Before living one of Minecraft’s most famous characters, Jack Black almost won another role in ‘a Minecraft movie’. Find out!
With the arrival of April, the countdown to the debut of “A Minecraft movie” is open. This is because the feature, inspired by one of the best selling video games in history, with over 300 million copies sold, hits Brazilian theaters on April 3.
Starred by Jason Momoa (Garrett), Jack Black (Steve), Emma Myers (Natalie), Danielle Brooks (Dawn) and Sebastian Eugene Hansen (Henry), the film has been planned since 2014, and had its initial premiere scheduled for 2019. However, due to different issues, the recordings actually started in 2023, going through a period of break after the outbreak of the actors’ strike that happened in the same year, resulting in the delay in the release.
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The plot promises to accompany the adventures of four maladjusted that, when crossing a mysterious portal, are taken directly to Overworld, a cubic universe full of creatures and challenges, where they will need to count on the leadership and help of an expert level artisan: Steve.
Created by Markus Persson In 2009, Steve is the most famous character in Minecraft, known for his blue pants skin and green blouse. In the movie, he will be lived by the actorJack Black (The Rock School) – But it hardly happened.
The other character Jack Black almost interpreted
In an interview with Variety, TORFI FRANS OLAFSSONsenior director of original content at Mojang Studios, developer of Minecraft, revealed that, in the initial idea, Jack I would not interpret Steve, but a talking pig.
“His character was originally a talkative pig, and it was very, very, very late in the development that we had the idea of exchanging it to become Steve, because we needed an expert and presenter,” explained Torfi.
In addition, the professional also responded to the criticism made by the fans after the revelation of Black Like Steve in Teasers and Trailers, saying that the actor didn’t seem to be playing another character.
“This is not my Steve or your Steve – this is Jack Black’s Steve,” he replied. “Many fans responded when they saw the first teasers and trailers, like, ‘hey, wait a minute – this is just Jack Black. This is not Jack Black being someone else.’ And perhaps it is because this is literally he interpreting this character and what that means to him. “
Finally, Olafsson also commented that, besides surrendering in the set of filming, Jack He was also dedicated to the online universe. This is because, during production, the director of Mojang Studios set up closed servers within the game so that the cast would have fun and understand a little more of this universe, with Black Becoming the “most passionate player”, accumulating 100 hours of play.
“He was completely maniac, accumulating things in the mines, looking for pencil lazuli [pedras azuis brilhantes do jogo] Because I liked the sound. He kept saying, ‘Can I talk about pencil lapis in the movie?’ TORFI FRANS OLAFSSON.
In addition to Steve, “a Minecraft film” will also feature a number of other references that franchise fans will easily identify, including Nether, Creepers, Ghasts, Piglins, Skeletons, the famous Emerald helmet, and more.
Source: Recreio
