Chapter 34
Meanwhile…
The studio finished the movie.
Granted, it wasn't the same movie they were contracted to do, but it was something considering the trouble they endured. There was a secret screening in Japan for the people of Nintendo to see first hand the Legend of Zelda movie. There was already talk and buzz about it…
Just not in a good way.
"How can they have a movie? I heard the actor for Link barely showed up!"
"I heard that too, I followed his social media posts, he was doing everything BUT filming." Said another.
The director swallowed her fear and hoped that the movie she did manage to make would be well received.
As everyone took a seat, she stood before the masses and explained the film. "We were contracted to do a Legend of Zelda movie, we were aiming to do a tears of a kingdom one, however, we ran into various troubles with the actors. As such, we did something a little different. But, we hope you enjoy."
She took her seat, and with baited breath she waited and watched the film. It started off with the final scene that they managed to shoot with the actor for Link… it was the ONLY shot he did and was able to do. The rest, well, she hopes that it worked out.
It followed Zelda as she fell into the past, meeting the first rules of Hyrule and learning that she has come here for a reason but uncertain as to what let alone how to get back home.
She is welcomed openly, at the same time, she learned that Hyrule was just being formed.
In order to bring Ganondorf into this, they go to Zelda in a library that had few books, but she found one of the Gerudo people, and the legend of a male only being born once every 100 years…
The screen blurred, it went to the Gerudo people from years ago, welcoming the first male to be born to the people. The one destined to rule as their king. However, despite the birthright, one has to earn their place among the people…
Then it went to the fight scenes.
The young boy Ryoto was shown, fighting tooth and nail against two of the children warrior. He portrayed young Ganondorf well, in fact she had to extend his scenes since he was so passionate about the character. As such, he was willing to do more fight scenes. Each time he fell, the two Gerudo women, Kotake and Koume would speak over the fight scenes.
"To be our King, you need to be unstoppable." Said Kotake, her voice was firm and authorative, there was power behind her voice.
"To be our King, means you fall to no one!" said Koume who spoke rather brash.
"To be our King, you must fight!" they shouted.
Then a time skip would occur, as the young Ganondorf picked himself up off the ground, he charged forward, it altered the scene and made the time skip smoothly, it went to a young 'pre teen' Ganondorf.
He grunted aloud as he fought, displaying his power, showing his strength and easily repelling those who come after him. As he stood in a battle room among hundreds of defeated warriors, Kotake and Koume nodded with approval.
"You have proven you can fight better than the Gerudo army, now, let's see how you do against monsters…" Koume stated.
The young Ganondorf was taken out to the desert and left there. "You are to return in three days, you have enough rations to last as well as a weapon suitable to take down a monster. Return or we move on without you." Kotake ordered.
As such, the scene went to the women returning to their palace and waited three days.
Four days would pass when they saw a figure walking towards town. Kotake and Koume went out and yet paused to see…
It was him.
He was battered and bloodied but he walked strong and proud. When he came before them, he smirked before throwing the sword to their feet. "I didn't need it" he said rather boldly. "After all… why defeat them…" he snapped his fingers. The sands trembled and the ground quaked.
All the Gerudo came rushing out of the town but froze as they saw the sand beasts known as the molduga. They breeched out of the sands but came behind Ganondorf, the people froze as they realized, he didn't set out to destroy the monsters… he is able to command them.
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This… this scene had to be her favorite from this production.
The director was nearly in tears as it showed the main actor for Ganondorf in all his glory, being crowned and acknowledged as the king of his people. As such a celebration was had, as well a tradition only done once every 100 years.
In fact, the actor brought this up. Stating a king's coronation needs something to stand out as important to the viewer. So he was the one who suggested a sword dance.
She asked one of the stunt coordinators about it, but it wasn't their area of expertise. However, the actor insisted he could do it. "I've seen it many times before and from different cultures, I think we can make one worthy for this, if not, leave it out." He appeared indifferent to it all, so she allowed him to do such a thing.
When it was done, he did it all in one take. Even the actresses who portrayed Kotake and Koume were in on this. In fact, all the actresses who portrayed the Gerudo people had a role. Those who were not confident were taught simple movements with a scimitar but did a small dance in unison to appear to be part of the ceremony.
The actresses for Kotake and Koume did a more dangerous and yet elaborate dance with Ganondorf. They kept up with him, and yet he never harmed either woman. There were close calls where she herself gasped as the two ladies jumped, but his sword came right under them just missing their flesh. Perhaps that was the allure, the danger that draws in the viewer. But how he did it, it was rather… magnificent.
He danced with a large claymore like blade, then a thinner and finer sword. He would use one at a time, then, he began to dance with two large swords.
It was art to her. Just utter art.
The swords were an extension of his body, they moved as if fluid in his grasp and they reflected the light perfectly as it highlighted the gleam of metal against flesh.
When they established Ganondorf, they began to go back to Zelda and the story of her time in the past.
It started to feel a little sloppy in the middle since they were going back and forth between Zelda's perspective then that of Ganondorf's.
When the movie came to an end, it was Ganondorf at full power about to face off against Rauru and his sages.
The credits rolled, the lights came on and she heard laughter.
She froze as the Link actor suddenly sat in the audience.
"What I tell you? She messed up big time! I couldn't work with her!"
The movie studio was pissed off. The looks on their faces said it all.
This will be the end of her career.
"We didn't get the movie we wanted, you PROMISED us a Legend of Zelda movie, we hardly saw Link in it!" One executive protested.
"We're cutting ties with this," said another.
One of the men who sat among the audience suddenly stood, he approached the executives and made an offer. "Let me take this movie off your hands then, it appears you may recoup some of your money if you allow me to."
They didn't hesitate.
The movie was sold to this random man, when the Hollywood people left, she was alone with those from Nintendo. Her head instantly lowered when she heard…
"That… was remarkable."
Slowly, her head rose again as the Nintendo people were praising the movie. "It was and wasn't a Zelda movie… granted this is the most fans will ever see of her, it highlighted her time in the past but didn't give everything away! We can still go back and do tears of a kingdom, at the same time, we could do breath of the wild…"
They were suddenly brain storming. The man who bought the movie turned to her and winked.
"I have to know, who was Ganondorf?" one man asked aloud.
"He was scouted at a comic con of all things, he was dressed as him and pulled off the character well. He carries himself the same way Ganondorf does…" she explained.
"No kidding! He was made for that role!"
What ended her career in Hollywood, made her a star in Japan. Before long, the legend of Zelda, lost in time hit the theaters in Japan only.
The cult following came soon after…