Tom White: (To Ralph and Alan Smith) Thank you. Thank you for coming here.
Tom White: It’s a privilege for me to have Alan Smith, one of the most promising young actors of our generation here. And of course, Ralph, the real-life model for my favourite character in the film and also the book ‘Lord of the flies’ which I’ve read for many times since its publication. I guess most of you, if not all of you, have known Ralph for a long while, no matter from the book I mentioned or the news all over the world two years ago about rescuing him and other boys from an inhabited island. Ralph is such a familiar figure to us, so I don’t think you, Alan, would try to do an imitation of him in the film. And that’s kind of interesting, when I watched the film, there is a specific scene when you, I don’t want to give that away, but I think you must have made great efforts to …show more content…
It’s a tough role after all. And to answer your question, yes, I did feel a strong responsibility of establishing order on that island. Others may see me as charismatic, but throughout the time on that island I wanted to be a good leader, who played no favour, put no pointer and got us all rescued. When Jack and other boys became savages and even wanted to hunt me down, I didn’t hate them. And I don’t blame them. I mean at first I didn’t understand why Jack and some others boys are so blood thirsty. Not until later did I realise that everyone has his dark and evil side, even I. I felt it when I hunted that pig with Jack, when I hit the pig with a spear. The joy of violence and superior overwhelmed me. But the difference between them and me was I didn’t let that evil take me over. I knew if I gave up and let it take me, I would fall into chaos, forever. The hope of being rescued supported me till the end of my nightmare on that island. You are right about all these, I did lose hope from time to time and didn’t know what I was doing. That’s how I see
Tom White: It’s a privilege for me to have Alan Smith, one of the most promising young actors of our generation here. And of course, Ralph, the real-life model for my favourite character in the film and also the book ‘Lord of the flies’ which I’ve read for many times since its publication. I guess most of you, if not all of you, have known Ralph for a long while, no matter from the book I mentioned or the news all over the world two years ago about rescuing him and other boys from an inhabited island. Ralph is such a familiar figure to us, so I don’t think you, Alan, would try to do an imitation of him in the film. And that’s kind of interesting, when I watched the film, there is a specific scene when you, I don’t want to give that away, but I think you must have made great efforts to …show more content…
It’s a tough role after all. And to answer your question, yes, I did feel a strong responsibility of establishing order on that island. Others may see me as charismatic, but throughout the time on that island I wanted to be a good leader, who played no favour, put no pointer and got us all rescued. When Jack and other boys became savages and even wanted to hunt me down, I didn’t hate them. And I don’t blame them. I mean at first I didn’t understand why Jack and some others boys are so blood thirsty. Not until later did I realise that everyone has his dark and evil side, even I. I felt it when I hunted that pig with Jack, when I hit the pig with a spear. The joy of violence and superior overwhelmed me. But the difference between them and me was I didn’t let that evil take me over. I knew if I gave up and let it take me, I would fall into chaos, forever. The hope of being rescued supported me till the end of my nightmare on that island. You are right about all these, I did lose hope from time to time and didn’t know what I was doing. That’s how I see