Weekend In Taipei
Luke Evans is a DEA agent whose personal link to a compositor’s case becomes all the more complicated inWeekend in Taipei . Having first found winner on the point with a diverseness of West close productions , Evans rapidly rose to stardom on screen with supporting office in theClash of the Titansremake andRidley Scott’sRobin Hood , as well asImmortals , The Ravenand Peter Jackson’sHobbittrilogy . More recently , Evans has plant further success starring in the alive - actionBeauty and the Beastremake as Gaston , theFast and the Furiousfranchise as Owen Shaw andNine Perfect Strangers , among other claim .
Evans star inWeekend in Taipeias John Lawlor , a Drug Enforcement Administration agentive role who has been on the lead of drug cartel boss Kwang for the better part of 13 years , often to the chagrin of his bosses . When an operation goes wrong and John ’s asked to take a holiday , he heads to Taipei in the hopes of putting the final nail in his grammatical case against Kwang , unknown to his supervisory program . This , unwittingly , lay him on a hit course with Joey , a female transporter he fell in love with while do work hush-hush , and leads to an emotional and fast - paced reunion for the two .
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Alongside Evans , the ensembleWeekend in Taipeicast includes Gwei Lun - mei as Joey , fellowFast & Furiousfranchise veterinarian Sung Kangas Kwang , Wyatt Yang , Tuo Tsung - hua , Lu Yi - ching and Patrick Lee . Featuring George Huang ’s return to the director ’s chair after a footling over 20 yr on a hand from him and legal action icon Luc Besson ( The Transporter , Taken ) , the film prove to be an piquant commixture of comedy and fast - paced thrills .
Ahead of the picture ’s sack , Screen Rantinterviewed Luke Evans to discussWeekend in Taipei , what drew him to want to star in the military action - thriller , how he come to deeper to Lawlor than many natural action characters , the challenge of working with the film ’s stunt team to choreograph the various fight succession , and which he thinks will finally be the one hearing talk about the most .
John Lawlor Is What Attracted To Evans ToWeekend In TaipeiThe Most
“…he’s made mistakes, but he’s just getting through it like everybody else.”
Screen Rant : Luke , it ’s great to see you again and to chat forWeekend in Taipei . I watch it the other twenty-four hour period , and I loved just how tight - step , how funny it was from head start to finish . What about it really draw you to want to be a part of it ?
Luke Evans : Well , I like John Lawlor . He ’s been around the house a few times . He likes his problem . His problem is everything for him , he ’s a little jaded with life . I could refer to him . He ’s sort of an everyman , you know , and I wanted him to be relatable to everybody that see it . And also , the way of life he fights , you know , there ’s no sort of professional way of throwing a clout . He just gets on with it and seek to survive another twenty-four hour period in this dangerous business that he exists within . [ Chuckles ]
And I wish the fact that there ’s a slight tongue - in - cheek humor that he has with everything he say . I got to act a very superimposed character reference that I just wanted to sense relatable to everybody that learn him . I sort of like the bozo , he ’s made mistakes , but he ’s just getting through it like everybody else . I wish playing characters that you’re able to somehow relate to , and I stress and bring that to each character . Some are easier than others , of trend , but this one for sure , there ’s a lot of me in him , and I like that .
Weekend In Taipei, directed by George Huang, follows a former DEA agent and a former undercover operative as they rekindle their romance over a fateful weekend in Taipei, oblivious to the dangerous repercussions stemming from their tumultuous past.
Evans Recalls Feeling The Stunt Preparation Was “Intense”
One Form Of Stunt, In Particular, Required Some Wardrobe Shifting
So , you mention the combat , and that is something I wanted to ask about , because I love how well choreograph it is , even if it is stand for to sort of be , like you said , just him fight for selection . What was it like form with the stunt team and with George to really find that residuum in doing those fight setting ?
Luke Evans : Yeah , well , it call for me arriving much sooner than everyone else to start shooting . I ’d start rehearsing [ early ] , because we worked with the French stunt coordinator that ’s worked on all of Luc Besson ’s moving picture . And if you know anything about Luc Besson movie , which I make out you do , the stunt sequences are always very telling and debauched , and incorporate fortune of different battle shape and art forms . So , yeah , we were in a elbow room for two , three weeks before we get going scud , and he took me through my pace .
We had a French squad , and then we had a Taiwanese team of stunt guys with a interpreter who would transform between French , English and Chinese . So , there were a couple of Day where it was like , " This is intense . " Because , also , we ’re project things at each other , we ’re hitting each other with woks , and there ’s flame , and there ’s three dissimilar languages in this room , and none of them know each other ’s terminology . So , it drive a hour to get used to , but then we got into a routine and a beat , and there ’d be a intermission for rendering to happen , and then we would just ramp up on each piece every day . We build up the kitchen in composition board , and worked in an air - conditioned room from 9 - 5 every 24-hour interval for three weeks , because obviously , there ’s not just one competitiveness chronological succession , there ’s several .
I also had to go back to my hotel and expend many minute on a salt mine learning how to run properly and libertine for long periods . Because in the film , there ’s a huge successiveness near the oddment of the film where I ’m running through the street of Taipei , and I ’m not a runner . I do n’t like run . I ’ve never like running . I ca n’t reckon anything worse . So , I had to force myself to somehow delight it and build up a resistance to stamina for being able to keep run in that heat . Because Taipei in the summertime , we were there through June , July , August , it ’s inordinately raging . I think the costume designers gave up with the effort on my back after the first take .
They were like , " We ’re just gon na have to put this into the character , because there ’s no path you ’re not gon na sweat . " [ Laughs ] But yeah , it was great . It was really fun , and you embrace these things . But the fight sequence were really especial . I really savor them , and there ’s a lot of character to those fights . The one people are talking about a spate is the kitchen in the eating place . That took a week to put together , and then every week , we would rehearse it to verify that my retentiveness remembered everything . But , yeah , it was very , very fun .
AboutWeekend in Taipei
On a mystifying hole-and-corner duty assignment in Taipei , DEA factor John Lawlor ( Luke Evans ) was doing everything right … until he go down in love with his witnesser , beautiful Josephine “ Joey ” Kwang ( Gwei Lun - mei ) , one of the Asian infernal region ’s good exaltation drivers . Compromised and cover flub , John was force to fly . Now , geezerhood later , John is back in Taipei for the weekend . But is he here to finish the job ? Or to win back Joey ’s passion ?
abide tuned for our otherWeekend in Taipeiinterview withGeorge Huang and Sung Kang !
Weekend in Taipeihits theaters on November 8 !
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Weekend In Taipei , take by George Huang , follows a former DEA factor and a former undercover operative as they rekindle their love affair over a fateful weekend in Taipei , forgetful to the dangerous rebound stem from their turbulent past .
