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" I did a bit of karate - I'm a blackbelt - so I know how to move. "
Elodie Yung
Bit
Move
Know
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" You can't identify 100% with your character. "
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You
Your
Identify
" I don't carry sai blades for the sake of it in my personal life. I had to learn how to manipulate the sais. It was very tricky, because it's a weird shape. It's like a big fork. There's a lot of ways that you can use them, but it's not like a sword. "
Elodie Yung
Life
Weird
Learn
" I think acting is a work of imagination. "
Elodie Yung
Think
Work
Acting
" When I was nine, my father said 'You can take piano lessons or do karate' - I had a black belt and was competing before I was 19. "
Elodie Yung
Before
Black
Father
" Elektra isn't a villain and isn't a good girl, but as Frank Miller said, she is one of the villains with a weak streak in them, and that's a failure that I tried to explore. "
Elodie Yung
Good
She
Said
" That's the Elektra I tried to portray: one that's always in the grey. She is a tortured soul. "
Elodie Yung
I Tried
Always
Tried
" For me, being comfortable is the best way to express my personality. Some days I like to be chill and wear my Stan Smiths with a cool little jacket, a blouse, and some lipstick for night, and that's it. "
Elodie Yung
Personality
Way
Night
" On paper, I refuse to position myself as a victim and say, 'Oh, see, this is hard for me, and I'm never going to get any work because they're never gonna look for a half-French, half-Cambodian girl.' I've always said, 'Carry on and work on your job, and at some point, it'll come.' "
Elodie Yung
Girl
Look
Me
" I do feel privileged to play Elektra, because definitely she is a strong female character. She's a strong character. It would be nice if eventually we'd just say she's a strong character, not a strong female character. "
Elodie Yung
Feel
Play
Strong
" I'd guess that every American action film would be different. It's just training, training hard, training a lot. Then trying to give your best performance on the day, and I've been lucky so far. "
Elodie Yung
Day
Action
American
" I really think I tried to capture the essence of the comics: what I thought would be the essence of Elektra. And then, as any character that I play, I really tried to dig inside me and try to reach real emotions and transpose that in her world, in who she is. "
Elodie Yung
Think
World
Thought
" You want to enjoy your night, and you don't want to suffer in your heels too long. Lipstick compensates for the lack of heels. It's a good option, and it works. "
Elodie Yung
Lipstick
Good
Enjoy
" I learned about the psychology behind Elektra and that excited me. And then I read the 'Daredevil' comics, especially when they met because I wanted to get an understanding of the relationship between Elektra and Matthew. "
Elodie Yung
Me
Behind
Relationship
" I always work with a coach. That's just a personal thing that I like to do. During interviews, you'll hear more of my accent, and I'll stress the wrong words. "
Elodie Yung
You
Stress
Words
" I wanted to have some disdain in the way that she fights sometimes, because I think Elektra is a bit careless, like, 'You're in my way - get out.' "
Elodie Yung
Think
She
Like
" I think I would choose to do things because they are interesting, because I like a character or because it's very well-written. Or because it makes sense. "
Elodie Yung
Character
Choose
Interesting
" I had no idea who Elektra was. When the producers asked me before I booked the job, I had to tell them. It was a great surprise when I actually got the job. "
Elodie Yung
Surprise
Got
Great
" I'm lucky to play Elektra. So far, it's the most exciting part I've ever had to play. I've done the physicality a bit before, and I enjoy it. "
Elodie Yung
Lucky
Done
Before
" This is not the story of Elektra from the comics. We're telling the story of 'Daredevil.' In this aspect, the storylines accentuate the sociopathic tendencies in her. The writers wanted to highlight that Elektra is quite manipulative and doesn't seem to have a conscience. "
Elodie Yung
Seem
Conscience
Her
" I never do things fearing I could do right or wrong. I just do it because I just follow my guts. This is really how I did it for 'Elektra' because I was just amazed by all the comics. I was good for me to get inspired by them, and I just follow my guts for the rest. "
Elodie Yung
Follow
Right
Wrong
" I'm a girl, so I didn't really know about 'G.I. Joe' as a kid. I didn't watch the show. "
Elodie Yung
Kid
Watch
Girl
" It's not often that I'm being called femme fatale. "
Elodie Yung
Being
Femme
Femme Fatale
" For Elektra, I just wanted to be very clear. She's traveled the world. She didn't go to boarding school, but that's the type of girl that she'd be. So, I just wanted to make sure that I could bring that to her, which goes through the language. "
Elodie Yung
Girl
Her
Language
" I would love to appear in 'The Defenders.' I don't know - because hopefully she'll maybe be on the bad side. I don't know - I don't know what they'd do with Elektra in 'The Defenders,' but that would be a good dynamic, I think - to be confronted by these four superheroes, and I think it would be interesting - I'd be curious to see what they do. "
Elodie Yung
Love
Think
Interesting
" Some of the writers definitely got inspired by some of the story lines, but we are evolving in the 'Daredevil' story. So when it comes to 'Elektra', they didn't follow one of her specific story lines, you know. They really tried to capture what comes through the comics, but there's not one specific storyline. "
Elodie Yung
Capture
You
Story
" I'm a black belt in karate. I grew up on the outskirts of Paris, and it was rough. "
Elodie Yung
Up
Black
Belt
" I would ask to tweak stuff during the action, because I thought Elektra would more likely express herself with a slap, for example. I wanted to keep the characteristics of my character even during the fights and express the violence as she would do it, not like somebody else would. "
Elodie Yung
Thought
Action
Violence
" I don't see myself as exotic. "
Elodie Yung
Exotic
See
Myself
" I got 'Elektra: Assassin,' and that's where I learned that she was a tortured soul. She's been through a lot and was possibly psychologically unstable. "
Elodie Yung
Soul
Where
Through
" We can list a bunch of actors who have embodied characters that aren't their nationalities, and I think that's the beauty of acting. "
Elodie Yung
List
Who
Think