All the stories began when Charlie Logan 10 was old. He and his friends play the game of "turning over bottles to choose a kissing object". However, he refused to kiss a crazy girl dressed as Goth, which not only violated the rules of the game, but also made the girl angry and cursed him viciously ... It's been 25 years now, Charlie. Charlie's good friend, plastic surgeon Stu, enjoys playing games and keeps pursuing his patients, but Charlie is annoyed that he has never found a girl who can really impress him. The worst thing is yet to come. Charlie accidentally discovered at an ex-girlfriend's wedding that as long as he slept with that girl, the next man he met after breaking up was the love of their lives. At that moment, Charlie suddenly understood the real reason why he was so popular with women. The women who know him privately call him "Lucky Chuck". They all line up to make a quick decision with him, regard him as a through train to happiness, and hope to find their own true love.
Charlie is not very exclusive to throwing himself at women, but at the age of 35, he still lives a life of sex without love, which makes Charlie feel lonely and lonely as never before. When he met a particularly troublesome penguin expert, Kyoto Electronics Industry Co., Ltd. of Japan, his thoughts changed completely. This beautiful and charming woman is Charlie's dream girl. He can't just dump herself when she meets the next man. When the relationship between the two became closer and closer, Charlie was extremely anxious because he had not found a way to break the curse ... Is "Lucky Chuck" really willing to keep that good luck among women? The answer is of course no.
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The sex jokes in the film are not only old-fashioned but also disturbing, and there is a sense of absurdity in watching the scenery in the west.
-New York Post
Mark helfrich, a first-time director, shouldn't foolishly insist on exaggerating those dirty toilet jokes, which are too vulgar and boring.
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Although Jessica Alba has tried her best to minimize her charm so that the audience can concentrate more on the comedy atmosphere in the film, there is still a feeling of laughter pause when she appears in the picture.
-International Film Magazine
Behind the scenes production
Everyone wants to be "lucky Chuck"
I believe that any single man wants to be "Lucky Chuck" Charlie-the hero in Lucky Chuck, a man "blessed" by God. He has incredible power. As long as the women he slept with meet the next man, it is their true love ... Every day, beautiful women who are troubled by love come to Charlie for "help", and Charlie is also happy to see this beautiful thing of killing two birds with one stone. Dane Cook, who plays Charlie, said: "At first, you will feel like falling into a dream, because you don't have to do anything, you can.
However, when Charlie finally met his dream lover Cam, he found that this time what he wanted was no longer meaningless sex, but to be with her forever. Charlie knew that as long as he slept with Cam, he would lose her. Dane Cook said, "Two people who are attracted to each other will bring great sexual pressure, so Charlie has to keep a certain distance from Cam, but she has no idea why he did it ... It is very painful to maintain this situation, because they have done everything that lovers can do, but they can't go to bed." However, this is only a stopgap measure. Charlie must find a way to break the curse he imposed on himself when he was 10. He even listened to the bad advice of his friend Stu, who was obsessed with sex, and began to look for a one-night stand and shuttled through all kinds of sex. Cook continued: "Personally, I think the film we made is really interesting. It contains too many comedy elements, and there are at least three or four classic scenes that the audience will still remember after leaving the cinema. " Dan fogler, who plays Stu, added: "This movie is really hysterical about sex, so it will be rated as R in the end."
You may take it for granted that Lucky Chuck must tell the original story of a Hollywood creative screenwriter, but in fact it was inspired by the real experience of a man named Steve Glenn. About seven years ago, producer Mike Karz attended a dance in Los Angeles and met Glenn through friends. At the dance, Glenn told his friends about his bad experience on the road of love, and said that at least seven women who had maintained a serious relationship with him found their ideal partners after breaking up with him. Katz recalled: "It suddenly occurred to me that this wonderful idea can be used to make a comedy movie." So he asked Glenn to write an outline of the story, and then asked the screenwriter Josh Stolberg to polish it.
Mike Katz became the driving force behind this film. He asked mark helfrich if he would like to be a director. The film editor, who enjoys a high reputation in Hollywood, is really looking for the first film he can direct. Hull Refrigerator proved his comic talent by editing three Rush Hour movies. At first, he conceived "Lucky Chuck" as a comedy film PG- 13, but later found that perhaps the R-rating can better reflect the characteristics of this story. Therefore, Helfridge asked Josh Stolberg to revise the script and add some indecent and obscene plots. He said: "If PG- 13 is rated as R, we can tap more potential of movies, including the language we use and the pictures we need to show, which will become more unrestrained." Katz went on to say: "Compared with the earlier version, the script used in shooting is much disrespectful and sharp, and these changes are all due to the persistence of Herfritz. With his help, the story is much more interesting than before. "
About actors
For Charlie's actor, Mike Katz and mark helfrich reached a surprising agreement, and they both thought that Dane Cook was the best candidate. Cook is definitely the most popular comedian of his generation. As a professional actor under HBO TV, he has received unprecedented attention, and his work desk is full, just like a busy snake and snail. Hull refrigerator said: "Cook has the capital to play Charlie. He is handsome and humorous. He is a star, but he is as warm and kind as the man next door. With him, the interest of this story has improved to a higher level. "
Mark Helfricky flew to New Mexico to meet Dane Cook, because he was there filming another Lionsgate comedy "Star Employee" with jessica simpson and Dax Shepard. This is a meeting that ended in a pleasant atmosphere. Cook and his agent and producer Brian Volcker-Weiss have read the script. Volcker Weiss recalled: "I couldn't put down the script. We were shooting at night, and my eyes were going blind. I lay in bed and watched it for two hours until I finished watching it. ...
Producer Barry Katz, who is also one of the managers of Dane Cook, said: "Cook will appear in Lucky Chuck as an image familiar to the audience, that is, an ordinary and sincere man, but sometimes he will go crazy occasionally and become lively and powerful. Cook agreed to take this film, which is really a big risk, because if you are always the same, it will be difficult to arouse the audience's desire to watch. "
Dane Cook immediately realized that Lucky Chuck was an opportunity for him to try a sharper and more understandable role: "When I read the 30-page script, I knew I had found an infinite story, and I had a hunch that fans who liked me would be satisfied with the film. In addition, I have to play so many sex scenes with the beautiful Jessica Alba, and my heart has been cheering. Before I decided to get this role, I had already started preparing for the movie. "
After filming Fantastic Four and Sin City, which won by digital special effects, Jessica Alba has created a considerable screen effect, and she has long wanted to try in the field of comedy. However, this is a male-dominated film type, and it is not easy to find a good female role from it. Until Alba saw this script written by Josh Stolberg and fell in love with Cam as quickly as possible ... In order to get this role, Alba made great efforts: "It is rare to see such a good comedy script as Lucky Chuck, even if it is good, the female role is only a dispensable foil. Here, Cam has to do a lot of body comedy, so I have to seize this opportunity. "
As soon as Dane Cook and Jessica Alba met, they really hit it off. Producers are worried that Alba doesn't have much comedy experience-it's true, but when Cook saw Alba's performance as the host of MTV awards ceremony, his mind completely changed. She imitated "King Kong" in the opening performance ... Cook recalled the scene at that time: "Alba is really a perfect candidate, and it is rare for you to see a beautiful and charming girl like her still qualified. So I immediately picked up the phone and called my manager and told him,' That's her. I don't want to play with anyone. Alba, on the other hand, said that in fact, Cam is closer to her true character than any role she has played. She insisted on personally completing all the wanton passionate scenes and embarrassing scenes of making a fool of herself and losing her ass: "In real life, Cam and I are very similar, super confused and stupid. I'm not afraid to play a silly girl in this film. It doesn't matter if I fall a few times, but I left a few bruises on my body, even if I make this film.
Wonderful tidbits
The design of the movie poster was inspired by the covers of the famous Yoko Ono Lennon and John Lennon in Rolling Stone magazine, among which John Lennon was almost naked.
Jennifer Love Hewitt decided to play Cam, but she had to quit because of the conflict between shooting time and other work.
The original name of the script is the warm-up guy.