Made in Hollywood

"Compared to the female vampire in Underworld, my character is still a normal person."

Scarlett Johansson, who had finished her makeup, stood beside Duke, watching the rest of the crew busy debugging the equipment, it seemed that some of the problems of the past were about to raise their heads, "Selina is almost a thousand years old, Nata. Sha Normanov is less than a hundred years old."

She grimaced and said to Duke, "Why do you have to make my character so old?"

Duke was too lazy to answer her and didn't even turn his head.

"Could it be that female characters like Serena are popular now?" Scarlett seemed to be muttering to herself, but her voice was so loud that Duke could hear, "Selina is taking a cold and glamorous route, with Natasha Norman. Manoff's style is different."

"That's right." Duke finally said, "Natasha Normanoff and Serena are two completely different characters."

Probably hearing Duke's serious tone, Scarlett Johansson also changed the attitude of discussing her work, "My role is a close combat expert..."

"Not exactly, Scarlett." Duke was discussing the role with her at all, "Natasha Normanov is not a close combat master, but a murderer, she has received rigorous training in the former Soviet Union. , all she has learned is the deadly attack ability, she also fought side by side with Captain America on the battlefield of World War II, and she has seen enough cruelty and blood..."

Unlike the former agent Natasha Normanoff, Duke has adopted a cartoon description in her character setting.

Like Steve Rogers, Natasha Normanov, who was once tested by the former Soviet Union and Hydra, will also be an ageless monster.

Of course, Duke still uses some of the elements he likes, such as Natasha Normanoff who will molest many of the next superheroes.

but. This female spy will adhere to a basic principle - love is a child's trick - there will be no emotional dramas that are so bloody that people can't look directly.

Filming was still a while away, and Scarlett stood by Duke's side, discussing some questions about the character and the film with him.

Duke also told her directly about her request, "Scarlett, your character is as deadly as your nickname."

"Are you sure such a female character would be welcomed?"

Hearing Scarlett's question, Duke simply said something. "How many people don't like action scenes with pretty sexy women?"

"Yeah, Angelina Jolie's "Tomb Raiders" and Kate Beckinsale's "Underworld" have a good response." Scarlett seemed to think of something, and added, "I heard that DC Comics and Warner Bros. The brothers are also interested in making a live-action Wonder Woman movie."

"Not for now." Duke shook his head, "I rejected it."

Scarlett, aware of Duke's right to speak in the DC Comics series, can't help but wonder, "Why?"

"Because Anna Prinz is different from Laura Crawford, Serena and Natasha Normanoff. She's too feminist."

Speaking of which, Duke briefly explained a few words, "Why did Anna Prinz become the most famous female superhero? Not only because of her early appearance, but also because of her indelible feminist label."

"However, her cartoons are very popular." Scarlett answered.

Duke crossed his arms. Continuing to explain the reason, "comics and movies are completely different carriers. The effect of the latter is more direct and shocking, although female audiences are on the rise. Even in some love or light comedy movies, it can account for 60% of the market share. But the scale of investment in superhero movies has determined that female audiences alone cannot support the market.”

"How to deal with Anna Prinz's feminist thoughts and speeches will be a big problem." Duke added, "If you move closer to the setting of the comics, you will definitely lose a lot of male audiences. But give up the feminist color, comic fans and those who Feminist organizations, I'm afraid it will bring a lot of trouble."

"Do you want to give up the movie version of "Wonder Woman"?" Scarlett seemed a little unwilling.

Duke shook his head, "I can't talk about giving up, it's just that the current time period is not suitable, and there will be opportunities in the future."

Films are deeply influenced by the social environment. With the continuous rise of the feminist movement, feminist films that are not currently welcomed by the mainstream market will inevitably change in the future.

Strictly speaking, "Wonder Woman" is indeed the most difficult to shoot among the three giants of justice, and its difficulty is even greater than that of "Superman". Anna Prinz's demigod status will first affect the sense of substitution. Thoughts and language above men are even more in conflict with this patriarchal society.

"Ready."

Duke's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the assistant director's notification. He nodded to Scarlett Johansson and walked back to the director's monitor.

Scarlett Johansson, who was wearing a tight-fitting special suit, found action director Jimmy Carter, who was mainly responsible for the next action scenes.

This part of the scene is not complicated. It tells that during the final battle, Agent Coulson wanted to lead someone to arrest Obadiah Stan. The other party's mercenary team was besieged, and Natasha Normanoff, who was undercover in Stark's company, arrived in time, killed and defeated the mercenaries in close combat, and rescued Pepper Botz and Cole. Agent Sen.

The shooting started very quickly. Like all action scenes, this fight scene of Natasha Normanov was dismantled into countless clips. The action scenes in the film, in addition to the pre-training and rehearsal of the actors, rely more on post-editing.

Whether it is a Hong Kong movie or a Hollywood action movie, the action scenes without action editing are basically fake and terrible.

Jimmy Carter stole Yuan Heping and incorporated some action elements from Hong Kong into modern fighting. After being tempered by several movies, he gradually began to mature. Combining the characteristics of comics, he specially tailored some sharp and aggressive styles for Scarlett. Direct fighting style.

Natasha Normanoff's action scenes are nothing fancy, all the shots are to kill the enemy, and the various equipment she is equipped with are all carefully crafted by the props team for personal combat.

Generally speaking, if this fighting method is not matched with the blood-heavy scenes, the effect in the camera is actually not good, but this film is definitely not blood-sucking, otherwise the PG-13 rating will definitely be in vain , in case the film is rated R, it will lose a lot of teenage audiences.

But at the end of the day's shooting, Duke simply edited these scenes and found that Natasha Normanoff's action scenes were as attractive as he expected. Tony Stark's limelight.

The reason is very, very simple. Those fierce fighting methods look simple and don't seem to be much ornamental, but when the person who used them was Scarlett Johansson, everything changed.

How pleasing to the eye is it for a sexy and beautiful woman to use extremely sharp techniques to shuttle and attack among the enemies that are several times her size?

In Duke's view, Scarlett Johansson is enough to make many hormonal teenagers get nosebleeds.

Of course, only a handful of these action scenes were done by Scarlett herself.

In fact, it is very easy to distinguish. All the shots with clear facial close-ups were done by Scarlett Johansson herself, and those shots with the back, side and long hair covering her face were all done by two substitutes.

And among the two avatars, there is also a male avatar whose back is very similar to Scarlett, who is specially responsible for completing those extremely difficult movements.

When the film was released, those male audiences who were drooling over Scarlett Johansson's sexy back must not have thought that the object of their fantasy at that moment was a man at all.

But that's the movie, and that's the magic of the movie.

Although several months of preparatory work have been done, Scarlett's role is not very large. This movie is called "Iron Man", not "Black Widow". She is just one of the key characters in connecting the Avengers.

Among the people who appeared in this episode, in addition to Natasha Normanoff, Agent Coulson and their boss Nick Fury, Tony Stark also mentioned his father's past in some of his lines. , such as Howard Stark not only fought side by side with Steve Rogers, he was also a good friend...

However, this is just the beginning of a big series. Many things are only mentioned briefly, and I won't do too much explanation. After all, there will be a series of films that will be filmed and produced later.

After about ten days of filming, Scarlett Johansson's scene gradually came to an end.

The set was dark, and the pre-dawn light came in through the window, and Scarlett Johansson stood beside Samuel L. Jackson in a one-eyed dragon costume.

"Mr. Stark, do you think you are the only superhero in the world?"

Facing his question, Robert Downey Jr. turned his eyes to Scarlett Johansson, "I never thought so, isn't there a female superhero standing beside you?"

He put on a somewhat angry look, "Why did you come to my company to go undercover? Who are you?"

"I'm a person worthy of your trust." Scarlett Johansson looked at him straight, as if she wanted to find someone's shadow, but finally gave up and said, "I and your father Howard Stark Fighting alongside Captain America Steve Rogers..."

"How is this possible?" Tony Stark was a little surprised.

Scarlett gave him a few pictures, which showed a big green man going crazy on the ice sheet, "We were tracking him and found the plane under the glacier, we need your help, we need you to wear a steel suit. Go deep into the ice and rescue your father's best friend!"

There is no doubt that this is Duke's Easter egg for the film. (To be continued ~^~)

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