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Lance has to admit he had a hard time casting Knuckles.

Nax is a young man under the rule of Undead Joe. Undead Joe doesn't even know his name, but he has accepted the brainwashing of Undead Joe, and has a fanatical paranoia for Undead Joe. Dedicated his life to Undead Joe, he is a lunatic who has been deeply poisoned by the cult; however, the interesting part is here, Nax is not evil, on the contrary he is innocent and silly, just wants to run wild with all his heart To the Hall of Valor, pure and sincere, the phrase Witness me! has become the most classic line in the entire movie.

All these make Nax the most special character in the whole movie, both good and evil, it can be said that it is a masterpiece of the style of the work, cult, rock, crazy, persistent, wanton, publicity. At the end of the story, Nax sacrificed himself heroically, allowing Max and Ferosa to successfully escape.

Strictly speaking, the three characters of Max, Firoza and Nax are the absolute core of the film, supporting the creative structure and theme depth of the whole work.

The role of Nax is not difficult to perform, because he is a single-minded person without much depth of thought, which is purely his charm. But it requires the actors to let go of their hands and feet completely, to show the fanaticism and wantonness that goes deep into the bone marrow and soul, get rid of all frameworks and constraints, and show the state of obsession heartily and vividly. This is definitely not an easy task. What's more, playing Nax is also a severe challenge for the actor's image. Not all actors have the courage to play such a lunatic with weird appearance and abnormal style.

In the last life, Knuckles was played by British actor Nicholas-Hoult. Nicholas-Hoult, who was born as a child star, is not an acting genius. His performances always have a similar temperament. A kind of childish youthfulness and restraint, it can be said that it captures the mixed feeling of men and boys very well, but in the process of performance, he is very easy to be too excessive, either exerting too much force, or restraining too hard . When it comes to the level and depth of the performance, it is even more lackluster, not to mention the three-dimensional sense of shaping the characters. Of course, this is too much for a young actor, and his performance among his peers is still remarkable.

It has to be said that it is an extremely clear choice for Nicholas to play Nax. Not only because of the intertwined innocence and evil temperament in Nax, Nicholas himself has it, and he played a similar role in his famous work Skin; Body and in Fury Road, it can be said to be a perfect combination. What the movie needs is that Nicholas loses control and shows the kind of eye-popping frenzy, but does not need too many layers to weaken the character setting.

Lance's first choice is naturally Nicholas, but unfortunately, Nicholas is only sixteen years old now, and he still hasn't got rid of the immaturity of a child star. There's no way Knuckles could do it, and it's also impossible to star in a bloody R-rated film like Fury Road.

Taking the risk of filming and producing Fury Road ten years in advance, this is the difficulty that Lance must encounter, and it is also the risk that Lance must face.

As a last resort, Lance began to think about other possibilities, Hayden-Christensen, Shawn-Ashmore, Eric-Balfour, Ryan Leno Ryan-Reynolds, Henry Cavill, Channing Tatum and others all entered Lance's sight successively, but they were all overruled by Lance in the end.

To play Nax, fanaticism is the first element, and temperament is the second element. At the same time, it is also required that the actor must be able to get rid of the shackles and truly devote himself wholeheartedly. It is definitely not an easy task to choose such an actor. What's more, these actors may not be willing to play Fury Road, especially at the time when the current situation is unclear. In the end, Lance targeted On Michael Fassbender.

Choosing Michael is a very risky decision.

In fact, Michael is very suitable to play a role that is both good and evil. In the Inglourious Basterds, 12 Years a Slave, and X-Men series, he played such roles that are permeated with evil and cold. , on the surface it looks sanctimonious, even convincing.

But Michael is not suitable for the style of direct display of bloody violence, he is more suitable for the bastard whose coldness and cruelty are restrained to the bone, the kind of blood that bursts out from the depths of the soul makes people shudder. Among his many works, Shame and Steve Jobs are undoubtedly highly praised, and the two characters in these two works have brought cold violence to the extreme, which is just right. His control has earned him great acclaim.

Therefore, it is definitely a challenge for Michael to play such an emotional and fanatical role as Knuckles. What's more, Michael's personal temperament has always been stern, lacking that kind of explosive enthusiasm, not only for Michael, but even for Lance as a director, how to capture the character's temperament will become the key to the success of the work factor.

But Lance chose Michael in the end, definitely not because Michael was his queen actor, nepotism. It's because Lance believes that Michael has that kind of explosive power. Most of the characters in 12 Years a Slave are cold and violent, but in a few scenes, it can be seen that Michael's emotions are completely released. frightening effect. Just imagine, Michael glaring and laughing up to the sky, that shark-like smile brings out the paranoia and frenzy in his heart, and the tension on the screen will reach the extreme.

What's more, the current Michael is far from the law shark recognized by the mainstream of Hollywood. Michael is only 27 years old this year. The performance style, or the image traits, or the experience experience, all have youthfulness and vitality commensurate with the age. While the performance skills are solid, the plasticity is also very high. As long as he is directed correctly, Michael will give Knuckles a special character.

Michael is not Tom Cruise, and Lance believes that he will be willing to cooperate with all performances and release all his energy.

After comprehensive consideration, Lance made a decision that Michael will play Knuckles. This will also be the third collaboration between the two.

After Lance made his decision, he didn't rush to inform Michael. On the one hand, he knew that Michael was filming 300 Warriors and there was no free time; Unexpectedly, Michael volunteered so impatiently that he rushed to New York in person as soon as the 300 Warriors was finished.

In The Day After Tomorrow, Lance just wanted to cultivate his own queen actors, and when faced with difficulties, he could find helpers nearby, such as the blockade situation jointly created by Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures; He didn't need Lance to call, but he took the initiative to deliver it to his door. Lance knew better than anyone the truth that it's easy to add icing on the cake, but it's difficult to give charcoal in the snow.

From this point of view, Michael seems to be the first true friend Lance made in Hollywood. No, maybe the second one. Emma Stone's name came to mind, but I haven't heard from Emma for a while.

Now, among the main characters of Fury Road, Max, Firoza and Nax have all found actors, leaving only the big villain Undead Joe.

Unlike other works of the same type, the confrontation between good and evil in Fury Road does not have a battle of wits, and the villain does not need to be superior in wisdom. It is more of a spiritual deterrent, just like the /evil/religion leader. So Lance followed George Miller's advice and invited Hugh-Keays-Byrne to play.

Hugh once acted as a villain in the Mad Max series. He is fifty-eight years old this year. He has hardly made any film work since entering the 21st century. However, Hugh has a very special temperament. He was born in India , in itself has a kind of cult demeanor, the special aura all over his body and the immortal old Joe can be said to be a match made in heaven. At George's invitation, Xio readily nodded and agreed to the invitation to play.

So, this also means that the four main characters of Fury Road are all dusted and ready. As for tomorrow's public audition, it will be a visual feast. Lance will select the wives and concubines of Undead Joe, request? There is no requirement, only that all of them are models.

Lance's eyes fell on Michael again, looking at that kiwi-like cheek, he began to conceive the image of Nax in his mind, Michael seemed to be aware of Lance's sight, raised his head, and said doubtfully, Why? gone?

Lance pointed to his chin, and then turned around his head, After entering the crew, you need to shave all of these, shave once a day, and keep it clean. Since it's fresh meat, it can't be too vicissitudes Now, the appearance of Kiwi really looks... old, Lance almost had the illusion that Michael seemed to be older than him, How old are you?

Michael touched his chin. He kept a stubble all the time for shooting 300 Warriors, I was born in 1977, what's wrong? He was actually five years younger than Lance.

Lance sighed softly, but did not explain, repeating again, After entering the crew, you must clean up every day.

Michael was at a loss, but still nodded ignorantly, The same reason as in Killing with a Borrowed Knife? In order to fit the role setting, every detail must be carefully considered.

Lance nodded, Yes. Nax is a... small piece of fresh meat, tender and juicy. Lance found that he couldn't find a suitable language, Well, a piece of fresh meat.