Made in Hollywood

The sound of the helicopter propeller echoed in the ears, even the closed earplugs could not be blocked. Duke confirmed that the seat belt on his body was strong enough. From the open door, he operated the camera to shoot downwards. New Zealand's almost untouched wilderness. , The members of the Fellowship Team are pulling into a long dragon, shuttled among the rugged hills.

Middle-earth is a wonderful world that exists in Tolkien’s fantasy, but no movie has really shown it.

Using the time of the Fellowship Team on the road, using the original ecological landscape of New Zealand as a model, coupled with appropriate cgi modification, the world will appear more clearly in the film.

After the plane made a round, Duke took a lot of panoramic shots of the guard team from the front, left and back. This allowed the pilot to return and land, then took the off-road vehicle and rushed to the filming location just now. .

Back on the location, Duke just got out of the car, Tina Fei brought Nancy Josephson and an actress over.

"Hi, Duke, it's been a long time." She took the initiative to greet Duke.

"Why did you come to New Zealand?"

Nancy Josephson is not only serving him, there are also many actors, Duke is a little strange.

"Come here with Kate."

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She stepped aside and introduced to Duke, "This is Cate Blanchett, an actor I just signed."

"Kate, I don't need to introduce Duke, right?"

Cate Blanchett took off the sunglasses and gloves from his face, and reached out to Duke, "Hello, Director Rosenberg."

"Hello, Miss Blanchett." Duke shook hands with her, greeted a few words at random, and turned to the female assistant. "Tina, you take Miss Blanchett to get acquainted with the crew."

The filming of Queen Galadriel is about to begin, and the actors must enter the state as soon as possible.

Tina Fey took Cate Blanchett to leave, while Nancy accompanied him up a small hill, stood on a huge rock, and looked down at the entire outdoor scene.

Nan hopes the woods at the end of the wasteland. Said, "It looks like the shooting went well?"

"It's okay." Duke looked at the members of the Fellowship Team who could not rest in the distance, and turned his eyes to the woods, which was one of Lothlorien's location. "Some movies are difficult for me to shoot, and some types 'S movies are relatively simple to me."

For Duke, the kind of movie that explores the inner feelings of the characters and shows the personality of a person at an extremely slow pace. It is extremely difficult. To be precise, he is not good at filming movies with neuroses, sadism, and multiple personalities.

The result of this is that his films can easily become popular actors, but they have never created an Oscar actor or actress. Many people have been nominated for the worst actor and actress of Golden Plum.

But it brought another phenomenon, that is, the comparison between the worst actor and actress in the Golden Plum Awards produced by his film and the current Oscar actor or actress. Later, the pay was higher and the popularity was wider. The development is also smoother.

Especially in recent years, it is particularly obvious. This year’s awards season, Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron were both successfully nominated for the worst actor and actress of Golden Plum, but they became popular all over the world and entered steadily. A-level star industry, but what about the Oscar actor and actress?

Even if you get the golden man. Robert? Benigni and Gwyneth? Paltrow still have a significant gap between the A level.

The golden plum is not the end, and Oscars may not really bring endless glory to the actors.

To put it bluntly, are neuroses, sadists, and pretending to be crazy and ugly really more artistic? It's just to cater to and please a certain group.

"How did you sign Blanchett?" Duke was a little curious. "The last time the crew discussed the actor contract, her agent was not you."

"I signed with her some time ago." Nancy retracted her gaze. He stepped **** the rock on the bottom of his foot, "You should have heard about the Oscar this year, right?"

Seeing Duke nodding, she said again, "Kate fired her last agent after losing the Oscar for Best Actress."

"She was not wronged when she lost." Duke said softly.

"Hmm..." Nancy Josephson fully agreed with Duke's point of view. "It is strange that Gwyneth lost to her."

Although Gwyneth Paltrow received the Oscar and was criticized by the media as the most untrue Best Actress winner in recent years, people in the industry are actually very clear that compared to the nominations and the actors’ work in advance At work, it’s normal for Gwyneth Paltrow to get the best actress. If she loses to Cate Blanchett, then Hollywood is really not Hollywood.

Gwyneth Paltrow was born in an acting family, the old Paltrow is quite popular in the circle, and Spielberg is the godfather, Miramax Films is the public relations, there is no obvious gap in the role. Next, how can you lose to Cate Blanchett and Meryl Streep, who doesn't like PR.

In fact, in recent years, the results of the Oscar awards have become more and more obvious. The role and acting skills are no longer the decisive conditions for the award. There are more and more off-site factors that can affect the Oscars.

It is not particularly serious now. After another ten years, the ratings of the Oscars will continue to hit new lows, and the selected films and characters will become more and more partial. It has become a political film award, and its influence is not as good as before.

The crew below finished their break, but Duke had no plans to go in the past. To shoot these rapid marching scenes, it is enough to have John Schwarzman in control of the overall situation.

The crew changed a location. Like the previous shooting, they mainly used panoramic lenses, still showing the fantasy landscape of Middle-earth.

It took two days to continuously shoot more than 20 scenes of the guardian team advancing on this wasteland in the South Island. The crew moved to the woods at the end of the wasteland to shoot, and after entering mid-October, the temperature in New Zealand The obvious improvement is the best time to shoot location scenes.

"Go and inform Ian and Kate."

Standing at the edge of the woods nicknamed Lothlorien, Duke looked at the makeup trailer and said to an assistant, "Tell the makeup artist that she has half an hour left."

Duke will film the beginning of the second film here, the meeting between Gandalf and Queen Galadriel.

In the original book, Galadriel was the key figure in Gandalf's promotion to the white robe wizard.

In Peter Jackson’s "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Gandalf and Galadriel did not meet directly, but Galadriel’s support for Gandalf is unquestionable. They are both members of the Holy White Council. The latter was recommended as the Speaker of the Saint White Council, but Gandalf refused.

In the later "The Hobbit" trilogy, the rivalry between Gandalf and Galadriel appeared constantly. Perhaps it was Peter Fatty’s deliberate request. The two characters will always make people feel extremely ambiguous. Many scenes are seen. Now, many people are worried about whether Kelepeng’s head turns green...

Especially in the scene of the White Council expelling Sauron in "The Hobbit 3", Galadriel's kiss to the princess of Gandalf is absolutely ecstasy.

It didn’t take long for Ian McLean to appear on the set. In contrast, Cate Blanchett, who had just entered the first scene of the set, had more cumbersome makeup and more time-consuming makeup.

However, the effect of Cate Blanchett's makeup was really amazing. When she walked into the set dressed as Galadriel, she instantly drew everyone's attention.

She has fair skin and is dressed in a white dress embroidered with leaves. The sun is shining from the top of her head, as if the whole person is emitting a white light.

Cate Blanchett walked up to Duke first and said in a low voice, "Sorry, I took a long time."

"It's okay." Duke looked at his watch. "You are not late."

Looking away from Galadriel... ah, no, it was Cate Blanchett, and Duke said loudly, "Start shooting in ten minutes!"

Although the play is not difficult, Duke intends to add this play to the beginning of the second part, so it is one of the most heavyweight plays.

Ten minutes later, when the departments were ready, Duke looked at the positions of Ian McLean and Galadriel, and then called to start.

In the silent golden forest, Cate Blanchett walked out barefoot. On the boom controlled by the lighting group, a beam of white light shone on her, always covering her, making Queen Galadriel appear both noble and holy...

She moved her bare feet, light and flowing, towards Gandalf lying among the golden leaves.

At the same time, she is holding a white cane in one hand and a white robe in the other...

Gandalf woke up leisurely and turned to look at Galadriel, "mydy..."

Cate Blanchett gave a mysterious and charming smile, "Misrandil returned to Middle-earth with a mission."

While speaking, she bent down and put her white robe on Gandalf.

"Cut!" Duke called to a halt, "Ian, Kate, well done, let's do it again."

Queen Galadriel is one of the most powerful elves in Middle-earth. She has a certain ability to predict. In the original book, she foresaw that Gandalf would be reborn, so she asked the wind king Guan He to look for him. The eagle found him on the top of Silver Peak Gandalf, and brought him back to Lothlorien.

It is true that Gandalf once died and was sent back to Middle-earth by Eru to complete his mission.

Galadriel put a white robe on him to match his new identity-Gandalf replaced the rebellious Saruman as the leader of the wizards.

Cate Blanchett also entered her role. As she found the status, Duke led the entire crew to a temporary set nearby that had been set up earlier. With the help of the set and blue screen, she continued to shoot in Lothlorien. Of the scene.

The filming lasted until November, and Duke once again put a four-day holiday for the crew. He would prepare to go to Sydney with Nancy to discuss the sequel to The Matrix with the senior Warners who had arrived.

As Nancy wanted to discuss the affairs of the Sydney Theater for Cate Blanchett, after earning Duke's consent, she invited Cate Blanchett to go with her. (To be continued...)

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