The legend surrounding the construction of the Great Wall is well known throughout China, but Zhang said that the film isn’t just being made for an East Asian audience. "I get to bring some Chinese stories to America." "I finally get to work with great actors like Matt and Pedro and Tian on a big Hollywood movie," Zhang said. Zhang said they had more than 100 translators on set to work with the different cast and crew, spending time both in China and the United States to complete the project. The Great Wall marks the first English-speaking film for Zhang, and because of that, the director said it’s taken more than three years to get the film to where it is right now. "Audiences will see there's a lot of girl power in the movie" "In the movie, the women wear a blue uniform and you see them diving off cliffs and doing these incredible stunts. "Zhang separated the different armies by the color of their uniform," Damon said. Damon said that he’s used to working on projects where men dominate those specific types of roles and seeing women take the lead was a nice change in pace.
Audiences will see there's a lot of girl power in the movie."ĭamon echoed his co-star’s thoughts, and said that one of the benefits to working with Zhang was that he wanted to put women on the front lines and have them do the most awe-inspiring stunts in the film. It's very unique to have a female general. "Historically, the army has always been dominated by men. "The respect that all these warriors have for each other, regardless of gender, is something I wish we saw more of, both in film and in real life. "One of the things that I love most about the story is the equality between men and women in leadership roles," Ling said. For Ling, working with a director like Zhang was the cherry on the proverbial ice cream sundae, but the best part about the film was the unquestioned equality between men and women. Directed by Yimou Zhang ( House of Flying Daggers, Hero) and written by Max Brooks ( World War Z), The Great Wall is expected to be one of Legendary’s biggest films when it opens next year.ĭuring the panel for the film, cast members Damon, Pascal and Ling sat down to talk about their experiences making the movie and what drew them to the story in the first place.
The film, which stars Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe and Tian Ling, tells the story of an ancient Chinese folk tale surrounding the building of the Great Wall and a monster who crept up on the army in charge of its construction. No subject was off limits during the panel for Legendary’s new action film, The Great Wall, including the lack of gender equality in Hollywood and Donald Trump.
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