Fox Studios.

It was the end of July, and Catherine Bigelow entered a studio in the studio, greeted people she knew, and soon found Simon, who was lecturing Robert De Niro and Janet Johnston.

Today's filming is the interaction between Butch Coolidge and the female taxi driver, Esmeralda Villalobos.

In order to allow the actors to perform without distractions, except for the beginning and end, the rest of the scenes were filmed in the studio, and the street scene outside the car window in the original film is obviously a large-screen projection.

Simon gave Janet the role of a female taxi driver whom she liked very much, and the woman is also very prepared these days. When Catherine learns about this, she agrees to come over today to see how her best friend, who has never been in front of the camera, performs.

Seeing that Simon and the others were busy, Catherine didn't come forward to disturb, just nodded at Jenny, who noticed her, and sat down in the rest area first, chatting casually with Laura Zeggins, the film's producer.

Ron Macmillan, the producer who worked with Simon on "Lola Run," was sent to work as a producer on "Here Comes Death." This time for "Vulgar", Orion Pictures recommended Laura Zeggins to come over.

Laura Zeggins, a blonde woman in her thirties, had just helped Orion finish "Spy Soul" starring Kevin Costner and Sean Young, which won't be released until next month.

The two had just chatted a few words when Simon and Janet walked over together.

Affectionately embraced Catherine, Janet raised her arms and swirled in front of the woman: "Kate, how's it going?"

Catherine looked at Janet's pajamas-like loose red robe with flower and bird prints and her fluffy and languid brown hair, and said, "It feels a little weird." ”

Janet grinned and shook her body again, revealing a pair of naked feet with nail polish under moon-white wide-legged pants: "I think so too, but if the little bastard thinks it's good, then it's definitely right." ”

Simon saw Catherine looking at him inquiringly, and explained, "Actually, I thought of using a completely red one. Red represents danger, and in the supernatural stories of the East, the woman in red in the middle of the night is usually not a human, but a very dangerous female ghost. ”

Catherine felt Simon's eyes, subconsciously dodged a little, and said, "Then why don't you use it?"

Simon laughs, "Because it's a dark comedy, the rush to add surreal elements will interfere with the whole film style." ”

Laura Zeggins, who had just been standing next to the three of them and listening quietly, heard Simon say this, and interjected: "Simon, in that case, what about the contents of the suitcase? You never explained in the script what that glowing golden thing was, and it felt as if it contained something that shouldn't exist in reality. ”

"It's just an easter egg left for the audience to guess," Simon shook his head: "Since no one knows what's in the box, it naturally won't affect the plot of the movie." ”

While several people were chatting, the assistant director came over and said that they could start filming again, and everyone walked towards a model car in front of the projection screen not far away. De Niro and Janet entered the car and began to take their seats, Simon re-checked, gave the assistant director an OK gesture, and then operated the camera himself.

Naturally, the film hired a full-time cinematographer, but when it came to Janet's role, Simon decided to come himself without much thought.

When Simon is ready, the projection on the big screen and the model car work at the same time, simulating the state of the taxi in motion.

"Ready for the whole room. ”

"Vulgarity, Scene 26, Third Time. ”

“Action！”

The clapperboard is laid.

Inside the carriage, Robert De Niro began to tear off his injured boxing gloves. Janet in the front row put one hand on the steering wheel, her expression showed a little wariness and curiosity, and her eyes squinted in the rearview mirror from time to time.

It was only a moment later that Janet spoke in a soft, sticky accent that she had practiced for weeks.

"Sir...... Hey, sir?"

"Why?"

"You were in that boxing match, right, that boxing match on the radio, you were the boxer?"

"Why do you think that?"

"You are him, and I know you are him. Tell me, you're him!"

After the camera.

At this point in the performance, Simon raised his head and gestured to the crowd: "Ka." ”

Suspension for all.

Simon leaned forward to the open car, gave De Niro a no-brainer, and said to Janet, "Jenny, 'Tell me, you're him', I want to see your excitement, a tension that suppresses the madness of my heart." ”

Janet paused, looked in the rearview mirror, changed her mood slightly, and repeated the line just now: "Tell me, you are him!"

"Almost," Simon shook his head, thought for a moment, and said, "yes, hold your breath, hold your breath when you say this." ”

Janet took a breath, looked in the rearview mirror again, and repeated again, "Tell me, you're him!"

"Don't take deep breaths ahead of time so that the emotions are incoherent. Naturally, don't think of this as a show. Remember, you are Esmeralda, some crazy and dangerous female taxi driver. Then, suddenly, you meet a boxer who has just killed your opponent with your bare hands, and the evil you have hidden in your heart is suddenly aroused, and you have a strong curiosity about how you feel after killing someone, so you are reluctant to ask Butch," Simon lowered his voice a little and described it for a moment, feeling Janet gradually blend into some emotions, and finally raised his hand to De Niro in the back seat, and said, "Look, Ace, he is the murderer." ”

With that, Simon stepped back behind the camera again.

"Ready for the whole room. ”

"Vulgarity, Scene 26, Fourth. ”

“Action！”

Inside the carriage, De Niro, who had been sprayed with 'sweat' again, began to tear the fist gloves on his hands again.

At the back of the crowd, Catherine quietly watched the scene.

The fourth time still didn't pass, Simon stepped forward again, patiently instructed Janet how to play, and occasionally did not hesitate to learn a woman's voice to show Janet how to speak in person.

And then.

Fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth......

Simon kept shouting 'CUT' and then pointed out to Janet again and again without the slightest impatience, without the mania of other directors after many mistakes. Janet also did not resist adjusting to Simon's request again and again, and appeared extremely submissive. It's just that this obedience has unconsciously become a little more crazy.

Nearly two hours passed like this, and Catherine watched quietly for two hours.

At a certain moment, Catherine suddenly felt that these two people were probably about to go crazy.

This set of shots, which began at one o'clock in the afternoon, was still boring and repeated until the end of work, feeling the input of a certain pair of men and women, and no one proposed to leave work.

Until seven o'clock in the evening.

The projection on the big screen lights up again, and the model car starts to work at the same time.

Inside the carriage.

Perhaps due to exhaustion, the original fluffy brown hair of the woman sitting in the driver's seat looked listless, and the soft hanging hair also added a bit of charm and laziness to the woman, a pair of eyes were still bright, with curiosity in her eyes, and the whole person was like a dangerous cat that could pounce on her prey at any time.

At this time.

Everyone in the audience felt that this was Esmeralda, a female taxi driver with the same name as the heroine of "Notre Dame".

Enchanting, charming, with an accent, a soft tone, and at the same time, there is a kind of danger and madness that may erupt at any time, as if in the blink of an eye, a sharp blade will be pulled out, and a few blood-spattered holes will be stabbed in a living person.

In the footage.

The woman raised her chin slightly, and her eyes were not smart, but the state of being fully integrated into the role made her gather a certain mysterious attraction, and even faintly overwhelmed the two-time Oscar winner sitting in the back row.

“......”

“......”

"So, Esmeralda, what do you want to know?"

"I wonder what it's like to kill someone?"

"I can't tell you. If you don't say it, I don't even know how he feels when he's dead. In short, I don't feel guilty at all. ”

“......”

The thirty-first performance ended.

The projection is still playing, the model is still running, and the two people in the carriage are all immersed in the characters, although they are silent, but each maintains its own state.

A moment later.

Simon finally looked up and said, "Good." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief that they could finally leave work.

Everyone began to quickly clean up the scene, Robert De Niro got out of the car, took the towel handed by the staff and wiped his body, and inadvertently turned his head, only to notice that Janet was still sitting in the carriage, completely immobile.

Then, everyone noticed Janet's strange appearance, and Simon hurriedly stepped forward.