Big director Nolan's new film "Creed" was released in various expectations.
Although many people have been mentally prepared, and even done their homework in advance, they are still confused after reading it.
I can't understand it, I don't understand it, I don't want to understand some places, and I want to see it again, which has become the feeling of many viewers.
As many people say, this movie is director Nolan's "current highest threshold for watching the film", if you do not master some relevant scientific knowledge, do not maintain full attention throughout the movie, some places will still be various, do not understand.
Probably, it is also because the movie is "incomprehensible", so that the score of this movie in Douban has gone all the way down, and it has temporarily dropped to 8.0 points.
However, if you like it, you will like it very much, and not every movie can make the audience walk around in the maze in this way, and you can use science to open another door for you.
A great director, the film for him, has long been not a showmanship.
From the dream of "Inception", to the time travel of "Interstellar", and then to the time and space reversal of "Creed".
You will find that the reason why a director like Nolan can "seal the gods" is because the world he expresses through the lens is not only a story, but also an infinite possibility.
(Director Nolan and actor John David Washington)
This movie, in addition to the movie itself, the actors also left a deep impression on everyone.
Two resident faces in Nolan's films:
From "Inception" (old father-in-law), "Interstellar" (old scientist), to "Creed" "British intelligence senior chief" Michael Kane, it is still so stable and interesting.
(Senior British Intelligence Officer in Creed)
(The old father-in-law of the male protagonist in "Inception")
(The old professor in Interstellar)
From "Dunkirk" commander Burton to the "Creed" villain "Sartre", Kenneth Branagh, acting hard enough, not to mention.
(Sartre, the arch-villain in "Creed")
(Commander Burton in Dunkirk)
Of course, there is also the first time to work with director Nolan, which is quite touching British agent "Neil" Robert Pattinson.
It is worth mentioning that he is still the new "Batman", but recently infected with the new crown virus, which led to the suspension of the movie "Batman" and looking forward to an early recovery.
(Agent Neil in "Creed")
(Styling in the trailer for the new version of the movie "Batman")
There is also the tall heroine's wife "Kate", Elizabeth Debitzki.
In addition, there is an actor who is estimated to be not recognized by many people, Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
In "Creed", he grew a beard and played the captain of the red team, and he was also the "quicksilver" in the Marvel movie "Avengers 2".
(Captain Red in "Creed")
(Quicksilver in Avengers 2)
However, many people's eyes first focused on the male number one, which is the first time that director Nolan has used a black actor as the male lead.
His name is: John David Washington.
Before "Creed", he was not the kind of actor who was widely known, but after "Creed", he was different.
At the same time, he also has an identity: the second generation of hollywood stars.
His father was the famous black actor and Oscar winner: Denzel Washington, and John was Washington's eldest son.
(John and Father)
(Denzel Washington)
Born in 1984, John David Washington was best known for his work before Creed, the spike Lee film The Black Party, and the American drama "The Golfers" starring Dwayne Johnson.
At that time, though, some people would ask:
Who is this black man?
(Stills from "The Golfers")
In fact, to star in "Creed", many people still have this confusion:
Who is he? By what is he? Why did Nolan choose him?
Probably, many people will first think of his second-generation star status, after all, in Hollywood, people of color want to get good movie resources, which is much more difficult than ordinary white people.
There is a famous movie emperor father, who naturally has an advantage over more people. However, although Dad is important, he must also play iron himself.
Probably many people would not have thought that before becoming an actor, John David Washington was a professional football player.
In 2006, John, who had not yet graduated from college, was caught in the St. Louis Rams training camp and began his football career.
(John shows himself as a player in the Allen Show)
Perhaps by fate, in 2013, his athletic career hit the stop button because of an Achilles tendon injury.
So, at the age of 30, John began to transform and follow his father's path: to become an actor.
However, John was not the kind of person who only wanted to rely on his father's reputation, and at first, he hid his father's identity as Denzel Washington, and even said that his father was a prisoner and was in prison.
However, he did not want to borrow his father's light, but the father wanted to help his son.
As a result, the aforementioned good opportunity to star in the American drama "Golfers" fell on the head of John David, and since the first season in 2015, it has been recognized by more audiences.
Admittedly, more or less, the superstar father paved the way for him.
In this sports comedy starring Dwayne Johnson, John can easily get the role of hooking up with a superstar like Dwayne Johnson (pictured below), which is not the usual fledgling "newcomer", generally can enjoy the treatment.
However, John was influenced by the actor's father since he was a child, and he still had an understanding of acting.
Years later, he recalls that he grew up watching various movies, and he mentioned films such as Kevin Costner's "Dancing with Wolves" and Tim Burton's "Batman" and so on.
In 2018, in "Black Gangster" directed by the famous black director Spike Lee, John became the male number one.
(Stills from "The Black Party")
The well-received film, which made a splash in that year's award-winning season and was nominated for multiple Oscars, quickly pushed him to the forefront of Hollywood.
(John and the creators of "The Black Party")
This also laid the foundation for John to become the male protagonist of "Creed": there is already a film in which the male protagonist proves that he is not "mixing" by his father's fame.
Director Nolan chose him because he thought that now John David Washington had infinite possibilities.
Needless to say, Denzel Washington, had a deep influence on his son John, because of his father, he was exposed to acting very early.
Years later, John recalled, "My father would take me around the city and recite his lines all the time. I learned about Shakespeare when I was 4 years old and later I fell in love with what he introduced me to. But as he began to become more famous for the movie Kuroshio, our lives began to change. ”
In the 1992 film Kuroshio, Denzel Washington played the role of black movement leader Malcolm W. Bush. X, john, who was 8 years old at the time, also had an appearance in the film.
(Denzel Washington in Kuroshio)
John mentions that his father's fame at that time brought changes to the life of the whole family, "People are starting to treat me differently, and I need to filter everything out of the outside world into positive things, otherwise I will deviate from the normal track." ”
In fact, John is very clear in his heart, he stepped into the film and television circle, become an actor, what will be faced, what will be experienced.
(John and family)
(Currently John's major masterpiece)
As a black actor, John David Washington, in the movie "Creed", reverses time and space, in reality, he is representing the further rise of the black actor community, fighting for more opportunities in Hollywood.
Will he, who has a low starting point, follow in the footsteps of Denzel Washington and succeed as his father?
See.
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