And she’s bent on revenge against those who wronged her.
DeBose insisted on doing her fight scenes herself.
I love action films, fell in love withAtomic Blonde, and I was like, Oh!
Ariana DeBose as Rose in ‘Love Hurts’.Credit:Universal Pictures
I want to be as fierce as Charlize one day!
This was a cool opportunity to work with a group of people who know how to do this.
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Ke Huy Quan as Marvin and Ariana DeBose as Rose in ‘Love Hurts’.Universal Pictures
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“I remember Ari showing me [her arm and saying], ‘Look at this, Ke.
Is this normal?'”
Ariana DeBose as Rose in ‘Love Hurts’.Universal Pictures
“I said, ‘Sorry, Ari, it is.
That’s what it takes to make these.'”
“It was a rough moment.
I’m not going to lie,” she admits.
“But it comes with the territory.
It’s kind of like earning your stripes.
“I just went in and did the thing and had a damn good time doing it.”
Still, Quan remembers the quiet hush and gasps that fell over the room when DeBose’s injury happened.
“There was just silence on set,” he recalls.
“But she toughed it out.”
Both stars were all in, injuries be damned.
“The reason why I wanted to study martial arts is because I wanted to do it in movies.
I’m influenced by all those incredible action stars that came before this.
It wasn’t easy.
They loved every minute of it, though.
And love, well… hurts.
Love Hurtshitstheaters on Friday.
