Made in Hollywood

Duke Rosenberg’s new film started shooting in New Mexico.

The news spread to the major entertainment media like wings. A batch of entertainment reporters were sent to the wilderness and desert of New Mexico to fight with the dust. However, the crew temporarily kept the news silent, and the media could not get too much information. Value news.

The "Los Angeles Times" is different. Sarah, the deputy editor of the entertainment section, rushed to New Mexico in person. She has worked with Duke for more than a decade and became the only reporter who can enter the crew to observe.

However, it can be seen with the naked eye, and cameras and video cameras are not allowed to be carried.

Sarah also knows very well that the crew can let her into the filming location because of the cooperation with Duke for more than ten years.

New Mexico in December was a little cooler than summer. As soon as the early morning sun reached the horizon, Sarah drove away from the Santa Fe hotel and rushed to the Devil’s Farm. She came a little late because of the manuscript. , When I entered the filming location designated by the crew, the filming had already begun.

Without saying much, Sarah put on a kettle and a backpack, and found Tina Fei in the safe area, but the other party was also busy, and it was impossible to spare time to receive her specially.

Saying hello to Tina Fei, Sarah consciously found a chair and sat down, took out the binoculars from the backpack, and looked at the dusty shooting site in the distance.

I saw a rusty ▼▼t oil tanker driving in front of the head, a dozen or so modified cars with weird shapes followed behind, dozens of bald men covered with white sunscreen were still shouting something, because the distance Far away, she couldn't hear clearly.

Moving the binoculars a bit, Sarah found Duke in a moving filming vehicle. He held up the megaphone and yelled a few words from time to time. The team will also re-adjust and start shooting again.

In Sarah's eyes, the entire shooting process seemed messy, except for the roar of motors and the rising dust, there seemed to be no difference.

But this is not the first time she has come to Duke's crew. It is clear that Duke's filming always looks very ordinary. The final presentation on the big screen can bring a unique effect.

Throughout the morning, the crew seemed to be filming the car chase. Sarah also saw the heroine for the first time during the break of the crew.

When Charlize Theron, with stubbles, oiled forehead and piercing eyes, appeared in the telescope with her long legs, Sarah's first reaction was "I'm going, I'm so handsome!"

Then she thought of Charlize Theron's inherent image in Hollywood. Charlize Theron recognized that the most successful work is not "The Devil", but the first "The Matrix" in collaboration with Duke. In that film, although she is a vase, she is agile and cool. Slag's vase, it was the film that made her take a crucial step towards the first-line superstar.

The film was so impressive that the image of Charlize Theron has gradually been solidified over the years. Even winning the Oscar for Best Actress could not break this solidified image.

Now, Charlize Theron is back at the beginning of the Hollywood Road. Cooperating with Duke Rosenberg, who is popular with her in one hand, still looks like this, obviously trying to break the fixed image and reverse the declining career in recent years.

If it was someone else, Sarah would think that the other person took too much risk, but the person she worked with was Duke Rosenberg. Very likely to succeed.

The filming of the intense car chase came to an end for the time being. The next filming was also an action scene, but it was filmed in a stationary car. Sarah was also allowed to watch closely.

A white-painted actor with arrows stuck in his head took out a nozzle from his body. He sprayed his lips and teeth into silver, and stood up with two spears.

"Witness me!" He shouted, like some fanatical believer, "Witness me!"

A dozen actors dressed similar to him in the surrounding cars all looked at him and shouted likewise, "I witness! I witness..."

Then the actor holding two spears jumped off the tanker and landed on the thick cushion.

Sarah can understand the suicidal attack of this character, but she doesn't know what it means for her mouth and teeth to be sprayed silver.

Just when she was puzzled, the megaphone rang again, and Duke's words reached her ears, "The work in the morning is over, and the explosion scene is filmed in the afternoon!"

With suspicion, Sarah followed Tina Fei and walked towards the dining car. There were dozens of dining carts parked on a flat leeward ground. The crew now has hundreds of cast and crew members, which is definitely a huge crew. .

After receiving a lunch box, Sarah continued to follow Tina Fei. She knew very well that Tina Fei dines with Duke most of the time, so she also has the opportunity to chat with Duke. .

Sure enough, Tina Fei walked directly under a sun umbrella, where Duke was talking to Charlize Theron after removing his makeup.

"Can you sit here?" Sarah asked.

Duke looked up at her, pointed to the seat next to Charlize, "Sit down, you're welcome."

He continued with Charlize on the topic just now, "The crew has found a suitable stand-in for you, some dangerous moves, you can use the stand-in, I don't want to see you hurt."

Although the relationship had ended long ago, it must be false to say that Duke didn't care about giving his best age to Charlize.

Of course, this concern is relatively limited, that is, when Charlize Theron appears in front of him, Duke can only remember it.

"I think I can operate that war machine."

Taking a sip from the water glass, Charlize said seriously, "I don't want to use a substitute."

Roughly guessing Charlize's thoughts, Duke thought for a while and nodded slightly, just wanting to win an academic performance award for a role in a science fiction action movie. It was really difficult.

Duke turned to look at the female reporter, "When are you going to leave, Sarah?"

"I just came here a few days ago." Sally frowned, "Are you going to drive me away?"

"Just ask casually."

Hearing Duke's words, Sarah couldn't help but remember the last scene of the morning and said, "Can I ask you a question?"

"I won't necessarily answer." Duke smiled, "Go ahead."

Sarah turned to Nunu's mouth where the children of war were sitting, and asked, "Morning, in the last scene, why did you spray your teeth silver-white?"

Tina Fei took her question and said, "The son of war adores the undead Joe in the movie, thinking that he will enter the Hall of Valor after the war, and he is proud of it."

"What does this have to do with teeth?" Sarah didn't understand Tina Fei's prompt at all.

Duke said directly, "In Norse mythology, the teeth of people who can enter the Hall of Valor are silver."

"So it's like that." Sarah suddenly realized.

Charlize Theron only ate very few things. She had to take pictures in the afternoon, and she had to take time to rest. She was the first to leave the table.

After she left, Duke didn't stay long, and was going to go back to his trailer to take a break. The shooting had just started for more than a week, and he had to work in the field for two months.

The geographical environment required for filming is destined to not be too lavish where the crew is based. Although Duke does not need to worry about the daily affairs of these hundreds of people, he still needs to pay attention to it. Controlling such a huge crew is definitely not a simple task. thing.

Fortunately, he never has the power to dominate, and there are excellent assistants like Charles Rowan, Tina Fei and Anna Prinz, and the whole team basically remains united, working together to complete the work during the shooting.

There are a lot of explosion scenes in this film. The whole afternoon shooting was basically spent in the explosion. The carefully modified vehicles were also blown to pieces by Jos Williams' fireworks.

Actors must have sufficient professionalism. A good actor may set conditions such as these to the crew, but when he enters the shooting state, he will definitely devote himself to it. Charlize Theron is like this, and Tom Cruise is too. such.

During the filming, there was a scene where the actor played by Tom Cruise needs to be tied to the car to travel. Tom Cruise also refused to use a stand-in and went to shoot in person. The soup can become famous and has been a Hollywood star for many years. His position is not only good enough luck, but also related to his own efforts.

Perhaps no one mentioned that Tom Cruise would make some silly things, but in the performance, he was invested enough, even if Duke stopped shooting related to him, it was never because of Tom Cruise's attitude. problem.

However, even Duke has to admit that Tom Cruise's talent in acting is really average, and his performance in filming is not even as good as Charlize Theron.

This is also related to the setting of the character of Charlize Theron. Ferrosa is an easy character. In contrast, the protagonist Tom, played by Tom Cruise, has a passive personality and becomes a war machine. A member of the team is passively involved.

Charlize Theron doesn't like Tom Cruise very much. Anyone with normal vision on the crew can see this.

Similarly, Tom Cruise doesn't like Charlize Theron very much, which is also obvious.

In Hollywood, there are not many people who are close to each other. It is normal for the male and female protagonists in a crew to not see each other.

But after all, these two people are not the fledgling and young actors like Andrew Garfield and Amber Heard. Neither of them will express this emotion, nor will they be brought into the shooting casually. It is clear that this is just work. When the work is over, there is no longer any relationship between each other.

As a fame and fortune maker, the crew has never been friendly. Duke knew this very early. As long as it does not affect the shooting, he doesn't care what the actors think of others or even him.

A director will not care about this.

And Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise are both professional enough, even when shooting a scene where the two are fighting, nothing unexpected happens. (To be continued...)