For the Western "Magnificent Seven" actors were selected with special zeal. The filmmakers understood the responsibility of working on a remake of the legendary picture.
Which movie is better - new or old?
When the premiere of Western "The Magnificent Seven" took place in 2016, the actors and roles in it were subjected to fierce criticism - the picture is a remake of the film of the same name 56 years ago. The team of directors dared to re-shoot the classics of world cinema, and critics got the opportunity to compare each character and his performer with a more recent counterpart.
At the same time, at the box office among the audience there were movie fans from among the admirers of the first picture - they commended the remake commendably. The younger audience, without the ability to compare, generally enthusiastically accepted the film in the cinema. Full list of actors:
- Chris Pratt;
- Ethan Hawke
- Lee Byung Hong
- Vincent D'Onofrio;
- Manuel Garcia Rulfo;
- Martin Sensmayer;
- Luke Grimes;
- Hayley Bennett;
- Peter Sarsgaard;
- Denzel Washington.
Not only the audience eagerly awaited the movie "The Magnificent Seven" at the box office. Actors also spent 2016 waiting for the premiere. They themselves will later talk about their excitement. There was intrigue until the last day, how will the audience accept the film?
Chris Pratt
A native of Virginia was born in 1979, but later moved to Washington with his family, and there he spent his youth. The future actor grew up in a family with a low income, for a long time his lessons in life were fighting in school. Later, these skills will come in handy when staging fights in an acting game.
At first, Chris Pratt could not rely on his acting skills, he simply was not there - he got into the profession almost by accident after meeting an influential actress with connections in the world of cinema. At 19, the young man did not yet have the skill to play on the set, at the premiere it was not easy.
He had to study at work, but much later in the film "The Magnificent Seven" world-famous actors will talk about his giftedness. Among his partners in the shooting there will be movie legends. Western remains the pinnacle of Chris's career.
Ethan hawk
His first film shootings took place as early as 15 years old, from that moment he himself no longer hesitated in choosing a future profession. Later, while studying at a prestigious college, the guy attends acting classes and improves his skills for his future career. Ethan will be one of the most successful and stable actors in world cinema, playing roles for more than 30 years.
Ethan Hawke was born in 1970 in an educated intelligent family of a sought-after mathematician with a good income. The future actor is a native of Texas lands. There he grew up and received a good education, at the moment remains a matter of pride among his fellow countrymen. Also, a native of Texas was especially close to the theme of the Western "The Magnificent Seven", the actors in it transferred part of the history of Western lands to the screen. In the picture, Hawke played a character named Shooter Robisho when he was 46 years old.
His talent goes far beyond acting in the frame, also in the cinema Ethan acts as a director and producer, and he is also a famous writer with a "risk" to become one of the classics of American literature. He has several popular works on his account. At the moment, actor, writer, director, producer and screenwriter Ethan Hawke has celebrated his 47th birthday.
Denzel Washington
In the work, the team of directors relied on the experience and good preparation of Denzel, before that he had played roles for almost 40 years on the big screen. With his participation, the films collected huge fees at the box office. Earlier, Washington performed well in characteristic and complex roles with a challenge to its professional qualities. At that time, the producers and directors already knew the actor well and recognized his talent and ability to work on the set.
Now he was entrusted to touch the masterpiece of film classics, in the remake of the legendary film of the same name, the actor had to play one of the main characters named Sam. In the "battles" of the Western "The Magnificent Seven" actors did not experience any special difficulties during staged shootings and fights. Among them was Denzel with a large number of militants on his track record, he organically looked with a gun in his hand.
Old-timer Denzel
Washington will play the first role on the big screen at the age of 23, it was not an accidental experience - at that time the aspiring actor himself had already decided on the choice of profession. For filming, he even quit his studies at the conservatory. With a journalist diploma in his hands, he decides to conquer Hollywood.
In 1954, Denzel Washington was born into a priest's family. The boy is a good student, and after school he easily enters college to study medicine. Already in his first courses, he realizes that he does not want to become a doctor, and changes his specialty to journalism. But even then, the guy joins the acting profession on the student theater stage. At the moment, the actor has already accumulated almost 40 years of experience on the big screen. On the set of the movie "The Magnificent Seven", the actors noted the skill of the old-timer in the work.
The long-awaited premiere
When "The Magnificent Seven" was released, the film, in which the actors were selected from among the most famous stars, already on the first day gathered a huge audience at the show. The audience in the cinema was expecting not only an exciting mess with shooting and fights on the screen. Also, many were eager to compare their taste to the new picture with the old legendary tape from the American classics of cinema. People were waiting for familiar heroes with new faces, they were preparing to survive the massacre in the Wild West with them.
According to the plot, in a small settlement, residents suffer from the oppression of the local “money bag” and ask for help from seven bounty hunters. Mercenaries respond for payment, but the industrial tycoon can afford to throw an entire army of thugs against seven daredevils, so he will. When the "Magnificent Seven" (2016 film) was shot, the actors were preparing to work in an abundance of special effects.