The Great Wall’s crew had a ‘common language’
Actor Matt Damon says that there was a certain giddiness while making action-adventure fantasy The Great Wall (2016).
“Being on set, there was a certain giddiness we felt, as we were doing something that had never been done before. It is hard to do that in a medium that has been around for 100 years. There has never been a collaboration at this scale and the crew represented that,” says Damon.
The 2016 action-adventure fantasy was co-produced by Chinese and American companies.
Damon further says, “You had half Chinese crew and rest of them had a mix of Americans, South Africans, Europeans, Australians and people from New Zealand. We really were this international group.”
The actor further says, “We had a hundred translators running around the set trying to make sure everybody could understand each other. Then, at the same time, all of the cast and crew had made a lot of movies all over the world. So we had that common language among us. It was just really fun to be on set as the scale of the production is beyond imagination. It felt like a beautiful cultural collaboration. Everyone [on the film’s set] was sharing an art form that we love so much.”
Half of the crew [of The Great Wall] was Chinese and the rest were a mix of Americans, South Africans, Europeans, Australians and people from New Zealand. MATT DAMON ACTOR