Positioned in 1993, Edgar Wright was only a young student at Bournemouth Poole College of Art and Design. He was moved by Keith Moon's rock songs, and in order to make a living, he ran to the corner shop for an improvisation. Ten years later, in 2003. Wright has become a director, and he is racking his brains for the script of his new film "Shaun the Zombie" with his screenwriter partner and actor Simon Page. They decide to let the supporting actor Ed have a hangover, but they need an unusual way to sober up. Wright thought of an idea: "He doesn't need milk or some world news. What he needs is a lot of cuteness. Most cuteness has medicinal value."
After another ten years, we came to 2013. The reporter of our magazine is sitting across from Wright in a cafe in London. Wright is a little unaccustomed to the music in the store, for him, he can't concentrate with background music. He ordered a double espresso (which means that his new film does have to be completed in a month), sat down and started talking. "A lot of cute jokes always make people happy, I don’t know why. At the premiere of the movie, He Lu Xue provided us with free ice cream, so I thought, if my next movie is more cute, Maybe there will be free ice cream again at that time.”
In 2007, Wright and Peggy released the second "Detective Hot Blood", although there was no free ice cream supply. At that time, someone asked Wright if he planned to make a trilogy? Wright replied, "Yes, it's like Kieslovsky's "Three Colors" trilogy, except that I made the three flavors and more cute trilogy."
Now there is "End of the World", Lai What he blurted out came true. The strawberry-flavored ice cream in "Zombie Shaun" is red, which symbolizes blood; the ice cream in "Blood Detective" is blue, which symbolizes the police. "End of the World" will use mint green as the representative color, "Mint is my favorite flavor," Wright said with a smile.
"I am a person with a lot of ideas, but sometimes you need a little strawberry flavor, sometimes you need some mint." Simon Page was filming "Looking for Happiness" 5,700 miles away in Shanghai, his face squeezed In the computer's camera. "The broadband here is better. I was in Johannesburg a while ago and it was too painful. I had to watch the editing of "The End of the World" for five seconds," Peggy said.
When the reporter interviewed Wright, there were not so many restrictions. We came to his luxurious screening room and watched his new film "The End of the World" first. To be limited, we only see the first 46 minutes of the movie. But through these 46 minutes, we have been able to judge that this movie will be a gentle and mature sister of "Shaun the Zombie".
The film tells about the reunion of five drunks who have been buddies since childhood after 20 years of crazy bar drinking. The reason for bringing them together is that one of their friends is going to have another marathon drinking war. He took his good friend back to his hometown, and decided to find the bar "End of the World" that only appeared in the legend. However, they discovered that the bar and the town had been quietly occupied by aliens, and a series of crazy and funny things began to happen.
"This seems pretty pretentious, but we really didn't want to make a trilogy at the beginning. After the filming of "Shaun Zombie", "Detective Blood" was born by chance, and then we thought, if we shoot again With just one, we can complete a series of interrelated movies.”
Except for Cute Ice Cream, there is no fixed connection between the three movies, except for a barrier. "We thought it would be interesting if a three-part joke happened in three different movies." "Shaun the Zombie" has a fence at the beginning and end. The funny turn over the fence plot responds. Recently, the crew filmed Gary's scene of breaking the fence. This scene will be added to "The End of the World". "I don't know what the third joke is, but as long as we can come up with a Buster Keaton-style stalk, it will be perfect," Peggy said.
In addition, the themes of the trilogy are also related. For example, the appearance of aliens, the relationship between individuals and groups, and growth, etc. Peggy said that they poured personal things into a zombie film, a police film, and a science fiction film. "The End of the World" ended all the talks that began with "A House Is Not".
"I want mint," Nick Frost said firmly. Strawberry Cutie Duoli will never have enough strawberries, but the mint flavor Cutie Duoli is full of mint. The reporter has been by Frost's side during the time when the cutie trilogy is about to end. He had a good time, and he was going to play a few shots on the golf course in a while. But now he is sitting in the living room, in his favorite chair, telling how the cutie trilogy has changed his and their lives.
If there is no "Zombie Shaun", Peggy may not be able to participate in "Star Trek: Diablo Unbounded", nor will he participate in "Mission Impossible 4", and will not be as far away as Shanghai to talk to us on Skype. As for Wright, he may not have the important task of writing the script of "The Adventures of Tintin", will not make friends with Quentin Tarantino, and will not be the director of Marvel's latest heroic blockbuster "Ant-Man". As for Frost, he was renting a house with others ten years ago, and now he lives with his wife and son in a mansion with a fantastic big kitchen. Moreover, he is about to become the male number one in a musical comedy "Cuban Ronin". "It feels no different. The key is that you have more say now, you didn't have it before. Especially when you are shooting "House Things" and "Zombie Shaun", you have to understand your position."
Let's come again Let's take a Wright-style crossing, this time we came to a garden in London. Peggy's good friend Frost had only one acting experience at the time-that is, the sitcom "The House Is In Trouble", and he came to the set of "Zombie Shaun" for the first time. In this new film, he will play Ed, a good friend of Sean played by Peggy. He was nervous to death, but when the focus follower suddenly grabbed his arm and dragged him to the mark, he started to calm down instead. Member Jiao said in front of everyone, "Stand here, you know this is not playing on a video tape." Peggy proved that there was such a thing, "I remember what she said, and then thought, fucking, she actually despised We!" He laughed, "and the rest of the crew may be thinking, fucking, some of them think this is a low-quality home video."
From the beginning of "A Thing Behind the House", Peggy and Wright have been classified as "geeks" by people, and "Zombie Shaun" has turned them into cult icons. The lines, characters, actions, emotions, and British accents are all classic "Zombie Shaun" that has taken 30 million US dollars in the global box office, and its cost is only 4 million euros. They didn't want to take advantage of the heat to shoot a sequel, so they filmed a more passionate "Blood Detective", with a global box office of 80 million US dollars, of which 21 million euros at the British box office, it is really a blockbuster.
"End of the World" was conceived during the promotion of "Detective Hot Blood", but the schedule of Peggy and others has been very tight, so it was only six years later that Audio-Technica had the opportunity to reunite and write the script together. But in fact, there is another reason for this long pregnancy, that is, none of them are too active. Peggy said that he and Wright have always been like family, but after "Detective Hot" came out, they wanted to be apart for a while. "Detective Hot" does not consume much brain cells, Peggy used to lie on the ground crying shamelessly because he couldn't think of a good idea.
During the break, they try to keep pace with other films. Peggy and Frost filmed the 2011 "Paul" together, and at the same time Wright went to Hollywood to film "The Crooked Boy Scott Against the World". "Paul" has a good box office record, nearly 100 million U.S. dollars worldwide, so Frost feels that even if people say it is not good-looking, the box office numbers are there, which is quite proud. The revenue of "Scott the Crooked Boy" is very mediocre, with a global box office of only 47 million US dollars, which is the first setback of Wright's directorial career. Wright didn't blame anyone, he reflected on himself, and then continued to work hard. He led the creators to travel to and from both sides of the Atlantic to promote new films. He has been grateful to each other with Universal, which has been cooperating for many years.
In 2003, when Film Four abandoned the "Zombie Shaun" project, Wright and others came to Working Title to seek the last hope. They met Eric Feiner, the company’s co-chairman (behind the scenes of "Four Weddings and One Funeral"), and lobbied him to make a "Richard Curtis version of George Romero" movie". "Really? I can't remember anything from yesterday, let alone 2003, but we did take a dangerous move. Wright had a vision, a vision we wanted to support," Feiner recalled. road.
Peggy and Wright called Feiner "Uncle Eric", and in their hearts he was as great as a knight in shiny armor. Therefore, when Feiner was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, they were determined to write "The End of the World" as soon as possible. Wright could have gone to Marvel to shoot "Ant-Man" long ago, but Feiner's condition caused him to throw "Ant-Man" aside. "Without Feiner, there would be no "Zombie Shaun". When we heard that he was sick, we decided to make "End of the World" for the next new film. I feel that we owe him a lot." Peggy said emotionally.
Curiously, Feiner's condition improved. He not only served as the producer of "The End of the World", but also often appeared on the set. Wright and Peggy never told him how his test had affected them. When the reporter told Feiner, the old man said, "I'm very touched, really. It's great to hear this."
Our last crossing will come to the elegant Elstree Studios, which is scheduled for December 2012. It's the last day of filming "The End of the World", and Peggy is sitting, staring in a daze. He began to realize that ahead was the finish line of the trilogy. "Although only one of many the finish line", a chat after six months, he said, "My emotions start coming in, and I waited for the tears fall down ...... but no, because I am a very good mood!"
Then You might just put away the thought of asking about the "cute more" in the fourth part, and don't mention anything about the third season of "The House Is In Trouble". He Luxue has already introduced new flavors that are much more cute, "So it may become a four-part or even an eight-part, do you want to ask?" But the trilogy is a trilogy, but Audio-Technica can still cooperate again in the future. . "I want to find Peggy to act. I may write a script with Lai. In the future, we can shoot a lot of things. It is estimated that next time Peggy and I will play rivals," Frost said.
Now their three brothers are busy with each other again. Nick Frost is going to film "Cuban Ronin" and the TV show "Mr. Sloan", Edgar Wright will finally start filming "Ant-Man" in September, and Simon Peggy has a lot of appointments, such as romance. Comedy "Men Rise" and "Star Trek" new films and so on. Peggy said, "There are still many things to do, as long as we have thoughts in our minds, we will act. Now we seem to have accomplished a great achievement. The third season of "The House" will always haunt us. , But no one will urge the end of the'Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy' anymore, because we fucking finally come true!"
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