Over on IMDB, Darkness had asked me if Reiko said anything about AvP2 during the event I attended this past Sunday (2-04) in
Springfield, Illinois.She did talk about it but obviously couldn't reveal major plot details and such. I told Darkness I'd come over here to provide everything she did say as I was taking notes the entire time. Truly, I'm not an Alien or Predator fan but have been a fan of Reiko for ages so I'll actually go see this movie.
Anything in "quotations" means it is a direct or near direct quote.- Fox hired Reiko the best personal trainer in Vancouver to help her prepare for the role. She worked out "2-3 times a day" and had a very strict diet and supplement regiment so she could appear "fit, toned, buffed and bulked up" for the role of Kelly O'Brien.
- Weapons she fires in the show include pistols, machineguns, the SAW (aka M249 Squad Automatic Weapon) and a tank mounted machine gun that "if you stand it up, it would be like twice my height and shoots flame out 8 feet when you fire it." (Reiko is only 5'4''.)(I'm guessing this is a Browning M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun.)
- Spent countless hours on the gun range with her weapons instructor who is a former Army Ranger. He fought and was wounded in the Battle of Mogadishu which most people know as Blackhawk Down.
- Wears a tank top throughout most of the movie.
- It rains and is cold in most of the movie.
- One night Reiko got hypothermia and felt as if she was drunk and started to run into things.
- "Flies" a helicopter which was the very last scene she filmed. Of course she didn't really fly it but the helicopter was on hydraulics which made it move as though it was really flying.
- Joked her only lines are "Die!" "Get Down!" and "Ahhhh!"
- When asked to briefly describe the aliens and predators, this is what she said. "The Aliens are like cockroaches, they popup everywhere when you're not expecting them. A predator is more like a bear, very tough and cunning."
- The part of the character Reiko loved the best was the mother-daughter relationship as Reiko loves working with children.
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I wish there was more information I could provide but Reiko was quite clear that she could not give out detailed specifics.
I'll stick around for a while to try and answer any questions so please feel free to ask (it can be about AvP2 or anything else concerning the event) but I doubt I'll make much of an appearance otherwise.