"Eh, where did the cat come from?

A staff member hurried over to chase the matcha away, but several cages with black cloths were set aside, and no one passed by.

Matcha was so agile that it dodged the staff and got under the black curtain.

As a result, before the staff could pay attention, it suddenly rushed out in a panic and pounced on Zhang Chu like a black lightning.

His face was shocked, as if he had encountered something terrible!

Zhang Chu looked confused, he bent down to pick up the matcha, gently stroked its back with his hand, and said comfortingly: "It's okay, it's okay, I told you not to run around." ”

Li Yu said with a smile: "On our set, you have to take care of your cat." One is because there are many people and too much water, and if you don't pay attention, you may have a crisis. In addition, in the last few days, we have rented four tigers to shoot. ”

While most of the time Life of Pi tigers are CG-made, they use real Bengal tigers as prototypes, and sometimes they actually shoot them.

No, matcha was almost sent to the tiger's mouth, and it was really scared.

It is said that cats are small tigers, but when you meet a real tiger, you will indeed be frightened.

The devil knows how Matcha felt when she ran into the black cloth and saw four huge Bengal tigers.

Anyway, it has always been unstoppable, and it is completely quiet, nesting in Zhang Chu's arms and refusing to move!

"At the current pace, when will it take to finish filming?"

"As long as the scene on the sea is finished, we just need to go to India and Canada to shoot live. It is expected that the scene in India may take half a month, and the Canadian side will take up to three days. I guess I can finish filming in March, and if I can't finish it, David will probably kill me. ”

Li Yu smiled self-deprecatingly, the current shooting plan has seriously exceeded the standard, and the investment is getting more and more!

The cost of $120 million seems to be simply not enough, and it can climb to $150 million in the future.

There are many ways to make money from Hollywood movies, but the cost of $150 million requires at least $450 million at the global box office, which is not a simple number!

Warner Bros. is indeed rich, and David Nate as a producer has to control costs, so if the cost overruns continue, it is very likely that the film will be on the annual money loss list.

Zhang Chu comforted and said: "Don't think about the box office first, it's the truth to make the movie well." ”

Of course, he also hopes that the higher the box office, the better, after all, he still has a $500 million box office gambling agreement.

Only after the global box office is 500 million US dollars, he can get 1% of the box office dividend, otherwise it will only be 0.5%!

Li Yu was a little crying and laughing, he was actually comforted by a young man in Hollywood for so many years.

The importance of "Life of Pi" to Li Yu is undoubted, he has already pounced on a commercial film "Hulk", if "Life of Pi" hits the street at the box office again, then he will probably not be considered to shoot any commercial films again, and will be in the sea of literary films for the rest of his life.

It was at this time that Sylla Shama, an Indian teenager who played Pi, came over, and he looked a little swarthy under the makeup artist's handiwork, with messy hair and chapped lips, which seemed to be due to dehydration and the effects of exposure to the sun.

The boy was found by the crew in India for two months, and he has extremely strong acting skills at a young age.

Just as expected, Sura has a strong Indian accent, which coincides with the character in the movie!

"Mr. Zhang, I like this one you wrote very much. In fact, our whole family loved it, thank you for writing such a great story. ”

This praise made Zhang Chu a little embarrassed, and he said modestly: "I am relieved to hear you say this, many Indian readers on the Internet are saying that this book is written out of reality." ”

The sales of "Life of Pi" in India, a populous country, are not as good as those in the United States, one is because Zhang Chu has never promoted it in the past, and the other is because the literacy rate is too low, and many people don't know how to read!

If the protagonist of this article weren't for the Indians, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to enter that market at all.

Sura Shama looked a little excited, his energy had not been exhausted by the days of shooting, and now he asked curiously: "I heard that you wrote an article about robots to be posted in The New Yorker, which is amazing! I have heard the name of this magazine in India, but occasionally I only see the headmaster reading it." I haven't seen this story yet, but it's certainly very exciting. ”

The actor seems to be a fan of Zhang Chu's books.

There are a lot of praise comments on the Internet, but it is rare to be praised so closely.

So Zhang Chu was quite happy, but he didn't get carried away, because he knew that these were actually obtained by relying on the savior system!

One day he wrote his own original book, and it was not too late to enjoy the praise of his readers.

"Sura, let's get on the boat now, we're going to get ready for filming. Li Yu said that this scene has been rehearsed several times just now, but the actual shooting is the first time.

Because it was a stormy scene, every time it started to cause a rainstorm, the boat would get wet, and the makeup would change.

Although the crew has prepared a lot of boats, it is also a hassle to replace them, and it is best to finish filming as soon as possible!

Zhang Chu himself came to visit the class, and at this time, he tried to reduce his sense of existence and not let himself disturb the filming of the crew.

"Life of Pi" is basically a one-man show by Sula, and instead of being crazy enough to put a real Bengal tiger next to the teenager, Li Yu prepared a blue cloth foam to fix next to him and let him perform without physical objects.

In the future, don't laugh at the actors of science fiction films and fantasy films who have no acting skills, they have to rely on their imagination to make all kinds of expressions and actions in front of the green screen, which is also part of their acting skills!

Therefore, in the behind-the-scenes footage of many films, performances without special effects in front of the green screen are like performing sketches, bringing people infinite joy.

"Did you come to Los Angeles just to visit? I heard that the Da Vinci Code crew was filming in Paris. ”

Zhang Chu shook his head, he stretched and said, "I'm actually here to attend the Golden Globe Awards." ”

A few days ago, the Golden Globe Awards announced the list of nominees, but everyone's attention is on the nominated films and stars in the film category, and almost not many people pay attention to the nominees in the TV category!

Although "Sherlock" has finished its second season, it is the first season that has been nominated now.

won a total of four awards, including Best Miniseries, Best Actor in a Miniseries, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, tying the previous nominations at the Emmys.

This TV series, which has only three episodes, belongs to the category of miniseries, and this itself is considered a niche at the awards ceremony, and it is normal to have low attention!

If it weren't for the luxury of Hollywood to experience in person, Zhang Chu really wouldn't have come to Los Angeles to visit the class.