Breaking down the role, the director said that his version of Macrinus "was a prisoner of war — probably at a North African state — and actually was taken to Rome probably as a gladiator. Survived. Got free. Got into the business of maybe making wine and bread. He evolved into a very rich merchant selling shit to the Roman armies — food, oil, wine, cloth, weapons, everything."
"He maybe had a million men spread around Europe. So he was a billionaire at the time," Scott continued. "He's also a gangster — very close to Trump. A clever gangster."
Why the fuck is an 87 year old talking like a more retarded millennial? I know he's not the writer, but this still just comes across as so weak. Speak with some conviction, and leave out the guesswork. Or, if that stuff is important, talk to the writers so you can see what they were envisioning, as far as fleshing everything out goes.
Also, people love "clever gangsters." Not sure where the dunk is. Their version of Trump might be even cooler than the real-life version.
That would canonize these comments. Canon opens it up to the rules of plot and continuity, and detracts from the work permanently if it fails to gel properly with the rest of the established canon.
Saying maybe allows it to be interpretation instead. Which means its "true" until someone points out how it doesn't work within the story or history, then its easily dismissed as just implied or inspiration instead of hard truth.
Its the "nose on, nose off" Jon Stewart method applied to creating works.
Why the fuck is an 87 year old talking like a more retarded millennial? I know he's not the writer, but this still just comes across as so weak. Speak with some conviction, and leave out the guesswork. Or, if that stuff is important, talk to the writers so you can see what they were envisioning, as far as fleshing everything out goes.
Also, people love "clever gangsters." Not sure where the dunk is. Their version of Trump might be even cooler than the real-life version.
That would canonize these comments. Canon opens it up to the rules of plot and continuity, and detracts from the work permanently if it fails to gel properly with the rest of the established canon.
Saying maybe allows it to be interpretation instead. Which means its "true" until someone points out how it doesn't work within the story or history, then its easily dismissed as just implied or inspiration instead of hard truth.
Its the "nose on, nose off" Jon Stewart method applied to creating works.