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"I met Kevin Feige the other day."

In a moving car in Beverly Hills, Kara Firth said to Murphy, who was sitting in the co-pilot, "He called me several times in a row to meet me."

Gal Gadot next to him asked curiously, "Is it about the schedule of "Thor" and "City of Chaos"?"

Murphy also looked back at Kara Firth with concern, Kara Firth nodded and said, "That's right, he wants us to change the schedule."

"How is this possible?" Gal Gadot shook his head, "If we change the schedule, wouldn't our early publicity be in vain!"

Kara Firth laughed and said unhurriedly, "So, I rejected Kevin Feige."

Hearing what she said, Murphy turned around. The beginning of the summer vacation was a good time. In his own opinion, it was better than the Memorial Day schedule at the end of May. With "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" on Memorial Day, "Transformers 3" released in mid-June, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" during the Independence Day holiday, "Thor" is an out-and-out soft persimmon.

With the prime time of the first weekend in May, and Thor being such a third-rate hero, Murphy and Kara Firth certainly had to pick a soft persimmon to pinch.

Moreover, arranging "City of Chaos" to be released in the summer file can also avoid mutual impact with other masterpieces that have already confirmed the release date in the summer file of 20th Century Fox.

For example, "The Hangover 2", which changed the director and some actors, was released in mid-May, "Men: First Battle" was released in early June, the latest "Rio Adventure" was released at the end of June, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" "Released in mid-July...

In addition to Murphy's "City of Chaos", these are the five major films that 20th Century Fox will focus on in the summer of 2011. Of course, the schedule must be spread out, otherwise it will form a situation of self-competition, which will be a sad reminder.

Murphy looked into the distance, and gradually approached the mansion that James Franco had never lived in in Beverly Hills, and asked, "Are you talking about anything else?"

"Yeah." Kara Feith didn't hide anything, and said directly, "After I refused to change my schedule, Kevin Feige wanted to reach an agreement with me to avoid competition."

"Is it achieved?" Murphy didn't turn his head.

"Do you think the two films can avoid competition?" Carafes asked.

Murphy didn't answer. The answer to the question was obvious. How could two films released on the same weekend not form a competitive relationship?

Carla Firth said at this time, "I reached a verbal agreement with him, and the two films should avoid vicious competition as much as possible, which is not good for anyone."

Twentieth Century Fox and Walt Disney, the creator of "Thor", both belong to the Big Six in Hollywood. The six companies compete and cooperate, but the competition will not be without a bottom line. Vicious competition without a bottom line is mutually exclusive to the six companies. harm.

In this regard, Kara Firth will handle Murphy with enough confidence. When it's time to withdraw his hand, Kara Firth will definitely not hesitate, but when the time is right to attack a competitor, Kara Firth will never let it go.

The car slowly drove into James Franco's mansion. There was a lot of people, booms, cameras and makeup trailers everywhere, almost turning it into a Hollywood studio.

In fact, this is one of the main shooting locations for the new film "The End of the World" directed by Seth Rogen. Murphy, Gal Gadot and Kara Firth came this time to participate in the filming of this film.

Murphy's post-production work has basically come to an end, leaving only a few unfinished works such as adding soundtracks, sound editing and subtitle production, which are temporarily handed over to Michelle Williams, who can temporarily devote himself to this film during the shooting.

The preparations for "The End of the World" were completed in early March, and the filming officially started. Murphy didn't have many roles in it, and he didn't play a good person.

Came to the set, the filming was in progress, Murphy saw Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill busy directing the crew,

They didn't go to say hello either. Under the leadership of two staff members, they went to the men's and women's dressing rooms with Gal Gadot and Kara Firth respectively. After a simple make-up, they came to the large room in front of James Franco's mansion. On the lawn, patiently waiting for my role.

Standing here and watching for a while, Murphy saw quite a few familiar faces, many of whom could be said to be Hollywood stars.

Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and James Franco have Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson and Nicolas Cage in addition to the Stanton gang and their girlfriends , Selena - Actors such as Gomez joined. Moreover, there are guest appearances by celebrities such as Paul Rudd, Emma Watson, Taylor Swift and Rihanna. Just looking at the lineup, it can be said that it is not luxurious.

Of course, most of them just made cameo appearances.

This is a party scene. After Gal Gadot and Kara Firth came over, someone soon notified Murphy that they were going to participate in the filming.

The scene to be filmed is not difficult. Both Murphy and Gal Gadot appeared in the film with their real identities. They accepted the invitation and came to the party held by James Franco. They left early because of something, and then the world Great changes have taken place, good people are protected by the light beams from the sky, and enter heaven smoothly. The notorious guys like the Stanton party members will naturally continue to stay in the world like purgatory to do evil.

"Murphy..."

On the set, Murphy and Gal Gadot stood in front of Seth Rogen, listening to him say, "You and Gail were walking around at the party, and then met Kara Firth, chatting casually, there is something urgent Say goodbye to James and leave."

He turned to Gal Gadot and Carla Firth again, "Just do what you do at parties, and do what you do now."

Gal Gadot and Carla Firth nodded successively.

After familiarizing myself with the location twice, the shooting started soon. Including Murphy, basically all the stars who participated in the guest star wore their own evening gowns at the party, and Gal Gadot and Kara Firth did not. exception.

Murphy walked around the party with Gal Gadot on his arm, and stopped to chat with people from time to time. Seth Rogen didn't set the lines here, and it's completely up to the guest actors to play freely, so there is no limit The performance is also conducive to the improvisation of the stars.

The party is always going on, and the filming is actually divided into two parts. On the two sides that will not interfere with each other, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill each lead a group to shoot. Jonah Hill's filming, such as James -Franco and Robert Downey Jr. and some other professional actors do not have high requirements for him as an interim director, but for someone with mediocre acting skills like Murphy, of course Seth Rogen has to watch in person.

There is a camera that always captures Murphy and Gal Gadot from the side and front. Seth Rogen is not an idiot. He knows that Murphy's acting skills will definitely be ridiculed, but he is a rare director who plays a certain role. However, it is very helpful for the film to create topics and carry out publicity and promotion.

It has to be said that the Stanton party members are somewhat influenced by Murphy.

Since they are all real identities in the film, the performance also depends on improvisation. Murphy and Gal Gadot didn't go far, and before they found Kara Firth, someone came over to say hello.

"Hi, Murphy."

A golden girl wearing a sky blue short dress suddenly walked up to Murphy and Gal Gadot, "Long time no see."

"It's been a long time." Murphy tried to be as natural as possible, "Hello, Miss Swift."

Taylor Swift turned to look beside Murphy, "Hello, are you Miss Gal Gadot?"

Gal Gadot nodded slightly, as if attending a normal party, and said politely, "Hello, Miss Swift."

"You are so lucky." Taylor Swift said carelessly, "to be Murphy's girlfriend."

There was an extremely secret sarcasm in this sentence, and people like Murphy could hear it naturally. He looked at Gal Gadot and said, "I'm the lucky one!"

Gal Gadot smiled slightly, not bothering to care about this kind of little girl.

Embarrassment flashed across Taylor Swift's face, and she said, "We'll talk another day."

After finishing speaking, she took the initiative to get out of the way, and Murphy and Gal Gadot continued to move forward. Perhaps the camera turned to the front, reminding Murphy that he was filming a movie...

The existence of the camera had just appeared in his mind, and the expression on Murphy's face instantly stiffened, and the steps he took changed. Perhaps the naked eye could not see much difference, but it was captured by the high-definition movie camera lens, which is different from the natural one just now. It is inevitable that there will be a very big change in his expression.

"UT!" Seth Rogen yelled to stop, "Murphy, relax and be natural!"

Murphy nodded slightly and quickly adjusted his breathing.

Seth Rogen knew that Murphy would guide the actors to act, but his acting skills were quite average. He walked over and whispered, "You acted very well just now, forget that this is a movie, forget the camera lens, this is a scene Normal parties, parties you go to many times a year."

"I know." Murphy adjusted his breathing, "Give me a few minutes to adjust."

Gal Gadot gently shook his hand, "Honey, hold your breath, don't worry."

Having said that, Murphy couldn't find his way in the subsequent filming. As a director, he knew very well how to shoot a scene and how to act as an actor. It was very difficult for him to perform in person.

Even if he knew that it was fine to be himself in life, he couldn't ignore the camera at all, which led to successive interruptions in filming.

After breaking the original natural state, for Murphy, this role has become extremely complicated. In addition to playing himself in the film, he also needs to play another version of himself, which is like putting himself and another self. It's like performing together.