Film "Elysium": actors and roles

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Hollywood's "dream factory" never ceases to amaze us with predictions of the future that can stun and even shock. There are quite a few sci-fi action games out there, but some of them are completely different from the rest. In this case, we are talking about the movie "Elysium". The actors were able to convey all the tragedy of the situation, despite the fact that the film specializes more in special effects and beautiful stunts. Their work will be discussed in this article.

The plot of the movie "Elysium"

In 2154, humanity is divided into two classes: those who have money live on the Elysium space station, equipped with the latest technology, and the rest vegetate on an overpopulated Earth ruined by industry and wars. The rich do not know any problems: medicine has reached such a level that a person is no longer sick with anything and does not age. The standard of living of earthlings is much worse: smog, dust, minimum duration,lack of clean air and vegetation. It is not surprising that most people dream of moving to the Elysium, sometimes even bypassing the immigration service. Such settlers are de alt with extremely harshly, destroying refugees on their way to the station.

A young resident of Earth who already had problems with the law, Max decides to tie up with the "dark past" and gets a job at a factory for the production of drones - mechanical police officers. In one of the work shifts, an accident occurs to him, after which the guy has a few days to live. Pharmaceutical preparations issued at the factory cannot cure him, but only relieve pain. You can only heal on the "Elysium", but no one is allowed there. Max goes to his former gang friends for help, where he has an exoskeleton sewn on. Now it remains only to kidnap some important inhabitant of Elysium in order to get to the station with his help. Ironically, the choice fell on Carlisle plotting a coup. And Max and his friends are on the hunt. Chases, shootouts and, of course, a love story - all this awaits the viewer in the film "Elysium". The actors masterfully coped with the director's idea, and the film keeps in suspense from the beginning to the final credits. But whose efforts made this film so amazing? The cast will be discussed further.

"Elysium": actors and roles

Former criminal fleeing death, Max (the main character of the film) was played by Matt Damon. This young, but already quite famous actor has become insanelypopular immediately after his participation in the film "Good Will Hunting", which was released in 1997. In this picture, Matt plays a self-taught genius, a boy who is confused in life and has incredible mathematical abilities. This picture, in which Damon starred with Robin Williams, made an indelible impression not only on the audience, but also on critics. After the film was nominated several times for an Oscar, Matt fell in popularity, after which offers were made to many projects. As a result, films with his participation, by definition, become hits, which happened with the picture "Elysium".

The main actor of the film. Biography

Matt Damon was born October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, the son of a tax inspector and a teacher. From a young age, the boy did not know any refusal, because his parents were quite we althy people. When Matt was three years old, his parents divorced. He and his brother Kyle stayed with their mother, but this did not particularly affect the financial situation of the family. As the actor recalls, he was always surrounded by interesting acquaintances of his mother: writers, teachers and people of science.

At the age of eight, Matt met a distant relative, Ben Affleck, with whom he is friends to this day. This meeting was a turning point in the fate of Damon, because Matt was the first to tell his friend about his dream of becoming an actor. Affleck supported him in this venture, after which the matter remained small - to convince the parents to send the guy to acting classes. At first no onebelieved in the seriousness of Matt's intentions. But after he spent all his pocket money on a ticket to New York for a casting of one of the agencies, his mother and father realized that the boy would not back down.

Star Hour

As a student at Harvard University, Matt starred in Courage to Fight, where Meg Ryan and Denzel Washington became his partners in the film. At the same time, he, along with Ben Affleck, began writing the screenplay for the film Good Will Hunting, which brought them an Oscar in 1997. Thus began a long road to the stars of world cinema. During his short career, Damon starred in such well-known films as The Talented Mr. Ripley, Saving Private Ryan, the James Bourne trilogy, The Departed, The Brothers Grimm, The Martian, and many others. But let's continue our acquaintance with the film "Elysium - a paradise not on Earth." The actors who played the rest of the main and secondary roles are not as famous as the main character, but they also deserve their portion of popularity.

Jodi Foster

Delacore is the main defender of the space station from emigrants, eager to seize power. This character was brought to life by a fairly well-known actress Jodie Foster. The future star of the wide screen was born on November 19, 1962. The career of the actress began almost from the cradle: being a pretty child, Jodie starred in commercials at the age of two. By the age of six, she began to be invited to small roles in television series. Her job was the only source of income in her life with her mother, because her father abandoned the child before he was born.

Despitebusy filming schedules, Jodie studied pretty well at school, although communication with her peers was difficult, because few people wanted to be friends not only with the "nerd", but also with the "TV star". At the age of 15, Foster was nominated for an Oscar for playing a child prostitute in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. This picture brought immense popularity to the actress, but also added a lot of problems: a fan of this film pursued Jodie for several years, because of which she lived in constant fear.

Second Oscar

After high school, Foster took a short break from her career and went to study at Yale. In 1985, after graduating with honors, Jodie returns to the big screen. But the first works do not bring popularity, but only disappoint critics. Only in 1991, the actress regained all the lost ground by starring in the thriller The Silence of the Lambs. The role of Clarissa Starling brought Jodie the second statuette. In the future, the actress starred in many projects, but they do not impress either the audience or film critics. Only for participation in the tape "Contact" Jodie received the "Golden Globe". Now the actress continues her career and is raising her only son.

Alice Braga

Any self-respecting movie must have a romantic story. The film "Elysium" was no exception. Actors (photos are presented in the article) Matt Damon and Alice Braga, which will be discussed later, perfectly played a chance meeting and former feelings that flared up with renewed vigor. According to the plot, Frey - Max's first love - has a sickdaughter, who can only be cured at the space station, and therefore the paths of the main characters converge. Together they will experience many events that will strengthen their feelings.

The Brazilian actress and model who played the role of Max's lover was born on April 15, 1983 in Sao Paulo. Since childhood, Alice dreamed of becoming a film actress and participated in children's performances and productions. In 1998, Braga made her first debut, but she gained popularity only in 2002, after the premiere of the film City of God. It was then that the Brazilian actress was noticed in Hollywood and began to be invited to work in their projects. Alice's real success came after participating in the film "I Am Legend", where she played a minor role. Later, the actress starred in many films. The most famous of them: "Blindness", "Rippers", "Eleven Minutes", "Journey to the End of the Night", "Predators".

Charito Copley

Not all the actors of the film "Elysium" are popular, some of them are little known to the public. It's about who brought to life the main villain Krueger. This South African actor is known to us from science fiction films directed by Neil Blomkamp. He has worked in such projects as "District No. 9", "Team-A", "Europe", "Maleficent", "Oldboy" and many others. But his participation in the film "Elysium" can be called a creative breakthrough. Actors Charito and Matt Damon played their confrontation so wonderfully that offers fell on Copley from all sides. The actor has not yet achieved any impressive achievements, butthis is not a reason for despondency, because he continues to be invited to shoot. So there's more to come.

Sub-characters

The success of a film depends not only on the work of the director, screenwriters and main characters. Quite important for the success of the picture is the good performance of the actors of episodic roles. This rule is no exception for the film "Elysium". The actors without whom the picture could not exist are Wagner Moura, Diego Luna, Emma Tremblay, William Fichtner, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Michael Shanks, Tracey Waterhouse, Katherine Locke Haggquist, Christina Cox and many others. They all contributed to the creation of the film, and thanks to their work, it became whole and complete.