Compared with the previous film, the plot creation of "Mamma Mia! 2" faces two huge problems: First, the first film is adapted from a classic musical, which already has a very mature story frame. The director only needs to consider visual images. The work can be done. However, there is no sequel to the musical, so the plot of this "Mamma Mia! 2" can only be completely original from scratch, which is one of the reasons why the sequel came out so late.
Because Meryl Streep does not appear in any sequel of the film, so no matter how the producer of "Mamma Mia! 2" and other creators begged, Streep declined to star in the sequel. Just as the screenwriter and director O. Parker was at a loss, his daughter suddenly had an idea and suggested that he adopt the narrative mode of the classic gangster film "The Godfather 2", that is, the plot is divided into two lines to unfold in parallel, telling the experience of the former protagonist when he was young. And the story of the protagonist's descendants. A movie can be said to be both a prequel and a sequel, which not only avoids the embarrassment that the protagonist of the predecessor cannot appear on the stage, but also allows the director of Wu Mi Xia Guo to have more room for development
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