Hollywood Road

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To make an excellent and classic film, every aspect is very important. The director is on the one hand, and the actors are on the other. Perhaps because of his busy work recently and the distraction of Rose, Murphy really didn't notice. Henry Cavill's abnormality did not communicate well in time.

The importance of communication for a director and crew is beyond doubt.

Many people think that directors are the best at self-expression, but film has achieved its prominence today not because it is an individualistic medium, but because it is a product of collective collaboration. To make a good film requires writers, playwrights , actors, and even computer painters and visual creators, it requires choreographers, special effects experts, art directors, set designers, sound designers, makeup artists, costume artists, musicians, editors, and a variety of different artists. , In order to complete the Noah's Ark-like career, the work of distributors, cinemas, financiers and investors is also needed to make movies possible. The power and sensibility of movies come from mutual cooperation.

Murphy has always been very clear that the most important ability for a film director is to gather the great talents of many colleagues like a lens, and then integrate them into a unified consciousness to present a film that is trying to do a good job of conscience.

Early the next morning, before filming began, Murphy made it a point to talk to Henry Cavill about his role.

After closing the office, Murphy asked directly, "Henry, what do you think is the theme reflected in the film?"

Henry Cavill thought for a moment, then said, "Fear, anger, determination and strength."

"That's right." Duke's eyes moved out of the window, the sun had already risen, "Now Chris Dann is more angry and fearful."

Having said that, he looked away, looked at Henry Cavill, and asked, "What do you think about fear?"

"From a physiological point of view, fear is an emotional experience in which an organism tries to get rid of and escape from a certain situation but is powerless; it can also represent a sharp contraction of biological tissue; a sharp increase in tissue density and a sharp release of energy."

Hearing Henry Cavill, a non-academic actor, express his academic point of view, Murphy couldn't help but smiled and said, "I think fear is a very contradictory phenomenon. , and even counterforce."

Henry Cavill showed a curious look, and Murphy continued, "Actually, to be honest, I have always disagreed that opposites and incompatible things can exist at the same time, but this is indeed a strange phenomenon. The only way to explain Interestingly, fear itself can restrain anger, but when anger is mobilized, 'fear fuels power' happens."

"That's the anger that's the flip side of the hero's fear! Actually, I think it's fear that brings out anger, and anger that inspires power."

Murphy brought the topic back to the character itself, "Chris Dann's fear of darkness comes from the deepest part of his heart. At this stage, he can't feel the power caused by fear. However, after his father was killed , Let his fear add the color of anger, and at this time, Chris Dann has obtained his own powerful strength through learning and training."

"He is different from his father. After losing the opportunity for revenge, he began to have the courage to challenge the evil forces in New York City, until he finally learned to control fear. He became fear itself. He...became the messenger of justice in the night"

"Henry..." Murphy patted his arm, "What you need to do is to highlight Chris Dann's fear, anger, and determination in the right scene and through the right way of acting!"

"I will do my best," Henry Cavill said confidently.

Frankly speaking, the two did not communicate enough about the roles before, and Murphy didn't blame Henry Cavill for being in a bad state, so he couldn't help but say a few more words at this time.

Of course, as a director, most of the time, Murphy is talking and Henry Cavill is listening.

And he said to Henry Cavill,

"Like his adoptive father Reiner said, what Chris Dane was looking for wasn't the fear of criminals, it was his own fear. What he was always afraid of was the power inside him, the power he was relying on. Force beyond his control. So, he embarked on the path of becoming fear itself, fighting and punishing criminals."

Hearing this, Henry Cavill thought for a while before saying, "I think what Chris is really afraid of is the powerful power in his body."

He said slowly, "In the script, there is a dialogue between his father and him. The more terrifying the creatures, the more frightened they are. Chris Dane is afraid of the dark, but in the final analysis, what the adult Chris Dann fears is him The power that comes out of fear."

Seeing Murphy's affirmative look in his eyes, Henry Cavill said, "When talking to Renner about indirectly causing his father's death because of fear, Chris Dann was actually using anger to suppress power. Then, in Renner's With help, Chris found a primitive, safe, symbolic way to use this power correctly, to channel this power, to become fear itself to manipulate power, to divert power, to divert fear, to make fear The power to deal with the people it really needs to deal with. This is the power to fight evil in New York City."

Duke smiled and patted Henry Cavill on the shoulder as he walked past him, "I'm looking forward to your next performance."

In the final analysis, all of this must be reflected in how to treat crime. This is the root of the conflict between the hero, heroine and villain. This conflict comes from different ideas and ideologies.

The heroine Jay Rachel, played by Margot Robbie, is a legal worker. She believes that crimes must be combated through legitimate channels such as the law, which can be achieved in the long run because it is the most reasonable and most social.

The villain played by Liam Neeson is not the case. He fights crime through destruction and reconstruction. This method is the most effective, but there are also problems: First, there is considerable uncertainty. It lacks recognition because it is based on the interests of the torturers. Second, determining how to rebuild and the process of rebuilding is a process that requires huge costs. Compared with the transformation before the destruction, it may not be worth the loss.

The last is the hero, fighting criminals through a more liberal and powerful lynching above the law.

But what Murphy expressed through the script is that these methods of fighting crime all have personal factors to a certain extent, and they do not really maintain order beyond the social level.

The way to maintain order that truly transcends social levels actually does not exist at all.

Human beings have thoughts and feelings, not machines that only know how to execute them. All of these are destined to have selfishness, and those so-called order methods that ignore human selfishness are destined to exist only in Utopia.

During the subsequent shooting, Henry Cavill's condition became better and better, and the shooting began to go smoothly. After another week of shooting on the set outside of Venice, Murphy led the crew to leave the studio and began shooting on the streets of Los Angeles. The background is New York, and the Los Angeles shoot will not have any long shots or panoramic shots, basically close-up shots.

Murphy also put the main location in Century City, where there are many high-rise buildings, as long as there are no large-scale shots, there will be basically no lens deviation.

Especially during post-production, the crew can also perform appropriate background modification through CGI.

Stanton Studio also moved to Century City a few years ago. The leased office is not far from the Fox Building, which was also used by Murphy as a location. The first floor of the building is a restaurant. There is no clear sign about Los Angeles at the entrance of the restaurant. Logo, Gal Gadot signed an agreement with the restaurant early in the morning, and the crew will shoot a very important scene between the hero and heroine here.

Murphy put the filming in the evening. As paparazzi and reporters were attracted, Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie were ready and the filming started immediately.

"Jay, no... this, all this..."

At the beginning of filming, facing Margot Robbie who played the role of his friend Jay Rachel, Henry Cavill seemed not to know what to say, hesitating, "This is not the real me, but my heart , not so superficial..."

"Come here, Chris."

On the sports car on the other side, two hot blonde girls shouted to this side, "Come on, Chris, let's go buy some more restaurants."

Margot Robbie shook her head slightly, and grinned a wide smile, "Chris, deep down you are still that upright kid, but it doesn't matter who you are on the outside, what you do What matters."

She turned and walked away.

"Cut!"

Murphy stopped shouting, poked his head out from behind the monitor, and first praised Henry Cavill, "Well done, Henry, keep it up."

Then, he waved to Margot Robbie, who immediately walked over on high heels.

"Murphy," she asked tentatively with a smile, "do I have a question?"

"Control your smile." Murphy said directly without going around in circles, "Don't laugh, it will damage the character's image."

Margot Robbie thought for a moment and seemed to understand, "I see."

In fact, her problem is not serious, but as soon as Murphy sees Margot Robbie laughing, he will unconsciously think of Harley Quinn, and the feeling of the character in the camera has completely changed.

He said to an assistant director next to him, "Take a five-minute break and do it all over again."

The subsequent shooting went smoothly, and it was declared approved after one session, and today's work is over.

Margot Robbie didn't remove her makeup immediately, but walked over and said to Murphy, "May I invite you and Gail to have a drink?"