Hollywood Drawing

"You like to eat the food here, understand the culture here, and also speak the language here." Naomi Watts leaned in his arms, stretched out her white fingers, and gently stroked the hair on his chin. Hu Stubble asked curiously:

"But why don't you get in touch with the people in the circle here?"

This was really strange, and both she and Nina were very puzzled by this question. Since coming here, many people in the industry have invited him, but he has not contacted any of them, and he has asked Tim Burton to communicate with all external parties.

And based on how much Wayne likes the culture here, he hasn't even gone out once since arriving. Those Eastern actors who wanted to get close to him were all stopped by Zack Snyder.

"No." Wayne's eyes were confused for a moment, and he shook his head and said: "I like everything here, but it doesn't mean that I have to contact people in the circle here. It doesn't mean much. We don't have many shots to shoot, so it's very difficult. We’re leaving here soon.”

In fact, on the first day of filming, he recognized several people. Among the people watching, there were also a few familiar faces. Not only the crew were curious about this, but the local actors were also curious about Hollywood.

And it’s not that he doesn’t understand Cantonese at all. He even heard the actors call him “Ghost Guy” more than once. In fact, in the entire crew, he is the only director who has not had contact with those people. The filming requirements are all through Zach- Schneider conveyed.

Wayne knew very well in his heart that after all, he was no longer the same person as before. Everything here was meaningless to him. It was enough to feel that everything was real.

"Go to sleep, Naomi, I have to get up early to work tomorrow." As he said that, he turned off the bedside lamp, hugged Naomi Watts and closed his eyes together.

Since the shooting speed of the action scenes was average, Wayne sat behind the director's monitor and watched silently with a cigarette in his mouth most of the time. The action director directed Christian Bale and others.

After the simple prison scene, the crew began to shoot the master-apprentice training scenes. This is where Bruce Wayne's skills come from. Anyone who wants to have a body stronger than ordinary people must go through training that is far beyond superhuman.

Christian Bale's fighting skills are certainly no exception. The scenes of Liam Neeson teaching him must be clearly shown. This is an important element in explaining the origin of Batman.

Action scenes are shot intermittently, and the progress of these shots cannot be accelerated under the direction of the action director. Most of the shot footage is very short, ranging from a few seconds to more than ten seconds. This can be regarded as Wayne's special request. When the short shots are edited and edited later, it will help create a sharp sense of action scenes.

Everyone knows that professional matters should be left to professionals, so when directing the action, even he, the director, would watch silently without saying a word.

For most of the day, the crew slowly finished the short action scenes. Next, they will shoot the drama between the master and the apprentice, as well as some dialogues about ideas between Christian Bale and Liam Neeson.

Before filming, Wayne specially called the master and apprentice, who were covered in sweat.

"The scene that starts from here is also the beginning of the conflict between your ideas."

Seeing that both of them were listening seriously, Wayne said to Liam Neeson: "You are Bruce Wayne's soul mentor. You teach him to control his fear, but your fundamental purpose is never to bring him back to the right path. , but want to attract him to his own path."

Liam Neeson nodded and said: "I have carefully practiced and thought about it. My character helps Batman drive away fear and points him in the direction. I hope he stays by my side and "save" the world with a common idea. .

Henri Duca's evil does not emanate from the bottom of his heart, but stems from the ideas that already exist in his mind. "

Liam Neeson pointed to his head and talked about his understanding of the character.

"No problem, that's it."

Wayne smiled and snapped his fingers. The pair of soul masters and apprentices eventually became rivals. Everything was caused by their different ideas. Then he turned his head to the actor and said:

"You have very complicated feelings towards Henry Duca, and you agree with some of his views. However, you cannot agree with the idea of ​​destruction in his philosophy, nor can you agree with the way the Shadow Warriors Alliance operates."

"I understand." Christian Bale nodded. Even though the film hadn't started yet, his face still looked bitter and resentful.

Preparations for filming were quickly completed. After the crisp sound of the recorder, Liam Neeson, standing in the shadows, said:

"Your greatest fear comes from the darkness."

Facing Christian Bale who looked uneasy, Liam Neeson continued: "But darkness has never been our enemy. Darkness is our best friend, and it can provide us with the best cover!"

Wayne stared at the changes in the expressions of the two people on the monitor. Now it seemed that the young Christian Bale performed better and had entered the state of the leading actor.

"You have to overcome fear!" Liam Neeson said. "The best way is to become a part of the fear."

"Cut!" Wayne stopped filming. "Everyone rest for five minutes, reset, and continue shooting in five minutes!"

After speaking, he walked up to Liam Neeson and reminded: "There is nothing wrong with the emotion of the lines, expression, pay attention to your expression Liam, you were suppressed by Christian in this scene, especially the use of eyes."

"Okay, let me adjust it." Liam Neeson nodded and sat in the corner alone with his head lowered. The makeup artist also took advantage of the break to quickly start touching up his makeup.

This situation is normal, and there is no need for the director to tell him about the scene. Both protagonists know the director's requirements. Wayne can only tell Liam Neeson the effect he needs, and then he needs to use the skills of professional actors to create his own Go and adjust slowly.

Compared to the stop-and-go action scenes, the literary part was performed fairly smoothly. After two takes of this long shot, it was easy to get the shot Wayne wanted.

After another day of filming, Wayne returned to the hotel and took a shower. As soon as he walked into the living room after changing clothes, Naomi Watts hugged his arm, looked up and said with a smile: "Let's go out for a drink." How about it?"

"Bar?" Wayne asked.

"Yes." The Australian girl nodded and pointed at everyone in the room. "Let's go together. Since you arrived here, you have been hiding in the house every day except filming. Let's go out for a drink together."

"Okay, I have no objection."

The filming work is going relatively smoothly. If it continues at this pace, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here for long. It would be nice to hang out in the bars here.

After several ladies changed their clothes, they left the hotel under the leadership of Sandy Yang and came to a bar not far away. The location near the hotel was good and the bar seemed relatively high-end.

Unlike Wayne's imagination, the bar here did not have blaring music or crazy dancing crowds. There was only a band singing on the stage, and the environment was relatively quiet.

"Hi Wayne, hi Nami."

As soon as the beer was served, Liam Neeson came over, smiled and raised the bottle to everyone. "I didn't expect you to find this place too."

"Do whatever you want, Liam."

Wayne pointed to the place next to him, raised the bottle and touched it with him, and took a sip of the cold and refreshing beer. "Did you come here alone?"

"That's right." Liam Neeson nodded, with a look of relief after work, and took a sip of his beer. “After shooting every day, I would come over for a drink. The bartender here speaks good English, and I also like this environment.

By the way, I was on the phone with my agent today and I heard that the North American box office of "The Return of the Clown" has approached US$300 million, and the global box office has exceeded that! "

Wayne was not surprised when he heard the news. Jimmy had already told him, but he knew that the end of "The Return of the Clown" was coming. Now there were only a few hundred screenings left, and basically none exceeded 300 million US dollars. Hope.

Putting down the bottle of wine in his hand, he waved to Naomi Watts. The Australian girl rolled her eyes, took out a cigarette from her handbag and handed it to him.

"That's too kind of you, Liam."

"No, Wayne." Liam Neeson smiled and shook his head to the music. "You have created a box office miracle in the field of horror films!"

He is sincere in these sentiments. "The Return of the Clown" has a box office of around 200 million in North America. These two terrifying box office figures allow people to see another possibility for horror films.

Everyone knows that horror movies are good at using small things to make a big impact, but before Wayne Greenberg's "The Return of the Clown", no one dared to imagine that a pure horror movie could be such a hit.

This has also led to many small-budget horror film projects from small Hollywood companies this year, all trying their best to imitate this movie.

"How old are you this year? You're only 25 even after the end of the year, Wayne." Liam Neeson observed the overly young director and sighed: "But you have already created terrifying box office achievements."

"Happy 1 Day", with a global box office of 120 million U.S. dollars, and "1 Town", with a global box office of 250 million U.S. dollars. After the tempering of these two movies, "Joker" emerged that swept the world.

The appearance of this comic book movie is destined to be recorded in the history of film. Not to mention the huge social repercussions caused by the film, the box office alone is a miracle, and it is the world's first masterpiece to exceed one billion US dollars.

Coupled with "The Return of the Clown", which has not yet been released this year, the world has already surpassed Neeson. Through the lights of the bar, he looked at the young faces beside him in a trance.

Since the movie he directed, he has never left the top ten in the North American annual box office list. This is simply terrifying.

The only director in Hollywood who can do this is Wayne Greenberg.

And Liam Neeson was very sober. When he saw him entering the bar, the purpose of coming over was to show his kindness.

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