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Sci Fi Wire 12/20/02: John Shea
Mutant X Speeds Up
John Shea, who stars as Adam on the hit syndicated SF series Mutant X, told SCI FI Wire that producers have addressed complaints about the show's preponderance of slow-motion shots. "That's already been changed," said the former co-star of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The changes will be evident in episodes airing in January.
"Every once in a while, there's a moment where you need to slow it down, because something will happen so quickly you can't see it," Shea said in an interview. "But what we've done is bring someone in from Jackie Chan's organization to work with us here as one of our stuntmen. Our fight coordinator works with Jet Li and comes from Hong Kong. So what we've decided is that when we shoot a fight scene, we're going to devote much more time to it. We just had a huge fight sequence I was involved in a couple of weeks ago, in an [upcoming] episode called 'A Whiter Shade of Pale.' We devoted an entire day, 10 hours, to shooting this one sequence. It's really cool, and there's no slow motion. In the first few episodes, [the slow motion] was like a new tool the editors had. I think they overplayed their hand. And I think we've got a new style of action that's evolving."
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