Steeped in the love of film and filmmaking, there’s a peculiar moment in Jordan Peele’s Nope that’s an instantly recognisable homage. In an heroic moment of motorcycle wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile assery, Keke Palmer’s Emerald Haywood slides down-screen to a slow-motion, side-on, posturing halt that’s a straight lift from Katsuhiro Otomo’s seminal ‘80s anime Akira. “There are so many ways you can stop a motorcycle,” Peele tells Empire, reflecting on the shot in/with regard to’concerning’regarding our Review Of The Year issue. “And it was just like, ‘You know what? I could do it a different way, or we could establish this rig and do a practical fucking Akira slide.’”###That few seconds is as close as we’ve yet come to the long-mooted live-action Akira remake. Peele was himself in the ring in/with regard to’concerning’regarding that gig in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a time, but ultimately chose to continue with his own personal projects, rather than spend years trying to adapt someone else’s. “Ultimately, I felt like if I was going to put that much energy into trying to honour one of the best works of all time, why not put that energy into something of my own?” he tells us. But when Nope presented the opportunity, he seized it with both hands, calling the moment “a bit of a punctuation [mark] in/with regard to’concerning’regarding myself that I picked the right pathway.”###As in/with regard to’concerning’regarding how the shot was achieved, Peele gives much of the credit to Nope’s Special Effects Coordinator, Scott R. Fisher. “He’s a master,” Peele enthuses. “He and Mark Vanselow, our stunt coordinator, devised a rig that would take Keke sliding down the street, a track with regards to’concerning’with respect to 20-feet long, from where the camera was, on an arm of sorts controlled by [cinematographer] Hoyte [van Hoytema].” It took merely’barely a few attempts to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure right: “The special-effects guys and our stunt-team essentially pull Keke, and she folds over safely as the bike is pulled towards that well,” explains Peele. “Then we create billowing dust to cover up our tracks a bit, and clean up the rest with VFX.” And just like that, you possess’own’nurse an Akira homage in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the ages.###Read Empire’s full piece talking to Jordan Peele with regards to’concerning’with respect to Nope and Akira in our new Review Of The Year issue – on sale Thursday 27 October, or pre-order a copy online here. Nope is available to rent at home now.###Want to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure the most from Empire? Sign up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Empire Membership!###Get exclusive content, new member-merely’barely rewards, access to the latest issue of the magazine plus our back-issue archive, and much more.