People in the apartment: Zhuge Monkey King got pregnant at the beginning!

The time came on March 16, 1998.

Philadelphia.

in a certain crew.

"Tut-tut, unbelievable, unbelievable, Martin, how did you guess the box office trend of this film?".

The fat-headed, big-eared Harvey Weinstar smacked his lips in surprise as he looked at the newspaper, and he was surprised to look at Martin's gaze.

Martin shrugged his shoulders, "Intuition!".

Harvey put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "It seems that after our movie is finished, we should also ask you to predict the box office, maybe the box office of our movie will also come according to your prediction." They all say that your mouth was kissed by God, and you have half the credit for the box office of this big ship!".

Although Martin knew that this was just a compliment from Harvey, he secretly shouted in his heart: Actually, I really can!

Harvey looked out the window, it was raining continuously, and the whole city looked gloomy, and he couldn't help but sigh

"Seriously, why did you put the story in Philadelphia and Los Angeles in the script?".

Martin also looked at the light rain outside the window and said lightly

"There's a gloomy air to the city that fits well with the tone of the film, which is not found in sunny Los Angeles. Actually, I would have preferred to set the story in London, but considering the cost, I chose Philadelphia in the end. "

"Well, you have a point. "

Harvey Weinstein, who hasn't yet begun to swell, is indeed a good talker.

............

Old houses, old streets, gloomy skies, trees on both sides of the streets, inadvertently always fall a few yellow leaves......

Although it was early spring, Philadelphia was still feeling cool.

It gives people a bleak feeling, like a yellowed old photo.

M. Knight Shyamalan stood at the end of the street, looked at the viewfinder in front of him, and nodded slightly, it felt good here.

M. Knight Shyamalan, an Indian-American, is also a screenwriter and producer.

Born on August 6, 1970, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, M. Knight Shyamalan moved to the United States with his parents at an early age and grew up in the affluent Penn Valley on the outskirts of Philadelphia.

At the age of eight, after watching "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Shyamalan idolized Steven Spielberg and aspired to be a director.

In the same year, his father gave him an 8mm camera as a birthday present.

By the time he was fifteen, he had shot forty-five short films with the camera and began writing feature film scripts.

In 1989, Shyamalan was admitted to the film department of New York University.

In 1992, after graduating from New York University's film department, Shyamalan made his first film, "Angry Prayer," which was funded by his family for $750,000, about his return to India to visit his birthplace.

After that, Shyamalan joined Hollywood and began his life as a hard-working man in the mecca of the world's cinema.

After directing two independent films, his abilities were quickly appreciated by studios.

Well, of course, his family's financial support behind it is also indispensable.

Well, maybe the latter is the main thing.

In 1996, Shyamalan's first theatrical film, "A Basket of Imps," was released, which tells the story of a Catholic student who traces the cause of his grandfather's death.

The reputation of the movie is acceptable, but as for the box office, it is difficult to say.

Judging from the title, this film seems to be a happy comedy like "Home Alone", but it is actually a philosophical film, although there are some comedy elements, but there are too many private goods entrained by Shyamalan in the film, which makes the finished film seem a little nondescript.

In the end, the box office of the film was only 258,000 US dollars, and the investment of the film was 5.5 million US dollars, although most of it was invested by the Shyamalan family.

The failure of this film almost made Shyamalan think that his career as a Hollywood director was coming to an end, but he suddenly received a call from Miramax's boss, who wanted to give him, a loser, a new job.

But when he saw the script of the movie, he was shocked.

The content of this script is so similar to the inspiration he had when he filmed "A Basket of Little Ghosts", a suspenseful ghost film with family ethics and affection!

And the author of the script is none other than Martin Meyers, the hot little genius of the United States today.

Of course, he didn't suspect Martin of plagiarism, because his inspiration was still in his head, and it hadn't been put on paper at all.

He just chalked it up to a crash of inspiration.

At the same time, I also feel that I may have a secret fate with this story.

Otherwise, why would Martin designate himself as a loser to direct this film?

Of course, Martin will look for him, because M. Night Shyamalan is the writer and director of the film in the original timeline.

Using the original cast is the only way to ensure that the film is as successful as possible.

For example, the actor of the movie, Martin recommended Bruce Willis.

At that time, Harvey Weinstein was still hesitant to use an action superstar like Bruce Willis to play such a warm and affectionate role, but he still compromised at Martin's insistence.

Fortunately, Bruce Willis's performance during filming was satisfactory.

"Okay, this is it, this is the angle, let the actors be in place. "

M. Knight Shyamalan shouted.

This shot is a shot of Bruce Willis's psychiatrist Melcom walking down the street.

Although it was just a simple walk, it gave people a glimpse of what actor-level acting is, and after a few simple test shoots, Bruce Willis quickly found his state.

Bruce Willis's acting skills are definitely underestimated, perhaps because he often plays tough guy roles, which covers up his delicate acting skills under his tough appearance, especially the eyes of this one, which are very dramatic.

The "Die Hard" series made Bruce Willis and limited him.

After the release of the film, the acting skills of the actor Bruce Willis - were criticized as "lack of resilience", "bland", "only suitable for acting in TV series", etc.

That's pretty polite.

The most caustic criticism, "Bruce Willis taking off his undershirt is the full display of his acting skills." "

But in fact, Bruce Willis's acting skills are definitely Oscar-level, which can be seen from "Pulp Fiction" and "Twelve Monkeys".

Of course, this "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" is also included.

"Cut! very good!".

M. Knight Shyamalan clapped his hands vigorously, looking at the close-up of Bruce Willis in the camera, and the gloomy eyes were very satisfying to him.

"Take a ten-minute break. "

Although spring in Philadelphia still has the coolness of winter, the shape of Bruce Willis's coat + scarf still made him sweat after the filming was completed.

"Little genius, do a good job. Bruce Willis gave Martin a high-five of encouragement as he passed him.

"Big man, good job. Martin replied with a compliment.

The relationship between the two on the set was good.

(Brothers, please take care of it, evaluation, flowers, collections, and rewards are all here, thank you.) ）

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