Made in Hollywood

"Rachel, no...this, all this..."

In front of the set of the studio, facing Anne Hathaway, who played the childhood sweetheart, Christian Bale didn't seem to know what to say, and he kept talking, "This is not the real me. In fact, my heart is not so shallow... …"

"Come here, Bruce."

On the other side of the sports car, two hot blonde girls shouted to this side, "Come on, Bruce, let's buy some more restaurants."

Anne Hathaway shook her head slightly, grinning and pulling out a reluctant smile, "Bruce, you are still the upright child in your heart, but it doesn't matter who you are in appearance, what you do is important. ."

She turned and walked away.

"Cut!"

Duke yelled to stop, showing his head from behind the monitor, first complimenting Bell, "Well done, Christian, keep it going."

Then, he beckoned to Anne Hathaway, and the actress immediately walked over on high heels.

"I..." she asked tentatively, "Do I have a problem?"

"Control your smile." Duke said directly without going around in a circle, "Don't laugh, it will ∧↗ destroy the image of the character."

Anne Hathaway probably also knew her shortcomings, and said quickly, "I will."

Duke nodded, ignored her, and said to an assistant director next to him, "Take a five-minute break, then start again."

Just like in the audition, Anne Hathaway is quite photogenic, but she must control her smile, otherwise, let alone the camera lens that can magnify the shortcomings infinitely, even the naked eye looks terrible.

However, from entering the crew. Anne Hathaway was very careful and worked very hard. It didn't look like an already famous actor, but like a newcomer who had just climbed up from the bottom.

But no matter what, people who know how to deal with interpersonal relationships and who are willing to work hard are relatively popular no matter which crew they are in.

In fact, Duke can guess. This has something to do with Anne Hathaway's embarrassing situation now.

"Princess Diaries" made Anne Hathaway, but also restricted Anne Hathaway. As a product of Disney's youth idol factory, what kind of treatment will he encounter when he gets older? Everyone who knows Hollywood very clear.

Walt Disney is the most prolific company of youth idols in Hollywood because of its own positioning. However, the shelf life of youth idols is extremely limited. When young actors and singers are getting older, they need to transform. Disney never made a transformation plan for them, but chose to give up and instead create fresher youth idols.

The cost of doing so is also lower.

Therefore, when Disney idols grow up, they have become synonymous with depravity. Those who are in better conditions only have their career stagnated, and those who are not good even make themselves different from humans and ghosts...

Of course, the reason cannot be completely attributed to Disney. And their parents!

Youth idols are basically child stars, and most parents only see immediate benefits. Instead, they neglected their education. There is a fact that cannot be denied that education is extremely critical to human growth. When idols grow up and cannot eat the bowl of youth and need independence and transformation, they lack sufficient education and knowledge. they. Once you encounter setbacks, you will often go astray.

After all, not everyone is Judy Foster and Natalie Portman, with such a powerful nerve and mind.

The young Disney idols who became famous are simply synonymous with fragility.

Anne Hathaway can be said to be an alternative among Disney idols. It is also a typical example of very few successful transformations.

In order to transform successfully, apart from talent, opportunity and dare to escape, one's own efforts are a factor that can never be ignored.

Just control it and don’t show an ugly smile. With the current Anne Hathaway’s acting skills, it’s not difficult to deal with a role like Rachel Dawes. After taking two more shots, Duke announced the pass and then moved to the side. Continue the rivalry between Anne Hathaway and Christian Bale.

The biggest difference is that Bell changed into Batman costume.

"photography?"

"Ok!"

"light?"

"Ok!"

"..."

Duke asked about it routinely, and then asked Chang Ji to start.

The set was set up as the top of the run-down building in the Nereus district. Batman had just saved Rachel Dawes and was about to turn around and jump downstairs, but she was yelled at.

"Wait!" Anne Hathaway stood up and took a step forward. Bell, dressed in a standard big bat, looked back at him. Hathaway said anxiously, "You will die if you go, at least let me know who are you!"

Bell hesitated for a moment, and said with an urn voice, "It doesn't matter who I am underneath the appearance, but what I do is important!"

After speaking, he turned and jumped downstairs, Anna Hathaway said in surprise, "Bruce?"

"well done!"

The two actors were in good condition, and Duke directly shouted through, "This one is over!"

Afterwards, the actors went to remove their makeup and rest. Duke left this makeshift studio and went to the hangar next to it. Anna Prinz and Jimmy Carter took part of the stuntman to shoot Bruce Wayne flying in Gotham City. Lens.

In the airport, a green screen is used to set up a shooting location. Except for the stuntmen used for flight, the background will all be generated using cgi.

The flying action is done on a wire. The crew hangs the camera on the wire and lets the stuntman who replaced Bell play Batman to glide 800 feet in the hangar.

At the end of the day’s shooting, all the shots were brought together in Duke’s hands. Whether it was shot in person, or when Anna Prinz or Jimmy Carter took the shot, Duke would review it again so that if there were any shortcomings, first It can be adjusted in two days.

"Come here today."

In the temporary office, Duke stood up and patted his palms, reminding everyone, "It's off work!"

Many people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and packed their things and walked out. Duke and Anna Prinz walked together to discuss tomorrow’s shooting plans. As time went by, there were fewer and fewer unfinished shots. Liam Neeson, who finished his role, has left the crew early to catch up with other companies' plays.

Walking out of the hangar door, the two people walked out of the makeup trailer next to them and happened to meet Duke and the others.

"Hi, Duke. Hi, Anna."

Anne Hathaway held a man and greeted Duke affectionately.

"Hello, Annie." Duke nodded slightly to her.

Stopped, Anne Hathaway took the initiative to introduce Duke to the two people, "Duke, Anna, this is Raphael Freire, my boyfriend. Lafite, this is directed by Rosenberg, this One is his deputy, Miss Prinz."

After her introduction, Duke and Anna Prinz shook hands with the man separately, and several of them walked towards the parking lot.

Anne Hathaway’s boyfriend is very talkative, “I’m an Italian, mainly in real estate business.”

"Rafi is the representative of the Vatican in the United States." Anne Hathaway added.

"Oh?" Duke couldn't help looking at the man seriously.

The Vatican represents not only religion, but also huge wealth. To become the agent of the Holy See in the United States, his identity must be extraordinary. It is not unreasonable that Anne Hathaway can choose him.

The man named Raphael Fleming smiled and said modestly, "I can't be called a representative. I just help the Holy See handle the real estate business in North America."

Duke replied politely, "That's also great."

Anne Hathaway opened her mouth and laughed when she heard Duke's words, but this look fell in the eyes of other people, it was really ugly.

The smile and laughter of this big-mouth actress is simply the difference between an angel and a devil.

After arriving in the parking lot, Rafaelo Fleming took out a business card, handed it over with both hands, and said, "Director Rosenberg, if you need some historic properties, you can contact me."

"If there is a need," Duke took the card and put it away. "I will."

Duke and Anna Prinz got in their respective cars and drove out of the parking lot of the Hughes Aircraft Factory, and then drove in different directions. He first went to Burbank and got it from the Duke’s studio. Part of the information before returning to the Duke’s Manor.

Parked his Bentley, Duke walked into the villa with a briefcase, gave the butler Emma the bag and jacket, walked over to the sofa, and sat opposite Tina Fei who was reading the information.

"I heard that the negotiation has a preliminary result?" Duke asked.

Tina Fei put down the information, pushed the file bag on the coffee table to Duke, and said, "Steve Jobs agreed in principle to sell the Pixar studio, but the transaction must be done in cash and stock exchange."

This result did not meet Duke's expectations. Steve Jobs has dragged on until now, his main purpose is to fight for his best interests.

"Time Warner also agreed to this transaction in the original book, and will also complete the acquisition of the Duke Studio in a share swap." Tina Fei continued, "They agreed that our funds will be added to the acquisition of Pixar Studio. And replaced with the corresponding Time Warner shares..."

After organizing the language a little, Tina Fei said again, "But the specific amount of the share exchange and the number of capital contributions we need to continue to talk about."

"Don't worry." Duke opened the file bag and looked at it carefully. "Talk to them slowly."

A giant media company like Time Warner is very large, with assets in the hundreds of dollars, but assets are not liquid funds. The liquidity required by a group company is huge. It is impossible for Duke to hold large The cash flow of the pen is extremely limited.

In Hollywood today, everyone agrees that Duke is definitely more than George Lucas and is the richest man among directors. (To be continued...)