The Los Angeles Police Department in the background of the 664 role difference "speed of life and death" story is not the British ** MI6 or the CIA, this is a mixed department, the police. The Chacha are often dealing with the poison of the slums. Traffickers, thieves, the "salvation hero" in such a department is not so easy to be, even if he does not need to be loved and bloomed, but at least he cannot lack the support of his colleagues, especially in the face of the situation in the "speed of life and death", the lone hero has no way to save the world, he needs the support of his colleagues.

In this case, it is destined that the male protagonist Jack must at least not be a "pretentious" bastard, maybe humor is okay, but not self-centered.

"Do you know what's the difference between Jack and James Bond?" One question is not over, and Hugo opens a second one.

This time, Graham's answer was much more positive, "Is there a beautiful woman to accompany you?" ”

"Hahahaha......" This time everyone laughed, Xiangche beauty, 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 a difference that after Bond encounters difficulties, he goes directly to the mastermind behind the scenes, which means that the end of the story should be king to king, but Jack can't do this, because 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 words made everyone around him show a sudden realization expression, and they really hadn't noticed it before.

In fact, this is also the routine of most action movies, the lone hero against the 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, but also the movies adapted from hero comics.

Hugo clearly remembers that in the stories of the fifth and sixth parts of "Fast and Furious", the good and the evil sides are crazy to crush each other in the confrontation process, and the innocent people are killed and injured countless times, which can be described as frenzied, but in the movie, there is no focus on the description at all, because all the ink in the movie is placed on the protagonist.

But 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 is weakened a lot.

"Therefore, Jack's personality is bound to be relatively rigorous, in the face of danger, he will focus on rescuing the citizens, and when the citizens quarrel, he is even more because of his efforts to resolve them, hoping that everyone can unite and get through the difficulties together." Hugo concluded, "Although this will weaken Jack's character personality a lot, it is more in line with the whole story. ”

are also action movies, why can some works be called classics, while others cannot? The plot setting is one thing, the rhythm control zhì is also the other, of course, the action scenes are also indispensable, but the character settings cannot be ignored, for example, "Mission Impossible", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and "007" have all become series movies, because their protagonists have personality charm, and the whole series has become an attractive brand.

Although Hugo's adjustment of the setting of 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 makes "Life and Death" become a classic from an excellent level.

Graham fell into deep thought, and in the process of writing the script, he did have a flaw in thinking about the characters; Jane's perspective was different, and he looked at Hugo in surprise.

The reason why actors are divided into leading and supporting roles is because of the difference in the impetus for the story, and people want to be the main characters because they want to enjoy more lighting. Therefore, when most actors choose roles, they want to 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 actively depriving himself of the aura of his character, and the only reason is to make the character more suitable for the whole script, so that the story can become more complete and believable. To put it simply, it is to let the characters serve the script, sacrifice the small self, and fulfill the big self.

Moreover, Hugo is now on the rise in his career, 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 over action movies, many people joke that men starring in action movies are to be handsome. But now, Hugo is willing to make sacrifices for the sake of the story as a whole, which really surprises Jane.

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

"Because it's a story that requires Jack to converge on his personality." Hugo didn't think about it, and said directly, "There are many kinds of scripts, and sometimes it is the script that sets off the characters and focuses all the light on the characters; But sometimes it's the characters who need to facilitate the script and make the whole story complete. And the actor's responsibility is to fulfill this role. ”

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

A truly outstanding actor must know how to be a member of the crew.

"In fact, although Jack lacks personality, he saved a disaster alone, and this is already the stage for Jack to perform alone, so his light is enough, and there is no need to dig more into his personality." Hugo is now an advanced actor in acting, so "life and death" for Hugo, there are not too many challenges in acting, more physical challenges from action scenes.

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

"No, I mean, he shouldn't be slick and pretentious when he speaks, and humorous jokes can still be saved, but his attitude will change." Hugo explained, "I've read the script, and the interesting dialogues in it can still be retained, and at the same time, it is also the highlight of the lively atmosphere, and the most important thing is the change of personality." The same jokes, the same conversations, made by me and by you, it definitely feels different, that's the difference. ”

Graham couldn't help but hold his forehead, "It's a big project, I'm going to think about how to fix it, I don't even have a clear idea right now." ”

"No, no, it's not as difficult as you imagined, the personality of the characters is traceable, and similarly, the words and deeds of different personalities are also different, you just need to determine the setting of the character of Jack, and then modify some actions, dialogues and expressions a little, and it's done." Hugo shook his head and said positively.

If it is to write a script, Hugo naturally can't; But if it comes to modifying the script, especially according to the characters, then Hugo is no problem. When adjusting the script of "The Shawshank Redemption" before, Hugo gave many valuable suggestions, and the same is true today.

Graham smiled a little sheepishly, "I think you're more like a screenwriter." ”

Hugo laughed dumbly, in fact, Graham, the screenwriter, Hugo knows, his achievements in movies are not significant, and his most successful work is "The Speed of Life and Death", but he has a good reputation in TV series, "Justified", "Band of Brothers. of。 brothers)", "The Pacific War (the. Pacific)" and other classic works can be seen in the list of screenwriters.

Today's situation is because Graham is just starting to try his hand at screenwriting, and "life and death" is only his first attempt, so he is a little lacking in self-confidence.

"At least you wrote the script, and I'm just talking about it." Hugo smiled, which relieved Graham of some embarrassment.

"You can talk to Hugo a lot and then make changes to the script." Jane sat next to her and spoke, attracting everyone's attention, "Anyway, Hugo is the actor of this role, and all the content in the script must be presented through Hugo, so the two of them will discuss it together, and it must be very effective." ”

"Great idea!" Without waiting for Hugo and Graham to speak, Ian, sitting next to him, spoke first, his eyes lit up.

In Hollywood, the real top superstars also have a say in the script, such as Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger and other people who have opinions on the script, the producers and screenwriters will listen to it more or less, and whether the crew makes adjustments or not varies from person to person.

Although Hugo has not yet reached the level of a top superstar, the "Speed of Life and Death" crew is not a group of strong veterans, so it is not surprising that Hugo participated in the revision of the script.

Hugo didn't expect this, and looked at Samora and Joseph around him in surprise, Samora looked indifferent, while Joseph showed a look of encouragement, because Joseph knew that Hugo had always had his own ideas about the characters, and being able to participate in the revision of the script was also a small breakthrough for Hugo.

As soon as Hugo turned around, he saw Graham's expectant eyes, and hurriedly asked, "I think it's a good idea, but you?" ”

Hugo suddenly noticed that everyone's eyes seemed to be focused at this time, and felt that this scene was very funny, so he laughed and nodded, "Why not?" ”

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