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Inside 'Shōgun,' the 'Game of Thrones'-sized samurai epic

The creators and key stars of FX's 'Shōgun' delve deep into their 'Game of Thrones'-sized epic: 'Let's do the kind of samurai story that Hollywood hasn't seen before.'

The John Wick and Mortal Kombat actor had been attached to Shōgun, an adaptation of James Clavell's dense tome, for several years up to that point, but seeing the sets come together in September 2021 confirmed the massive undertaking he was about to heft on his shoulders. When the skies clear, John Blackthorne (Jarvis), the ship's pilot, finds himself marooned in a Japanese fishing village, making him the first Englishman to land on the East Asian country — which isn't necessarily a good thing. Marks also mentions The Last of the Mohicans, while series director Jonathan van Tulleken and cinematographer Christopher Ross brought up the Godfather films "in terms of the way they would light the rooms and make them feel like moods in and of themselves."

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