

But this has all been a whole education.ĬB: To start the movie, where do we find Tommy? What is the audience's introduction?ĪK: Yeah. I mean, it's a bit pretentious this can sound. You can learn from the character as much as the character. I think that every role comes into your life for a reason, to learn from, or grow, or evolve from.

The whole world, and Tommy and Storm Shadow.Īnd I've got a philosophy.

So yeah, this was a whole education about the whole thing. because for me personally, I mean this whole production, everyone was wanting to make sure the fans were happy. And I guess, once I got a role, I really started talking to all the fans, and trying to find out. But the proper introduction I'd say was all of this, really. In England, we got, I think it was called Action Force and I was more into video games and stuff. The Introduction (Photo: Snake Eyes / Paramount)Ĭ: I want to start at the beginning of this Snake Eyes journey for you and hear about your introduction to Storm Shadow.Īndrew Koji: My introduction. And I think just like any other job, you take the knowledge and experience you get into the next one." Still, the swordplay required a bit of heavy lifting to acclimated to the word of Storm Shadow.įollowing the release of the new trailer for the Snake Eyes movie, check out 's exclusive interview with Koji in full below! "Luckily I was prepared with this TV show I did before Warrior," Koji exaplined. Koji has plenty of experience in the action realm and he is quick to thank his experiences for bringing the best out of Tommy in Snake Eyes. because for me personally, I mean this whole production, everyone was wanting to make sure the fans were happy." "I really started talking to all the fans, and trying to find out. Admittedly, the actor was not tremendously familiar with the character before Snake Eyes but has since taken the time to educate himself on the lore and the fandom. "The proper introduction I'd say was all of this," Koji said of getting to know Storm Shadow. Koji talked with to celebrate the launch of the film's full trailer For Koji, this new film is very much an introduction to Storm Shadow as it will be for the audience as the franchise begins anew and sets up the well known story of brotherhood between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.

This new GI Joe film is aiming to be on origin story for Henry Golding's titular assassin but it seems to be a beginning across the board, both on screen and behind the camera. With the first full trailer for Snake Eyes came a look into the world of Andrew Koji's Tommy, a character known to GI Joe fans as Storm Shadow.
