Made in Hollywood

"The Joker believes that everyone is evil and that there is no trust to exist, he only needs to 'nudge people' and everyone will give up justice and become selfish and ugly, so he betrays others and even kills his comrades. ."

Taking the coffee cup Scarlett handed over, Duke said in detail, "In the setting of the script, the clown's 'nudge' weapon is the fear in people's hearts, he believes that everyone loves themselves And your loved ones, as long as you threaten their lives, then everyone will give up their original bottom line and become demons."

Duke finally said, "One of the Joker's pursuits is to break through everyone's bottom line."

Scarlett seemed to understand something and asked curiously, "According to you, the Joker is the protagonist of The Dark Knight."

"The actual situation is similar."

In the previous movie, Heath Ledger's performance was excellent, but the setting of the clown was the key. It was this role that gave Heath Ledger the opportunity to explode his acting skills.

In "The Dark Knight", Christian Bale's performance cannot be said to be bad, but when he encountered such a character against the sky, he was completely suppressed.

To a certain extent, the film's acting is a little off balance.

However, this is Batman after all. Even if it is dressed in a dark and realistic police and gangster style, it is still an uncompromising Batman movie, and Bruce Wayne will naturally steal the audience's attention.

With the official establishment of the "Dark Knight" project, a series of preliminary preparations have been carried out one after another.

First of all, the initial estimated production cost of the film is 150 million US dollars. Since Doug Walter chose to support Duke, he must support him without reservation, and Duke has never been a bottomless director like James Cameron. , Warner Bros. will also be based on Duke's follow-up needs. Appropriate additional investment.

On the day of the press conference, the 50 million US dollars used for the initial start-up went to the account of the third-party insurance company.

Although third-party guarantees will bring certain troubles, Duke has been used to shooting under this system for so many years.

After the funds arrive. Duke first auditioned for two major new additions, with well-known actors, including Nicolas Cage and Heath Ledger, auditioning for Harvey Dent and the Joker.

After only one round of auditions, Duke finalized Nicholas Cage, the former Oscar winner who has a tendency to become the king of bad movies, although the script and projects have been too flooded in recent years, resulting in both word-of-mouth and acting performance. keep slipping. At that time, the acting skills of the Oscar-winning actor were still there. As long as the state can maintain a normal level, it is not difficult to cope with a role like Harvey Dent.

The only thing that worries Duke a little bit is Nicolas Cage's old problem. When he's in good shape, he can almost compete with Tom Hanks. When in bad shape, even worse than Orlando Bloom.

And his state is always good and bad, and the performance in the same movie can be different from heaven to earth.

But Duke has worked with many actors over the years and can be said to be very experienced. He has certain confidence in himself and Nicholas Cage, who is in urgent need of self-redemption.

In order to deal with the role of two-faced man, Nicolas Cage after passing the audition. Proving his positive attitude too, he signed up for a psychology tutoring class and decided to study schizophrenia for his role.

Obviously, Nicolas Cage knew. This cooperation with Duke will be a rare opportunity for him to turn around.

Of course, Duke will not deny that he can choose Nicolas Cage from so many actors, on the one hand, his acting skills and image are still guaranteed; on the other hand, it is because of Sofia Coppola.

This is Hollywood, and human relationships within the rules often play an important role, which is also an important reason why actors and directors from acting families are more likely to get ahead.

Even if this is a business society, no one can deny the role of the network of connections.

The role of the clown also has many well-known actors competing.

Robin Williams, Reich Hallmy, Paul Bettany and Oscar winner Adrien Brody all participated in the audition, and they also showed their affection to the crew in public, expressing their interest in playing the "Joker" interest.

Perhaps it was a preconceived idea, or perhaps Heath Ledger's audition was really good. Duke gave up Adrien Brody, who would rather reduce his salary to $500,000, and chose Heath Ledger.

The big-nosed Jewish actor's acting skills are not bad, but even if he has an Oscar winner, he is actually similar to Heath Ledger. He has basically no commercial appeal. Heath Ledger's own salary is not high. Under similar conditions, Duke could not find any reason to choose Adrien Brody.

It's just that Duke didn't expect that the crew had just signed a formal actor contract with Heath Ledger, and the Australian actor came to him specifically and made a request.

"Director Rosenberg..."

Seeing Heath Ledger sitting shyly across the desk, Duke interrupted him, "Duke, just call me Duke."

Heath Ledger, who was clearly an introvert, forced a smile and said, "Duke, can I stay out of the set?"

"Why?" Duke frowned.

"I think the Joker is a very special character."

Heath Ledger's shyness vanished without a trace when it came to the character he was going to portray in front of the camera. "I wanted to find a quiet, completely undisturbed environment to take the time to study the character."

Hearing this, Duke couldn't help but take a serious look at Heath Ledger. This is a young and handsome actor. His bright eyes are hidden by a few strands of blond hair, but it reveals a kind of actor who really likes when he meets him. The kind of frenzy of the character.

Since he planned to use Heath Ledger, Duke had made him known, and no one would have thought that such a sunny-faced actor had been addicted to drugs for several years.

Many people were moved by the clown, and they comforted themselves that Heath Ledger had to take drugs because he was too involved in the play, leading to overdose death, but the reality was not like this at all...

Shaking his head in his heart, Duke didn't say much, and nodded in agreement with Heath Ledger's request.

In the information he made known, Heath Ledger was not only introverted, but also very sensitive. He hated being mentioned about his privacy. Duke knew very well that even if he wanted to remind him of something, now was not the time.

After all, the two are just a simple business partnership.

In Hollywood, the relationship between actors and directors, and between actors and actors, is far more complicated than one might imagine.

Many things can never be put into practice if you want to do it.

Only people with water in their heads will naively think that if they want to be friends with a well-known actor, the other party will definitely become friends.

Yes, countless Hollywood actors want to work with Duke, but they don't necessarily want to be friends with him.

Having said that, with Duke's character, even if the other party intends to befriend him, he will look at it several times with a scrutiny eye.

Just like Nicolas Cage, Duke would never have taken the initiative to pull him if Sofia Coppola hadn't spoken.

Heath Ledger was sent away, Duke left Duke Studios, and went to Warner Studios.

Similar to "Batman: Hour of War", the shooting of "The Dark Knight" is mainly divided into three parts. The first part is the set-up in the studio of Warner Studios, and the second part is the transformation of the Hughes Aircraft Factory hangar studio. The third part was shooting on location in Chicago.

At present, the preliminary inspection team of the crew has also divided Duke into three parts. Anna Prinz is responsible for the scene construction of Warner Studios and Hughes Aircraft Factory, and John Schwartzman takes people to Chicago to inspect the location shooting area. , Duke and Charles Rowan Prime Minister and review the preliminary work.

The preparatory time for this film is planned to be 100 days and the filming time is 3 months. Like the previous two films, Duke strives to catch up with the beginning of the summer season next year.

Scene construction can not be completed in a short period of time. Many different scenes can also be built while shooting. In contrast, the shapes of Batman, Joker, Harvey Dent and others must be determined as soon as possible.

Because they will continue to use Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Lawrence Fishburne and Anne Hathaway actors from the previous film, their costume design is relatively quicker.

The Joker and Batman are the focus, especially Batman, many of his equipment will be updated, and Lamborghini, the sponsor of the film, also needs to design a cool Batmobile based on the Batmobile.

In addition, Batman's suit has to be redesigned and manufactured. Duke will limit Bruce Wayne's ability. He is just an ordinary person with excellent skills. If he wants to move faster, the bat suit can only be thinner and thinner. simplify.

IMAX also sent two huge IMAX cameras, and a technical team was also stationed on the set to help the crew get acquainted with the equipment when John Schwartzman returned from Chicago.

These IMAX cameras are several times larger than ordinary cameras. How to use these bulky big guys to shoot those impactful shots in the film is also a problem Duke needs to consider.

Duke is a complete novice when it comes to IAMX camera technology.

However, he has always been a person who knows how to learn, and also knows that IMAX production technology is the trend of future development. After he is busy with his work, he frequently asks the technical engineers of IMAX for advice.

Throughout July, Duke was busy with the preparatory work for The Dark Knight, but when the preparatory work took shape in early August, the summer season in North America had already ended, and Iron Man became the North American film market in the summer of 2006. Biggest winner. (To be continued ~^~)

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