Made in Hollywood

As a typical Hollywood commercial blockbuster, the "Avengers", which is full of heroes and stars, will gather familiar superheroes such as Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Hulk, and Black Widow in an unprecedented manner. The press conference naturally attracted a large number of media reporters.

From the local "Los Angeles Times" in Los Angeles to the "New York Times" on the east coast, from the "Washington Post" in North America to the "Le Figaro" in continental Europe, from the "Times" in the British Isles to the "New York Times" in the Japanese archipelago. The Asahi Shimbun, from the professional Hollywood Reporter to the typical tabloid The Sun, sent reporters to this press conference.

"I've accepted the offer from Marvel Studios to direct The Avengers."

Although it was the focus of the press conference, Duke didn't say much. Apart from announcing that he had signed with Marvel Studios, he also admitted that the film will be shot in 3D, ""The Avengers" will be made into a 3D movie. format, which is a very interesting thing.”

He said these words without hesitation, "I don't like the kind of long-shot movies full of dialogue everywhere. I like the kind of movies that make people feel immersive. Therefore, 3D It is very in line with my aesthetic tendency. To be honest, there are many movies that are not suitable for conversion into 3D, but the 3D version of "Avengers" is certainly not annoying, and there are many scenes that can make people feel like they are in the movie From this point of view, I like the 3D "Avengers" very much."

At the press conference, Duke took the initiative to step aside. Now the publicity actors are more topical, and the six Avengers members have also become the focus of media attention. According to the arrangement before the press conference, each of them also told the media About his role in the film.

The first to speak was Chris Evans. His Captain America will be the soul of the Avengers,"

"Through seventy years to the present day, Captain America miraculously regained consciousness and joined the Avengers..."

Chris Evans talked about the difficulty of the role, "He has a lot of new things to accept, and he has to adapt to the rapid changes in human morality, values ​​and science and technology in modern society as soon as possible. He has no relatives. No friends, He doesn't understand buzzwords, doesn't know what the Internet is; but he has a wealth of combat experience and excellent leadership skills, making the Avengers gradually become a cohesive and powerful team."

Robert Downey Jr. described to the media the relationship between Iron Man and Captain America.

"Tony and Steve are like long-lost brothers. Tony's father, Howard Stark, also likes him the most. Although Tony is a playboy who never leaves his body with beautiful women and wine. But he doesn't hate his father for his brother. After meeting the captain, he regarded him as a close friend, and at critical moments, he followed Captain America's instructions to attack."

Mark Ruffalo admitted to media reporters, "In order to play the Hulk well, I went to the zoo to observe gorillas for a long time. I hope this can give me some inspiration for playing the Hulk."

Subsequently, the reporters almost besieged Scarlett Johansson, her black widow is a key role in connecting the entire Avengers.

"I am very happy to continue playing the role of Black Widow in "The Avengers". I like the role of Black Widow very much. I am also very happy that the fans like my interpretation of Black Widow."

When the reporter asked if her character would have romantic sparks with other heroes, Scarlett said directly. "For people like Natalie Normanov, falling in love is a child's trick, and the alliance is too busy to fall in love!"

after the cast. For example, the newly designed heroic battle uniforms and some exposed concept pictures of Duke have also become the focus of media attention.

The press conference lasted the whole morning. After participating in the reception banquet at noon, Duke, as the producer and director, called all the main members of the film to Marvel Studios and held an internal meeting .

Marvel Studios' office in Burbank is not big, it's just a small two-story building. If you just look at the exterior, it's hard to imagine that this is a movie company that has produced several blockbuster movies that have been screened around the world. More like the kind of movie studios run by Hollywood stars that can close at any moment.

Just after noon, this place became a gathering place for Marvel heroes, and the paparazzi who followed several stars almost broke the shutter of the camera.

Black Widow Scarlett Johansson, Pepper Rachel McAdams, Iron Man Robert Downey Jr., Hulk Mark Ruffalo, Hawkeye Jeremy Renner, One-Eyed Samuel Jackson...

There are still not released, but already well-known Thor Chris Hemsworth, Rocky Tom Hiddleston.

Since the press conference was held just now, everyone knew that the strongest team on earth was about to assemble.

When Duke arrived, many reporters surrounded him. It seemed that the press conference in the morning did not ask enough questions, and all kinds of questions were thrown out one after another.

After answering a few casually, Duke hurried into the small office building of Marvel Studios under the cover of bodyguards, while the reporters behind surrounded Kevin Fitch who had just got off the car. The CEO of the industry is not as lucky as Duke.

Entertainment reporters threw out knife-like questions, many of which were about the style of the film.

Faintly listening to the questions asked by the reporter, Duke walked towards the conference room on the second floor under the leadership of the front desk staff.

Although "The Avengers" is a movie that many comic fans and superhero fans are looking forward to, but in the hearts of most people in the industry, this movie is not a sought-after sweet pastry. It's really simple - too many heroes, too many different superpowers, too difficult to mix together.

Frankly speaking, "The Avengers" is a hodgepodge, and hodgepodge movies are never easy to make.

Walking into the conference room, Duke nodded to Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel Jackson who came to say hello one after another, and then walked to the top of the conference table. After Kevin Feige arrived, the meeting kicked off prelude.

This is the preparatory meeting of the crew, and there is nothing special about it. In fact, most of the affairs have been communicated with the relevant people as early as when the script was handed over to them. The preparatory meeting is more like a meeting and coordination meeting. Possible problems in face-to-face communication between personnel.

Group play is a very troublesome thing. There are many characters in the film, and each character is a "popular star". In addition, the screenwriter can't evenly distribute the roles, so it is inevitable that there will be a phenomenon of "preferring one to another", which will easily lead to open and secret fights among actors. .

Fortunately, most of the actors are male actors, and the battles between men will not be as entangled as women.

In order to prevent those bad things that may appear in the future from hindering the filming, after the routine reading of the script, Duke stood up and said a few words.

"Movies are the art of regret. No matter in what aspect, at any time, there will be regrets. In terms of plot, Marvel, Stan Lee and the screenwriters have done their best and tried, and have tried to average everything possible. gone."

Looking across everyone in the conference room, Duke said seriously, "Unfortunately, this is an unrealistic idea. Therefore, some superheroes can only be regarded as supporting roles in this movie."

As soon as Duke finished speaking, Kevin Feige said cooperatively, "However, this will not disappoint, because there are many action scenes in the film. Although there are so many superheroes together, this movie is still the same. If it’s an action movie, just pay attention to the action scenes with big scenes, because this is the flesh and blood of this movie.”

In fact, these people can't say anything on the surface. After all, Duke is not the former Joss Whedon. His weight as a director is enough for these actors to keep some unrealistic ideas at the stage of thinking.

For example, Captain America doesn't have many roles in the script. Although he is the brain of the Avengers, he is definitely not the most brilliant one, and it is even more like a decoration.

This is a very normal thing. When a group of superheroes gather together, it is inevitable that some will stand out and some will be reduced to decorations.

According to the setting of the script, Iron Man Tony Stark definitely took advantage of it. He is humorous, poisonous and conceited. In the end, he became a "fighter" among superheroes because of his courage to dedicate himself. In addition to taking on the most dangerous combat missions , Iron Man also gave full play to the huge energy of comedians, all kinds of ridicule, all kinds of "out of shape".

To be precise, the division of labor in the script is clear, Iron Man is in charge of playing tricks, Captain America is in charge of being handsome, Black Widow is in charge of flirting, One Eye is in charge of scheming, and Hawkeye is in charge of showing off his arms...

As for Thunder God, I still continue to abuse my brother thousands of times, and I treat my brother like first love.

This is also because there are too many main characters, and the script is really difficult to measure.

Even, Stan Lee once asked Duke for advice, hoping to remove the unsightly character of Thor, but got a negative answer. After all, what he wanted to do was a film showing these comic characters in a panoramic manner.

"The film has a very comic script, and it looks like these Avengers members have come out of their respective movies, and these things are mixed together, and it looks silly and funny."

In the face of everyone's eyes, Duke also said some of his own directing philosophy, "There are mythical characters, there are American soldiers from World War II, and there are also arms dealers and lone rangers like Tony Stark. It is very important to put these characters together. not easy."

"Fundamentally speaking, this group of people does not belong in a movie, and we need to use a story to string them together. This story will attract the attention of superhero fans all over the world." (To be continued ~^~)

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