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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 4525808" data-attributes="member: 20741">The two supporrting characters of Viktor and Lucian ended up being the best thing about the original Underworld. I know the producers of the movie must have been shaking their heads at the end of watching the first movie before it was released. I can imagine the discussion between the producers at sony Pictures and Danny McBride, the writer of the original movie.*******************Producers: &quot;Michael Sheen as that Lucian fellow was the best actor in the whole damn movie wasn't he?&quot; Writer: &quot;Yes he was&quot;.Producers: &quot;Explain to us again just why you just killed off our best character in the franchise?&quot;Writer: &quot;Uhm... You hired me to write your script so that's what I did. When we started on this thing... the role had not been cast. Nobody thought Lucian would work out so convincingly.&quot;&quot;But hey, Michael Sheen isn't the whole movie. Bill Nighy as the head vampire dood, he was pretty damned kick ass!&quot;Producers: &quot;Yes. And you just killed him off too.&quot;Writer: &quot;Uhm...yeah. Well, I have some ideas for where to take this thing, if you'll permit me&quot;.&gt;&gt;Ten Minutes Later&lt;&lt;Producers: &quot;A period movie. Do you have any idea how much more that will cost to shoot!??!! No way.&quot;Writer: &quot;CGI. Czech Republic. Hell - shoot in Romania. We'll make jokes about it being &quot;shot on location&quot; during the press junkets. We'll make do.&quot;Producers: &quot;It's pretty hard to justify all the tight rubber body suits on Kate Beckinsale's a$$ in the year 1400.&quot;Writer: &quot;I'll make it work. Trust me.&quot;*******************A chance to revisit all of this? In a Middle Ages setting? Hey - simply put: I'm there in the theatres for this one on opening weekend.And there are few enough movies that motivate me to say that these days.&nbsp; This is one of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 4525808, member: 20741"] The two supporrting characters of Viktor and Lucian ended up being the best thing about the original [I]Underworld[/I]. I know the producers of the movie must have been shaking their heads at the end of watching the first movie before it was released. I can imagine the discussion between the producers at sony Pictures and Danny McBride, the writer of the original movie. ******************* [B]Producers:[/B] "Michael Sheen as that Lucian fellow was the best actor in the whole damn movie wasn't he?" [B]Writer: [/B]"Yes he was". [B]Producers:[/B] "Explain to us again just why you just killed off our best character in the franchise?" [B]Writer:[/B] "Uhm... You hired me to write your script so that's what I did. When we started on this thing... the role had not been cast. Nobody thought Lucian would work out so convincingly." "But hey, Michael Sheen isn't the whole movie. Bill Nighy as the head vampire dood, he was pretty damned kick ass!" [B]Producers:[/B] "Yes. And you just killed him off too." [B]Writer:[/B] "Uhm...yeah. Well, I have some ideas for where to take this thing, if you'll permit me". >>Ten Minutes Later<< [B]Producers: [/B]"A period movie. Do you have any idea how much more that will cost to shoot!??!! No way." [B]Writer:[/B] "CGI. Czech Republic. Hell - shoot in Romania. We'll make jokes about it being "shot on location" during the press junkets. We'll make do." [B]Producers:[/B] "It's pretty hard to justify all the tight rubber body suits on Kate Beckinsale's a$$ in the year 1400." [B]Writer:[/B] "I'll make it work. Trust me." ******************* A chance to revisit all of this? In a Middle Ages setting? Hey - simply put: I'm there in the theatres for this one on opening weekend. And there are few enough movies that motivate me to say that these days. This is one of them. [/QUOTE]

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