By Emily Vines
As the star of movies like Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and Romeo Must Die (’00), Jet Li is renown as a martial arts action hero. In a new spot for Sony PlayStation 2’s "Jet Li: Rise to Honor," directed by Kinka Usher of House of Usher Films, Santa Monica, via TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, Li brings his new video game character Kit Yun to life.
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CLIENT
Sony PlayStation 2/"Jet Li: Rise to Honor."
PRODUCTION CO.
House of Usher Films, Santa Monica.
Kinka Usher, director; Paul Cameron, DP; Steve Ross, executive producer; Richard Amend, production designer; Joseph Viskocil, special effects coordinator; Nick Brett, stunt coordinator. Shot at Hollywood Center Studios.
AGENCY
TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles.
Jerry Gentile, creative director; Doug Mukai, art director; Brett Craig, copywriter; Anh-Thu Le, producer; Kristine Ling, assistant producer.
EDITORIAL
Venice Beach Editorial, Los Angeles.
Bill Chessman, editor; Billy Sacdalan, assistant editor; Peter Smith, assistant editor; Hunter Conner, executive producer; Cristy Pacheco, post producer.
POST
Company 3, Santa Monica.
Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist; Missy Papageorge, producer.
Independent Post, Santa Monica.
Brian Robinson, online editor/effects artist.
AUDIO POST
Margarita Mix de Santa Monica.
Jimmy Hite, mixer.
MUSIC
Elias Arts, bicoastal.
David Wittman and Christopher Kemp, composers; Dayna Turcotte, head of production; David Gold, creative director; Ryann Davis, production coordinator.
SOUND DESIGN
Soundelux Design Music Group, Hollywood.
Tom Ozanich, sound designer; Darlene Gorzela, executive producer; Shari Christensen, senior producer.
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More