Joe Russo had thrown my name in the hat, and they responded and came to me with this offer. How did you originally get involved in this film? THR gave Grillo a call this week to ask him what it was like working on China’s biggest movie ever, how it feels to suddenly become an A-list star in the world’s most populous nation and why Hollywood should regard Wolf Warrior II as a wake-up call. “To say that Wu Jing has his thumb on the pulse on what the Chinese people need cinematically is a gross understatement,” says Grillo. Grillo plays the ruthless American mercenary Big Daddy, who faces off against Wu Jing in a final fight scene that even the film’s detractors have tended to praise as simply eye-popping. But his starring role in Wolf Warrior II, which is set to cross $800 million next weekend, will probably come to be viewed as his biggest break to date. Grillo is a familiar face in Hollywood action projects, having played key parts in films like Warrior (2011), The Grey (2011) and the Purge franchise (2014-2016), as well as the villain Brock Rumlow/Crossbones in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They also introduced the American actor who would play the film’s villain, Frank Grillo. The Russos arranged for their usual stunt team, led by veteran stunt coordinator Sam Hargrave ( The Avengers, Suicide Squad, The Hunger Games), to join the project and elevate its action. The heavy dose of Hollywood came courtesy of Marvel mainstays Joe and Anthony Russo (co-directors of the Captain America franchise), who consulted on the project via their Chinese studio venture Anthem & Song, which has a strategic partnership with Beijing Culture Media, the film’s lead local producer. Insiders point to two intertwined factors behind Wolf Warrior II‘s profound resonance with the Chinese audience: Hollywood-caliber action coupled with a story about unrestrained pride in Chinese national identity. Chinese Fantasy Blockbuster 'Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms' to Get North American Release From Well Go USA (Exclusive)
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