Actor Ray Fisher discusses how he prepared for his role in the Justice League film.
Transcript for Actor Ray Fisher on how he prepared for Justice League role
So in the role you work from about 192 it over 200 pounds to train the subtler. With that train easy hired. IA he. It was easy in some ways the harder and others like eating the food. To a certain degree was easy because you know. I’d just like defense cars or an egg it gets hard once you have to continue to do when it first starts a Lego man free food OK the rodents. Get it. But I was about a 193 pounds before we started shooting before censured in the movie or trading for the movie rather. And about the time redundant heaviest it was 224 pounds. So is about thirty pounds that putting on to portray cyborg as a college quarterback prior to his accident so. The training process you know Zach he prides himself on making sure as actors particularly superheroes are in. Brett are ready to go into fighting shape right. So he put us in the gym with mark twice and Stu Walton. And we train five days a week. Two hours a day how. And it was tough from the outset as tough. But I select the discipline of at all right and so when I was trying to put the weight on for Mohammad Ali when I played him back and when he thirteen. That some had to do my home’s it was a privilege that to have somebody that had a plan in a statement the final scene exactly like all yet there was this follow the plan went get a phone directions. And you know you just see the results them. Ahmanson the economy is like a furiously keep a we’re thing new error of black superheroes and superhero movies at lives. Clinic blockades and that can’t. What does it feel like to be in that company. Actors and people like that it feels good I mean I hope people. Respond or feel the same sort of elation that I felt watching Wesley Snipes the first times blade you know as a kid growing up I think you know seeing people that look like he represented. Is extremely important but also think people making decisions. About how those people are represented. In and is to be just as diverse as the as what’s on the front of the screen. With cyborg in particular in a not only does he represented to me at least not only does represent. The people of color in the African American community. He also represents people we’re differently able and that he is an amputee Pepsi does have. He has undergone sure crazy amount of physical trauma. And so I’ve had people who have written to me via social media and in Geneva conventions and says hey listen cyborg I relate to him. Because of got a prosthetic a relate to because I have an implant and that to me with something that you know really hate it gives voice. Two people were under represented in that way so feel a certain sort of pride about that plus trade. A home I was the last exactly what was that like going out. And going like common time and interacting with fans who love to Bolivia and they love your Carrick to what’s been like some of those slaves really that’s actually look we think this thing. That’s acts of my favorite part to downs of the than and that’s sort of quick that the sort of being like theater right where you have the audience there you’re able to see and hear and feel their response and reaction in real time. But when you have people who are coming up to you and saying listen. Thank you thank you thank you the character means so much to me you know the story means so much to me it’s you realize just how powerful that its. And the amount of work and detail and attention that a lot of our caused players in the pipa come these conventions and they. They dress up as the characters make this is it’s a culture now it’s a cultural experiences and of itself. I feel like. The old geek dumb thing is that it which is now it’s like geek chic it’s like cool to be a geek. There’s like you know maybe 1520 years ago you know it may not have been seen as is that schools it is now as mainstream as it is now. But for me personally like of love this stuff for so long I’m loved you know playing video games have since I was really unlike insists only a favorite. Favorite video games and operative time I was accused intend to have brought out so I’m really not worried that time castle being a symphony of the night that was that was for PlayStation thing. And right now plan my minutes of the switch on the plane and aggregate sense then lastly witty go from here with that’s very efficient. Hopefully some more work that is that is for filling. You know China to plan my life too far in advance because every time about it I’ve been pleasantly or I’m pleasantly surprised that it doesn’t go to where the that a intended. So. Weapon what’s next after this is a mystic a second breeze and to visit impressed so there have been that resonate for me. Like dedicated muscle completely and wholly to a specific. Specific goal specific project. And hopefully some of those become across the doorstep. Well that’s the love that new country. I’m seeing you. Justice League is out today please take it out rate and the cats is a great movie. Lady for Janice we appreciate it. How the war.
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