Chapter 1425: Opening the Possible
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Anson was really surprised that this project would appear in front of him, and he should not be the best candidate.
There are two reasons.
First, age.
The "Wonka" was released in 2023. The movie tells the story of Willy Wonka's life when he first started, and it was also the event before he owned a chocolate factory. The young version of Willy Wonka is by Timothy Chalame (Timothy-Chalamet) played by him, who was twenty-eight years old at the time.
In other words, in the story of "Wonka", Willy Wonka should be in the middle of 20 years old, and when he enters the story of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", he needs to be at least forty years old.
Although this is a magical story, the settings around Willy Wonka do not have the option of rejuvenation or immortality.
Anson is not twenty-two years old this year, and he is almost the same as playing the younger version of Willy Wonka, but it seems complicated to play the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" version of Willy Wonka. .
It is precisely because of this that Lucas just joked, not knowing whether this is an invitation to Anson to play Willy Wonka or Charlie.
Second, style.
As we know, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is adapted from children's literature, a fairy tale, full of fantasy imagination, and like "Alice in Wonderland", "Legend of Narnia", etc., such works When adapting to a movie, you often need to diverge your imagination and break cognitive boundaries.
To some extent, it is out of reality.
Naturally, the actor's makeup, hair style and performance style also need to be adjusted -
In "Wonka", there is no doubt that the Opalenpa man played by Hugh Grant is a man who is undoubtedly a member of the Opalunpa in "Wonka". It is the biggest highlight of the whole movie, but Hugh Grant is suffering from his acting experience. He said that this is the most difficult, most embarrassing and embarrassing performance in his career, and he completely regrets taking on this role.
However, "There is no way, for the sake of child support..."
Hugh Grant owed a lot of romantic debts when he was young, gave birth to five children, and there were rumors that he had illegitimate children. The huge pressure of raising these children caused him to take on roles frequently and become a model worker in order to pay off his debts. Nicholas Cage is a brother in trouble.
For magic movies and fairy tale movies, establishing the film style and casting according to the style is half the guarantee of success of the movie.
But, Anson?
Although Ansen starred in a fairy tale-like work like "Princess Diary", so far, Ansen's role is still mainly close to reality.
To be honest, Anson couldn't imagine himself playing in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
Of course, a large part of this is because of past lives.
Previous life, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Alice in Wonderland", these two magic fairy tale movies are starring Johnny Depp.
No doubt Johnny Depp is very suitable for the Gothic style, bringing a weird and playful unique temperament to the characters and even the movie.
Preconceived impressions occupy Anson's brain, and their image is vivid and difficult to break for a while. "'Warm and warmth contain light'," Lucas said.
Ansen looked over.
Lucas does not understand the movie, but instead has an objective gaze, "I mean 'warmth contains light'. In this work, people not only see your comedy talent, but also Seeing your ability to interpret some weird and fantasy characters. "
Ansen thought about it seriously-
"Nutrition contains light" is indeed a special performance experience, a little bit strange. Lidian is a little awkward and a little nervous. He does not explore his own psychological level in depth like "walking with songs", but explores different presentations of performances in another way, which does bring completely different feelings.
No doubt such a character proves that Anson has more possibilities. To some extent, it is even more valuable than "walking with songs".
The reason is that "Walking with Songs" is an orthodox film. When actors challenge performances, they often have a template. Even if the performance is excellent, they are still within expectations. Therefore, when Anson confirmed to appear, Hollywood was revealed one after another. He had an expression of "I knew it before."
But "Warm and light" is slightly different. Just as Charlie Kaufman comes with its own attributes, such a character cannot be predicted or controlled. He gives Anson more without playing according to common sense. Free space, the final character presentation is not only persuasive but also charming, and it is by no means easy.
So, the success of "Warm and Light" is indeed a crucial step for Anson.
It makes sense if this movie brings a character like Willie Wonka to Anson.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Anson raised his eyes and looked at Lucas, "It should be more than that."
A light smile appeared in Lucas's eyes, "Now I can confirm you It's okay."
The response confirmed Anson's conjecture.
Lucas did not continue to circle around, "Edgar has been busy in recent times."
"On the one hand, it accumulates for the next negotiations with Sony Columbia around Spider-Man sequel to the next chips; on the other hand, it opens up the situation for your breakthrough in Hollywood."
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"Edgar said that he is not going to fight for you to get the treatment of a club of 20 million, but to gain more benefits for you and the right to speak as a producer by distributing the box office. Even if Spider-Man sequel aside, he hopes to gain more initiative for you in other projects. "
It seems that Edgar did not stop while Anson was busy filming. "This is one of the items Edgar is aiming for." Lucas threw out the answer.
Anson was slightly surprised and raised the script in his hand, "Are you sure?"
Objectively speaking, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" does not fit people's conventional impression of genre blockbusters. More importantly, the real protagonist of the movie is "Charlie". Willy Wonka is the soul of the whole movie but he is not narrative. Main perspective.
Edgar's attempt to break Hollywood barriers with such a work is indeed an interesting choice—
The big film companies are willing to use 10%, 15%, and even more Did the box office dividend convince Anson to play a role like Willie Wonka who is not the absolute protagonist?
In a sense, this is an adventure, which is equivalent to putting the crew's biggest investment in a secondary role.
At the same time, this is also an opportunity, because it can save $20 million in film payments, and there is no need to increase production costs for a secondary role.
Edgar's move was obviously thoughtful -
Of course, this is just one of Edgar's many choices.
Lucas lightly said, "Warner Brothers are full of confidence in this project and directly gave a budget of $150 million."
Wow!
It's indeed Warner Bros.
After tasting the sweetness of the "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings" series, Warner Bros. is not ruthless in the adaptation of magic, fantasy and fairy tales. This targeting "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is also another show of Warner Bros. He is rich and powerful, and he is decisive.
It can be seen from this that when Sony Columbia and 20th Century Fox are targeting comic adaptation superheroes for breakthroughs, despite holding DC comic adaptation copyright, Warner Bros. is still more convinced of the fantasy film market at present, although they are in the copyright of DC comic adaptation. , committed to opening up the situation here.
(This chapter ends)