Attack on titan 進撃の巨人 (miura haruma & mizuhara kiko) mikasa & eren
The 3d Manoeuvre Gear lets soldiers fly about & kill the human-devouring giants in Attack on Titan, but for actors Haruma Miura và Kiko Mizuhara, the bulky device was a lot of trouble.
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"It's huge, và the scabbards stick out on both sides behind you," Mizuhara, 24, tells Young Post through a translator. "We couldn't sit down with the gear harnessed on."
Mizuhara, who plays Mikasa, had two months of intense gym training before filming to lớn strengthen her bộ vi xử lý core muscles và flexibility. She sometimes practised for up to lớn eight hours a day. "The flight scenes weren't so bad. I think pulling off the action scenes on the ground was tougher," she says, as her co-star Miura, laughs beside her.
It was also the first time Miura used wires, but the biggest challenge for him was his character Eren's amateur fighting style. "Eren's not a natural fighter, so when I fought as him I had to make a lot of intentional mistakes," says the 25-year-old. "It was hard to lớn make that look natural."
Chatting on Monday ahead of the premier of the sequel, Attack on Titan: end of the World, the two actors seem a goofy pair. While gaping at the panoramic view of Victoria Harbour from a luxury suite in a five-star hotel, they laugh loudly, gesture widely and stick out their tongues every now and then. Well-dressed, they couldn't be more different than their traumatised characters in the film.
Attack on Titan and its sequel are loosely based on the first three volumes of 29-year-old Hajime Isayama's popular manga series. The films depict a post-apocalyptic nhật bản where humans live within massive walls khổng lồ protect them from Titans. When a 50-metre Titan smashes a hole in the wall for smaller Titans to lớn enter, childhood friends Eren & Mikasa flee khổng lồ a church. But Mikasa stays outside lớn rescue a baby, và is grabbed by a Titan, leaving Eren feeling guilty that he couldn't save her. Only after he becomes a soldier, and the pair meet again outside the wall, does he find out that Mikasa survived.
Mizuhara isn't afraid to get a little dirty for a role.
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The film is an action-horror, but behind the scenes, there was a lot of comedy. "There's a part when Eren's face is pulled sideways by fibres after he transforms to a Titan," giggles Mizuhara. "It looks real enough in the film, but it was hilarious lớn see Miura with make-up, as if someone was pinching his face. We had fun laughing at him."
But Miura protests: "I thought I was very popular. Everyone was dying for a selfie with me."
The first film opened in Hong Kong last month, and though it topped the Japanese box-office, it was widely criticised for its sloppy production và poor acting. Many manga fans were also critical of the plot and changes to characters.
The filmmakers switched the set from a European location khổng lồ Japan, & removed many key characters from the original story. As critics prepare khổng lồ slam the sequel, too, Miura says the modified story still has its own appeal.
"Many boys might also fail lớn protect their loved ones in reality, so people would understand Eren's feeling in the film," he says.
"I think it's very relatable as well," adds Mizuhara. "Mikasa also transforms from a weak girl khổng lồ someone who is very self-protective, before learning to lớn help others again. Most girls look weak on the outside but they're actually very strong."
Mizuhara also thinks Mikasa's relationship with Captain Shikishima, the man who saved her from the Titan, could be more deeply explored. Maybe it deserves its own spin-off?
"Nah … I wouldn't want to lớn watch that," teases Miura.
The producers have yet khổng lồ decide if a third film will be made. "Let's see how this film does. If it's good enough, they might make a third one," says Mizuhara.
