David Dastmalchian on Becoming Street Fighter’s M. Bison and His Tool-Fueled Character Soundtrack: Podcast

Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | More Platforms David Dastmalchian has made a career out of finding the weird little trapdoor inside a character and dropping through it, whether he’s haunting The Dark Knight, unraveling in Prisoners, putting dots all over himself for The Suicide Squad, or staring into the abyss in Late Night with the Devil. His latest trick is M. Bison in the upcoming Street Fighter, although this isn’t quite the chest-thumping final boss gamers already know. Speaking with Kyle Meredith, Dastmalchian describes a Bison still trying to become Bison, building an entire cult-like philosophy around Shadaloo while secretly lacking the Psycho Power he promises his followers. Along the way, the actor also gets into practical stunt work, his friendship with co-star Orville Peck, the future of Murderbot, and his wonderfully morbid interview series Grave Conversations. Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts. For Dastmalchian, the key was making Bison dangerous before making him superhuman. Director Kitao Sakurai and the actor imagined a charismatic ideologue whose power comes first from getting people to believe him, pulling inspiration from au...