553. The Heroine;
The general plot of Iron Man is about Tony, who was born in a wealthy family in New York, and while he is wearing a small coat to reach out for food and open his mouth, he does not only know pleasure and nonsense like all gentlemen. A natural genius, Tony graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in electrical engineering at the age of 17 and found his place as the new owner of his family's business, Stark Arms. The unfortunate death of his parents only fueled Tony's career even more. At the age of 21, he began to control tens of billions of assets, and gradually established Stark's strong position as the No. 1 arms supplier to the U.S. military. However, Tony's arrogant personality and unscrupulous approach to achieving his ends often get him in trouble. Fortunately, he also has a shrewd, capable, sexy and charming female assistant Virginia Potts who always cares for and helps him.
But a kidnapping soon after changed Tony Stark's life. When Tony leads a team of men and military observers to test his latest development on the deserted territory, he is attacked by a group of extremely fierce terrorists. Eventually, Tony, who was hit in the heart by a cannonball fragment in the chaos, woke up to find a strange device in his chest, and it was the device that kept him alive. It turned out that Dr. Inson, who was also a hostage, used a car electromagnet to absorb the shrapnel in his body, saving Tony Stark's life, of course, the terrorist who saved him was not just to capture this weapon design expert, but to admire his name for a long time.
As a result, the terrorists began to use both hard and soft measures, demanding that Tony Stark make them even more powerful weapons. Heroes don't suffer immediate losses, and smart Starks won't sit still. So, with the help of Inson, he used the crude equipment and raw materials provided by the terrorists to create steel armor for himself in the dark underground base, which has strong combat capabilities. During the battle with the terrorists, Dr. Inson dies buying time for Stark, but causing the escaped Tony to change his mind about saving the world by making munitions.
So, he improved the steel armor, created another piece of fusion energy, and became the real Iron Man.
Then the villain Obadia Stan, a bad guy who has been coveting Stark's rich life for a long time, can't hold back and makes waves in Stark's arms company, secretly making deals with terrorist bosses. Obtain the remains of Stark's damaged armor from the terrorist base, and with the help of a team of scientists, seize Tony's fusion energy and use the steel armor improvements for himself. At this point, the number one villain in the story finally has the reason and confidence to do whatever he wants, and Tony can only rely on the old electromagnet heart to fight Stan. Eventually, Potts activates all the energy of the arc and defeats Stan. And at the press conference the next day, Tony announced that he was Iron Man.
A classic American hero who gets off to a good start, then gets setbacks, then comes to his senses, then bravely faces his enemies and finally defeats them...... To be honest, there is no brilliance in the plot, and the success of this movie is still a plus for the special effects.
On the one hand, there are feelings, after all, as a famous superhero under Marvel, Iron Man has a firm support. And the steel armor shown by the special effects in the movie also let the audience see a very handsome side.
The combination of the two created the success of Iron Man, and also emboldened Disney and Marvel to start follow-up filming plans.
Of course, Zhou Fangyuan is more confident, after all, he came over watching the movie.
The script has been determined, the director and film crew are not a problem, and the actor has also been decided, just use Robert Downey Jr., don't worry that he will refuse, he has a bad reputation now, and if someone is willing to ask him to make a film, he should already be happy. After all, his father's connections will always run out one day, in fact, "Sweetheart", which won him the Golden Globe Award before, is already the last ability of Robert Downey Sr. Although Tony won the award for this, the industry is not optimistic about him, mainly because he is too troublesome, and no one wants the protagonist to go to prison for various reasons halfway through the filming of his movie.
So even if Tony has the Golden Globe Award, no one still wants to ask him to make a movie, and now that Zhou Fangyuan has appeared, this is already a great thing for Donnie.
As for the heroine, Gwyneth Paltrow starred in the original work.
This woman is not simple, she was born in Los Angeles, California, USA, to a family of artists. His father, Blue Paltrow, was a Jew, producer and director. His mother, Bryce Danner, is a film actress. Gwyneth's godfather is even more powerful, the famous Steven Spielberg. It can be said that Gwyneth's family is a family of artists. Since Gwyneth was literate, she has accompanied her mother to practice her lines and become a "little accompanist". When she was 11 years old, her parents moved the family to Hollywood. As the daughter of an actress, she inherited her mother's merits. Although her parents didn't want her daughter to become an actress, Gwyneth showed her acting talent at a very young age due to her childhood and family upbringing.
Therefore, in 1991, Gwyneth Paltrow, who was only 18 years old, played the role of her godfather Steven Spielberg's film "Captain Hawke", playing Wendy as a teenager in the play. In 1996, at the age of 23, Gwyneth filmed her famous film "Emma". In 1998, 25-year-old Gwyneth Paltrow starred in "Shakespeare in Love" and won the 71st Oscar for Best Actress.
The 25-year-old Oscar actress is rare, just this one award is enough to show her acting skills and status.
But it's a pity that after that, her acting career has not made much progress, and even regressed slightly.
In 1999, Gwyneth co-starred with Matt Damon in The Talented Ripley, which became one of the most controversial films of 1999. After that, Gwyneth starred in various genres of works such as "Beauty in a Bottle", "Survival in the Cracks", "Good Night and Good Dreams", "Two Lovers", etc., but none of them were famous. It wasn't until 08 years of the original time and space that he participated in "Iron Man" and starred in the next two sequels. It's just a pity that in Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. is so brilliant that he single-handedly crushed everyone else, and Scarlett Johansson, the actor of Black Widow, can compare with him. As the heroine, Gwyneth is completely unremarkable, and she does not appear many times in the first part, and she cannot attract the attention of the audience. The second part was simply compared to Scarlett, who is also an actress.
Of course, it can't be said that Scarlett's acting skills are necessarily better than Gwyneth's, in fact, Scarlett's acting skills are slightly worse. After all, Gwyneth is the queen of the Oscars, which is a level that many young actors can't reach in their lifetime. Whether it's luck or strength, it's not easy for people to get this award. The reason why it will be suppressed in the movie can only be said that the character of Pepper really has no double-eyed performance, nominally the heroine, but in fact can only be regarded as a supporting role at most. And the characters themselves don't show their faces much, and their dresses are basically conservative, compared with the black widow who has an explosive body, it is normal to be pressed down.
So when Zhou Fangyuan suggested that Pepper let Gwyneth play, Jon hesitated.
"Boss, Gwyneth is not an ordinary actress, she is the queen of the Oscars, and she is still Spielberg's goddaughter, I am worried...... She wouldn't want to star in our movie......"
"Of course she will be willing to act, you know better than me what Iron Man's reputation is in the United States, if she really doesn't want to, she can't be replaced when the time comes, I'm just giving you an opinion, whether to decide to use her when the time comes, or you, the chief director, have the final say. ”
Zhou Fangyuan said with a smile.
His words made Jon's eyes light up suddenly.
As the director of the film, of course, he hopes that he has control over the movie, but it is a pity that in the face of an investor like Zhou Fangyuan and the most potential newcomer director, he, a little-known existence, is a little lacking in confidence.
The previous decisions were made by Zhou Fangyuan, he had a simple question, but he could only question, unless he withdrew from this shooting plan, he could only obediently obey the other party's arrangement. Now Zhou Fangyuan suddenly said that he was willing to hand over the choice of the heroine to him, of course he was very happy.
Of course, before that, he still has to ask Gwyneth first, no matter what, this is the heroine candidate proposed by Zhou Fangyuan, only after being rejected by the other party, he can rest assured that he can choose the person he wants, otherwise what if the big boss knows that he is playing small tricks behind the other party's back, what if he is kicked away? Such a good opportunity, he didn't want to give up.
Seeing off Jon, Zhou Fangyuan thought about his plan.
In the United States, it seems that he has done everything he should do, although there are still many things he wants to do, but he does not have enough funds in hand, and many plans can only be suspended.
The filming of "Iron Man" was unplanned, and at first he just wanted to hold the copyright in his hands and wait for the opportunity to start the project later. But Sony refused to sell the copyright, which made Zhou Fangyuan somewhat unhappy.
You won't sell Spider-Man?Okay, I don't want it, not only don't, but I'm going to make other movies and fight you in the ring to see if it's your Spider-Man who is awesome, or my Avengers. As the first part to start, "Iron Man" is of course very important, Zhou Fangyuan happened to have money in his hand after buying three special effects companies, so what are you waiting for, shoot directly. Anyway, he can't pay all the money himself, and he always has to find other investors, so he is not worried that the movie will not be made.
As the starting point of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Iron Man" is very entertaining and storytelling, and the hero Iron Man himself is very charming, extremely smart, merry, humorous and confident, and very popular with the audience. The film is accompanied by heavy metal rock, and the large and small explosion chase scenes are added together, and the viewing pleasure is no less than watching Spider-Man swing between high-rise buildings. Downey Jr.'s performance is also fantastic, with unexpected humor and first-class special effects that make the film transition through the scenes, and the audience finally gets to see the wonderful Superman fight. The production of the scene is perfect, and the robot fight scenes synthesized by special effects production can be regarded as the most noteworthy part of "Iron Man".
The computer special effects are also enough to vividly show every detail of the iron armor wearing the human body, and almost make the audience believe that such an iron armor can exist, and the shot of Iron Man accompanied by heavy metal music, blasting off the tank, and then leaving without looking back is absolutely cool enough. Compared to other comic book heroes, who prefer to fight hand-to-hand with their opponents, Iron Man's destructive power is obviously superior, and the weapons all over his body provide him with a sufficient material basis to show his might. And several other comic book heroes also mostly appear as saviors, and rarely show the power of stirring people's hearts. In this respect, Iron Man is undoubtedly the bravest of all heroes.
Of course, the only fly in the ointment is that the duel between good and evil between Iron Man and Iron Demon in the end does not seem to be fierce enough.
But the flaws are not hidden, and it is the first part of the series of movies, mainly at the beginning, and the entire follow-up story is constantly brought out, and it is completely acceptable to have a little deficiency in the plot.
After dealing with the filming of "Iron Man", Zhou Fangyuan returned to Cameron, the preliminary filming of "Warcraft" has begun, and Xu Ruxuan and Xingru have also come to the United States. The work visa is good, and they have been ready for a long time. And Zhou Fangyuan also prepared roles for them, of course, it is not a big role, it can only be regarded as a supporting role.
Considering the plot of the first part of "Warcraft", Xu Ruxuan's role is slightly more important, and she is the daughter of the old wolf, that is, Princess Tess. In the new version of the plot, Gilneth is set as a country with black hair and black eyes, and Xu Ruxuan plays Tess Greymane, who only has five lines in the movie and appears at Salthas's coming-of-age ceremony. And Xingru, with a slightly worse status, is Tess's maid and has three lines. Of course, the role of "Tess" itself is still okay, after all, there is still a juvenile version of Tess. And in the future, Gilneth's werewolf will also appear in the form of a TV series, so "Tess" Xu Ruxuan is not the only one chance to appear.
In addition, another role that Zhou Fangyuan had already set in was Han Jiaren of Nanxian.
The role that Zhou Fangyuan prepared for her was Archmage Modra, one of the six-member councils of Dalaran, who only appeared in this part, and only had one line. But as long as the box office of the movie is good and the IP development is also very good, there will be many opportunities to appear in the future, and in terms of importance, it is actually higher than Tess, after all, Tess almost does not appear in the official history, but she appears in Hearthstone and Gaiden, and Modra, who is one of the people in power in Dalaran, as long as it is related to Dalaran, she will appear.
It's just that although Xu Ruxuan and Xingru are already in place, Han Jiaren is still in Nanxian. It's not that she refuses to come, but Zhou Fangyuan won't let her come, because Zhou Fangyuan is about to go to Nanxian, and during his time in Nanxian, he is ready to let Han Jiaren accompany him.