Count reclusive Matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski among Lost's obsessive fans.
So when it came time to cast the role of mystery man Racer X in their adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime series Speed Racer, they naturally braked for Matthew Fox.
"I didn't know Speed Racer at all," Fox admits. "I went into the meeting (with the Wachowskis) never knowing anything about Speed Racer. I wanted to work with the Wachowskis. That meeting went great and I went home with a script and I got the source material and watched a lot of Speed Racer. And the script blew me away. Then I went after the role. I went back to L.A. and I really went after it. I wanted it."
"It's a game-changer, in my opinion," Fox says of the bleeding-edge technology utilized to translate the source material's surreal landscape to the big screen. "(The digital cameras) are amazing and the information that they're capturing and then what can be done with that information in post-production is extraordinary ... It's unbelievable what it looks like. (...more)
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