Creatives from Daredevil and Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol.
3 explain how Park Chan-wook’s film, currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, influenced their big battles.
Park Chan-wook’sOldboyhas grown older but no less lively than the day it was born.
The iconic fight scene in ‘Oldboy’ influenced similar scenes in ‘Daredevil’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3.'.Everett Collection (3)
When he is finally released, he naturally seeks revenge against his captors.
The truth he discovers is more horrifying than anything he could have imagined.
InOldboy, you feel every moment of what the character is feeling.
That’s why it is such a historic fight."
But conversely, that lack of perfection is exactly what makes the scene feel so real.
People go in for a move and realize it’s not time yet, so they second-guess themselves.
There’s so many things that happen that aren’t your traditional choreography of a dance step.
You have half beats in there, you have interrupted beats, you have broken rhythm.
I mean, they just do all of those things so well."
You always want to give some element that wasn’t in the original thing.
This scene putDaredevilon the map and is unabashedly indebted toOldboy.
In fact,in a recent interview withGQ,Guardians of the GalaxydirectorJames GunncalledOldboyone of his favorite comic-book movies.
“If there’s one scene that sticks out, it’s the hallway fight,” Gunn said.
“That was a huge inspiration to me.
you could see our own version of a hallway fight inGuardians 3.”
LikeOldboy’s battle, the climactic fight from Gunn’sGuardians of the Galaxy, Vol.
“It was shot over three days.
“It was very inspired by some Korean movies that James had seen,” Ceretti says.
“Oldboywas an inspiration, and this other movie calledThe Villainess.
I was worried, when we were shooting, that certain transitions would not always work.
SinceOldboy, many action choreographers have found spaces in their story for a single-take scene of battle.
“WhenOldboychoreographed that fight, they weren’t copying something else.
We want to feel every moment of that fight.’
So, the answer to how we actually do that was to do it in a single take.”
Brewster continues, “The beauty of what we do is that it is a form of art.
Oldboyis available to see in theaters in all its original glory.
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