Hollywood Off the Hook

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‘Mortal Kombat’ Star Mehcad Brooks Won’t Let Hollywood Off the Hook

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Warner Bros.’ long-awaited Mortal Kombat reboot opened to a surprisingly strong $22.5 million this weekend, a verifiable fortune in the pandemic. For fans of the popular video game series, the reboot represented a faithful translation of the franchise’s core action tenets. Bloody flawless victories and creative kills. For non-video game fans, Mortal Kombat was yet another step in a hopeful return to normalcy for the film industry. Love it or hate it, big budget fight scenes on the big screen have been a rarity over the last year.

At the center of Mortal Kombat is Mehcad Brooks’ Jax, a beloved character from the games who receives perhaps his best live-action treatment this time around. In speaking to Observer, Brooks reveals how he 45 pounds of muscle for the role, what fans can expect from an eventual sequel, and he isn’t letting Hollywood off the hook in its quest for greater representation.

Observer: You’ve always been a big guy, but here you are absolutely massive. Could you walk me through the workout and physical training regiment you went through to play a martial artist of this caliber?
Mehcad Brooks: I went from vegan to eating a small farm every day, and I worked out six days a week, sometimes twice a day. I had workouts designed for me to try to look like the video game character, which were kind of crazy. So that was 45 pounds of extra weight. Did boxing training like five days a week. I watched hours and hours and hours of footage on Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson just to make sure I was creating my own character but with some of the best bruisers that have ever done it. I played the game a ton because Jax moves a certain way and I wanted to make sure that the video game fans look at me and go “Oh shit, he’s Jax.” And so I incorporated the choreography into how the video game character moves and so that was a challenge but it was really rewarding. Especially if you’re fighting with people like Joe Taslim who are just like—it’s like trying to keep up with Michael Jackson, it’s a nightmare. The guy is unbelievable but he really steps your game up.

Early on you have a great fight scene with Sub-Zero where the entire room is frozen and it’s this mix of realistic environment and other worldly elements. Can you take me behind the movie magic and explain how something like that becomes a reality?
It was a beautiful scene and they had this hollowed out building in the middle of the city in the middle of the shopping area. Kind of like the Melrose I would say of Adelaide or like the Rodeo Drive in some ways. But it was this department store that had just been hollowed out for years. There we were, we took it over for a week and a half to do this fight scene. I remember walking in and [Director] Simon McQuoid is such a genius. Every piece of ice, every icicle, was in its right place, every rock, everything. I remember kicking rocks around and I realized that most of these rocks were movie rocks. They dressed up the construction site, basically. The graffiti on the walls, that was ours too. And if you’re a fan of the game you might actually recognize what some of the graffiti is saying from the game. So there’s easter eggs every square inch of the steps that we were acting on. So you just really understood you stepped into this universe that Simon McQuoid created. It’s beautiful.

Mehcad Brooks in Mortal Kombat. Warner Bros.

Any hints for those Easter eggs?
At the moment when Jax has a shotgun and he’s looking for Sub-Zero and it’s about two to three seconds before he finds Sub-Zero, look at the graffiti on the wall and if you’re a fan of the original game you’ll know exactly what it is.

What can fans expect from the sequel this film clearly sets up?
I think they can expect more of what they love. I think they can expect an expansion on the universe that we’ve all now created. I think they can expect Johnny Cage.

More of what you love, an expansion on what you realize you love now. And also the thing is every single actor, the writer Greg Russo, Todd Garner our producer and Simon McQuoid. Every single person on that set is a fan of the game. So as much as we want to give the fans exactly what they want, we also want to expand on it and raise these characters and the story to its own cinematic universe. And the level at which they deserve.

What would you like to see for Jax in the future of this new Mortal Kombat franchise? Any particular themes you’re hoping make it into the script?
Let’s just say Black heroes matter and I want to see the normalization of diversity in heroes in Hollywood. And so I think this is a universe. I think when you watch the movie you realize that you’re watching the beginning of your entry point into the universe. And whatever that means, let’s ride that until the wheels fall off.

I want kids who were born ten years ago, I don’t want them to feel the same way I did growing up, saying “Okay, there’s only a couple of us.”

You’ve played Jimmy Olson in Supergirl, now Jax in Mortal Kombat. These are iconic blockbuster characters. What is your approach to playing someone that the public has an intense familiarity with and perhaps a picture in their own mind of how that character should be played?
I take it on as respecting what the fans understand about the canon or the folklore of the actor. And understanding that the fans have a certain expectation of the character. And the thing is though, I’ve never taken on a role that was already in the cultural consciousness that I wasn’t a fan of myself. I’m a huge comic book fan, I grew up on comic books, I grew up on DC comics and I love them. So when I was brought into the DC world I had a ton of respect. I knew the canon, I knew about Jack Kirby, I understood the world so I already bring that to it. But at the same time, you’ve got to bring your own spin and expand it for complications. You want to make sure that it’s relevant for today. You can’t be doing that kind of shit. So there’s a certain swag, a certain signature that I want to bring to the characters that people think that they know and sort of create a data point or a reflection point where those characters can expand into a different world, particularly speaking to people who identify with me when they watch on their screen.

Any other iconic characters you hope to tackle next?
I think Green Lantern would be amazing. Great question, brother. Green Lantern. But here’s the other thing too. I don’t just want to stick to the characters who were written African American because when a lot of the characters were created, people had really monochromatic existences to put it nicely. Segregation and apartheid in America was a real thing. And people didn’t see a diverse set of human beings in their daily lives so what that means is they wrote the characters that they knew. And so these characters, a lot of these superheroes if they were written ten years ago or five years ago, they might look like me. They might look like my Asian brother Lewis Tan. They might look different than how they were written in 1940 is what I’m saying.

So when you ask me that question, it’s a great question but it’s a more complex answer, because I think that there’s room for growth in diversity because these characters were written 70, 80 years ago some of them. And they weren’t thinking about people like me back then. I want kids who were born ten years ago, I don’t want them to feel the same way I did growing up, saying “Okay, there’s only a couple of us.” I want them to be able to look into any superhero universe or any heroic universe and say, “That could be me too.” And with that said, who are the African heroes? Like Shaka Zulu, Hannibal, where is our Black Gladiator? Where is our Black sword-and-sandal? Who was Othello before he was a general? I want to see those stories too.

Sort of like Denzel Washington’s upcoming The Tragedy of MacbethThe characters don’t necessarily need to be blockbuster IP.
However, let’s look out for the conversation right there. Greek mythology made the superhero myths basically. Or the superhero myth is Greek mythology, they’re interchangeable. Shakespeare also wrote flawed anti-hero kind of superheroes, the kind that we’re seeing with Todd Phillips’ Joker. So we’ve been telling these stories, but I agree with you, I’m happy that we’re expanding beyond what our imaginations first connect to. So it’s a new day and it’s a beautiful day.


This interview has been lightly edited and condensed. 

Mortal Kombat is in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.

‘Mortal Kombat’ Star Mehcad Brooks Won’t Let Hollywood Off the Hook

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The series will also star Jelani Alladin and ‘Hawkeye’ star Fra Fee.


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It looks like Rita Ora will soon be joining the world of Beauty and the Beast. The singer has officially been cast in Disney+’s upcoming prequel to the 2017 live-action version of the fairy tale classic, playing “a fugitive with surprising abilities who carries with her a secret that could potentially affect an entire kingdom”. Ora joins Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprising their roles as Gaston and LeFou from the film, alongside newly added cast members Briana Middleton as LeFou’s sister Tilly, Jelani Alladin as artist Jean-Michel, and Hawkeye star Fra Fee as Prince Benoit Berlioz.

Not much is known about the plot of the series, other than that it involves Gaston and LeFou embarking on an adventure somehow connected to Tilly’s past. Gad serves as the series’ co-showrunner in addition to starring, alongside Once Upon a Time helmers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Liesl Tommy will direct the series’ pilot, and serve as executive producer alongside Gad and Evans. She “is planning to do some unbelievably ambitious things with this series,” Gad previously told Collider, “as well as our showrunners, Adam [Horowitz] and Eddie [Kitsis], who are really, really, really going places I think audiences are not necessarily ready for. I cannot be more excited about this show. I think it’s going to be enormously special.”

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Alan Menken will also be an executive producer for the series, having written music for both the 2017 film on which the series is based, as well as the original, Academy Award-winning animated film from 1991, the latter of which he collaborated on with the late, great Howard Ashman. This is one of a number of current collaborations between the EGOT winner and Disney, alongside music for the 2023 live action version of The Little Mermaid, and a live action remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.


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The series will also star Jelani Alladin and ‘Hawkeye’ star Fra Fee.


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It looks like Rita Ora will soon be joining the world of Beauty and the Beast. The singer has officially been cast in Disney+’s upcoming prequel to the 2017 live-action version of the fairy tale classic, playing “a fugitive with surprising abilities who carries with her a secret that could potentially affect an entire kingdom”. Ora joins Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprising their roles as Gaston and LeFou from the film, alongside newly added cast members Briana Middleton as LeFou’s sister Tilly, Jelani Alladin as artist Jean-Michel, and Hawkeye star Fra Fee as Prince Benoit Berlioz.

Not much is known about the plot of the series, other than that it involves Gaston and LeFou embarking on an adventure somehow connected to Tilly’s past. Gad serves as the series’ co-showrunner in addition to starring, alongside Once Upon a Time helmers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Liesl Tommy will direct the series’ pilot, and serve as executive producer alongside Gad and Evans. She “is planning to do some unbelievably ambitious things with this series,” Gad previously told Collider, “as well as our showrunners, Adam [Horowitz] and Eddie [Kitsis], who are really, really, really going places I think audiences are not necessarily ready for. I cannot be more excited about this show. I think it’s going to be enormously special.”

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Alan Menken will also be an executive producer for the series, having written music for both the 2017 film on which the series is based, as well as the original, Academy Award-winning animated film from 1991, the latter of which he collaborated on with the late, great Howard Ashman. This is one of a number of current collaborations between the EGOT winner and Disney, alongside music for the 2023 live action version of The Little Mermaid, and a live action remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.


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No release date has been announced for the prequel series. In the meantime, fans can stream both versions of Beauty and the Beast on Disney+.


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