Resident evil interview

ok so here's an interview done to Mr. Miller regarding resident evil. ENJOY!!


Question: Ali was saying you’d never shot a gun before, but didn’t you shoot a gun on Prison Break?
Miller: You know, if I had to boil it down, that’s the critical difference between Michael Schoefield and Chris Redfield. Chris can actually pull the trigger. Michael was never allowed to.
So he never actually pulled the trigger?
Miller: He pointed guns at people but the powers that be felt for him to actually shoot another character, it would force him too far into the dark side and the balance of good and evil on that show was pretty precarious to begin with.
So you’re under the spotlight this time. Fans have been looking for Chris Redfield for the last three films. How daunting is that and tell us about your Chris versus the video game Chris.
Miller: That’s a good question. A lot of different responses come to mind. They say that ignorance is bliss and I think the good news is that I went into this very much a clean slate. I hadn’t seen any of the movies, had never played the video games. I remembered, specifically the trailer, for the third movie because of that great shot of Vegas buried in the sand dunes. That was pretty iconic. But I’d never heard the name Chris Redfield before. I was quickly made aware that there was a rather large fan base out there for the movies and for the video games and this character held a special place in a lot of people’s hearts and minds. So I wanted, of course, to proceed with respect. The first thing I didn’t do is Google Chris Redfield because I didn’t just want to dive into the mass of what’s out there. But I did Google his images and we to a lot of different fan sites to see who Chris Redfield was, what images were popular and circulating. And I thought, “Wow, if what I’m seeing is an accurate representation this guy is right out of the WWF.” (Laughs) His arms are like the size of tree trunks. Four weeks to prepare for this movie. That’s not gonna happen. And then I went to the video games. I had the powers that be splice together a number of pivotal scenes, particularly from the first installment. I thought, “Wait a minute, that’s not quite the character that I’m seeing on my…” That Chris Redfield is maybe more accurately described as the “before” Chris Redfield. A little bit slimmer, but not only is there a physical difference there, aside from being clearly heroic and someone who can handle his business, there’s also something very sort of innocent about him as well. He’s still kind of freshly scrubbed in a way. So I had the images I saw online, I had what I saw in the video games and then of course I had Paul’s script. Paul’s, of course, the fountainhead as far as I’m concerned so I had to honor his Chris Redfield [and] assume my place in this particular universe and the Chris Redfield that he introduces is not only someone who’s been through a lot of serious crap, but is not emerging from a particularly dire set of circumstances. So I had to figure out how to make all of these different influences work and marry that with what I bring as an actor to the table. It has to be, in a sense, at the end of the day, my Chris Redfield. At the same time the fans very specifically had their say because when I got an email from the wardrobe department, they’re like, “Listen, we’re trying to come up with Chris Redfield’s gear, his sort of iconic look and we’re open to any suggestions.” I said, “Well, here are these images I found online. Let’s harvest from what’s already there.” So as far as what we came up with, it’s very much representative of a lot of those online influences.
How close did you get to those arms like tree trunks?
Miller: Still working on it. I’ll let you know in Resident Evil 5?
So what is that look and what does your outfit look like?
Miller: I guess this sort of thing I can probably tiptoe into. There’s already the paparazzi shots of us walking back and forth across the street to set. He’s got grey military fatigues. We paid particular attention to his, what we call his gack. The knee pad, the belts, the sword, the back gear. The plate, the little flashlight on the belt that our prop master geeks out over every time he sees. That’s where we tried to get as specific as possible.
Did you do sword training?
Miller: No sword training for this movie unfortunately. Something to look forward to.
Have you heard about how popular this franchise is in Japan and other areas?
Miller: Absolutely.
Is it something that excites you and you’ve also mentioned the paparazzi taking pictures. Set photos are leaking more and more. Is that something you are made aware of?
Miller: It’s something I was aware of thanks to my experience in Prison Break, which was a hit in the U.S. but a modest hit. Overseas, however, it became kind of this international phenomenon. At one point we had 135 million Chinese fans downloading the show every single week, which is a mind-blowing number. As far as we were concerned, we weren’t just making Prison Break for a domestic audience. We were making it for an international audience. That’s the new playing field as far as we were concerned. So to be a part of something like Resident Evil which is, now it’s been out there for about ten years and has this amazing overseas fan base, felt a little bit to me like a really advantageous move, not just from the creative side because Chris Redfield is a fantastic character obviously, a significant part of this mythology… It was also a way for me personally as an actor to keep sending my work out there to the broadest fan base possible, to continue to reach fans overseas that knew me from Prison Break, liked me from Prison Break and were curious as to what I’d do next.
Can you talk about some of the big crazy stunts or fights or wirework you’ve done for this film?
Miller: We are in the middle of putting together, as I’m sure you’ve seen, this incredible fight sequence at the end of the film. And one of the complications I guess that the 3-D technology’s brought to the table is that, when you’re watching through that medium it’s as though you can see around the corner, so when you’re trying to put together your fight choreography, if a hit doesn’t land, the audience will be able to tell. So that told, in preparation for shooting my part in the sequence, is that there may be moments from before they yell “action” where I have to actually put my face on Shawn Roberts fist, wait for them to yell action and then react as though I’ve just been cracked in the jaw, which is very different way of doing things for me coming from a different kind of technology in TV specifically, so I’m looking forward to adding that to my tool belt.
What does Chris Redfield bring to the Resident Evil ensemble?
Miller: I think that, obviously a franchise like Resident Evil serves its purpose in terms of providing kick ass chills, spills and thrills. At the same time, if you haven’t invested in the characters on screen, when they get picked off it’s like fire over the sky. It’s brilliant but meaningless, and I think Chris and Claire, together, bring something particularly special and significant because they represent.
(The unit publicist whispers “Stop Talking.”)
Miller: They represent, obviously, a familial bond, which is something that everyone in the audience can relate to, get, and invest in. So in and amongst the gunfights and the zombies and the madness, here are two characters with a clearly understandable and identifiable relationship that the audience can go, “I know that, I understand that and I’m rooting for these two on that level.”
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would you like to be a billionaire?

this song is another favorite of mine by travis mcCoy from gym class heros. the song is called billionaire. enjoy!!
its kinda funny LOL

my two new favorite songs

I have a favorite song every few weeks or so LOL anyway right now the song I am really liking is by B.o.B. featuring haley williams of paramore. I like this song mainly cuz of the chorus but the lyrics are good too. the song is called airplanes and it's by B.o.B. featuring eminem who I dont like haley williams of paramore so check it out.

the audio sucks but whatever LOL
also I like this other song by kesha called ur love is my drug.
ENJOY!!

Dinner @ L'atelier de Joel Robuchon

Ok so While in vegas I pigged out on all kinds of really good high end food at L'atelier de Joel Robuchon. Being vegetarian I wouldnt have gone but since I didnt pay cuz it was a treat from the owner of the restaurant where I USED TO WORK. anyway here are the pictures with a brief explanation of what the dish is. we started with some wine....

wine from bordoux.. very sweet. and delicous!

The kitchen was AWESOME!!! and the decor was too cool!!

zucchini with an eggplant caviar and some prosciutto type ham with fresh mozzarella and other stuff that I dont remember what it is.

onion tart with asparagus, bacon, spanish cheese and more stuff LOL

scallop in it's shell... was fishy to me actually very little but still fishy.

I forgot what this shrimp looking thing is called but it's like a mini lobster with a side salad.

Some kind of fish that starts with an "M" with a soy sauce dressing and a radicchio salad. there was two but I had eaten the other leaf.

My absolutely favorite dish of all was the foie gras with a kumquat jam and ginger gastrique. this dish just melted in my mouth and I fell in love with it and kept asking my boss to make me some at the restaurant. but he never did I still love it. I am officially in love with froie gras!!! the only "MEAT" I'll eat.

this was a chocolate sphere with some kind of ice cream in the middle that I forgot the flavor. anyway the red sauce was poured on top in a way that the chocolate sphere opens up like a tulip.

this was a lemon flavor dessert inside a sugar shell topped with a gold leaf that you cant see in this picture. I forgot what the highlight of this one was but anyway there was one more dish that I forgot to post that I will post as soon as I get it but thanx for visiting!!

sorry i've been away

ok guys I am still going through tough times and they've gotten worse as I no longer work at the restaurant where sobe visited me. I am seeking another place where I'll be happy at. so that's the deal now. anyway I will be posting again really soon I just need to upload the pictures to the blog so hang tight and thanx for visiting.

Acapulco dreamers ha ha ha ha

If you understand spanish, even if you dont... check this video out. basically these guys are making a video mocking the rich life of mexican millionaires ha ha ha ha specifically hanging out in Acapulco which is where I will be hopefully this june. WOW this is hilarious ENJOY!!

Happy belated Mothers day!!

Sorry I wasnt around on my blog for mothers day. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the mommys out there a VERY HAPPY BELATED Mothers day!!! I hope you all had a wonderful day. In honor of mothers day, I made a special dessert at work. basically it was a peach mousse cake layered with a genoise (french sponge cake)inside a white chocolate ring (which is very time consuming to make) topped with peach slices, fresh strawberries and apricot napage, or glaze whatever LOL anyway it was delicious!! I brushed the genoise with a syrup that I made and added peach schnopps to the syrup. boy was it delicious!!! BH you missed out but hey I tried and it was wonderful. DAMN!! SOBE you were out here when I had my dessert special!!! crap!! you could have tried it!! grrrrrrrrrrrrr oh well... maybe next time...

I want to watch coco!!

I've blogged about this movie before. I am just dying to see it. It's about a year old I think but it didnt play in the states so I think I will purchase it online or something anyway I found this video that I suppose is a press conference or a promotion for the movie and I was cracking up. I couldnt stop laughing. In case you forgot what movie I was talking about, I am posting the trailer for it first then the clip i am telling you about. ha ha ha ha ha ha It's in french by the way I understand some of it as I am studying french well... I was studying french until I couldnt take having a horrible teacher so I stopped going to my class now I study on my own but will soon join the beverly hills lingual institute and learn french completel. but OMG this video is hilarious!! ha ha ha ha ha ha ok enjoy!!


Gad Elmaleh - Awesome video clips here

Watching Hitch

Ok so I was watching the movie Hitch starring will smith and this dancing lesson scene is hilarious because of the song. LOL!! inside joke between BH and me but wow!! so this is for you BH!! ha ha ha ha ha ha!!

More vegas pictures to come

I have many more pictures from vegas but i am so tired right now I'll have to wait to post in the morning so hang tight. see you in a bit!

SoHo

Back IN VEGAS!!

alright everybody! so I went back to vegas...job related but really most of the time was hanging out and eating for free until i couldnt eat anymore. LOL!! I only worked like for twenty minutes and I had two days doing nothing but hanging out LOL!! yes it was fun. Ok so here are a few pictures of my trip back to vegas. BH we gotta get to vegas together!! we'd have a freakin blast for sure!!! Ok ENJOY!!

New favorite song!!

Ok here is a song by B.o.B who I am not familiar with but this song does feature Haley Williams of Paramore which I absolutely love and I absolutely love the chorus here so enjoy!!! the lyrics are pretty cool too. ok ENJOY!!

HI GUYS!!!!!!!!!!

OMG it's absolutely SOOOO GREAT to be back on my blog again!!!! I am having some personal problems that are keeping me from blogging but I am back on my blog. Ok so first thing is first. THANK YOU ZIE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR BLOGGING FOR ME DURING MY ABSENCE!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOBE,
Thank you so much for coming out to L.A. from Miami and actually showing up at my restaurant!!! It was so much fun finally meeting one of my blog readers in person. I tell ya!! Thank you soooooooooooooooooo much!!! I really hope you had fun out here.

ok I will be updating my blog tomorrow because I am off and will be available and have access to my blog so Ill definitely see you all soon. Actually I think I'll start tonight... LOL

Zie you are welcome to continue posting as you want. Thank you so much!

Sobe Hits LA

SoHo welcomes Sobe to LA. Sobe came to visit Soho at her restaurant yesterday which was really great and awesome but unfortunately they didn't get to meet because SoHo was really busy. Hopefully they get to meet today.

Let us know how the meeting Soho & Sobe...we want pictures!!

Have fun in LA Sobe :)

Thanks for visiting SoHo meets SoLo
(posted by Zie on behalf of SoHo)

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Found this picture while surfing the Net during lunch today :) (Zie)