Florian Munteanu Talks Shang-Chi's Razor Fist, Boxing, Tony Leung, And Borderlands

In the comics, Razor Fist has two razors for fists. How glad are you that you only had one razor for a fist?

Well, in terms of movements, it helped me a lot because it was already pretty awkward and weird to move with that one hand because you cannot use it in real life. I mean, it was a CGI glove that I was wearing, but I couldn't use it and I had to actually play it like I have no forearm there. So that was tough in terms of stabilization and your fighting style. I had to adapt, it was basically a completely new fighting style but I was aware of that coming into the project.

My boxing background helped, but this is not a boxing movie or a fighting movie, like a typical fighting movie. This is a comic movie, a Marvel movie. So I was aware and we had the best stunt team, I worked with probably the best in the game if it comes to martial arts and this movie is very martial arts inspired. So I was thankful for that. And it gives you options, right? For whatever comes in the future.

You mentioned your boxing background. The whole point of things like boxing is to hit your opponent, knock them down, damage them in some way, and the whole point of movie fighting is "do not hurt your opponent at all." How do you transition from one to the other?

Unless you really hate him. And then you can sneak a punch in and there and say, "ah, I guess that this was not good enough," but ... Yeah, I know what you're trying to say. Well, the thing is, boxing is part of martial arts and martial arts and fighting in general, they always teach you to control your emotions. So bringing hate into a ring, into a fight, that's not really benefiting you. It does the opposite.

Because once your emotions take over, you're not calculating enough and you're not calculated enough and you forget about the game plan. And it's a little bit different with fighting in movies, because you actually have to play those emotions. It's very important in acting and in movies that you go over the top. If it comes to fighting and to punches but also to the emotions, because that's very important. That you can transmit those emotions to the audience.

Thank God I had a little bit of experience already coming into this project, "Creed" helped me a lot. And that was basically... To be honest with you when I shot "Creed," that was the most difficult part I have ever done. Because boxing and hitting something, connecting with something, is just a natural habit of mine. And to break out of a habit is usually the most difficult part. And that's for all the habits in life in general.

So I already knew what I was going to bring to the table and what I was going into, so that this time around now, it wasn't so difficult for me because I already had the experience of Creed. And yeah, it was easy for me to control the distance and actually not hit him. Or hit anybody.