Page Films.
Boss Kyle, Worldwide Pictures Vice President Kevin Feige, director Zack Snyder, and several key leaders of the "300" crew gathered together for the final meeting before the official casting.
"Zack, you are the director of this film, please tell us first." Kyle picked up a cup of tea and said while drinking it.
"Now that Mr. Page has spoken, I will speak."
Zack Snyder is not a shy person. He immediately said: "Everyone, regarding the movie "300 Spartans", we must first clarify one thing. The Spartan Warriors we filmed must not be based on a real historical background and premise. Remember, the "300" we filmed is just a comic work by comic master Frank Miller."
As soon as the words fell, everyone present nodded.
There is an essential difference between historical stories and comic stories!
In terms of historical stories, the war between Sparta and Persia actually did not involve any distinction between justice and evil. It was simply a war of confrontation between two forces due to issues of interest.
However....
However, in the comic book "300" by comic book master Frank Miller, it follows the basic rules of comics.
There must be a clear distinction between positive characters and negative characters!
"So, when we were filming 300, we inevitably had to portray the Persians as the villains. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the audience to accept it. The plot was simple, brutal, and clear, which was the main purpose of our filming."
Zack Snyder said in a deep voice.
On this point, Kyle strongly agrees.
In my previous life, when Kyle watched "300," the plot was generally quite exciting, but the producers portrayed the Persians as barbarians from another world, evil spirits with backwards civilisations. Furthermore, they portrayed the Persian King Xerxes as a brainless egomaniac who wore nothing but underwear.
Damn, this is simply an insult to the audience's IQ!
"Hey, think about it, the emperors of a country did not wear military uniforms on the battlefield, but only wore a pair of underwear..."
"It's an eyesore!"
Throughout history, this has been simply impossible.
A monarch of a country goes to the battlefield wearing only a pair of underwear, how can he be shameless?!
At that time, when watching this film, Kyle complained about the crew's settings more than once.
Logically speaking, Hollywood production companies shouldn't be so stupid as to make such a mistake. Even if the film's director, Zack Snyder, is a music video director by profession, he shouldn't make such a low-level mistake, right?
For a moment, Kyle kept sighing in his heart.
Racism!
Yes, in fact, setting up the good and evil factions according to the comics will indeed cause great disgust and even resistance among the countries in the Middle East and the Middle Eastern communities in the United States.
However, the main audience of this film is ultimately the mainstream moviegoers in America and the Western world!
Hehe~
Even though they all clamour for racial equality and oppose racial discrimination daily, in fact, when it comes to choosing movies, they naturally and deeply like this kind of movie.
If...
If you make a movie with the Middle Eastern community as a positive character, and look at these sanctimonious "equality advocates", will they buy tickets to watch the movie?
This group of sanctimonious "equality advocates" understand "racial equality" and "opposition to racial discrimination" only as equality between blacks and whites, and does not include blacks in Africa. As for Asian and Middle Eastern groups, they are definitely not within their consideration.
In other words, these hypocritical "equality advocates" are the biggest racial discrimination group!
"So, how can we create controversy if we don't vilify the Persians or Emperor Xerxes?"
"How can we attract the attention of mainstream audiences without sparking controversy?"
"Therefore, after the film is released, it will inevitably trigger some people's resistance, but their resistance and controversy will make more people willingly pay for tickets."
Director Zack Snyder spoke eloquently and analysed the pros and cons of the film in detail.
Kevin Feige agreed, "That's right. We are a film company, a business group that needs to make a profit, not a public welfare organisation that maintains equality. Our goal is simply to make more box office money."
Kyle also nodded.
What does racial discrimination have to do with Kyle?
It has to be said that Kyle has transformed from a small loser into a qualified capitalist.
....
At the end of the meeting, Kevin Feige raised a more critical topic.
——Muscle man!
"To make 300 more compelling and appealing to female audiences, our primary focus in casting, whether for the main male protagonists or supporting roles, was to choose muscular men, and to highlight the size of key areas while only wearing underwear."
"At the same time, we also need a lot of muscular male actors, at least 100 to 300."
Two solutions were proposed to this problem.
First, when casting, they focus on actors with explosive muscles;
Secondly, the selected actors will undergo muscle and physical training for up to 6 months to shape them into muscular men;
"hehe!"
At this time, Kyle, as the boss, laughed out loud.
"Don't bother, guys."
Kyle laughed and said, "You've all been busy preparing for the movie lately. You might not know that UPN is planning to launch a new show soon. It's bringing WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) to the UPN platform. You know, they're all a bunch of muscular men, some with freakishly large physiques!"
Zach: "…."
Kevin Feige: "…."
Everyone present was stunned.
They never imagined that the problem they were worried about would be so simple. After all, it was not easy to find hundreds of muscular monsters with good figures and good looks.
Of course, the main characters of this film cannot rely on these muscle monsters from WWE, but also need professional actors with acting skills. Therefore, muscle training for the main actors is still inevitable, but it can indeed save a lot of time and money.
Except for a few star players, the appearance fees of other WWE players are not much higher.
Save money?
"I'm so rich now, why can't I avoid thinking about these things?" Kyle was secretly annoyed.