Marvel Studios’ Iron Fist, which was born under the banner of Netflix, brought some interesting characters to life. Certainly, the show had the inherent idea of action, as any superhero project, and for that, the actors in the show had to undergo an intense training process.
While Finn Jones-led show promised top-notch action and stunning choreography, fans and critics have preferred Jessica Henwick’s action scenes over Jones’. The reason, as the stunt coordinator of the show, Brett Chan revealed was much more obvious than you think.
Iron Fist Stunt Coordinator Revealed The Secret Behind Jessica Henwick’s Action Scenes In The Show
It is no secret that Jessica Henwick’s action sequences drew more attention than Finn Jones’ in his superhero show Iron Fist. Fans might wonder how she pulled it off, and the stunt coordinator of the show has the answer for it. In an interview, Brett Chan revealed that Henwich did intense training for the role.
“You would be surprised, I got slammed by a lot of people after that came out like, it was like, Johnny and myself were doing 20 and 22 hours days trynna make it work,” Chan said of preparing for the action sequence for Iron Fist. However, Marvel and Netflix were not happy with it.
“Everyone’s fighting like the actor doesn’t wanna train and like ‘Guys, throw me a bone, give me something to work with here.’ That’s why the best sequences were with Jessica Henwick. Because she trained four hours a day.”
Chan went on to add that the general population doesn’t understand the behind-the-scenes preparation for such sequences. Fortunately, he could convince Henwick for her training, which provided a much better fluency to her scenes.
Jessica Henwick’s Casting For The Show Was Last Minute
Henwick was clever enough to prepare for the character even before getting the role. Appearing in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Henwick revealed her research for the character. “I had heard about the character a while before they even started casting,” she told the outlet.
“And so I bought the comic book, I Wikipedia-ed her and I emailed my agent and I said, ‘if a character ever comes up with these attributes on a show’ it’s going to have a code name the character had a code name the show had a code name but I said, ‘look for these specific things like she runs Dojo she lives in New York she’s really tough badass has a katana.’ Then message me because that’s the role I want to audition for and she like it was like six months later that she messaged me and said there’s this character called Christine and I think it’s Colleen”
Henwick went on to add that she made a tape, auditioned for the role, and then got cast “pretty quickly.” The production process for her was just “half a month before filming,” she said, adding, “It was really last minute.”
The actor also revealed her first conversation with Chan. “The first thing that happened was Brett Chan, our stun coordinator messaged me,” Henwick said.
“And he said, you know, what are your stats? Uh, how physically capable are you? and I said, you know, I can, I do roly-poly. And he said, ‘Okay, I’m going to put you on an intense regime, are you ready?’ And I sent him the fist Emoji back.”
Perhaps, Henwick’s inherent excitement for the show propelled her to do these intense action scenes better. Certainly, Chan must have been proud of her training as reflected in her work.
Iron Fist is now available to stream on Disney+
