| FEARS Enters the Arena of WWE Superstar KANE to talk SEE NO EVIL! |
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| Friday, 19 May 2006 | |
 BY Joseph B. MauceriPhotos taken at NY Comic Con (c) Rich Buxo Kane is one of the major Superstars in the WWE galaxy, and SEE NO EVIL marks his motion picture debut. On October 5, 1997, the world first laid its eyes on Kane when he appeared at Bad Blood. Standing in the ring at 7-feet tall and more than 300 pounds, Kane ripped off the cage door during a match between Shawn Michaels and Undertakeróthe first-ever ìHell in the Cellîóand a new era in wrestling was born. The Big Red Monster has been terrorizing opponents and making waves ever since. During his career, Kane has earned distinction and has continued to climb the ranks. At ìKing of the Ring ë98,î Stone Cold and Kane clashed in a ìFirst Bloodî match, in which the first competitor to make his opponent bleed would win the match. As an added stipulation, Kane promised that if he lost heíd set himself on fire. This match gave Kane a distinct advantage over Stone Cold; since he wore a mask and most of his body was covered by his red costume, it was nearly impossible to confirm if he was bleeding. Despite the relentless, intense assault upon one another by both wrestlers, at the end of the day, Kane was the last man standing. Over the years Kane has yet to recapture a world title of any sort, although he has enjoyed several reigns as the Intercontinental, Hardcore, and World Tag Team Championships ñ that he held with Rob Van Dam. Now exposed, Kane remains one of the most dominant forces on RAW and is now transformed into the seven feet tall, four hundred pounds, rusty steel plate screwed into his skull, razor-sharp fingernails that pluck out his victimsí eyes, reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight in his film debut - SEE NO EVIL. FEARS: How did you first hear about SEE NO EVIL ?  Kane: Iíd actually heard rumors about it. Then my boss, Vince McMahon, came to me and said he had a project for me that he was excited about. Vince is one of those guys that when he tells you about something and he is excited about it, itís a good thing.FEARS: Staying in top physical shape for your work in wrestling takes up a lot of your time. When you stepped on to the film set did you find you were more or less physically prepared for what would be required of you on SEE NO EVIL ? Kane: Actually, I was very prepared for. Itís funny because they talked about bringing in a stuntman and I donít do the stunt man thing. Everyone one on the set was cool but I found that I related to the stuntmen more. Thatís my line of work and we shared tips with each other on how to do some stuff. It was great because not only did I learn some stuff from them but they learned some stuff from me as well. FEARS: Given the level of showmanship you need to be in the ring, what do you feel about your wrestling career prepared you the most for acting? Kane: We do our show live. I think that prepared me the most. Iím use to extremely stress filled situations and getting things done right the first time. Because of that we donít have the comfort of being able to do things time and again. I know that my performance has to be right on the first time I do it. That was the most important thing for me. By the same token, once I had to do something 15 or 20 times, what was going through my head was, ìWhat am I not doing right?î So because our show is live every take has to be a good take and that prepared me extremely well for this. FEARS: Given the nature of this character, did you do anything special to prepare so you could get into his head? Kane: I didnít really have to. Like a lot of people, Iím fascinated by the criminal mind and by psychopaths. Iíve read a bunch of books, just in my general reading, and Iíve watch a lot of movies that help me to have an understanding of what makes psychopaths tick. To that I added my own touches. FEARS: Over the years Iíve had the pleasure of interviewing many actors whoíve played madman, murders, and sociopaths. Theyíve all mentioned that at one time or another they played a particularly nasty character who surfaced in their psyche several weeks after the film was done. In wrestling you have to deal with that emotional roller coaster more often, but have you been in a situation where youíre wrestling persona or John Goodnight, the character you play in SEE NO EVIL , just suddenly surfaced in your daily life? Kane: Not specifically, but people will say some things at times and you kind of advise them against doing that. I know what Kane: is capable of, and thatís not a good thing. I can understand how when you get immersed in something like that how it could change your thinking, especially in a very stress filled situation. FEARS: Your character, Jacob Goodnight, has an arsenal of weapons at his disposal. Did you have to a bit more training with the weapons to get a feel for them, as you would for the ring? Kane: To some extent. We actually tried them out and worked with long before we got to them on set where we had other things going on in a scene, like guns going off. So I took some of them home and work with them. FEARS: Some of your wrestling predecessors have gone on beyond the squared circle to have interesting public lives, such as Governor Ventura. How do you see this film in terms of your career, now and in the future?  Kane: Between the wrestling and the movies it can really be an integrated career. I think that the better I do in one, the better Iím going to do in the other. So I donít necessarily look at it as two separate things but as one career.FEARS: But any aspirations for public office? Kane: I donít know! If Arnold, ìThe Terminator,î can be governor of California, I canít imagine what changes I could make in public office. FEARS: If the box office numbers are there and a sequel comes up would you be interested in reprising your role of Jacob Goodnight or are you concerned that you might become typecast, like a Robert Englund as Freddy or Doug Bradley as Pinhead? Kane: Iíd love to do another one. I actually read and article about Robert Englund when I was working on this film in Australia. Yeah, heís stuck with Freddy, but with a character of that magnitude I wouldnít consider it as anything to be stuck with. I know that he always wanted to do other stuff, and I know where heís coming from, but a lot of people would give their eye teeth to be in that situation. So if the situation presents itself I would love to do another one. FEARS: Right now are there any other potential WWE Films or is it a matter of waiting to see what happens with this one? Kane: I think thereíll be other films for WWE Films, and Iím sure a lot of that will be contingent upon how this one does. Iíve seen the almost finished product and I think itís a solid film, and I was blown away by it. So I think it will do really well. I think it will help propel our film division to where we want it to go. To view large scale images and more images, the trailer, and an exclusive clip click on SEE NO EVIL to visit the FEARS Film Page. LINK THIS ARTICLE             |
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