Vol 2 Chapter 890: Must have a black starring?

Star Wars fans are widespread in North America, and even form a cultural heritage. Even young people born in the 1990s and the new century can talk about Star Wars and the complex relationships among its various roles. To a certain extent, just like "Journey to the West" to people on the other side of the Pacific, the influence of Star Wars in North America is beyond doubt.
Duke was very sure of this, and he also knew that feelings alone are not enough for a movie.
There is a phenomenon that cannot be ignored. More than 95% of the older Star Wars fans will enter the theater in the first week of the movie. They will actively buy tickets to watch, but only watch it once, and have experienced life. Those people who are struggling will not buy Star Wars peripheral products crazy!
As we all know, the surroundings of Hollywood hot movies are the real focus of profitability!
Who are most of the people who watch movies repeatedly and donate one dollar after another for the box office? teens!
Who are the people who buy all kinds of toys, dolls and posters crazily and want to move home the entire series of Star Wars products? teens!
Who is the person who can continue to pass on the Star Wars culture and allow Duke's Lucasfilm to make money every few years? There is only one answer, teenagers!
"Although "Star Wars: A New Hope" was released as early as the 1970s, the first generation of Star Wars fans are already grey-haired..."
Standing at the forefront of the conference table, Duke said firmly and forcefully, "But the largest consumer group for this project is still the young audience!"
Catherine Kennedy and Charles Rowan both nodded slightly, and everyone else agreed with Duke, and George Lucas was no exception.
Hollywood movies win the home market, and the core component of the home market is teenagers.
"Sorry, George..."
Duke smiled slightly at George Lucas, "I'm afraid I can't use your proposal."
George Lucas said without mind. "It's ok."
After all, his relationship with Duke is unusual, and he doesn't mind that this young man he likes almost completely overthrows his setting of the future direction of Star Wars.
Duke turned to look at the other side of the conference table and said to Robin Grand, who returned after the Harry Potter series,
Robin, you are responsible for selecting actors. The crew will have a large-scale audition. Selection. The starring actors should be young enough, preferably faces that are relatively unfamiliar to the audience."
The script was sent to the core members of the team a long time ago. Duke also revealed a long time ago that he intends to create a "Youth Edition Star Wars" and portray a female Jedi as the protagonist.
This is to please the young audience, the mainstay of the market.
"The heroine is a 16-19-year-old girl." Duke also told Robin Grande, "The other main male character is also the same age, and the appearance of the actor must meet the requirements."
This is the most basic condition for starring in the film’s leading actors and actresses. If these conditions are not appropriate, other aspects such as acting will be excellent. Duke will not use it either.
Duke shook his head to Tina Fei, and Tina Fei immediately handed over a basic requirement for young actors to Robin Grand and others.
Robin Grande glanced, for him, the job is not difficult, because Duke's requirements are not complicated.
"1.16-19 year old girl, independent, humorous and thin."
"2.16-19 year old girls, strong, smart and thin."
"Men around 3.20 years old, witty, thin but not handsome in the traditional sense."
"4.26--29-year-old men. Handsome, confident, and thin."
"Males around 5.70 years old have strong opinions and tough character. They don't need to be too thin."
"Men around 6.40 years old, military type, thin."
"Men around 7.30 years old are smart and witty and don't need to be too thin."
These are the seven most important characters in the new "Star Wars".
"Duke..." Robin Grande looked away from the file and said, "I have a suggestion that you can consider."
Duke made a please gesture.
"The first heroine must be a white girl."
There is no doubt about this. Robin Grande suggested, "If you can, it's better to set the actor for the heroine to be a black man."
"I think this proposal is feasible." Charles Rowan echoed.
Sitting back in his seat, Duke also considered this suggestion, using a black man as the leading actor. It is indeed a coup in business. Although the anti-discrimination slogans in North America are loud, the racial discrimination is still huge, and there is a fact that cannot be ignored. The number of people of color in the United States is increasing, even Going beyond the white trend, using a black person is both in line with the so-called political correctness and can please the minority audience.
"I don't think you need to deliberately choose..."
In fact, Duke is very clear that the use of blacks in such roles will also bring some negative effects, and he has no feeling for black actors. "Whether they are Asian or Latino, they can be candidates."
These are also minorities, and in other less important roles, it is enough to find a black actor to play, and it is enough to comfort the black people's heart that is as easily broken as glass.
Just like the Oscar awards, as long as some blockbuster films do not use black actors, they will be protested by Hollywood and some black organizations across the United States. Does the deliberate replacement of black actors mean discrimination against actors of other ethnic groups?
Duke is not the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In the past few years, a black actor has never been the real protagonist of his films, and he will not be used to so many problems with blacks like Oscar.
He is very convinced that if the starring role in this film uses black people and does not use it in the next film, there will be many black organizations screaming at him. His time is precious and there is no time to talk to these people, and when the time comes No matter what it says is inappropriate.
At the end of the preparatory meeting, when Duke left, he accepted an interview with reporters arranged by Warner Bros.
In the face of Warner’s media, Duke revealed a little more information. He talked in detail about his doubts when creating the "Star Wars 7" script. "When the audience first watched "Star Wars" in 1977, they were The cosmology and story in Chinese are completely unfamiliar. They don’t know who Princess Leia is, they don’t know Han Sura, or whose father the Black Warrior is. This is a beautiful and unfamiliar world. But until now we are creating. The seventh story is difficult to break these conventional understandings."
When asked by the reporter about the direction of the plot of "Star Wars 7", Duke added, "I will respect the previous story, but I will not stick to the rules."
And Duke also revealed that he will use cg special effects carefully, abandon the excessive use of computer cg special effects in the "Prequel Trilogy", and re-enable the special effects shooting methods of real robots and miniature models that fans have always remembered and talked about. Use modern cg technology to combine them organically and truly serve the story itself.
"Since the filming of "Star Wars 7" was confirmed, diehard fans of Star Wars have been saying to the company, me and George Lucas himself in various ways,'Don't rely too much on cg special effects. We miss the previous Star Wars movies' ."
Facing the reporter’s microphone, Duke said directly,
My team and Lucasfilm have already discussed the possible negative effects of excessive use of cg special effects. In order to better make the special effects serve the story itself, At the same time, to meet the requirements of die-hard movie fans, "Star Wars 7" will reuse traditional special effects such as miniature models and real robots, supplemented by necessary computer special effects."
This point Duke is basically telling the truth. "Star Wars 7" does have fewer computer special effects shots, but this is compared to the more than 2,000 special effects shots in his previous movies. Duke has never been a conservative. Man, he knows what effect Star Wars fans want, and he knows how to achieve this effect almost perfectly in the most time-saving and labor-saving way.
For example, in photography, the digital high-definition photography in hd format used by George Lucas in the "Star Wars Prequel" trilogy has been criticized by movie fans. From the day when "Star Wars 7" was announced, many media and old people Movie fans are calling for Duke to re-use 35mm format film for this film.
Indeed, Duke chose the film, but not the relatively backward 35mm format, but the imax version of 70mm film, and he intends to use the imax camera to shoot this film as much as possible. If this goal can be achieved, "Star Wars 7" It will be the first commercial film with all imax lenses in history.
Counting Harrison Ford’s possible remuneration of 20 million US dollars, Duke’s original plan, "Star Wars VII" requires a production cost of 200 million US dollars is enough, and then the extra 50 million US dollars investment is entirely for imax shooting The preparation of the plan.
When necessary, Duke can also use personal investment to make additional investments.
All preparations are proceeding in an orderly manner, especially the work of inviting old actors from the Star Wars trilogy to return. Except for the difficult negotiations with Harrison Ford, other aspects are progressing quite smoothly.
Kieran Shah, a special actor who played an Ewoks and the tortured power robot in Jabba's palace in "Star Wars 3: Return of the Jedi", quickly signed the actor contract; "Return of the Jedi" Warwick Davis, who plays the Ewoks who first discovered Leia, is sure to join the crew...
In addition, after the "Star Wars VII" project was established, many celebrity fans also contacted Duke through various means, wanting to have a guest role in this film, even without lines and rewards.
The most famous of these are the British comedian Simon Peggy and the new generation of James Bond actor Daniel Craig.
This is also the point of promotion at the back of the film, and Duke verbally promised to give them a suitable role. (To be continued.)
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