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Chapter 409 Rashomon-style [Harry Potter-Voldemort]

[Harry Potter-Voldemort] crew.

Zhang Nanzheng wore a wizard robe and started performing according to the script.

Director David Yates, who was sitting behind the monitor, was watching Zhang Nan's performance and the script with a speechless and complicated expression.

His speechless and complicated emotions had been going on for a long time.

In other words, it started after I got the script of [Harry Potter-Voldemort].

The reason is very simple. The script of [Harry Potter - Voldemort] is a bit... conflicting with the content of [Harry Potter].

No, to say conflict is probably a bit rude.

The difference between the two is more like a Rashomon-style way of dealing with it, where the public is justified and the mother-in-law is justified.

For example, in the main story of [Harry Potter], Zhang Nan's Voldemort was a bad guy from the beginning.

He has liked to torture and kill small animals since he was a child. After arriving at Hogwarts, he used the basilisk in the secret room to kill his classmate Myrtle, blamed Rubeus Hagrid, and killed his father who hated him... and other misdeeds. The list goes on and on.

In [Harry Potter-Voldemort], these events are overturned one by one from another perspective.

Of course, many incidents have already been confirmed by the plot of [Harry Potter]. No matter how fancy your skills are, it will be difficult to overturn the truth.

Therefore, in the entire [Harry Potter-Voldemort] series, a deeper villain was forcibly added - the inner demon.

It is the inner demon that tortures and kills small animals. Voldemort just accidentally discovered and appeared in that place, and then was misunderstood, and was also targeted by the inner demon; the incident of the basilisk in the secret room was also secretly operated by the inner demon...

In short, Voldemort was a misunderstood pioneer in resisting demons, but in the end he failed in resisting demons and was tainted.

David Yates can understand why [Harry Potter-Voldemort] needs to be adapted in this way. After all, Voldemort is the protagonist in this spin-off film, and having a bad guy as the protagonist is obviously unfriendly to the audience, so it needs to be whitewashed. .

But...he is also the director of the main story of [Harry Potter]!
Therefore, the conflicting plot made David Yates feel a little uncomfortable filming.

But what makes David Yates even more uncomfortable is the two supporting roles chosen by Zhang Nan: Johnny Depp, who is famous for his cult performances, and Robert Downey Jr., who has just finished stepping on the sewing machine and smells of pure prison style. .

It would have been very difficult to whitewash Voldemort. After all, four of the main sequels of [Harry Potter] have been released, and the fifth one will be released during the summer vacation in July.

After being portrayed in so many movies, it is difficult to overturn the image of Voldemort.

Now with the addition of two supporting characters with raging evil auras, the difficulty has basically reached its peak.

……

However, while David Yates was uncomfortable filming, Zhang Nan had no negative emotions at all.

Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr., who performed with Zhang Nan, were even happier.

Johnny Depp goes without saying.

My own cultish and bad temperament is here.

so many years.

Few of the roles he plays are positive characters, and even if they are positive characters, they are also a little evil, such as the scissor robot, the weird chocolate factory director Charlie, and the slightly crazy Captain Jack Sparrow.

Before starring in Harry Potter - Voldemort, Johnny Depp thought Zhang Nan wanted him to return to his old career and continue playing evil roles.

After all, from the name of the character [Voldemort], you can get a feel for what type of characters the other characters are.What's more, who is Voldemort in the main story of [Harry Potter]? He has become famous all over the world with the main story of [Harry Potter].

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that there were no film contracts, and the project "Harry Potter-Voldemort" had a high enough celebrity status and a large amount of investment, Johnny Depp would not have planned to play a role as a cult villain again. .

Because over the years, Johnny Depp has also found that his acting career has been somewhat restricted by his cult acting style. After all, there are no Hollywood blockbusters where the protagonist is an evil person, so he wants to transform into a good guy role.

After accepting the role, I found that the character was evil on the surface but kind-hearted on the inside, which perfectly suited my idea of ​​​​acting transformation, so I was naturally very happy.

only……

"Depp, please restrain your smile for me. You are smiling so evilly. We are decent and good people." Zhang Nan, who was acting opposite Johnny Depp, was impressed by Johnny Depp's normal performance. , which gave me goosebumps, and he scolded.

After Johnny Depp was scolded, he quickly said sorry while suppressing the crazy smile on his lips.

However, although Zhang Nan was talking about Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr. also listened carefully to Zhang Nan's words, thought about his performance, and then carefully restrained his performance.

No wonder Robert Downey Jr. is so serious and cautious.

In fact, compared to Johnny Depp who is just struggling with his transformation, Robert Downey Jr.'s situation is even worse, and he is basically in a situation where there is no filming.

So when Robert Downey Jr. received the film invitation from Zhang Nan, his first reaction was that it was a scam.

Then I continued to communicate with the mentality of trying my luck. Finally, I found out that the film contract was real, and excitement filled Robert Downey Jr.'s heart.

Because everyone in Hollywood knows at this time that the projects starring Zhang Nan have not failed so far, and in recent years they have continuously exceeded one billion U.S. dollars at the box office.

No matter who stars in Zhang Nan's movie, even if it is just a supporting role, it is a chance to become popular.

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within the crew.

The filming progress of [Harry Potter-Voldemort] continues to advance.

Summer vacation is in progress.

Watching "Spider-Man 3" continue to harvest the summer box office, other Hollywood giants can't help it.

As a result, the competition for summer holidays in North America has begun to become fierce.

On May 5, one of DreamWorks Animation’s cash cows [Shrek 25] was officially released, launching a wave of impact on [Spider-Man 3].

The effect was very good, almost making [Spider-Man 3] unable to resist.

Then just over a week later, Warner Pictures released another top-notch B-level movie "Ocean's Thirteen" with two high-quality predecessors on June 6th.

With a screening scale of 3565 theaters, "Ocean's Thirteen" hit a box office of US$3708 million in its first week, which was slightly more than the expectations of many box office forecasting agencies. It can be regarded as worthy of the title of a top B-level movie.

Then another week later, June 6th.

2th Century Fox eagerly launched the sequel to the comic book movie "Fantastic Four [-]".

With a scale of 3959 theaters, it grossed US$5740 million at the box office in the three days of its first weekend, crushing "Ocean's Thirteen" which was just released the week before, and topped the North American box office rankings that week. position.

(End of this chapter)