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Chapter 499 Origin Story
In fact, Christian Bale had some questions about why Batman's transformation became so down-to-earth, and he also communicated with Gilbert Jr.

"This is what I want to do," Gilbert Jr. and Christian Bale explained, "The biggest problem with DC heroes in the past is that they are too perfect and therefore unreal.

So I want to pull Bruce Wayne down from 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 of a superhero?"

Christian Bale thought for a while and said: "Kindness, integrity, courage, and a spirit of sacrifice and dedication."

"You're right," Little Gilbert asked again, "Then tell me, do superheroes have shortcomings?"

"Probably not!" Christian Bale answered according to his usual thinking: "After all, he is a superhero."

"Really?" Little Gilbert smiled and shook his head, "Even if they are superheroes, they are essentially humans, and humans have flaws.

Because of these shortcomings, superheroes can have both humanity and divinity.

In my understanding, if a superhero has no humanity, how can he love others? "

Christian Bale seemed to understand: "I seem to have realized that from a creative perspective, this approach makes the identity of a superhero more real and credible.

Because it feels real, it makes the audience feel that these are heroes that can appear in our lives.”

"That's right, I call this down-to-earth, so we have to show Bruce Wayne's side as an ordinary person so that the audience can feel involved," said Gilbert Jr.

A chat with Gilbert Jr. helped Christian Bale understand the role better and acted more easily.

In fact, even Bruce Wayne still has a generation gap compared to ordinary audiences. After all, Bruce Wayne comes from a wealthy family and has lived a life of luxury since childhood.

If you were someone else, even if their parents died, they would probably just be sad for a while, and then they would just do whatever they wanted when they grew up.

Fortunately, Bruce Wayne was different and took the initiative to understand the criminals and learn fighting skills. Later, he found that his revenge could not calm his anger and hatred.

He cared about the people of Gotham and wanted to save them from the abyss of sin in Gotham, so he became Batman.

He hopes that Batman will become a call to action to scare criminals away, and allow people to regain their confidence and dare to fight against evil.

In this respect, Henry Ducard is somewhat different from Bruce Wayne. Henry Ducard also experienced the murder of his family.

There is only anger in his heart, and he only wants revenge, and he extends this hatred to innocent people, which is why he wants to destroy Gotham City.

The Shadow Warrior Alliance is the tool he uses to achieve this goal, and it is filled with people as extreme as he is.

Bruce Wayne saw this clearly and left the League of Shadows. He also saved Henri Ducard because he didn't want to become like him.

Henry Ducard's true identity is Lars al Ghul, the leader of the Shadow Warriors League, which means the head of the devil.

According to the comics, Lars al Ghul accidentally discovered the Lazarus Pool hundreds of years ago and gained immortality by soaking in it.

He later founded the Assassin's League and began recruiting fighting masters from around the world, training them to become servants who would be loyal only to him.

Lars al Ghul's only goal is to destroy all of humanity and build his ideal world.

Lars has lived for about 700 years. He is powerful, cunning, and has minions all over the world. He also knows Batman's true identity, making Batman unable to guard against him.

Lars al Ghul once studied alchemy in China, which provided a basis for Gilbert's adaptation. Since he had learned alchemy, it was only natural for him to learn Chinese martial arts as well.

When traveling from China to the Arabian Peninsula, Lars al-Ghul discovered an underground cave with a strange swamp deep inside.

He discovered that the quagmire had miraculous powers that could heal injuries and restore health, so he devoted himself to studying its effects and met his beloved wife Sona there.

A prince from a nearby kingdom fell seriously ill and came to ask Lars al Ghul to heal him.

Lars al Ghul invited the prince into this quagmire, but the prince's temperament changed drastically. He killed his wife Sona and refused to admit his crime.

The prince imprisoned Lars al Ghul with the body of his wife and tortured him.

After escaping, Lars al Ghul vowed to avenge his wife, and justice must be served himself.

He spread a disease, and when the king found him again and asked him for help, he killed the king and the prince's entire family, and led his men to massacre all the residents.

He then abandoned his birth name and changed his name to Lars al Ghul.

He then founded the Shadow Warrior League, believing that the nature of human sin is unforgivable and that they must punish the bad guys in order to create a better world.

This is the background of the formation of the Shadow Warrior League and the story of Lars al Ghul, which was chosen by Gilbert Jr. based on the principle of adaptation rather than random creation.

Although the new Batman series is a movie based on the real context, some of the original settings are still there, and it is not a random adaptation. The character Henri Ducard is the opposite of Bruce Wayne. The two are mirrors of each other and can see their own side.

This is also a very dramatic aspect of "The Dark Knight", and the discussion of fear, anger and hatred will surely give the audience something to think about.

To be honest, Warner and DC were worried that the script was a bit too heavy, especially the script for the second part.

But Gilbert Jr. was so famous before, and Warner had worked with him for many years and was well aware of his abilities.

Therefore, Warner Bros. still showed great trust in Gilbert Jr. and allowed him to take full control of the entire "Batman" film series.

After a few weeks of filming in Iceland, the exterior scenes in Iceland were concluded and the crew moved to the UK to shoot some scenes at Wayne Manor and the Batcave.

The set design team's modification of the Bat Cave was very successful. They created an artificial river from a nearby river, which 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 Gilbert Jr.'s requirement for a dark and damp bat cave. A liftable platform was also set up inside, which can be raised and used when needed.

Most importantly, the cave entrance is large enough, but the external environment is hidden enough that the Batmobile can fly directly in through the waterfall.

The first scene in the UK was the Batmobile flying into the Batcave. The Batmobile was specially shipped from Los Angeles to the UK, and its mission ended after completing this shoot.

According to subsequent plans, the Batmobile will also make an appearance during the promotion in the UK, and it will surely attract a lot of attention when placed at the roadshow.

The Batmobile was launched into the Batcave from the makeshift road next to the cave. The position had been set. For safety reasons, the car was automatically launched.

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. Sam then notified all departments through the intercom to be prepared.

After the car was ready, the camera was turned on, and the countdown ended, the weight-reduced car was catapulted into the hole, completing the filming mission.

This scene may seem thrilling to outsiders, but Gilbert Jr.'s crew is used to it.

Our director is like this. He always has to use some real stuff. You never know when he will drive a train onto the street or rob another plane.

This is what a real-life shooting fanatic is like. Just get used to it.

By the time the filming schedule in the UK ended, it was already November and the smoke of the summer season had dissipated.

"Warriors" ultimately failed to maintain its third place in the North American box office, being pulled down by "Spider-Man 2" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".

"Spider-Man 2" earned $3.73 million in North American box office, surpassing "The Passion of the Christ" to become the second place in the North American box office.

The film grossed $7.89 million worldwide, falling short of Sony Columbia Pictures' expectations.

This is a sequel movie, the sequel to Spider-Man, but the box office of Man of Steel was 7.2 million, while Spider-Man 2 was only 7.89 million US dollars.

This is also one of the reasons why Warner has confidence in Gilbert Jr., because they believe that the superhero movie directed by Gilbert Jr. will definitely bring different results.

The success of Spider-Man 2 also made Warner believe that the era of superhero movies mentioned by Gilbert Jr. has arrived.

Although the successful superhero movies so far are all Marvel's, it's good as long as there is this trend.

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" narrowly defeated "The Invincibles" with $3.05 million, becoming the third place in this year's North American box office list.

The film did well at the overseas box office, and its global box office of $9.37 million was second only to Shrek 2: The Monsters at $10.09 billion.

Compared to "Spider-Man 2", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" did not experience a serious decline in quality. On the contrary, its quality reputation was maintained well due to Gilbert Jr.'s control.

The series is getting better and better, and this series even generated more revenue than "The Lord of the Rings" series, becoming the ace series of Disney and Warner Pictures.

Another movie produced and released by Cantaloupe Studios this year, "The Spellbound 2," also performed well, with a current North American box office of 1.91 million U.S. dollars. It will not be a problem to break through 2 million U.S. dollars and reach 2.5 million U.S. dollars.

The global box office has reached 4.88 million US dollars, and it is still accumulating. It is expected to eventually earn around 6.5 million to 7 million US dollars.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to his guest appearance in "The Bourne Supremacy", Matt Damon also starred in "Jason Bourne".

Although this spy film has a good reputation, it only grossed $1.71 million in North America and $3.34 million worldwide. Compared to James Bond and Ethan Hunt, Jason Bourne is still a little young and not well-known enough.

(End of this chapter)