When Morgan Freeman first read the script written by Frank Darabont for "Shawshank's Redemption", he was fascinated. It aroused him even more when his agent told him that the producer was very interested in casting. He hit Ellis "Red" finishing, prisoners and prison smugglers served life sentences and were wrongly sentenced to dramas respected by Andy (Tim Robbins) , Released 25 years ago, September 23, 1994.
However, Freeman was not familiar with the original material written by Stephen King.
In 2014, Freeman said in an interview: "Someone later sent me this novella." I read the first page, and Red is the Irishman. So I close the book. I never read a line again. I said,'I can't play the Irish!'"
In fact, in King's 1982 novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption", he simply said I am "red" and the person who tells this story describes himself as an Irish. But the screenwriter and director Darabont and his company clearly wanted to portray this character as an African American and extend this character to Freeman. Of course Freeman eventually signed the contract and won the Oscar nomination for best actor for this role.
"I didn't play the Irishman," Freeman said with a smile in the interview. But in the movie version, Reid used to Race was ignored. "Red. Why do they call you that? When they first met in the prison yard, Andy asked him. "Maybe because I am Irish," Reid retorted.
"Shawshank's Redemption" received 7 Oscar nominations, but did not win any awards, and is considered one of the most popular American movies of all time. In fact, according to IMDb's data, it is the most popular movie of all time — voted by millions of users — and has maintained this honor since surpassing "The Godfather" in 2008.
"I know, it's weird and weird, isn't it?" Darabont told reporters in an interview in 2016. "It's a wonderful feeling." Before
aired "The Walking Dead" on TV, the filmmaker finally adapted the versions of "King of the Fog" and "Green Mile". He also has his own ideas about this movie. Worry.
"When we finished filming, I was very tired, not sure if I want to direct again, because it really exhausts you. But I think we have a very good movie, if the audience gives it a chance, they Would like it. Once we had a part of it and started to do test screening, it turned out to be like this. People who saw it really liked it. The trick is to let people see it. When it comes out, one It didn’t do well at the beginning. Some people say that this title is embarrassing—you know, this title is not good for you.”
Darabont attributed the success of this movie to cable tycoon Ted Turner (Ted Turner). ). Turner once owned Castle Rock, the production company behind "Shawshank." He said: "Turner has played "Shawshank's Redemption" on TV every five minutes for several years. The director recalled with a smile. "On Turner's network, people have unlimited opportunities to learn about it, so I also Bless Ted Turner. Because he had a lot of fun. "
At the same time, no matter what the Internet makes you believe, Shawshank Prison is not Freeman’s personal favorite movie, even if it’s just his own movie record.
" They would say that, because this is probably one of the best movies. One," he said. "But it never fully made my best list, no. ”
