"In other words, you're planning to hand over the story of Captain Jack to Disney after the current trilogy and have it be called Pirates of the Caribbean, while we're going to shoot the story of Will Turner after he becomes the captain of the Flying Dutchman, right?"

After listening to Charlotte's explanation, the crowd fell silent. After a long time, the old gun concluded,

"I can understand why you think that after the trilogy, making a sequel will be less and less profitable, and it's not worth the effort - filming a separate story for Will Turner is essentially about reducing the cost of actors, but why Will Turner instead of Captain Jack?"

The old gun didn't understand,

"Although I admit that Phoenix played very well, Depp's popularity should be higher, right?"

"Because Disney must feel the same way!"

Charlotte shrugged,

"If we choose Will Turner, we can get a sum of money from Disney, and the cost can be controlled. And if you choose Captain Jack, not to mention how high Depp's salary will rise by then, the key is whether Disney will let it go?"

"So, it's just a helpless choice?"

The old gun smiled bitterly and sighed,

"Because Phoenix is cheaper, and because we can't grab Disney?"

"That's not all. ”

Charlotte shook her head,

"Another very important point is that evil cannot prevail over good!"

"What!?"

Whether it's an old Hollywood fritter like Old Gun or Mr. Westwood, or a ghost like Alexis who has a close relationship with Charlotte, they all look confused at this time,

"Let's just make a movie, is there any relationship between good and evil?"

"Absolutely. ”

Charlotte explains,

"You guys, Disney, and Disney, are actually bluffed by Captain Jack's exaggerated popularity and charm, forgetting that he is actually a weird and funny character in the movie. ”

"You mean—"

As Charlotte's old partner, the old gun was the first to react,

"-Captain Jack alone is the main character, and you can't support the full story!?"

"It's not that serious. ”

Charlotte shook her head,

However, just like the military principle of "winning with the right and winning with the odd", unless it is a simple comedy, it still needs normal characters after all - just like in many stories, the popularity of the protagonist is often not as good as some supporting roles, but we can't simply think that there is no protagonist, only supporting roles are enough. ”

This point, compared to Hollywood movies, is most obvious in Japanese manga and animation-

Whether it's "Bleach or Inuyasha", there are supporting characters in it who are more popular than the protagonist.

Of course, this is due to the excellent supporting characters, but in the final analysis, it is also because they are only supporting roles.

——Compared with the protagonist who needs to connect the direction of the story, as the reader substitutes the perspective and the values cannot be too biased, the supporting characters have a much higher degree of freedom.

They just need to express their personality and make the people who watch like it.

And in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, although Captain Jack is not a supporting character, he is not the protagonist in the traditional sense.

- At least in the first part of the series, which has the most praise, it is actually Will Turner who has the most serial plots, not Captain Jack.

And in the fourth "Strange Waves", without Will Turner and Elizabeth, whose characters are relatively traditional, Captain Jack must shoulder the tasks that connect the story and express the charm of the characters and make people like them, the whole story is obviously a little out of control-

It can be said that although the story of the fourth "Strange Waves" is not bad, there are few normal people in it, which makes the audience lose the perspective of substituting the story and lose a sense of immersion.

- When the audience can't fully immerse themselves in the story, they will naturally be picky.

It can be said that it is precisely because of the failure of "Strange Waves" that Disney realized that the orthodox hero and heroine are not useless in the story.

- They are not only the perspective of the audience, but also play the role of connecting the story and contrasting with the evil Captain Jack to highlight his charm.

The good and the bad in this world all depend on comparison!

So, in the fifth installment, "Dead Without Proof", Will Turner's son and Captain Barbossa's daughter appear and form a new trio with Captain Jack......

To some extent, Captain Jack's character was originally supposed to be a character similar to the role of the portable grandfather on the Internet.

It's just that the role positioning of this "old grandfather" is too strong, which makes him more eye-catching than the normal protagonist.

But even so, it does not mean that the traditional protagonist can be completely abandoned and the "old man" can be used as the protagonist......

Of course, many of Charlotte's reasons can't be given to Old Gun and Mr. Westwood.

But even so, after he explained that "Captain Jack's charm needs to be expressed by the contrast of orthodox characters", everyone understands what he means-

"Charlotte's words make sense!"

Mr. Westwood, as a veteran producer, first agreed,

"Captain Jack's current charm is indeed gained through contrast. When he becomes the absolute single protagonist, either the orthodox elements of the film are completely overwhelmed by the evil elements and become unbalanced, or Jack's own positioning has to add positive elements - which in turn can easily cause the character to lose its charm. ”

"So a movie with Captain Jack as the absolute protagonist will be more difficult to shoot than a movie with Will Turner's more orthodox character as the protagonist!"

The old gun also understood the meaning,

"But that's being said, but compared to Captain Jack's popularity, Will Turner's popularity is worse after all, right?"

"But the salary is also low!"

Because Mr. Westwood still doesn't know Revan's true identity, Charlotte didn't say that Revan is a ghost, and the salary he pays is not normal.

The point is, even with his current status as Phoenix Rayton, the pay is not particularly high.

- Who made him a "newcomer" after all?

"That way, we were able to create a sub-series of Pirates of the Caribbean at a lower cost. ”

Charlotte shrugged and said,

"In this way, we can make a lot of money, and if we don't, the loss will not be too big. And—"

Mr. Director smiled,

"Isn't the story behind the "Flying Dutchman" itself worth looking forward to?—— at least, we can make a story that feels like "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", right?"

"That's a good idea!"

Hearing Charlotte's words, the old gun also lit up......