Day 5

The Star is a practising Buddhist, right? You might think the following sequence would clash with his beliefs then:

THE MONK SUDDENLY SPINS, ATTACKING HIM.
A SECOND MONK JOINS IN. HE KILLS THE FIRST MONK.
HE KILLS THE SECOND MONK.

When we shoot the scene it looks good on the video monitor.
The setting is a funeral parlour, with mock marble columns, burning incense and a shrine dedicated to the young girl who has been killed by the bad guys. There is a quiet moment of contemplation for the main character, involving incense and some mumbling in Chinese. Then a flash of light. Then two mad monks, dressed in orange tunics, jump into frame and attack the star with swords.

He does his own stunt work in this bit and, credit where credit is due, he pulls off some nifty moves, swivelling and parrying the attacks from the sword-fighters. The fellas who play the monks are actually the same fighters used in earlier scenes. Minutes before the cameras rolled the makeup department were frantically shaving their heads to turn killer “monkey barbers” into deadly monks. The Magic of Movies.

I wasn’t quite sure where these assassins came from, plot-wise.
But you can always assume a team of homicidal monks are hanging around in the neighbourhood, in this star’s movies. Maybe that explains his permanently constipated look.