Lewis Tan in ‘Secure Home’. Photograph: Vertical.
Out there in theaters, on digital and On-Demand starting October thirty first is the brand new motion film ‘Secure Home’, which was directed by Jamie Marshall, and stars Lewis Tan (‘Mortal Kombat’), Hannah John-Kamen (‘Thunderbolts*’), Ethan Embry (‘That Factor You Do!’), and Holt McCallany (‘Shot Caller’).
“Betrayal is the final word weapon.”
Launch Date: Oct 31, 2025
Moviefone not too long ago had the pleasure of talking with Lewis Tan about his work on ‘Secure Home’, his first response to the screenplay, working with the forged, capturing the motion sequences and collaborating on set with director Jamie Marshall.
Tan additionally mentioned his work on the upcoming ‘Mortal Kombat II’, Karl City becoming a member of the forged as Johnny Cage, and if we’ll see Shatterstar return to the MCU anytime quickly.
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Lewis Tan stars in ‘Secure Home’. Photograph: Kat Holt.
Moviefone: To start with, are you able to discuss your first response to the screenplay and its action-packed twist on the style?
Lewis Tan: Me and my group have been on the lookout for one thing sensible and grounded. The motion work that I have been doing beforehand has been somewhat extra fantasy primarily based with ‘Mortal Kombat’ and ‘Shadow and Bone’, and ‘Wu Assassins’, and this kind of stuff. We have been on the lookout for one thing sensible, grounded, however nonetheless had a really visceral and a strong storyline that we might make into an incredible motion thriller. Leon Langford wrote an incredible script. After I first learn it, it felt to me like somewhat little bit of ‘Reservoir Canines’ in a approach the place it is about these Secret Service brokers that witness a terrorist assault in Downtown LA, they usually get caught inside a protected home. As soon as they arrive at this protected home, they understand that one in every of them might be a part of this terrorist group or a rat. So, they’re making an attempt to determine who’s the rat whereas they’re being attacked by terrorists. So, it places somewhat little bit of a spin on that ‘Reservoir Canine’s strain. It isn’t simply the police are coming, it is like each jiffy there’s one thing that is occurring, and it simply retains elevating. So, Leon Langford wrote this nice script, and I used to be like, “Oh man, that is precisely what we have been on the lookout for.” So, I used to be very excited. That does not occur typically both.
MF: You talked about ‘Reservoir Canines’, however the film additionally provides off a ‘Die Laborious’ vibe. Was that film an affect on this mission?
LT: Properly, ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ got here to thoughts, and ‘Die Laborious’ got here to thoughts. Issues like ‘The Raid’, clearly this is not actually a martial artwork motion film, however there’s a whole lot of motion in it. Nevertheless it’s like this boiling strain pot continually, however the strain is derived by the drama too, and the relationships that these folks have within the room, which I’ve by no means executed something like that earlier than, and I have been actually wanting ahead to doing it. Then after I discovered who was forged alongside of us, all people that is within the forged are simply killers. So, it was cool.
(L to R) Ethan Embry, Holt McCallany and Lucien Laviscount in ‘Secure Home’. Photograph: Vertical.
MF: Within the film, the characters don’t know one another and should study to belief one another and work collectively on this heightened circumstance to attain a standard aim, which isn’t not like a brand new forged and crew coming collectively to make a film. What was it like working with the forged and attending to know them whereas the characters are attending to know one another?
LT: I see the place you are going with that. The film set dynamic generally is a little bit difficult as a result of there’s a whole lot of politics concerned, there’s a whole lot of egos concerned, and sure, it does relate to those characters indirectly. While you’re on a film set, a minimum of in my view, you attempt to create a household the place you possibly can create one thing, a bit of artwork, and you set the ego apart, and you set all this stuff apart, and also you attempt to create a bit of artwork collectively. That is the best way I like to take a look at it, as a result of I believe that is the best way that nice artwork will get made. These characters simply do not belief one another. They do not belief one another, they usually’re all from completely different elements of the federal government. They’re pressured to work collectively due to violent and life-threatening conditions which can be surrounding them at each given second, however they do not belief one another in any respect. This forged I trusted very nicely, Hannah John-Kamen I knew from earlier than, implausible actor. Lucien Laviscount, I met, nevertheless it was attention-grabbing as a result of we shot this film in LA, and it’s totally uncommon to shoot a film out right here in Los Angeles. Who would’ve thought that that might be one thing that I’d say, however it’s. We have been all simply excited as a result of nobody’s shot in LA for a very long time. So, it was a type of issues the place it is like, “Okay, that is thrilling. We get to shoot right here within the streets of Downtown LA. We’re blowing up vehicles and doing all this loopy stuff.” We had a really restricted time, very restricted price range, and all of us needed to make it nice. So, as quickly as I met and Holt (McCallany) and Ethan Embry and all these guys that are actually off doing nice issues, we have been all like, “Okay, guys, we acquired three weeks. Let’s make this a banger.”
MF: Are you able to discuss making ready for the motion sequences and the way concerned are you with the struggle choreography?
LT: So, Jamie Marshall isn’t any stranger to motion. He is labored on a whole lot of nice motion pictures like ‘Den of Thieves’, and Arnold Chun, the motion choreographer/stunt coordinator, is a really shut buddy of mine. I labored with Arnold on ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s Finish’, after I was doing stunts after I was 18 years outdated. So, we go approach again. He is tremendous gifted, and my strategy relating to that’s I prefer to work with actually nice gifted folks, after which these folks combined with my background in motion, we collaborate, and we discover a good center floor. That is often the way it works, until what they current is unimaginable and would not must be touched. Nevertheless it’s good to place somewhat little bit of the character’s aptitude on it. So, there was some collaboration. We did not have a whole lot of rehearsal time. We had perhaps a number of days, which I am used to at this level, however clearly, you would like for extra. My character is a Secret Service agent. He comes from a army background. It isn’t martial arts, it is extra real looking preventing and weapons, and utilizing no matter you possibly can round you, sensible, survival abilities that an actual agent would use. We had advisors there from SAS and from the police and those that have been there to be sure that we have been making it look genuine. I did my greatest to do this.
(L to R) Hannah John-Kamen and Lucien Laviscount in ‘Secure Home’. Photograph: Vertical.
MF: Do you suppose that the motion says as a lot in regards to the character because the story does?
LT: That is an incredible query. Yeah, 1000%. It was the good Stella Adler that stated, “Performing is every part else in between the phrases.” I agree with that as a result of the phrases are just one a part of it. It is every part you say in between. It is the vitality that you simply’re giving off. On the subject of motion, nothing speaks louder than motion, proper? Motion speaks louder than phrases and that is true. It is like you possibly can see how folks reply and the way they suppose and the way their feelings are primarily based on the issues that they are doing. So, that is why it should be essential, and it should be definitive and truthful inside the character. On this case, it is extra like sensible considering they usually’re in a state of affairs the place they’re coping with the unknown they usually’re making an attempt to outlive, they usually’re utilizing all the talents that they have to survive. So, we put somewhat aptitude on it, you recognize what I imply?
MF: What was it like collaborating with director Jamie Marshall on set?
LT: Oh, Jamie Marshall is only a legend. He is very calm and articulate. He is very affected person. He was underneath a whole lot of strain, with a brief period of time, rather a lot to do, a whole lot of motion, a whole lot of dialogue, a whole lot of every part. He was simply very calm and collaborative chief of the set. He is simply acquired an incredible demeanor about him. He loves motion pictures, and he is very prepared to take a seat there and talk about issues. However we did three intensive days of preparation with the script. So usually, once you get onto a set, folks speak, after which two hours go by of individuals making an attempt to resolve whether or not they are going to do what the script says that day. However should you do it beforehand, then you do not have to have these discussions on set, and issues could be a lot faster. So, that is what we did. Jamie was like, “Pay attention, guys, now’s the time to say something it is advisable to say earlier than we get to the set. Then we have to go, we have to run and gun as a result of we acquired a restricted time right here.”
Lewis Tan in ‘Mortal Kombat’. Photograph: Warner Bros.
MF: What are you able to inform us about ‘Mortal Kombat II’, which is scheduled to be launched subsequent 12 months?
LT: Properly, the reception we had at New York Comedian-Con was unimaginable. All people went loopy over a few of the footage that they noticed. I imagine there was a struggle scene that they confirmed between Johnny Cage and Baraka. The followers are simply the perfect followers on the planet. All I can say is that this, it was a studying course of on the primary film. It is a large IP. There’s 100 characters, it is rather a lot to get proper. The producer, Todd Garner, is sensible. He listens to the followers, and he listens to what individuals are saying on-line. Additionally, he introduced in Ed Boon (creator of the sport) to actually collaborate with us on the second film. So, the second film simply feels a lot larger. Now we have the match, they let the struggle group actually run wild with this, which I used to be actually hoping for, they usually ship. So, the movie is past what I believed it was going to be. After I first noticed it, I left the theater like, “Oh God, that’s approach higher than I believed.” There is a purpose why they simply greenlit a 3rd one. That is all I’ll say.
MF: What was it like working with Karl City and might you discuss his tackle Johnny Cage?
LT: Karl’s a gentleman, and a humorous man. He took it very severely. He labored arduous too; he is aware of the kind of strain that it’s to play a personality like that in a franchise like this that everyone loves. He is clearly a seasoned legend, however he did a extremely nice job. He did a special sort of Johnny Cage than most individuals have been anticipating. He took an enormous swing on it, and it actually paid off. He kills it within the film. Persons are going to like this. It is humorous as a result of my character within the first film was the one which was like, “What’s Mortal Kombat?” Now, Johnny Cage is put in that place of “What is that this? After which what is going on on? How come he is capturing flames out of his arms?” However because the movie goes on, he sinks into that Johnny Cage famous person, and it comes out slowly. So, it is an incredible efficiency and a great character arc, and it is acquired much more locations to go after this as nicely.
(Proper) Karl City as Johnny Cage in ‘Mortal Kombat 2’. Photograph: Warner Bros.
MF: Lastly, when do you suppose we’ll see Shatterstar return to the MCU and is there some other Marvel character that you simply want to see him group up with?
LT: I hope so, man. I believe Shatterstar is such an attention-grabbing character, and if we made a film about Mojoworld the place it had this ‘Mad Max’ meets ‘Blade Runner’ sort of vibe, that may be very related to now, as a result of Mojoworld is all about leisure. They have to the purpose of their world the place they reside stream these loss of life matches, and it is like watching Channel 9 at 1:00 p.m. in the course of the day, some cleaning soap opera or one thing. So, I simply suppose that if we’re not cautious, we could be heading in that route. But in addition, I believe it would be a hilarious and a enjoyable movie. So, yeah, man, I am right here. I am able to do it. But when not, there’s another areas into the Marvel world that I might be venturing into. So, we’ll see. That is all I can say. The Shatterstar character, it is not been totally fleshed out but. It is simply been cool cameos and humorous scenes, nevertheless it hasn’t actually been fleshed out, per se. So, I would prefer to see it give its correct due diligence.
‘Secure Home’ opens in theaters, on digital and On-Demand starting October thirty first .
What’s the plot of ‘Secure Home’?
Six federal brokers in hiding after a Los Angeles terror assault develop suspicious of one another as they understand the perpetrator might be amongst them.
Who’s within the forged of ‘Secure Home’?
- Lucien Laviscount as Anderson
- Hannah John-Kamen as Agent Owens
- Ethan Embry as Sorello
- Lewis Tan as Agent Choi
- Holt McCallany as Halton
- Adam Levy as Victor
Lewis Tan stars in ‘Secure Home’.