The Philippine Entertainment Portal has posted their interview with Keanu Reeves today. Keanu talks in depth about the writing Man of Tai Chi with Chen Hu and then later with Michael Cooney and their collaborations by phone and email. We also hear more about Chen Hu’s contributions to the story. In talking about acting and directing, Keanu says:
“One of my feelings about acting and directing at the same time is that as a director, you are really looking outward. You have something internal, an idea, a feeling, and you look outward and you collaborate. As an actor, you have a perspective of the outside but you’re looking at your place in it from this internal perspective. So it’s almost like having two sets of eyes. It was a new world for me, but it was a really great world to explore.”
The review is here. Man of Tai Chi opens in the Philippines today, July 14.Link via a google alert.