What makes doing this kind of film different from doing xXx or The Fast and the Furious?
What was the meal like? It was 25 courses for lunch. And I said, “Is this for us?” They said, “No, we do this everyday.” [Laughs] It was so nice, all these beautiful young girls in uniforms. You sit down and it starts to come. One dish was more beautiful and delicious than the last. This archaeology, yeah, it’s the road not taken for me. A lunch like that sounds like the exception rather than the rule. Well, we did some other state functions and it seems the Chinese way. As a Chinese friend of mine said, “When Chinese people do better, they don’t buy a bigger car, they don’t buy a bigger house, they just get better food.” Which is a nice cultural insight I think. Was there anything at the museum you found surprising? When you see the pits that the public normally doesn’t go to, you realize how absolutely destroyed this tomb was. It had been set on fire after the Qin Dynasty collapsed in rage toward this family and group of leaders. The huge log ceiling collapsed and the degree of decim
