American fame and fortune

At the entrance of Disney Studios, Krul put on his "Variety" press ID, showed his invitation letter to the security at the entrance, and then entered the studio area.

As one of the largest entertainment magazines in the United States, "Variety" is known as the "Hollywood Bible" and is the weathervane of the media and entertainment industry. Its influence is no worse than that of "The Hollywood Reporter".

Fire prevention, theft prevention and reporters are the focus of daily work when the studio crew gathers.

Security escorted Krul to the door of Studio 1, where the "Split" crew was located.

York, the head of the crew's publicity department, was already waiting here and accompanied Krul into the set.

Krull caught sight of Martin and seemed to be preparing for a scene. He was the only one on the set in front of the camera.

York whispered: "The filming will last for another hour. The crew has specially prepared an hour of interview time for you this afternoon. Please wait a moment."

Krul came over early just to watch the filming of this special film.

Recently, there have been a lot of rumors that it is extremely difficult to play such a role with multiple personalities.

Although he couldn't shoot in the studio, he could observe with his eyes.

The crew started filming, and Krul held his breath and stood on the edge of the set to watch carefully.

The target of his observation was Martin.

Before coming over, Krul learned about the project carefully and read the media briefing sent by the crew.

If an actor plays two or even three different personalities or roles, it is not particularly difficult.

But in this project, Martin will have to play at least seven or eight completely different personalities, which equals seven or eight independent characters with distinctive personalities.

It’s scary to think about it.

Krull didn't know how far Martin could perform and what kind of acting style he should use to deal with it.

This is a scene where several personalities change rapidly in the same shot.

The requirements for acting skills are extremely high.

Krul suddenly noticed that Martin's facial expression was switching rapidly.

Through the tiny movements of his eyebrows, the subtle changes in his eyes, and the raising and lowering of the corners of his mouth, he showed multiple faces with the same appearance but completely different expressions and temperaments.

The same face, in one shot, presents the characteristics of different personalities at once, within a fraction of a second.

Krull has been an entertainment reporter for nearly two decades, and has worked for Variety for more than fifteen years. He has interviewed hundreds of Hollywood actors on the spot. There are only a few who can do what Martin did.

Many people are saying that Martin can only shoot action scenes and show off fighting and gun skills, which is a waste of his talent.

At this moment, Krul completely disagreed. Martin's acting skills at this moment were simply genius level.

"For this kind of role, if you have poor acting skills, it will be useless no matter how hard you work." He murmured in his heart: "But a genius with good acting skills can turn the words in the script into a real and visible character through hard work."

The half-minute long shot ends quickly.

Martin went to David Fincher's place to look at the director's monitor. The two were not satisfied and went back to shoot this one.

The shot was repeated five times as Krull watched.

He found that Martin would make progress every time, and each changing face became clearer and more three-dimensional, allowing him to feel what kind of personality was hidden under each face.

At the end of this shot, Martin entered the rest area, sat on a chair and closed his eyes to relax.

Krul didn't bother because the crew was still filming.

There were no actors on the set, so David Fincher directed the camera to shoot empty shots.

Krul looked carefully for a while and found that these empty shots also had special meanings.

For example, on the sink, there are multiple toothbrush cups, which contain multiple toothbrushes of completely different colors or shapes.

Krul counted 24 toothbrushes.

It exactly corresponds to the 24 personalities of the male protagonist!

As expected of David Fincher, the director who is best at shooting this type of film in Hollywood, the details are extremely well done.

Krull has a feeling that Martin and David Fincher will produce a film that will shock the United States and may become a benchmark for this type of film.

When the crew finished filming, David Fincher was still busy, and Martin went to take off his makeup and change clothes.

The assistant director went over to inform Martin that a reporter from Variety had arrived.

Today's interview was scheduled last week. Martin nodded and returned to the trailer to familiarize himself with the interview script.

Like talk shows, interviews are scripted, and most questions are communicated in advance.

Martin quickly read through the manuscript, put on some casual clothes, and returned to the studio.

David Fincher is already waiting here.

The crew used the set as the background and set up three sofa chairs, and the interview was basically conducted in a chatting manner.

Martin knew Krull, shook his hand, and sat next to David Fincher.

Krul asked for advice, turned on the recorder, and said first: "I have heard of Billy Milligan as early as more than ten years ago. Hollywood has used him as a model to further expand and shoot many movies, but "It's rare that someone captures a character with as much personality as you do."

David Fincher continued: "The films I filmed before, "Thriller Space" and "Fight Club," actually drew on Billy Milligan. I have always been interested in him, and Martin showed me this. I immediately accepted the script.”

Krull asked: "David, you are particularly interested in mentally unstable types?"

David Fincher smiled: ""Split" should be the last time I shoot this kind of film. In my limited career, I also want to try more different types of films."

Krul looked at Martin: "During the filming just now, I saw that you changed at least four faces in a short period of time, just like four completely different people. Is this also a challenge for you?"

Martin nodded: "It's very, very difficult. These are almost seven or eight completely different characters. I have made a lot of preparations for this. From the time I wrote the script, I have been looking for various cases of split personality. I have carefully studied more than fifty cases. For example, I also carefully analyzed and thought about each of the male protagonist's personalities, and took two big notebooks of notes, so that the performance was relatively smooth. "

Krull asked, "Which of these personalities do you think was the hardest to create?"

Martin said: "It is very difficult to film the two personalities of Patri and Hedwig. Patri is a woman and Hedwig is a 10-year-old adult. These are roles that I have never been exposed to before. It is difficult to play them. It’s not easy, especially when performing independently, to keep their inner connection, after all, they live in the same body.”

"It can indeed be seen that you are very well prepared." Krul added: "The performance you just performed was breathtaking."

David Fincher continued: "In fact, Martin still has a lot of potential in acting. I will squeeze it all out in the subsequent filming."

Martin spread his hands: "David, what you said is terrible!"

He deliberately created some points that could be used for publicity and hype: "I can only get paid for one movie for this role. I am really at a loss!"

Krull and David Fincher both laughed.

After the interview, York approached Krul and provided him with some on-set stills and several newly designed posters and other promotional materials.

Krul left the crew and started working overtime that night when he returned to the newspaper office. He first compiled the interview recordings, paired them with stills and posters, and spent two days writing an interview.

"Variety" is a weekly magazine. It is not a major event in the entertainment industry such as the Grammys or Oscars. It will only publish one issue every week.

After several refinements by Krul, the interview appeared on the front page of the new issue of Variety.

At the same time, Martin's first poster for "Split" also became the cover of this issue of "Variety".

The cover tagline focuses on promoting the film.

""Split": Martin Davis's ambitious work to break through himself!"

The report introduced the content of the film in detail and published exclusive interviews with Martin and David Fincher.

This caused a strong response in the fan circle. After the online version was published, the response from fans was extraordinary.

"I'm really looking forward to Martin's new film."

"I hope Martin can feature multiple personalities in his performance rather than just superficially."

"This is the biggest challenge of the century, and I believe Martin will be able to do it well!"

"Split" quickly attracted the attention of movie fans, and many people remembered the title of Martin's new film.

The filming of the crew is still continuing. The shooting plan formulated by David Fincher is not based on scenes, but on each personality of the male protagonist.

Just like the scenes that Martin has already completed, all the scenes of the female character were shot first, then the child character, and then the fashion designer.

This can effectively reduce the difficulty of Martin's performance and prevent him from falling into the character's personality confusion.

In reality, people have chaotic personalities and thinking, but if a movie wants to gain recognition and a high reputation, it must be logical from the plot to the characters.

Without logic, it's a bad movie.

Martin has become a trendy boy again. Compared with women and children, this split personality is much easier to perform.

He has frequent contact with the fashion world and has had more than a dozen relationships with Karolina Korkova and Angela Lindworth over the years.

Even though the two were engaged, they still called Martin out from time to time to fool around together.

As a fashion designer, Martin looks very natural and plays the role with ease.

However, to relax, the foot massage at noon cannot be stopped.

Ana de Armas would take the initiative to enter Martin's trailer after lunch every day to help him relax and relieve stress.

At night, Anya Taylor-Joy would occasionally take the initiative to ask Martin out and continue rehearsing the roles of the male and female protagonists.

These are very helpful for work.

The former allows Martin to devote himself to the performance energetically.

In the rehearsal of the latter, the roles of the male and female protagonists were practiced so proficiently that the filming was basically done in one go.

Of course, Martin is also a very particular person and recommended Ana de Armas to a crew at Disney Pictures.

As long as her acting skills are basically passable, it won't be a big problem to get a heroine in a mid-to-low-level project.

Martin has plans for Anya Taylor-Joy.

Any person or organization, after successfully slaying the dragon, will inevitably develop in the direction of the evil dragon.

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Ritz-Carlton Hotel, private room on the top floor.

The rehearsal for the scene between the male protagonist's sadistic character and the female protagonist has just ended.

As if treating his beloved lover, Martin carried Anya into the bathroom and put her into the bathtub.

Anya pulled him in with her backhand.

Martin adjusted the bathtub so that it felt comfortable to lean on it with his elevated back.

Anya sat in front of him, leaning into Martin's arms, and said, "I'm only 18 years old this year, and I don't plan to have a boyfriend before I'm 24."

Martin understood what she meant: "You can come to me anytime during this period."

"Of course." Anya turned around, kissed Martin on the neck, and said: "I will give you all my best years, do whatever you want."

As an actress without any backing and confidence, Anya is much more direct than Blake Lively and other second-generation stars in the circle.

Just like appreciating a certain spirit of Jolie and being infected, Martin also appreciates this simple and direct style, saying: "Every man likes eighteen years old."

Every female star is only eighteen years old for a short time, but Hollywood is full of eighteen-year-old actresses.

Anya laughed crisply, youth and beauty are her greatest asset, and she has nothing else except this asset.

Martin thought of the girl who almost turned into a goldfish head in his previous life, and emphasized: "There is one thing you have to remember, don't have plastic surgery before you are 25 years old, and don't lose weight to become skinny."

Anya touched her face full of collagen and replied: "I remember, no plastic surgery, no weight loss, keep your current figure and appearance."

Martin nodded with satisfaction and started to talk about business: "This film is expected to be completed in mid-December. Do you have other roles to play later?"

"Bad luck." Anya expressed a little emotion appropriately and said: "I participated in several auditions. The best only made it to the second round, and most of them were eliminated in the first round of screening."

She told the truth: "Actresses in Hollywood need to pay too much to get resources. Auditions often come with additional conditions. I refused those additional conditions and was eliminated as a matter of course."

The fall of Harvey Weinstein only made the atmosphere in Hollywood a little better. Maybe those who like to use strong people have restrained themselves a little, but this circle will not change in essence.

Martin didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "Take some time to go to the bookstore and buy a novel called "The Queen's Gambit". My studio plans to adapt this novel into a drama and is already writing the script."

With Anya's conditions, there was no choice. She remembered the name of the novel and said, "Which chess game? I can learn it in advance."

Martin said, "Chess, a project that is definitely a heroine type. Go to the audition. As long as the conditions are right, you will be the heroine."

Hearing this, Anya was extremely surprised. She turned around and looked at Martin, grabbing his arm excitedly.

"Don't be too excited. There is another project." Martin said again: "A horror thriller movie with a small investment. It also takes the heroine as the core. I think you are very suitable."

Anya's hands trembled with excitement.

The heroine of a drama, the heroine of a movie, or the type with the heroine as the core.

Eighteen-year-old body, it's worth it in exchange for these.

Anya's head sank directly into the water.