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- LEONARDO NAM ON HOW "WTWORLD"—AND GAY FATHERHOOD—CHANGED HIM"IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME GROWG UP TO FD MY VOICE AND STAND PROUDLY ROOTED AS MY OWN MAN."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 23, 2020/1:49 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3715PX;WIDTH:4954PX;}WIL COHEN PHOTOGRAPHYBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 23, 2020 / 1:49 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LEONARDO NAM ON HOW \"WTWORLD\"—AND GAY FATHERHOOD—CHANGED HIM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-03-23T17:49:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-03-23T17:49:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELEVISN HAS A WAY OF PREDICTG AND IMATG LIFE, WH CERTA SHOWS G ALONG AT THE RIGHT TIME TO SPEAK ALMOST DIRECTLY TO THE MOMENT. THK OF THE HANDMAID'S TALE BUTG THREE MONTHS AFTER THE WOMEN'S MARCH AND THE DAWN OF THE TMP ADMISTRATN WH S DRANIAN OPPOSN TO REPRODUCTIVE EEDOM. OR THE SEND SEASON OF SHOWTIME'S BLACK MONDAY PREMIERG JT DAYS AFTER THE STOCK MARKET EXPERIENCED S WORST DROP SCE 1987. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST SEASON OF WTWORLD ADDRSED OUR FEARS OF ARTIFICIAL TELLIGENCE GETTG TOO SMART FOR S, OR OUR, OWN GOOD. THE THIRD SEASON, CURRENTLY AIRG ON HBO, SHOWS THE RAMIFITNS OF SEASON 2'S ROBOT UPRISG, AS THE TOMATONS FILTRATE THE REAL WORLD AND DISTURB THE PRER BALANCE OF HUMAN LIFE. WHILE COVID-19 IS A FAR MORE EXISTENTIAL THREAT THAN MACH WH AN AX TO GRD, FANS WILL NO DOUBT FD PLENTY OF VIS-RELATED METAPHORS AND ALLEGORI TO DISSECT AND BATE THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO GET A CLUE ABOUT WHAT'S STORE, NEWNOWNEXT TRACKED DOWN WTWORLD'S LEONARDO NAM, WHO PLAYS FELIX LUTZ, THE HANDSOME BUT NSTANTLY BEFUDDLED TECHNICIAN WHO HELPS SENTIENT HOST MAEVE (THANDIE NEWTON) PE OM HER MECHANIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONSIRG HOW DISNNECTED WE'VE ALL BEE RECENT WEEKS, NAM THKS FELIX HAS SOMETHG SPECIAL TO OFFER DIENC THIS SEASON—NAMELY, A LTLE KDNS. HE SAYS THE CHARACTER HAS ALSO BEEN GOOD FOR HIM, PROVIDG HIM AN OPPORTUNY TO FALLY FEEL SEEN. NAM IS OF KOREAN SCENT, BUT HE WAS BORN ARGENTA AND RAISED ATRALIA—AN ORIG STORY THAT AFFECTED THE WAY HE WAS PERCEIVED OM HIS EARLIT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHG THAT, WHEN OTHER PEOPLE LOOK AT ME, THEY SEE ME AS OTHER," NAM SAYS. "THEN YOU LAYER ON MY GAY INTY AND THERE'S LIKE A DOUBLE MORY ROLE HAPPENG. SO WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME GROWG UP TO FD MY VOICE AND STAND PROUDLY ROOTED AS MY OWN MAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WHAT HAPPENED TO BE THE THIRD BIRTHDAY OF HIS TW BOYS, THE 40-YEAR-OLD ACTOR TALKED ABOUT RETURNG TO WTWORLD, HOW THE SHOW PARALLELS WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENG OUR OWN WORLD, AND THE JOYS OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU'RE RETURNG TO WTWORLD NOW, WHEN SEEMS LIKE WE'RE LIVG A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE AND SOCIAL STCTUR ARE BREAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU KNOW, IF THE FIRST SEASON OF WTWORLD WAS OUT NOW, I THK WOULD BE A LTLE TOO FAR BEHD THE TIM. WHEN ME OUT, WAS KD OF MD-BLOWG BEE AI WAS REALLY BEGNG TO EXPLO. IT WAS KD OF SRY. I LGH WH [SHOW CREATORS JONATHAN NOLAN AND LISA JOY] ALL THE TIME—LIKE, "YOU'RE GOG TO SRE THE SH OUT OF PEOPLE!" BUT I WATCHED THE FIRST EPISO OF SEASON 3 AT THE PREMIERE AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THGS I NOTICED WERE ALL THE PEOPLE WALKG AROUND WEARG MASKS [ THE SHOW]. IT IS REALLY EYE-OPENG TO SEE THE WORLD THEY'RE PATG AND HOW SIAR IS TO THE WORLD WE LIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN WE ORIGALLY SAT DOWN WH [NOLAN AND JOY] I KEPT ASKG, "WHAT YEAR IS THIS SHOW?" THEY TRIED TO NOT BE VERY SPECIFIC, BUT THEY WOULD LEAVE THE RANGE OF SOONER RATHER THAN FAR THE FUTURE—LIKE THE 30- TO 50-YEAR ZONE. NOW I'M THKG, WOW, MAYBE SEASON 3 IS LIKE A 10-YEAR OR FIVE-YEAR GAP OM WHERE WE ARE NOW.WIL COHEN PHOTOGRAPHYWIL COHEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEONARDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT N YOU TELL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WH FELIX THIS SEASON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU EVERYTHG [LGHS], BUT THE SHOW IS VERY GOOD ABOUT KEEPG SECRETS AND TWISTS AND TURNS VERY CLOSE TO THE CHT. I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY LUCKY TO PLAY A CHARACTER LIKE FELIX. I ME UP HOLLYWOOD ALWAYS BEG SEEN AS A MORY, AS A SUBSIDIARY, ONE-DIMENSNAL CHARACTER AND NOT A LEADG MAN. WTWORLD HAS REALLY PROVID ME AN OUTLET TO PLAY A THREE-DIMENSNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SEASON 3, YOU SEE ANOTHER SI OF FELIX. YOU SEE ANOTHER VERY HUMAN SI TO HIM AND HIS RELATNSHIP WH MAEVE AND THE RT OF THE CHARACTERS OF WTWORLD. BUT 'S STILL ROOTED THE SAME NTEXT [ WHICH] FELIX STARTED THE SHOW. HE IS VERY KD AND PASSNATE, AND I THK 'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CHARACTER LIKE THAT A SHOW THAT N GET SO GOME AND DARK. THE IA I BELIEVE , AND I THK 'S TE ABOUT FELIX, IS THAT KDNS SHOWS THE GENTLENS OF THE SOUL. RIGHT NOW, WE NEED MORE KDNS AND MORE NSIRATN.WIL COHEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF KDNS AND NSIRATN, HOW HAS FATHERHOOD BEEN TREATG YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH, 'S FANTASTIC! BEG A FATHER HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST EYE-OPENG EXPERIENC OF MY LIFE. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE A FATHER, AND NOW THAT I AM 'S ALMOST PART OF MY DNA. I'M GRATEFUL TO SHARE THIS LIFE'S JOURNEY WH MY KIDS. I FD MYSELF LOOKG AT MY VALU AND THE WAYS I LIVE MY LIFE AND THE WAYS TO PASS THAT ON TO MY CHILDREN AS A BIG GIFT THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE. NOW THAT I HAVE , I'M SO GRATEFUL TO SHARE WH NOT ONLY MY FAY, BUT ALSO OUTLETS AND OTHER MUNI. I FEEL MUCH MORE NNECTED TO THE WORLD NOW BEE OF BEG A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THOUGH WE TALK ABOUT LIVG THIS DYSTOPIAN FUTURE, THERE IS SUCH LIGHTNS THIS WORLD. IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW FAR WE'VE E AS A MUNY AND A SOCIETY AS A WHOLE BEG ABLE TO UNRSTAND THAT DIVERSY MAK STRONGER—ACCEPTG PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE AND ACCEPTG THE LOVE THAT THEY OFFER. THAT'S WHAT REALLY MEANS TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- HOW HIROYI SANADA BEME WTWORLD’S SECRET WEAPONSANADA, AN ACTOR, ALSO ACTED AS A JAPANE CULTURE ADVISER FOR THE SHOW’S FIRST TRIP TO SHOGUN WORLD.BY JOANNA ROBSONMAY 20, 2018COURTY OF HBOSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHIS ARTICLE NTAS ANK DISCSN OF WTWORLD SEASON 2, EPISO 5 “AKANE NO MAI.” IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED YET AND DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE GANG VISS SHOGUN WORLD, NOW IS THE TIME TO LEAVE.UNLIKE WTWORLD’S SURPRISE TRODUCTN TO THE RAJ, THIS WEEK’S JOURNEY TO THE JAPANE-SPIRED SHOGUN WORLD HAS BEEN EXPECTED EVER SCE SAMURAI SHOWED UP THE SEASON 1 FALE. BUT STILL, “AKANE NO MAI” HAD SOME UNFOREEN TWISTS AND TURNS—CLUDG THE NOTN THAT FOR ALL S GEISHAS AND NJAS, SHOGUN WORLD IS MORE SIAR TO THE DTY STREETS OF WTWORLD THAN ANYONE MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED.BUT RBON-PIED WTERN PLOTS AND CHARACTERS “AKANE NO MAI” ASI, SHOGUN WORLD STILL MANAGED TO LIVER AN CREDIBLY FAHFUL LOOK AT THE EDO PERD OF JAPAN. IN A TIME WHERE FANS AND CRICS ARE CREASGLY SENSIVE TO CULTURAL APPROPRIATN AND ORIENTALISM, WTWORLD ULD EASILY HAVE MISSED THE MARK HERE.SPEAKG WH VANY FAIR FOR THE LATT STALLMENT OF THE STILL WATCHG: WTWORLD PODST, ACTOR SIMON QUARTERMAN—WHO PLAYS THE EPISO’S FACTO NARRATOR, LEE SIZEMORE—REVEALED THAT JAPANE STAR HIROYI SANADA WAS THE SHOW’S SECRET WEAPON WHEN ME TO KEEPG EVERYTHG CULTURALLY ACCURATE. SANADA ME TO SET EVERY DAY, EVEN WHEN HE WASN’T FILMG, TO ENSURE THE JAPANE ELEMENTS OF THE SHOW WERE RRECT. YOU N LISTEN TO QUARTERMAN’S FULL TERVIEW HERE:SANADA, WHO PLAYS THE RON MASHI, ALSO SPOKE WH VANY FAIR ABOUT HIS TIME SHOGUN WORLD. HE BROKE DOWN THE EPISO’S PASTAKG ATTENTN TO TAIL, S LARGER CULTURAL MEANG, AND TEASED AN UNEXPECTED ROMANCE THAT MIGHT BE ON THE HORIZON. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OM THAT NVERSATN:THIS WASN’T SANADA’S FIRST ROO: SANADA’S FACE MAY BE FAIAR TO FANS OF BOTH EASTERN AND WTERN CEMA FOR HIS WORK THE LAST SAMURAI, THE WOLVERE, SUNSHE, MAHJONG HOROKI, OR EVEN THE TV SHOW LOST. BUT SANADA HAS LONG BEEN PULLG DOUBLE DUTY AS BOTH AN ACTOR AND FACTO CULTURAL ADVISER. HE STUCK AROUND LOS ANGEL WHEN 2003’S THE LAST SAMURAI WAS POST-PRODUCTN SO HE ULD HELP FIX ACCURACI: “I’M TRYG TO TRODUCE OUR CULTURE TO THE WORLD RRECTLY, OR MORE THENTIC, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS FD OUT THE BT BALANCE,” HE SAID. AUDIENC WILL BE A SEEG A LOT MORE OF HIM THE FUTURE, JOHN WICK 3, AVENGERS 4, AND SOME ADDNAL TOP-SECRET PROJECTS HE ULD NOT DISCS.MASHI IS (KD OF) BASED ON A REAL FIGURE: MIYAMOTO MASHI WAS A 16TH/17TH-CENTURY SWORDSMAN AND PHILOSOPHER AND WHILE HE GAVE HIS NAME TO SANADA’S CHARACTER THERE, LARGELY, THE PARISON ENDS. SANADA SAYS HE THOUGHT ABOUT ADOPTG THE REAL MASHI’S FAMO “PEAPPLE” TOP KNOT, BUT CID WAS “TOO MUCH” EVEN FOR WTWORLD. INSTEAD, THE ACTOR TRIED TO WORK A DUAL-WEAPON FIGHTG STYLE WHERE HE ULD, WH BOTH SHORT AND LONG SWORDS, PAY HOMAGE TO THE REAL MASHI’S “SIGNATURE STYLE.”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYSOME INACCURACI YOU MAY SPOT ARE INTENTNAL: “IT’S A THEME PARK THE WTWORLD, CREATED BY WTERN PEOPLE, AND WE ARE PLAYG ROBOT SAMURAI OR GEISHA. SO, WHERE IS THE LE OF REALY?” SANADA ASKS. Y, HE WAS ON HAND TO FIX TY ACCURACI—LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FOLD AN EXTRA’S KIMONO, OR THE ANGLE OF A SWORD. “SOMETIM I SWCHED THE POSN OF THE PROPS BEE ’S A VERY SPECIFIC, IMPORTANT CULTURE FOR MY UNTRY. SO, JT SLIGHT CHANG.” BUT OTHER ACCURACI STAYED , FOR THE SAKE OF THE STORY. BEE SANADA’S MASHI IS MEANT TO BE A DOUBLE FOR RODRIGO SANTORO’S HECTOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RON’S KIMONO WAS LED WH CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE BLACK LEATHER ORR TO MIMIC THE WTERN GUNSLGER’S STUME.MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYY, SANADA RE-WATCHED THE HEIST OM SEASON 1: THE EPISO MA NO ATTEMPT TO HI THE FACT THAT WHEN MASHI AND HIS RIGHT-HAND WOMAN WH THE DRAGON TATTOO, HANARYO (TAO OKAMOTO), RO TO TOWN, THEIR ARRIVAL WAS A REFERENCE TO HECTOR’S MARIPOSA HEIST, WHICH PLAYED OUT TWICE SEASON 1. (HOPEFULLY THE REPEATED E OF “PAT IT BLACK” BY THE ROLLG STON WAS A CLUE.) BUT SUAL VIEWERS MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME PARTS OF “AKANE NO MAI,” THE HEIST WAS RE-CREATED ALMOST SHOT FOR SHOT.SANADA RE-WATCHED AND “MIMICKED” HECTOR’S MOVEMENTS AND CHOREOGRAPHY AS BT HE ULD. “THEY ED THE SAME MIC FOR MY ENTRANCE, AND WHEN I SAW THE SCREENER I THOUGHT, ‘OH MY GOSH, I’M THE WTWORLD.’”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYTHE HEIST WASN’T THE ONLY REPEATED MOMENT. MAEVE ALSO WATCH AKANE (RKO KIKUCHI) REPEAT HER STORY OF ARRIVAL TO “THE NEW WORLD” OM SEASON 1.THE MOMENT WHERE MAEVE AND AKANE TELL THE END OF THEIR STORY UNISON IS ECHOED EVEN FURTHER BACK SWEETWATER, AS POOR ORIGAL CLEMENTE MURMURS HER FAMO “NOT MUCH OF A RD ON YOU” LE ALONG WH NEW CLEMENTE.THE MIRRORG OF EAST AND WT IS PURE KUROSAWA: THE WAY WHICH SHOGUN WORLD RETELLS SOME OF THE STORY WE’VE SEEN WTWORLD IS A REFERENCE TO THE WAY FAMED JAPANE DIRECTOR AKIRA KUROSAWA BORROWED OM WTERN CULTURE, AND VICE VERSA. “KUROSAWA LEARNED OM WTERN MOVI,” SANADA EXPLAS. “HE LOVED JOHN FORD. THEN HE CREATED, WH THAT IA, HIS OWN MOVIE, WHICH HOLLYWOOD WOULD REMAKE—LIKE SEVEN SAMURAI. AND AGA, KUROSAWA TOOK AN IA OM SHAKPEARE, AND HOLLYWOOD WOULD REMAKE. SO WAS A GREAT GAME OF TCH BETWEEN EAST AND WT. IT’S BETIFUL.”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYTHAT LL AND RPONSE BETWEEN EAST AND WT WH THE EPISO IS PERHAPS MOST EVOTIVELY ED WHEN MAEVE OFFERS AKANE THE EEDOM OF CHOICE THAT, OVER SWEETWATER, DOLOR NI TEDDY.HERE’S TWO DIFFERENT VERSNS OF THE SAME TERACTN PLAYED OUT THROUGH THE EASTERN AND WTERN LENS. AKANE WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE AWAKE; TEDDY NEVER GETS TO CI AT ALL.LOVE COULD BE THE AIR: WHEN ARMISTICE MEETS HER DOUBLE, HANARYO, SIZEMORE POTS OUT THAT SOMETHG TERTG BLOSSOMS BETWEEN THEM. THEY’RE PTIVATED WH EACH OTHER A WAY THAT DON’T READ AS ENTIRELY PLATONIC. BEFORE THE SEASON PREMIERE, EVAN RACHEL WOOD TOLD INDIEWIRE ABOUT THE CLN OF QUEER LOVE SEASON 2: “WE’LL GIVE YOU SOMETHG. AS A QUEER PERSON, I’M LIKE, ‘MORE.’ WE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU HIGH AND DRY. THAT’S WHAT I’M GOG TO SAY.”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYAND TRIGUGLY, SANADA ALSO IMPLIED THAT THE NNECTN BETWEEN MASHI AND HECTOR ULD BE MORE THAN SEEMED TO BE AT FIRST: “THEY HATE EACH OTHER AT THE BEGNG, OF URSE, BUT ’S GONNA BE A GOOD ARC UP TO THE END OF MY FAL EPISO. THAT’S THE VERY EXCG AND DYNAMIC ARC, FOR ME, WH HIM. I NNOT SAY A LOT, BUT THEY’RE GONNA HAVE SOME CHEMISTRY LATER.” (A REPRENTATIVE FOR SANADA LATER REACHED OUT TO CLARIFY THAT THE ACTOR SIMPLY MEANT THAT HE HAD GREAT CHEMISTRY WH EVERYONE ON SET—BUT WOOD’S WORDS STILL STAND.)SANADA ISN’T HERE FOR YOUR LOST COMPARISONS: BOTH SANADA AND HIS POTENTIAL FUTURE LOVE TERT, RODRIGO SANTORO, APPEARED ON LOST BEFORE THEY JOED THE WTWORLD ST. IT’S ALL THE RAGE THE DAYS FOR CRICS TO PARE THE TWO SHOWS, BUT SANADA ISN’T SO SURE ABOUT THAT. “THEY’RE BOTH PRODUCED BY J.J. ABRAMS; I’M GLAD TO WORK WH HIM AGA. BUT THE STORY, OR IA, IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. [JONAH NOLAN AND LISA JOY] HAVE A LOT OF IAS. THEY N CREATE MORE PARKS—’S UNLIMED. THEY N CREATE HUNDREDS OF PARKS. POSSIBLY, THEY N MAKE [THE SHOW LAST] LONGER THAN LOST.”WHAT YOU SHOULD WATCH AFTER “AKANE NO MAI”: SANADA IS OVERJOYED BY THE PROSPECT THAT WTWORLD VIEWERS MIGHT WANT TO FOLLOW UP THEIR TRIP TO SHOGUN WORLD WH MORE JAPANE CEMA. “ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG GENERATNS WHO DON’T UNRSTAND THE SAMURAI, MAYBE THE NJA, OR SHOGUN—WHAT’S THAT? IT’S GONNA BE A GOOD CHANCE TO RE-WATCH OR FIRST-TIME WATCH SAMURAI MOVI OM JAPAN. AND THEN FOR , TOO, IF THE YOUNG GENERATN HAS AN TERT OUR CULTUR, THERE’S A BIG OPPORTUNY TO CREATE MOVI WH . THAT’S WHY I FEEL I’M RRYG A BIG PRSURE TO MAKE [THE EPISO] BETTER AND AVOID ACCURACI EVERY DAY ON SET.”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYBUT WHILE SANADA APPRECIAT ALL THE TALK OF KUROSAWA, HE HAS SOME ADDNAL FLUENC MD. “THE KD OF THGS, FOR ME, ARE LIKE AN HOMAGE TO SOME OF MY FAVORE DIRECTORS. THEY TRAED ME, THEY TGHT ME WHAT ENTERTAMENT IS. KJI FASAKU [TORA! TORA! TORA!], KIHACHI OKAMOTO [EAST MEETS WT], ’S FOR THEM. I’M HERE; I’M RRYG YOUR DREAMS, TOO.”WELE BACK TO WTWORLD: NEW PHOTOS OM SEASON 21 / 14CHEVRONCHEVRONBY JOHN P. JOHNSON/COURTY OF HBO.THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED.JOANNA ROBSON
LEONARDO NAM ON HOW "WTWORLD"—AND GAY FATHERHOOD—CHANGED HIM"IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME GROWG UP TO FD MY VOICE AND STAND PROUDLY ROOTED AS MY OWN MAN."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 23, 2020/1:49 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3715PX;WIDTH:4954PX;}WIL COHEN PHOTOGRAPHYBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 23, 2020 / 1:49 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LEONARDO NAM ON HOW \"WTWORLD\"—AND GAY FATHERHOOD—CHANGED HIM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-03-23T17:49:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-03-23T17:49:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELEVISN HAS A WAY OF PREDICTG AND IMATG LIFE, WH CERTA SHOWS G ALONG AT THE RIGHT TIME TO SPEAK ALMOST DIRECTLY TO THE MOMENT. THK OF THE HANDMAID'S TALE BUTG THREE MONTHS AFTER THE WOMEN'S MARCH AND THE DAWN OF THE TMP ADMISTRATN WH S DRANIAN OPPOSN TO REPRODUCTIVE EEDOM. OR THE SEND SEASON OF SHOWTIME'S BLACK MONDAY PREMIERG JT DAYS AFTER THE STOCK MARKET EXPERIENCED S WORST DROP SCE 1987. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST SEASON OF WTWORLD ADDRSED OUR FEARS OF ARTIFICIAL TELLIGENCE GETTG TOO SMART FOR S, OR OUR, OWN GOOD. THE THIRD SEASON, CURRENTLY AIRG ON HBO, SHOWS THE RAMIFITNS OF SEASON 2'S ROBOT UPRISG, AS THE TOMATONS FILTRATE THE REAL WORLD AND DISTURB THE PRER BALANCE OF HUMAN LIFE. WHILE COVID-19 IS A FAR MORE EXISTENTIAL THREAT THAN MACH WH AN AX TO GRD, FANS WILL NO DOUBT FD PLENTY OF VIS-RELATED METAPHORS AND ALLEGORI TO DISSECT AND BATE THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO GET A CLUE ABOUT WHAT'S STORE, NEWNOWNEXT TRACKED DOWN WTWORLD'S LEONARDO NAM, WHO PLAYS FELIX LUTZ, THE HANDSOME BUT NSTANTLY BEFUDDLED TECHNICIAN WHO HELPS SENTIENT HOST MAEVE (THANDIE NEWTON) PE OM HER MECHANIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONSIRG HOW DISNNECTED WE'VE ALL BEE RECENT WEEKS, NAM THKS FELIX HAS SOMETHG SPECIAL TO OFFER DIENC THIS SEASON—NAMELY, A LTLE KDNS. HE SAYS THE CHARACTER HAS ALSO BEEN GOOD FOR HIM, PROVIDG HIM AN OPPORTUNY TO FALLY FEEL SEEN. NAM IS OF KOREAN SCENT, BUT HE WAS BORN ARGENTA AND RAISED ATRALIA—AN ORIG STORY THAT AFFECTED THE WAY HE WAS PERCEIVED OM HIS EARLIT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHG THAT, WHEN OTHER PEOPLE LOOK AT ME, THEY SEE ME AS OTHER," NAM SAYS. "THEN YOU LAYER ON MY GAY INTY AND THERE'S LIKE A DOUBLE MORY ROLE HAPPENG. SO WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME GROWG UP TO FD MY VOICE AND STAND PROUDLY ROOTED AS MY OWN MAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WHAT HAPPENED TO BE THE THIRD BIRTHDAY OF HIS TW BOYS, THE 40-YEAR-OLD ACTOR TALKED ABOUT RETURNG TO WTWORLD, HOW THE SHOW PARALLELS WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENG OUR OWN WORLD, AND THE JOYS OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU'RE RETURNG TO WTWORLD NOW, WHEN SEEMS LIKE WE'RE LIVG A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE AND SOCIAL STCTUR ARE BREAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU KNOW, IF THE FIRST SEASON OF WTWORLD WAS OUT NOW, I THK WOULD BE A LTLE TOO FAR BEHD THE TIM. WHEN ME OUT, WAS KD OF MD-BLOWG BEE AI WAS REALLY BEGNG TO EXPLO. IT WAS KD OF SRY. I LGH WH [SHOW CREATORS JONATHAN NOLAN AND LISA JOY] ALL THE TIME—LIKE, "YOU'RE GOG TO SRE THE SH OUT OF PEOPLE!" BUT I WATCHED THE FIRST EPISO OF SEASON 3 AT THE PREMIERE AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THGS I NOTICED WERE ALL THE PEOPLE WALKG AROUND WEARG MASKS [ THE SHOW]. IT IS REALLY EYE-OPENG TO SEE THE WORLD THEY'RE PATG AND HOW SIAR IS TO THE WORLD WE LIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN WE ORIGALLY SAT DOWN WH [NOLAN AND JOY] I KEPT ASKG, "WHAT YEAR IS THIS SHOW?" THEY TRIED TO NOT BE VERY SPECIFIC, BUT THEY WOULD LEAVE THE RANGE OF SOONER RATHER THAN FAR THE FUTURE—LIKE THE 30- TO 50-YEAR ZONE. NOW I'M THKG, WOW, MAYBE SEASON 3 IS LIKE A 10-YEAR OR FIVE-YEAR GAP OM WHERE WE ARE NOW.WIL COHEN PHOTOGRAPHYWIL COHEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEONARDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT N YOU TELL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WH FELIX THIS SEASON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU EVERYTHG [LGHS], BUT THE SHOW IS VERY GOOD ABOUT KEEPG SECRETS AND TWISTS AND TURNS VERY CLOSE TO THE CHT. I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY LUCKY TO PLAY A CHARACTER LIKE FELIX. I ME UP HOLLYWOOD ALWAYS BEG SEEN AS A MORY, AS A SUBSIDIARY, ONE-DIMENSNAL CHARACTER AND NOT A LEADG MAN. WTWORLD HAS REALLY PROVID ME AN OUTLET TO PLAY A THREE-DIMENSNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SEASON 3, YOU SEE ANOTHER SI OF FELIX. YOU SEE ANOTHER VERY HUMAN SI TO HIM AND HIS RELATNSHIP WH MAEVE AND THE RT OF THE CHARACTERS OF WTWORLD. BUT 'S STILL ROOTED THE SAME NTEXT [ WHICH] FELIX STARTED THE SHOW. HE IS VERY KD AND PASSNATE, AND I THK 'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CHARACTER LIKE THAT A SHOW THAT N GET SO GOME AND DARK. THE IA I BELIEVE , AND I THK 'S TE ABOUT FELIX, IS THAT KDNS SHOWS THE GENTLENS OF THE SOUL. RIGHT NOW, WE NEED MORE KDNS AND MORE NSIRATN.WIL COHEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF KDNS AND NSIRATN, HOW HAS FATHERHOOD BEEN TREATG YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH, 'S FANTASTIC! BEG A FATHER HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST EYE-OPENG EXPERIENC OF MY LIFE. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE A FATHER, AND NOW THAT I AM 'S ALMOST PART OF MY DNA. I'M GRATEFUL TO SHARE THIS LIFE'S JOURNEY WH MY KIDS. I FD MYSELF LOOKG AT MY VALU AND THE WAYS I LIVE MY LIFE AND THE WAYS TO PASS THAT ON TO MY CHILDREN AS A BIG GIFT THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE. NOW THAT I HAVE , I'M SO GRATEFUL TO SHARE WH NOT ONLY MY FAY, BUT ALSO OUTLETS AND OTHER MUNI. I FEEL MUCH MORE NNECTED TO THE WORLD NOW BEE OF BEG A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THOUGH WE TALK ABOUT LIVG THIS DYSTOPIAN FUTURE, THERE IS SUCH LIGHTNS THIS WORLD. IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW FAR WE'VE E AS A MUNY AND A SOCIETY AS A WHOLE BEG ABLE TO UNRSTAND THAT DIVERSY MAK STRONGER—ACCEPTG PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE AND ACCEPTG THE LOVE THAT THEY OFFER. THAT'S WHAT REALLY MEANS TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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HOW HIROYI SANADA BEME WTWORLD’S SECRET WEAPONSANADA, AN ACTOR, ALSO ACTED AS A JAPANE CULTURE ADVISER FOR THE SHOW’S FIRST TRIP TO SHOGUN WORLD.BY JOANNA ROBSONMAY 20, 2018COURTY OF HBOSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHIS ARTICLE NTAS ANK DISCSN OF WTWORLD SEASON 2, EPISO 5 “AKANE NO MAI.” IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED YET AND DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE GANG VISS SHOGUN WORLD, NOW IS THE TIME TO LEAVE.UNLIKE WTWORLD’S SURPRISE TRODUCTN TO THE RAJ, THIS WEEK’S JOURNEY TO THE JAPANE-SPIRED SHOGUN WORLD HAS BEEN EXPECTED EVER SCE SAMURAI SHOWED UP THE SEASON 1 FALE. BUT STILL, “AKANE NO MAI” HAD SOME UNFOREEN TWISTS AND TURNS—CLUDG THE NOTN THAT FOR ALL S GEISHAS AND NJAS, SHOGUN WORLD IS MORE SIAR TO THE DTY STREETS OF WTWORLD THAN ANYONE MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED.BUT RBON-PIED WTERN PLOTS AND CHARACTERS “AKANE NO MAI” ASI, SHOGUN WORLD STILL MANAGED TO LIVER AN CREDIBLY FAHFUL LOOK AT THE EDO PERD OF JAPAN. IN A TIME WHERE FANS AND CRICS ARE CREASGLY SENSIVE TO CULTURAL APPROPRIATN AND ORIENTALISM, WTWORLD ULD EASILY HAVE MISSED THE MARK HERE.SPEAKG WH VANY FAIR FOR THE LATT STALLMENT OF THE STILL WATCHG: WTWORLD PODST, ACTOR SIMON QUARTERMAN—WHO PLAYS THE EPISO’S FACTO NARRATOR, LEE SIZEMORE—REVEALED THAT JAPANE STAR HIROYI SANADA WAS THE SHOW’S SECRET WEAPON WHEN ME TO KEEPG EVERYTHG CULTURALLY ACCURATE. SANADA ME TO SET EVERY DAY, EVEN WHEN HE WASN’T FILMG, TO ENSURE THE JAPANE ELEMENTS OF THE SHOW WERE RRECT. YOU N LISTEN TO QUARTERMAN’S FULL TERVIEW HERE:SANADA, WHO PLAYS THE RON MASHI, ALSO SPOKE WH VANY FAIR ABOUT HIS TIME SHOGUN WORLD. HE BROKE DOWN THE EPISO’S PASTAKG ATTENTN TO TAIL, S LARGER CULTURAL MEANG, AND TEASED AN UNEXPECTED ROMANCE THAT MIGHT BE ON THE HORIZON. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OM THAT NVERSATN:THIS WASN’T SANADA’S FIRST ROO: SANADA’S FACE MAY BE FAIAR TO FANS OF BOTH EASTERN AND WTERN CEMA FOR HIS WORK THE LAST SAMURAI, THE WOLVERE, SUNSHE, MAHJONG HOROKI, OR EVEN THE TV SHOW LOST. BUT SANADA HAS LONG BEEN PULLG DOUBLE DUTY AS BOTH AN ACTOR AND FACTO CULTURAL ADVISER. HE STUCK AROUND LOS ANGEL WHEN 2003’S THE LAST SAMURAI WAS POST-PRODUCTN SO HE ULD HELP FIX ACCURACI: “I’M TRYG TO TRODUCE OUR CULTURE TO THE WORLD RRECTLY, OR MORE THENTIC, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS FD OUT THE BT BALANCE,” HE SAID. AUDIENC WILL BE A SEEG A LOT MORE OF HIM THE FUTURE, JOHN WICK 3, AVENGERS 4, AND SOME ADDNAL TOP-SECRET PROJECTS HE ULD NOT DISCS.MASHI IS (KD OF) BASED ON A REAL FIGURE: MIYAMOTO MASHI WAS A 16TH/17TH-CENTURY SWORDSMAN AND PHILOSOPHER AND WHILE HE GAVE HIS NAME TO SANADA’S CHARACTER THERE, LARGELY, THE PARISON ENDS. SANADA SAYS HE THOUGHT ABOUT ADOPTG THE REAL MASHI’S FAMO “PEAPPLE” TOP KNOT, BUT CID WAS “TOO MUCH” EVEN FOR WTWORLD. INSTEAD, THE ACTOR TRIED TO WORK A DUAL-WEAPON FIGHTG STYLE WHERE HE ULD, WH BOTH SHORT AND LONG SWORDS, PAY HOMAGE TO THE REAL MASHI’S “SIGNATURE STYLE.”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYSOME INACCURACI YOU MAY SPOT ARE INTENTNAL: “IT’S A THEME PARK THE WTWORLD, CREATED BY WTERN PEOPLE, AND WE ARE PLAYG ROBOT SAMURAI OR GEISHA. SO, WHERE IS THE LE OF REALY?” SANADA ASKS. Y, HE WAS ON HAND TO FIX TY ACCURACI—LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FOLD AN EXTRA’S KIMONO, OR THE ANGLE OF A SWORD. “SOMETIM I SWCHED THE POSN OF THE PROPS BEE ’S A VERY SPECIFIC, IMPORTANT CULTURE FOR MY UNTRY. SO, JT SLIGHT CHANG.” BUT OTHER ACCURACI STAYED , FOR THE SAKE OF THE STORY. BEE SANADA’S MASHI IS MEANT TO BE A DOUBLE FOR RODRIGO SANTORO’S HECTOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RON’S KIMONO WAS LED WH CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE BLACK LEATHER ORR TO MIMIC THE WTERN GUNSLGER’S STUME.MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYY, SANADA RE-WATCHED THE HEIST OM SEASON 1: THE EPISO MA NO ATTEMPT TO HI THE FACT THAT WHEN MASHI AND HIS RIGHT-HAND WOMAN WH THE DRAGON TATTOO, HANARYO (TAO OKAMOTO), RO TO TOWN, THEIR ARRIVAL WAS A REFERENCE TO HECTOR’S MARIPOSA HEIST, WHICH PLAYED OUT TWICE SEASON 1. (HOPEFULLY THE REPEATED E OF “PAT IT BLACK” BY THE ROLLG STON WAS A CLUE.) BUT SUAL VIEWERS MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME PARTS OF “AKANE NO MAI,” THE HEIST WAS RE-CREATED ALMOST SHOT FOR SHOT.SANADA RE-WATCHED AND “MIMICKED” HECTOR’S MOVEMENTS AND CHOREOGRAPHY AS BT HE ULD. “THEY ED THE SAME MIC FOR MY ENTRANCE, AND WHEN I SAW THE SCREENER I THOUGHT, ‘OH MY GOSH, I’M THE WTWORLD.’”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYTHE HEIST WASN’T THE ONLY REPEATED MOMENT. MAEVE ALSO WATCH AKANE (RKO KIKUCHI) REPEAT HER STORY OF ARRIVAL TO “THE NEW WORLD” OM SEASON 1.THE MOMENT WHERE MAEVE AND AKANE TELL THE END OF THEIR STORY UNISON IS ECHOED EVEN FURTHER BACK SWEETWATER, AS POOR ORIGAL CLEMENTE MURMURS HER FAMO “NOT MUCH OF A RD ON YOU” LE ALONG WH NEW CLEMENTE.THE MIRRORG OF EAST AND WT IS PURE KUROSAWA: THE WAY WHICH SHOGUN WORLD RETELLS SOME OF THE STORY WE’VE SEEN WTWORLD IS A REFERENCE TO THE WAY FAMED JAPANE DIRECTOR AKIRA KUROSAWA BORROWED OM WTERN CULTURE, AND VICE VERSA. “KUROSAWA LEARNED OM WTERN MOVI,” SANADA EXPLAS. “HE LOVED JOHN FORD. THEN HE CREATED, WH THAT IA, HIS OWN MOVIE, WHICH HOLLYWOOD WOULD REMAKE—LIKE SEVEN SAMURAI. AND AGA, KUROSAWA TOOK AN IA OM SHAKPEARE, AND HOLLYWOOD WOULD REMAKE. SO WAS A GREAT GAME OF TCH BETWEEN EAST AND WT. IT’S BETIFUL.”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYTHAT LL AND RPONSE BETWEEN EAST AND WT WH THE EPISO IS PERHAPS MOST EVOTIVELY ED WHEN MAEVE OFFERS AKANE THE EEDOM OF CHOICE THAT, OVER SWEETWATER, DOLOR NI TEDDY.HERE’S TWO DIFFERENT VERSNS OF THE SAME TERACTN PLAYED OUT THROUGH THE EASTERN AND WTERN LENS. AKANE WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE AWAKE; TEDDY NEVER GETS TO CI AT ALL.LOVE COULD BE THE AIR: WHEN ARMISTICE MEETS HER DOUBLE, HANARYO, SIZEMORE POTS OUT THAT SOMETHG TERTG BLOSSOMS BETWEEN THEM. THEY’RE PTIVATED WH EACH OTHER A WAY THAT DON’T READ AS ENTIRELY PLATONIC. BEFORE THE SEASON PREMIERE, EVAN RACHEL WOOD TOLD INDIEWIRE ABOUT THE CLN OF QUEER LOVE SEASON 2: “WE’LL GIVE YOU SOMETHG. AS A QUEER PERSON, I’M LIKE, ‘MORE.’ WE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU HIGH AND DRY. THAT’S WHAT I’M GOG TO SAY.”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYAND TRIGUGLY, SANADA ALSO IMPLIED THAT THE NNECTN BETWEEN MASHI AND HECTOR ULD BE MORE THAN SEEMED TO BE AT FIRST: “THEY HATE EACH OTHER AT THE BEGNG, OF URSE, BUT ’S GONNA BE A GOOD ARC UP TO THE END OF MY FAL EPISO. THAT’S THE VERY EXCG AND DYNAMIC ARC, FOR ME, WH HIM. I NNOT SAY A LOT, BUT THEY’RE GONNA HAVE SOME CHEMISTRY LATER.” (A REPRENTATIVE FOR SANADA LATER REACHED OUT TO CLARIFY THAT THE ACTOR SIMPLY MEANT THAT HE HAD GREAT CHEMISTRY WH EVERYONE ON SET—BUT WOOD’S WORDS STILL STAND.)SANADA ISN’T HERE FOR YOUR LOST COMPARISONS: BOTH SANADA AND HIS POTENTIAL FUTURE LOVE TERT, RODRIGO SANTORO, APPEARED ON LOST BEFORE THEY JOED THE WTWORLD ST. IT’S ALL THE RAGE THE DAYS FOR CRICS TO PARE THE TWO SHOWS, BUT SANADA ISN’T SO SURE ABOUT THAT. “THEY’RE BOTH PRODUCED BY J.J. ABRAMS; I’M GLAD TO WORK WH HIM AGA. BUT THE STORY, OR IA, IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. [JONAH NOLAN AND LISA JOY] HAVE A LOT OF IAS. THEY N CREATE MORE PARKS—’S UNLIMED. THEY N CREATE HUNDREDS OF PARKS. POSSIBLY, THEY N MAKE [THE SHOW LAST] LONGER THAN LOST.”WHAT YOU SHOULD WATCH AFTER “AKANE NO MAI”: SANADA IS OVERJOYED BY THE PROSPECT THAT WTWORLD VIEWERS MIGHT WANT TO FOLLOW UP THEIR TRIP TO SHOGUN WORLD WH MORE JAPANE CEMA. “ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG GENERATNS WHO DON’T UNRSTAND THE SAMURAI, MAYBE THE NJA, OR SHOGUN—WHAT’S THAT? IT’S GONNA BE A GOOD CHANCE TO RE-WATCH OR FIRST-TIME WATCH SAMURAI MOVI OM JAPAN. AND THEN FOR , TOO, IF THE YOUNG GENERATN HAS AN TERT OUR CULTUR, THERE’S A BIG OPPORTUNY TO CREATE MOVI WH . THAT’S WHY I FEEL I’M RRYG A BIG PRSURE TO MAKE [THE EPISO] BETTER AND AVOID ACCURACI EVERY DAY ON SET.”MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYBUT WHILE SANADA APPRECIAT ALL THE TALK OF KUROSAWA, HE HAS SOME ADDNAL FLUENC MD. “THE KD OF THGS, FOR ME, ARE LIKE AN HOMAGE TO SOME OF MY FAVORE DIRECTORS. THEY TRAED ME, THEY TGHT ME WHAT ENTERTAMENT IS. KJI FASAKU [TORA! TORA! TORA!], KIHACHI OKAMOTO [EAST MEETS WT], ’S FOR THEM. I’M HERE; I’M RRYG YOUR DREAMS, TOO.”WELE BACK TO WTWORLD: NEW PHOTOS OM SEASON 21 / 14CHEVRONCHEVRONBY JOHN P. JOHNSON/COURTY OF HBO.THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED.JOANNA ROBSON
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