“I had a little building that they said— I asked if it could be [Jentorra’s home],” O’Brian laughs. “They said yes. It looked like a little hovel. It was really cute inside, and so tidy.”
It takes a lot to fight Kang, and both were also equipped with the necessities to fight the looming conqueror, and in Jentorra’s case, that includes a cape. It made her feel incredibly powerful every time she hit the gym to prepare.
“Once they started to add the armor [to her costume] — and we went back and forth with the cape because the cape is always a huge limiter,” She continues. “But I was like, no, I want a cape. I thought it brought it together, and it made me really, really powerful. Working with hair and makeup, they really wanted to make it a totally different look for me because you can do the cool mohawk and the side shave look. But they wanted something that you’ve never seen me in before, which I really appreciated because I think one of the best my dream of acting is being able to do these movies and then have no one recognize me in public.”
Harper, too, got a big cape for Quaz, but his favorite prop was the gun he got to sling.
“I got to carry a big old hand cannon laser thing! I’m a nerd, like, that’s fun. I want to do that. For me, I couldn’t wait for those battle scenes. I couldn’t wait — I got to carry a big toy. That’s great for me.”
And even though he desperately wanted to take his props home with him, he thought being a “team player” was the better option. “When it comes to nerdy stuff, I can get really [excited]. I wanted them to invite me back. So, I was like let me chill and leave stuff where it belongs,” he adds.
Speaking of being enthusiastic, one of Harper’s fondest memories from filming was the day the Freedom Fighters stormed Kang’s fortress, if only because he managed to pull some muscles and was not expecting to do that.
“It’s just like screaming and holding my laser and I’m like [YELLS], and after two or three times, my hip locked up so hard that I was just, oh I’m getting a little older,” He recalls with a laugh. “I should probably warm up. I learned something about myself that day. Where it seems simple enough, and it seemed like a lot of fun, and then all of a sudden, I was just like, I’m hurting. I haven’t even really done anything! There are people that are doing stunts and I’m just running and screaming and I’m in pain. That was fun to learn my limits that day and how close they are.”
O’Brian also had hip-related issues, after shooting her own favorite scene — and she has no regrets. “There’s a movement where I have to circle the spear around my neck and come up and slice somebody with that. And I wound up pulling my hip flexor doing that move. But I think that’s maybe the cooler thing that I did.”
As for what’s next for them, and the rest of the Freedom Fighters in the Quantum Realm? We’re all just going to have to wait and see, but both Harper and O’Brian loved every second of the crazy subatomic ride.
“I had a fun time getting to be a part of it and I hope viewers have a fun time getting to watch it,” Harper adds.
And O’Brian still can’t believe it happened to her in the first place. “It was cool to sit there and exist in the same room as [the rest of the cast] and watch everyone crack jokes back and forth. It was kind of surreal.”
