Kong star shows his love for Vietnam

Jackson said Vietnam is an interesting place, a very cool place, and a very mysterious place.

“It’s beautiful. Wow. It’s a fascinating place to be – very spiritual. Even if you don’t believe in certain things, you feel things when you’re there. You kind of see them, and you watch the people,” he shared.

Photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

During shooting in Vietnam, the film crew have travelled a number of famous destinations in Vietnam, from the capital city of Hanoi to Trang An, Tam Coc, Ha Long Bay and the entrance to the Tu Lan caves system. 

Southeast Asia Globe wrote Jackson fondly recalls his time in the mountainous north, where he watched the locals go about their daily routines as he made his way to set each morning.

“It’s really awesome. In the morning, when I was going to work at, like, 5am, I’d see 600 kids on bicycles going to school in their uniforms or walking on the road and going to school, and getting it done. You pass by them, or you get out there and you look at the adults in the rice paddies, people bent over in the rice paddies doing what they do. You get to the villages or the homes or just big open spaces with 15-20 people living in them, but they’re all communal and they’re all working together and they’re all taking care of each other. The old people are respected, so it’s kind of great”, he said.