2 00:00:10,359 --> 00:00:13,360 And this is Lorenzo di Bonaventura. the producer. 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,680 Ethan and John. they did all the ninia star sounds for those stars right there. 4 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,160 lt's always hard to deal with these multiple logos. 5 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:35,760 So many companies. 6 00:00:40,439 --> 00:00:45,320 gets to create a little mood atmosphere as you sit down in the movie and relax. 7 00:00:50,439 --> 00:00:53,080 who l actually went to college with. 8 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,074 Subtitles downloaded from www.OpenSubtitles.org 9 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,080 it was raining so hard you couldn't even get out of the car? 10 00:01:11,519 --> 00:01:15,240 And we were desperately looking for a location we could actually afford. 11 00:01:21,159 --> 00:01:25,120 And we had to build that giant. giant fence that went all the way back. 12 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,520 There's a scene that comes in right after this that we always loved. 13 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,640 And l think for Jon and l it's always a little bittersweet 14 00:01:45,359 --> 00:01:46,640 "how to get that other scene in" you know? 15 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,680 lt started with them on the grass whispering to each other. 16 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,000 and we were like right intimate with them. 17 00:02:01,519 --> 00:02:05,280 Well. it was a cool scene in that in an action stealth mode. 18 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:10,600 and sort of figure out who they are on the fly. you know. 19 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,360 There's no tower there. building it from the ground up. 20 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,960 Actually. in many ways. this movie couldn't have gotten made at the scale 21 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:40,280 because we had this insane facility. 22 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,960 Yeah. like the rockets. basically. for the shuttles. 23 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,200 this gigantic space they had for transporting these things. 24 00:02:56,599 --> 00:02:57,640 Yeah. 25 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,240 500/o of the movie within a 5-mile range. 26 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,920 - Yeah. A couple miles. - Yeah. It's crazy. 27 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,760 When we first went in it. we were like. "You guys are kidding. right? 28 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:22,640 We drove through it. 29 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:30,520 They say that building is so big that it would rain indoors. 30 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,440 There's a lot of characters in G.l. Joe, and it's one of the strengths. 31 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,280 because you don't have enough time. really. 32 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,960 So this opening sequence here was designed 33 00:03:52,759 --> 00:03:54,840 of who the characters are. what they do. 34 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,320 and we could get into the actual character motivations. 35 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,520 what are their goals. 36 00:04:09,439 --> 00:04:11,320 when we came up with this idea. 37 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,440 and reintroducing these characters to people who didn't watch the first movie. 38 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,280 as well as pushing new information forward 39 00:04:28,199 --> 00:04:30,240 This scene. l always loved this surprise. 40 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,880 And it also firmly established what great chemisty these two guys had together. 41 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,640 because they had such a naturalistic attitude with one another. 42 00:04:48,639 --> 00:04:50,680 l remember watching the first take of it and going. 43 00:04:53,879 --> 00:04:54,920 - Yeah. - You know? 44 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,040 Usually you replace screens. any TV screens or stuff. 45 00:05:05,959 --> 00:05:09,280 that we actually recorded the video game prior. 46 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,920 And then we'd play back while they were in the scene. 47 00:05:16,199 --> 00:05:18,600 That's actually real timing. which gets tricky. 48 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:26,840 - Yeah. yeah. - Yeah. 49 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,880 and being incredibly accessible. and funny. 50 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,640 That's a really rare thing for two movie stars 51 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:48,960 As different as they are. they also have those same qualities amongst them. 52 00:05:53,199 --> 00:05:56,200 And l remember we needed to give the audience permission to laugh. 53 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:04,200 and that helped. that scene itself helped to not take ourselves too seriously. 54 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:08,640 they could turn around and save the world. 55 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,360 This idea that our writers came up with. Reese and Wernick. 56 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,440 l think it gives the movie a sort of gravity that's unusual 57 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:37,600 And it's amazing when you do something on a purely creative level 58 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,560 when you see events occur. 59 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,280 there's a lot of things you're suddenly going. "Wow" you know? 60 00:06:53,519 --> 00:06:56,960 and suddenly has an additional weight to it. 61 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,000 'cause you had to be on a gimbal. It has to... 62 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,920 but it was fun to do. In fact. all the guns... 63 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,600 They're so expensive. and they're so time-consuming. 64 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,920 "You can iust fake it. You can just shake the camera." 65 00:07:25,079 --> 00:07:26,640 and it actually makes a big. big difference. 66 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:34,440 is that we once had The Rock doing a Patton quote. 67 00:07:37,519 --> 00:07:40,400 and get a sense of how contemporay it could be. 68 00:07:43,079 --> 00:07:45,600 What's interesting is. you know. they cary different weights. 69 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:48,880 l think as a filmmaker. 70 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,920 You iust end up with a choice where you emotionally think 71 00:07:59,079 --> 00:08:02,400 The Patton quote had a lot of strengths to it 72 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,680 But the Jay-Z quote had a contemporay thing 73 00:08:09,639 --> 00:08:12,120 You're not seeing where it's coming. 74 00:08:31,959 --> 00:08:34,720 go to Duke as he says he accepts his fate. 75 00:08:36,519 --> 00:08:38,160 lt wasn't in the script. It wasn't purposely done. 76 00:08:40,879 --> 00:08:43,960 And that building. actually. is part of the NASA facility. too. 77 00:08:46,039 --> 00:08:47,160 Yeah. 78 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:57,520 we were given a lot of money. 79 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,920 a lot of the big tentpole movies have been given. 80 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,840 So a lot of our creative energy was put to. 81 00:09:11,399 --> 00:09:14,640 And this building kept being our advantage. l mean. this is... 82 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,360 is actually the fuel tank that they put on the shuttle. 83 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,880 l mean. Iook at the scale of this thing. 84 00:09:29,279 --> 00:09:30,560 which is crazy. 85 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:45,960 which we'll talk a lot about. is a guy named Paul Borne. 86 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:52,240 But he was an amazing rock climber. and a great rigger and stuntman. 87 00:09:56,519 --> 00:09:59,640 that we would not have felt without a guy like that onboard. you know? 88 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:03,160 And the actors need to feel comfortable suddenly going down... 89 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:06,640 Yeah. 90 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,040 The height of that. that's all 'cause he's rigged up. 91 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,040 One of the ideas. Jon. l think you had. was. "How do you differentiate him?" 92 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,200 So he really fully went after it. 93 00:10:40,279 --> 00:10:42,720 We had a bunch of Na_ SEALs on the movie. 94 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,480 They hold guns in a certain way. 95 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,680 l think that's actually almost more important than anything. 96 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:01,720 And it's iust a detail. too. 97 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,320 "Hey. how do you get from Place A to Place B?" 98 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,200 and then the other actors would watch and learn from that. 99 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,040 Details that l wouldn't ever know even. so... 100 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,800 which is kind of where l learnt it. 101 00:11:22,879 --> 00:11:26,680 because. l mean. what they go through is so much harder than what we do. 102 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,480 We may go. "Christ. we're working 12-14-hour days." 103 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,360 A debate that we had from the vey beginning was. 104 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:50,840 "What kind of uniforms do they have?" 105 00:11:52,639 --> 00:11:54,840 so we gave them different camo patterns. 106 00:11:56,519 --> 00:11:58,920 if you're going into a place to have different camo patterns. 107 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,120 - lndividuality. yeah. - Exactly. 108 00:12:04,759 --> 00:12:06,280 And the Joes are a conglomeration. 109 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,360 which is part of what we were doing. 110 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:15,600 and that they all come from different places. 111 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,640 And they all had their own personalities. and it was like an all-star team. 112 00:12:27,639 --> 00:12:32,040 Again. there's an actual firing range on the NASA facility 113 00:12:33,879 --> 00:12:35,760 We were like. "Where the hell are we gonna do this?" 114 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:42,880 Yeah. literally. 115 00:12:56,039 --> 00:12:59,000 Yeah. l think we had a couple of them that... 116 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,160 You know. it's so about the kind of fun 117 00:13:08,919 --> 00:13:12,520 And it was a really important thing to really fall in love 118 00:13:13,879 --> 00:13:15,880 because what's about to happen is really grim. 119 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:22,320 after really falling in love with them. 120 00:13:26,879 --> 00:13:31,880 This is the real gun range where we would go to train our actors and stuff. 121 00:13:35,279 --> 00:13:37,800 You can see all the hills behind them are all CG. 122 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,000 - The magic of Holl_ood. - Yeah. 123 00:13:47,519 --> 00:13:48,840 - Yes. - We kept thinking. 124 00:13:52,639 --> 00:13:54,280 lt's iust funny. 125 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:01,240 And to fire it. you can see how it pushes back on Dwayne. 126 00:14:03,159 --> 00:14:04,800 - And the barrel gets so hot. - Remember how hea_ it was? 127 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:08,440 Exactly. 128 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:12,240 but there's also a lot improvised. 129 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:18,120 and had real fun giving each other a hard time. 130 00:14:19,799 --> 00:14:20,840 that they were doing at each other. 131 00:14:22,559 --> 00:14:24,720 Jonathan Pyce. though. boy. huh? 132 00:14:26,159 --> 00:14:30,440 because obviously his role in the movie is so important on both fronts. 133 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,280 There was actually a scene right in between there. 134 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,880 to get to the door. but there was a... 135 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,160 ...come in and... 136 00:14:47,879 --> 00:14:49,680 lt's one of those ones where sometimes 137 00:14:51,399 --> 00:14:52,600 Yes. 138 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,640 How did the process go for you as you were tying to visualise it? 139 00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:07,560 This was like a motion-control rig that you shoot one part at a time. 140 00:15:11,759 --> 00:15:13,360 And then you move the camera the way you need. 141 00:15:16,519 --> 00:15:18,840 And then once you pick your take that you like. 142 00:15:20,159 --> 00:15:23,800 And he has to dress up as the other guy. and it has to be exactly the same. 143 00:15:27,639 --> 00:15:31,560 And it's a really crazy process. you have to make decisions on the set. 144 00:15:34,279 --> 00:15:35,280 And you have to be pe_ect. 145 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:39,840 you can't go back to shoot this stuff. 146 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,600 Jonathan's such a good actor. 147 00:15:49,399 --> 00:15:51,040 - without the other half. - Yes. 148 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,440 And then he turns around and does it. 149 00:15:57,919 --> 00:16:01,880 lt's not a sequence that we had to cut around pe_ormance. 150 00:16:05,399 --> 00:16:08,440 in this case him. it can be tricky to time it. 151 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,080 lt was bizarre how easily it cut together. 152 00:16:14,799 --> 00:16:17,360 And you wanted to show that we weren't cheating it too much. 153 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,760 You wanted to see him walk all the way around. 154 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,040 and to show that these are two different people. 155 00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:38,000 There's a lot of iokes he made about the President's wife. 156 00:16:39,879 --> 00:16:41,280 And "the quicker blower-upper. baby." 157 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,600 And talks about interns. bringing back the interns. 158 00:16:50,879 --> 00:16:53,120 "What would a President have underneath his building? 159 00:16:55,759 --> 00:16:57,200 "Would it be..." Like. what is it? 160 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,040 For such a simple space. 161 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,960 lt was. "Exactly who is flying these helicopters?" 162 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,160 "Are they Cobra soldiers that are flying it? What are they? 163 00:17:17,559 --> 00:17:19,600 lt was a big conversation piece by the studio. 164 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:25,440 And eveybody... We all kind of... 165 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,440 lt kind of went around and around. l think. 166 00:17:30,799 --> 00:17:32,280 because it was iust... 167 00:17:34,519 --> 00:17:35,720 Yeah. 168 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:45,480 this area is actually a sandpit in... 169 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,440 - lt was in St Francisville. - St Francisville. there you go. 170 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,120 - we found this huge sandpit. - Baton Rouge. 171 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:03,960 which was one of the things when we first went there. we're like. 172 00:18:07,279 --> 00:18:10,080 'Cause that's not your vision of it. You know. your vision is bayou. 173 00:18:18,559 --> 00:18:20,600 - God. it was miserable. - And my first action movie. 174 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,760 That Hummer is a real blowup of a Hummer. 175 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,360 lt was a big rig. Eveyone's super nervous. 176 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,840 And you have over 300 e_ras running around. 177 00:18:43,559 --> 00:18:44,920 You can't step in the wrong place. 178 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,160 lt's funny how you bring different things. 179 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,520 "All right. that thing's gonna go over there" you know. 180 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,600 But you know. one of the things about this was. 181 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:03,800 That ain't makeup. We're in a hot desert environment. 182 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,680 - At night it was 100 degrees. - Yeah. It was insane. 183 00:19:13,039 --> 00:19:17,480 And they're in this full battle gear. and they couldn't have been hotter. 184 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,880 who was iust so determined that nobody would faint 185 00:19:27,079 --> 00:19:30,200 l don't think l ever saw her without 30 bottles of water in her hand. 186 00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:40,920 And this is amazing. this well. 187 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,320 The well in the real world. on the top. 188 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,360 And we had to tie that all together. And you could be at any part of the well. 189 00:19:58,599 --> 00:20:02,240 And it was pretty awesome to shoot in a tank like that. 190 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,600 l think if you don't know its complication. it doesn't seem all that complicated. 191 00:20:12,519 --> 00:20:14,360 and how do you go underwater. 192 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:18,720 the ability to move the camera an_here. 193 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,240 And that really was. you know. 194 00:20:26,319 --> 00:20:28,880 - Andrew Menzies. our... - Our production designer. 195 00:20:31,759 --> 00:20:36,120 something that gave you the ability to shoot it in a way that 196 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:40,880 'Cause we had to fit a whole crew down there. 197 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,680 And he literally gave us space to be able to do all that. 198 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,120 There's one shot where he jumps into the well. 199 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,760 as if it's like _lice in Wonderland, a camera right below him. 200 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,200 When he iumped. he dropped the camera with him. 201 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,960 ln fact. where they're about to walk up to. 202 00:21:09,519 --> 00:21:12,000 But we made an identical set across the way. 203 00:21:14,799 --> 00:21:16,120 and then destroy it. and then redress it. 204 00:21:20,039 --> 00:21:22,720 for the explosions to show the aftermath. 205 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:30,200 you need a tunnel that high so you can fit your crew and eveyone in. 206 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,600 it gives you a sense of reality. 207 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,680 We didn't create... That's not a green screen effect. 208 00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:55,160 'cause we have all these guys and girls 209 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,040 And we're like. "Well. we just need to make it simple 210 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,720 And the effects that you put on. and the filters. 211 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:21,880 And that move. you know. that was... 212 00:22:24,079 --> 00:22:26,560 for when they would go up the well to be back-to-back like that. 213 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:31,360 But it's actually really cool. It shows strategy. 214 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,440 lt communicates something. you know. about. yeah. both the strategy. 215 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,360 - They're not gonna make it alone. - Yes. 216 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:47,840 was take these people who are going to be the heroes of the movie. 217 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,160 ln fact. and disgrace them. 218 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,640 You know. this moment of realisation as they're looking out. they're going. 219 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:07,280 There's anger. there's sadness. there's a lot of emotions. 220 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,760 you felt for them. and you were behind them. 221 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:24,760 And those people dead in the desert. 222 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,680 They're not mannequins. Those are real people lying in that. 223 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,520 This is probably like 120 degrees at this point. 224 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,640 'Cause it was our first week of shooting again. 225 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,680 We really wanted to feel that. 226 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,080 having all those little errors. all those little te_ures to it 227 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,000 One of the things when you came on. which l so related to. 228 00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:05,480 and who to make it with. is. you know. 229 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,000 Like you can see how The Rock's armour has been used before. 230 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,640 lt's got hea_-duty stuff that's gone through it. 231 00:24:21,279 --> 00:24:23,200 communicated a toughness to the movie. 232 00:24:24,759 --> 00:24:27,280 And l think that there was a lot of other things that were related to that. 233 00:24:31,799 --> 00:24:35,920 of what these people look like really influenced how you feel about it. 234 00:24:58,799 --> 00:25:00,960 There was parts where this was gone. 235 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:03,560 'cause it was a little confusing for people 236 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,240 lf you didn't know the lore. this might be confusing. 237 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,240 But Walt Goggins is iust brilliant. 238 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,200 Well. really. that opening sequence was really what saved this. 239 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,480 understand the trick we were gonna do in this sequence. 240 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,960 'Cause not only was Walt brilliant in it. but he's a fun guy to be with. 241 00:25:38,039 --> 00:25:42,120 So Jon and l were both so incredibly... 242 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:50,520 Yes. And l love that Walt's in his casual wear today. 243 00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:56,120 - That's right. yeah. - And that building. we actually built. 244 00:25:58,279 --> 00:26:01,320 Yeah. a golf course. So there's nothing there. It's just a field. 245 00:26:04,319 --> 00:26:08,000 That was insane for me to come into a movie where you could build like that. 246 00:26:14,079 --> 00:26:15,880 l remember when we were scouting that other location 247 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,400 l looked at you and l said. "l don't care how good this place is. 248 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,200 Yes. l do. That was a cool place. though. 249 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:31,840 - l can't believe we could recreate that. - l know. 250 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,720 that these walls are not real. None of this stuff. 251 00:26:41,599 --> 00:26:44,960 and that's not gonna get eveyone sick. 252 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:49,760 - That was... - That was a lot of safety stuff. 253 00:26:52,279 --> 00:26:54,760 Even if you've worked on a lot of movies. you don't realise that 254 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,000 how the little things are where we really can get hurt. 255 00:27:03,759 --> 00:27:08,400 So l know you love these tubes. and l'm glad it paid off. 256 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,720 the science of it. and then the safety of it on top of it. 257 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:28,520 l love that that's... 258 00:27:31,839 --> 00:27:34,560 before he becomes Cobra with the silver mask. 259 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:43,360 God. l don't know. l mean. come on. there's like 45 versions 260 00:27:45,039 --> 00:27:47,600 Not even the visor. The visor. there's got to be 100. l don't know. 261 00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:51,840 iust the way it has a little brow furrow. 262 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:58,560 l think it's funny. 'cause you and l had so many debates about both 263 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:06,160 And Jon having grown up with the Joe... 264 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,280 so was determined to keep Cobra cool. 265 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,160 This whole section here was so interesting. 266 00:28:20,079 --> 00:28:22,720 And then Destro. Ieaving him behind. 267 00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:28,600 'cause if you don't know the first movie. you come into this movie. 268 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,160 The fact that we even brought him up. we really wanted to do that for the fans. 269 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,960 because there's a lot of people out there who did. 270 00:28:59,559 --> 00:29:03,160 This is literally probably our fourth shot of the whole movie. 271 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,320 Yeah. we chose the easy stuff first. 272 00:29:13,359 --> 00:29:14,560 And that gear is not easy. 273 00:29:15,799 --> 00:29:17,720 "How much gear would they keep on at this point? 274 00:29:19,799 --> 00:29:21,520 "Would they even be sweating? 275 00:29:24,759 --> 00:29:27,000 There were so many debates of all those things. 276 00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:32,160 Yeah. no. l know. That's one of the great things. 277 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,680 is a guy named Hary Humphries. 278 00:29:40,039 --> 00:29:42,160 And you have real service men now who can tell you 279 00:29:43,599 --> 00:29:44,960 That's exactly what they would wear. 280 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:50,680 l'm sure there's a few Holl_ood cut corners. 281 00:29:54,279 --> 00:29:56,840 What would they keep. and what would they abandon. 282 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,920 this is what soldiers would actually do. which is nice. 283 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,560 lt's both safe for an actor to have on underwater. 284 00:30:22,759 --> 00:30:25,560 We're always gonna miss this motorcycle. though. 285 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,440 - l think it was in the script. - Yeah. it was. 286 00:30:32,599 --> 00:30:35,080 that the studio just could not get their head around. 287 00:30:36,559 --> 00:30:38,920 And we were like. "We don't know. but it's cool." 288 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:45,480 And it was weirdly a huge argument point that became this thing. 289 00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:51,120 And evey time l see it. l go. "God. that three-wheel was cool." 290 00:30:53,839 --> 00:30:56,400 But iust to make a motorcycle that has the Cobra symbol on it. 291 00:30:59,839 --> 00:31:01,600 l love that idea you had about 292 00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:06,200 - The charge bar. - Yeah. the charge bar. 293 00:31:09,039 --> 00:31:11,520 lnterestingly enough. l think Firefly. 294 00:31:14,119 --> 00:31:15,200 and didn't have in the script. 295 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,400 There was iust something about the way they rendered him. 296 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,480 and then his opening lines with Cobra. 297 00:31:29,279 --> 00:31:32,760 Ray really embodied a great version of that character. too. 298 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,480 And at first l was a little bit like. 299 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,240 "lt'll be interesting to see how this develops." 300 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,360 about how Firefly saw things exploding as creation. not destruction. 301 00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:55,360 and that redistributing energy was art. 302 00:31:58,039 --> 00:31:59,760 And so we went with it. 303 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,800 This sequence is amazing. because right from the beginning right here 304 00:32:23,799 --> 00:32:28,160 "he's gonna pull him upside down. which is already an odd thing. 305 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,800 And suddenly he's right side up. 306 00:32:35,759 --> 00:32:38,680 And what's great about having him as Storm Shadow. 307 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,880 But he's also this incredible physical specimen. 308 00:32:49,759 --> 00:32:53,560 And there was a huge difference between making the first movie with him 309 00:32:56,279 --> 00:32:59,200 he was iust beginning to learn English. 310 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:03,760 They didn't iust come from a natural place. 311 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,680 was iust sort of in the vey first scene. when you were shooting him. l was like. 312 00:33:14,319 --> 00:33:17,000 And because he owned the language. you know? 313 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,400 and not the least of which Iook how built he is. 314 00:33:26,759 --> 00:33:29,400 His dedication to learning English really helped us. 315 00:33:33,039 --> 00:33:34,840 Bringing the rage into Storm Shadow. 316 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,280 He wanted a little more craziness. 317 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:43,840 which was nice to have. 318 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:47,720 That sense of betrayal is like. 319 00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:55,040 - You'd get increasingly crazy about it. - Yeah. 320 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:06,840 That road is literally... We created it. 321 00:34:10,119 --> 00:34:14,120 And then do this rig where he iumps off of the ramp. 322 00:34:15,519 --> 00:34:19,480 You cannot do a big... You have to be going e_remely fast. 323 00:34:24,559 --> 00:34:26,760 Which was scripted. actually. 324 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,040 Those explosions are real. We don't CG those explosions. 325 00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:41,280 Which l think was a big aesthetic change we wanted to do in this movie 326 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:48,640 power of the explosions. the debris. the water. all sorts of environments. 327 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,880 That this was happening in real life. 328 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,000 We had switched actors playing this character. 329 00:35:07,159 --> 00:35:08,640 and yet this moment. on a physical level. 330 00:35:11,599 --> 00:35:14,080 Luke Bracey. who plays Cobra Commander. 331 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,400 You can see his stature. the way he walks. 332 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:22,080 which is really. really cool. 333 00:35:25,559 --> 00:35:27,560 And the voice. Robert Baker. who does the voice. 334 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,600 We got to add this sort of hissing. breathing thing. 335 00:35:36,199 --> 00:35:38,880 and he's always e_ending his S's. 336 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,520 So we went with more of this breathing mechanism. it had this rattle. 337 00:35:46,119 --> 00:35:48,680 and what he's saying. So you'll hear it throughout the movie 338 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,800 Yeah. l think also. the trick was also not to be Darth Vader. 339 00:35:56,119 --> 00:35:58,000 That was always the hardest thing. 340 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:01,880 Gets you there first. 341 00:36:04,599 --> 00:36:07,080 - lt took up a big area of that space. - Yup. 342 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,000 And his iacket. His iacket is so insane. 343 00:36:24,119 --> 00:36:25,880 lt's like bedazzled... 344 00:36:30,119 --> 00:36:33,040 And that scar on his head. that was an idea that Ray brought. 345 00:36:36,159 --> 00:36:40,000 And the idea of it was it was an explosion gone bad. right? 346 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,760 lt did. it gave the character... We immediately saw it. 347 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,000 This was a big debate. 348 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,800 lt's pretty bad-looking. 349 00:36:58,079 --> 00:37:00,160 You gotta get him to the healer. 350 00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:11,320 And. of course. Snake Eyes' vision through there was really fun. 351 00:37:13,679 --> 00:37:17,480 All the reticules became really fun to design. 352 00:37:20,519 --> 00:37:23,840 l think one of the amazing things. actually. about that conversion was. 353 00:37:25,039 --> 00:37:28,680 both Jon and l had gone through experiences with 3-D. 354 00:37:35,079 --> 00:37:39,720 we were so. so focused on. "How do we do this the right way?" 355 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:42,760 in terms of how you saw it. 356 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,640 in terms of how Steve Windon shot the movie. 357 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,960 So the conversion process. l think. had less pressure on it. 358 00:37:58,159 --> 00:38:00,520 This is a gigantic space we're shooting in. 359 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,520 l think one of the real triumphs for us. l know l feel that way. is that 360 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,280 The 3-D is incredibly appreciated. 361 00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:23,680 Yup. 362 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,240 was when Paramount called us and said. 363 00:38:30,119 --> 00:38:33,840 lt was. "Whoa! Really? Why? 364 00:38:36,679 --> 00:38:39,600 That's all the things you go through in your head right away. 365 00:38:41,199 --> 00:38:43,920 "we actually think there's bigger upside if we go to 3-D." 366 00:38:46,519 --> 00:38:49,960 after having the moment of emotional recovey of. 367 00:38:51,639 --> 00:38:53,480 Now we're like. "Okay. stop." 368 00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,200 You know. when a studio wants to spend more money on a movie. 369 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,600 And as it's turned out. it was a great move. 370 00:39:09,679 --> 00:39:13,760 l think if we didn't have those moments. it wouldn't have been a choice for us. 371 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:18,680 But because there's just so many moments... 372 00:39:20,079 --> 00:39:21,640 where we're pushing through the satellite. 373 00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:27,320 And stuff like this in 3-D is beautiful and gorgeous. 374 00:39:30,159 --> 00:39:32,240 All these things. the language is already in there. 375 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,520 Elodie Yung is amazing. 376 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,640 Yeah. Well. the hardest thing. l think. when you make. 377 00:39:48,119 --> 00:39:51,640 is the audience is vey tough on female action characters. 378 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,920 And Elodie in Distr9ct 13: Ultimatum, wasn't that what it was called? 379 00:40:02,679 --> 00:40:06,200 she's got the grace of being a beautiful woman. 380 00:40:12,079 --> 00:40:15,720 and then this ferocity in her is really crazy good. 381 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:23,440 She really brought it to life. the feeling of wanting to be part of something. 382 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,280 l mean. she learnt those swords from the ground up. 383 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,920 l mean. evey time you see an actor actually learn it and do it. 384 00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:40,200 lt's more believable. There's an organic nature to it. 385 00:40:48,599 --> 00:40:54,680 But we knew his love of kung fu and the lore of it. 386 00:40:56,119 --> 00:40:57,080 he was iust for us sort of a special treat. 387 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,800 iust mess with your expectations of these characters. 388 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:08,080 But going from there to here. to the streets of Washington. D.C.. 389 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,040 lt's really fun. 390 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,920 is both incredibly liberating. and. actually. really. really dangerous. 391 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,200 and keep it moving in the same direction. you know? 392 00:41:28,519 --> 00:41:31,960 Miley Cyrus and Ryan Seacrest. that's such a fine line. 393 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,520 And l think it was actually important that it does fit into our world. 394 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:43,000 lt's also one of those things where you go to that first preview. 395 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,320 if they don't laugh at that it's coming out of the movie. 396 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,200 l always wanted a scene here where at the end of the movie. 397 00:41:57,039 --> 00:41:58,200 and it's iust destroyed. 398 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:06,520 'Cause the reality is they get a car from him and they just destroy it. 399 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,840 He iust came in. he riffed a lot of the stuff. 400 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:18,080 And it's all gotta establish. really. Roadblock's backstoy 401 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:24,000 Why this place would these guys choose to hide? 402 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,400 That one line. "Home is where the help is." That's it. 403 00:42:29,559 --> 00:42:33,160 That he's coming back to his origins to build up again. 404 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:40,080 no tons of weapons. just back to where he started. 405 00:43:01,039 --> 00:43:04,920 make up the stuff that they figure out all the DNA things from later. 406 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,360 you could see that Roadblock grew up in this place. 407 00:43:25,039 --> 00:43:26,800 l love those little trophies back there. 408 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,600 - lt's such a sort of sports feeling. - Yeah. 409 00:43:36,039 --> 00:43:37,520 in those frames. which is cool. 410 00:43:39,639 --> 00:43:41,280 Yup. yup. 411 00:43:46,119 --> 00:43:47,960 That thing's so fun to iump in. 412 00:44:23,039 --> 00:44:27,920 and this tension that exists between Flint and Roadblock of. 413 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,320 "l got my own set of..." 414 00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:42,360 And he's really on program. but at the same time. 415 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:48,040 You know. he can't sort of help it. 416 00:44:52,079 --> 00:44:54,560 especially from the new guy Flint. 417 00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:57,760 'cause he's not there yet. 418 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,480 and that they can debate that. 419 00:45:04,119 --> 00:45:06,760 We don't get fully into it. but we get to play just a little bit. 420 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:16,000 what would convince somebody that a guy was an imposter. 421 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,680 'Cause people do cross their thumbs. as you'll see him shortly. 422 00:45:25,159 --> 00:45:26,160 and they always do that move 423 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,480 Yeah. and if you ty it. you feel like one way feels natural. 424 00:45:33,039 --> 00:45:36,000 Even if you do it both ways. one of them feels more natural. 425 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,440 You forget how simple it is. 426 00:45:44,559 --> 00:45:49,160 to create the Ul for a computer system in any scene. 427 00:45:51,079 --> 00:45:54,400 Like. "How high-tech do they have it? What era we are in. 428 00:45:57,639 --> 00:45:59,840 And going through even iust the sound. 429 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,160 iust because we wanted to give them a little edge to it. 430 00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:07,720 Things that you'd never think... 431 00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:17,200 This was a tricky moment. you know? 432 00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:21,440 that these guys can Ieap to this conclusion? 433 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,320 lt's actually set up in the desert. 434 00:46:30,159 --> 00:46:32,080 "l voted for him" you know. 435 00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:39,360 so how long can you actually draw it out before you're like. "Come on. guys." 436 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,520 the introduction of his character. is a really interesting thing. 437 00:46:51,039 --> 00:46:56,680 at first blush. the idea that he's gonna call her by her wrong name. 438 00:46:59,039 --> 00:47:02,000 You know. that was really Bruce's idea. that was not a scripted idea. 439 00:47:05,199 --> 00:47:07,640 and even this. sort of. Girl Scout reference here 440 00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,280 And it's one of the things. l think. 441 00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:17,240 you realise why they're movie stars. 442 00:47:19,599 --> 00:47:22,120 and they know what they do well. too. 443 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,080 "Shut your mouth. Brenda" is so rough. 444 00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:34,000 "How are women gonna feel about this?" 445 00:47:39,119 --> 00:47:40,880 And l remember Adrianne. 446 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:45,480 lt started at the dinner. yeah. 447 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:51,400 But it was funny. because it started to get under her nerves. 448 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:56,600 l think l got it about halfway out of my mouth. 449 00:47:58,559 --> 00:48:00,360 lt only works for Bruce. 450 00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:04,560 Bruce even brought this up. he's like. 451 00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:07,320 "At some point she needs to punch me." 452 00:48:09,559 --> 00:48:12,160 'Cause it would've happened at the end. when they're attacking the President. 453 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:17,920 But l always... You do. You want her to punch him at some point. 454 00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:21,440 with what could be a vey unsympathetic thing 455 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:25,520 Yes. That's the power of Bruce. 456 00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:31,000 that Jon and l talked a lot about this character. Joe Colton. 457 00:48:32,679 --> 00:48:36,120 is the embodiment of the original G.l. Joe ethos. if you would. 458 00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:43,000 And that's the Joe l grew up with. 459 00:48:46,119 --> 00:48:50,760 Single character. not a fantasy. not all that stuff. the guy. 460 00:48:55,079 --> 00:48:57,240 it was actually one of the easiest pitches l've ever had. 461 00:48:59,519 --> 00:49:03,640 And l turned to him. and l called him up and said. 462 00:49:08,079 --> 00:49:10,240 He goes. "l get to play the original Joe? 463 00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,680 "Putting firecrackers on my Joe. and throwing him off the roof." 464 00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,880 And so it was this kind of funny moment. 465 00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:25,240 is now in this movie. 466 00:49:26,639 --> 00:49:28,760 we succeeded in the first movie of doing. 467 00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:34,480 that we could bring that to this table. 468 00:49:37,119 --> 00:49:39,000 Which is pretty awesome. 'cause it has... 469 00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:45,000 So when they're all in the same room. it's the only person... 470 00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:50,120 Roadblock in the face. and say. 471 00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:55,440 "You don't need a tank. and a laser... Laser guns to be a soldier. 472 00:49:56,679 --> 00:49:59,400 And l thought that was the important part for our team. 473 00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:03,000 'Cause l remember Iooking at the crew members 474 00:50:06,599 --> 00:50:08,360 "We're professionals doing our iobs. 475 00:50:13,639 --> 00:50:14,840 Yes. 476 00:50:17,559 --> 00:50:20,040 Yes. there were. That was a vey popular day. 477 00:50:22,199 --> 00:50:23,200 There might have been. 478 00:50:26,639 --> 00:50:28,120 She'll give it right back at you. 479 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:33,280 She's like. "l need to get punched in this scene." 480 00:50:36,159 --> 00:50:38,920 And she's like. "Jon. l have to be as tough as eveyone else. 481 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:42,040 And it made complete sense. 482 00:50:44,119 --> 00:50:45,800 So we never treated her differently in all this stuff. 483 00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:49,880 which also conveys that sense of toughness. 484 00:50:51,119 --> 00:50:54,240 And. actually. it's one of the tricks l think that... 485 00:50:58,159 --> 00:51:02,160 how you cary yourself conveys a lot about your physicality. 486 00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,000 We shot this in the... 487 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,040 Whistler area. 488 00:51:49,559 --> 00:51:52,840 l think it's probably our most highly complimented sequence in the movie. 489 00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:58,120 they were fans of the comic book. 490 00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:04,000 l think it was originally two and a half pages. 491 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:08,080 Something like that. 492 00:52:11,079 --> 00:52:13,920 So you won't hear any conversation. anything. 493 00:52:17,559 --> 00:52:20,000 And we kept saying to ourselves. "Are we gonna get away with that? 494 00:52:22,039 --> 00:52:24,080 We kept feeling like. "There's always the out" 495 00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,480 We can always have him say something. 496 00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:34,080 l know you were a huge fan of the comic book. 497 00:52:37,079 --> 00:52:41,880 Yeah. And Issue 21 that Lary Hama did that had no dialogue in it 498 00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:47,920 Before that it was like. "lt's just to sell toys." 499 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:56,080 And that's what we really wanted to capture in the movie. too. 500 00:52:59,880 --> 00:53:03,200 and more of the comic book feel to it. 501 00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,200 At least some of the reality of it. the te_ure. 502 00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:12,880 l always thought this was one of the coolest moments. 503 00:53:14,079 --> 00:53:16,480 There's Cobra symbols carved into the ninja stars. 504 00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:24,480 No music. l remember we used to have big music here. 505 00:53:26,039 --> 00:53:27,680 - lt was cool to hear the silence. - Yeah. 506 00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:32,200 We iust tried it to hear and we were like. 507 00:53:39,079 --> 00:53:43,120 Just the fact that Snake Eyes iust punches through a column is awesome. 508 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,280 Thank God Byung-Hun and Ray are such great athletes. 509 00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,800 So that's the mother of one of our stunt guys. 510 00:54:05,079 --> 00:54:07,320 And so she'd never been in a movie. 511 00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:16,600 l was iust drawn into her. 'cause she was so tough. 512 00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:21,000 And so called her up. said if she'd ever come down. 513 00:54:24,159 --> 00:54:26,400 all those things are really her. 514 00:54:28,079 --> 00:54:29,800 She'd never done a movie with her son. 515 00:54:33,079 --> 00:54:36,960 Travis Wong is the stunt guy. and he's one of the Red Ninjas. 516 00:54:42,039 --> 00:54:47,080 And l loved that Jinx has that sort of Bruce Lee ninja outfit on. 517 00:55:02,079 --> 00:55:05,320 You can see it. even iust passing out here he's so intense. 518 00:55:06,679 --> 00:55:08,200 lt was scaring me when we were shooting. 519 00:55:10,159 --> 00:55:12,520 But he iust gives it all. sells it. 520 00:55:23,639 --> 00:55:28,760 was again a Reese and Wernick idea that then we had to figure out. 521 00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:32,960 This was such a huge team effort 522 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:42,680 to our pre-viz guys. to our stunt guys. to George. who did our second unit... 523 00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:46,560 lt was amazing. eveyone came together for this one. 524 00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:53,880 l don't know. how many months went into this planning? 525 00:55:56,559 --> 00:55:58,360 And this sequence wouldn't work without Paul. 526 00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:05,000 How you would pendulum something. 527 00:56:07,039 --> 00:56:10,440 And being a stuntman. a rigger. a world-class climber. 528 00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:18,160 A lot of this sequence. you know... 529 00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:23,600 That he had to rig up. which is really cool. 530 00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:26,680 - A thousand feet? - Yeah. 531 00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:29,720 And. Paul. from the vey beginning... 532 00:56:32,639 --> 00:56:34,880 he came to my office and we worked out 533 00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:42,320 We got out our ninia action figures from Hasbro and started planning it out. 534 00:56:44,599 --> 00:56:46,600 "so it doesn't feel like we're in a video game." 535 00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:49,640 You know that this could actually happen. 536 00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:54,560 And for me. l'd used him in a lot of movies. 537 00:56:59,960 --> 00:57:03,360 l knew we were in good hands to be able to execute it. 538 00:57:13,079 --> 00:57:14,320 l always loved this. 539 00:57:17,239 --> 00:57:20,000 - And l loved the posturing... - The joust. 540 00:57:21,519 --> 00:57:24,040 The pause right here. it's such a great idea. 541 00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:29,040 lt was really one of the most dramatic things. 542 00:57:30,599 --> 00:57:32,880 lt really conveyed a lot of attitude. 543 00:57:35,639 --> 00:57:38,080 And l was like. when they're hanging on the side. 544 00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,840 and they pull out their swords. it's so cool. 545 00:57:46,199 --> 00:57:48,560 There are real people with real weight. 546 00:57:52,559 --> 00:57:54,080 But these. you feel the weight. 547 00:57:55,639 --> 00:57:58,720 That guy. when he falls off the line is not real. 548 00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,400 - Yes. - Now it's a real fake rock. 549 00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:19,640 then we had this gigantic green screen built in our facility 550 00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:24,120 - l don't know. five weeks? - A lot. 551 00:58:26,119 --> 00:58:28,240 l don't know. probably in total this thing is 552 00:58:30,079 --> 00:58:31,840 At least. And we did great. 553 00:58:35,119 --> 00:58:36,960 as they're swinging that fast. 554 00:58:39,519 --> 00:58:40,800 or getting things out of focus. 555 00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:49,560 There's some really fun details that eveybody contributed to. 556 00:58:53,159 --> 00:58:56,280 Jim May and Roger Barton. who were our editors. 557 00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:03,080 We had to be done with this while we were shooting 558 00:59:05,079 --> 00:59:07,040 They had to figure it out. Especially Roger. 559 00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:13,320 When you shoot all these pieces. how does it all come together. 560 00:59:15,199 --> 00:59:16,120 And so that was really fun to see. 561 00:59:24,679 --> 00:59:28,480 l mean. he's like the unofficial mayor. maybe it's even official now. 562 00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:32,160 But there's something about the political veracity of that 563 00:59:36,039 --> 00:59:37,280 There he is. 564 00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:40,280 He's such a great face. 565 00:59:42,599 --> 00:59:43,760 l didn't know how he would... 566 00:59:46,119 --> 00:59:47,640 He was the most welcoming. he was like. 567 00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:51,120 He was literally like the mayor. 568 00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:59,960 to a city still recovering from Katrina meant a lot to the city. 569 01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:07,240 was he felt like. well. he could help us help the city. 570 01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:10,800 That dress was always a winner. 571 01:00:13,599 --> 01:00:15,400 That might have been the first dress she showed us. 572 01:00:17,079 --> 01:00:18,560 Right when you saw it. you couldn't deny it. 573 01:00:20,639 --> 01:00:22,360 "Move on. another decision." 574 01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:26,560 - She's a fashion fan. - Yeah. 575 01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:30,280 'cause then we could say. "No. you have to have that mask" 576 01:00:31,639 --> 01:00:32,680 And she would put up a fight. 577 01:00:35,639 --> 01:00:36,880 And then you would look at it. 578 01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:41,560 but in the way that it needed to be. 579 01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:45,720 She iust understood. she got it. 580 01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:52,760 lmmediately when l see her walking through. l think Matrix. 581 01:00:55,679 --> 01:00:58,040 l'm sure that wasn't Louise's intention. 582 01:01:01,239 --> 01:01:04,160 Yes. and then there was no one else we wanted to put in red. 583 01:01:06,679 --> 01:01:08,520 - Let her stick out. - Yep. 584 01:01:11,599 --> 01:01:13,480 and they're like dancing. all this stuff. 585 01:01:15,079 --> 01:01:16,480 Who was great. too. she was great. 586 01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:21,520 You really fall in love with certain things. and then the ne_ thing you know. 587 01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:24,640 At a certain point we needed the tension. 588 01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:29,520 - And the pacing. - Yeah. 589 01:01:40,840 --> 01:01:43,360 - As evey Joe should. - Of course. of course. 590 01:01:49,239 --> 01:01:52,720 To work with the graphics people to create how it scans. 591 01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:12,080 l also remember this moment. 592 01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:20,000 in comes something that's a direct call back to... 593 01:02:24,239 --> 01:02:26,880 But this moment with The Rock that's about to come up. 594 01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:33,840 about. "Should we see the Firefly. should we not see the Firefly?" 595 01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:41,920 this character wouldn't react the way he reacts. 596 01:02:43,159 --> 01:02:45,240 We had a long debate about this. remember. Jon? 597 01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:51,080 At one point he was doing it. He'd gone rogue from the others. 598 01:02:53,400 --> 01:02:54,840 And so there was a lot of debate 599 01:02:57,199 --> 01:02:59,240 "What. strategically. are they tying to do?" 600 01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:05,280 that the G.l. Joes had to assassinate the fake President. 601 01:03:06,519 --> 01:03:08,320 So this moment would be that moment. you're like. 602 01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:13,640 But eventually it became that you wanted Roadblock to be in control. 603 01:03:15,159 --> 01:03:17,440 You wanted it to be well thought out. 604 01:03:31,119 --> 01:03:34,200 But it's brutal. because the hard thing is 605 01:03:39,519 --> 01:03:42,000 And it was one of the things we kept saying to ourselves. 606 01:03:46,079 --> 01:03:48,440 "and actually make it believable?" 607 01:03:50,920 --> 01:03:52,680 - Yes. - And a great actor. 608 01:03:55,239 --> 01:03:57,480 lt was one of those great things that all came together. 609 01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:05,680 but he was physically so daunting that we wanted this moment. 610 01:04:08,760 --> 01:04:13,760 and how some of the great action stars have understood 611 01:04:19,599 --> 01:04:20,680 And that's a tricky thing. 612 01:04:23,119 --> 01:04:28,320 "can you really let a hero like Dwayne get beaten?" 613 01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:33,840 is that now it's the rematch. 614 01:04:42,159 --> 01:04:45,520 l always imagined that was the three-wheeled motorcycle going away. 615 01:04:47,639 --> 01:04:49,080 Yeah. that would've been fun. 616 01:04:57,119 --> 01:04:58,240 and we were intrigued by 617 01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:04,440 One which is a sort of ninia stoy. 618 01:05:08,840 --> 01:05:12,080 This is about past histoy that has nothing to do with Dwayne's character. 619 01:05:14,840 --> 01:05:17,920 This is a totally different stoy that's going on. 620 01:05:22,719 --> 01:05:24,960 that we're tying to juggle these stoylines. 621 01:05:29,400 --> 01:05:32,400 But when you have someone like Byung-Hun Lee here. 622 01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:37,000 it doesn't matter where you are. what you're doing. 623 01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:42,200 And you get into him. and you feel that it's a guy struggling with 624 01:05:46,079 --> 01:05:48,800 - you're immediately back in this. - Yeah. 625 01:05:53,599 --> 01:05:55,840 helped a lot with going back and forth. 626 01:06:00,119 --> 01:06:03,280 Especially falling off cliffs. Why not? Why not? 627 01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:11,160 lt's actually something we didn't talk about. 628 01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:19,680 So she's really. in her life. has had to 629 01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:25,560 of being the cousin of a traitor in their minds. 630 01:06:28,559 --> 01:06:30,920 The Blind Master's friend was killed. 631 01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:37,120 And eveybody's got some grudge in this scene. 632 01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:42,920 l don't know if you knew this. but we were literally... 633 01:06:46,559 --> 01:06:51,960 they had casted. not little people. but really small ninjas. 634 01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:58,400 "We've gotta find bigger. more warrior-like ninjas." 635 01:07:03,159 --> 01:07:05,880 "Are you guys crazy how big you've made this thing? 636 01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:11,160 "Boy. you better make a good thing out of this set." 637 01:07:14,159 --> 01:07:17,720 l think one of the interesting things about making movies is. 638 01:07:20,679 --> 01:07:22,840 And so many decisions get made so fast 639 01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:27,640 keep track of all the decisions. 640 01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:34,920 Picking the right people to make the right decisions is incredibly complex. 641 01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:39,560 l remember iust looking at the production designer. Andrew. 642 01:07:41,039 --> 01:07:43,320 "You built this big... How much does this set cost?" 643 01:07:44,679 --> 01:07:46,400 "We're gonna need money for the tank battle. 644 01:07:47,599 --> 01:07:49,280 "Well. Jon loves the big ninias scene." 645 01:07:51,679 --> 01:07:53,560 - We need all of it. - Right. 646 01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:34,120 - The TV became the most... - Right. 647 01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:59,440 this moment that dad does not take. 648 01:09:03,439 --> 01:09:06,240 and that her motivation is to get him to salute to her. 649 01:09:08,399 --> 01:09:11,960 There's a lot of hostility and anger in that. you know. 650 01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:16,760 - Yeah. - That he salutes her at the end. 651 01:09:18,279 --> 01:09:21,880 To me. it makes their relationship make all the sense in the world. 652 01:09:24,239 --> 01:09:27,120 and l guess we'll get there. we'll talk about it. 653 01:09:29,039 --> 01:09:31,880 When he said. "l knew your dad" you were like. "Whoa." 654 01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:37,440 - He didn't even have to go there. - Didn't have to do anything. He got it. 655 01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:43,240 This was a matter of saving some time. 656 01:09:47,479 --> 01:09:49,080 before it was getting boring. 657 01:09:50,720 --> 01:09:53,880 and said what if you are the President and look right at the camera. 658 01:09:55,439 --> 01:09:58,160 We'd done a little bit of that with the Cobra vision. 659 01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:04,200 So we tried to find fun ways to make it interesting. 660 01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:17,520 l always loved Jonathan's look on his face. 661 01:10:20,319 --> 01:10:22,440 And the reflection in Cobra's mask is hard. 662 01:10:24,239 --> 01:10:25,920 That should be the camera. 663 01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:33,720 So whenever you see his mask you won't see the camera. 664 01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:46,680 We had a lot of debate about this briefcase. remember? 665 01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:51,240 l remember looking at it going. "What is this? What is this leather?" 666 01:10:53,720 --> 01:10:56,640 But we were like. "That's what a real nuclear football looks like." 667 01:10:58,359 --> 01:11:00,280 - lt's true. - And we started tearing stuff off of it. 668 01:11:02,720 --> 01:11:05,080 - what's the right look for the football. - Yeah. 669 01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:11,320 and yet instantaneously recognisable for the audience? 670 01:11:14,279 --> 01:11:16,440 lf you don't understand. you haven't seen an action movie 671 01:11:20,159 --> 01:11:22,440 This was hard. because it was really dark. 672 01:11:26,640 --> 01:11:28,320 You wanted this rawness to it. 673 01:11:36,720 --> 01:11:38,160 Always got a big laugh. that moment. 674 01:11:41,039 --> 01:11:44,600 Yeah. l think it was when they added the sound effect of the gun. 675 01:11:46,439 --> 01:11:48,200 'Cause you don't necessarily Iook down there. 676 01:11:50,079 --> 01:11:53,240 He had a ton of things that he kept saying that were hilarious. 677 01:11:59,680 --> 01:12:01,720 And this was always hard to... At what point... 678 01:12:07,279 --> 01:12:10,200 they have mutual interest in this one battle. 679 01:12:13,239 --> 01:12:16,680 l remember the arguments... Not the arguments. but. really. like. 680 01:12:20,359 --> 01:12:23,160 - Really quickly. - So that's all in pe_ormance. 681 01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:29,400 Now we enter this scene. 682 01:12:32,239 --> 01:12:34,600 l remember we were in New Orleans 683 01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:38,040 right before you make a movie. 684 01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:43,960 And l turned to the writers and l said. 685 01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:50,240 'Cause l knew whatever it was. it couldn't be too expensive. Right? 686 01:12:54,640 --> 01:12:56,920 And they literally wrote in the script. they put. 687 01:13:00,119 --> 01:13:01,360 And then our editor. when he got the dailies. 688 01:13:03,279 --> 01:13:06,280 He read it and he was like. "Okay. what song do they mean?" 689 01:13:08,479 --> 01:13:11,000 to find the most obscure song that they think we mean. 690 01:13:12,239 --> 01:13:14,600 l remember when l walked in and l saw... 691 01:13:16,920 --> 01:13:19,960 And l looked at you like. "You guys actually used The Four Horsemen." 692 01:13:21,199 --> 01:13:22,920 You should've seen my face when l walked in. 693 01:13:24,319 --> 01:13:27,280 But it was so funny that we had to show you. 694 01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:37,120 l don't know. self-conscious. or tying to be cool. 695 01:13:39,159 --> 01:13:40,640 - "We're tying to have fun." - Yes. 696 01:13:44,479 --> 01:13:46,400 'cause it's almost so obscure that you're like. 697 01:13:48,840 --> 01:13:50,560 And it's probably Joe Colton. 698 01:13:53,680 --> 01:13:55,040 AIthough, Rockin' Is Ma' Business 699 01:13:58,399 --> 01:14:00,360 _cause business is good. - Nice. 700 01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:03,000 - We tried it. - l think we tried it. 701 01:14:05,680 --> 01:14:07,000 That was actually 702 01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:13,560 And we would sometimes bring a boom box out with us. 703 01:14:15,479 --> 01:14:17,480 That's how l got turned on to them. 704 01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:53,360 that l couldn't believe l was doing a G.l. Joe movie. 705 01:14:56,279 --> 01:15:00,040 Byung-Hun Lee. Ray Park. Adrianne. D.J.. all these guys... 706 01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:05,320 Elodie. these characters around a table. it was just insane. 707 01:15:07,640 --> 01:15:09,800 'Cause we've seen a lot of these scenes. 708 01:15:12,479 --> 01:15:13,960 And each of them to have something to do. 709 01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:17,200 Each one. like. "What's that character? 710 01:15:19,039 --> 01:15:20,040 Yeah. yeah. 711 01:15:24,399 --> 01:15:27,320 l never understood why nobody laughed when he said "Rock solid." 712 01:15:29,359 --> 01:15:30,360 Yes. 713 01:15:33,479 --> 01:15:37,120 Don't know if we're actually making a reference to The Rock or not. 714 01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:40,560 l always loved this moment. too. 715 01:15:44,119 --> 01:15:46,800 l remember. l think that was your... l don't know whose idea it was. 716 01:15:50,439 --> 01:15:53,440 - And he's like. "Nope." - "Not gonna help you there." 717 01:15:55,119 --> 01:15:57,880 But it also throws her as a character 718 01:16:01,960 --> 01:16:06,040 or slightly. at least at a minimum. edgy. has suddenly... 719 01:16:07,560 --> 01:16:08,840 The tanks and the fan boat. 720 01:16:12,560 --> 01:16:14,360 rebuilt it to make it a Cobra boat. 721 01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:17,160 because it weighed too much. remember? 722 01:16:18,840 --> 01:16:19,800 No. it sank. 723 01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:27,680 So we tied the car that our crane was on to pull it out. 724 01:16:29,359 --> 01:16:31,800 So we have to cut the cord. and to let it sink. 725 01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:35,720 - lt knocked over our car. - Yeah. 726 01:16:37,399 --> 01:16:40,360 But those H.l.S.S. Tanks are really about your passion. 727 01:16:44,159 --> 01:16:47,040 And so l'm like. "H.l.S.S. Tanks? Why is that so cool?" 728 01:16:48,479 --> 01:16:50,200 "All right. l get it. They turn into a Cobra." 729 01:16:52,520 --> 01:16:54,320 So then we turned it into a tank battle. 730 01:16:56,000 --> 01:17:01,440 And to actually have a tank live there that was 30. 20 feet high. 731 01:17:03,920 --> 01:17:07,480 lt was crazy. We got a tank somewhere. l don't know where we got a tank from. 732 01:17:09,720 --> 01:17:11,320 and built it in the H.l.S.S. Tank way. 733 01:17:14,800 --> 01:17:16,440 and you could fire it in the warehouse. 734 01:17:20,840 --> 01:17:23,200 This sequence was actually originally scripted 735 01:17:26,319 --> 01:17:28,680 And we didn't have the money to do it. 736 01:17:30,079 --> 01:17:32,960 that even remotely looked like it in New Orleans 737 01:17:35,439 --> 01:17:37,720 lt's actually one of the things that was so hard. 738 01:17:41,920 --> 01:17:47,240 And we came up with this idea of Fort Sumter being a symbol of war. 739 01:17:50,159 --> 01:17:52,520 when the guy's gonna talk about disarmament. 740 01:17:53,960 --> 01:17:56,400 "we can actually do this ending here in New Orleans" 741 01:18:00,079 --> 01:18:03,560 gave us enough sense of grounding and sense of purpose about it 742 01:18:06,399 --> 01:18:09,320 l think l'll always miss the UN a little bit. 743 01:18:15,119 --> 01:18:17,720 a sort of Dr. Strangeloye-esque feel to it. 744 01:18:20,319 --> 01:18:22,360 so they could use them throughout the battle. 745 01:18:25,319 --> 01:18:26,800 be in histoy and have. you know. 746 01:18:29,680 --> 01:18:32,600 or shadows of the soldiers from past wars above these guys. 747 01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:36,160 Yes. Hary Humphries. who was our militay advisor 748 01:18:37,920 --> 01:18:40,640 He was part of the Joe Colton old-guy crew. 749 01:18:43,039 --> 01:18:45,440 Old-school. l'm an old guy. l can say that. 750 01:18:50,239 --> 01:18:54,800 l guess we iust put a sticker on that thing. if it's from a different county. 751 01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:01,600 l think it's almost the biggest laugh in the whole movie. 752 01:19:03,079 --> 01:19:05,240 l'm gonna put _ngy Birds in evey one of my movies. 753 01:19:09,720 --> 01:19:12,000 This was always a controversial and crazy idea. 754 01:19:14,439 --> 01:19:17,280 l remember when the studio first read it. and Hasbro. 755 01:19:19,239 --> 01:19:22,680 "You're gonna launch evey nuclear weapon in the world?" 756 01:19:24,239 --> 01:19:29,360 "This is cool. this is diabolically insane. twisted logic. 757 01:19:32,039 --> 01:19:33,440 l remember when l read it for the first time 758 01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:36,560 l was like. "What? How do you get out of this one?" 759 01:19:38,399 --> 01:19:41,000 lt was one of those ones. where when you first read it. you were like. 760 01:19:48,279 --> 01:19:50,440 We have so much cool footage we couldn't put in. 761 01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:54,920 - Especially of Elodie. l always miss that. - Yeah. 762 01:20:20,159 --> 01:20:21,320 And this ioke we used. l don't know. how many times in marketing. 763 01:20:22,520 --> 01:20:24,160 l had no idea it was gonna work like that. 764 01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:29,920 His pe_ormance. her pe_ormance together are amazing. 765 01:20:33,479 --> 01:20:35,800 He's like. "You gotta use my car. it's awesome." 766 01:20:37,920 --> 01:20:40,360 To have Joe Colton do that car. the El Camino. 767 01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:47,160 - lt was so much fun watching him do it. - Yes. 768 01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:55,040 is how do you cast a President that's credible as a President? 769 01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:58,480 So it's vey difficult. it's tricky. 770 01:21:04,159 --> 01:21:07,200 So when you ty to cast the President of the United States. 771 01:21:09,520 --> 01:21:13,920 And Jonathan gave it such a level of credibility and gravity. 772 01:21:17,399 --> 01:21:19,480 that he held in that thing. you know? 773 01:21:25,199 --> 01:21:27,160 lt used to be seeing iust dots go along. 774 01:21:31,319 --> 01:21:33,480 But it really didn't. when we came down to it. 775 01:21:36,399 --> 01:21:38,240 And this is. again. one of these things where. 776 01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:46,440 'cause they're nuts. And he's nuts. 777 01:21:49,279 --> 01:21:50,320 Yeah. 778 01:21:52,439 --> 01:21:55,280 was those threats started right about when we were releasing. 779 01:21:56,520 --> 01:21:58,160 That's serious stuff. 780 01:22:00,640 --> 01:22:02,920 "Okay. which city are we going to blow up?" 781 01:22:05,439 --> 01:22:07,480 gone through evey single thing. 782 01:22:14,119 --> 01:22:17,400 And so. l think we all sat down. we were like. "Let's do London. 783 01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:22,520 lt's one of the most incredible shots ILM did. though. 784 01:22:23,920 --> 01:22:27,560 An amazing company. but that shot is just something else. 785 01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:32,280 you could pause that on any frame and you can see how detailed... 786 01:22:36,079 --> 01:22:37,480 Yeah. it's crazy. 787 01:22:40,479 --> 01:22:42,520 and iust stare at that box for the whole shot 788 01:22:44,239 --> 01:22:45,800 So it was intense. 789 01:22:50,640 --> 01:22:54,240 lt was interesting. it was definitely a struggle for us. is that. 790 01:22:57,399 --> 01:22:59,160 the handing off of leadership. 791 01:23:04,239 --> 01:23:06,240 when you're establishing the movie. 792 01:23:10,479 --> 01:23:13,800 And it took a lot of massaging for us to figure that out. 793 01:23:16,239 --> 01:23:17,560 Look at this shot. it's crazy. 794 01:23:21,359 --> 01:23:24,440 Those buildings... l iust went to London to premiere our movie there. 795 01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:31,200 "l know what we did with this window." It was pretty cool. 796 01:23:43,119 --> 01:23:45,280 l love these shots. It's iust so fun to see. 797 01:23:47,880 --> 01:23:50,240 We had actually more shots of them taking over the Capitol. 798 01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:54,560 The Supreme Court Justice. rounding them up. 799 01:23:58,479 --> 01:24:00,920 - ln one shot. it said eveything. - Yeah. 800 01:24:03,920 --> 01:24:06,400 We were like. how fast should they fall. and... 801 01:24:08,880 --> 01:24:11,320 - Who's releasing them? - Who's releasing them? Yeah. 802 01:24:13,199 --> 01:24:14,720 - l remember that debate. - Yeah. 803 01:24:18,479 --> 01:24:22,360 lt's one of the things that's so interesting in filmmaking is. 804 01:24:25,039 --> 01:24:28,680 that can tell a lot of stoy in a really short period of time? 805 01:24:30,479 --> 01:24:31,800 the rounding up the Supreme Court Justices. 806 01:24:33,880 --> 01:24:35,840 "l got it. This is bad." 807 01:24:40,680 --> 01:24:42,840 - This thing. the Ripsaw tank. - Ripsaw. yeah. 808 01:24:45,840 --> 01:24:50,360 Of course Dwayne has to have it battling these three giant H.l.S.S. Tanks. 809 01:24:54,159 --> 01:24:55,960 lt drives through houses. 810 01:24:57,920 --> 01:25:00,680 So it's fun to play around with that thing. 811 01:25:02,760 --> 01:25:05,360 lt was fun to stage that. and it was complicated to do that. 812 01:25:09,920 --> 01:25:14,680 'cause we had this real thing. Those are real H.l.S.S. Tanks to a point. 813 01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:18,360 you have to create some of it. 814 01:25:20,079 --> 01:25:22,000 - l love that one. - Love that... 815 01:25:23,199 --> 01:25:25,000 l think that was your idea. 816 01:25:28,039 --> 01:25:30,200 And even the sound. having it go out. 817 01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:38,320 But. again. that's another one of those combo things. from our stunt guys. 818 01:25:41,960 --> 01:25:44,280 to DD. who did the tanks. all those things. 819 01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:48,560 Yes. 820 01:25:51,439 --> 01:25:53,160 Who would've thought? 821 01:25:56,199 --> 01:25:57,560 l always loved them. 822 01:26:01,399 --> 01:26:04,360 The yin and the yang coming together in a swirl. 823 01:26:08,680 --> 01:26:10,520 lt says eveything about who they are. 824 01:26:14,199 --> 01:26:16,080 "Nope. l'm on your team." 825 01:26:18,159 --> 01:26:20,600 Steve Windon. who is our DP. 826 01:26:25,640 --> 01:26:26,880 That's what l love about Steve Windon. 827 01:26:30,359 --> 01:26:32,680 but also iconic moments. 828 01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:37,280 in the most comic book character way. 829 01:26:38,920 --> 01:26:41,720 Yeah. l think it's one of the hardest things to do in these big movies. 830 01:26:42,960 --> 01:26:48,080 How do you keep that 5'10". 6-foot creature called humans 831 01:26:51,960 --> 01:26:53,640 Both of us. when we saw fast fiye, 832 01:26:56,840 --> 01:27:00,440 The dynamism of it. and yet you never lost sense of the characters. 833 01:27:03,319 --> 01:27:06,280 And when we were debating about which DP. 834 01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:10,320 that you and l both gravitated towards. 835 01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:13,800 Yeah. 836 01:27:19,279 --> 01:27:22,600 the fight with the President and the Red Ninja. 837 01:27:26,560 --> 01:27:30,480 But it iust became a distraction from getting the actual suitcase throughout. 838 01:27:34,319 --> 01:27:36,520 l love seeing Bruce fight here. 839 01:27:41,239 --> 01:27:43,400 That was a big moment. Bruce Willis walking on the set. huh? 840 01:27:46,920 --> 01:27:49,120 l was nervous. but he was great. 841 01:27:53,039 --> 01:27:56,240 and you look at the monitor. l forgot that it was a movie that l was making. 842 01:28:00,079 --> 01:28:03,800 lt's funny. 'cause when you're working on these stunt action beats. 843 01:28:06,119 --> 01:28:08,760 That's Steve Ritzi. actually. our stunt coordinator. 844 01:28:09,960 --> 01:28:14,240 And sometimes it comes from him. sometimes it comes from Jon. 845 01:28:16,560 --> 01:28:18,640 lt comes from all different people. 846 01:28:21,199 --> 01:28:22,920 lt was such an interestingly choreographed... 847 01:28:27,439 --> 01:28:29,400 to distract the audience. 848 01:28:31,560 --> 01:28:33,120 l remember when Ritzi first pitched it to us. 849 01:28:36,119 --> 01:28:38,520 That's kind of cool. nobody's seen that in so long. 850 01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:43,400 "What way have you never entered a scene before?" 851 01:28:44,680 --> 01:28:46,640 'Cause he could say. "l did that. l did that. l did this." 852 01:28:50,800 --> 01:28:52,600 'cause he knew evey single one. 853 01:28:54,640 --> 01:28:55,920 l remember him pointing to his shoulder. 854 01:28:58,600 --> 01:29:00,120 or something crazy. 855 01:29:05,239 --> 01:29:08,240 And. again. Byung-Hun Lee giving a great pe_ormance here. 856 01:29:10,720 --> 01:29:13,160 But you feel for a ninia. which is cool. 857 01:29:21,680 --> 01:29:23,760 l remember this debate. Remember this debate? 858 01:29:26,560 --> 01:29:29,040 - But it's so cool. - lt's pretty awesome. 859 01:29:31,199 --> 01:29:33,080 And l think that was something that... It was actually... 860 01:29:35,640 --> 01:29:37,800 He was like. "What if we just cut it in half?" 861 01:29:39,479 --> 01:29:43,480 Again. it's so hard to tell if you're going over the top or not with a movie like this. 862 01:29:45,279 --> 01:29:47,360 as we were sort of going and seeing cuts put together. 863 01:29:49,680 --> 01:29:51,800 but you have to ground it. all at the same time. 864 01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:55,800 l'm so glad that came into the movie. That was gone for a while. 865 01:30:01,399 --> 01:30:04,560 And that helicopter... Oh. my gosh. That thing is awesome. 866 01:30:07,840 --> 01:30:10,280 Does that mean Cobra's in the ne_ movie? 867 01:30:11,560 --> 01:30:12,560 You never know. You never know. 868 01:30:15,920 --> 01:30:17,800 Maybe Duke'll be alive. 869 01:30:25,199 --> 01:30:27,080 This whole fort was really crazy. 870 01:30:30,520 --> 01:30:33,560 With crocodiles in the moats that we had to be careful of. 871 01:30:37,680 --> 01:30:38,640 And this moment. l love it. 872 01:30:40,479 --> 01:30:44,200 to finally get onto the tank and just fire that gun. 873 01:30:51,279 --> 01:30:53,400 - and misses the other guy. - Misses the other guy. 874 01:30:55,920 --> 01:30:57,280 - He'll get it. - Exactly. 875 01:31:02,800 --> 01:31:04,120 how many times were we like. 876 01:31:06,720 --> 01:31:09,520 We had to find vey strategic places that never bumped you 877 01:31:17,880 --> 01:31:21,040 One of the good things about working with Dwayne. he's so up for anything. 878 01:31:23,760 --> 01:31:26,080 He's always prepared. totally on it. 879 01:31:31,319 --> 01:31:34,640 So we had to like do a lot of tricks to make it look fast. 880 01:31:37,079 --> 01:31:39,120 then we built them. and we were like. "These move really slowly. 881 01:31:41,159 --> 01:31:42,960 - You remember that? - Yeah. 882 01:31:45,239 --> 01:31:48,080 l remember thinking how cool fan boats were 883 01:31:51,239 --> 01:31:52,840 l always wanted to do a fan boat from that. 884 01:31:55,439 --> 01:31:56,960 l can't remember. 885 01:32:05,680 --> 01:32:07,680 Yeah. this is the big showdown. 886 01:32:12,880 --> 01:32:17,000 Again. to me it was like always e_ended brass knuckles. 887 01:32:20,279 --> 01:32:22,520 We went back and forth with. "How realistic is this?" 888 01:32:26,000 --> 01:32:27,880 but that they're actually attacking. 889 01:32:31,880 --> 01:32:32,920 So it didn't seem like... 890 01:32:35,439 --> 01:32:38,520 ThanMully. Ray and Dwayne are so game. 891 01:32:40,399 --> 01:32:43,080 Look at how hardcore they're going at it. 892 01:32:50,159 --> 01:32:53,840 l was always like. "l don't know. man. how many bullets can go off here?" 893 01:32:55,439 --> 01:32:56,400 Yeah. we did at one point. 894 01:33:02,079 --> 01:33:03,680 But l love at the end here. he's out of bullets. 895 01:33:10,800 --> 01:33:12,480 Sees that suitcase. 896 01:33:15,439 --> 01:33:16,760 Again. it was so hot here. 897 01:33:19,479 --> 01:33:21,160 the flies were out. 898 01:33:23,239 --> 01:33:26,000 because you iust see these bugs flying eve_here. It was so disgusting. 899 01:33:30,279 --> 01:33:32,160 lt was pretty disgusting. 900 01:33:53,640 --> 01:33:55,760 and how were we gonna make sure the audience is gonna react. 901 01:33:57,319 --> 01:33:59,440 l think we had so many characters. it was always a puzzle 902 01:34:03,319 --> 01:34:07,280 But this moment here... Actually. this was a Ritzi moment. too. 903 01:34:08,720 --> 01:34:10,280 "He should iust walk away and press the button. 904 01:34:13,800 --> 01:34:15,200 lt's one of those classic moments. 905 01:34:21,039 --> 01:34:23,400 lt's funny when you re-watch this scene. And we were talking about it. 906 01:34:25,880 --> 01:34:27,280 then you go back and look at it 907 01:34:29,680 --> 01:34:32,160 - That one we always really relished. - Yes. 908 01:34:35,119 --> 01:34:37,120 Sometimes those moments are tricky. the balance. 909 01:34:39,760 --> 01:34:41,800 l always love how uncompromising it is here 910 01:34:46,319 --> 01:34:49,400 You know. it's not the way you normally play in a movie like this. 911 01:34:52,079 --> 01:34:54,480 - He is so not over his grudge. - Yeah. 912 01:34:57,359 --> 01:34:58,360 That has to keep going. 913 01:35:00,279 --> 01:35:02,360 Plus. there's room to milk it. 914 01:35:09,079 --> 01:35:10,400 G.l. Joes. 915 01:35:15,159 --> 01:35:16,160 l love these kids. 916 01:35:18,279 --> 01:35:21,480 Yeah. l think that there was a moment of attaching that. 917 01:35:23,560 --> 01:35:26,560 the head of the studio. who had this idea of. 918 01:35:35,319 --> 01:35:36,440 lt's good to see the President. 919 01:35:37,640 --> 01:35:41,000 Here we are supposedly at the edge of Arlington National. 920 01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:48,400 - Again. - Again. 921 01:35:51,720 --> 01:35:53,840 Yeah. and the Washington Monument back there. 922 01:35:58,119 --> 01:36:01,240 lt's funny. even in the script it made you get tears in your eyes. 923 01:36:03,159 --> 01:36:04,120 - He iust... - He killed it. 924 01:36:07,119 --> 01:36:08,320 And you iust feel that. 925 01:36:10,960 --> 01:36:14,200 he really understood this dynamic in a way that we couldn't understand it. 926 01:36:17,840 --> 01:36:19,520 Even at the moment. l didn't quite get that. 927 01:36:21,159 --> 01:36:22,480 and see what he's doing underneath it all. 928 01:36:27,600 --> 01:36:29,280 They're all Joes now. 929 01:36:32,600 --> 01:36:34,400 l always thought this was fun. too. 930 01:36:39,840 --> 01:36:41,720 Two generations of stars. 931 01:36:45,079 --> 01:36:47,200 The respect they have for each other is huge. 932 01:36:49,039 --> 01:36:51,280 to see them together again would be amazing. 933 01:37:02,399 --> 01:37:03,400 Boom. 934 01:37:08,319 --> 01:37:10,720 with this way of iust reminding us of the adventure. 935 01:37:14,119 --> 01:37:16,520 And How You Like Me Now?, it's just that song is just pe_ect for it. 936 01:37:18,720 --> 01:37:20,240 We never mentioned Hasbro either. 937 01:37:23,319 --> 01:37:24,360 What's great about working with them is 938 01:37:27,880 --> 01:37:30,160 And they were always constantly coming to us with new ideas about. 939 01:37:32,520 --> 01:37:34,000 That whole part of the sequence we had to cut out. 940 01:37:36,159 --> 01:37:37,600 That was crazy. 941 01:37:39,439 --> 01:37:40,960 Yeah. go. Jinx. 942 01:37:50,039 --> 01:37:52,440 And Heny did a great iob doing the music. 943 01:37:55,119 --> 01:37:57,400 and things that he found really well. 944 01:38:09,159 --> 01:38:11,240 - Love that move. - Yeah. 945 01:38:19,920 --> 01:38:21,880 That's a great character introduction. l gotta say. 946 01:38:26,680 --> 01:38:30,080 She's really such a delight to work with. too. 947 01:38:32,359 --> 01:38:34,320 and evey single person brought their own thing. 948 01:38:36,520 --> 01:38:39,160 lt iust felt like you could attach yourself to any of them 949 01:38:40,880 --> 01:38:44,600 l could hang out with all those guys and girls at a bar and be cool. 950 01:38:48,039 --> 01:38:51,920 You want somebody for each person to relate to. you know? 951 01:38:56,680 --> 01:39:00,080 simply because they're more possible for who you are. 952 01:39:04,239 --> 01:39:06,680 - Way to go. buddy. Way to go. - Good job to you. too. 953 01:39:08,600 --> 01:39:12,200 - That's an awesome logo right there. - Designed by Steven Soderbergh. 954 01:39:12,600 --> 01:39:14,080 - ls that true? Wow. - Yeah. 955 01:39:16,319 --> 01:39:17,880 l had a clause in my contract that 956 01:39:20,279 --> 01:39:21,840 And he's like. "l don't like logos on my movie." 957 01:39:23,079 --> 01:39:24,080 He goes. "Because l don't like the logos." 958 01:39:25,760 --> 01:39:27,640 And there was this long silence. and he goes. "Are you serious?" 959 01:39:30,000 --> 01:39:32,000 - And that's the logo. - Nice. nice. 960 01:39:36,079 --> 01:39:38,840 and he goes. "l guess you really did like it. huh?" 961 01:39:41,000 --> 01:39:43,120 - He didn't see it in 3-D. - That's what he's gotta see. 962 01:39:45,039 --> 01:39:46,520 The movie is still in theatres.