During this time, Michael Bloomberg was busy arranging the 9/11 commemoration and security measures, and the two sides agreed to meet in late September.

Don was relieved to work on the post-production of "The Avengers", and during this time, he had to go to San Francisco to work with Dolby Laboratories on ways to improve the projection equipment.

"The Avengers" was filmed with state-of-the-art technology, and that's true.

But the movie has to be played through a projector eventually.

The projector is not upgraded, and the stunning visual effects of "The Avengers" cannot be shown on the big screen.

On this day, when he came to San Francisco, Don heard about one thing, the crew of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", which was filmed here, caused a drama bully storm.

Amy Pascal, the CEO of Universal Pictures, heard that Don happened to be in San Francisco, so he simply asked Donn for help.

Although this matter is not big, the small characters are really difficult to solve.

Because it involves Will Smith, who is Amy Pascal's number one general.

Back then, when Amy Pascal was the president of Columbia Pictures, Will Smith was her right-hand man and made many excellent films for Columbia Pictures.

Later, Amy Pascal jumped ship to Universal Pictures, and naturally she would not let go of Will Smith, a cash cow.

This is the best years of Will Smith's career, and this year, the romantic comedy "Enemy of Love" starring him and Monica Cruz was released in March and won $370 million at the global box office with a production cost of $70 million.

It can be said that it made a lot of money for Universal Pictures.

Now, after making action movies, science fiction films, and comedy films, Will Smith is challenging the next genre - literary films.

He's going to compete for the Oscars!

The problem is that Gabriel Muchino, the director of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", is an Italian who has just been in Hollywood for two years, has no qualifications, no prestige, and can't even speak English well.

It is difficult for such a director to control a big star like Will Smith in the crew.

Of course, it is unlikely that Will Smith is playing a big name and bullying an outsider director.

An actor of this level, especially if he is aiming to hit the Oscars, will definitely work very seriously, and may even torture every punctuation mark in the script.

If there is a conflict, it can only be a contradiction in the creative concept.

Tang En came to the scene in person, and when asked, it was indeed the case.

"I've performed this scene 13 times, 13 times!" Seeing Donn, Will Smith couldn't help but feel aggrieved.

Tang En frowned, "Isn't it normal to shoot a scene more than a dozen times?"

"It's normal, but that big nose is different. He asked me to do it again every time in a new way. I've done it 13 times, how can I do it in so many ways? I'm going crazy to be tortured by him!"

"Will, be careful with your words! you have to have enough respect for the director!"

"Okay, I apologize, but I really can't take it anymore and I feel like I'm going to take two tablets of Valium. ”

He said so, but there was no shame on his face.

Apparently very dissatisfied with this director.

Fortunately, this is the crew's nanny car, and there are no outsiders present.

Don said very unhappily: "It's just 13 kinds, so I can't hold on? Who can't come up with dozens or hundreds of different performance methods for actors like Hanks and Streep? If you want to hit the Oscars, if you can't surpass yourself, how can you win the award?"

Will Smith dared to play majestic in front of the Italian director, but in front of Donn, he couldn't lose his temper at all, gritted his teeth and said: "I know, I still need to improve." But the actor is a mine, and the director's role is to mine this mine. He didn't do his job, and I asked him what kind of performance he wanted to see, but he couldn't say a word, just asked me to keep acting, acting over and over again. I felt like I was the clown on the set, and everyone was watching my jokes. ”

"Can't say a word?" Donn was a little surprised.

Will Smith said: "That's right, he never communicated with me about acting, he just kept giving orders and telling me to keep acting. It seems to me that he has no idea what this film should be made like, and he doesn't have the ability to direct such a film!"

Donn glanced at him, "Amy's appointment as a film director means that he must have something extraordinary, the best director of his time in Italy." Merely...... Indeed, the directing technique is incompatible with Hollywood. ”

After hearing Will Smith say this, Don understood.

Dare to love this Gabriel Muchino is a loyal fan of Wang Jiawei!

There is no drama in the crew.

Let the actors understand their own acting, acting over and over again, constantly acting, and grinding over and over again, until they shoot a satisfactory one.

Wang Jiawei's fame in Europe is too great.

His wild style has influenced a large number of European directors of avant-garde art.

Even Sofia Coppola is a fan of his.

However, this kind of directing method is optimistic in Europe, which does not mean that it can be unimpeded in Hollywood!

European cinema is more direct to the essence of cinematic art, while Hollywood has changed its taste.

Commercial films are completely commodities, and even the "art films" that dominate the Oscars are just exquisite and beautiful handicrafts.

The Oscars are essentially film industry awards, not film art awards.

It's like the difference between Salon and Impressionism in oil painting.

"Will, you haven't gone to professional film school, so you may not have a deep enough understanding of film theory. The style of director Muchino...... Not an exaggeration. There are many different styles of films, and each director's filming style is also different. You haven't worked with a director in Europe before, and it's normal to have some disagreements. ”

"Am I going to continue to work with him?"

Will Smith had a bitter look on his face.

"Why not?" Don smiled, "This will be a different acting experience for you, and it will be of great help to you in the future." Follow his way, stick to it. You can't change the director, can you?"

Will Smith is very disappointed, he really hopes to change the director, anyway, the release schedule of this movie is at the end of December next year, and there is still plenty of time.

Don said: "Director Muchino's personal style is not to be discussed, I can understand his thoughts. Will, you've made too many commercial films, and you're all covered in performances. Even if you want to make entertainment movies, if you want to make progress in the field of art, you have to smooth out these edges and corners. ”

Will Smith was silent for a long time and nodded: "I see." ”

Tang En said so, and he could only accept it.

Don smiled slightly, satisfied with his attitude.

Is this a drama bully?

No doubt!

The director is the soul of the movie, and the actor dares to question the director?

Isn't that?

Hollywood's big stars have too many privileges.

For example, Robert De Niro's favorite thing is to change his lines. A big director like Martin Scorsese is okay and can control him.

Changed to a small director, Robert De Niro will even scold and openly argue with the director in the crew.

Even more exaggerated is Marlon Brando.

A few years ago, Marlon Brando made a cameo appearance in a movie called "The Big Deal", which was the last film he starred in in his life.

He has very few scenes, but in just a few scenes, he broke out a war with the little director who is not famous.

Marlon Brando almost beat up the director. Then the few scenes in which he made a cameo were directed and filmed by the film's starring Robert De Niro.

And that's nothing, the most powerful is Clint Eastwood.

Back then, he starred in "Black Handcuffs", and director Richard Tugger was also a newcomer.

During the filming, a conflict of creative ideas broke out between the two sides.

The result?

Clint Eastwood directly put the director in the air!

Stay where it's cool!

All the crew, actors, and actresses filmed according to Eastwood's ideas. directly let him shoot most of the movie as the leading actor.

Later, the directors' union heard about it and felt a great humiliation. To this end, a "Eastwood Rule" was promulgated, which prohibits Hollywood crews from setting aside the director and taking over the director's work while filming.

In comparison, Will Smith's little trouble is really nothing.

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