![]() ![]() In New York City to attend the Free Guy premiere, Penn got on the phone with The Credits and talked about story architecture, Elf as inspiration and action that has consequences. Fundamentally, Guy could have been trapped anywhere.” He says, “I have no idea what a “collision match” was before I worked on this and I really didn’t care because here’s the thing: Free Guy is more about using the background of the world of gaming as a place to tell a story about these characters. While Free Guy takes place mostly within a virtual video game world, Penn aimed to make the story accessible to non-gamers. Together, Guy and game developer Millie fight to bring down egomaniacal mogul Antwan (played by Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi). The film, directed by Shawn Levy ( Night at the Museum) stars Ryan Reynolds as a minor video game character who realizes he’s merely an extra in somebody else’s creation after he meets the avatar of his dreams, Molotov Girl, aka Millie (Jodie Comer of Killing Eve fame). In the case of Free Guy, now in theaters, Penn came on board to sharpen Matt Lieberman’s initial screenplay into final form. Last Action Hero got re-written, Penn was relegated to a “story by” credit and the would-be blockbuster flopped at the box office.īut Penn survived the ignominy and 28-years later, he’s become an expert at crafting tentpole action epics like The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Steven Spielberg’s recent Ready Player One. Zak Penn started his career on a high note when he sold his first script at age 23 and landed Arnold Schwarzenegger as the star. ![]()
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