Vilandra
09-27-2005, 03:47 AM
Cast members of Joss Whedon's upcoming SF movie Serenity told SCI FI Wire that they all had to undergo weapons training for a climactic battle scene.
"Yeah. I had to do archery," Morena Baccarin said about her courtesan character, Inara. "I really took to it, actually. I remember when we were shooting ... that scene came where I'm supposed to shoot one of the Reavers with an arrow, and the whole set is like, 'All right, let's clear the set. Only the people that need to be here have to be here. Everybody put on goggles.' All the camera guys have these hard hats on, and everybody is freaking out. And they gave me an 'X' to hit. Every time, I hit that 'X.' They were like, 'Ooh, OK!'"
Serenity centers on the ragtag crew of a transport ship 500 years in the future as they contend with both the soldiers of an oppressive government called the Alliance and cannibalistic savages called Reavers.
Jewel Staite, who plays the mechanic Kaylee, said that she had to train on all kinds of guns. "Yeah," she said. "They make me shoot everything, from this big [indicates a small weapon] to this big [a large one], and this one gun was so incredibly heavy. ... I looked like the biggest geek in the world. I was leaning back, it was so heavy. And I thought I would be cute that day and wear shorts and a tank top, and every time I would shoot the gun, it would sort of ricochet, and I would get little burns all over my legs. And it wasn't super fun. But it was ... crazy. Everybody else thought it was fun but me. I was scared."
Adam Baldwin, who plays the mercenary Jayne, had the opposite feeling. "I thought it was fun. ... I've been comfortable with weapons for years."
Even cast members who wouldn't normally carry guns got training, such as Sean Maher, who plays the refined doctor Simon Tam. "We weren't sure who exactly was shooting what, so they just had us ... get familiar with everything that could possibly find its way into the script somehow," Maher said. " So there was a lot of firing to be done."
Summer Glau, who plays Simon's mysterious sister, River, had to undergo martial-arts and stunt training for a climactic fight scene in which she contends with dozens of opponents. "It's all me," she said. "There were two dangerous stunts that they wouldn't let me do. ... One, falling down the stairs. That was just too risky. And one other flip that my stunt double ended up getting hurt doing, and I felt terrible. But everything else, I mean, those swords and ... all the blade work, I did myself. All the guns I did myself, the daggers. Joss wanted it to look real. And I felt it. Every punch, every kick. " Serenity opens Sept. 30.
Source: SciFiWire (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=32591)
"Yeah. I had to do archery," Morena Baccarin said about her courtesan character, Inara. "I really took to it, actually. I remember when we were shooting ... that scene came where I'm supposed to shoot one of the Reavers with an arrow, and the whole set is like, 'All right, let's clear the set. Only the people that need to be here have to be here. Everybody put on goggles.' All the camera guys have these hard hats on, and everybody is freaking out. And they gave me an 'X' to hit. Every time, I hit that 'X.' They were like, 'Ooh, OK!'"
Serenity centers on the ragtag crew of a transport ship 500 years in the future as they contend with both the soldiers of an oppressive government called the Alliance and cannibalistic savages called Reavers.
Jewel Staite, who plays the mechanic Kaylee, said that she had to train on all kinds of guns. "Yeah," she said. "They make me shoot everything, from this big [indicates a small weapon] to this big [a large one], and this one gun was so incredibly heavy. ... I looked like the biggest geek in the world. I was leaning back, it was so heavy. And I thought I would be cute that day and wear shorts and a tank top, and every time I would shoot the gun, it would sort of ricochet, and I would get little burns all over my legs. And it wasn't super fun. But it was ... crazy. Everybody else thought it was fun but me. I was scared."
Adam Baldwin, who plays the mercenary Jayne, had the opposite feeling. "I thought it was fun. ... I've been comfortable with weapons for years."
Even cast members who wouldn't normally carry guns got training, such as Sean Maher, who plays the refined doctor Simon Tam. "We weren't sure who exactly was shooting what, so they just had us ... get familiar with everything that could possibly find its way into the script somehow," Maher said. " So there was a lot of firing to be done."
Summer Glau, who plays Simon's mysterious sister, River, had to undergo martial-arts and stunt training for a climactic fight scene in which she contends with dozens of opponents. "It's all me," she said. "There were two dangerous stunts that they wouldn't let me do. ... One, falling down the stairs. That was just too risky. And one other flip that my stunt double ended up getting hurt doing, and I felt terrible. But everything else, I mean, those swords and ... all the blade work, I did myself. All the guns I did myself, the daggers. Joss wanted it to look real. And I felt it. Every punch, every kick. " Serenity opens Sept. 30.
Source: SciFiWire (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=32591)