Rob Kazinsky believes that movies 2 and 3 of Warcraft can top the first part – if they are made.
The colleagues from PCGamesN had the opportunity to conduct a lengthy interview with Rob Kazinsky, who plays the Orc Orgrim Doomhammer in the movie “Warcraft: The Beginning.” During the conversation, they discussed how Kazinsky actually got the job – and what he thinks about the future of the Warcraft movies. We have summarized the most exciting statements from Kazinsky for you.
Kazinsky wanted to be in it – at any cost
What is particularly exciting is how Kazinsky actually got the job. He has always been a passionate WoW player and has spent nearly every minute of his free time in the MMORPG. During a filming break from “Pacific Rim,” he was about to do his daily Gring work to get fit for the next raid when he was approached by a colleague. “Don’t do that,” she said, and shortly after, “You know we are going to make this movie.”
Since then, Kazinsky has been fired up and has tried to get any role in the movie at every opportunity. He himself said: “I would have cleaned the floors, I would have held Duncan Jones’ hand while making the movie, I would have done anything to be in the movie. And then they gave me the role of Orgrim, and I thought, ‘Oh, you just gave me the best character in the lore, thank you very much.'”
It’s also interesting what he thinks about the film’s success and simultaneous failure.
“We wanted to make the best video game movie ever, but the bar is not very high. Do I think we achieved that? Yes. Does that mean the film itself is great? I don’t think so. I don’t believe we made the perfect film because we couldn’t.”
One part of the explanation for this is that the original lore had some contradictions itself, which is why not all aspects could be adopted. Some fans missed Mannoroth or Sargeras – but then the movie would have been overloaded.
Everyone is waiting for the “Frozen Throne” story
“We made a pretty solid movie. We have a wonderful starting point for the universe, and the next movies, two and three, can build on this world we created and expand it. (…) We will start in the second and third movie when we are allowed to do them, to tell even better stories until we reach the point everyone is waiting for: The Frozen Throne.”
By the way, Kazinsky sees the reason for the relative failure in America in the mentality. People expect that a video game movie will be bad, just because it is a video game movie.
Everyone is waiting for Arthas’ story.
“That will change, because people will eventually realize that games are no longer just ‘Sonic the Hedgehog.’ (…) They have evolved and are cinematic in their own way. If you look at Assassin’s Creed or Mass Effect – those are great stories and great movies.”
The entire interview in full length can be found as usual in our sources.
Cortyn says: Even though the Warcraft movie still divides the masses, and apart from “That was the worst movie in the world” and “The best I’ve ever seen” there are really no other opinions, it’s still interesting to read Rob Kazinsky’s lines. It also feels good that “one of us nerds” made it into the movie – because you can feel that at least a few people know what story they are telling.
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