UJake Kasdan iyazwela emizweni enamandla engokomzwelo abantu ababambe ngayo ngamafilimu abakhule bewabuka. Njengendodana yomenzi wefilimu odumile uLawrence Kasdan, uJake ubuke ubaba wakhe akha okwangempela I-star wars trilogy eceleni kukaGeorge Lucas. Umenzi wamafilimu osezingeni eliphezulu ngokwakhe, ifilimu kaJake yakamuva Jumanji: Wamukelekile ehlathini, ukubuyiswa okuxekethile kweminyaka yawo-1995 Jumanji, eyayilingisa uRobin Williams ongasekho. “Ngicabanga ukuthi ngiqale ukubona Jumanji ngesikhathi ikhishwa ngevidiyo yasekhaya, futhi ngayijabulela kakhulu, ”kusho uKasdan. “Engikuthandile ngaleyo filimu, futhi engisakuthanda namanje, ukuthi yayixuba kanjani izinhlobo zayo. Yifilimu yokuzijabulisa yezingane, ehlekisayo futhi esabisayo ezindaweni ezihlukene, futhi leyo kwakuyithoni engangifuna ukuyiletha kule filimu. ” 

Jumanji: Wamukelekile ehlathini ilandisa ngendaba yabasha abane abathola umdlalo wevidiyo wevintage ngenkathi behlanza igumbi eliphansi lesikole sabo esiphakeme. Ngemuva kokudlala lo mdlalo, i-quartet idonswa endaweni esehlane yomdlalo, ibhajwe emzimbeni wama-avatar abawakhethile lapho beqala ukudlala lo mdlalo. Okhomba phambili abalingiswa ngu-The Rock, u-AKA Dwayne Johnson, odlala indawo kaDkt.Smolder Bravestone. UJack Black udlala indawo kaSolwazi Shelly Oberon, kanti uKevin Hart udlala indawo kaFranklin “Moose” Finbar. Muva nje, ngibe nethuba lokukhuluma noKasdan ngendlela yakhe yokwenza kabusha i-classic ethandekayo. 

DG: Ungabuchaza kanjani ubudlelwano phakathi kwale filimu nefilimu yango-1995?

I-JK: Le filimu iqhubeka nomdlalo kusuka kwifilimu yokuqala kepha hhayi abalingiswa befilimu yokuqala, ngakho-ke, ngalowo mqondo, ilandelana kakhulu kunokubuyiswa. Ngabe umdlalo ubuzoba njani namuhla? Leyo kwakuyindlela esayithatha mayelana nokuvuselela ifilimu yokuqala nokwandisa indaba kusuka kwifilimu yokuqala. Umdlalo uyinselele kakhulu kule filimu; kunzima kakhulu, futhi kwavela. Le Jumanji ifuna izingane, intsha, futhi inesizathu sokwenza lokhu, okungukuthi ifuna ukukhombisa izingane, ikhombise abadlali bomdlalo, ukuthi zinganqotshwa kanjani izithiyo ezibonakala zingenakwenzeka. Le filimu iyaqhubeka nomdlalo kusuka kwifilimu yokuqala kepha hhayi abalingiswa. Ukushiwo lokho, le filimu iqukethe zonke izinto abantu abazithandayo, ebengizithanda, kwifilimu yokuqala, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuyisipho esifanele ifilimu yokuqala nakuRobin Williams. 

DG: Yini uJack Black, uKevin Hart, noThe Rock abayilethe kule filimu, kubalingiswa babo, okungenzeka ubungayilindele?

JK: Banobuntu obuhlukile, futhi sibabhalele abalingiswa ngemuva kokuthi ngijoyine iphrojekthi. Sicishe sakudinga ukukushintsha lokhu lapho bekubukeka sengathi iDwala ngeke likwazi ukwenza ifilimu ngenxa yengxabano yokuhlela. Ngenhlanhla, enye ifilimu iThe Rock eyayizinikele ekulingiseni yahlehliselwa emuva, ngakho-ke sikwazile ukwakha umlingisi ophambili eDwayne. Sasifuna ukuthi uKevin noJack babe eceleni kukaDwayne kabi, futhi lapho sazi ukuthi sinabo bobathathu, sakha abalingiswa ababazungezile, futhi yonke into yavele yangena endaweni ngemuva kwalokho. 

DG: Basebenzisane kanjani bobathathu?

UJK: Bathuthukisa izingxoxo ngezikhathi ezithile, obekukuhle ngoba bonke bazazi njengabalingisi, bazi kahle ubuntu babo, futhi bakhululeke kakhulu esikhunjeni sabo. 

DG: Njengoba lokhu kuchazwa njengefilimu yamahlaya, uyenza kanjani ifilimu ye-action-adventure ihlekise futhi iphambene nalokho?

JK: Usondela kulezo zinto ngokuhlukile ngokuphelele. Lapho sashutha izigcawu zamahlaya, ngangikwenza ifilimu yamahlaya, futhi kwakufana nezigcawu zokuzijabulisa. Bengifuna lezo zigcawu zibe namandla futhi zesabise. Lapho usebenza neThe Rock, okungenzeka ukuthi uyisihlabani sesenzo esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni njengamanje, kufanele udale ukulandelana kwezenzo okufanele ubukhona bakhe ngokomzimba, ngoba yilokho abantu abakulindele. Lapho iThe Rock ilwa nesidalwa esikule filimu, kufanele kube nomuzwa wobungozi. 

DG: Iyiphi inselelo enkulu owake wabhekana nayo ngenkathi uqopha?

UJK: Siqophe ikakhulukazi eHawaii, ehlathini lemvula, nokuba sendaweni yangempela, sibhekene nobungqabavu bomzimba obuvela lapho umile endaweni eyiqiniso, kwasungula umuzwa oqinile weqiniso kubalingisi nabasebenzi. Ngenxa yalokho, bekulula kakhulu ukusebenza nemiphumela yedijithali kunalokho obekuzoba khona ukube besingadala umhlaba wonke ngokwamanani. Sichithe izinyanga ezimbalwa senza ifilimu, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi bengazi ngosuku lokuqala, ngibona abalingisi besendaweni, ngibabona begqoke izingubo zabo, ukuthi lokhu kuzophuma kahle. 

DG: Ngaphandle kokulingiswa kwebhokisi lefilimu, unethemba lokuthi abantu bazoyiphendula kanjani le filimu?

JK: Ngifuna abantu basabele kule filimu ngendlela efanayo naleyo engangenza ngayo ngisemncane futhi ngabona amafilimu amaningi angithinta kakhulu. Ngifuna lokhu kube wuhlobo lwefilimu izingane zanamuhla ezizolukhumbula, eminyakeni edlule, lapho zibheka emuva kumafilimu akhule nawo.