Chapter 242: Shocking live-action shooting
Suge, the actor of the cuckold fiancé Karl, arrived the fastest, he was in Rome when he received the call from Brother Blow, and arrived in the small town of Cefalù about two hours after the notification.
"Director Chu Shun hasn't seen you for a long time. Su Ge greeted him warmly, he was very moved, and even he didn't think that he could think of him in such a big-scale movie as "Titanic".
It is obvious that he left a deep impression on the director in "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", and I feel a little proud when I think of it.
Su Ge didn't know that he was already the preferred actor who was cuckolded in Chu Shun's heart, and his overall temperament and appearance were too suitable.
This feeling is the director's established image, just like Lang Xiong, in Ang Lee's evaluation that "the face is a republic of the five ethnic groups, and when you see his face, you feel like a Chinese father", so "The Wedding Banquet", "Eating Men and Women", and "Pushing Hands" are all playing fathers.
"It's been a few years since I saw it, and it feels a little darker than before. Chu Shun said.
Su Ge immediately answered: "I filmed a World War II-themed movie before, so I got a little tanned, if Director Chu Shun wants to be whiter, I can come back in vain after raising it at home for two days." ”
Hearing that Italy and World War II were linked, Chu Shun couldn't help but want to laugh, but in fact, it can't be said that the Italians can't fight, it can only be said that Italy doesn't have good commanders at all.
But once the Italian commander was given command, "surrendered without opening the ammunition box", "surrendered without red wine for supplies", "was captured for eating pasta collectively", etc., it was really a funny scenery during the tragic World War II.
"It's better to be white, you also read the script, the Carl family is very wealthy. Chu Shun nodded.
Su Ge immediately said that he would be able to come back soon, Chu Shun nodded and asked him to go to the hotel to settle down first, it was the same hotel as the previous filming of "Paradise Cinema", this time the hotel owner said that he would not charge money, but the food arrangement needed to be solved by the crew themselves.
After being really famous, wherever you go, you have special treatment, which saves a lot of money for Chu Shun, and for the hotel, the crew stays to increase fame, and people are especially willing that the crew has a big hotel, and they are more willing that the crew stars have lived in the same style, and it is the same all over the world.
It's also a coincidence, the Quali found by Brother Blowing happened to arrive, it was a neatly dressed middle-aged man, this person was the etiquette trainer found by Brother Blowing according to Chu Shun's requirements, and he was a teacher at the Dutch International Housekeeper College, don't think that this is really a university, in fact, it is just a training institution, and those who graduate and pass the assessment will get a TIBA certificate, which is recognized by rich people in Europe, and it can be called the world's first housekeeper training center.
Naturally, in order to restore the etiquette of the nineteenth century, after Chu Shun told Quali the overall situation, he asked: "Is there any problem with the training?"
"Happy to serve Mr. Shun Chu. Quali bowed slightly, and then said, "But if the number of students to study is more than thirty, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep myself busy." ”
"You can recommend your colleagues, or students, to help you. Chu Shun said: "But be sure to make a plan for me as soon as possible." ”
"Definitely. Quali nodded, and then learned that even the big and small things in the group performance needed to learn etiquette lessons, on the one hand, he sighed a little at the director's generosity, and on the other hand, after a rough estimate, informed Chu Shun of the specific number of helpers needed.
Chu Shun agreed, and finally explained to Quali that it must be the etiquette of the nineteenth century, not the present, and the etiquette has changed greatly with the times, especially the table manners, which are much simpler in modern times than in the nineteenth century.
Rhea and Valentina then arrived in Cefalù on the same day, and the two came together, and it just so happened that Valentina was also filming a commercial in New York.
Valentina was originally dusty, and her pretty face was written with fatigue, but after seeing Chu Shun, she swept away, and said with a smile: "Chu, I said I would come to Argentina last year, but it still didn't arrive." ”
Looking back carefully, what was he doing last year? It seems that he was filming "Tokyo Godfather" with a liver script.
"I filmed the anime last year, so I'm quite busy, so I'll definitely go next year when I have time. Chu Shun replied.
I haven't seen her for a few years, Valentina's appearance is still ridiculously high, and she has a little more mature charm, it stands to reason that her figure is not innate, and it will change better and better with time?
"Is it Tokyo Godfather? I also bought two tickets to support it. Valentina's tone was as if a schoolboy who had scored 100 points in the exam was going to be rewarded.
"Do you like to watch it?" asked Chu Shun.
"Of course. Valentina replied without hesitation: "I like all of Chu's shooting." ”
In fact, speaking of which, it is because it is Chu Shun that Valentina has this attitude, strictly speaking, she is not very good-tempered, I remember that in a successful interview in "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" before, I said that 90% of the success of this movie is the director, and the remaining 10% is her, doesn't it sound quite modest, but what about the rest of the crew?
"Director Chu Shun, I feel that this role is still a bit challenging. Rhea said: "Please ask the director to be a little more demanding of me in terms of acting." ”
Rhea still wants to win the Oscar, which is almost a magic barrier, and I don't know if this product will go on the road of Xiao Lizi's "self-destruction" appearance.
"No problem. But the actor is demanding, and Chu Shun will not refuse, because he will not pity the actor because he is a delicate flower.
Rhea nodded happily, and suddenly thought of one more thing, and asked, "Director Chu Shun, is Teacher Zhou okay?"
The teacher Zhou in his mouth is naturally Zhou Wuji, the martial commander of the Matrix, after all, Rhea calls himself a Tongjian boxer.
"Before Coach Zhou's words, the movie that only served as a martial arts commander last month was released, and his body should be quite tough. The movie in Chu Shun's mouth is "The Swordsman Below".
When it comes to the Matrix, one thing has to be said, Chu Shun was really too busy in front of him, "The Matrix" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay and Best Soundtrack, and Rhea also won the Best Actor in a Drama Movie, which is the legendary popularity award, and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film also won, but Chu Shun was in the liver map at that time, and Rhea and Disney's Dougon helped to receive it.
Fragmentary awards, Chu Shun has won too many, and there is nothing to mention, anyway, the second cabinet at home is going to be filled with trophies, what is called a prize brushing robot?! The key is because Chu Shun is too young to give out the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Major film festivals, as well as the lifetime achievement awards of awards, have two meanings, one is really to recognize the contribution of filmmakers, and the other is to award a lifetime achievement award to you, and then the award will not be issued to you in the future.
The second is also helpless, because some directors are really good at shooting award-winning films, if they keep shooting, how can the rest of them come out?
The last to come to the small town of Cefalù is Grandma Kate, who is eighty-five years old this year, a very famous British actor, with silver hair and wrinkles on her face, but she is still acting in her eighties, and she is calm enough, this is to play the elderly version of Ruth at the beginning of the movie.
He was accompanied by an agent and personal doctor, Kate's granddaughter.
The main actors have arrived, the motive banquet is also to be held according to the convention, the night is quiet and the sea is surging, after the big cities and towns in Europe go into the night, there are relatively few pedestrians, Chu Shun has a friend told him that judging the economic development of a small town in Italy is mainly to see if there is a number written in red paint on the street lamp.
All numbered street lamps belong to a sex worker, so there is also the title of the goddess of the lamp, before Chu Shun came to Chefalu Town, the street lamps were still bare, but now there is, the existence of capitalism really makes the skirt shorter and shorter.
In the lobby of the hotel, it is very lively at this time.
"Since we are going to shoot tomorrow, I won't drink tonight, so I will drink drinks and wish us all the best for filming. Chu Shun raised his glass, the goblet was filled with watermelon juice, and it was quite troublesome to drink.
Rhea, Valentina, Su Ge, Vivien, Starisher and others raised their glasses together, of course, Lao Liang, Liang Pu, Shi Kao, and Jiang Jin were also there, because the director took the lead and did not drink, so even Su Ge, who was a little addicted to alcohol, chose to drink drinks.
"The second time I worked with director Chu Shun, I absolutely believe in the directing ability. ”
"Director Chu Shun should now be one of the most capable directors in the world, and I am very sure of this. ”
"I think director Chu Shun really likes Sicily, and he really deserves to be Italy's eternal lover, and he has filmed in Sicily three times. ”
At the motive banquet, the atmosphere was quite good.
"It's almost indistinguishable from what I see in magazines. Vivien couldn't help but marvel after the meal, she played Ruth's mother in the movie, so it would be good for the two to talk more and be familiar.
The skin of celebrities, not to mention Europe and the United States, is the same all over the world, because long-term use of cosmetics, even if it is well maintained, is completely inferior to the photos in magazines and street photos in private. By the way, there shouldn't be anyone who thinks that celebrity street photography was really unintentionally photographed, right?
Vivien asked, what kind of skin care products are used, Vivien Kim's full name is called, Vivien King is similar to Hollywood star Vivien Leigh's name, but she is not as beautiful as the latter, and she is not as lucky, after all, Vivien Leigh's beauty is famous in Hollywood, and she starred in Gone with the Wind and became famous in one fell swoop.
Valentina thought about it, and told Vivien about the skin care products she usually uses, which are some of the more deadly brands, because Valentina is the spokesperson for these brands.
"I feel like I have good skin, probably because I drink a lot of water. Valentina said that she liked to drink cold white water since she was a child, and she had to drink a glass when she got up, because she drank too much water, and her parents gave her the nickname of buffalo when she was a child.
"Really?" Vivien was a little skeptical, but looking at Valentina's serious gaze, she thought about trying it too, anyway, it didn't hurt to drink more water than to go to the toilet twice.
Filming is going to be made tomorrow, and everyone returns to their rooms at about half past eleven, and Grandma Kate is the earliest, just after dinner at half past nine, and goes back to the room.
Chu Shun, who returned to the bedroom, received an interesting phone call that a company wanted to sponsor "Titanic".
It's really naïve, how could he be sponsored for filming, and took a shower and slept after refusing.
The next morning, the tide rose last night, wiping away the footprints of tourists on the beach and eating the plastic waste left behind by tourists.
Although Mapihuni has a lot of brains about economic development, it still needs to be improved in terms of public facilities, and I don't know if it is for aesthetics or other considerations, this is the beach line where tourists walk the most, and there are few garbage cans.
In terms of location, the construction site of the big ship is on the outskirts of the small town of Cefalù, near the local Sabe beach, about five kilometers away from the town, so Shi Ko prepared a minibus in advance, and it is about ten minutes away from the hotel to the filming base.
After getting off the bus, what appeared in front of the actors was a half-built ship that had gone through five months.
Metal, trucks, large machinery, and more!
The behemoth in front of you is completely different from the surroundings, and it feels like going back to the Middle Ages and seeing a Gundam, a strange sense of disobedience.
Everyone was shocked, an industrial shock, they had seen filming and building interiors or models, which was the case with the previous Matrix built in your city, I really haven't seen such an exaggeration.
"In the news, it is said that Director Chu Shun's shooting method is very old-fashioned and a waste of investors' money, but I don't think so at all after seeing this. Vivien said.
Su Ge said: "Film critics like to judge everything according to their own set. ”
Why "Titanic" invested so much and established such a huge reality in Sicily, Italy, has been reported by the media for several rounds in the past few months.
There are many people who seem to be experts who analyze that this kind of behavior is very stupid, because with special effects, or in the studio, the effect can be similar, but the cost can be reduced by 80%.
More than a month ago, the famous Hollywood big-mouthed Bar Rodwin, a talk show host and a black man, commented: "First of all, because of "Untouchable", I respect director Chu Shun very much, he is a broad-minded director. But this choice is wrong, really wrong, not only a waste of investment, but also a waste of time, from the news of the "Roman Daily" shooting, it can be seen that this almost 1:1 real scene with the ferry, at present only about one-third of the construction, three months have passed, that is to say, to complete the construction, it will take at least nine to ten months, which is undoubtedly a waste of shooting time. ”
"Director Chu Shun has shot a lot of successful works, but I think it is an unwise choice to waste so much manpower, material and financial resources for that little bit of realism. "The style of Rodwin's talk show is to follow the facts, so it is too normal to mention the Titanic.
Chu Shun's behavior is very unnecessary, and it is basically the most mainstream opinion of the media.
After Disney announced the movie synopsis, there was also a spinach opening, who of the two movies had a high box office, the odds of "Titanic" were very high, on the contrary, the odds of "White Magic 3" were very low.
Obviously, even the bookmaker is not optimistic about Chu Shun.
Of course, Rhea, Su Ge and others also saw the newspaper, and there was a saying that everyone present at this time did not doubt it, Vivien and Stanishe, who were working together for the first time, knew that they should not worry about this aspect as actors, and Rhea, Su Ge, and Valentina were the ones who watched Chu Shun create classics, so they would not doubt it.
Seeing such a spectacular scene now, on the contrary, there is a feeling of excitement.
"I only arrived in the evening, so I haven't had time to see it yet, and Director Chu Shun is really attentive to the set and preparations. Rhea feels that this time he will definitely let the audience all over the world know that he does not eat with his face, but has good acting skills.
Miscellaneous things were skipped, and Lao Liang next to him told everyone about the structure of this huge Titanic real base, and the dressing room, toilet, and restaurant were all divided.
started filming the first scene, because the actors were not familiar with this live base, and the construction was not completely completed, so it was not the same as usual, the opening scene was a large-scale scene scheduling, or a group scene, on the contrary, fewer characters were selected, Jack lay on a bench and admired the starry sky, and then Ruth saw the fake banquet of the upper class, and when she thought that she would marry Carl in the second half of her life, she would be like this, and her emotions were a little broken, so she ran to the deck and prepared to commit suicide, and Jack and Ruth had an intersection.
"Ms. Kate's face moved a little closer in Valentina's direction. Chu Shun said to the makeup artist: "Of course, it doesn't need to be too obvious, the most important thing is to put a mole on the corner of Wawa's mouth." ”
The makeup artist nodded to indicate that he understood, since Grandma Kate and Valentina both played Ruth, then for the authenticity of the film, there must be a certain degree of similarity, and Grandma Kate has a beauty mole at the corner of her mouth, similar to Marilyn Monroe's beauty mole, so Chu Shun asked the makeup artist to order one for Valentina.
Valentina went to the dressing room to change into a costume and came out, it was a burgundy evening dress, when Winslet wore this dress, she looked a little fat, obviously because of the flesh on her arms, it would give people this feeling, all in all, this dress reduced Ruth's appearance, but now Valentina is wearing this dress, it is really - so beautiful.
The plump figure made Valentina completely prop up the evening dress, and to put it bluntly, when she stood up straight and looked down, she couldn't see her toes, plus the beauty mole on the spot.
Xu Zhimo said that the most important thing is the gentleness of bowing his head, like the shyness of a water lotus flower that is not able to withstand the cool breeze, and Valentina's sexiness is that it is simply a life-saving snow lotus on the edge of the cliff, dangerous and makes people have to go up.
"Sure enough, the people are beautiful, and the sacks are beautiful. Chu Shun felt that it was actually more suitable for the current Wawa to shoot "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", because a few years ago, Wawa was still green between his eyebrows.
After arranging the camera position, the lighting for the daytime and night scenes was also prepared, and the shooting began.
Rhea lay on the bench and smoked a cigarette - "ahem" coughed repeatedly, as if choking.
"Stop. Chu Shun immediately stopped.
"Rhea, you don't know how to smoke?" Chu Shun remembered that when the Matrix was filming, he saw Rhea and Teddy...... Mirek smoked together.
"Quit it. Rhea said, adding: "Because I saw the director before that you didn't smoke, so I quit." ”
Why is this still on him, Chu Shun said: "Then the one who is adapted to the side will smoke one." ”
This plot must be smoking, not that the original plot can't be changed or anything, Chu Shun is not such an old-fashioned person, the key to the problem is that in the plot, Jack is about to throw away the cigarette butt, and slowly approaches Ruth who is outside the guardrail.
In addition, Rhea is indeed handsome when she smokes, not weaker than Xiao Lizi.
The period when Xiao Lizi's appearance was at its highest was actually the period of "Romeo and Juliet", which was really handsome, and even Chu Shun admitted that he was open to him.
Rhea nodded, walked to the side with a pack of cigarettes and began to smoke.
"Vava will run out in a moment, with a little desperation in his eyes. Chu Shun said: "And be resolute." ”
Taking advantage of the free time, Chu Shun told Valentina, who has also starred in many movies over the years, but the improvement of his acting skills is very limited, and most of the time he is a vase.