Made in Hollywood

Duke can discuss the role with the actors and tell them directly what they want, but how to adjust the actors, he is a layman, but in the subsequent shooting, Christian Bell's condition improved significantly, and the action scene maintained a high level of physicality. The performance of literary drama is also rapidly improving. His role and even Henry Ducard, who played Liam Nissen, has a feeling of being a master and a father.

This is also the effect Duke wants. As Bruce Wayne's guide, although the idea is completely opposite, the Ninja Master undoubtedly played an important role in the birth of Batman.

After a short period of adjustment and constant communication with Duke, Liam Neeson has gradually improved his grasp of this role, especially his appearance and temperament, which can provide him a huge help in shaping the role.

From the outside, Henry Ducard was upright, and psychologically, the ninja master also believed that the cause he was engaged in was absolutely just.

To a certain extent, Henry Ducard's hatred of crime has something in common with Bruce Wayne-his relatives were brutally killed, and anger surged into his heart.

The two are on different paths. Master Ninja needs to control his anger, so he takes revenge on those connected with his wife’s death, which also contributed to "1, his principle-for everything he thinks Evil people and evil groups, what he does is eliminate and sanction.

Therefore, the Kagemusha Alliance headed by him adheres to the principle of "sin should be destroyed and then rebuilt".

It is not a mistake to be able to destroy and rebuild, because history has always been constantly updated.

However, one of the uncertainties in the position of Master Ninja is that the criterion for determining whether a thing should be eliminated and sanctioned is in the hands of the Kagemusha Alliance. In other words, the Kagemusha Alliance holds the power of life and death of all things in the world.

and so. Bruce Wayne called them "executioners" and "lynchors".

It can be said that the only motivation to maintain the Kagemusha Alliance is to destroy and rebuild, but the standard is limited to its own decision.

"For everything that is deemed incurable according to their standards, or that the crime is deeply rooted and irreparable, it must be sanctioned and eliminated. Then suitable objects can be reconstructed."

Hiding behind the glacier leeward, Liam Neeson, holding a cup of hot coffee in both hands, told Duke about his understanding of the Kagemusha Alliance, "This principle is the necessary driving force for the existence of the Kagemusha Alliance. Strictly speaking, They are not evil creators themselves, but they have eliminated everything, and there is no so-called fairness and justice."

"Actually..." Duke took a sip of his coffee, shrugged, and said. "Fairness and justice are always relative."

"The difference between Batman and the League of Shadow Warriors is still very obvious."

Christian Bell took the words, "The difference between them and Batman is that Batman does not kill, but only submits the crime to the order for judgment, while the Shadow Warriors Alliance destroys all crimes—the crimes they themselves believe."

He looked at Duke and said, "This involves another theme in movies and scripts, how to confront crimes. Or in what way to confront."

It is now a long break between shooting, and when shooting is completely in the hands of Duke. The Batman trilogy is definitely not a popcorn superhero movie in the traditional sense. It is very helpful to make this series even better, such as this kind of discussion with the lead actor.

Especially Christian Bale, his shaping of Bruce Wayne is very important, two days after the last communication. The other party is obviously in a state. Although he is still a relatively silent person, he can always have a lot of his own understanding when it comes to the film and the roles he plays.

In commercial productions, Duke’s requirements for actors’ performance have not always been particularly strict. Batman can be said to be the most demanding of his acting skills among all his typical commercial masterpieces. After more than a week of shooting, he also admitted that he is an actor with relatively good acting skills, strong understanding and style biased towards the dark side of Bell. Cooperating on this series really saves his director a lot of worry.

A Bell who is good at analyzing and constantly making appropriate adjustments to himself also allows Duke to not regret his choice. If the person standing in front of him is Ben Affleck, it is just that stiff face and bullish performance. The way, I am afraid it will be nerve-wracking.

No one in Hollywood is indispensable, but actors with the right style can reduce a lot of trouble for the director and crew.

Christian Bale is undoubtedly of this kind.

Hearing what Bell said, Duke was also interested and asked directly, "You can tell me what you think."

A hundred Hamlet in the hearts of a hundred people is not just to talk about it. Even the same crew often has different views on a script and role. Discussion and exchanges between actors and directors have always been beneficial to the film.

Duke has never been the kind of director who can't listen to others.

After thinking for a few seconds, Christian Bell said with interest in Duke and Liam Neeson’s eyes, "My personal understanding is different from Frank Miller’s comics. Duke’s script contains four A form of fighting crime."

Nodding in approval, Duke gestured to him to please continue.

Christian Bale added, “The first, like Bruce Wayne’s father, does not touch the foundation of crime but takes a relatively gentle way of cleaning up the mess-solving the needs of the poor in a short time. This way is undoubtedly Is the least effective."

He sighed, "In the script, not only could he not solve the problem in the long run, he was killed by those who wanted to help."

"The second, like Rachel Dawes, to fight crime through legitimate means such as the law can achieve a long-term fight against crime, because it is the most reasonable and most socially compatible."

This is indeed the most reasonable and legal way to fight crime in the real world, but it is obviously not suitable for movies, otherwise Batman has to do what, so Bell said, "In a place like Gotham City where law enforcers have been assimilated by crime. It’s difficult to fight crime by relying solely on the law. That’s why before the appearance of Batman, the law had nothing to do with Feiconia and others."

"The third method, like Master Ninja, is to fight crime through destruction and reconstruction. This method is the most effective, but there are problems. The first is that there is considerable uncertainty. The standard for destruction depends on the torturer. It lacks recognition. Second, determining how to rebuild and the process of rebuilding is a process that requires a huge price, and it may be a little more costly than the transformation before the destruction."

When Bell said this, Liam Neeson suddenly interjected, "According to my understanding of the script, although the Ninja Master and his Kagemusha Alliance believe that they are righteous in their hearts, they did so entirely out of the need to maintain their own existence. It can take into account the feasibility of truly combating criminals."

"The last one is Bruce Wayne's Batman."

After Liam Neeson finished speaking, Bell added, "We will fight criminals through freer and more powerful lynching above the law."

"The analysis makes sense."

In fact, Bell’s analysis fits very well with the theme of "The Hour of War". It is not so much a superhero movie as it is a crime movie. Duke looked at his watch and said, "I add, These four methods all have a private element to a certain extent, and they are not truly maintaining order beyond the social level."

There is no way of maintaining order that truly transcends the social level.

People have thoughts and feelings, not only machines that know how to execute. These are destined to have selfishness. Those so-called order methods that ignore human selfishness are destined to exist only in utopia.

Batman is no exception.

"Okay, the discussion ends here." Duke said to his two leading actors, "Let's continue shooting."

The break lasted for half an hour. Liam Neeson and Christian Bale went to touch up their makeup. Duke called Anna Prinz to check the progress of the various departments on the scene.

Next was the scene where Bruce Wayne received ninjutsu training. Duke moved this scene out of the monastery and placed it on the vast and magnificent ice field. Under the guidance of Henry Ducard, how did Bruce Wayne practice? Use the night, props and surrounding environment to hide your figure.

Ninjutsu can be said to be an important skill for Batman to become a night knight, especially for the real version of Batman. It is impossible for Batman to directly attack a hundred in this trilogy, taking advantage of the favorable situation. Launching a raid in the dark is undoubtedly Bruce Wayne's important means of fighting crime.

However, Iceland has entered the winter, and there are too many uncertain factors for shooting at night. Duke chose to set up a green screen to shoot this scene during the day.

And in order to avoid certain uncertain factors, the place where Bruce Wayne and Henry Ducard are located will be the Himalayas in Bhutan.

In short, all sources of evil will not have anything to do with the opposite.

Duke was never the kind of person who didn't want to be flexible, nor was he an anti-Centralist like Christopher Nolan who maintained political correctness.

In the cold wind of Ling Li, Christian Bell and Liam Neeson flickered between the two ninja teams. The shooting was divided into countless pieces. Duke would call to stop from time to time, and then directed the action to Jimmy Carter and The two protagonists shouted over, exchanged views on the action scene, and then continued shooting.

Filming in Iceland took half a month. Before the harsh winter came, Duke led the crew back to North America. (To be continued...)