Made in Hollywood

In the drawing room of Warner Studios, Anna Prinz left her seat, walked to the projector, cut off the power, and the small screen returned to calm. John Schwarzman, who was sitting near the door, pressed the switch, and the curtain rose automatically. The room returned to light.

Recalling the scene of the second audition, Duke slowly said, "Everyone can express their opinions, we always have to determine the heroine from the last few candidates."

Due to a visit to Edward Air Force Base, Duke missed the second audition for the heroine. The audition was hosted by Anna Prinz. He was also relieved that there was live video recording, and it is not too late to confirm the heroine.

"I don't think Rosamund Parker is appropriate." Charles Rowan is in charge of the crew and has a say in the selection of the main actors. He immediately gave the reason after he spoke, "She is an Englishman."

Under normal circumstances, it is not a problem for the British to play a typical American role, but this is the first shot of Marvel's entire big plan. Charles Rowan, who is slightly conservative, considers the whole thing and discards any unnecessary risks. It's totally understandable.

There are no British people here, and there is no so-called English rose plot, so no one opposes Charles Rowan's words.

"If you don't have any objections..." Duke looked at himself, the core members of the team, and said, "Rosamande Parker ruled out."

Subsequently, Amanda Seyfried, who was recommended by surrounding marketer Pete Ko, was also rejected. There was only one reason. She was too young to meet the requirements of a mature female assistant.

Anna Prinz said, flipping the qualifications in her hand. "I think Amy Adams is also inappropriate."

She paused for a while and gave the reason, "Amy Adams is too short. Her baby face is not mature enough, I don't think it is suitable for a business woman."

"In fact, Gwyneth Paltrow is still good." John Schwartz suddenly accepted, "There is no problem with temperament and acting skills, but the mannerism on the set is really unbearable."

No one disputed what they said. Duke gradually saw it. The heroine who he did not participate in the second audition obviously missed something. Anna Prinz, Charles Rowan and John Schwarzman seemed to have. The same goal.

"Say it". Duke looked directly at Anna Prinz, "Who is your favorite?"

"Rachel McAdams." Anna Prinz finished speaking and gave her own reasons. "Regardless of her acting appearance or personal temperament, she fits Pepper Boss's setting very well. The only trouble is the hair color. But she agreed to dye her hair honey gold."

Several other people also nodded in agreement.

Take a sip of coffee first. Duke recalled the audition scene of Rachel McAdams again. Although the actress is not American, she is a North American. The relationship between the United States and Canada is very close, whether it is official or private. The general term for North America instead, especially the film industry. There has never been a Canadian film market in the world, only the North American film market.

Consider all aspects of the situation. Duke finally said, "Just her, Charles, negotiate with her as soon as possible."

The last important actor was selected, and the pull-out meeting was also over. When Duke and others went out, John Schwarzman walked beside him. The director of photography who recently inspired to lose weight, looks like It seems to be thinner.

The two walked and discussed issues about photography.

"John, according to my idea, there will be some Tony Stark selfies in the film."

Seeing Anna Prinz on the other side also approached, Duke couldn't help raising his voice slightly, and said, "We use the first perspective to show the process of Tony Stark making and testing the steel suit."

"Don't worry." John Schwarzman is full of information. "It's all a small problem for me."

For one of Hollywood's top photography directors, this is really not difficult. The reason Duke sets it up is also to increase the audience's sense of substitution.

The sense of substitution is very important for superhero movies.

The audience will not only experience the story and special effects, but also follow the characters on the screen to save the world.

Duke continued to confess as he walked, “Some changes have to be made in the photographic style. For any scenes with steel suits, I require the lens to have a metallic texture.”

"I will find a solution." John Schwarzman nodded, "At most a week, Duke, you can see the results."

For John Schwarzman, who has worked together for more than ten years, Duke has always been relieved. After walking out of the studio, the topic between the two gradually turned away from work.

Out of the studio, John Schwarzman looked at the scorching sun above his head. The California air in the July sun was like a steamer. He pulled on his wide T-shirt and suddenly said to Duke, "Actually During the second audition, I thought of an actor who would be more suitable for Pepper Poz than Rachel McAdams."

Turning his head, Duke couldn't help but glanced at John Schwarzman suspiciously.

Anna Pulitz, who was walking on the other side of Duke, couldn't help asking curiously, "Who is it, John? Why didn't you bring it up earlier?"

"It's not that I don't want to mention it, but we don't want to move at all." John Schwarzman showed a weird smile, and deliberately lost his appetite before saying, "Anna, what do you think of Tina?"

Anna Prinz couldn't help rolling her eyes. This is indeed a very suitable candidate. All she needs to do is to perform in real style. But what would they take to invite Tina Fei? If the other party wanted to be an actor, he would have become a Hollywood star.

Reached out and clicked on John Schwarzman. Duke was too lazy to talk about him. He got directly into the driving seat of a battery car, waited for Anna Prinz and Charles Rowan behind to get up, then started the car and drove out of Warner. The studio changed to a commercial vehicle in the parking lot and rushed towards the Hollywood area. They will meet with representatives of the Hollywood Business Association. In the future, the film will be filmed in the Hollywood area.

The previous movie only confined the battle to the vicinity of Stark’s factory, but Duke moved the film’s location outside of New York, to the greater Los Angeles area on the West Coast, and of course to destroy some famous landmarks on the West Coast. .

The Golden Gate Bridge is a bit far away and Las Vegas is not too close. The Avenue of Stars is undoubtedly a good choice.

Of course, shooting is only for framing, and the real destruction shots will be synthesized by Industrial Light & Magic using cgi.

The special effects of this film are divided into two parts, all props and ordinary computer special effects are in charge of Industrial Light and Magic, and Tony Stark's live action motion capture, Duke is handed over to Weta Studio, which is better at this aspect. .

The people from the Hollywood Business Association circled the Walk of Fame carefully. These years, Duke has been extremely busy with work and life. It has been a long time since Duke has been walking in the Hollywood area as carefully as it is now. They all took a car specially. Take a look around the Highland Commercial Center and the Hollywood Chinese Theater. If there is no accident, this place will be affected by the battle between Tony Stark and Obadea Stan in the future.

However, these are all secondary battlefields. The ultimate decisive battle between the pros and cons will eventually return to the Ark reactor.

"Director Rosenberg..."

Back to the office of the Hollywood Business Association, when Duke and others were about to leave, a person in charge of the association came over and asked, "Are you interested in the Walk of Fame?"

The other party mentioned the stars on the Avenue of Stars. Duke naturally understood this and smiled and said, "Mr. Ball, don't you know how many stars are you going to grant me?"

Just when the person in charge was taken aback for a while, Duke resigned and left the Hollywood Business Association.

If it were twenty years ago or even more than ten years ago, the name Walk of Fame would be very attractive to people working in Hollywood. At that time, those who applied to the Hollywood Business Association would be so brilliant that they would dazzle the eyes of flowers.

However, since the late 1990s, Hollywood’s big-name stars, directors, screenwriters, and producers have become less and less motivated to apply for stars from the Hollywood Business Association, and even the first-line stars have not much interest. Most of the well-known stars have been named stars. When the news of the Avenue came out, it was basically that when their films or records were used for publicity, the name Avenue of Stars was no longer a symbol of glory, but became a part of commercial claims.

In fact, this is no wonder anyone, it is completely the Hollywood Business Association's own evil results, I don’t know when from when, as long as you pay a sum of money to the Association, you can get the stars on the Avenue of Fame. Although the location is definitely not very good, it is not The daily maintenance fees paid by celebrities are completely different. This completely commercial approach also destroys some of the things represented by the Avenue of Stars.

At a position like Duke, leaving a name on the Walk of Fame is simply optional, let alone applying for it, if the position is not good enough, even if the Hollywood Business Association actively invites him, he will refuse without hesitation.

In fact, there are not a few people doing this in recent years, and many big-name stars and directors have refused invitations from the Hollywood Business Association.

Of course, if the business association is willing to give him a star according to the roles of screenwriter, director, editor, and producer, Duke will still consider it.

Leaving the Hollywood area, Duke and Charles Rowan went to the Hughes Aircraft Factory. The hangars here have basically turned into super large studios in recent years.

Following the shooting of "Batman: Hour of War" here, Duke also placed part of the "Iron Man" construction scene in the hangar, the most important of which is the cave where the terrorists imprisoned Tony Stark. .

Duke’s team is a very mature team, and the entire preparatory work is proceeding in an orderly manner. (To be continued...)

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