Chapter 170 Loyal to the Original Work
Sam, was not a suitable director in the eyes of Sony, Columbia and Marvel, so he spent an entire hour proving his worth.
Anson is not a friendly boy-next-door type like Tobey Maguire, and now he also needs to spend energy to prove that he is a suitable choice.
Invisibly, this is an intertext. Perhaps, it can become the key for Anson to impress Sam. The empathetic position can awaken resonance, so the content of Sam's meeting will play an important role.
Edgar’s intelligence has two information points.
First, Sam knows comics very well, maybe even a master.
With Anson’s half-baked understanding of the original comic, there is no need to do anything but do what he likes, otherwise his shortcomings may be exposed in front of experts. Say what you understand. If you don’t understand, there is no need to pretend to understand.
Second, Sam is a member of the original novel.
Whether it is comics, novels, games, or later live-action movies adapted from comics, all adaptations need to face severe challenges from the original party, because preconceptions are deeply ingrained, and they have their own interpretation of the work and their own interpretation of the characters. The plots all have their own benchmarks.
Naturally, the original author may have his or her own imagined image in mind.
This is somewhat detrimental to Anson, because Tobey Maguire is the boy-next-door image that is close to the original comics, which is why Sam favors him.
In fact, Toby is the same as Scott Speedman. Both were born in 1975 and are twenty-five years old this year. It may not be completely appropriate for them to play high school students, but Toby's baby face, which limits his career, is actually an advantage here.
However, the original author’s imagination of the character is mainly a vague outline, of which appearance is only a part. What is more important is the character.
Maybe, Anson can start from here.
Here, there is a key message. Although with the popularity of "Avengers", Iron Man has become the most popular character in the Marvel universe, but before "Iron Man" was released, he was the most popular character in Marvel comics. The king of popularity is Spider-Man, who is also the only comic character who can compete with the "DC Big Three" Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
So, why is Spider-Man so popular?
Of course, if you look into the history of comics in detail, the competition between Marvel and DC and the changes of the times all play an irreplaceable role, just like the times create heroes, but Anson has limited knowledge of those histories. What was on his mind now was another key piece of information.
Stan-Lee, who single-handedly created Spider-Man and many Marvel superhero characters, once said in an interview:
The uniqueness of Spider-Man is that this is A high school student who is inexperienced in the world, he is the first superhero who needs to worry about dealing with personal trivial matters. He is very different from Superman, a mysterious and elusive character in daily life.
In fact, it is not just Superman, Batman is a billionaire with superpowers for money, Wonder Woman is an Amazon god, Iron Man is also a rich man who throws money all over the sky, and Captain America has a national scientific research power. official representative of the place, and so on.
Other superheroes also have their own troubles and dilemmas, but compared to their own situations, their missions are more about grand propositions such as saving mankind and the earth.
Not so with Spider-Man.
He is just a child, and his superpowers do not have the energy to destroy the world and turn things around - so later when Disney tried to integrate the entire Marvel universe, they simply completely modified the setting of Spider-Man, Using the high technology produced by Iron Man to enhance Spider-Man's abilities, only in this way can it fit in with the theme of saving the earth in the movie.
Although integrating Spider-Man into the Marvel Universe in this way is tantamount to destroying Spider-Man's settings that attracted readers from the beginning and distinguished him from other superheroes. Therefore, Tom Holland's version of the Spider-Man series of movies has a box office The performance was good, but the reputation was far inferior to that of the animated film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" that later returned to Spider-Man's true image.
In fact, when Stan Lee set up the character of Spider-Man, he specifically emphasized various deeds in the character's private life, and achieved an effect that was similar to ordinary people but extraordinary. This is Peter Parker's charm.
And this is something Sam Raimi, the "originalist", also deeply understands. Not only was it demonstrated in his "Spider-Man", it also won unanimous recognition from the audience. This superhero story focusing on the growing pains of high school students has always been Twenty years later, it is still the best in the same type of movies. Looking back at the "Spider-Man" movies in his previous life, Anson remembered that when Peter Parker first got super powers, he didn't think about becoming a hero. He just wanted to make a little money. It wasn't until his mistake indirectly led to the death of his uncle that he Embark on the road to fighting crime.
Peter Parker's youth, recklessness, impulsiveness, and innocence, these qualities of a high school student give this character an unparalleled unique temperament. He makes mistakes just like ordinary people, and he and adolescent children They also need to grow up, have many advantages and disadvantages like every high school student, and stumble to write their own life.
Perhaps, this is Anson's breakthrough.
Moreover, the character of Michael in "The Princess Diaries" can also bring inspiration.
They are both high school students with different temperaments and preferences, but they also want to grow up; the biggest difference between the two characters is that Michael has no chance to show himself, he needs to revolve around Mia, and Peter Parker Then you have your own space.
This means that Anson can expand his hands and feet in the character's space.
So, Peter Parker, what kind of high school student is he?
For the audience, they are used to Peter Parker as Spider-Man, but before he got super powers, he was just an ordinary high school student.
Does this sentence sound familiar?
Mia, Mia in "Princess Diaries", before she learned that she had a queen grandmother, Mia was also an ordinary high school student, like a transparent person.
Anson remembered that Peter Parker was also a nerd who was ostracized, ridiculed and teased by his classmates at school, so he could learn some experience from Mia.
Otaku, nerd, geek.
But obviously, Peter Parker and Michael are different types of nerds. Peter Parker likes photography and provides photos for the school magazine; he likes natural science and has some interest in biotechnology.
So, Peter Parker likes to read, but the types of books are different from Michael's.
Little by little, Anson conceived a new image in his mind. He was not Tobey Maguire. If he wanted to win this role, he couldn't simply imitate Tobey Maguire, otherwise he would just use his own performance. Proving that Toby is the best, he needs to have his own colors.
An idea flashed in my mind.
Staying true to the original work may be a good idea for Anson.
Anson looked up at Edgar and smiled, "I have an idea, how much time do we have until the audition?"
"Two hours." Edgar followed. Not keeping up with the rhythm, there were a lot of questions in his eyes, "What are you going to do?"
First update.
(End of this chapter)