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The IESB has gotten their hands on the audition sides from the upcoming live action flick TEKKEN based on the popular video game of the same name (which has TEKKEN 6 coming to the USA sometime in 2008).
Audition sides just use certain scenes in the script, usually emotionally charged ones, to see how the actors would react in that situation. Weve gone through them all and have some character descriptions for ya plus a few details of the story.
Characters first
JIN Hero supreme with a serious drug problem, hes hooked on ZEN and does what he can to get his next fix. He has entered the tournament in order to get near MISHIMA to kill him. He finds out along the way that he is the son of KAZUYA and grandson of MISHIMA. He is the peoples favorite to win KING OF THE IRON FIST. Suffering from ZEN withdrawals and sweating profusely, he enters the arena to try out for the latest IRON FIST tournament, his opponent? MARSHALL LAW. *See KAZUYAs details for more on his lineage.
BONNER - The scene used for the sides for the character of BONNER is actually our first introduction to the character. Its about 10 minutes into the film and we find BONNER in his chop shop working on some underground black market kind of stuff listening to an old Black Eyed Peas song Pump It and singing along. A knock at the door rattles BONNER and his crew and they quickly cover up what they are working on. Luckily, its just BONNERs acquaintance JIN at the door with his latest run of illegal goods. He hands over the microprocessors and gets a fix of ZEN (via inhaler) in exchange. Clearly a ZEN junkie, JIN asks for more but BONNER doesnt give it out for free. JIN offers to take part in the fights later that evening in order to make some extra dough for BONNER so he will give him more ZEN.
BRYAN FURY Tekkens favorite cyborg is a part of the live action TEKKEN film. BRYAN FURY of the ONYX CORPORATION. We meet him as we should, flexing his muscles for all the world to see. With his muscles rippling, veins protruding and sweat beading, FURY is more machine than man. His skeletal structure was replaced by flexsteel. He is being blackmailed (sorta) by head villain Kazuya. Not sure for what, but Kazuya knows Bryans secret. Did I mention its illegal to have more that 30% of bodily enhancements in Iron Fist? FURY sports his famous eye to chin scar.
MISHIMA Head of TEKKEN Corporation that has taken over the world pretty much after the last big war. He sees TEKKEN as the saving grace of the human race, things were in complete disarray before the corporation stepped in and brought order to the world. He believes he is remaking the world. Of course, with great power comes great responsibility and it looks like TEKKEN CORP has gone overboard outlawing all sorts of things in the best interest of the people. And whats a big world dominating power without a big cage match to find the ultimate fighter? IRON FIST is TEKKENs version. The KING of the IRON FIST is the best fighter in town. MISHIMA doesnt seem as bad as he did in the video game. He may even have a change of heart about TEKKEN thanks to JIN.
KAZUYA MISHIMAs son who thinks his father is weak and he should be in control. Has waited for the torch to be passed down for a long time and is getting pretty frustrated with his father. Considering we find MISHIMA is the detention center later in the story with JIN going to him for help to escape, it looks like KAZUYA is the one who put him there and is now in power. He is also the one who raped JINs mom resulting in his birth.
MARSHALL LAW Remember the guy at the end of OVER THE TOP? The final arm wrestling opponent for Stallone? Well, maybe not many of you do, but thats SO this guy, MARSHALL LAW, hes the bad ass scary IRON FIST opponent that JIN fights to qualify. He breaks bones, wills and has a tendency to throw his opponents, well, at least whats left of his opponents. He demands respect from JIN, but JIN is the one who gets the respect instead.
STEVE FOX Former IRON FIST competitor turned IRON FIST ANNOUNCER. Give him a hand, hes British! He leads the open call fighters to the arena on opening day and helps JIN get through a tough match with MARDUK by revealing the fighters weak left knee. He also helps JIN discover who is really is. *See KAZUYA for more on that.
KING Current champion of the TEKKEN IRON FIST TOURNAMENT. His face is all over the advertisements TEKKEN IS KING.
In sides, there is always some left over dialogue from the page before or the page after. From what I gather from the TEKKEN sides, other than the scenes and character descriptions I described above, the fighters (Marduk, Phoenix, Anna and Nina - sisters, Christie, Raven, Gorgo, Fury, Dragunov and Jin) seem to have gathered together and are trying to escape from the Mishima complex, they are ordered to return to their rooms, but refuse and an intense action sequence ensues. A fighter dies.
Well thats what Ive garnered from the pages we received. The character seem pretty close to the game thus far with just a few added twists. Also, there is plenty of violence, blood and a lot of fucks that would constitute an R-rating.
Stay tuned to the IESB for further updates!
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