Ant-Man actor Stoll was interviewed by Hollywood Reporter Ryan Parker, who spoke about his film productions. Stol said: "The special effects of 'West End Story' are simple, Spielberg's song and dance drama has a beautiful sense, and the picture effect is very beautiful. Many people think that he used complex special effects, but in fact, the special effects of "West End Story" are very simple, and the basic skills of the actors are very solid. Stoll also starred in "The Sage of Newark," a series in which New Line Film Company invested heavily and is rare in prequel films. Stoll analyzed this: "Newark Sage" has a Marvel color, this work uses a misplaced time and space shooting method, the audience can feel the creative attitude of the new line film company on the streaming platform, the script of this prequel film is still written by David Zeiss, his creative attitude is very distinct, this is marvel color.
Hollywood has an inseparable relationship with Broadway, which is something that most fans know. "West End Story" was originally a Broadway song and dance drama, and another translation is "West Side Dream". As early as the 1960s, Robert Wise directed the series, which coincided with the golden age of Hollywood, there were many excellent song and dance films, and "West End Story" was able to stand out among many good films and win many awards, which is enough to show that this film has a very good mass base. Spielberg accepted that the series was not a remake or a sequel to Robert Wise, but a new-century reinterpretation of West End Story. As can be seen from the trailer, Spielberg continues the aesthetic picture style, and the audience can feel from the visual effects that Fox Pictures has invested heavily in the film.
So many fans wonder if Spielberg has made a large-scale investment in special effects. Stoll dismissed this claim, because the special period in Hollywood has not yet passed, the big companies are saving money, Disney and Warner are reducing their budgets for filming, not to mention fox pictures are not a very generous film. The special effects of "West End Story" are concise, where is it embodied? Stoll believes that the actor's foundation is deep, which is the basis for the simplicity of special effects, if the actor's acting skills are poor, this kind of song and dance film can only rely on post-special effects to make up. Cory Stoll is a Hollywood actor from a professional college, who has a strong singing and dancing background, and he can also play a variety of roles. "Northern Wind" is Stoll's entry into Hollywood, although he played a supporting role in this work, but he has shown his superb control.
Later, in "Midnight in Paris" and two quarters of "Blood Family", he embodied his basic skills to the fullest, and the other actors in "West End Story" were also like this, if the special effects were complicated, the essence of the film could not be reflected. Journalist Ryan Parker has seen the rough film of this work, she believes that "West End Story" in the song and dance is not as large as before, Stoll explained this - Spielberg's film does not have a theater part, Fox Pictures arranged this work to premiere at HBO, in order to meet the audience requirements of the streaming media platform, this series increases the proportion of plot, trying to use the logic of the work to attract fans to watch. Since the main broadcast platform of "West End Story" is network television, they naturally do not need to work on special effects.
Stoll believes that the special effects of "West End Story" are simple, which is also based on the fact that everyone can experience these things from the film's effects. "Newark Sage" is also an exciting film work in 2021, this film is a prequel to "The Sopranos", to know that "The Sopranos" is just an American drama, the series can have a movie as a prequel, you can imagine how much new line film companies have invested in "Newark Sage". Why would Stoll say that The Newark Saints has Marvel colors? From the analysis of the actor's acting career, the Marvel superhero series has a deeper impact on him. Although he debuted more than a decade ago, the work that really made him known was 15 years of "Ant-Man", and his villain role was impressive.
The author (who watched the movie with smug satisfaction) believes that Marvel's color is personal heroism on the one hand, and a parallel universe world on the other hand. Although The Newark Sages is not a superhero series, this work occupies both from a creative point of view. Stoll plays Buzz Aldrin, and countless people ask him if he wants to go to space, and many people seem to have reacted to the Marvel Universe movies. Therefore, "Newark Sage" has Marvel colors, and as the proportion of comic book movies in Hollywood increases, Stoll feels that many works that have nothing to do with the superhero series may have Marvel or DC colors.