~： Seven hundred and thirty - older than my hemorrhoid age

On the first day of "Wonder Woman", everything was developing in a good direction. The main managers of the crew behind the scenes were all old people in the team. They knew exactly how to work in order to meet the ice cube face. director's habits.

The two actors, the hero and the heroine, were tortured for a whole morning and half an afternoon, except for being shot by a group that was not uncommon, and everything else went smoothly.

And the reporters surrounding the beach set got what they wanted. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Wayne announced the end of the first day of filming, and also announced that the news silence within the crew was lifted.

This also means that the main actors and the main behind-the-scenes team members can be interviewed by the media unscrupulously.

The price paid by the media reporters was being informed by the producers that the crew canceled the launch conference, but they were free to interview everyone. Of course, the premise is that the interviewee must be willing to be interviewed.

At the end of the first day of work, for most of the crew, they are still in a state of absolute energy.

There was a lively scene on the beach, including the actors, nearly 200 people chatted while cleaning up the shooting site. In addition, the media reporters who had already rushed in before the hero and heroine took off their makeup. The beach is like a vegetable market that suddenly opened, buzzing constantly.

But for Wayne, who was standing next to the director's trailer with his arms folded over his chest, he didn't seem to find these cluttered voices annoying, but instead enjoyed it. Looking at the turbulent studio, the smile on his lips never stopped.

Only then can the crew see a smile on his face. Everyone knew that once he got into work, he would definitely become that robot again.

"It can be seen that you enjoy being on the set very much."

Producer John Gray was wearing a decent suit, but at this time it was out of tune with the chaotic environment. He didn't care to wipe the sweat on his forehead. He stood beside Wayne, panting slightly.

"I like the feeling of being in control of the set, no, it's not like, maybe it should be called infatuation."

Turning his head to look at the somewhat embarrassed producer, Wayne frowned slightly, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in his heart.

With a helpless sigh, John Gray swears that he definitely doesn't want to bring any bad news right now, but he won't pick the time of the accident. "There's something wrong with your little actor. She was taken by her mother at noon and boarded the plane back to Los Angeles."

With a question mark on his face, Wayne asked subconsciously, "What?"

"Yeah, that's what you heard."

Seeing the smile on the other side's face slowly disappearing, John Gray kept yelling at the mother and daughter in his heart, but on the surface he put on a helpless expression.

"Little actress Emily Alpes, just a few days after the audition, her body began to develop chickenpox, but her mother has been hiding it from the crew, and now those shit-like pimples have spread to her face. !

Knowing that she couldn't hide it, her mother informed me of the news, and hoped that the crew would wait for them for a while, and after the things on her daughter disappeared, the crew would come back to film Diana Prince, a childhood scene! "

"what

the

f**k? ! "

Without waiting for Wayne to say anything, Gilmour, the assistant director who just came over, looked at John Gray with a **** expression on his face. Immediately afterwards, he rolled his eyes unceremoniously and came out.

"Who does she think she is? Let the crew wait for her for a while? Why not let her die!"

Looking at the two directors standing in front of him, John Gray tilted his head and shrugged. "I have asked them to go back to Los Angeles, and the crew will discuss with them later on to terminate the actor's contract."

Taking a long breath, Wayne lit a cigarette in silence.

Don't look at the producer who seems to be very angry, in fact, the reason for the other party's anger is most likely the wonderful mother. There are countless similar things in Hollywood, and even the best parents of many child stars live by sucking blood on their children.

Relatively speaking, Diana Prince did not have many scenes when she was a child, and the performance was not very difficult. If she was in Los Angeles, a qualified actor would be able to break the door of the crew within a day.

But now in Italy, in Wayne's plan, the scene on this beach can be done in about half a month. And the next location is to shoot the fragments of Wonder Woman's childhood as a child. If there is no suitable actor temporarily, he can only urgently change the shooting plan.

"Notify Schwartz, Steve, Robert, Brooks, Weeks, the directors of the various departments of the crew, we will have a small meeting after returning to the hotel."

With his fingers between the cigarettes, rubbing back and forth on the stubble of his chin, Wayne stopped the two people beside him from complaining and gave a low voice.

After speaking, he turned around and got into the director's trailer. He leaned back on the chair, and began to recall carefully in his mind, trying to find a reliable little actor.

The first day of filming ended early, and the huge team of the crew left the sea in a mighty manner, heading for the hotel in the small seaside town.

After a Hollywood production crew signs a contract with an actor, it is common for actors to fail to work on time due to force majeure. Often, when a filmmaker is faced with a similar situation, he makes two completely different choices.

The only factor that can affect the producer's choice is whether the actor is substitutable, or it can be said to be the size of a coffee.

The first option, as John Gray has already done, is to let the actor go without hesitation, and the crew will quickly find a replacement. This kind of situation generally only happens to small supporting characters who are not heavy on the scene.

The other option is more like a compromise forced by desperation, which is to either wait for the actors to resolve the situation before joining the team, or spend an unexpected price to force the filming.

The daily shooting tasks of the Hollywood crew basically have a strict plan. Although the director or producer will give a relatively generous time and budget when making the plan, it is not a last resort. There is no one in power in the crew. I am willing to use this part of the potential insurance for the situation of the little actor.

But if it is replaced by the main character that cannot be bypassed in the crew, the situation is completely the opposite. Even if the producer spends more money, they must first ensure that the film is shot.

Actually, it's okay for an actor to be ill, as long as it's not an extremely serious illness, at least he can recover, right? What made the crew even more troublesome was that the actress was pregnant, because it was impossible for you, and you didn't dare to find a reason to let the actress go. No matter where in the world, expectant mothers are the first group to be protected by morality and law.

For example, the widow sister Scarlett Johansson, when she entered the women's federation 2 crew, did the director team know that she was pregnant. This is like a fruit candy wrapped in coptis, no matter how bitter it is, the director team has to find a way to swallow it.

And unlike other types of characters, "Black Widow" has a lot of action scenes in the setting. The director team had to mark the face of "Sister Widow", and later purely used AI technology to move her face. to the substitute.

Well, yes, it is the kind of "AI technology" you often see. It's just that Hollywood has been using this technology earlier than everyone thinks, and it is much more "superb" than the crude face-changing technology you often see.

The more famous one is actually Gal Gadot. When she was filming "Wonder Woman", she also joined the group, and the director group learned that she was five months pregnant. Different from the "widow sister" who has been famous for many years and has a stable coffee position, the first reaction of the producer at that time was actually to replace Gal Gadot.

However, on the basis of the production cost, after careful consideration, Warner Bros. decided to continue to cast her.

In order to complete the shooting of various scenes, the director team cut out a triangular green cloth as a last resort and covered it on Gal Gadot's already bulging belly. The lens was shot as usual, but it added a lot of work to the post-production, because in this link, she had to make her growing belly smaller.

In such a huge project, it is only possible for the indispensable main actors to enjoy the treatment given by the producer.

Undoubtedly, after a similar accident occurs, the production cost, shooting time, and difficulty of shooting will all increase by more than a little bit. Therefore, when a character needs to be changed temporarily by the crew due to an unexpected situation, the producer's first choice is always to replace him and let him get out.

No one can fault John Gray for doing this. The only thing that makes Wayne and others a headache is that they are now in southern Italy, not in Los Angeles, where actors are everywhere. Finding a suitable replacement for a while is not as simple as you might think.

And once the filming starts, the entire behind-the-scenes team will work day by day under a strict shooting plan, and whoever doesn't have the time to go back to Los Angeles to re-audit for a small supporting role.

Besides, for such a small supporting role, no crew would have the luxury of holding an audition event.

"My requirements are not high, I need to have aura when facing the camera, and I can act."

At a simple meeting in the evening, Wayne faced several main behind-the-scenes members of the crew and said, "If anyone knows a suitable young actor, they can chat with John directly."

The DC project is definitely a popular choice in Hollywood. He believes that there will be no shortage of intentional child stars, but the speed must be fast, and the crew has no time to wait.

This was not filmed in North America. In every location in Italy, Wayne had to rush to the next stop immediately after filming. It was impossible to disrupt the shooting plan, which would cost a lot of money.

After explaining this matter, he turned his head and put aside the matter of the young Diana Prince actor. Compared to the large-scale war scenes that are about to start shooting, this matter is less important for a while.

Early the next morning, the huge convoy of the crew drove out of the hotel, and the beaches in southern Italy became lively again.

Different from yesterday, starting this morning, a large number of actors practiced their positions over and over again under the leadership of assistant director Gilmour. The stunt team followed the whole process, and took the trouble to instruct every actor who needed to show his face in a close-up scene.

The action scenes seen on the big screen are magnificent and shocking, but in reality, during the filming, the scene is full of people, and the cluttered sound fills the entire beach.

"There are no warships at sea now..." Nina stood beside Wayne curiously, looking at the messy preparation scene, she pointed to a large group of people wearing World War II military uniforms.

"That's what ILM needs to do." Shaking his head slightly, Wayne didn't explain much.

He is not a director like Christopher Nolan who pursues the ultimate in live-action shooting. He does not have much energy and time to do such complicated preparations.

Everyone said that he was a traditional academy director at heart, but Wayne knew better than anyone what he was doing. This was a commercial film, and if he insisted on art, it would be a hooligan. So here he is usually how to save time and trouble.

Especially when you have a lot of production funds in hand, you will never get a real guy with hard work that can be done by special effects.

This is the director's personal habitual choice, and this is also a pragmatic choice, which is virtually in the interests of the production company.

"Aren't you going to shoot the mirror yourself?"

Seeing that all the work had been prepared, and a large number of actors were looking towards the director's seat, John Gray found that Wayne took the initiative to step aside this time. And the man who directed the team behind the scenes became the stunt supervisor with the megaphone.

Looking at the stunt supervisor, and finally communicating with the camera crew, Wayne shrugged and said casually, "Professional things must be left to professional people. And they are the most professional people for action scenes."

John Gray nodded with a smile. In fact, he knew better than anyone that the other party was indeed a power beast in the crew, but the period when he needed to show his presence from time to time was long over. It is also the choice of many big directors to leave professional things to professional people.

Some directors like to do everything by themselves, from the camera, lighting to the set, as if they don’t feel relieved if they don’t do it themselves.

But some directors have always had a very clear positioning, such as Wayne. In addition to being forced to push the camera to shoot in the first film, other projects are more like a "foreman", a "foreman" who arranges all the work of the "construction site", but does not easily do it. .

"Ready to fight!"

The filming officially started. On the reef cliff by the sea, a group of female warriors drew their bows and arrows one after another. The camera crew is shooting this scene from different positions.

"Fire!"

With a loud shout, the actors let go of their bows and arrows in the face of an enemy that did not exist.

The scene presented on the big screen is that the two sides shoot each other at a long distance, but in the actual shooting, only the female warriors shooting arrows will be shot first. , shot back shots.

All day long, Wayne was a bystander, silently watching the fragmented action shots. These are not what he is good at, so he will never reach out and interfere blindly.

He will only fully inform the temporary action director, that is, the director of the stunt team, about the shooting requirements, and then stand by and observe silently. As long as the action scenes are designed to meet his requirements, he will never interrupt the filming.

And this kind of work will last for about ten days. Action shots of big scenes are far more troublesome than shooting literary dramas. Fragmented shooting of one shot and one shot is the norm. Even in the first three days of filming, there was no male or female starring at all, and the camera was always revolving around other people.

After finishing work on the fourth day, Wayne gathered the behind-the-scenes team members again and sat together in the living room of his suite.

"Damn, is this twelve years old?"

Gilmour held a photo in his hand, looked at John Gray who was sitting beside him with disbelief, pointed a finger at the girl in the photo, and complained in surprise: "John, I swear, this girl said she was ten years old. Eight years old is definitely not too much."

Everyone was looking at the photos and actor resumes on the table. Here are the candidates they recommended, as well as the candidates sent by Warner Bros. through John Gray.

Looking at the ghostly expression on the assistant director's face, he turned his head and found that everyone was attracted. Producer John Gray shrugged and said helplessly: "Alexandra Daddario is indeed twelve years old, well, I don't know what this kid has eaten since he was a child, and he is so hot. .

Her father, who has a very good network in New York, sent his daughter's resume to Los Angeles through Time Warner after hearing that the "Wonder Woman" crew needed young actors. Well, Bruce Rosenblum gave it to me..."

Having been here for many years and living in Hollywood for many years, Wayne is actually not surprised by the appearance of more and more familiar faces.

Listening to his producer's explanation, he also looked at the photos of Alexandra Daddario. In fact, it's no wonder that Gilmour complained. The young actor who was born in 1986 has a hot body, even more than some adult women.

"what about others?"

Ignoring the chat between the producer and the assistant director, Wayne threw the photo on the table, turned to look at the people around him and asked, "Who do you think is more suitable?"

"How about this Amanda Seyfried?" Seeing that no one spoke first, Schwartz simply looked at the director and co-producer and said, "Little child actress, model, with some acting experience. Disney's soap opera "Let the World" Turn", it has been decided to make this little girl a resident actor."

When it comes to auditioning and selecting actors, he is actually the one with the most connections. Schwartz handed the photo to Wayne and pushed his resume off the table.

Another familiar name, Wayne looked down at the photo, while John Gray tilted his head, looking curiously at the photo of the young actor.

"It has a good image and can be used as one of the alternatives."

As for the resume that was pushed over, he didn't even read it. The little actor who can get this table is almost impossible to have any problems in performance, and at least he has some working experience.

"I think there is another person to choose."

Steve, the usually taciturn lighting supervisor, said very rarely: "Some time ago, when I was chatting with a friend who works at Disney, he mentioned a little girl, Lindsay Lohan, who was in Disney's "Born to Be". In the audition of the project, the performance is very spiritual.”

"Ha, another Disney star-making product?"

Hearing the candidate he proposed, the head of the props team, Weeks Hart, murmured for the first time.

Several times throughout Hollywood, Disney, with its unique advantages, is first-class in its ability to create stars, especially in the category of child stars.

However, in comparison, most of the child stars have a bad fate. There are basically only a very few who can maintain their childhood fame into adulthood. More than 90% of them are abandoned by Disney when they are a little older.

Not to mention child stars, even adult movie stars who have already become famous still seem powerless when faced with the key word of transformation.

And premature fame brings about premature exposure to the dark side of society. In the Hollywood circle, there is no shortage of all kinds of temptations. Like promiscuity, leaf tobacco, alcohol, seeking mental stimulation through various methods has always been the most common situation in the circle.

These temptations that exist at any time in life are all the source of the depravity of child stars.

"Yes, it can also be used as one of the alternatives."

Ignoring Weeks' muttering, Wayne glanced at the photo, then looked at John Gray and nodded. "You contact their actual guardian as soon as possible."

The producer nodded. "Ok, leave it to me."

Originally, a simple meeting was about to end. Unexpectedly, Nina came over, looked at the few people sitting on the sofa, and reported in a low voice.

"Boss, Steven Spielberg called and heard that your crew is short of a young actor, and you want his goddaughter..."

"Shit."

Hearing the assistant lady's words, Wayne couldn't help but utter a foul language. He sometimes had to sigh that this good old Jewish man took too much care of his godchild and goddaughter. Just thinking about the ages of his two goddaughters, he reluctantly reached out and grabbed the cigarette on the table.

Hearing this, Gilmour's mouth widened in surprise. "God, how old is Steven's goddaughter?"

"One is two years younger than me, and the other is five years younger than me?" Shaking his head dumbfoundedly, Wayne gave the answer. Yes, he remembered very clearly, Gwyneth Paltrow was two years younger than him, and Drew Barrymore was five years younger.

"Wow, let them play a little girl around ten years old?!"

Weeks-Hart shook his head in disbelief and joked, "Let a girl older than me with hemorrhoids play a little girl? Damn it."

Everyone laughed and patted Wayne on the shoulder before leaving. Everyone knew that this seemed like a joke, but it was actually a joke. It is absolutely impossible for this crew leader to play so big for a favor.

The working habit of the Hollywood crew is to deliberately choose someone who is a little older when choosing a young actor. There are many benefits in this, at least it can reduce a lot of troubles encountered in shooting, but it is impossible to choose such an exaggerated age.

That's right, there are the best makeup artists and stylists in the world, and the actors who are a little older than that. After the makeup artist, as well as the adjustment of the angle and lighting in the shooting, and the editing in the post-production work, they will indeed look younger than their actual age. a lot of.

But if the age of the character set is a decade younger than the actor, these methods are nonsense. Unless Wayne is crazy, he will choose to use this kind of unsalty favor to make a production of 200 million US dollars. cost, go on an adventure.

"Take some time to call Steven back."

Holding the cigarette in his hand and rubbing his forehead hard, Wayne commanded in disbelief: "Just say that I invite him to drink after returning to Los Angeles, as an apology for financing his pigeons. As for the role, tell him that it has been decided. that is it......"