Chris Klein's Shyness Cure

8 months ago 03rd Mar 13:30

Chris Klein loved playing a "fun and gun" character in his new movie because it helped him overcome his shyness.

The 'American Pie' star says he jumped at the chance to appear in 'Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li' because Charlie Nash, the confident, cocky character he portrays is so different to his real personality.

He's a superstar with a handgun and that's a skill that I don't quite have in my own personal skill set. So it was very important to be able to learn how to do that. So all in all, we were in bootcamp for about five weeks.

He explained: "I had a lot of fun doing that, because I'm kind of shy when it comes to all that kind of thing. So it's always a lot of fun to play a fun and gun character and I think for the most part, what comes across in me that's similar to Charlie Nash is that we both love our job."

The actor also explained the intensive training he undertook in order to prepare for his role in the action adventure.

He added to Moviehole: "On this, besides rehearsal time, which was crucial - because we really wanted to get the emotional depths of the characterisations correct, so we worked very diligently on that. And then the gun training and the tactical training that I was part of, I wanted to make sure that I was very adept at that because Charlie Nash is an American Interpol Operative.

"He's a superstar with a handgun and that's a skill that I don't quite have in my own personal skill set. So it was very important to be able to learn how to do that. So all in all, we were in bootcamp for about five weeks."