We chat with SheHulk actress and on-set reference Malia Arrayah (Malia_Arrayah) about the experience of working with Tatiana Maslany to create the perfect Jen Walters for the MCU series:
Tatiana Maslany did a masterful job bringing Jen Walters to life in She-Hulk, but she and the VFX team weren’t the only ones responsible for the Glam-azon’s performance in the Marvel Studios Disney+ series. Standing at 6’5’’, Malia Arrayah was the on-set reference for She-Hulk, mimicking Maslany’s every move and mannerisms.
When I walked into the screen test, I knew it was for Marvel, but I didn't know which character. I didn’t have any idea this character had to be tall because I'm a giant person. Then it started slowly coming together during that screen test where they had a bunch of props out, and they had She-Hulk items out, and I was like, "Oh, cool." I did that in October 2020, and I didn't hear anything back for months until January 2021. They gave me a call, and I accepted.
I just asked myself, "How would she walk? How would she move?" And then at the same time, I had a lot of people to learn from and people guiding me to help. If I were standing, I think there was a point where I was asked to stand up straighter because, naturally, I'm usually really casual. But she's like, "Let's go. I'm ready." I think that was it. It's just a mental state, and I realized that I started to gather more confidence as the show went on.
How do they interact? What do they do when they're on set to prepare, or are they in character already? It was a lot of me just observing and understanding people’s work differently. Some people can be very friendly and talkative, and then other actors are more introverted and have their character come out right when the scene comes. It's very interesting to me because there are different processes.
Most of the time, it was Matt, but he would show me the movements right before my slate, and I would go on and try to do them. There were a lot of times it was tricky, but it was so much fun. I have a background in athletics and some martial arts, so it wasn't super foreign. I did realize that stunt acting is so intricate, and these stunt people are just phenomenal to me. I think they're so cool. Malia Arrayah: Let’s see, the office scenes have no stunt unit.
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