![]() ![]() This is especially true in the age of whitewashing in Hollywood, which Chin Han saw firsthand with his role in Ghost in the Shell. “I think it was Rawson who was quite determined to get the linguistic elements of the movie right, so he wanted actors who could speak Cantonese or Mandarin as their native tongues… With a movie this big and larger than life and with these huge action set pieces, you need that level of authenticity to have the audience feel for the characters.” These are all characters who are essential to the narrative,” says Chin Han. “It just makes sense to have that number of Asian characters in a movie set in Asia. ![]() The landscape was just so beautiful, but I totally understood why the movie takes place there.”ĭirector and screenwriter Rawson Marshall Thurber made sure to create a level of authenticity in the setting and the casting of Skyscraper as well. In fact, when we were doing the press tour, we did the junkets at the Ritz Carlton which was about a hundred and twenty stories, and when I was in there it was so stunning. “So this fits right into that environment. It’s compelling to see it built vertical,” he asserts. “Hong Kong is the perfect place for it because of the landscape, because of the small land mass, and because of being surrounded by hills - it’s very hilly in Hong Kong. With Asian countries being at the center of architectural ambitions in recent decades like the one featured in Skyscraper, Chin Han feels that the setting is an integral part of its successful narrative. But he really wants to make a better world, a self-sustaining one, and to build this sentient structure.” ![]() So unlike some of the characters in those other movies, he is the opposite: he’s not cutting corners he’s not trying to get ahead of the race just so that he can be number one. “So this visionary has a bit of a savior complex as well he wanted to build a better world. It transforms into a dragon and then saves his village,” he explains. “If you know the story of how the design of the building came about… it was based on a fable about the boy who jumps into the river and picks out a pearl. It’s very different from the time that those movies were made… I think the movie looks incredible.”Ĭhin Han agrees that while Zhao Long Ji isn’t a villain, the character does have his flaws. “I think what distinguishes Skyscraper is where we’re at in terms of technology, in terms of filming, in terms of the visual effects and the level of practical effects we can also achieve on set. “When I read the script it evoked a lot of memories from all those films, so yeah, I do love this particular genre of movie,” he says. With the upcoming Blu-ray/DVD release of the film on October 9, 2018, Chin Han looked back on the unique nature of his character who, although he exhibited hubris in designing such a massive artistic structure, was neither villainous nor directly at fault for the peril of Dwayne Johnson’s Will Sawyer and his family.ĭespite the differences, Chin Han acknowledges the influence of earlier disaster films but also argues that Skyscraper updates the concept. Skyscraper has been described as a hybrid of Towering Inferno and the Die Hard franchise, but none of those movies featured a character quite like millionaire visionary Zhao Long Ji, played by Singaporean actor Chin Han. ![]()
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