This is theJackie Chanmovie I always wished I could make, Feig tellsEntertainment Weekly.
Hes the master of panicked fighting versus I’m cool, and I’m going to take you on.
It’s notBruce Lee.
John Cena and Awkwafina in ‘Jackpot’.Dan McFadden/Prime Video
It’s the Get away from me, get away from me punch in of action.
I don’t like mayhem and action for action’s sake.
Awkafinas Katie is meant to represent all of us watching.
Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and John Cena in ‘Jackpot’.Dan McFadden/Prime Video
“She is the audience, explains Feig.
Katie ends up with the winning lottery ticket after having to borrow clothes from her terrible Airbnb host.
This is when she first gets attacked, Feig says of the scenario.
Awkwafina and John Cena in ‘Jackpot’.Dan McFadden/Prime Video
She’s at an audition because she’s a struggling actor, and everything blows up.
If it’s a lot of shooting, I have no interest in those movies.
I don’t like all that gunplay and stuff.
John Cena and Awkwafina in ‘Jackpot’.Dan McFadden/Prime Video
This is really primal survival, but it’s not toxically aggressive.
It is not ugly.
But you’re never going, like, That’s upsetting.
Director Paul Feig with stars John Cena and Simu Liu on the set of ‘Jackpot’.Dan McFadden/Prime Video
The stakes have to be real.
There has to be real danger.
It has to be very believable characters, and then you put them in an extreme situation.
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