When you're Shredder for Halloween as a kid, and now you get to play him, it's like a childhood dream come to life.
I grew up on comic books. 'X-Men' was my favorite team; Wolverine was my guy. At 8 years old, I dressed up as Wolverine with Adamantium claws that I made out of aluminum!
The ability to stretch my range into all genres and characters is something I take great pleasure in doing. I thoroughly enjoy it. I consider myself a character actor, though some think of me as a leading man. As an actor, I love shifting gears from character to character, and the more range I can expand, the better.
I watched all these movies like 'King Kong' and 'Godzilla' when I was growing up, and the fact that dinosaurs actually lived on this earth, the fact that they are not fake, made them very fascinating.
I love being part of these giant, epic movies. I take great pride in being part of them.
I've been a huge fan of the 'Jurassic Park' movies. It was one of the reasons why I wanted to be an actor.
I've always been a fan of Korean cinema but never really pursued it, as I wanted to pave my way here in the States. I figured, once I established myself here, Korea might take notice. And it did.
When Marvel got the rights to Namor, I thought I'd be the perfect fit.
