Of course, no matter what Warners thinks, Charlotte is still very confident in the movie "Hell's Detective".

After watching the simple version of the demo animation he made from the human skin book of the evil god, Aziva Gosman's confidence also increased a lot.

Originally, this screenwriter from Warner thought that he was just here to fill in the hole-

The future of the project "Hell Detective" is uncertain, and his job is actually just to ensure that it does not deviate too far from the comics of "Constantine" in terms of plot and lose the face of the original book.

- Originally, Gosman did think so.

However, after watching the second version of Charlotte's adaptation of the script and demo animation, Gosman realized that he was completely unfounded.

As a pure screenwriter, Gosman realized for the first time that there was a difference between a script written by himself and a script written by a powerful director-

In Charlotte's script, he breaks the story down into modularities.

This way, it will be very easy to edit later.

It can be said that Charlotte considered the issue of post-editing at the script stage.

At the same time, in his script, various details and foreshadowing are also marked.

Where to focus on performance, and which are easy for the audience to not understand, Charlotte listed them one by one.

And these places, in his demo animation, clearly experimented.

It can be said that Charlotte's demo animation for filming the movie is different from the demo animation of many other directors -

In his demo animation, he not only details the use of some climaxes and special effects, but also explores the speed and control of the film's narrative pace.

"When I started making a film, I had already "shot" and "edited" several times in advance, so I rarely made the mistake of having a blurred narrative and an unbalanced pace. ”

In the face of Charlotte's somewhat smug claims, Aziva Gossman can only sincerely admire.

"No wonder this guy has grown from obscurity to a Hollywood first-line director in just over three years, and he does have some ability!"

He suddenly felt that no matter what the final box office performance of the movie "Hell Detective" was, he could learn a lot from Charlotte's methods.

This made his attitude towards Charlotte more and more respectful.

Charlotte didn't know that Aziva Gossman was turning around on stealing the teacher's mind.

For the executive producer and part-time screenwriter sent by Warner, Charlotte has her own plans and uses.

"Aziva, I've coordinated with Keanu Reeves, and he'll come over early in the next few days to work with us on Konstantin's styling and personality. ”

After another script discussion, Charlotte suddenly said to Aziva Gossman.

At this time, through the demonstration animation, Charlotte has solved a lot of pacing and narrative problems in advance.

Now, he is working with the writers to further refine the script based on the individual characteristics of the actors selected through auditions.

After all, it's not just the actors who need to adapt to the script, but the script also needs to adapt to the actors to a certain extent.

At the very least, you can't point to a famous beauty like Julia Roberts and say that she has a cherry mouth, and then start a plot out there......

As for the movie "Hell Detective", the biggest headache for the screenwriters is the temperament of the leading actor Keanu Reeves and how to integrate with the character of Konstantin.

No way, who made this handsome guy famous in Hollywood for his lack of acting skills!

If it weren't for the fact that he was handsome enough, his popularity was also very high, and the asking price was not expensive, the screenwriters in charge of the design really wanted to apply to Charlotte collectively-

"Director, let's change the protagonist!"

However, the truth is that even without Keanu Reeves, there are not many male stars suitable to play Konstantin in Hollywood.

No way, who made Konstantin known as the blackest superhero in DC Comics?

Smoking, drinking, depraved life, and decadent temperament, such John Constantine is simply the epitome of the "Beat Generation".

But he also likes to make friends, helps others, and is merciless when he finds friends to help him repay favors when he is in danger, even if his friends pay the price of their lives.

To put it simply, becoming a friend or relative of Konstantin is a very troublesome and dangerous thing -

He can stick a knife in both of your ribs, but if necessary, he will also stick a knife in your ribs.

In fact, in the comic book story, many of Konstantin's friends died because of their relationship with him.

This guy is an expert at pitting his teammates.

And he often relied on lying and deception to get out of trouble, and some described him as "the soul of a gambler, the heart of a banker".

- Such a strange and complex role, full of the nobility and despicability of human nature, where can an ordinary actor play it well?

To play John Constantine well, you almost need the acting skills of an old actor, otherwise it is very easy to become a formality.

I can't even express the feeling of formality.

However, those old actors with enough acting skills, how many actors can also play in commercial blockbusters?

You must know that for the sake of commercial needs, there are actually quite a lot of requirements for the actor of the blockbuster -

First of all, be handsome. If you don't have a good face, such as the current Jack Nicholson and the like, you should honestly play "The Shining" and the Joker!

Secondly, the age should be moderate. In Hollywood, people in their early twenties can only play sons and younger brothers most of the time, and thirty or forty years old is the right age to play.

Finally, the temperament should be positive. If the evil spirit is too heavy, such as Kevin Spacey, etc., it is better to be a villain as a promising career!

......

In this way, the actors who are suitable for being the leading actor in blockbusters often have only a passing level of acting skills.

Even if there are a few occasional acting skills like Mel Gibson who meet the standards of both acting skills and box office appeal, the restrictions on the acting path are often very narrow.

In fact, with the aging of the Oscar jury, the distinction between Hollywood commercial films and art films is becoming more and more obvious, and it is becoming more and more difficult to be compatible between acting gods and commercial superstars.

If there are occasionally one or two rare actresses, then among male actors, it is difficult for even such occasional incidents to occur.

Although the worst time of this situation was after 2000, it is actually obvious now in 1996.

At least, even without Keanu Reeves, Charlotte can't find a suitable actor for a while.

What's more, he has a series of reasons why he must use Reeves.

In this case, how to optimize the script to promote strengths and avoid weaknesses, how to adjust Keanu Reeves, and make it fit Konstantin's temperament as much as possible, has become the only choice......

"Actually, you might as well play Konstantin yourself!"

Charlize had proposed such a plan before, although Charlotte felt that it was very unreliable,

"My temperament is not depraved at all, okay!?"

Mr. Director argued,

"Especially, I've quit drinking, and now I'm only drinking kvass—"

"But you're an exorcist in the truest sense of the word, and you often trick people and ghosts, right?"

“......”

Charlotte really can't argue with this.