Denzel Washington looked down at Jude with his coffee down, and looked up at Jude in disbelief.

"Modify the ending?"

Jude got up from the couch and began pacing back and forth in the room with his hands on his hips.

"The last scene in the script takes place in the desert, but there is no desert near New York, or a larger city in the United States, and there is no suitable shooting scene near Las Vegas, so I can only adjust the shooting location, and the plot will definitely make some adjustments."

Jude stopped, his eyes fixed on Denzel Washington.

"I'm wondering if it's time for a big change or a small change."

"I don't understand, what's the difference?" Denzel asked, putting down the coffee in his hand.

"If it's just a small change, it will only involve the adjustment of the shooting location, and there will be basically no changes in the plot...... I was going to change the original desert to a rooftop, which is easy to find in New York. ”

Jude will tell him about his plan, and the expression on Denzel's face changes several times.

"Filming this scene on the rooftop?" He couldn't help but repeat Jude's words again.

"Yes." Jude nodded unusually firmly, "Imagine that on the top of a tall building, I am holding a gun to Anthony Hopkins's head, and you are on the sidelines to persuade me that the camera is shooting this scene from three hundred and sixty degrees. ”

Denzel was silent for a long time, then held back a word.

"You're a genius!"

Jude shrugged, in fact, the idea he borrowed from a very famous Hong Kong film in later generations, and he felt a little embarrassed to be praised by Denzel like this.

"Do you think Mr. Hopkins would have liked the design too?"

"Of course, this idea is a hundred times better than the desert set in the original script!"

Denzel's encouragement gave Jude more confidence, "On top of that, I have a bolder idea, which may sound crazy, but I think it will definitely surprise everyone when it actually shoots." ”

"Okay, don't sell it, don't forget that Kate will call in an hour, I don't want to be in your room at that time." Denzel urged.

"Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Mills, as I played at the end of the movie, died?"

After hearing Jude's words, Denzel was stunned for a full three seconds before he reacted.

"My God! The idea is crazy, tell me you're just kidding okay! ”

Jude shook his head regretfully.

Denzel covered his forehead with his hand in pain, with a very unacceptable expression.

"Originally, the ending of this movie was desperate enough, and if you shoot it like this, I'm afraid it will really make it difficult for the audience to accept."

"But have you ever thought that only when Mills dies can the 'Seven Deadly Sins' be considered truly completed, the killer carefully planned all this, but in the end he only sent Mills to prison, and the crime of 'rage' was not completed in the end." Jude patiently explained.

"Does it have to be done if someone dies?" Denzel asked

"Because the victims of the other six deadly sins are dead." Jude walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at his own reflection on the glass and said, "For the character of Mills, death is actually a relief, and living is the real sin." ”

"Maybe the murderer just wants him to live and suffer?"

"That would be too cruel for the character of Mills."

"Well, even if you have a point, the character of Mills should be, but how do you achieve this intention? After shooting the murderer, he shot himself himself? This is completely inconsistent with the character of the character and the scene at the time. Unable to convince Jude logically from the plot logic, Denzel had to ask questions from the point of view of the plausibility of the plot.

"Why can't he kill him?" Jude turned his head and asked.

"Others, who?" Denzel asked angrily, and then his expression suddenly became very nervous, "Don't tell me that I was the one who shot and killed Mills, this is more ridiculous than Mills committing suicide!" ”

"Don't be nervous, I don't think so." Jude first calmed Denzel's emotions, and then explained: "In order to prevent accidents, such as the criminal taking the opportunity to escape, or he also ambushed accomplices nearby, the police arranged snipers on the upper floors of the building near the rooftop, and Mills pointed the gun at Samose, played by you, after shooting the murderer, with the intention of handing over the gun and confessing, but one of the snipers mistakenly thought that he was an accomplice of the murderer and shot him dead. ”

"Nope! No! No! This ending is too heavy, not to mention that the audience can't stand it, I feel very uncomfortable now. Denzel covered his face with his hands, and suddenly regretted coming to Jude. Damn, I should play your role, this role is so exciting! ”

"Forget it, I don't want to be labeled as racist, and besides, I can't play your role, it's too much of a test of acting skills, and if you play well, you may be able to impact next year's Oscars."

Denzel hadn't thought that far ahead for the time being, but he was still moved by Jude's vision.

"How are you going to convince the new line company?"

Jude turned from the window and shrugged helplessly at Denzel.

"I'm struggling with that, too."

Although Jude has the final say in everything about filming, it is definitely not possible to change the ending without the consent of the new line company, even if Jude insists on making the movie and uses the fait accompli to force the new line company to agree, it will also cause very serious consequences.

Everyone knows that Jude is an uncontrollable director, who will dare to invest in making movies for him in the future?

Denzel sighed, and finally compromised.

"What can I do for you?"

"Join me in putting pressure on the new line company."

As the biggest star of the film, if Denzel can stand on Jude's side, New Line can't give in.

This was Jude's idea, simple and brutal, compared to Denzel's more considered.

"Wouldn't that be too straightforward? I'm not worried about offending New Line, but I mean you could have done it in a more modest way, like shooting two versions of the ending. ”

"If there are two versions, in the end the new line company will definitely use the original version, and it is a complete waste of time for me to shoot the other version." Jude spread his hands, saying that he had considered this method a long time ago.

"To be honest, when it was released, I still thought that the original version was better and more acceptable to the audience, and you just said that this ending could be released as a special edition in the videotape, so that everyone can see both versions."

Although deep down he still wanted to release it with his revised version of the ending, as far as the movie "Seven Deadly Sins" itself is concerned, the market reaction needs to be considered first, so Jude finally accepted Denzel's opinion.