Produced by Sony Pictures and directed by Ruben Fleischer, the live-action film "Uncharted", adapted from the global classic action-adventure game IP, was released nationwide on March 14. The action-adventure style of the film is similar to that of Indiana Jones " series is similar, about the resourceful Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) and the seasoned treasure hunter Victor Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) team up to find 500 years ago. The Magellan Treasures lost by the Qatar family began as a simple treasure hunt, but gradually evolved into a thrilling, global race...
In 2021, the movie "Spider-Man: Heroes of No Return" starring "Dutch Brother" Holland has almost become the hottest movie in North America, reaching the global box office champion in 2021. Spider-Man has almost become the label of Holland's younger brother, while This time he will step out of the role and become an adventure player of the classic game on the screen.
In the movie, he challenged high-energy action scenes such as planes, parkour, and hand-to-hand combat. He also won Jackie Chan's affirmation. He directly shouted that he wanted to cooperate with the Dutch brother.
Brother Holland has a lot of emotion for this role. He said that he became a die-hard fan of the game when he was filming "Spider-Man: Homecoming", and later took up the filming of "Uncharted Seas", and everything was amazing.
The director once dreamed of becoming an archaeologist
Director Ruben Fleischer, who has directed "Venom: Deadly Guardian" and "Zombieland", said that the reason why the "Uncharted" game has been able to sit on millions of players and achieve a full series of six The game has sold more than 44 million copies, and it's no secret that the reason for its success is that the game itself is like a movie, and it's not your average obsolete movie.
“Uncharted has all the magical elements I love in movies,” says Fleischer. “I’ve always dreamed of making a movie about a treasure hunt around the world. Movies like this make me fascinated by history and archaeology, I even wanted to be an archaeologist when I was in college. When I read the script, the mental core of escaping reality and going on an adventure hit me instantly, and it was so great to be invited to be a part of this adventure. lucky."
According to Fleischer, the Uncharted film is built on four pillars: "One is the exotic beauty of the world-travelling adventure; the other is character-oriented, dramatic and intelligent Story; third, compelling action; fourth, iconic treasure hunt elements such as maps, puzzles, and torches.”
In the game "Uncharted", Nathan and Sullivan were partners in the treasure hunt adventure at the beginning, and their relationship was only introduced after the two had experienced many adventures together.
In the film Uncharted, the creators gave the audience a better understanding of the relationship between the characters by showing how they became partners, so Holland played the young version of the legendary treasure hunter. Sen, while Wahlberg plays Sullivan, who is still in his prime.
According to Fleischer: "The great thing about making a movie out of a game is that the tone is so perfect. We can follow the humor, the character relationships, but when you're making a movie and not a video game, you have to let it go. It has your own style. So it’s important for us to separate the story from the game and show a different side of the movie.” In addition, many scenes in the film are restored from the classic scenes in the game, such as Nathan The scene of the high-altitude cargo box jumping is easy for game fans to recognize as a classic scene in the game "Uncharted 3: Drake's Trick".
"Of course, we didn't actually hoist Holland out of the plane," Fleischer said. "But this time, in the set-up shot, he fell very realistically, and the robotic arm in the back threw these boxes around. Go, Holland spun around and got hit especially hard by the box, this performance is an affirmation of his sportsmanship and a tribute to his dedication."
Wahlberg praises Holland brother as "really strong"
In 2016, Holland came into contact with the Uncharted 4 game for the first time, and he immediately became a fan of the series.
"I was shooting Spider-Man: Homecoming, and one of the benefits of working with Sony Pictures was that they had all of our RVs with the latest PlayStation, and one of the most popular," he said. The welcome game is Uncharted 4. Between shoots, I play games with my best buddy Harrison Osterfield. Although we play them backwards (in the order they were released), After a while, I fell in love with it completely, so I bought the first few movies to complete." Fleischer believes that Holland is the best person to play Nathan: "He has endless creativity and has everything you could hope for. Quality, but also a huge fan of the game. And because he is a game fan, he is even more invested in Nathan's character and film than I am."
Because he has starred in "Spider-Man" in many films, Holland has already accumulated rich experience in the shooting of action scenes. From the very beginning, he knew clearly that "Uncharted" needs a unique shooting method, "It must be more Based on reality." Holland said, "When you shoot the "Spider-Man" movie, the sky has no limits. As a superhero, Spider-Man can basically do anything, but Nathan is just an ordinary person. Let me be the most I am excited to have the opportunity to play a role that is close to real life, to explore every move of the action, to find out his true strength and level." The training in "Spider-Man" was the same intensity and the same effort.
"In the beginning, I was training to be agile, and then I found out that standing next to Wahlberg, he was super strong, and I realized I needed to get a little stronger, otherwise I would look like his nephew (laughs). I was training hard and eating as much as I could. Until Wahlberg said, 'Wow, you've gotten a lot stronger, that's great,' and I was so happy and flattered."
【Interview】
Try to shoot the real scene as much as possible, and use less special effects
Beijing News: This time you partnered with Mark Wahlberg. How did you feel about working with him?
Tom Holland: It can be said that what is performed on the screen also happens off the screen. I am a young man in Hollywood, but Wahlberg is a veteran. He has been in this business for more years than I am. long (laughs).
So Wahlberg would give me some pointers, and he would help me play to my strengths and show the audience what I'm really capable of.
And, after we made the movie and brought the characters into real life, Wahlberg and I had a rapport between Sullivan and Nathan.
Beijing News: Which scene impressed you the most?
There are many adventurous plots in the movie. Did you encounter any danger during the shooting?
Tom Holland: Of course it was the high-altitude cargo box scene. We shot it for four to five weeks, almost every day. Sometimes, I was almost 30 meters in the air with a spinning box. Tied together, I have to hold on to it until it throws me off, although there are ropes on the box to tie me up, but it's really high and scary, and choosing a real shot will make the picture more More real, all in all, we are always pushing the limits of filmmaking and paying tribute to the wonderful action scenes in the game.
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Beijing News: "Uncharted" involves a lot of action scenes and special effects scenes. What do you think is new in this shooting?
Tom Holland: It's rare to make movies like this these days (laughs).
Whenever possible, the film will try to use location, try to reduce the part of the computer special effects.
In the past, these action blockbusters were usually filmed, and the actors only needed to perform in front of the green screen.
But for this film, director Fleischer insisted on making it feel real, so he built a lot of live sets so that we could shoot in real environments.
For example, we built basements and churches, set the interior and exterior of the pirate ship, and even built a gimbal to simulate the flight state of the ship.
All of this we do is pushing the limits of the actual set.
Beijing News reporter Zhou Huixiaowan