Chapter 664 664 Role Differences

The Los Angeles Police Department in the background of the story of "Life and Death" is not MI6 or the CIA. This is a mixed department, police. Police officers are often dealing with slum drugs. A dealer or a thief is not so easy to be a "hero of salvation" in such a department. Even if he doesn't need everyone's love and flowers, at least he can't lack the support of his colleagues, especially in the face of "life and death". In the situation in "Speed", there is no way for a lone hero to save the world, and he needs the backup support of his colleagues.

Under such circumstances, it is also doomed that the male protagonist Jack cannot be a "pretentious" bastard at least, maybe humor, but not self-centered.

"You know, what's the difference between Jack and James Bond?" Before one question was over, Hugo opened a second one.

This time Graham's answer was much more positive, "Are there any beauties?"

"Hahahaha..." This time everyone laughed, the beauty of the car, this is the biggest highlight of the "007" series of movies, Hugo also said with a smile, "Yes, this is a difference In addition, there is another difference is that after Bond encounters difficulties, he directly moves towards the black hand behind the scenes, which means that the end of the story should be king to king, but Jack cannot do this, because for the For the city police, when they encounter danger, their first thought is not to catch the criminal, but to save the victim, and only after ensuring the personal safety of ordinary citizens can they think about the culprit.”

Hugo's remarks made everyone around show a look of sudden realization, and they really didn't notice it before.

In fact, this is also the routine of most action movies. A lone hero fights against an evil leader. This one-on-one confrontation is also a side of Hollywood's heroism to the peak, not only the "007" series, the "Mission Impossible" series, The same goes for movies based on hero comics.

Hugo clearly remembers that in the fifth and sixth stories of "The Fast and the Furious", both the good and the evil are madly crushing each other in the process of confrontation, and innocent people are killed and injured countless times. However, there is no dedicated description at all in the film, because all the writing and ink in the film are placed on the protagonist.

However, the "speed of life and death" is different. The main carrier of the story is to save the civilians on the bus. Relatively speaking, the confrontation between the leaders behind the scenes has been weakened a lot.

"So, Jack's personality must be relatively strict. When facing danger, he will focus on rescuing the citizens, and when the citizens have quarrels, he is even more because of his efforts to resolve the difficulties. I hope everyone can unite to overcome difficulties. ." Hugo concluded, "Although this will weaken Jack's character a lot, it is more in line with the setting of the whole story."

They are also action movies, why can some works be called classics, while others are not? The plot setting is one aspect, and the rhythm control is another aspect. Of course, action scenes are also indispensable, but the character setting cannot be ignored. For example, "Mission Impossible", "Indiana Jones", and "007" have all been made into The series of movies, because of the charismatic characters of their protagonists, make the entire series an attractive brand.

Although Hugo's adjustment to the character of Jack makes the character itself lose its charm, it makes the character serve the storyline and makes the whole story complete, smooth and reasonable, which also makes the "speed of life and death" able to From greatness to classic.

Graham was lost in thought. In the process of writing the script, his thinking about the character was indeed flawed; while Jane's perspective was different, and he looked at Hugo in surprise.

The reason why actors are divided into protagonists and supporting roles is because the driving force of the story is different. People want to be the protagonists because they want to enjoy more lighting. Therefore, when most actors choose their roles, they hope that they will be the leading actors, and at the same time, they all hope that their roles have as much room to play as possible.

But Hugo is now taking the initiative to take away the halo of his character. The only reason is that he hopes to make the character fit the entire script and make the story more complete and credible. Simply put, it is to let the characters serve the script, sacrifice the ego, and fulfill the larger ego.

Moreover, Hugo is now in the rising stage of his career, and he needs more stages to show himself. Action movies are originally popcorn movies, and the charm of the protagonist is the key to the success of the work, and it is also an important reason for actors to take action movies. Many people joked that when men acted in action movies, they just wanted to be handsome. But now, Hugo is willing to sacrifice for the whole of the story, which really surprises Jane.

"Why?" Jane raised her doubts directly, but realized that she was a little abrupt when she said it, and couldn't help adding, "Why are you willing to weaken Jack's personality? You know, it's not unusual."

"Because this is a story that requires Jack to restrain his personality." Hugo didn't even think about it, he just said, "There are many kinds of scripts, and sometimes the script is to highlight the characters and focus all the light on the characters; But sometimes it's the character who needs to promote the script and make the whole story complete. And it's the actor's responsibility to fulfill the role."

Listening to Hugo's explanation, Jane couldn't help but sigh, but he suddenly understood Hugo's previous actions, whether it was a supporting role in "Schindler's List", or "Pulp Fiction", an unpopular work, Especially the latter, when everyone is not optimistic, he resolutely chose to cooperate with Quentin Tarantino, because Hugo never cares about his own light, but the role of the actor.

A really good actor has to know how to be a part of the crew.

"In fact, although Jack lacks personality, he saved a disaster by himself. This is already the stage where Jack performs alone, so his light is enough, and there is no need to dig more for personality." Hugo Now he is considered an advanced performer in acting, so for Hugo, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" does not have many challenges in acting, but more physical challenges from action scenes.

Graham had already reacted at this time, and he looked at Hugo seriously, "Then you mean that the humorous jokes in the story have to be deleted?"

"No, I mean, he shouldn't be glib and pretentious when he speaks, the jokes will still be there, but his attitude will change," Hugo explained, "I've read the script, the funny The conversation can still be retained, and it is also the highlight of the lively atmosphere. The most important thing is the change of personality. The same joke, the same conversation, if I conduct it and you conduct it, the feeling must be different, and this is the difference.”

Graham couldn't help but help his forehead, "This is a big project. I have to think about how to revise it. I don't even have a clear idea right now."

"No, it's not as difficult as you imagined. There are traces of the characters' personalities. Similarly, different personalities have different behaviors. You just need to determine the setting of Jack's character, and then for some actions, dialogues and expressions. With a few modifications, it can be done." Hugo shook his head and said positively.

If it is to write the script, Hugo is naturally not good; but if it is to modify the script, especially to adjust according to the characters, then Hugo is not a problem. When adjusting the script of "The Shawshank Redemption" before, Hugo gave many precious opinions, and it is the same today.

Graham smiled shyly, "I think you're more of a screenwriter."

Hugo laughed dumbly. In fact, Graham is a screenwriter. Hugo knows it. His achievements in movies are not significant. His most successful work is "Speed ​​of Life and Death", but he has performed well in TV dramas. His name can be seen in the list of screenwriters for such classics as "Justified", "Band. Of. Brothers" and "The. Pacific".

Today's situation is because Graham has only just begun to try the screenwriting job, and "Life and Death" is only his first attempt, so he is slightly lacking in self-confidence.

"At least you wrote the script, and I just talk about it." Hugo said with a smile, which relieved Graham a little.

"You can discuss and discuss with Hugo more, and then make changes to the script." Jane sat next to her and said, attracting everyone's attention, "Anyway, Hugo is the actor of this role, and everything in the script must be It is presented through Hugo, so the discussion between the two of them must have a lot of results.”

"Good idea!" Before Hugo and Graham could speak, Ian was the first to speak, his eyes lit up.

In Hollywood, the real top stars have a say in the script, such as Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc. If they have an opinion on the script, the producers and writers are more or less Everyone will listen. As for whether the crew makes adjustments, it varies from person to person.

Although Hugo has not yet reached the level of top superstars, the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" crew is not a group of strong senior people. It is not surprising that Hugo is involved in the script revision.

Hugo did not expect this, and looked at Samora and Joseph beside him in amazement. Samora seemed indifferent, while Joseph showed an encouraging look, because Joseph knew that Hugo had always had his own way for the characters. The idea of ​​​​being able to participate in the revision of the script is also a small breakthrough for Hugo.

As soon as Hugo turned around, he saw Graham's expectant eyes, and hurriedly asked, "I think this is a good idea, how about you?"

Hugo immediately noticed that everyone's eyes seemed to be focused at this time. He thought this scene was very funny, he laughed and nodded, "Why not?"