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According to a report on the 13th of this month, actress Hiroshi Yamazaki (24 years old) is about to star in the movie "Monster Hunter", which is scheduled to be released in 2020, and thus achieve her Hollywood debut. She will play the important role of "Handler", who explains the stage of the game to players and monsters.
The film is based on a popular series of games released by CAPCOM in 2004, which has sold more than 50 million copies so far. In October, the news also announced that the game would be remade into a live-action film by Paul W. S. Anderson, a director known for his Resident Evil film series.
Yamazaki has performed well in films such as "As God Says" (2014), "Orange" (2015), "Cheerleading Dance: The True Story of Female High School Students Conquering the United States with Cheerleading Dance" (2017), and has accumulated a lot of resumes as an actress. Yamazaki said energetically, "Hollywood, action scenes, African locations, these are all my first attempts, and I am really, very excited... From the perspective of the country, I feel that I cannot live up to the expectations of my compatriots, and I want to make everyone believe that the Japanese can go abroad and do a lot of things. So I will express myself well on the set and keep going to meet the challenge. ”
Speaking about the reason for inviting Yamazaki to join the film, director Anderson said, "Yamazaki made me feel that she was the character of Handler itself. Curious and cheerful, she made me feel that she was passionate about starring in Hollywood, and she could imagine her adventures in the unknown territory of the monster world with everyone, so I invited her to be our partner. Milla Jovovich(the heroine of the Resident Evil series) who starred in the film also praised Yamazaki, saying, "The cabbage is super cute, it's almost like it came out of nowhere in the game." If she had come to play Handler, she would have been able to play it well, and I believe very much. ”
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Filming has been on location in South Africa and Namibia since October of this year, and Yamazaki has been shooting since late November, the first time she has taken on an African location. The story begins with artemis, the leader of the International Coalition, and his party being swept into a storm in which they mistakenly enter a new world inhabited by giant monsters that should not have existed. In the face of the giant monster, the combat power of the crowd could not play an offensive role. Fortunately, the enigmatic man of the new world that he will meet later will fight alongside everyone and face the difficulties together.
◆The following is a statement by Yamazaki Hiroshi
Hollywood movies, action scenes, African locations, I'm very nervous about these first challenges in my life, but from another point of view, challenging uncharted territory is a lot of fun. I'm very interested in action movies myself, and I love the Resident Evil series, so it's really like a dream to work on a film with the director of the film, Paul Anderson, and the lead actor Mila Jovovich. Needless to say, I want to learn from Ms. Mira how to prepare myself mentally and mentally as an actress, how to live my own life, and so on.
Also, because Handler is a character that actually exists in the game, I will do my best to live up to the expectations of the game's fans. The opportunity to star in a big Hollywood film is so rare that I believe it will be an experience that will change my life. I hope that I can abandon the stereotypes that have come so far, no longer confined to the comfortable circle of life, bravely go to the world, and learn to use worldwide standards to demand myself. From the perspective of the country, I feel that I can not live up to the expectations of my compatriots, and I want to make everyone believe that japanese people can also go abroad and do a lot of things, so I will perform myself well on the shooting scene, and also perform my role well, and continue to meet the challenge. It would also be a great joy for me to be able to do this.
Finally, I decided to star in the Monster Hunter movie, so I started playing the game again, and now I'm gathering my friends to hunt together (laughs).