Empowering Women in Rebel Moon: Sofia Boutella Shines as Kora! Ed Skrein delves into the complexities of his character, revealing strengths and flaws. Dive into the dynamic roles and the powerful female presence on and off-screen. Streaming on Netflix on December 22
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00:00 Which one is Michael?
00:01 The one just like on Vine.
00:02 Oh, I see.
00:03 He was awesome. He's the king of that market.
00:05 Hello.
00:06 Hi.
00:06 Hello.
00:07 I'm with Rainbow Media Co.
00:08 Hi.
00:09 You look super cool.
00:10 Yeah.
00:11 Thank you.
00:12 I like your style, man.
00:12 Thank you. Thank you so much.
00:14 So I'm so excited to be chatting about this movie.
00:16 I really, really enjoyed it.
00:18 I wanted to go over to you, Sophia, first
00:20 just because I love that there's such a powerful
00:23 female character at the front of this.
00:25 But then I also know that the whole cast and crew,
00:27 there were so many top female people
00:29 just really pushing and creating this amazing film.
00:32 So what did that mean to you?
00:34 And what does Cora mean to you?
00:35 That is such a good question because I took it straight to heart
00:40 when I read the script and I see that the lead is a woman.
00:46 The lead for this film is a woman.
00:48 And the protagonist is a...
00:49 It's important. We need more of it.
00:52 And I was just honored that I was asked to play that.
00:56 I wanted to be able to hold the film together.
00:58 It's the first time. It's my first time.
01:00 And yeah, there are a lot of strong women around Zach.
01:04 And it all comes from, you know, he...
01:06 In all of his projects, you have a strong female character
01:10 that has a voice, that has her own strength.
01:13 And it comes from hearing him talk.
01:14 He is so proud of his mother.
01:16 He talks about her as if she was like the strongest and tough.
01:20 And you can see how he looks up to her.
01:23 And even from behind, you know, the scene,
01:26 the costume designer, Stephanie,
01:27 everybody in the makeup truck, all the hair people.
01:30 - Misha. - Misha, his first AD.
01:34 The key makeup, Aurora and Jules, who did my hair.
01:41 Like, there are so many strong women behind everything
01:44 that were with us on set.
01:48 Absolutely. I'm so excited for everyone to see that.
01:51 And for, you know, little girls just to be able to look up to this character.
01:55 And going over to you, Ed, I know that your character is a little more evil.
01:59 I hope no little boys look up to this character.
02:01 Right, you know.
02:02 So just going off of how, you know, he has that juxtaposition,
02:06 he has so much to him,
02:07 what do you think is his strength and his weakness?
02:09 Interesting.
02:12 Interesting question. I haven't been asked that.
02:15 I mean, it's hard for me to say a strength
02:21 because his motivations are so against what my motivations are.
02:25 I mean, if you just talk about it on a crude level,
02:27 his hand-to-hand skills,
02:32 although maybe not as good as chorus.
02:35 And weaknesses, I mean, so much, you know.
02:40 He's so flawed in his world view.
02:46 And I think actually if you didn't take things so personally
02:51 and make it so personal with Korra,
02:52 then I think he would have, he may have, you know, came out on top.
02:58 I also think he didn't deal with the situation with Kaya and Gunnar very well.
03:04 I think that's a big flaw of how he handled that situation.
03:07 You can anticipate that.
03:08 Yeah, so I think that he has many flaws, more flaws than he has strengths.
03:13 Yes, and I, you know, sometimes his strengths are his flaws,
03:17 as you kind of pointed out.
03:19 That is just, but he's still a good character, you know.
03:22 He brings so much to the whole film.
03:24 So thank you both.
03:26 That's all the time I have.
03:27 Thank you.
03:28 Thank you so much.