Interview with Devon for "Dead or Alive"

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Rotten Tomatoes: Your character in "Rogue" is Japanese. How long did it take you to learn? Did you speak it before?

Devon Aoki: No. I'm really kind of a California girl. I know I look like I'm straight off the boat from Japan, or China or any of those Asian countries. People always ask, 'What are you, Asian?' It was very cool to learn Japanese.

There are all these different nuances; if you say a sentence in Japanese, if you say it wrong with the wrong process, Japanese people aren't going to know what you're saying. They complain to me about other movies where someone has played a Japanese character and the dialogue is very difficult to understand, so I thought that I had to do it well enough so that it's clear.

RT: Can you tell us about the plot of "DOA?"

DA: Yes. My character is Kasumi, and she's a princess. She's never been outside the palace walls. She's been very, very sheltered, because she's a princess and that's the way it is…until the point where she actually decides to leave, she's basically been pretty sheltered but she's a capable fighter.

She finds out that her brother went to a DOA tournament, and he didn't come home. She wants to know if he's dead and why, and how can she make things better for herself and her family, because her brother was to be king. So she leaves the palace walls much to the dismay of everyone around her, including her loyal servant who is played by Kane [Kosugi]. Then she has this crazy half-sister who wants to kill her. She becomes a Shinobi, who is someone who has left the clan, and has basically wronged them.

This crazy half-sister is on this revenge quest to kill her, so she has the half-sister following her around. Her servant boy, who she has a crush on, and is a very skilled ninja, he's following her to make sure she's OK. So basically she goes to the DOA tournament a year later, where she's snooping around to find out about her brother.

While she's there, she has to fight people from all over the world. She is exposed to all these American things she's never been exposed to before. She's like a delicate little flower princess – well, not so delicate. It's just an eye-opening experience for her.

Full interview
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/c...entryid=332549

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A photo comparison of the character she's supposed to be playing... Kasumi



And from the movie...

[stammygirl]

And she is perfect for live action anime

[Tom-Pitra]

Originally Posted by stammygirl

And she is perfect for live action anime

Devon is beautiful and very nice girl.