Squadron 42: Behind the Scenes - John Rhys-Davies

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   The motion capture is a nightmare. It's an iron band around your head. And I swear Mark's is lighter than mine. Um but you can't get too close to your fellow actors you because you've got this this boom thing hanging out here. And you've got three little cameras there. And because they're that close to your face, they're effectively fish eyes. So, you look at yourself on the monitor and you have the biggest honk you can imagine. This is Lieutenant Commander Colton. It's lovely to work with Mark again. We have a lot of fun together and I I play a man called Graves who actually served with the old man, as he's called, Mark's character, in the 118 squadron. You fight or you die. Everybody who can fight grab a

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   weapon. And both Mark and John work with me in Wing Commander 3 and 4 and when I started doing Star Citizen and Squadron 42, I wanted to bring back some of the the people and other character of you know, Commander Steve Colton, his call sign's old man, and Graves who's sort of running security on the station. It just sort of felt like a natural fit for Mark and John. So, I sort of talked to them about coming and you know, it's kind of fun with people you're friends with and you have a lot of respect for. All right, listen up. This is not a drill. Security personnel will evacuate now to the lower levels immediately. He's a grand old British actor and you know, and he's got awesome stories and he's a really lovely man. So, a lot of fun. Come on now. Let's get you rearmed and reloaded.

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   This is possibly the most important battle you'll ever fight. This is the current state of the art of motion capture and and that's one of the reasons why this project is really A fun to do, but really quite important. Technology and the techniques that we are learning and and and finding now will probably find themselves in medicine, in education, uh because you can it's it's a real interaction. Wait. We're done. And that nice, modest young Englishman, Chris, is at the forefront of this and you know, I cheer him on. I cheer him on. He always had an extraordinary patience. And uh

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   he's he's just very comfortable around actors these days. And what comes across of course he likes the people he works with. I really am enjoying doing this. Sit back in your seats. This is going to be a hell of a ride.