I think I would have been so flustered without all of that.ĬDM: I love that you have matching tattoos that Margot Robbie did for you guys! Was it nice working on a film where the cast-members became so close-knit and almost like a family? I had a lot of fun filming all the action scenes because I had a little bit of training. KAREN: Yes! I used to fight in the forms division and that really helped out with learning the fight choreography I think, because a lot of the things that we learned it was about the intent behind every move, and otherwise it just becomes this dance-choreography kind of fight. It’s an exciting time to be in Hollywood right now because there is a shift going on right now with the African-American actress and actor community coming together, and I think we need more of that for Asians as well.ĬDM: Before ‘Suicide Squad’ you already had a brown striped belt in karate - did you find this helped you in preparation for the intensive training that went into the film? It’s nice and fresh to see different body-types and different races being portrayed on TV. Even on Halloween it was hard to decide what to be when none of the Disney Princesses are really… I mean you have Mulan, and that’s about it. KAREN: I’ve said this many times, but I think it’s great to have a variety of different races and diversity, and seeing that on screen- because growing up in the States I didn’t really have a role-model to look up to. I love both sides of it, but right now I’m enjoying this side.ĬDM: You said about Katana, "I hope that Katana is a hero that little girls can look up to." Do you think it’s important for young girls to have role-models to look up to, especially in an industry where female roles in movies are so often over-sexualised and degraded? Then I was a reporter for a sports show in Japan and I still do that today, so that was starting when I was 18 and I’m 24 now. KAREN: I started off on a show on Disney when I was in middle-school, I think I did that for five-ish years. I think from that though I got a crash-course on not getting nervous around superstars, but yeah it was a really unique experience. KAREN: Oh of course, it’s interesting because now I’ve been on both ends, and I know how hard it can be to interview someone, especially remembering questions and sometimes you’re nervous. Do you find that has given you a unique perspective now that you’re the one being interviewed all the time? I think that every character is somewhat an extension of yourself and so because of that, having different actors or actresses play the same role even if the character description is the same, you bring your own flavour to it, and I think that is what is so fun about doing this as a career, you can have so much freedom after allowing yourself to have that freedom.ĬOUP DE MAIN: You used to be a TV reporter, interviewing the likes of Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom. We spoke to Karen Fukuhara while she was in New Zealand for Armageddon Expo, about asian representation in pop culture, working on ‘Suicide Squad’, and her acting career… She’s been involved in the world of film for a while though - and was previously a journalist, even interviewing the likes of Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly. Karen Fukuhara made her debut film appearance in last year’s ‘Suicide Squad’ - not bad for for the young 25-year-old actress.
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