“He gave us license to co-create with him the backstory he always wanted to tell,” Golding says. Golding says 2021’s Snake Eyes is an opportunity to tell Hama’s original story about outsiders and acceptance in a way the comic book legend has always wanted to tell it. Joe comics by Larry Hama, who is credited as an executive producer on the film, Snake Eyes was an “outsider” to the Japanese Arashikage clan. What’s compelling about Snake Eyes is that Golding, a half-Malaysian, half-British actor who is one of Hollywood’s few leading actors of Asian descent, is playing a role that has been canonically a white male. “The trailer is the tip of the iceberg.” Paramount Pictures “There’s endless fight scenes you’re going to love,” Golding says. His sacrifices and lessons he’s learned, the choices he’s made to become this title character.” We get to understand who he is as a human being. “But they don’t know the guy behind the mask, the responsibility to uphold his ethos. “Everybody knows who Snake Eyes is to an extent,” Golding adds. Joe media, Golding’s character does speak.
Unlike most versions of Snake Eyes in G.I. Where did this guy come from? What lessons did he learn? What choices did he make? Why did he don the mask? And who gave it to him?” These guys went through the sewer, the lowest of the low, to become who they are. They haven’t woken up one day bitten by a radioactive rabbit or whatever.
“Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow have gone through the gauntlet to be who they are,” Golding says. Joe canon - becomes one of the team’s most valued operatives. Paramount PicturesĪs the origin story of Snake Eyes, the movie details how the character - whose real name is still classified in G.I. Henry Golding, who starred in the 2018 rom-com hit Crazy Rich Asians, jumps into his first major action role in 2021’s Snake Eyes. Along for the ride are Samara Weaving (“Scarlett”), Úrsula Corberó (“Baronness), Iko Uwais (“Hard Master”), Peter Mensah (“Blind Master”), and Warrior star Andrew Koji as Snake Eyes’ rival, “Storm Shadow.” This character is going to be the kick-off, the one who is going to light the fuse for the rest of the movies.” “We’re cutting the cords of the history of what we know so far on the big screen. “We’re starting from the ground up,” Golding says. It’s through the character’s origin story that allows audiences to take their first steps into a new G.I. In an interview, Golding tells Inverse that Snake Eyes is a fresh start for G.I. The film, which opens in theaters on July 23, stars Golding as the title character, a ninja from the Arashikage clan in his growth to become the Snake Eyes that G.I. Joe film franchise from director Robert Schwentke. Joe Origins, a new prequel/reboot to the G.I. On Sunday during the MTV Movie Awards, Paramount Pictures released the first trailer for Snake Eyes: G.I.