Interview with Pandorum’s Cung Le
Cung Le as Manh in 'Pandorum'
Pandorum is a new and highly anticipated sci-fi thriller from director Christian Alvart. It has been described as a mixture of Cube/Lost/Alien/Hellraiser IV and Resident Evil whilst at the same time being a unique film all to its own. That said, very little is known about the film apart from what the trailer gives away.
The cast includes Ben Foster (X:Men The Last Stand / Punisher), Dennis Quad (Day After Tomorrow / Frequency), Cam Gigandet (Never Back Down / The Unborn), Eddie Rouse (The Number 23 / American Gangster), Normal Reedus (Blade 2 / Hero Wanted), beautiful German Actress Antje Traue, and the uber cool Mixed Martial Arts fighting champion Cung Le (Tekken / Dark Assasin).
To gain a little more insight the guys over at ShockTillYouDrop recently interviewed Cung Le. Here’s an excerpt of the most interesting questions from their interview.
Q: The trailer is elusive, it doesn’t give anything away, especially with your character – so who do you play?
Cung Le: His name is Manh. He’s an agriculture specialist and he’s been awake for a while. The storyline is two crew members wake up and don’t know where they are at. Or what they’re mission is. I’ve been awake and I know what’s going on and I’ve been surviving on this ship. Over time he’s battle-hardened. He knows what to do.
Q: Well, what separates this from some of the similar genre fare we’ve seen set in space, on a ship and with scary shit going down?
Cung Le: The actors in this movie are seasoned, from Dennis Quaid to Ben Foster. Christian is an amazing director with awesome producers. Without giving too much away, you’re going to get a little bit of everything here. You think you’re going to figure something out and you’re going to be wrong. You think you know what’s going to happen next and you’re going to be wrong. I guarantee there are going to be so many twists and turns. And the ending is going to make you think. It’s a mindf**k. For the horror fans who feel scary movies have been lacking, this is it. This is something that is going to appeal to action fans, sci-fi fans and horror fans. Take your girl to it, she’ll be jumping in your lap.
Q. Shock: Since the trailer hit, I’ve been slowing scenes down. If you do that you get to see the threat which comes from…humanoids or creatures?
Cung Le: When I saw those creatures, I was like wow. There are a couple of chase scenes and they’re really coming at you. When you pass the camera, you turn around and you see them coming full steam ahead. It was just really spooky being on the set with them. The mood and the lighting made you just feel you were in that scene. You didn’t need to act anything out. You got immediately into character and you can feel them inching closer to you. The actors in the makeup were amazing. They brought these creatures to life and that was definitely worth it for me. I was blown away.
Read the full interview here where Cung Le also discusses how he became a part of the project and the language and physical demands he faced on set.
In additional Pandorum news, Entertainment Weekly just posted this new image from the film as part of their Comic-Con preview:
Pandorum will be released:
USA – September 18, 2009
Australia – October 8, 2009
Scenes from Pandorum will also be shown at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 23.
