The Los Angeles Police Department, which is set in the story of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is not the British Intelligence Department or the CIA. This is a department with mixed dragons and snakes. Police officers often deal with slums, thieves, and "saviors" in such a department are not so easy to be a "savior hero". Even if he does not need to be loved by others and flowers bloom, he at least cannot lack the support of his colleagues. Especially in the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" situation, a lone hero cannot save the world. He needs the support of his colleagues.

In this case, the male protagonist Jack is destined to be at least not a "pretentious" bastard. Maybe humor can be done, but he cannot be self-centered.

"Do you know, what's the difference between Jack and James Bond?" Before a question ended, Hugo opened the second question.

This time Graham's answer seemed much more positive, "Are there any beauties with you?"

"Hahahaha..." This time everyone burst into laughter. The beautiful woman in the car, which is the biggest highlight in the "007" series of movies. Hugo also said with a smile, "Yes, this is a difference. In addition, there is another difference that after Bond encountered difficulties, he went straight to the mastermind behind the scenes. In other words, the end of the story should be King to King, but Jack cannot do this, because for the city police, when they encounter danger, their first idea is not to catch the criminal, but to save the victims. Only after protecting the personal safety of ordinary citizens can they think about the culprit."

Hugo's words made everyone around him look like they suddenly realized, and they hadn't noticed it before.

In fact, this is also the routine of most action movies. The lone heroes fight against the evil leader. This one-on-one confrontation is also a sideways when Hollywood heroism pushes to its peak. This is not only the "007" series, the "Mission Impossible" series, but also the movies adapted from hero comics.

Hugo clearly remembers that in the stories of "Fast and Furious" in the fifth and sixth chapters, justice and evil sides were crazy overwhelmed each other during the confrontation, and countless innocent people were killed or injured. It was crazy, but there was no description of the focus in the movie, because all the writing in the movie was placed on the protagonist.

But the "speed of life and death" is different. The main carrier of the story is to save the civilians on the bus. Relatively speaking, the confrontation between the leaders behind the scenes has been much weakened.

"So, Jack's personality must be relatively rigorous. When facing danger, he will focus on rescuing the citizens. When citizens quarrel, he is even more trying to resolve it, hoping that everyone can unite and overcome the difficulties." Hugo said in a summary, "Although this will weaken Jack's character's personality a lot, it is more in line with the setting of the entire story."

They are all action movies, why can some works be called classics, while others cannot? The plot setting is one aspect, and rhythm control is also the other aspect. Of course, action scenes are indispensable, but the character setting cannot be ignored. For example, "Mission Impossible", "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "007" have all been made into series of movies because their protagonists have personal charm and have made the entire series an attractive brand.

Although Hugo's adjustment of the setting of the character Jack made the character itself lose its charm, it made the character serve the storyline and make the whole story complete, smooth and reasonable, which also makes the "speed of life and death" a classic from an excellent level.

Graham fell into deep thought. He was indeed flawed in his thinking about the characters during the writing script; while Jane's perspective was different, and he looked at Hugo in surprise.

The reason why actors are divided into protagonists and supporting roles is because the driving force of the story is different. People want to be the protagonist because they want to enjoy more lights. Therefore, most actors hope that they are the leading actor when choosing roles, and at the same time, they hope that the more room they have to play, the better.

But Hugo is now actively depriving his character of his halo. The only reason is that he hopes to make the character more in line with the entire script and make the story more complete and credible. Simply put, it is to let the character serve the script, sacrifice the ego, and fulfill the self.

Moreover, Hugo is in the rising period of his career, and he needs more stages to show himself. Action movies are popcorn movies, and the charm of the protagonist is the key to the success of his work and an important reason why male actors take on action movies. Many people jokingly say that men are acting like handsome in action movies. But now, Hugo is willing to sacrifice for the overall story, which really surprised Jane.

"Why?" Jane asked her own doubts directly, but when she said that, she realized that she was a little abrupt, and couldn't help but add, "Why would you be willing to weaken Jack's personality? You know, this is unusual."

"Because this is a story that requires Jack to restrain his personality." Hugo said without thinking, "There are many types of scripts. Sometimes the script is used to set off the character and focus all the light on the character; but sometimes the character is used to promote the script and make the whole story complete. The responsibility of the actor is to complete the role."

Listening to Hugo's explanation, Jane couldn't help but sigh, but he suddenly understood Hugo's previous actions, whether it was the supporting role in "Schindler's List" or the work of "Pulp Novel", which is not favored by "Pulp Novel", especially the latter, resolutely chose to cooperate with Quentin Tarantino when everyone was not optimistic about it, because Hugo never cared about it, but the role of the actor.

A truly outstanding actor must know how to become a member of the crew.

"In fact, although Jack lacks personality, he saved a disaster alone. This is already the stage for Jack to perform alone, so his light is enough, and there is no need to dig more into personality." Hugo is now considered an advanced actor in acting, so "life and death speed" for Hugo, there are not many challenges in acting, but more from physical challenges in action scenes.

Graham had already reacted at this time, and he looked at Hugo seriously, "So what do you mean is that the humorous jokes in the story are going to be deleted?"

"No, I mean, he shouldn't be sloppy and pretentious when speaking, and humorous jokes can still exist, but his attitude will change." Hugo explained, "I have read the script, and the interesting conversations in it can still be retained, and it is also the highlight of the lively atmosphere. The most important thing is the change of personality. The same jokes, the same conversations, are carried out by me and by you. It must be different. This is the difference."

Graham couldn't help but hold his forehead, "This is a big project. I have to think carefully about how to modify it. I don't even have a clear idea now."

"No, it's not as difficult as imagined. The character's personality has traces to follow. Similarly, the words and deeds of different personalities are also different. You just need to determine the setting of Jack's character, and then modify some actions, dialogues and expressions to complete it." Hugo shook his head and said actively.

If you are writing a script, Hugo naturally cannot do it; but if you are modifying the script, especially adjusting it according to the role, then Hugo is no problem. When adjusting the script "Shawshank Redemption" before, Hugo gave many precious opinions, and the same is true today.

Graham smiled shyly, "I think you are more like a screenwriter."

Hugo laughed in silence. In fact, Hugo knew that the screenwriter Graham was not significant. His most successful work was "life and death speed", but he had good performance in TV series. His name can be seen on the list of screenwriters such as "Jtified", "Brothers", and "The.pacific".

The situation today is because Graham has just started trying to do screenwriter work now, and his first attempt at "life and death" is only his first attempt, so he lacks confidence.

"At least you wrote this script, and I just talked with my mouth." Hugo said with a smile, which relieved Graham some of his embarrassment.

"You can discuss and discuss more with Hugo and then make modifications to the script." Jane sat next to her and said, attracting everyone's attention. "Anyway, Hugo is the actor of this character, and all the content in the script must be presented through Hugo, so the discussion between the two people will surely have a lot of results."

"Good idea!" Before Hugo and Graham could speak, Ian sat next to him and spoke first, his eyes lit up.

In Hollywood, true top stars have the right to speak for the script. For example, if Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger comments on the script, the producer and screenwriter will listen more or less. As for whether the crew makes adjustments, it varies from person to person.

Although Hugo is not at the level of a top superstar, the crew of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is not a group of strong veterans. With such a combination, it is not surprising that Hugo participates in the script revision.

Hugo did not expect this and looked at Samora and Joseph around him in surprise. Samora looked indifferent, and Joseph showed an encouraging look, because Joseph knew that Hugo had always had his own ideas for the character, and being able to participate in the script modification was also a small breakthrough for Hugo.

As soon as Hugo turned around, he saw Graham's expectant look and asked, "I think this is a good idea, what about you?"

Hugo suddenly realized that everyone's eyes seemed to be concentrated at this time. He felt that the scene was very funny. He laughed and nodded, "Why not?"
Chapter completed!