Made in Hollywood

In the pull room of Warner Studios, Anna Prinz left her seat, walked to the projector, cut off the power, and the small screen returned to calm. John Schwartzman, who was sitting near the door, pressed the switch, and the curtains automatically rose. Up, the room returned to light.

Recalling the screen of the second audition, Duke said slowly, "Everyone, please express your opinion, we always have to determine the heroine from the last few candidates."

Due to his visit to Edward Air Force Base, Duke missed the second audition for the heroine. The audition was hosted by Anna Prinz. He was also very relieved that there was a live video, and it was not too late to determine the heroine.

"I don't think Rosamund Pike is suitable." Charles Rowan, who oversees the crew and has a say in the selection of the main cast, gave the reason immediately after speaking, "She is an Englishman."

Under normal circumstances, it is not a problem for the British to play a typical American character, but this is the beginning of the whole big plan of Marvel. Charles Rowan, who is slightly conservative, considers the whole and discards any unnecessary risks. Totally understandable.

There are no Englishmen here, let alone the so-called English Rose plot, so no one objected to what Charles Rowan said.

"If you have no objections..." Duke looked at the core members of his team and said, "Rosamand Pike ruled it out."

Subsequently, Amanda Seyfried, who was recommended by peripheral marketer Pete Ke, was also rejected for only one reason. She was too young to meet the requirements of a mature female assistant.

Anna Prinz flipped through her credentials and said, "I don't think Amy Adams would be a good fit either."

She paused briefly and gave her reason, "Amy Adams is too short, and her baby face is not mature enough. I don't think it is suitable for a business woman."

"Actually, Gwyneth Paltrow is pretty good." John Schwartz said suddenly, "There is no problem with temperament and acting skills, but it's just unbearable on set."

There was no objection to what they said, and Duke gradually realized that he obviously missed something in the second audition for the heroine he did not participate in. Anna Prinz, Charles Rowan and John Schwartzman seemed to have the same goal.

"Say it". Duke looked directly at Anna Prinz, "Who is your favorite?"

"Rachel McAdams." Anna Prinz finished, and also gave her own reasons, "No matter her acting skills or her personal temperament, she is very in line with Pepper Wave's setting, the only trouble is Hair color. But she agreed to dye her hair honey blonde."

Several other people also nodded in agreement.

After taking a sip of coffee, Duke recalled the audition screen of Rachel McAdams. Although the actress is not American, she is North American, regardless of whether the relationship between the United States and Canada is official. The relationship between the people is very close, and it is often replaced by the general name of North America, especially the film industry. The Canadian film market has never existed in the world, only the North American film market.

Consider all aspects of the situation. Duke finally said, "Just her, Charles, negotiate with her as soon as possible."

The last important actor candidate is determined. This pull-out party also came to an end. When Duke and the others went out, John Schwartzman walked beside him. The director of photography, who recently inspired to lose weight, seemed to have lost some weight.

The two talked about photography as they walked.

"John, according to my vision, there will be some selfies of Tony Stark in the film."

Seeing Anna Prinz on the other side approaching, Duke couldn't help raising his voice a little and said, "We use the first-person perspective to show Tony Stark's process of making and experimenting with the steel suit."

"Don't worry." John Schwartzman was full of information. "It's just a small problem for me."

For a top Hollywood director of photography, this is really not difficult. The reason why Duke set this up is to increase the audience's sense of substitution.

The sense of substitution is very important for superhero movies.

The audience experience not only the story and special effects, but also follow the characters on the screen to save the world together.

Duke continued to explain as he walked, "Some changes should also be made in terms of photography style. For any scenes with steel suits, I require the lens to have a metallic texture."

"I'll find a solution." John Schwartzman nodded. "A week at most, Duke, and you'll see results."

For John Schwartzman, who has worked together for more than ten years, Duke has always been at ease. After walking out of the studio, the conversation between the two gradually turned away from work.

After leaving the studio, John Schwartzman looked at the scorching sun above his head. The California air baked by the July sun was like a steamer. He tugged on his oversized T-shirt and suddenly said to Duke, "Actually, During my second audition, I thought of a better actor for Pepper Wave than Rachel McAdams."

Turning his head, Duke looked at John Schwartzman suspiciously.

Anna Pritz, who was walking on the other side of Duke, couldn't help but ask curiously, "Who is it, John? Why didn't you bring it up earlier?"

"It's not that I don't want to mention it, it's that we can't ask for it at all." John Schwartzman showed a weird smile, deliberately trying to hang his appetite, and then said, "Anna, what do you think of Tina?"

Anna Prinz couldn't help rolling her eyes. This is indeed a very suitable candidate. It is enough to just perform in her true colors, but what will they use to invite Tina Fey? If the other party wanted to be an actor, I am afraid that he would have already become a Hollywood star.

Reaching out and pointing at John Schwartzman, Duke didn't bother to talk about him, he just got into the driver's seat of a battery car, waited for Anna Prinz and Charles Rowan to get on, then started the car and drove out of Warner. The studio, changing to a commercial vehicle in the parking lot, rushes towards the Hollywood area. They will meet with representatives of the Hollywood Business Association. In the future, the film will be shot in the Hollywood area.

In the previous movie, the battle was only limited to the vicinity of Stark's factory, but Duke moved the film's location out of New York, pulled the Greater Los Angeles area on the West Coast, and of course destroyed some famous landmarks on the West Coast. .

The Golden Gate Bridge is a bit far, and Las Vegas is not close, so the Walk of Fame is undoubtedly a good choice.

Of course, the shooting is just framing, the real destruction shots will be composited by ILM using CGI.

The special effects of this film are divided into two parts, all props and general computer special effects are handled by Industrial Light and Magic, while Tony Stark's live action capture, Duke is handed over to Weta Studio, which is better at this aspect .

The people who joined the Hollywood Business Association carefully circled around the Walk of Fame. Duke has been extremely busy with work and life these years. It has not been a long time since they have been shopping in the Hollywood area as carefully as they are now. Take a look around the Highland Commercial Center and the Hollywood Chinese Theater. If there is no accident, this will be the place where the battle between Tony Stark and Obadiah Stan will be affected in the future.

However, these are all secondary battlefields, and the final battle between the positive and negative factions will eventually return to the Ark Reactor.

"Director Rosenberg..."

Returning to the office of the Hollywood Business Association, when Duke and the others were about to leave, a person in charge of the association deliberately came over, "Are you interested in the Walk of Fame?"

The other party mentioned the stars on the Avenue of Stars, Duke naturally understood this, smiled and said, "Mr. Ball, I don't know how many stars you are going to grant me?"

Just when the person in charge was slightly taken aback, Duke left the Hollywood Business Association.

If it was 20 years ago or even more than 10 years ago, the name of the Walk of Fame was full of attraction to those who worked hard in Hollywood. At that time, the people who applied to the Hollywood Business Association were so brilliant that they were enough to dazzle the eyes of people.

However, since the late 1990s, Hollywood's big-name stars, directors, screenwriters and producers have become less and less motivated to apply for stars from the Hollywood Business Association, and even first-line stars have lost much interest. When the news of the Avenue came out, it was basically when their films or records were being promoted, the name Avenue of Stars was no longer a symbol of glory, but became part of the commercial claim.

In fact, this is no wonder anyone, it is completely self-inflicted by the Hollywood Business Association. I don’t know when it started, as long as you pay a sum of money to the association, you can get the stars on the Avenue of Stars, although the location will definitely not be very good, but this is different from The daily maintenance fees paid by celebrities are completely different. This completely commercial approach also destroys some of the things that the Avenue of Stars represents.

In a position like Duke, it is not necessary to have a name on the Avenue of Stars, let alone apply for it. If the position is not good enough, even if the Hollywood Business Association takes the initiative to invite him, he will refuse without hesitation.

In fact, there are not a few people doing this in recent years. Many big-name stars and directors have rejected the invitation of the Hollywood Business Association.

Of course, Duke would consider it if the business association would give him a star for screenwriter, director, editor and producer.

After leaving the Hollywood area, Duke and Charles Rowan went to the Hughes Aircraft Factory, where several hangars have basically become super-large studios in recent years.

Following the "Batman: Time for War" shooting here, Duke put some of the "Iron Man" construction scenes in the hangar, the most important of which is the cave where the terrorists imprisoned Tony Stark. .

Duke is a very mature team, and the entire preparatory work is proceeding in an orderly manner. (To be continued ~^~)

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