TECKNOVIKING
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Well as the title say`s a few weekend ago`s (Nov 2-5),I had the pleasure to be at the Leicester Space Centre`s Scifi weekend con. I was there as a Colonial Marine of the UKCM & AlienLegacy board.
Anyway the hotel I stayed at also was the same hotel Ian & his wife were staying at, as well as Trevor Steedman (Wierzbowski from Aliens) & Terry English (Original Aliens Armour maker),Spat Oktan (Plastic Colonial Marine fans armour maker) & Harry Harris (Aliens Archives Collection) too.
What a fantastic guy Ian is & he had as much fun as we all did at the con & back at the hotel. He was certainly keen to join in with all of us fans.
I actually asked about AVP-R & also said due to contracts I understand he cannot give much away either.
Anyway my first question to him was about the newer trailer that we see a fair amount of the "sports shop massacre". I asked due to this being showed in length this is not a typical Hollywood cruising stunt of the juicy bits to sell the film?
Ian said NO there is plenty more & lots of neat tricks,gadgets to be seen yet too.
I asked about his making "Wolf" a homage to Kevin Peter Hall`s portrayal of the original Predator.
Ian was happy with his homage but of course at the same time wished to keep the character his own.
I asked about the Whip "Wolf" uses.
Ian said he`d spent plenty of time training & had on set the instructor. They went through several whips throughout the film too.
Oh I also asked about prop keeps,alas Ian hasn`t kept any props of his roles from either AVP film.
Along with our resident "Bug" abe (played by Gareth),we had a chat about the suits coming to life. How the acotr becomes the creature & not leaving it to the suit to do the work. That was pretty interesting to listern to.
Ian seemed very excited for the new AVP-R film & even when asked said he`d Jump at the chance to play a Predator again given the chance. That the fans seem to have taken to him & how he wants to give us the fans something via the film that really meant a lot to me at least. He was pretty sincere & at ease too as this was all in the hotel bar during the weekend.
So overall,I think we`ve got a Great guy bringing the Predator to life. The passion is certainly there & that he`s eager to be accepted by the fandom,well that is great to hear IMHO.
So I was already looking forward to AVP-R,now I`m really excited.
Here`s a few photos of that weekend.
Myself & Ian
Now this was a beaty of a weapon & Ian was keen to have a hold
A costume Pred (friendlyskies),Myself & Ian
Ian on the UKCM rifle range...Shooting ME!!!
Ian meeting Predators (Not my photos)
Sunday evening meal with the best bunch of guys & gals
Well hope you don`t mind my sharing this story.
Sorry I didn`t have anything more juicy though I understand the part of contracts so wanting going to push.As I for one would love to see Ian in the future return to the role of Predator.
Jason
Anyway the hotel I stayed at also was the same hotel Ian & his wife were staying at, as well as Trevor Steedman (Wierzbowski from Aliens) & Terry English (Original Aliens Armour maker),Spat Oktan (Plastic Colonial Marine fans armour maker) & Harry Harris (Aliens Archives Collection) too.
What a fantastic guy Ian is & he had as much fun as we all did at the con & back at the hotel. He was certainly keen to join in with all of us fans.
I actually asked about AVP-R & also said due to contracts I understand he cannot give much away either.
Anyway my first question to him was about the newer trailer that we see a fair amount of the "sports shop massacre". I asked due to this being showed in length this is not a typical Hollywood cruising stunt of the juicy bits to sell the film?
Ian said NO there is plenty more & lots of neat tricks,gadgets to be seen yet too.
I asked about his making "Wolf" a homage to Kevin Peter Hall`s portrayal of the original Predator.
Ian was happy with his homage but of course at the same time wished to keep the character his own.
I asked about the Whip "Wolf" uses.
Ian said he`d spent plenty of time training & had on set the instructor. They went through several whips throughout the film too.
Oh I also asked about prop keeps,alas Ian hasn`t kept any props of his roles from either AVP film.
Along with our resident "Bug" abe (played by Gareth),we had a chat about the suits coming to life. How the acotr becomes the creature & not leaving it to the suit to do the work. That was pretty interesting to listern to.
Ian seemed very excited for the new AVP-R film & even when asked said he`d Jump at the chance to play a Predator again given the chance. That the fans seem to have taken to him & how he wants to give us the fans something via the film that really meant a lot to me at least. He was pretty sincere & at ease too as this was all in the hotel bar during the weekend.
So overall,I think we`ve got a Great guy bringing the Predator to life. The passion is certainly there & that he`s eager to be accepted by the fandom,well that is great to hear IMHO.
So I was already looking forward to AVP-R,now I`m really excited.
Here`s a few photos of that weekend.
Myself & Ian
Now this was a beaty of a weapon & Ian was keen to have a hold
A costume Pred (friendlyskies),Myself & Ian
Ian on the UKCM rifle range...Shooting ME!!!
Ian meeting Predators (Not my photos)
Sunday evening meal with the best bunch of guys & gals
Well hope you don`t mind my sharing this story.
Sorry I didn`t have anything more juicy though I understand the part of contracts so wanting going to push.As I for one would love to see Ian in the future return to the role of Predator.
Jason
