Nathalie Emmanuel felt intimidated by the prospect of starring in the English-language remake of John Woo’s The Killer.
The Game of Thrones actress not too long ago accomplished filming on the venture, which was directed by the famed Hong Kong filmmaker himself.
In the gender-swapped remake of the 1989 motion movie, Emmanuel performs the lead hitman function made well-known by Chow Yun-Fat alongside French actor Omar Sy.
Opening up about remaking the unique, she informed Variety, “It’s one thing to remake such an iconic movie – which is already really intimidating, because the original is so good – but it’s another to remake that movie with the same director and do a culture shift that blends Eastern and Western styles of action.”
In the unique movie, the murderer carries out one final hit to pay for the therapy of a singer who was injured throughout a shootout. The plot of the remake is unknown, nonetheless, the motion has relocated from Hong Kong to Paris.
Reflecting on Woo’s “romantic” directing fashion, the British actress continued, “(He) dances with the camera, so it feels very dynamic and sort of sexy as well.”
Outside of Game of Thrones, Emmanuel, 35, is greatest identified for the Fast & Furious franchise and Maze Runner movies. But between The Killer and Francis Ford Coppola’s ardour venture Megalopolis, her profession is heading in a brand new route.
“It is a new direction and I think it’s a good direction. But I don’t like to limit myself. I’ve actively tried to look around and be like, ‘Oh, let’s try over here,'” she stated, earlier than including of the latter movie, “I feel very lucky to be a part of something so unapologetically itself. Obviously we’re talking about one of the greatest filmmakers here, but I do hope I get to work with more people who are highly regarded.”
Megalopolis premiered on the Cannes Film Festival in May. A launch date for The Killer has but to be introduced.