Scott Adkins is one of the martial arts experts most important in the world of cinema. Black belt in several disciplines such as taekwondo or judo… A crack. The actor has made a huge leap to fame in recent years, going from a stunt double to winning supporting roles first, and leading roles later. Now has premiered in theaters in Spain “One Shot: Rescue Mission“, a very entertaining sequential shot film with Industrial amounts of blood, violence, gunshots, slashes, explosions, and slap fights. A joy, go. Thanks to DeAPlaneta, I was able to chat with him for a long time about the movie, his career and even his favorite action video game.
To fists against a UFC fighter
The actor confesses to me that, in the preparation of “One Shot”, with all that a sequence shot entails, the action was the most difficult. “Action is always the hardest, right?”, reply Scott Adkins, who also admits to me that when they reached the last sequences he was at the limit of his strength: “I had a fight with Jess Liaudin, who is a UFC fighter, and I was devastated”. Of course, although he loves to see the finished action sequences, in reality what he likes the most is picking up a gun and shooting each other: “It’s a lot of fun to shoot, let’s be honest. Everybody can have fun with it.”.
Video games and Arnold Schwarzenegger
And it is that, in reality, “One Shot” can be summarized as the adaptation of a video game without actually being one. And I wanted to ask him about that, because action games are one of the most popular games. For Scott Adkins, his favorite game is GTA. Including the stuff there PlayStation 4 to his daughter to play it. Although he also insists that now, with so much work in his life, he is a very occasional player. “I don’t play much so I don’t know if there is anything better now”. Where it is handled better is in the movies, and his favorite action (not martial arts) is “Predator”, the classic of Arnold Schwarzenegger: “It’s the perfect action movie“.
Bad guy
The truth is that talking to him you realize how honorable and good person he is, taking time to make jokes despite the exhaustion of hours of interviews. yes, though Scott Adkins gives life in “One Shot” to the good guy in the movie, he is clear that being a villain is more cool. “When you’re the bad guy you get less active time in the movie, and I think that’s why I enjoy it more”, he answers between laughs. And precisely is going to appear in “John Wick 4” with a role that is still unknown. Will he be one of the good guys joining the character of Keanu Reeves or will he be one of the henchmen of the villain that Marko Zaror will play? Whatever it is, we will have to be vigilant. You can see the entire interview in the video of the article.
