Rain said, "No blue screen was used during the Ninja Assassin shoot."

"I attended the Ninja Assassin shoot, determined to bring sure death."

After Rain's first hollywood leading role movie Ninja Assassin (director/James Mac Teigue) opened itself to the public for the first time in Korea, he spoke to Sports Hankook reporters. Ninja Assassin preview was given in Korea before its promotion in America.

Rain spoke his mind, "I was determined to bring death, building up my body and acting my actions with the movie 300's stunt team. I thought during the shoot, 'It's the only way I must do', and was determined to accomplish the objective without fail." after the VIP preview of Ninja Assassin at Lotte Cinema in Kwangjingoo, Seoul, on the 6th.

In the movie that was full of action as expected, and caught the eye of many with its bloodier scenes than expected, Rain showed his astounding actions with the reveal of his perfect muscles as the character of Raizo under Ozunu's command.

Rain laughed by saying, "In spite of a hollywood movie, it wasn't ever shot against the blue screen. I was asked to act after many rehearsals. During the shoot, they tied my body to the end of a wire, but I actually did the stunt actions later because I was not satisfied though. When I was clinging to the overhang, jumping down at altitude, I also had my nails off, however, that was not really a problem."

Rain has been receiving attention from the hollywood as an action star over 'Bruce Lee', and is expected to be portrayed as new paradigm of action in the 21st century because he is taller and more energetic than 'Bruce Lee'.

Rain also played the exceptionally difficult part with surprising depth and great emotion in the movie. On the day, 'Lee Hyo-Li', 'Girl Generation', 'Kim Seon-Ah', 'Lim Soo-Jeong', 'Cha Taw-Hyun', and 'Lee Cheon-Hee' participated in the VIP preview and clapped their hands.

Rain added, "It'll play in 2,800 theaters all over America, so I sure have high expectations, and hope this movie to do well at the box office." and '"After going over to America on the 11th and promoting the movie in America and Canada, I'll leave for Hong Kong where my Asia Tour concert will be held at the end of this month."

Movie Matrix's producer 'Joel Silver' and directors 'the Wachowski brothers' have tracked the project of Ninja Assassin over the last decade, and came to shape their plan by starring Rain in Ninja Assassin after working with him during the Speed Racer shoot.

Ninja Assassin ranked as one of the year's top 50 and 10 movies, by UK's 'The Times' on-line and San Francisco's Examiner each.

Rain will hold a press conference with the journalists from Asia countries, Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singarpore, and Taiwan, to promote Ninja Assassin in Korea on the 9th.

Source: Daily Hankook
Brief translation credit: rain bird@rain-eu.com