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" It's not often that I'm being called femme fatale. "
Elodie Yung
Being
Femme
Femme Fatale
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" 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
" 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
" I'm a girl, so I didn't really know about 'G.I. Joe' as a kid. I didn't watch the show. "
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Kid
Watch
Girl
" 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. "
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Good
She
Said
" I'm a black belt in karate. I grew up on the outskirts of Paris, and it was rough. "
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Up
Black
Belt
" I did a bit of karate - I'm a blackbelt - so I know how to move. "
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Bit
Move
Know
" 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
" Elektra met Matt, and she fell in love with him. And I think he brought some good out of her at some point in her life, and maybe she wants to figure out, by coming back to him, who she really is. She comes back because she misses him, and she's alone, and the only person she's ever loved is Matt. "
Elodie Yung
Good
Think
Alone
" When I was auditioning, I didn't know it was 'Daredevil.' Everything was secret. They're secret agents. They wouldn't give you any clues. I was a big fan of the show, and I think it helped me, once I got the part, to really understand the world that they live in. It helped me during shooting. "
Elodie Yung
You
Know
Live
" 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
" 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
" The Asian culture has to be a part of what we see on TV and in movies. "
Elodie Yung
Part
Asian
Movies
" 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
" No, I'm not a student of Snake Eyes, but we trained in the same dojo. "
Elodie Yung
Trained
Student
Snake
" 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
" You can't identify 100% with your character. "
Elodie Yung
You
Your
Identify
" 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
" Marvel's very secretive, and I'm not hiding anything, I'm not lying; it's just the way they are. "
Elodie Yung
Very
Anything
Hiding
" 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
" 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 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've done some movies before when you have months, or three weeks at least, to train and to learn choreography. "
Elodie Yung
Movies
Done
Learn
" It's been great to travel because I really enjoyed being 'Elektra', so it's not a problem talking about it. "
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Because
Great
Travel
" 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've experienced all the food and restaurants in New Orleans. I've been doing a bit of touristing when I have the day off, just walking in the French Quarter. To me, it's very, very surprising how people are so friendly. But no, it's very different from Paris. "
Elodie Yung
Walking
Day
Doing
" 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
" I think acting is a work of imagination. "
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Think
Work
Acting
" Personally, I've always had to face casting directors or producers saying, 'You're right for the part, but nahh, you're not quite what we're looking for.' "
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Looking
Always
Face
" 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. "
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Soul
Where
Through
" 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