From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

Breathe, idiot, breathe!

Asif was reminding himself to avoid thinking. Any thinking was unnecessary. God would laugh at stupid thoughts, so he just needed to focus on breathing and complete the most important scene of his career, just like the countless scenes with or without lines over the past fifteen years.

Play his role, do his job.

Perhaps, the protagonist of this movie is Anson Wood, but the protagonist of this scene is him, Asif Mandvi.

A voice came from his ear—

Seventh attempt.

Anson then realized that they had already NG'd six times. Perhaps the seventh time would be the lucky one.

"Action!"

Opening his eyes, Anson placed his hands on the motorcycle handlebars, but the motorcycle tires were not on the ground, but rather placed on two fixtures. The fixtures were placed on a wooden platform, with wheels at each of the four corners, like a skateboard, with someone pushing from behind.

This way, Anson could focus on acting while "driving"; if there was a need for close-up shots, the camera could be placed directly in front of the motorcycle on the wooden platform to ensure smooth shooting.

However, this time the camera lens was not aimed at Anson, but at Asif, who was directly opposite. Now Anson was about to walk towards Asif, until he reached Asif, and then enter the camera frame.

"Parker."

"Parker!"

"Stop! No, no, no, stop!"

Mr. Aziz stood at the entrance of the pizza shop, raising his hands to stop Peter Parker, but clearly, Peter's mind was now in another space-time, completely unaware of the living person in front of him, and was about to crash into him.

"Stop!"

Mr. Aziz shouted, finally pulling Peter back from outer space. The latter slammed on the brakes, stopping dangerously in front of Mr. Aziz. However, Mr. Aziz still frantically dodged to save his life, placing his hands on the handlebars of Peter's motorcycle, trying to create a barrier.

Slightly comical.

In any case, a disaster was avoided after all.

Slightly shaken, he didn't expect that Mr. Aziz's gaze was always on Peter, completely unaware of his embarrassed and awkward posture.

"Parker! You're late! Man, always late, always late, Mr. Late! Huh?"

Crackle, crackle, the anger vented down, the voice still rising.

Peter tried to control the motorcycle, as if controlling a wild horse, his face full of panic, "Sorry, Mr. Aziz, there was an... interference."

Looking down, the Spider-Man mask in his shirt pocket was almost exposed, and Peter quickly stuffed the mask hood in.

Mr. Aziz didn't have time to pay attention to these details, grumbling, "Interference, interference, you always have all kinds of 'interferences'." He didn't even look at Peter, "Please, someone ordered a pizza twenty-one minutes ago." He entered the store while complaining.

"Cut!"

Sam's voice came, interrupting the shooting.

The air, slightly stiff, the entire set held its breath, gazes converging towards Sam, Asif even stood stiffly in place.

Then, Sam waved his hand, "No problem."

Instantly, the crew members applauded and cheered, shouting and whistling, lively and extraordinary, as if the crew had finally wrapped up.

Asif's tense nerves finally relaxed, turning around to see the crew's cheers, becoming even more embarrassed—

Just now, it was such a simple scene, only two lines, but his mind was blank. The word "interference," how was the pronunciation wrong, his tongue tied, his brain crashed, like a robot with a faulty input method, always stuck.

What was worse was that when the camera paused, his brain returned to normal, and the lines were all smooth; but when the camera started running, it was another disaster—

Again and again.

Not to mention the director and other staff, even Asif couldn't stand himself.

Until now, finally!

The first scene of "Spider-Man 2"'s start-up was finally over, not so smoothly, but fortunately it didn't fall into a worse quagmire, completing the shooting before the entire crew's heads exploded.

"Hey, well done." Anson gave a thumbs up.

Asif was extremely embarrassed, scratching his head awkwardly. Although Anson was the age of his son, he needed Anson's help on set.

Anson noticed it and added, "Let's continue, how about it?"

Asif nodded repeatedly, "I feel very good now, director, I have no problem."

In fact, this scene is more than that, there are also causes and consequences:

They need to shoot Peter riding his motorcycle over, the motorcycle almost crashing into Mr. Aziz, Peter panicking and getting off the motorcycle trying to explain himself, and so on and so forth.

A series of trivial shots, with close-ups, panoramic views, and jib shots, and the stunt shot of the motorcycle almost crashing but slamming on the brakes, lifting the entire rear wheel, requires professional motorcycle stunt performers to complete the shooting.

Not to mention that Anson doesn't have such skills, even if Anson does, for Asif's safety, it is best to have a professional on the scene.

In other words, the shooting of this scene may take two hours, not that simple.

After fully showing this scene, the next is the scene of Peter and Mr. Aziz entering the pizza shop.

Behind, this is the focus of the whole scene, and also the plot part, the two people will have a long conversation, Asif has a large paragraph of lines.

And now, Anson noticed that Asif relaxed and entered a state of acting, perhaps they should follow the emotional vein to shoot the subsequent dialogue first, and then go back to shoot these trivial split shots and professional stunt shots.

However, the decision is with the director.

Asif looked at Sam.

Sam was slightly irritable. Overall, this morning was still extremely stressful, and the whole person couldn't calm down. One setback and two setbacks accumulated, even if it wasn't a particularly bad situation, it was still frustrating.

But Sam didn't explode, keeping it all in his heart, turning to look at Anson, casting an inquiring gaze: Should they trust Asif?

Asif looked at Anson anxiously.

Anson gave Sam a confirming look.

Sam took a deep breath, "Shoot the next scene first. The camera follows Anson into the pizza shop, pay attention, get closer, follow the ups and downs of the footsteps."