From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

Boxing. Stalemate. Confrontation.

One bare-handed but light and agile, the other with three heads and six arms but bulky and clumsy; the physical attacks of fist-to-flesh were completely dazzling and overwhelming.

A deadlock!

Seeing Spider-Man, relying on his agility, find a sliver of an opening in the storm of attacks, preparing to once again strike directly at Doctor Octopus's head—

As long as Doctor Octopus is knocked unconscious, the situation can be controlled.

But unexpectedly, this was a trap. Doctor Octopus deliberately sold a flaw in the chaos, waiting for Spider-Man to fall into his trap.

"Heh heh."

Doctor Octopus's face, hidden behind sunglasses, made it impossible to see his eyes, but the corner of his mouth slightly lifted, revealing a wicked smile.

In a flash of lightning, Spider-Man didn't have time to react.

The next second, the tentacle on the right had already emerged from the gap, crashing head-on into Spider-Man's nose, without warning, ghostly, and impossible to defend against.

Thus.

Spider-Man's right fist pointed directly at Doctor Octopus's cheek.

Doctor Octopus's upper left tentacle pointed directly at Spider-Man's nose.

Trading life for life, an eye for an eye.

Bang. Bang.

The sounds of the punches surged almost simultaneously. The two exchanged blows in a way that would injure themselves eight hundred for every thousand enemies they killed; but at that moment, Doctor Octopus's tentacles could continue to extend, continuing forward after the punch, firmly throwing Spider-Man away.

Ugh.

Spider-Man grunted.

However, his conditioned reflexes were quick. His left arm had already completed a block in the first instance, knocking the tentacle away from bottom to top, trying to catch his breath.

Unexpectedly, the next second, Doctor Octopus's lower left tentacle had already extended out, sneaking from below like an earthworm, grabbing Spider-Man's waist, and clamping down on the key point.

Hiss.

Spider-Man felt the immense squeezing force coming from his body, directly cutting off his breath. His internal organs seemed to be crushed. He suddenly looked up at Doctor Octopus—

The four eyes met.

Although one was wearing sunglasses and the other was wearing a mask, neither could see the other's eyes at this moment; but at this moment, a brief collision sparked, and intense emotions burned in the air, colliding fiercely.

Tension, spreading.

"Cut!"

Sam's voice came, interrupting the shooting again.

A breath stuck in his chest, unable to be exhaled, his muscles completely stiffened, the atmosphere stagnated, and a kind of depressed and stifled irritability was stuck there, unable to rise or fall, even before he could be frustrated, he fell into a kind of powerlessness.

This shoot was smooth and seamless.

This scene wasn't finished yet. According to the plan, the wire would pull Anson into the air again, presenting the state of the tentacles lifting Spider-Man up, and then the mechanical tentacles would smash Spider-Man hard into the train door, and Spider-Man would break through the door and fall into the carriage.

That was the end.

A small part of the fight, temporarily ended here, and then cut into the next small section.

However!

Seeing that the "mid-way supply point" was right in front of him, he was intercepted by the director again. Did that mean they had to start all over again? So what was the matter this time?

Everything was perfect, everything was smooth, so why was the director still not satisfied.

Fifteen NGs, and they were all high-intensity physical and technical work. Even though the air conditioning had been turned up to the maximum, the entire studio was still drenched in sweat. Irritability and fatigue were intertwined, and everyone was a little irritable.

Swish, swish, swish.

All eyes were on Sam.

Sam didn't notice, completely immersed in his own thoughts.

"Wonderful."

Everyone: Huh? What's going on?

"Too wonderful! Beautiful! Perfect! Everything is so!"

"It should be like this!"

Everyone: Director, if everything is perfect, then why the NG? Is it really okay to cut a scene in half like this before it's finished?

"We need to adjust a bit, just follow the shooting feeling from just now."

"I like the detail of the exchange of punches, when Anson hits Alfred, and Alfred hits Anson, the detail of the fists colliding at the same time, I need your head movements to pause slightly, so that the audience can feel the impact of the force exploding on the cheeks."

"Also, Anson, perfect performance."

"At the end, the state of fighting regardless, with full dedication, but being ambushed by the opponent, when you were about to launch a counterattack, you found that the opponent had secretly laid an ambush."

"I like the state here, I need your body language to be clearer, give me a little bit of stunned and shocked feeling, just one second, no no no, half a second, half a second is enough, a brief moment of freeze-frame."

"I need to fragment all the scenes here, like a comic, every action, every scene is a separate picture, all scrambled through editing, constantly outputting dizzily and overwhelmingly, and hiding countless details, so that the audience is drawn into the storm without time to breathe, and re-feel the thrill of fist-to-flesh."

Inspiration, a full outbreak—

According to the original plan, Doctor Octopus's mechanical tentacles were powerful, and his strength, flexibility, number, etc., all suppressed Spider-Man. This should have been a completely dominant confrontation. Spider-Man was never able to suppress Doctor Octopus from a martial arts perspective, he was just parrying.

In the end, Spider-Man awakened Doctor Octopus's reason and conscience, which made him realize the error of his ways, and this avoided the disaster of destroying New York.

But now, Sam had an inspiration.

On the premise of not changing the framework, on the one hand, it was to increase Spider-Man's confrontation, so that he could find opportunities to counterattack in the storm of attacks, and not just fall into a disadvantage on one side; on the other hand, it was to increase Doctor Octopus's cleverness, not only relying on force to suppress, but also knowing how to use tactics and layouts, and still knowing how to use his brain in the process of fighting.

Would this have any impact on the movie?

No, no.

But this could make the fight scenes more exciting and more exciting, further increasing the highlights of the climax fight scenes based on Sam's ideas.

Sam was a little excited.

Sure enough, Sam appreciated Anson for a reason. Anson always brought surprises, and the charm that inadvertently permeated the character was eye-catching.

Even the fight scenes were no exception.

His brain plunged into a storm, and Sam poured out all his thoughts in one go.

Then, he looked in the direction of the actors.

"Anson, can you do it?"

It wasn't a condescending command, but a pleading request.

Anson: ...

The entire crew was also in a state of stuffiness, and for a while, they were stunned and speechless.

Originally, the director was the biggest in the crew, if the producer didn't show up; and Sony Columbia was very satisfied with Sam's work. Before "Spider-Man" was released, they had already signed a sequel cooperation agreement with Sam. After the movie box office exploded, Sony Columbia gave Sam all the creative initiative and decision-making power.

Although the producer and the film company would still reject some of Sam's proposals, such as some script revisions; but there was no doubt that Sam had absolute power in the crew.

Now, Sam's words were final, so naturally everything depended on Sam's expression, and everyone dared to be angry but dared not speak out, and could only hold back their irritability and annoyance.

Perhaps, the only hope was Anson?