Sofia Boutella's preparation to play Kora in Rebel Moon included lots of weapons training, fight training, pilates, and reliance on her dance expertise.
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.
Rebel Moon releases on Netflix December 21st, 2023
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.
Rebel Moon releases on Netflix December 21st, 2023
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00:00 Korra style.
00:02 It's very much a mix of all around power,
00:05 without it being a superpower.
00:07 We had a solid two months of just conditioning
00:14 and preparing the body to get to that place.
00:16 I've never trained that much.
00:18 Doing a lot of cold plunges and a lot of Pilates also
00:21 to stretch the body.
00:22 The impact and the sort of position in the body language
00:25 and all the training that we're doing
00:27 is sort of like putting us at that place
00:29 where I feel really empowered and strong within my body.
00:31 I don't think I've ever fought this way before.
00:37 It's never been so intensely packed.
00:41 And Zach's vision is quite immaculate.
00:45 There's a version where you're like boom,
00:47 chamber and see him and then throw.
00:49 So just quicker from when I see him.
00:51 Yes, that's exactly it.
00:52 Perfect.
00:53 Action!
00:54 [grunting]
00:59 With movement I'm very particular
01:01 and I think I owe that to dancing.
01:03 Having danced for a long time is helping me.
01:05 I've always said that to look at stunt moves the way I do
01:08 or the way I approach it.
01:09 I owe it to dancing and the discipline of dancing
01:11 and the way dancing is structured.
01:13 As soon as you go like this,
01:15 then you spin on him, he just goes wham!
01:18 Like there's like no...
01:20 Okay, so...
01:21 Because right now there's a lot of...
01:22 Here, I should go...
01:24 Yeah, exactly.
01:25 Okay, I'll do it again.
01:26 Boom!
01:27 Boom!
01:28 Yeah, that would be amazing.
01:29 Okay, action!
01:30 [grunting]
01:35 I've done a lot in the past with my body as a dancer
01:38 and I think it was just fun for me to actually do it myself.
01:41 Korab moves in a particular way
01:43 and I wanted to embody that truly.
01:45 It's fun for me to try to push myself,
01:48 but I cannot do it myself
01:50 without the help of the whole team.
01:52 And there's not one moment,
01:53 even if it was hard and I was tired,
01:56 that I didn't want this.
01:58 And I don't want it to end.
01:59 We're gonna have to fight.
02:01 [gunshots]
02:03 [gunshot]
02:05 [silence]
02:08 [silence]
02:10 [silence]