The new "Task Force X" director and Cass talk about how to create this crazy superhero movie that is so crazy that it shocks the eye
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Reported by Maggie Ma los Angeles
In 2016, Warner brought "Suicide Squad" from DC Comics to the screen, but the results were unsatisfactory, and they were bombarded by fans and the media. This year's new version of "X Contingent: The Suicide Squad" will meet the audience on August 6, although the plot continues to the previous part, but from the similar title, it can be seen that it is a "reboot", not only the characters have been changed, the style is a 180-degree turn, even if you do not watch the previous one, it will not affect the appreciation of this one. Through more violent and bloody R-rated action scenes, a plot full of black humor, and a variety of strange characters, the new version truly restores the original characteristics of this series of comics: crazy, inconsequential, and unexpected. The media outlet exploded, receiving a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, in stark contrast to the 26% rating of the previous film, indicating that at least film critics believe that this time Warner has finally found the right way.
Not all superhero movies follow Marvel's PG-13 rating and family fun funny route, Fox has launched the "Deadpool" series and Amazon's "The Boys" series are more adult, at the expense of visually impactful violent action scenes to please adult audiences. This type of R-rated superhero film and television work gives the choreographer more space to play freely and with fewer restrictions. "X Contingent: Full Crew" can be clearly seen with the distinct personal characteristics of director and screenwriter James Gunn, not only richer in color than other DC films, the movie is like opening Pandora's box, all kinds of unexpected crazy things happen one after another, surprises continue, greatly improving entertainment.
The director is given the freedom to let go of himself
American News Express recently attended the film's online press conference, screenwriter and director James Gunn himself was surprised that Warner gave him a lot of freedom, said at the press conference: "There has never been such a situation before, I directly submitted my initial ideas, they did not let me change anything, they directly agreed to let me shoot, and because of this, I feel more responsible for surprise everyone, to do something different." 」 ”
He became famous as director of Marvel's Guardians of galaxy series. Although "Guardians of the Galaxy" is rated PG-13, the style is already bold and innovative in the same type of film. This time, "X Contingent: Full Assemblage" further demonstrates Gunn's familiarity and love for superhero comics, without being restricted by ratings, with a naughty childlike mentality, freely exerting his imagination, from the plot, character development and action scene choreography, are more in line with adult male tastes. Gunn said: "Superhero movies are most afraid of vulgarity, and audiences need to constantly see unexpected content and have to be varied in style to maintain freshness." ”
The main characters include "Bloodshot" and "Peacemaker", who are good at using various weapons but compete with each other, "King Shark", who has a humanoid figure but is a shark's head, Ratcatcher, who can summon rats, Polka-Dot Man who can scatter poisonous liquids, and even a weasel that can walk upright! Together with Harley Quinn, the returning clown girl from the previous film, and Rick Flag, a U.S. soldier, they form a rather bizarre-looking team. These characters are criminals who have been arrested by the U.S. government, but each of them is highly skilled and courageous. The U.S. government sent them on dangerous missions to ease jail time, but they planted chips in their heads so that anyone who disobeyed or betrayed them could be headshot at any time.
How to convince Stallone to join
Many of the stars who joined the film are James Gunn's "old friends". For example, Sylvester Stallone, who voiced Shark King, Michael Rooker, who played the new character Brian Durlin, and Sean Gunn, who played weasel, were all actors in the "Guardians of the Galaxy" he previously directed. Even Taika Waititi, director of Marvel's Thor series, cameo.
Among them, stallone voiced "Shark King" is a half-human, half-beast character, although he usually looks thick and honest, but when he is hungry, whether it is an enemy or a friendly army, he may be eaten by him. Stallone said: "When I received the script, I found that James Gunn did not give me a chance to appear, but actually asked me to voice a shark, and I thought: The next time I appear in the sequel to "First Blood", I will find him to play the first person killed to avenge (laughs). However, Stallone said that he had something in common with Shark King and liked seafood, and Gunn gave him a lot of crayfish as gifts to please him. When it comes to his unique low voice, Stallone is also a little helpless, he said that when he was 14 years old, other peers were still very young, and his voice was so magnetic. However, because the voice did not sound in line with his age, at that time he called the girl he liked, and he was questioned by the other parent as an "uncle" for half a day.
The director revealed that although Stallone was not present during filming and was dubbed later, there was indeed an actor on the scene who stood for the "Shark King", and even wore a wire frame on his head that imitated the shape of a shark's head. The actor puts on a motion capture costume and then uses special effects to make him look like the Shark King.
The good thing about working with old friends is that the actors are familiar with Gunn's style. Michael Luke chenggun is the kind of person who will patiently tell each actor a play, and after the performance, he will party with everyone and get along like a friend, so every time he finishes a work, he will be close to Cass like a family. In his crew, everyone is happy like a child.
Margot Robbie's job
Margot Robbie, the blonde Australian beauty who played the clown harley Quinn, quickly became popular in Hollywood because of this role, and is the most classic harley Quinn image in people's minds. In this film, she shows again Harley Quinn's occasionally crazy, occasionally confusing, and often uneasy style of card playing. Robbie said: "Harley Quinn's snow-white skin is actually the effect of makeup, I am not so white, makeup artists have to throw a lot of white powder on me every day, but when I play close to other actors, my powder will be stained on other people's bodies and clothes." At the same time, she also had a magical weapon similar to a golden stick this time, and she had to hold it in her hand everywhere she went. Robbie said: "Sometimes I forget that I have a long stick in my hand, and I suddenly turn around, and the stick will hit the other people next to me, and on the set of so many actors, people around me are often affected by me." ”
Director Gunn was impressed by Robbie's flexibility and dexterity, revealing: "There is a scene in the film where Robbie is hung upside down in mid-air, but she has to flip up and hold the key with her toes to open the handcuffs on her hand. I thought she couldn't complete this series of movements and wanted to use a stand-in, but she said: I think it's no problem! And then it's really done on its own. I was dumbfounded! ”
Zhao Xina only wears underwear?
John Cena, who transformed from a wrestling star to an action actor, studied Chinese because he liked Chinese culture, and has a Chinese name called "Zhao Xina". He once again contributed his comedic talent in the film, and there was even a scene in which he appeared wearing only a pair of underwear, which made everyone marvel at his figure. Zhao Xina said: "I have to explain that the director helped me change the key parts, because the peacemaker I played, he is a person who loves to brag and be arrogant, and he must show people his proud parts." But that's not true, thanks to the director for adding a 'filter'. But the other castes thought it was true and set off a heated discussion at the press conference. Many of the actors said that when they went to see the early screening, they saw the audience come out and discuss the panty plot, which seemed to be the deepest impression left by Zhao Xina's role "peacemaker".
Also "amazingly big" in the film is the alien monster: The Great Sea. Yes, although the story takes place on Earth, a giant alien monster that was used for experiments suddenly escapes from the laboratory, shaped like a starfish, with a huge eye in the middle of its body. And it can emit a lot of small starfish, acting on the human head, controlling human nerves, causing them to lose self-awareness.
Director James Gunn said that when he watched the X Task Force comics as a child, he was most impressed and most afraid of this starfish, so he first proposed to Warner to add the role to the film. The idea sounded crazy at the time, and he couldn't believe warner actually agreed, and even set up a giant starfish monster model of the same size as the film at the London premiere. Gunn later tweeted excitedly: "This is really a dream come true for us comic book fans! ”
Task Force X: Full Crew will be released in theaters and HBO MAX on August 6.
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