Close Encounters
MILLA JOVOVICH
FACE TO FACE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS
Monsters beware: the Alice actor is back, and taking no prisoners
Words by Darren Scott
No stranger to monsters, Milla Jovovich spent months in far-flung lands, staring into the sky in order to recreate Capcom’s sprawling videogame franchise Monster Hunter. And she was sure to immerse herself in the character before shooting began. “I did play the game to prepare for the movie, which was great,” she laughs. “My daughter would be like, ‘Mom, you’ve been playing that videogame for hours’. I’m like, ‘It’s my work. It’s not for my pleasure at all!’”
Monster Hunter looks quite demanding – or is that the magic of cinema?
Oh no, it was really gruelling. It was a very challenging production. My husband Paul [WS Anderson, director] wanted to shoot as much in real life as possible, and put the monsters in the computer at the very end, but he wanted the landscapes to be real. So we went to some of the most remote locations to shoot this.