I hit one of the lights, and I remember hearing the casting director and David gasp. But it was cutting it really close, and when you’re in the zone, you can’t really be careful because you’re going all out. ![]() During my sword-fighting portion of the audition, I tried to calculate my arm’s length and the sword’s length so I wouldn’t hit those things. I remember the room wasn’t very big, and they had big photo lights on either side of me. They were very secretive with the script so I didn’t read anything that was from the original script. With the second audition, David was in the room. My manager got me the first audition, which was a little bit of sports fighting, martial arts and acting. My first time was when I booked the movie. I’ve seen all the Batman movies, but I had never read the comics. Fukuhara talked to THR about the Squad audition, the SKWAD tattoo and why the opportunities for Asian actresses are limited. Her years of karate and kendo training gave her an edge during the first read and led to a literally smashing callback. After graduating from UCLA with a major in sociology and a minor in theater, she decided to pursue acting and signed with manager Sally Hinata, who set up the Suicide Squad audition. That led to a similar job on a Japanese-language sports show, where she went one on one with the likes of Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier of the Dodgers. As a first-generation bilingual teen, she landed a gig as a TV reporter on Disney’s Movie Surfers, a show that aired in Japan and featured interviews with Disney film talent. Still, the 24-year-old native Angeleno isn’t a total stranger to on-camera work. Fukuhara’s enthusiasm is understandable given the film marks her very first acting role. After all, she opted for a permanent SKWAD tattoo on her ankle during production, just like co-star Margot Robbie and director David Ayer. But there’s no question about her commitment to the franchise. And going off of Fukuhara’s excitement for playing Katana, who knows just how dedicated the other actors have been in making sure their characters are portrayed on screen.Karen Fukuhara has no idea how many Suicide Squad spinoffs or sequels she is signed on for to play sword-wielding superheroine Katana. There’s plenty of interesting ways Katana could be mixed into the storyline, not to mention how she interacts with her wild team members. Once Suicide Squad hits theaters later this summer, we hopefully will be able to get some more backstory on the character. Someone recently told me how refreshing it is to see an Asian woman as a superhero. In Japanese culture there’s this idea of putting others before yourself, but I’ve also never wanted to let myself down. Katana and I may not have the same personality, but coming from the same cultural upbringing, we share core values. ![]() Samurai are almost always male, so growing up in America I had a hard time figuring out role models. She described how her native Japanese heritage and familiar cultural upbringing was very helpful in bringing the character to life.Īs a first-generation Japanese American, I’ve always wanted to play a samurai warrior like my Suicide Squad character, Katana. In an interview with Playboy, Fukuhara recently discussed what it was like to play Katana. And in an age of controversial Hollywood whitewashing, Katana’s truthful depiction comes as a refreshing change of pace. Because along with being the only other woman of the team, Katana is also Japanese. It’s an interesting character to have in Suicide Squad, considering that the superhero genre mostly consists of Cacausian males.
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