hollywood melon man

Chapter 399: Water and Fire Disaster
Those brave crew members, including those on the first ship that rushed to the rescue but unfortunately ran aground, were given a generous bonus to reward their bravery.

After this incident, Gilbert Jr. decided to shoot all night scenes in the studio to avoid accidents.

However, the filming of the crew was not going smoothly, and another accident occurred.

Here's the thing, usually in studio shoots, a lot of the scenes and props are designed with flammable materials, like foam or something.

Therefore, in order to prevent accidental fires, smoking and playing with fire are usually not allowed in the studio to avoid accidents.

But unfortunately, after the shooting was over that day, the crew were packing up. One of them probably thought it was okay and no one cared, so he lit a cigarette.

After smoking, he threw the cigarette butt away without stepping on it.

As a result, the cigarette butt fell on a scene prop and began to smolder, growing from small to large. After half an hour, it turned into a big flame and then spread rapidly.

The entire Studio No. 2 suddenly became a sea of ​​fire, and by the time the crew members discovered it, the fire was already out of control.

Little Gilbert returned to the hotel and was meeting with the heads of various departments of the crew, and was still emphasizing safety issues.

"Safety, I have said repeatedly that safety is the most important..." Little Gilbert said passionately, and then an assistant trotted over and whispered a few words in Little Gilbert's ear.

Little Gilbert's face visibly darkened, and when many supervisors saw Little Gilbert's face, they knew that something had happened again.

Sure enough, Gilbert Jr. said, "There's a fire in Studio Two."

Charles Rowan was startled and asked quickly, "Is the warehouse manager next door okay? Has the fire spread there?"

The warehouse next to Studio No. 2 is where the crew stores the films. If it catches fire, the loss will be huge.

The fire in the warehouse meant that all the footage shot by the crew during this period had to be re-shot, and these days there were no digital storage disks large enough to store so much footage.

Therefore, the film used for shooting is very precious. Although the film will be backed up, it happens that the most recent batch of materials has not been backed up yet.

Little Gilbert said he was not sure: "Let's go and have a look!"

"Okay," Charles Rowan called everyone to go together, and at the same time called the local fire department to ask them to send a fire truck to put out the fire.

By the time Gilbert Jr. and Charles Rowan arrived at the scene, Studio No. 2 was already engulfed in flames, with black smoke rising into the sky.

The staff who stayed at the scene couldn't get close at all and could only feel a heat wave.

Fortunately, all the films in the warehouse next to Studio 2 were moved in time. Otherwise, according to the current situation, when the fire was put out, the warehouse would also be burned down.

The set itself had fire-fighting facilities. At this time, more than a dozen staff members set up water guns and sprayed water on the fire, trying to put out the fire, but with little success.

"How is the film?" When little Gilbert arrived at the scene, the first question he was concerned about was the film.

The staff member who stayed at the scene replied: "We have moved them as soon as possible and there is no damage."

"Well done, quickly organize the fire-fighting to prevent the fire from spreading to other studios." Little Gilbert ordered.

"Yes..." The staff all took action, and the local fire department arrived quickly, and the fire was finally under control. However, Studio 2 was burned to ruins and severely damaged.

"As long as the people and the film are fine," sighed little Gilbert.

The crew had some bad luck recently, either encountering water or fire, which caused the crew to suffer a lot of losses. The next day, the loss report came out quickly, and the initial estimate was that the loss was about 400,000 US dollars, which was actually not bad. The main thing was that the film was saved. If the film was burned, the loss would be huge.

Charles Rowan breathed a sigh of relief and said to Gilbert Jr., “The most feared thing on the set is fire. Once there is a fire, it means huge losses.

Fortunately, our film was not burned.”

"Yes," Little Gilbert nodded, and then said, "But fire doesn't start for no reason. You should pay more attention to this matter."

"Of course..." Charles Rowan promised to find the culprit.

In fact, the staff member was quickly identified and faced serious charges, possibly leading to jail time.

But there is no other way. Since you have done something, you must take responsibility. Fortunately, the film was not damaged, otherwise the staff member would be in a worse situation.

After the flood and the fire, the crew had gone through a lot of hardships. The subsequent filming went smoothly without any accidents.

Because Studio 2 was severely damaged and would take time to rebuild, the crew used Studio 3 to complete the rest of the filming.

In fact, it is normal for various accidents to happen on the set. Fire is only the most common type, and there are also fatal incidents!

In the 1969 movie "Shark", the props and special effects production were not very good at that time. Before "Star Wars", Hollywood special effects model production was not very realistic.

So in order to achieve a more realistic effect, real sharks were used in the filming of the movie "Shark".

But during the filming, a shark broke through the protective net and directly attacked stuntman Jose Marco, resulting in his death.

Later, when the movie was released, it used the fact that a shark was biting someone to death as a promotional point, which caused quite a bit of controversy.

In addition to these supernatural events, a fire broke out during the filming of the movie "The Exorcist", but the cause could not be found out afterwards.

The actress who played the mother of a daughter possessed by an evil spirit fell down for no apparent reason and broke her spine.

What's even more bizarre is that nine behind-the-scenes staff and actors died during the filming of the film. Later, the crew had to ask the church pastor to pray, and the supernatural events stopped happening again.

It is worth mentioning that the movie "The Exorcist" is the inspiration for the "The Conjuring" series of films.

Another movie, "The Conqueror", can be called a death crew. This movie tells the story of Genghis Khan, a typical Western perspective.

As a result, the crew filmed in the desert near Utah, where there was still nuclear radiation left over from nuclear bomb tests in the last century.

The crew members of "The Conqueror" were exposed to a large amount of nuclear radiation, which indirectly led to the deaths of 91 people including the director and the male and female leading actors. It can be said to be the most ominous crew in Hollywood.

There are many similar accidents, many of which have serious consequences, ranging from financial losses to death.

So this is why Gilbert Jr. repeatedly emphasized safety to all the staff. In fact, his crew management is very strict.

The shipwreck and fire were both big events for the crew, but fortunately no one was killed.

After these things happened, the crew did not encounter any major accidents and the filming went smoothly.

(End of this chapter)