Sue Chan, production designer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, took a moment to remember her experience leading the construction of the village in Ta Lo.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Chan revealed the nature and the magnitude of the project that brought the inscrutable realm of Ta Lo to life. On a hillside outside of Sydney, Chan and her team took a barren landscape and transformed it into the flourishing epicenter of the Xian people.

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"It was basically just an empty field and we built the entire village there and it was surrounded by a bluescreen," Chan recalled. "We built the bamboo dome. We built all the buildings, we built the temple. We probably used all the bamboo in all of Australia."

Like Thor's Asgard, Ta Lo is referred to as one of Marvel's "God Realms," being home to the Xian. Shang-Chi's mother Ying Li is a Ta Lo native, defending her home against Wenwu, his father, when the couple first meet early in the film. The mythical place is the setting of the climactic showdown between Wenwu's Ten Rings and the villagers of Ta Lo, aided by Shang-Chi, his best friend Katy and his sister Xialing.

Making her entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with her work on Shang-Chi, Chan has amassed a notable body of work in production design. She credits Hong Kong megastar Jackie Chan for giving her inspiration, saying, "He was a great Hong Kong action star. There's a lot of comedy, there's a lot of vivacious work with the sets. You know, I love the idea that the sets and the props and the furniture would all get used, which we did do, which is wonderful."

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is currently available exclusively in theaters.

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Source: THR