Chapter 686: A Dedicated Good Actor
The sun hung in the clear sky, illuminating the entire glacier, but the sky was filled with snowflakes, and the whirling cold wind mixed with fine snow particles raged on Vatnajökull glacier, making the white world even whiter.
Matthew lives in Los Angeles all year round and is not used to such cold weather.
In fact, when filming the night scene of the Brooklyn Bridge in "I Am Legend", he had an instinctive rejection of the cold.
However, according to the requirements of the shooting, he lay motionless in the snow, as if he were part of the ice and snow.
With a super high salary, of course, you have to do your job well, Matthew's professionalism, even the most picky people in the crew have nothing to say.
The camera camera slid over the laid rails, and two heavily armed Cobra soldiers with only their eyes were walking over, just past the camouflage zone, when Matthew suddenly jumped up from the snow, stirring up snowflakes in the sky, and just as the snowflakes were still falling, the prop "dagger" in his hand had already pierced the throat of the cobra soldier in the back.
The Cobra soldier fell to the snow with a thud.
The Cobra soldier in front of him turned his head to look back, Matthew pulled out the dagger as fast as he could, threw it with his hand, and the Cobra soldier covered his unprotected throat, and there was a gratifying sound in his throat, and then he fell to the ground.
Then, as if he had heard something, Matthew immediately lay motionless on the ground, and after a few seconds, after making sure that there was no danger, ran forward.
"Cut!" Stephen Sommers exhaled, "Matthew, good job!"
Matthew stopped and immediately untied his white cloak, and two assistants hurriedly ran over, one took the cloak, and then helped him drape a thick woolen blanket, and the other immediately handed over the thermos cup.
After taking the thermos cup and taking a sip of hot tea, Matthew felt a little warm, just lying on the ice and snow, his hands and feet were almost cold and unconscious.
Director Stephen Sommers' voice rang out on the set again, "Now switch to the ice!"
Immediately, two assistant directors directed the crew to transfer the equipment and rush to the glacier ten kilometers away.
Matthew didn't care about the others, wrapped in a blanket and holding a hot thermos cup, and got into the warm and spring-like trailer, if he could, he didn't want to spend a minute outside in the snow and ice.
But as soon as the crew arrived near the ice, he got out of the car and started preparing for filming.
Some things are okay to think about, but if you really want to stay in the trailer and not come out, that's a joke.
Of course, not every Hollywood actor is so dedicated, there are many actors in this circle who are so dedicated to him and Tom Cruise, and there are also many actors who are not dedicated.
For example, Lindsay Lohan, a troubled girl in Hollywood now, is rarely invited by a crew these days, and in the words of a Fox executive, "From the moment she arrived on the set, she did nothing but hinder the filming process." She was sitting in her trailer and wasting her time...... She didn't leave until she was going to see her boyfriend's concert, and everyone on the set became her hostage. ”
Matthew naturally will not fall to this level, let alone compare with people like Lindsay Lohan, not that the coffee position is too different, but the development paths of the two sides are completely different.
In essence, he and Lindsay Lohan are both commercial stars, but he is a recognized actor, and Lindsay Lohan can only be classified as a youth idol.
In the words of the former other side of the Pacific, Lindsay Lohan is a little flower and a little fresh meat.
Even in Hollywood, the crew will not ask the youth idols to be very dedicated, after all, their shelf life is too short, and they often pass by like shooting stars.
Of course, the qualities of dedication are important, but the most important thing should be the quality of the work, and now the youth idols are always how to dedicate themselves and how to work hard, and the result is that the work is embarrassing to death, and what is even more terrible is to take modesty, low-key and politeness as a selling point at every turn.
If the positioning is an idol, then it's nothing to use these qualities other than acting skills as a selling point, but what annoys people is to fry things other than acting all day long, and make themselves look like a powerful actor or even a superstar all day long.
As Tom Hanks said, the existence of youth idols is certainly justified.
As long as you pay attention to the avenue and walk on one side of the sky, stand in your own position, when your strength is not up to standard, don't jump out and shoot indiscriminately, you can understand it two or three times, and don't blame the audience for scolding every time.
Speaking of which, Matthew Wang rarely talked about the hardships of filming when he was interviewed, in his words, "Which industry is not hard?"
Compared with the industry he used to be engaged in, the profession of an actor is really easy, and the harvest is too rich......
As far as the eye could see, it was full of forests, just waiting for him to cut them down one by one.
Thinking of the name of the youth idol, Leonardo DiCaprio, I can't help but jump into Matthew's mind, an all-American girl who wants to be strong and beautiful Jack has been made into a hairy and blood-drinking wilderness hunter after more than ten years of life, just for an Oscar......
Actors should do their job well when they get money for acting, and this position is competition, that is to say, before acting, they should think about whether they want to act, and they will be touted if they break a little skin, although the actors are fragile, the people who tout are also extremely boring.
Matthew got off the make-up trailer and stood in front of the ice, and Sienna Miller walked in from behind and stood next to him.
She was covered under the coat outside, and she was wearing a layer of black leather clothing close to her body, and she only wore such clothes when shooting, and it looked cold.
However, Sienna Miller didn't say much except for complaining in private, let alone letting people set up a dozen heaters in the ice and snow.
"You're afraid of the cold. She said to Matthew.
The two have already filmed more than a dozen scenes in the snow, which can still be seen.
Matthew shrugged, "I grew up in Texas and later went to Los Angeles and wasn't used to the weather in the north. ”
"What the hell is the weather. Sienna Miller wrapped her coat tightly, "I guess I'm going to get sick when I get back from filming." ”
Matthew nodded, "I'm pretty much the same." ”
He turned his head to look at the ice, where Stephen Sommers was working on the basic set-up for the shoot, and despite the snowflakes in the sky, the sun was hanging in the sky, which matched the bright tone of the film very well, and it was simply a natural backdrop.
Although the environment in Iceland is not bad compared to the North Pole scene in the film, it is not suitable for long-term filming, and Stephen Sommos has a tight plan to leave Iceland as soon as possible.
It's already mid-November, and if there is a delay, Iceland will enter winter completely, and a lot of equipment may be running badly.
The crew was very efficient, and after the equipment and set adjustments, Matthew and Sienna Miller took to the ice.
As soon as he stepped onto the ice, Matthew reached out and grabbed Sienna Miller and said, "Wait!"
Sienna Miller was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Matthew pulled her back, then stretched out his foot and stomped the ice, a slight click rang out.
Sienna Miller's face changed, "Is this the sound of ice breaking?"
She has been accepting various filming arrangements from the crew, but it does not mean that she has to risk her life.
"It should be. Matthew didn't look at Stephen Sommos, stretched out his foot and stepped on it a few more times, and there was a slight click,
It's not a loud sound, but it's easy to pick up with the human ear.
Stephen Sommers walked over at this point, "What's going on?"
One of the crew's executive producers said, "There was a cracking sound in the ice. ”
"What's going on?" asked Stephen Sommers this time the staff who were familiar with the environment provided by Iceland.
"This is a characteristic of Vatnajökull glacier, and a lot of ice makes this sound when you step on it, but it never really cracks, I can guarantee it!"
The liaison officer sent by the Icelandic government to the crew also came over, and after inquiring about the situation, he also assured, "This ice lake often receives tourists. It's early winter again, and there's absolutely no problem. ”
With that, he took the lead on the ice, followed by another staff member, and the two of them also made large movements such as jumping.
They often receive tourists and are experienced in this area.
Although there was a slight click, the ice was clearly very solid and showed no signs of breaking.
Matthew also cautiously walked onto the ice and did some combat moves, and it felt like there was really no problem.
Filming begins with a hand-to-hand fight between the Duke and the Baroness, where he and Sienna Miller perform some difficult maneuvers on the ice.
Fortunately, there are also stunt stand-ins, some really difficult non-frontal shots, and the two of them don't want to shoot in person.
Every action scene is divided into countless fragments to shoot, and the one between Matthew and Sienna Miller is no exception, and the two stopped filming until the afternoon.
Both of them are very good in physical fitness, Matthew maintains free fighting training all year round, and Sienna Miller has been working out for a long time, and she also had a half-month assault training before shooting.
Although the filming was stopped, and the stunt doubles were constantly replaced, the progress of this scene was generally quite smooth.
Unexpectedly, the wind on the glacier suddenly became stronger, but Stephen Sommers insisted on filming the scene, and when the crew packed up their equipment and prepared to evacuate, the measured wind speed had reached 60 mph, and some crew members were directly blown to the ground by the strong wind......
Matthew and Sienna Miller left the ice and walked towards the trailer, which was very slow due to the long distance of the trailer.
The wind was getting stronger, and there were snowflakes in between, and Matthew grabbed Sienna Miller's arm hard and pushed her forward.
"My trailer is near!" he whispered in Sienna Miller's ear, "go to me first!"
Only a few dozen meters away, the two walked for three minutes before they arrived, and when they entered Matthew's trailer, the wind whined.
"Don't go out. Matthew found a blanket and handed it to Sienna Miller, "It's on my side for now." ”
Sienna Miller heard the wind and nodded, "I don't want to be blown by the cold wind anymore." ”