Our FAVORITE Ninja Assassin interview.

And why is that? Well, just look at Rain. Look at him. He was the most relaxed and the most chatty in English than we had EVER seen him (and the Korean Beacon understood the reason behind that). He would just jump into the conversation whenever he felt like it. So cool. So natural. He did a wonderful job here, he and McTeigue.

This is also our favorite because Rain and McTeigue go into detail and clear up the matter of Raizo’s name and nationality. (We never understood why more people didn’t figure it out to begin with, instead of bitching about a Korean guy playing a Japanese guy—it wasn’t that difficult. Ozunu-sama is Japanese and gave Raizo his Japanese name. And where did the ridiculous idea come from that actors can only play characters of the same ethnicity anyway? Do you realize just how limiting that is, people? Black Americans can’t play Africans or Cubans? Whites can’t play Germans or Swedes unless they are German or Swedish? Asians can’t play other Asians or Asian-mixes or Asian Americans? Mexicans can’t play Spaniards or whites because they aren’t Spanish or white? How silly. The best actor should get the role. Acting is an illusion, not reality.)

Their rapport here makes us hope that there will be a NINJA ASSASSIN 2 one day, preferably right after Rain gets out of the military because then, his body will already be incredibly cut and he won’t have the hell of scarfing boiled chicken for eight months. McTeigue: “He [Rain] likes me more than I like him, actually.” LOL!

» You can read Korean Beacon’s article that accompanies Rain’s interview HERE, on their website. Enjoy this, Clouds.

— Stephe ^@@^

Korean Beacon Interview with Rain, November 2009, in English and English-subbed. (credit: koreanbeacon.com)