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How ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ Directors Used ‘Star Wars’ as Model for New Film Fanbase: ‘You Don’t Need to Know Anything About Politics’

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and “Jurassic Park.” This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. How did you make a “Dungeons and Dragons” movie that was appealing both to fans and to those who have, at best, heard of the game? Jonathan Goldstein: John and I would do what we called “a proper noun check,” where if we felt like we were piling on references of any kind, we would make sure that it didn’t start to feel like you were missing anything. John Francis Daley: It’s like the first “Star Wars,” where there’s the suggestion that there is this world that exists outside of our core characters, but you don’t need to know anything about politics [or the outside world] to enjoy the film. Goldstein: Likewise, you don’t have to have read the “Lord of the Rings” books to enjoy the movies.  Daley: We tried to set ourselves apart and create this access point for people who were naturally averse to fantasy.

In our film, “Dungeons and Dragons” inherently exists in this quasi-contemporary space. One foot is in a familiar medieval fantasy but you have characters reacting to things in the way you or I might when faced with such scenarios.

These aren’t stoic portrayals of humorless heroes. That’s what makes Regé-Jean Page’s character such a delight. He’s the only one who acts like that, and he’s used very efficiently.  Goldstein: It’s like Jesse Plemons in “Game Night,” where he’s a stock character from a thriller amid this ensemble comedy.

Likewise, Jean-Page’s character is a stock character from a fantasy and in both cases less is more. You want your audiences to want him to come back. In a franchise with a limitless number of character types, how did you finalize your core actors? Daley: We knew that our leader should be Chris Pine because he is so.

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