The ‘3 Body Problem’ Cast Talk Staying True to the Books and On-Set Bromance

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Jess Hong (Jin Cheng), Jovan Adepo (Saul Durand), John Bradley (Jack Rooney), Alex Sharp (Will Downing), Benedict Wong (Da Shi), Liam Cunningham (Thomas Wade), Zine Tseng (Young Ye Wenjie), Rosalind Chao (Ye Wenjie), and creatives D.B. Weiss, Alexander Woo, and David Benioff sat down with RT correspondent Karama Horne to talk about their upcoming show ‘3 Body Problem’. The cast detailed how they stayed true to the books, dished on the on-set bromance between Benedict Wong and Liam Cunningham, took us through their process of getting into character, and so much more. Watch ‘3 Body Problem’ on Netflix March 21!
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00:00 Jess Hong and Jovan Adepo
07:48 John Bradley and Alex Sharp
15:28 Benedict Wong and Liam Cunningham
24:32 Zine Tseng and Rosalind Chao
32:15 D.B. Weiss, Alexander Woo, and David Benioff
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@M4rt1nX 2 ай бұрын

Watched the whole thing in one go. Such a good series.

@goblin3810 2 ай бұрын

3 body problem wasn't about the characters but the series so far has kept true to the story while giving the characters much more life

@konstantinkrastev4478 2 ай бұрын

this ^

@ameer781 2 ай бұрын

Bingo

@RakeshNDutt 2 ай бұрын

😊

@Blynat 2 ай бұрын

That is true. But shows about concepts alone with shallow character get canceled right away. This is not a carbon copy but keeps the main story beats while making the characters more interesting. Thomas Wade is so damn good in the show.

@jhunz23 2 ай бұрын

This series is an incredible storytelling achievement. It takes you on an amazing journey that stays true to its original story. More than just an adaptation, it deeply explores what the future could hold, including the chance of meeting beings from other planets. It asks big questions about whether we should try to contact aliens and what we need to think about if we do. The series also brings a unique kind of fear, not from scary things but from the huge, mysterious universe around us. This fear, mixed with wonder and the unknown, makes the show more than just entertaining-it's a thought-provoking look at what lies beyond our world and how we fit into the vastness of space.

@janechoy2073 2 ай бұрын

I really want there to be a season 2 b/c I want to see their equivalent of the "red wedding" scene. My mind was blown just reading it in the book. i also understand why the rewrites are needed to actually write characters that actually stay in the story and have relationships / connectivity that audience can be vested in.

@konstantinkrastev4478 2 ай бұрын

I saw somewhere that netflix promised that they will keep the series going. Hope so they got my subscription again for this show, if they cancel it, this will be the last time i even bother to see anything on netflix

@rustknuckleirongut8107 2 ай бұрын

There has to be a season 2 because no part of the plot in anyway finished in season 1. Problem is more that they blew thru about 3 seasons of material in 8 episodes while shaving off most of the charm of the books.

@MrTrouserpants101 2 ай бұрын

@@rustknuckleirongut8107 i disagree with this, the bones of the story are in book 2 and 3, this season was a good set up for audiences unfamiliar with the material, which lets be honest is most people. it's not an ideal vision of what i want it to be on the big screen, but it worked for me for what it was trying to do.

@rustknuckleirongut8107 2 ай бұрын

@@MrTrouserpants101 I am not saying it was bad to intertwine some of book 1 and 3. Just saying that too much happened in season 1 over just eight episodes. It felt so condensed and rushed. I wanted more depth and exposition on how this was effecting the worlds population and governments. I also felt the Shi Qiang character lost a lot of his charm, but the Jack Rooney character was very good as connective tissue linking character up.

@WOTArtyNoobs 25 күн бұрын

You may get your wish for a 'Red Wedding' moment when the droplet arrives at Earth. In Season One, the high light is the Judgement Day moment, but it's a bit much. I suspect that they recorded far worse scenes, such as the children but edited it out. Seeing the foot was bad enough and Auggie should not have been part of the search team. They were bound to see something gross.

@jointjunkieslangards 2 ай бұрын

Really really hoping we get to see more of this cast. This is the best show I've seen this year and I really want to see how they adapt the rest of the series.

@perassma Ай бұрын

Maybe this show is a bridge between that age old trope of "its all about the characters" to starting to see beyond the individual and putting the bigger picture in to center stage of popular culture

@Rishabh-Dev 2 ай бұрын

Liam played the role of Wade terrifically.

@BrunoDeMarques 2 ай бұрын

Truly mesmerizing adaptation. Congrats to the Chinese author (with the brain the size of a planet, surely) and the show-runners (for their hard&fine work).

@rustknuckleirongut8107 2 ай бұрын

It was more an amputation than an adaptation. So much missing and it lacks the international feel of the books. While it was required to un-china the story a bit as it at times felt like the books were written in fear of what the CCP might think about it, they went a bit far losing the benefit of being rooted in a non Hollywood culture.

@BrunoDeMarques 2 ай бұрын

@@rustknuckleirongut8107 Yeah but… we get what we get. If we complain too much, we won’t get anything, so I’m always a “happy camper” when they bother (and take the risk) to produce stuff that I enjoy. It’s crazy hard to get these sort of material 100% right so the mere (great) effort is highly commendable

@MH-kc1eu 2 ай бұрын

So just because someone is a Chinese author, it means they have the biggest brain in the world?

@rustknuckleirongut8107 2 ай бұрын

@@MH-kc1eu Wow, your really just jumped to one thing being connected to the other there didn't you. You sure it is not just the contents of the books being brilliant in terms of concepts that lead this person to say he had a planet sized brain? No surely your deduction of this compliment being given only because he was Chinese must be correct. Using your warped logic I will say I am pretty sure you are not Chinese.

@BrunoDeMarques 2 ай бұрын

@@MH-kc1eu “brain the size of a planet” was meant as a complement (obviously), in a playful reference to Douglas Adam’s “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.

@gosnooky Ай бұрын

As someone who read and absolutely loved the books, I think this adaptation has fully lived up to my expectations. The changes made from the books make sense and the characters are very well done. There seems to be a dissonance among book readers who either love this show or hate it. Those who hated it are either those with completely unrealistic expectations, expected the series to adapt the books word for word, or are gatekeepers who are opposed to anything that brings the story into the mainstream. There will be so many people who will want to read the books after watching the first season, and that's nothing but a good thing.

@_.d3lir1um._ 3 күн бұрын

28:15 “💡it’s like an upgrade! in the 📺 screens, yeah 👍 “ she’s so cute 😭😭😭😭

@criznittle968 Ай бұрын

Plot twist: there is no San-Ti, only a technologically advanced AI

@jeffbachman2949 2 ай бұрын

Saw the first too episodes at the Alamo drafthouse it was great!

@vashthafellomen816 Ай бұрын

Really looking forward to S2. Enjoyed the show.

@markcarey67 2 ай бұрын

I hope we get to see the droplet sequence from the second book at some point

@julianaalves8935 2 ай бұрын

Yes yes yessss

@gosnooky Ай бұрын

Yes to droplet, no to Waifu.

@d1want34 Ай бұрын

i havent been so intrigue by sci-fi since Interstellar... they really need to make season 2!!

@tempershot6311 2 ай бұрын

I'm still thinking about it....amazing

@energydriver46 2 ай бұрын

No Auggie!? lol, judging from the way her character acts, I’m not surprised she’s not in this video with everyone else.😅

@Alex_Gordon Ай бұрын

Rosalind Chao looks so much younger in real life

@glennsak 2 ай бұрын

Great interviews and a great show’

@user-bb9fe3im9c 2 ай бұрын

Great work

@konstantinkrastev4478 2 ай бұрын

Jack's character was really fun, loved him

@rustknuckleirongut8107 2 ай бұрын

That was a very good use of a character that was just a quick mention in the third book.

@kikaykimy Ай бұрын

I love Liam Cunningham! He's such a great actor! Love his characters both here and in GoT!!

@agoodday9247 2 ай бұрын

"It's a bromance" 😂

@phazix6529 27 күн бұрын

Liam cunningham seems like the best actor to work around bar none lmao

@konstantinkrastev4478 2 ай бұрын

Finished the show it was really amazing 8 or 9 out of 10. The modernization helped tho I wish they were more loyal to the material

@SilvantusSchnauzer Ай бұрын

whaaaaat I had no idea that was the kid from the leftovers

@storm0fnova 2 ай бұрын

didn't they literally split the protagonist into multiple characters?

@HelloAjmalKhan 2 ай бұрын

The biggest backdrop of this show was the cast.

@bitbcs 2 ай бұрын

Scooby snacks ♥

@WOTArtyNoobs 25 күн бұрын

I wonder if Alex Sharp went on a starvation diet to get the appearance of someone so ill?

@charruaporelmundo 19 күн бұрын

Not up to the books at all, but I’m Not ones of those purist of the books, I Just enjoy the show. For those who like To read/ audiobooks, go for Rama trilogía, movies are coming

@alanabroad3471 2 ай бұрын

She needed to aim that giant dish at where the sun will be, rather than where it was.

@gosnooky Ай бұрын

It makes no difference. 8 minutes is not enough time for the signal to completely miss the sun.

@riddleliu5523 2 ай бұрын

37:52 Wait, there are loooot more great Chinese movies talk about 1970th history (Ba Wang Bie Ji, if anyone interested). Educate yourself SURVIVOR😂

@Cassandra_Loveday 20 күн бұрын

Hard no.

@tjw2469 2 ай бұрын

lmfao

@RepentantSinner86 2 ай бұрын

Where's the star of the show, Eiza González?

@Theblerdgurl 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately she wasn't available.

@dthomas99 Ай бұрын

Just a eye candy to sell the series to western market. Honestly, she spoilt it.

@RepentantSinner86 Ай бұрын

@@dthomas99 as if others markets in the world aren't full of their own stupd beauty standards 🤭🤭🤭🤭

@gosnooky Ай бұрын

It's an ensemble cast, so all these actors are the stars.

@amjh4lah809 2 ай бұрын

First comment, 6th like 😊

@Deathbyhampster 2 ай бұрын

Dork

@amjh4lah809 2 ай бұрын

@@Deathbyhampster Shush

@armchairobserver4747 2 ай бұрын

I thought this was a movie about 3-somes, so disappointed

@ameryshawn2295 Ай бұрын

🤣 The title is slightly misleading if you're not familiar with the concept

@mayapun5181 Ай бұрын

Worst like John Cena eating ice cream Chinese talking

@arrovart 2 ай бұрын

Staying true to the books? Do you mean Ye Wenjie gave Mike Evans a passionate kiss?

@roastpork5437 2 ай бұрын

It's ok, you can watch Tencent. China has its own version, no need to harp on lao wai for trying to differentiate itself from Tencent. If They did exactly the same as Tencent and cast all Asian actors, you people would just say they're trying to redefine what is Chinese to the Chinese. Why would they do something as stupid as that? This show is for global audience, don't you want Da Liu's work to be more popular in the entire world? Just watch it for what it is, a westernized version of the novels.

@Intranetusa 2 ай бұрын

Exactly. How is it staying true to the books when the show moved the entire setting of the first book from China to the UK, replaced most of the Chinese characters with British European characters, erased the first book's extensive Chinese socio-political and cultural themes, changed the book's characters into different or multiple people, moved stuff from book 2 and 3 into the adaptation of book 1, and created new random love stories that weren't in the books?

@Intranetusa 2 ай бұрын

@@roastpork5437 Squid Game (Korean) and Shogun (American book about Japan) are both popular with the world/Western nations and they both take place in an East Asian setting with a cast of 99% East Asians. You don't need to completely erase the Asian setting and erase all the Asian characters for it to be popular in the rest of the world.

@dthomas99 Ай бұрын

Agree. Netflix spoilt it with the casting eg Gonzales just a eye candy for western viewers, Alex for his brain? Ok, it is a business but it diluted the Asian talents and humanity...Asians casted as cold blooded characters?

@dthomas99 Ай бұрын

Oh, also Raj, strong handsome UK Indian, whilst Clarence like a homeless chain smoking rag?

@meklavier4664 2 ай бұрын

I have a feeling, they are not following close to the book.

@al28854 19 күн бұрын

watch the last section w/the show runners, they explained it ..... if you pay attention.

@SystemUnderSiege 2 ай бұрын

It's not even remotely in the realm of attempting to stay close to the books. It's more comparable to the Halo TV show. Also similar quality. Watch the Chinese show instead.

@TheReneg4de 2 ай бұрын

Worst adaptation yet.

@MarkMiller304 2 ай бұрын

This is not true to the book, they raced swapped 90% of the characters and changed the setting. This is a fanfic.

@Nephlim20 2 ай бұрын

complain, complain, complain!

@MarkMiller304 Ай бұрын

@@Nephlim20 some say that’s what criticism is, but I guess you’re not used to handling it

@ThePriceIsNeverRight Ай бұрын

I agree! With the way they're trying to focus on all the characters early on at once it feels so forced, that's not how it works

@user-ti5bb3ue7l 2 ай бұрын

It Will sucks

@jeffbachman2949 2 ай бұрын

I saw some of it, it's great

@user-ti5bb3ue7l 2 ай бұрын

@@jeffbachman2949 nah it’s terrible

@jeffbachman2949 2 ай бұрын

@@user-ti5bb3ue7l lol whatever you say

@ThePriceIsNeverRight Ай бұрын

@@jeffbachman2949it will suck, dialogues feel forced, giving some characters too much screen time, takes the crisis urgency feel from the show,it will be the death of this show

@gosnooky Ай бұрын

What about Will?

@eddiemurffy467 2 ай бұрын

What kind of "staying true to the books" we're talking about here if they completely changed the characters, and to not even mention, the setting and ethnicity? The whole first book, and even some elements from second and third, is condensed, or more like squeezed into 8 tiny episodes. This is DOA.

@jeffbachman2949 2 ай бұрын

Saw the first two episodes and Alamo Drafthouse thought it was fantastic. It's getting the majority good reviews and the author himself encouraged them to make some changes. I doubt it's dead on arrival it's one of the most anticipated shows of the year.

@Intranetusa 2 ай бұрын

@@jeffbachman2949 It might be good, but it's definitely not true to the books.

@Intranetusa 2 ай бұрын

Exactly! How is it staying true to the books when the show moved the entire modern setting of the first book from China to the UK, replaced most of the Chinese characters with British European characters, erased the first book's extensive Chinese socio-political and cultural themes, changed the book's characters into different or multiple people, moved stuff from book 2 and 3 into the adaptation of book 1, and created new random love stories that weren't in the books?

@jeffbachman2949 2 ай бұрын

@Intranetusa I can confirm a lot of it still takes place in China. They changed some but plenty of what I saw takes place in China still. In fact the early scenes are more accurate to the novel than the Chinese TV show was.

@Intranetusa 2 ай бұрын

@@jeffbachman2949 You're talking about the 1970s Cultural Revolution setting being kept in China, right? I am talking about the Netfix show moving the modern 2000s setting from China to the UK. So if the show only kept the bad 1970s parts about China and erased the good 2000s parts about China, then that misses the point on a lot of the Chinese cultural and socio-political themes. The 1970s were a gloomy and terrible era for China that is contrasted by the much more optimistic and improved 2000s era for China. The main villain of the Book 1 is from China, while the heroes of Book 1 and 2 are also from China. One of the heroes even grew up as a political commissar and his history under the Chinese authoritarian system is crucial to the books' Chinese themes. If the show only keeps the main villain as Chinese but erases the Chinese hero who grew up in a similar circumstance as the villain (but ended up with opposite beliefs), then that kinda misses some of the major themes/points of the book.