Karen Chu interviewed Yuen Woo-Ping who will be honored at the Paris Cinema Film Festival. Mr. Woo-Ping talks about his experiences working on various films as director and action choreographer. During the course of the interview he said the following about Keanu Reeves, who he met on The Matrix and is currently working with on Man of Tai Chi:
“We had to start from scratch training him from the basics, but he was very hardworking and put in a great deal of effort,” Yuen commented. For the tai chi-influenced action sequences in the new film, which Reeves also stars, Yuen says the actor-director has a lot of ideas, and final product would show a mix of different martial arts disciplines that has not be previously seen on film.
The entire interview can be read at The Hollywood Reporter.