Hollywood Road

Under the operation of CAA and Bill Rossis, Gal Gadot soon opened her personal blog, and uploaded some fitness photos from time to time, telling everyone that she was working hard for the role of Wonder Woman.

In fact, as Gal Gadot said, in addition to fitness, she also conducts a lot of training in fighting, boxing, swordsmanship, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and other items. Wonder Woman is not Superman after all, although the fight is basically straightforward. The display of strength and speed is the main focus, but the characteristics of the Goddess of War also determine that certain skills are required.

For Gal Gadot and Chris Evans, the most pressing tasks are fitness and training.

After the final draft of the script and the drawing board of the sub-shots are confirmed, the special effects production of "Man of Steel" has started before the shooting. , First start shooting action scenes.

Different from the previous shootings, this film will use more than 2,500 special effects shots. Murphy plans to build a green screen in the studio for all shots involving special effects shots. The Russian actor who played the role of Colossus was recruited, and the filming and production was done by motion capture.

During the long preparation period, in addition to all kinds of busy work, Murphy would let people jump out from time to time to reveal some news to the outside world to maintain the topic of "Man of Steel".

For example, in mid-October, Chris Evans spat at the media in an interview, "I exercise for two hours a day, which is cruel. I usually like to exercise, but this time it is different. I feel like throwing up, I feel like I hate that trainer, I hate this movie, I want to go home and sleep for a week. It's so heartless, my metabolism is so fast, I lose weight so fast, so just eat , you will gain weight quickly again.”

He added, "It's disgusting to work out, and it's even more disgusting to eat. I got to the point where I can't even look at fried chicken. I'm so swollen, but at the same time, I'm constantly consuming protein. It's a dilemma."

Although this is for publicity needs, it is not an exaggeration at all. In order to be competent for the role of Superman, Chris Evans has made great efforts.

Correspondingly, Gal Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman, will not have an easier time than him.

She has a very high metabolism, which makes it difficult for her to maintain her weight. She has to increase her food intake, especially high protein. She trains for about two hours each time, and only focuses on two muscle groups. By increasing the amount of exercise, Stimulate your muscles at a faster speed and from every possible angle until you reach your fitness goals.

By early November, Gal Gadot had managed to add fifteen pounds of muscle.

Two weeks later, Murphy led the crew to leave Los Angeles and went to the location in San Jose, which had been inspected long ago. After a long and busy preparatory period, "Man of Steel" officially started shooting.

On an ordinary Monday morning, just before dawn, dozens of trailers and trucks drove to the outskirts of a small town. Under Murphy's command, the intense preparations before shooting began.

Since a lot of the work was done yesterday, now it's more about setting up lights and adjusting camera positions.

While waiting for Fili Raschel to adjust the camera, Murphy asked Gal Gadot, who was standing behind him, "Is the reporter contacted by Warner Bros. here?"

Gal Gadot nodded slightly, "I'm on my way here, I'll be there soon, not more than five minutes."

Now she looks a little plumper and stronger than the skinny and slender one before, not so thin, and the increased muscles make her more shapely.

In addition to starring in Wonder Woman with a guest appearance, Gal Gadot is more working as an assistant producer. She has fully recognized Murphy's words and asked the school for an internship. Learn in the field.

Just like Murphy encountered many difficulties when he started, there is often a very big difference between learning and practice.

"Tell Ghent to coordinate with the media reporters." Murphy explained carefully, "I won't let the reporters in to take pictures until I finish shooting the first one."

The crew's preparations are still going on, and Murphy continues to be busy. Not far from the periphery, some reporters have already got off the car.

Seeing the busy studio ahead, Helstein raised his camera and wanted to shoot, but a staff member stopped him.

"Sorry, sir." The staff was quite polite, "The crew will start filming soon, and there will be a unified time for the media to take pictures later."

In this regard, Hollywood and the media have always had a tacit understanding without words. Herstein did not insist and put down his finger on the shutter.

After waiting for a minute, his eyes suddenly tightened when looking at the set, and Chris Evans in a blue tights appeared in front of the camera lens, as if he was communicating with director Murphy Stanton.

Almost as soon as he saw Chris Evans, Herstein realized that he could get big news today!

The shooting of the crew was very simple, just two shots of Superman walking, and the shooting was completed quickly. After the assistant director came to inform, all the reporters, including Herstein, flocked to the set like a swarm. Realizing that there's going to be a lot of controversy surrounding the new Superman on set.

All the camera lenses were aimed at Chris Evans who was still on the set, as if they were aimed at a super A-level Hollywood star.

The sound of camera shutters was continuous, and many reporters only took photos of Chris Evans dressed as Superman. They didn't care about anything else. The written text was passed on to the screenwriting department.

In this day and age, the timeliness of news is more important than ever.

Only half an hour later, the most prominent position on the IMDB homepage was hung up with the latest report on "Man of Steel".

"Superman's classic appearance has changed drastically, and the new scene photos of "Man of Steel" reveal explosive news!"

To the right of the title, an image of Chris Evans' new Superman look accompanies it.

"IMDB news: Man of Steel, which is being filmed in the suburbs of San Jose, California, has recently exposed a set of studio photos. Different from the previous innocuous pictures, the protagonist of the leaked photos this time is Superman himself. What is even more shocking is that it tells us Revealed a very explosive news that the new version of Superman will bid farewell to the iconic red underwear!"

"Before, whether it was the official stills or the exposed studio photos, due to factors such as dark light and long distance, we did not find any major differences between the old and new Superman costumes. However, today's close-up close-up allows us to finally see When it comes to the big secret, Superman’s iconic red underwear is gone! We can’t help but admire the courage of director Murphy Stanton to be able to use an outfit that is so different from the classic comic style.”

"In addition to the red pants, we also found some other changes in Superman's appearance. The clothing chose a similar scale texture, which not only fit the body, but also highlighted the chiseled body of the actor Chris Evans; in addition, in Superman At the waist, we also found a belt loop-like decoration, it is unclear whether this is for other purposes or just decoration; but then again, such a subversive shape, coupled with the disappearing forehead The hair and the enlarged S logo on the chest all make us suspicious, is this still the Superman we are familiar with?"

The shape of Superman is not a change, it can be said to be a drastic change.

There is no doubt that these are all for the promotion and marketing of "Man of Steel". Since the preparation entered the late stage, Murphy no longer has to deal with the promotion and marketing matters, but handed it over to Warner Bros., and turned all his energy to the film In terms of filming and production, even the publicity related to filming is in line with Warner Bros.' publicity plan.

After the news of the dramatic change in Superman's classic appearance broke out, Warner Bros. also handed over a survey data to Murphy. Most people are not disgusted with Superman's new appearance, and quite a few Superman fans still have expectations.

There are also critics, it is unavoidable.

Of course, more people are more interested in the storyline of this "Man of Steel". The past five Superman movies have modeled the story of Superman, even "The Return of Superman" directed by Bryan Singer. It's just old wine in new bottles, and apart from the use of new technology, that movie is not fundamentally different from Christopher Reeve's Superman series.

As long as a superhero movie like this has no major logical or technical problems in a specific setting, even if the story has some flaws, the audience will generally give a good evaluation.

"Is 'Superman Returns' really that bad?"

On the plane to Alaska, Gal Gadot looked at Murphy sitting next to him and asked, "You think it's terrible too?"

"It's worse than I thought." Murphy shrugged, "So I'm going to avoid the mistakes that Superman Returns made."

Gal Gadot looked at Murphy, not quite understanding what he meant.

This is the closest person to me, and Murphy didn't hide his words at all, "The movie "Superman Returns", I can only say that a gay director is shooting his own 'god', every shot is looking up to, every time Every shot is an exquisite close-up. In addition to the special effects that keep up with the times, it is actually a re-enactment of the old version of "Superman". situation."

Having said that, in some respects, he would also like to thank Bryan Singer. If it weren't for the failure of "Superman Returns", he wouldn't have the super high treatment he is today.

The plane landed in Juneau, the capital of Alaska, and Murphy led the crew to the snow field in the extreme north, preparing to film the scene of Wonder Woman fighting Superman.