"It was hard to figure out how to explain this guy who in the last movie was a doctor then became this madman and then a soldier and then becomes this guy." But he spent more time working on the look for mysterious ninja Snake Eyes. I needed to do it for Joe's sake," he said. "I definitely wanted the silver mask, it's just so iconic. But Chu went to great lengths to get him right in his sequel. The villain Cobra Commander is just as well known as the Joes themselves, and in Rise of Cobra his character got a little, um, muddled. "That was Cobra command when I went over there."ĭon't Screw Up Cobra Commander's Mask (or Snake Eyes' Costume) All I knew was that I showed up at our warehouse and they had two of 'em," Chu laughed. "I have no idea where they got the tanks. I just kind of wanted it to be what I remembered." To get it right, Chu's props folks bought Russian tanks, tore them apart and remade them in the Cobra tank style. tank and they just didn't feel like H.I.S.S. tank – we tried to do really futuristic designs of the H.I.S.S. Each one was a different result, to be honest," Chu said. We tried to pull it back, try to be traditional. So he revised it again and again and again. "He had more to say about his action figure and what weapons he should have with his action figure and what the costume should be than anyone on Earth," Chu said.Īs a guy who used to play with Joes in his backyard for hours, Chu knew just how important it was to get their gear perfect. RZA, being a massive martial arts movie fan did, however, have serious opinions about his character once he came on. So the fact that that was written into the script we had to find someone to fit that," Chu said.
"The Blind Master traditionally is an African-American blind ninja master from the streets of, I want to say Baltimore or something. Luckily, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura knew the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA. When your script calls for the Blind Master, there's pretty much no one better to fill the role than a guy whose rap crew is named after a martial arts film.
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