Chapter 499 Origin Story
Actually, Christian Bale has some questions about why Batman’s transformation has become so grounded, and he also communicated with Gilbert Jr.
“This is the job I have to do,” Gilbert Jr. and Christian Bale explained: “The biggest problem with DC heroes in the past was that they were too perfect and seemed unreal.
So I want to pull Bruce Wayne off the altar and let the audience see the unknown side of Bruce Wayne under the Batman mask. "
At this point, Gilbert Jr. asked Christian Bale: "What do you think are the good qualities that superheroes have?"
Christian Bale thought for a while and said: "Kindness, integrity, bravery, a spirit of sacrifice and dedication."
"Everything you said is right," little Gilbert asked again, "then do you think superheroes have shortcomings?"
"Probably not!" Christian Bale replied according to his usual thinking: "After all, he is a superhero."
"Really?" Little Gilbert smiled and shook his head and said: "Even superheroes are essentially made by humans, and humans will have shortcomings.
Because of these shortcomings, superheroes can be both human and divine.
From my understanding, if a superhero has no humanity, how can he love others? "
Christian Bale seemed to understand: "I seem to realize that from a creative perspective, this approach makes the superhero's identity more real and believable.
Because of the sense of reality, the audience will feel that this is a hero that can also appear in our lives. "
"That's right, I call this down-to-earth, so we have to show the side of Bruce Wayne as an ordinary person, so that the audience can have a sense of empathy." Gilbert Jr. said.
A chat with little Gilbert gave Christian Bale a better understanding of the character, making him more comfortable playing the role.
In fact, even Bruce Wayne still has a generation gap compared with ordinary audiences. After all, Bruce Wayne comes from a wealthy family and has lived in luxury since he was a child.
If you were someone else, even if your parents died, you might just be sad for a while and just be like that when you grow up.
Fortunately, Bruce Wayne is different and takes the initiative to understand criminals and learn fighting skills. Later he found that his revenge could not quell his anger and hatred.
He thought about the people of Gotham and wanted to save them from the abyss of evil in Gotham, so he became Batman.
He hopes that Batman will become a call to arms that will scare criminals and help people regain their confidence and dare to fight against evil.
Henry Ducard is somewhat different from Bruce Wayne in this regard. Henry Ducard also suffered the murder of his family.
He only has anger in his heart, and he only wants revenge, and he extends this hatred to innocent people. This is why he wants to destroy Gotham City.
The Shadow Warrior Alliance is his tool to achieve this, and it is full of people who are as extreme as him.
Bruce Wayne saw this clearly and left the Shadow Warriors League. He was saved because he didn't want to be like Henry Ducard.
Henry Ducard's true identity is Lars El Gu, the leader of the Shadow Warriors Alliance, which means the Devil's Head.
According to the setting of the comics, Lars El Gu gained immortality by accidentally discovering the Lazarus Pool hundreds of years ago and immersing himself in it.
He later founded the Assassin's League and began to recruit fighting masters from around the world and train them to be servants loyal only to him.
Lars El Ghul's only goal is to eliminate all mankind and build his ideal world.
Lars has lived for about 700 years, is powerful, cunning, and has minions all over the world. And he also knows Batman's true identity, making Batman unable to guard against him.
Lars El Gu once studied alchemy in China, which also provided the basis for Little Gilbert's adaptation. Now that I have learned alchemy, it is logical to also learn Chinese martial arts.
When setting off from China to the Arabian Peninsula, Lars al-Gou discovered an underground cave there with a strange mire deep inside.
He discovered that this mire had magical effects that could heal injuries and diseases, so he devoted himself to studying its effects and met his beloved wife Sona there.
A prince from a nearby kingdom became seriously ill and came to ask Lars al-Gulai to heal him.
Lars El Gu invited the prince into this quagmire. As a result, the prince's temperament changed drastically and he killed his wife Sona and refused to admit the crime.
The prince imprisoned Lars El Gu with his wife's body and tortured him.
After Lars El Gu escaped, he vowed to avenge his wife, and justice must be served by himself.
He spread a disease, and when the king found him again and asked for help, he killed the king and the prince's family, and led his men to massacre all the residents.
Later, he abandoned his real name and changed his name to Lars al Ghul.
He later founded the Kagemusha Alliance, believing that the nature of human sin is unforgivable, and they must punish those bad guys to create a better world.
This is the background of the establishment of the Kagemusha Alliance and the story of Lars El Gu. Gilbert Jr. believed that adaptation was not a random choice.
Although the new "Batman" series is a movie based on a real-life context, there are still some settings that the original work should have, and it is not a random adaptation. The character of Henry Ducard is the opposite of Bruce Wayne. The two are mirrors of each other, and both can see their own side.
This is also a very dramatic aspect of "Beginners", and the discussion about fear, anger, and hatred will surely give the audience some food for thought.
Frankly speaking, both Warner and DC were worried that the script was a bit too heavy, especially the script for the second part.
But Little Gilbert's reputation was too great before. Warner has worked with him for many years and is well aware of Little Gilbert's abilities.
Therefore, Warner Pictures still showed great trust and allowed Gilbert Jr. to take full control of the entire "Batman" series of movies.
After a few weeks of filming in Iceland, the Icelandic location scene came to an end, and the crew moved to England to shoot some scenes in Wayne Manor and the Batcave.
The location team's modification of the Bat Cave was very successful. They made an artificial river from a nearby river, and then flowed down from the top of the cave entrance, forming a waterfall landscape.
If the water flow is not enough, you can increase the water flow.
The renovation inside the cave entrance was also very successful, meeting Little Gilbert's requirements for a dark and humid Bat Cave. There is also a liftable platform inside, which can be raised and used when needed.
The most important thing is that the cave entrance is large enough, but the external environment is secretive enough, and the Batmobile can fly directly in through the waterfall.
The first scene we shot in England was the scene where the Batmobile flies into the Batcave. This Batmobile was specially shipped from Los Angeles to the UK, and its mission ended after completing this filming.
According to follow-up plans, the Batmobile will also appear during British promotions, and it will definitely be very eye-catching when placed at the road show.
The Batmobile was ejected into the Batcave from the simple road next to the cave, and the location was already set. For safety reasons, the car is automatically ejected.
The scenes in the car were shot separately and then edited together.
"Be prepared on site..."
"Be prepared..."
"OK," executive director Sam looked at little Gilbert, who nodded slightly, and then Sam notified various departments through the intercom to get ready.
After the car was ready, the camera was turned on, and when the countdown ended, the weight-reduced car was ejected into the hole, completing the shooting mission.
This scene may seem thrilling to outsiders, but Little Gilbert's crew is used to it.
Our directors are like this. We always have to bring in some real people, just to be sure one day he will drive a train onto the street, or have a plane hijacking scene.
This is how a real-life shooting maniac is, just get used to it.
By the time the filming schedule in the UK came to an end, it was already November and the smoke from the summer season had cleared.
"Warriors" ultimately failed to hold on to its third position at the North American box office, being pulled down by "Spider-Man 2" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."
"Spider-Man 2" received a box office of US$373 million in North America, surpassing "The Passion of the Christ" to become the second largest box office in North America.
The film's global box office was US$789 million, which did not meet Sony Columbia Pictures' expectations.
This is a sequel movie, a sequel to "Spider-Man". As a result, "Warrior" had a box office of 720 million US dollars, while "Spider-Man 2" only had 789 million US dollars.
This is one of the reasons why Warner has confidence in Gilbert Jr., because they believe that the superhero movies directed by Gilbert Jr. will definitely bring different results.
The success of "Spider-Man 2" also convinced Warner Bros. that the era of superhero movies has arrived as Gilbert Jr. said.
Although Marvel's superhero movies have been successful so far, it would be great as long as there is this trend.
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" narrowly defeated "Warrior" with $305 million, becoming the third highest-grossing film in North America this year.
The film's overseas box office was good, with a global box office of US$937 million, second only to the US$1.009 billion box office of "Shrek 2".
Compared with "Spider-Man 2", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" did not suffer a serious decline in quality. Instead, it maintained a good reputation because of Gilbert Jr.'s control of the quality.
The series is getting better and better, and this series has even generated more revenue than the "Lord of the Rings" series, becoming the flagship series of Disney and Warner Pictures.
Another movie produced and released by Melon Studio this year, "Spellbound 2", also performed well. The current North American box office is 191 million, exceeding 200 million US dollars. It is not a big problem to reach 250 million US dollars at the box office.
There is also a global box office of 488 million U.S. dollars, and it is still accumulating. It is expected to eventually earn a box office of about 650 to 700 million U.S. dollars.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to guest starring in "Warriors", Matt Damon also starred in "The Bourne Supremacy".
Although this spy film has a good reputation, its box office in North America was only 171 million US dollars and its global box office was 334 million US dollars. Compared to James Bond and Ethan Hunt, Jason Bourne is still a bit young and not well-known enough.
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