Behind the scenes
The Return of Beckinsale
As the series' "real" heroine, Kate Beckinsale officially returns to the cast of "Underworld" after missing the third episode. Her return brings back more than just Len Wiseman's script and executive producer -- he also directed the first two episodes of "Underworld"; more importantly, she's bringing back fans' enthusiasm for the film , and an integral style and element of the film.
Putting on her tights again, she picked up her weapons and started killing again. Beckinsale said that this movie made her very enjoyable. Beckinsale said: "In a short amount of time, I decided to come back. When I put on the rubber costume, it was a strange feeling. I almost forgot the sound of the rubber rubbing. But once you hear it and put on this costume, all those distant memories come back. It's like the first time a bride is wearing a wedding dress, it's like a student wearing a school uniform for the first time, it's a way to wake up all the memories And the feeling of memories. The tight costume made me sad when filming the first "Underworld", but now I have an emotion for it. Going back to the "Underworld" story, let me I'm very happy and satisfied. The filming was a little hard, and the action scenes of many fights are beyond my experience. From this point of view, this film should be more exciting than the first two films I was in. And the film There are also new species and human conspiracies added to the story. The plot is also a bit more complicated.”
In life, Beckinsale became a mother, and in this play, she also played a mother. Wouldn't this mutual echo of identities make her face the role and the daughter in the play more calmly? Beckinsale said: "Yes, being a mother has made me experience a lot of off-screen content. Especially the emotion of recognizing one's own flesh and blood, I think that is the most natural part of a mother's maternal love and motherhood. It is true that in the film, my daughter and I have a lot of emotional exchanges, but this film does not use emotion or family as its selling point. You must know that there are a lot of explosions, fights and running in the film. The role. India Eisley who played my daughter was amazing. She did a lot more than I could have imagined. On top of that, I even thought she looked a lot like me as a kid."
A different sequel
Although it is said that this film is another sequel to "Underworld", Len Wiseman, the writer and executive producer, feels that this is the beginning of another new story, because in this story, time has passed For more than ten years, and humans have learned that they live with vampires and werewolves. He said: "The addition of the human story is the biggest attraction of this film and the biggest change in the plot. So, this is not just a sequel, but the beginning of a larger story.
" In order to make the film have a temperament different from that of Hollywood blockbusters, the producer specially hired Mans Malinde and Bjorn Stein of Sweden to direct the film, and talked about why they chose these two directors and producers. Richard S. Wright said: "A few years ago, they made a movie called Amnesia, and we felt very special. The two directors are so divided and one of them is more focused In terms of script, the other is more focused on editing. In terms of directing a film, one person directs for a day. While directing, the other person stays in the hotel or on the set. I think this way of shooting will definitely give It's a very different feel to the movie. After they got to know the filming process and the actors' performances, everything went smoothly. It was like magic and they were able to make the movie beautifully and brilliantly. Shot on this episode After that, we have already started working on Underworld 5. The production company has given the green light, but there is no story yet, and there is no director candidate.”
This film is the first film in the "Underworld" series to be filmed in 3D format. For this new thing, both the director and the producer seem very unfamiliar and curious. Richard Wright said: “We were reminded by a lot of people that it was very difficult to make this film in 3D. However, since we were sure we were going to shoot in 3D, we might as well give it a shot. You know, shooting in 3D is a Listen to the troublesome things, no one wants to learn how to shoot 3D from scratch. Then the easiest way is to find a guy who has shot 3D to fight the camera, which is easy. Then, we list a 3D shooter The cinematographer's watch, you know this watch is not long at all. Later, we settled on Scott Kevin, who just finished shooting "Darkest Hour." I heard that in that 3D film, he Well done. Shooting has always been smooth with no surprises. Kevin's camera of choice is a RED EPIC. It's a great machine, and it's small enough to make a lot of handheld shots possible .
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After the third episode, Kate Beckinsale returned to the "Underworld" series, which was executive produced by her husband Len Wiseman (director of the first two episodes).
· "Underworld 4" is the first film in the series to be released in real-d 3D and IMAX 3D formats.
·The film uses a RED EPIC camera. And this is also the first 3D movie shot by RED EPIC.
·India Eisley, who plays Selina's daughter in the film, is the daughter of Argentine actor Olivia Hussey.
· Jamali Holland had the opportunity to direct the film.
· The total lunar eclipse on December 10, 2011 became a publicity stunt for the film. After the eclipse, the film's producers launched a game app called "Awaken Selene" on the official facebook.
The film was filmed at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in March 2011.
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