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Actually, Rachel McAdams has nothing to do in the scenes in Kathmandu, as her main scenes are in New York.

But she is happy to join the crew in advance and follow the crew to shoot in many places.

Apart from anything else, the exotic scenery of Kathmandu alone is worth her special trip.

But when the official shooting starts, she has nothing to do. The scenes in Kathmandu mainly revolve around Stephen Strange who was injured in a car accident and came here to seek treatment, then met Baron Mordo, met the Ancient One under his leadership, and then stepped into the mysterious realm.

Several actors who have scenes got up early in the morning to do makeup, and then started today's shooting on the streets of Kathmandu.

The shooting of the first scene mainly shows Stephen Strange aimlessly looking for Kamar-Taj on the streets of Kathmandu with disheveled hair and dirty faces.

This scene is not complicated, and it is just right to warm up as the first scene of the start of shooting.

Even during the filming, Wu Yuan had time to chat with Wang Xueqi and tease him about his makeup.

At this time, Wang Xueqi had already done a makeup that matched his identity as the "Ancient Master", mainly white beard and white hair, plus a retro white coat with some mysterious runes painted on it.

This is the image of the Ancient Master in the comics.

Not to mention, Wang Xueqi, under the care of the makeup teacher, has restored the comic image quite well.

In addition, for Europeans and Americans, Asians look similar, and Wang Xueqi can definitely fit the image of the Ancient Master in the hearts of most Marvel comics fans, making them shout that the restoration is very high!

"Teacher Wang, this outfit suits you quite well."

"Sage-like."

Sitting in front of the monitor, Wu Yuan checked the material that Benedict Cumberbatch had just shot, while chatting with Wang Xueqi who was sitting next to him waiting for the scene.

It was also the first time that Wu Yuan saw Wang Xueqi's finalized look.

Generally speaking, before filming a movie, when selecting actors, they will first let the actors wear the prepared costumes and take some photos to see if they are suitable, and then consider whether to adjust the makeup based on the photos, or simply replace the actors if they are not satisfied.

For example, the makeup photos of Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange were taken a few months ago, and it was only after Wu Yuan personally reviewed them that he was finally confirmed to play the role.

But Wang Xueqi did not experience this. After Wu Yuan called to invite him to play the role, he was directly confirmed. Even Marvel and Disney on the other side of the ocean did not hesitate and fully trusted him.

Now it seems that this trust is still no problem. After Wang Xueqi put on makeup, he is fully competent and even looks like he walked out of a comic book. There is no need to worry at all.

Wang Xueqi himself was worried that he would not act well. Even when he was waiting for the scene, he was holding Marvel's "Doctor Strange" comics in his hands and reading them. He even read the original English version because there was no Chinese version of this thing. There were Chinese translation groups on the Internet, but you can't expect an old man who is almost 70 years old to read comics on a smartphone. This is a torture for both the operation and the eyes.

The reason why he read the comics instead of the script is because the description of the Ancient One in the script and the background are not much.

In the movie "Doctor Strange", the role of the Ancient One is basically a newcomer guide NPC. He guided Stephen Strange into the magic world, taught him a lot of things, and then said a lot of confusing and mysterious words, and then died, so that Stephen Strange, who had just left the novice village, had to go to the world-class Boss Dormammu.

No matter how many people later analyzed whether the Ancient One was fake dead, analyzed the difference between the Ancient One in the movie universe and the comic universe, and variously dissed this role.

Anyway, in the movie, the Ancient One was basically invisible throughout the whole process except for pretending to be cool in front of Stephen Strange when he first met him. There was no plot of mental journey or character transformation.

So in order to play this role well, Wang Xueqi could only read the original comics and try to get a deeper understanding of the Ancient One from the comics, so that he could perform the connotation of the "shallow" character in the script.

Compared with the pale movie, the Ancient One in the comics is not only more cool, but also has a complete background image, with a lot to explore.

But even the director Wu Yuan didn't care too much.

After all, in the movie, the Ancient One is really just a novice guide, and he can finish filming after completing his own guidance work.

Later, in the movie universe, his only appearance again was in the final battle, when the Hulk took the time machine back to the New York battle node, and was stopped by the Ancient One to talk.

This role is not important in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and there is no subsequent story to continue.

Perhaps this is why Marvel and Disney agreed so readily to Wu Yuan's invitation to Wang Xueqi to play.

As an actor who has worked with Wu Yuan many times and is somewhat famous in Hollywood, Wang Xueqi's participation can not only bring more Asian box office to the film, but also not affect the subsequent development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What is there to refuse?

"Teacher Wang, don't put too much pressure on yourself." Wu Yuan shrugged and said in a relaxed tone: "With your acting skills, it is definitely a piece of cake to play this role. It doesn't matter whether you read the comics or not."

"It's okay, this comic is pretty good." Wang Xueqi shook the comic book in his hand and said with some emotion: "I didn't have much chance to read comics when I was young, and now it can be regarded as making up for the regret."

"Okay." Having said that, Wu Yuan naturally couldn't say anything more and devoted himself to the filming.

In the afternoon, Wang Xueqi came on stage and began to film the scene where the Ancient One and Stephen Strange met.

Just as Wu Yuan said, Wang Xueqi, who has been working in the acting industry for decades, played such an easy role, and it was really easy for him to play it. He just showed his skills a little, and the effect was better than the original female Ancient One.

After all, as a Chinese, Wang Xueqi actually knows how to play such a mysterious role like "Bodhi Patriarch" and "Sweeping Monk".

It's a professional match.

In the next few days, the filming went very smoothly. The crew also went to the Himalayas to shoot some snow scenes, as well as the scene where the Ancient One took Stephen Strange to the snowy mountains to eat snow.

Wu Yuan didn't know whether this part of the original version was shot with special effects or real shots. Anyway, he chose real shots. Benedict Cumberbatch was really thrown on the snowy mountain. He was wearing thin clothes and blowing the cold wind for several hours until his nose turned red.

In this way, the crew successfully shot in Nepal for ten days and basically completed this part of the scene. Originally, in the movie, the Nepal scene was just an introduction.

Soon, the crew packed their luggage and moved to London to shoot the scene of the London Sanctuary.

This time the shooting was faster, and it was completed in just one week in London. The crew moved to New York again and began to shoot the story of Stephen Strange before the car accident and after returning from Kamar-Taj.

The heroine Rachel finally appeared on the stage and began to shoot her scenes. (End of this chapter)