Takehiro Hira who portrays the role of Kenta in the upcoming movie Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, sat down with CBM to talk a bit about his role.
“I’m playing the villain in Snake Eyes, the G.I. Joe film, I think it’s an original character who’s not in the comics, so he’s brand new and that’s pretty much all I can say right now.
He’s Japanese, he could maybe be Yakuza too, but yeah, it was a fun experience. You know, there’s Snake Eyes (Henry Golding), and then there’s another guy Storm Shadow (Andrew Koji)… I’m sort of his half-brother or something like that.”
His role was initially revealed back in late 2018.
Regarding the training he received for the movie:
“We trained for about a month and a half in Vancouver, so hopefully it’ll be good. I haven’t been trained properly I guess, but along the way, I’ve learned things here and there and picked up a few tricks. I know some sword fighting, Japanese sword fighting, which is really cool.”
SilverOptimus says
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AxonRey says
I actually have high hopes for this movie- but any time a cast member, especially while describing his own character, says “or something like that”, it definitely worries me.
deathvalleymachine says
Caravankidd says
I can see the advantage of not using an established named villain since it means if the story requires Snake Eyes to kill off the main villain at the end of the story fans aren't upset that they threw away their favorite villain. If they are actually attempting at building a franchise it might also be better story telling if Storm Shadow has that big moment of betrayal instead of enemies from the start.
Plus it's not like the Real American Hero comics and cartoons were never about expanding the fictional universe. Every time Hasbro wanted to sell a new toy characters, vehicles and even factions were added to the GI Joe universe.
By not filling this movie with a load of established characters it means less recasting if it fails and they have to start over yet again. I hope the film is successful but you just never know what the public's taste in films will be like whenever this movie eventually hits theaters.
Not wanting to get into the spoilers but depending on designs it might mean some cool toy designs without having to complain about how they messed up a classic look. New provides some freedom for costume designers which fingers crossed will result in some cool toys.
captain mal says
This is sounding less and less like a "GIJoe" movie - and more and more like a low budget Martial Arts B-movie with a few GIJoe names sprinkled in. Losing any optimism I might have had.
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Megastar says
All this complaining and a trailer hasn't even been shown. The movie could be fine and is obviously meant for people who either don't know what G.I.Joe is or just didn't like the last 2 movies.
nero9000 says
The doe-eyed optimists are funny. Don't stop believing, guys!
New G.I.Joe movie announced: "Yes! New G.I.Joe movie!"
Henry Golding announced as Snake-Eyes: "It could be great!"
First trailer arrives: "Uhh.. it could be great!"
Oct 21, 2021: "It could be great, honest!"
Oct 22, 2021 (or whenever): "Oh..."
And of course there's always that one guy:
Oct 22, 2021: "It was great, honest! It said G.I.Joe in the title!"
LEEE777 says
Really looking forward to this movie, please please PLEASE don’t frick this franchise up this time Paramount/Hasbro!
Exactly, having an unknown main villain is a good idea instead of killing off Scrap Iron or Destro or someone... plus its before GI Joe right? Still, got no idea why Baroness or Scarlett are in it though, at all?
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