The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 995 Go with the flow
Breathe, stupid, breathe!

Asif was reminding himself to avoid thinking. Any thinking was unnecessary. God would laugh if a fool thought. So he just needed to focus on breathing and complete the most important scene of his career, just like the countless scenes with or without lines in the past fifteen years.

Play his role and do his job.

Maybe, the protagonist of this movie is Anson Wood, but the protagonist of this scene is him, Asif Mandvi.

To be more precise, Mr. Azizi, Peter Parker's boss.

"breathe."

Asif clenched his fists tightly.

Then, opening his eyes, he knew he was ready.

On the side, Anson remained patient, waiting in his co-actor’s seat until he could sense a completely different aura coming from Asif, like Iron Man equipped with armor, his eyes and expression were different, and he knew Asif was ready.

So Anson took a step forward and returned to the starting position of the scene, indicating that he was ready.

This scene was not difficult, at least not for Anson. The really difficult part was with Asif. Asif's nervousness and anxiety were completely normal, but Anson's performance rhythm was also disrupted, so he needed to calm down and adjust himself.

A voice came from my ear——

Seventh attempt.

Anson then realized that they had failed six times and maybe the seventh time would be the lucky one.

"Start shooting!"

After opening his eyes, Anson put his hands on the handlebars of the motorcycle, but the tires of the motorcycle were not on the ground. Instead, they were placed on two holders, which were placed on a wooden platform with wheels at the four corners, like a skateboard, and someone was pushing it from behind.

This ensures that Anson can concentrate on his performance while "driving"; if a close-up shot is required, the camera can be placed right in front of the motorcycle on the wooden platform to ensure that the filming can proceed smoothly.

However, this time the camera lens was not aimed at Anson, but at Asif who was opposite him. Now Anson was about to walk towards Asif, until he was in front of Asif, and then enter the camera screen.

"Parker."

"Parker!"

"Stop the car! No no no no, stop the car!"

Mr. Aziki stood at the door of the pizza shop and raised his hands to stop Peter Parker, but it was obvious that Peter's mind was in another time and space, and he didn't notice the living person in front of him and was about to bump into him.

"stop!"

Mr. Azizi shouted and finally pulled Peter back from outer space. The latter made an emergency brake and stopped dangerously in front of Mr. Azizi. However, Mr. Azizi was still frantically dodging to save his own life, putting his hands on the handlebars of Peter's motorcycle, trying to make a block.

A little funny.

Regardless, a disaster was avoided.

He was slightly startled, but he didn't expect that Mr. Azichi's eyes were always on Peter, and he didn't care about his awkward and embarrassing posture at all.

"Parker! You're late! Man, always late, always late, Mr. Late! Huh?"

With a crackling sound, the anger was vented out, and the voice continued to rise.

Peter tried to control the motorcycle, as if controlling a wild horse, his face full of panic, "I'm sorry, Mr. Azichi, there is a... interference incident there."

Looking down, Peter saw that the Spider-Man mask in his shirt pocket was almost exposed, so he quickly tucked the mask back into place.

Mr. Azichi had no time to pay attention to these details. He kept complaining, "Distractions, distractions. Anyway, you always have all kinds of 'distractions'." He didn't even look at Peter. "Come on, someone ordered pizza 21 minutes ago." He entered the store while yelling. "Card!"

Sam's voice came, interrupting the filming.

The air was slightly stiff, and everyone on the set held their breath. All eyes were focused on Sam, and Asif stood there stiffly.

Then, Sam waved his hand and said, "No problem."

In an instant, the crew members clapped, cheered and whistled, it was very lively, as if the crew had finally finished filming.

Asif's tense nerves finally relaxed. He turned around and saw the cheers from the crew, and became even more embarrassed.

It was such a simple scene just now, with only two lines, but his mind went blank. No matter how he pronounced the word "interference", it was always wrong. His tongue was tied and his brain froze, like a robot with a malfunctioning input method, and it kept getting stuck.

What's worse is that when the camera paused, his brain returned to normal and his lines were smooth; but when the camera started rolling, it was another disaster -

Repeatedly.

Not to mention the director and other staff, even Asif couldn't stand himself.

Until now, finally!
The first scene of "Spider-Man 2" has finally ended. It was not so smooth, but fortunately it did not fall into a worse quagmire. The shooting was completed before the entire crew's heads exploded.

"Hey, good job." Anson gave a thumbs up.

Asif was extremely embarrassed and scratched his head in embarrassment. Even though Anson was already his son's age, he needed Anson's help on the sets.

Anson noticed this and added, "Let's continue, shall we?"

Asif nodded repeatedly, "I feel fine now, Director, I'm fine."

In fact, this scene is more than just that, there are also causes and consequences:
They needed to film the shot of Peter coming on the motorcycle, the shot of the motorcycle almost hitting Mr. Azizi, the shot of Peter hurriedly getting off the motorcycle and trying to explain himself, and so on.

A series of trivial shots, including close-ups, panoramic views, and crane shots, as well as the stunt shot where the motorcycle is about to crash but suddenly brakes to lift the entire rear wheel, required professional motorcycle stuntmen to complete the shooting.

Not to mention that Anson does not have such skills, even if Anson does, for Asif's safety, it would be better to let professionals do the job.

In other words, it might take two hours to shoot this scene, which is not that simple.

After waiting for the scene to be shown in all its full glory, the next shot is of Peter and Mr. Aziki entering the pizza shop.

Later, which is the highlight of the whole scene and also part of the plot, the two people will have a long dialogue, and Asif has a large section of lines.

Now, Anson noticed that Asif had relaxed and was in a performance state. Perhaps, they should follow the emotional context and shoot the subsequent dialogue first, and then go back to shoot the previous trivial shots and professional stunt shots.

However, the decision lies with the director.

Asif looked at Sam.

Sam seemed a little irritable. Overall, he was under a lot of pressure this morning and couldn't calm down. One setback after another accumulated, and even if the situation was not particularly bad, it was still frustrating.

But Sam didn't explode. He kept it all in his heart and turned to look at Anson with a questioning look: Should they believe Asif?
Asif looked at Anson nervously.

Anson gave Sam an affirmative look.

Sam took a deep breath, "Let's shoot the next scene first. The camera follows Anson into the pizza shop. Pay attention, stay close and follow the ups and downs of his footsteps."

(End of this chapter)