Black Eyed Peas front man, Will.I.Am is trading in his microphone and stylish designer wardrobe for the iconic “X” branded black leather jumpsuit it has recently emerged. Will’s first feature film debut will see him standing along side X Men veteran; Hugh Jackman, in the first anticipated Marvel movie spin off - X Men Orgins; Wolverine, set for a 2009 release.
“I’m a teleporter. … I’m here, I’m there, I’m everywhere. Boom, boom, boom!” Will revealed, “My character’s name is John Wraith. He’s a black Texan. He’s not a cowboy, but his gear suggests that he is. He’s just a badass who’ll whoop your ass.”
But saving the world from the clutches of evil doers is the least of the would be actors problems, as Will spoke out about trying to get to grips with his new super human powers and the rather embarrassing first injury on set that followed.
“I’m a newbie when it comes to big action films and stuff” exclaimed Will “It was my fight scene. I was real into it, and then I missed my mark, and I punched the camera and broke the lens! But that goes to show you, I ain’t to be messed with, because I break lenses!”
Will revealed that once director Gavin Hood replaced his camera lens, he had the rapper/actor run through the battle quite a few more times. “I missed a couple marks,” he laughed. “They’d say, ‘OK, come in, hit your mark, turn to the left … and, action!’ I missed my mark! ‘All right, take two!’ So I missed my mark a couple of times, then I got the hang out of it: Boom! Pow! It probably took me 50 times, but I got it. It was hard for me, but it was cool and fun at the same time.”
But Will, is not the only Black Eyed Peas member trying to make the jump from the recording studio to the big screen, as Taboo gears up to kick some life back into the Street Fighter saga in “Legend of Chun Li”.
The film also stars Ryan Reynolds(who will play anti-hero, Deadpool) Dominic Monaghan of TV’s Lost, Danny Huston (who plays Col. William Stryker) and “Friday Night Lights” star Taylor Kitsch (who will play my favorite X-Men character of all, the French card throwing, Gambit)
The 405 will be bringing you the latest on “Legend of Chun Li”, so stay tuned and don’t go away!
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