Millennium director

"Click! Perfect!"

Wu Yuan poked his head out from behind the monitor and gave Rachel a thumbs up.

At this time, a banquet scene was being filmed. Rachel was wearing a gorgeous dress and looked very beautiful.

It must be said that the producer is still very good. The casting of "Doctor Strange" is indeed quite suitable for the characters, which made Wu Yuan's filming much smoother.

But in just over ten days, the scenes in New York were almost all filmed.

Stephen Strange's arrogant life before the car accident, his decadence after the accident, and the various things that happened when he returned to New York after becoming a wizard were basically filmed.

Of course, the most important scenes of the New York Sanctuary were also filmed.

The props department of the crew did a great job. The New York Sanctuary, which was completely made from scratch, fully met the requirements of "mystery, heritage, and high-end feeling".

And now Benedict Cumberbatch has become the Doctor Strange wearing a magic cloak.

Waving at Benedict, Wu Yuan said with a smile: "Benedict, Marvel's choice of you to play Doctor Strange is absolutely the right one. You are just like someone who walked out of a comic book."

"You know, there is a saying in Asia called "comic book guy". You are a comic book guy in a sense."

Wu Yuan's appreciation for Benedict can be said to be obvious. He really likes this actor very much, and after filming for such a long time, he also recognizes his acting skills and the fit of the role.

No wonder "Doctor Strange" can become one of the few characters that can still carry the banner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the post-Marvel era (second only to Holland's Spider-Man).

"I hope we can have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

"Doctor Strange" has not even been finished, and Wu Yuan is already thinking about cooperating again in the future.

It is true that among so many European and American actors he has worked with, only two actors can be appreciated by Wu Yuan.

One is Mads Mikkelsen, who is a professional, reliable actor with no bad habits in real life. The last advantage is especially rare in Hollywood.

Benedict Cumberbatch is an upgraded version of Mads Mikkelsen. He not only has all the advantages of Mads Mikkelsen, but is also a very British gentleman with excellent self-cultivation.

Let's put it this way, working with such an actor, whether in filming or in life, will be very pleasant, and even enjoyable.

This made Wu Yuan, who had just come to Hollywood and worked with actors like Depp, tearful!

Of course, Matt is also a good actor, and he is also very happy to get along with him privately.

But Wu Yuan still prefers Benedict Cumberbatch, and he is even thinking about whether he can work with this excellent actor again.

Unfortunately, after thinking about it, Wu Yuan didn't think of any good foreign language films worth shooting.

La La Land is actually quite good, but the film should be in preparation for shooting now, so it is definitely too late.

After La La Land, Hollywood has not produced any excellent films. Moonlight may be good, but Wu Yuan is not interested in such films involving sexual orientation.

Green Book is even better, but it is a very American film, involving the special social problems and sensitive focuses of the United States itself. To be honest, it has nothing to do with Wu Yuan, a Chinese, and the protagonist is not suitable for Benedict.

The remaining films such as The Blink of an Eye and The Shape of Water are even more dominated by the heroine, and the male protagonist has nothing to do at all.

In addition to these films that will win the Oscars in the next few years, Wu Yuan has not paid much attention to other Hollywood films in the next few years, and has not seen many of them.

There is no way. In the world of dreams, Wu Yuan has been busy with his career in the past few years. He has become an executive director in China and is working hard to make his own movies and move towards the position of a real chief director.

In addition, the Chinese film industry has been developing rapidly in recent years. The domestic film industry alone is changing with each passing day. Who would pay attention to Hollywood, which is deeply mired in the quagmire of political correctness?

As for the European film industry, let alone, it has completely weakened to the point where it can no longer make a sound in the world, and Wu Yuan has no intention of making a pure art film.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan felt very regretful in his heart. It is estimated that Wu Yuan will not have the opportunity to work with Benedict in the future unless he continues to shoot "Doctor Strange 2".

Speaking of which, the reputation of "Doctor Strange 2" is also quite good, and the elements of the multiverse are also played very well. If you want to continue to maintain your Hollywood influence, perhaps continuing to take on this movie is also a good choice.

After all, in the future, apart from superhero movies, Hollywood will no longer have other blockbusters that can sweep the world.

The blockbusters such as "The Matrix", "Jurassic", "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter", and "Pirates of the Caribbean" that swept the world are already yesterday's flowers.

The last Hollywood blockbuster with a purely original IP was Spielberg's "Ready Player One". There were no more such original blockbusters after that. If Wu Yuan wanted to continue to maintain Hollywood's influence, he could only shoot Marvel's works.

In an instant, Wu Yuan immediately understood why even an Oscar-winning actress had to play a supporting role in Marvel. There was really no better choice.

Looking at Benedict with a regretful look, Wu Yuan patted his shoulder when he was confused and at a loss, "Keep shooting!"

Ten days later, Rachel successfully finished filming, and the crew of "Doctor Strange" completed the New York part of the filming and prepared to move again.

This time, the crew had to cross the entire Pacific Ocean and returned to Asia, heading to Hong Kong Island for the next stage of filming.

This arrangement is unreasonable. Logically, it should go to Hong Kong Island after the filming in Nepal, and then go to New York. This "journey" is in order.

But filming is not tourism. The filming of "Doctor Strange" in Hong Kong Island is the most troublesome and complicated, and it will also be the most labor-intensive, so more preparation is needed.

In the script, there is a street battle scene in Hong Kong Island. The road is 180 meters long. This scene includes 35 stores. The difficulty of shooting a battle scene is one of the most difficult action scenes in Marvel Studios.

This scene was shot in several stages, destroying, restoring to its original state, and then gradually destroying.

In order to film this destruction scene, 350 tons of rubble are expected to be used in the filming.

These preparations alone are very time-consuming. Under various calculations and arrangements, the crew needs to shoot the New York scenes first before going to Hong Kong Island to shoot.

During the Chinese Lunar New Year, the "Doctor Strange" crew came to Hong Kong Island, an oriental free port. (End of this chapter)