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Lance must admit that he encountered difficulties in selecting Nucks' actors.
Nax is a minion under the rule of Immortal Old Joe. Immortal Old Joe doesn't even know his name, but he accepted Immortal Old Joe's brainwashing, had a fanatical and paranoid admiration for Immortal Old Joe, and was even willing to devote his life to Immortal Old Joe. He was completely a madman who was deeply poisoned by /evil/culturally; however, the interesting thing is here, Nax is not evil, on the contrary, he was so simple that he was a little stupid, just trying to run wildly to the Temple of Heroes, pure and sincere, the sentence "Witness Me!" has become the most classic line in the whole movie.
All of this makes Nucks the most special character in the whole movie, both good and evil. It can be said to be a culprit of the work style, such as cult, rock, madness, persistence, wantonness, and ostentatiousness. At the end of the story, Nucks sacrificed himself heroically, allowing Max and Ferosa to successfully achieve a great escape.
Strictly speaking, Max, Ferosa and Nucks, these three characters are the absolute core of the film, supporting the creative structure and theme depth of the entire work.
The performance of the role of Nax is not very difficult because he is just a stubborn and does not have much depth of thought. This is purely his charm. But he requires the actor to completely let go of his hands and feet, show the fanaticism and wanton that penetrates his bone marrow and soul, break away from all frames and constraints, and express his infatuated state with great pleasure. This is definitely not an easy task, not to mention that playing Nax is also a serious challenge for the actor's image and shape. Not all actors have the courage to play such a crazy man with weird shapes and abnormal style.
In his previous life, Nucks was played by British actor Nicholas Holt (nicho1as-hou1t). Nicholas, who was born as a child, is not a performance genius. His performance always has a similar temperament, arrogant, unrestrained, and unruly, and also has a childish and youthful restrained attitude. It can be said that he captures the mix between men and boys very well. However, during the performance, he is very prone to "over" too much, either too strong or too ruthless. In terms of the level and depth of the performance, it is even more lackluster, let alone creating a three-dimensional sense of character. Of course, this is already too high for a teenage actor, and his performance among his peers is still remarkable.
It has to be said that Nicholas plays Nucks as an extremely clear choice. Not only because of the temperament of naiveness and evil in Nucks, Nicholas himself has it, and he plays a similar role in his famous work "Skin"; but also because of the problem that Nicholas is prone to losing control in his performance, it can be said to be a perfect combination in Nucks in "Rampage Road". What the movie requires is that Nicholas loses control and shows the eye-breaking fanaticism, but does not require too many levels to weaken the character setting.
Lance's first choice is naturally Nicholas, but unfortunately, Nicholas is only sixteen years old now and still has not gotten rid of the immatureness of a child star. Not to mention that kind of complicated temperament, even his performance seems very immature. He is simply unable to play the role of Nucks, and he is also unable to star in a bloody and violent R-level movie like "Rampant Road".
Adventurously shooting and producing the "Raging Road" ten years in advance is the problem that Lance must encounter and the risk that Lance must face.
As a last resort, Lance began to think about other possibilities. Hayden Christensen, Shane Ashmore (shan-ash-reyno1ds), Henry Cavill, Channing Tatum and others all came into Lance's sight one after another, but they were all rejected by Lance.
When playing Nucks, fanaticism is the first element and temperament is the second element. It also requires the actors to be able to get rid of the constraints and truly devote themselves to it. It is definitely not easy to choose such an actor, not to mention that these actors are not necessarily willing to play the "Rampage Road", especially at the current unknown time point, Lance finally set his target on Michael Fassbender.
Choosing Michael was a very risky decision.
In fact, Michael is very suitable for playing roles that are both good and evil, "Inglorious Bastard", "Twelve Years of Slave", and "X-Men" series, he plays such roles that are filled with evil and coldness in his bones. On the surface, he looks hypocritical and even convincing.
But Michael is not suitable for the style of bloody violence that is directly displayed. He is more suitable for bastards who restrain both cruelty and cruelty into their bones. The blood that bursts out from the depths of his soul makes people shudder. Among his many works, "Shame" and "Steve Jobs" are undoubtedly highly praised. Both characters in these two works use cold violence to the extreme, and the right control makes him highly praised.
Therefore, Michael's role as an unrestrained and fanatical character like Nucks is definitely a challenge. What's more, Michael's personal temperament has always been cold and lacks the explosive enthusiasm. Not only Michael, but even for Lance, as a director, how to capture the character's temperament will become a key factor in the success of his work.
But Lance finally chose Michael, not because Michael was his favorite actor and was nepotism. But because Lance believed that Michael had that explosive power. The characters in "Twelve Years of Slave" were cold and violent most of the time, but in several scenes, you can see the panic effect of Michael after he completely released his emotions. Imagine that Michael glared and smiled at the sky. The shark-like smile drove out his inner paranoia and fanaticism, and the screen tension would reach the extreme.
What's more, Michael is far from the "Fashark" recognized by the mainstream Hollywood. Michael is only twenty-seven years old this year. He is young and full of vitality and can still be called a young and handsome guy. Whether it is his performance style, image characteristics, or experience, he has a youthful and vitality that is commensurate with age. While his performance skills are solid, he is also very malleable. As long as he is under the correct direction, Michael will give Nucks a different feature.
Michael is not Tom Cruise. Lance believes that he will be willing to cooperate with all the performances and release all his energy.
After comprehensive consideration, Lance decided to make the decision that Michael would play Nax, which would be the third collaboration between the two.
After Lance decided, he did not rush to notify Michael. On the one hand, he knew that Michael was filming the "3oo Warriors" and there was no time to go; on the other hand, he knew that as long as he spoke, Michael would definitely agree. Unexpectedly, Michael could not wait to volunteer, and as soon as the "3oo Warriors" finished the filming, he arrived in New York in person.
"The day after tomorrow", Lance just wanted to cultivate his own actors. When facing difficulties, he could find help nearby, such as the blockade situation created by Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures. However, he did not expect that Michael did not need Lance to call him and took the initiative to come to his door. Lance knew better than anyone else the truth that "it was easy to add icing on the cake, and it was difficult to help in time."
In this way, Michael seemed to be the first true friend Lance made in Hollywood. No, maybe the second one. Emma Stone's name came to his mind, but for a while, I haven't heard about Emma.
Now, among the main characters of "Raging Road", Max, Ferosa and Nucks have found the actors, leaving only the villain Immortal Old Joe.
Unlike other works of the same type, the confrontation between good and evil in "The Road of Furious" does not have wits and courage, and the villains do not need wisdom groups. They are more of a spiritual deterrent, just like the leader of the /evil/cultural. Therefore, Lance followed George Miller's opinion and invited Hugh-keays-byrne to star in the role.
Xiu once played the villain in the "Mad Max" series. He is fifty-eight years old this year. He has almost never taken on films since entering the 21st century. However, Xiu's temperament is very special. He is born in India and has a cult style. His special aura is in harmony with Immortal Old Joe. At the invitation of George, Xiu nodded happily and agreed to the invitation to star.
Therefore, this also means that the four main characters of "Rampant Road" have been settled and ready. As for tomorrow's public audition, it will be a visual feast. Lance will select the wives and concubines of the immortal old Joe, and ask? There is no requirement, just ask that all of them are models.
Lance's gaze fell on Michael again. Looking at the cheeks that looked like kiwis, he began to conceive the image of Nax in his mind. Michael seemed to notice Lance's gaze, raised his head, and said in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Lance pointed to his chin, and then walked around his head, "After entering the crew, you need to shave all of these, shave once a day, and keep them clean." Since it is fresh meat, you can't be too vicissitudes. The appearance of kiwi fruit looks really... old. Lance almost had an illusion that Michael seemed to be older than him, "How old are you?"
Michael touched his chin and kept his stubborn to shoot "3oo Warriors", "I'm from 1977, what's wrong?" He was five years younger than Lance.
Lance sighed lightly, but without explanation, repeating again, "After entering the crew, it must be cleaned up every day."
Michael was confused, but he nodded in ignorance, "The same reason as when 'killing someone with a knife'?" In order to match the character setting, every detail must be cautious.
Lance nodded, "Yes. Nax is a... young and fresh meat, tender." Lance showed up, and he couldn't find a suitable language, "Well, a piece of fresh meat."
Chapter completed!