In the script setting, there is a chase scene of Daum Cobb looking for the pretender Eames, which takes place in Mombasa, Kenya, although Kenya is a country with a better security situation in Africa, but it is adjacent to Somalia, there are certain insecurity factors, and the filming conditions are not very good, so Christopher Nolan still chose to shoot in Morocco.

Morocco is also Hollywood's largest filming base in Africa, Matthew has previously come here to shoot "Black Hawk Down" and "The Scorpion King", and Hollywood movies such as "Star Wars" and "The Mummy" series, etc., have Moroccan names on location.

"Is that okay?"

On the streets of the small town of Ouarzazate, Christopher Nolan looked at the narrow gap formed by two walls on the opposite side and asked, "Matthew, can you squeeze in?"

Matthew was on the other side of the gap, took a closer look, and said, "I'll try." ”

The width of this gap can probably accommodate an ordinary person to squeeze through sideways, but he has a strong body and well-developed chest muscles, so it's really hard to say whether he can squeeze through.

Matthew reached out and gestured the width of his body to the crack in the wall, and slipped sideways into it, and because it was very narrow, he could only move forward little by little.

The crack in the wall became narrower and narrower the further he went, and he held his breath and compressed his ribcage as much as possible, but he was still a little stuck, but fortunately he could still move forward.

"Hey, Matthew. Michael Fassbinder's voice came from the side where he came, "You're going to get stuck!"

Matthew glanced back at him and said in a sullen voice, "I've practiced bone shrinking. ”

Michael Fassbender scratched his head, not understanding what he was talking about.

Finally, Matthew squeezed through the narrowest spot and managed to reach the opposite side of the crack in the wall.

"Is it okay?" asked Christopher Nolan.

Matthew gently rubbed his chest muscles and said, "It's not a big problem. ”

Squeezed all the way, I felt that my chest muscles were about to burst, and I could still hold on to shooting once if I didn't shoot quickly.

Christopher Nolan then shouted loudly, "All the filming departments do the pre-shoot preparations, costumes and styling come over and put Matthew on makeup." ”

Due to the hot weather in Morocco, Matthew had just worn only a very thin cropped T-shirt and not Daum Cobb's chunky suit and leather suit.

The make-up trailer was a street away, and he didn't have much trouble running back, and it was here that he took off his T-shirt, revealing his lean upper body, and asked the costumer to assist him in changing clothes.

The sun hung overhead, scattering the bright light of the sky, and the earthy yellow blocks brought hot visual colors, and it didn't take even thirty seconds to put on the suit, and Matthew felt that the shirt underneath was soaked with sweat.

By the time he finished his look, the originally empty road was already full of extras, and a large number of Africans appeared on the street, and people came and went quite lively.

Located on the edge of the Sahara Desert, the small town of Ouarzazate has been inhabited by Berbers for generations, and has been featured in Hollywood directors since the discovery of this treasure trove of feng shui.

Locals have built a cinema city on the location where the directors are filming, which is where the crew is now located, called Atlas Studios, a growing cinema that covers more than 150 hectares, and many films are not only set here for exteriors, but also for interiors.

There are studios where crews gather to shoot, and there are a large number of extras who make a living by playing background roles.

Compared to the extras in Los Angeles, the extras in the small town of Ouarzazate are incredibly cheap.

For example, today as a passerby, countless people come to apply for three dollars a day.

When Matthew filmed "Black Hawk Down" and "Scorpion King" before, he was just an actor and rarely paid attention to these situations, and after he started to work as a producer, he really paid attention to the details of film preparation, shooting and production.

Coming to Morocco to shoot, although the crew has to pay a lot of transportation expenses, compared to filming in North America, the rent of the venue here is cheaper, the cost of extras and handymen is outrageously low, and there are tax rebates and other conditions such as the Moroccan government, in general, it is really cost-effective to shoot scenes such as deserts here.

If the "Fast and Furious" series wants to shoot similar scenes on a large scale in the future, filming in Morocco can save a lot of money.

Moreover, Morocco is centered on the small city of Ouarzazate, and has also formed a complete supporting facilities similar to Hengdian.

Some people even jokingly call this "Morlywood".

"Matthew ......" Christopher Nolan walked into the street, beckoned to Matthew, and said, "Let's go through it." ”

Hearing his greeting, Matthew immediately walked over and walked down the street with Christopher Nolan to a restaurant-style two-story tulou.

Next up is a chase scene to be filmed, and Christopher Nolan asks for a long shot.

In such a scene that crosses the entire street, the use of long lenses to shoot is undoubtedly a test, not only for the actors, but also for the photographers.

Director of Photography Vary-Pfister and several assistants also came over.

When the crew arrived, Christopher Nolan first pointed to the second floor of the open plan of the hotel and said, "Matthew, you jumped off it when filming started." ”

Matthew had already been prepared, looked at the height of the second floor, tried the elasticity of the cushion hidden under the broken mat, and nodded slightly.

Such a height, even without a cushion as a cushion, is not very difficult for him.

As the group walked down the street, from the extras scattered throughout the street, Christopher Nolan said to Matthew as he walked, "You're going to be attacked by a lot of people, and they're going to try to capture you alive, and then they're going to find you hard to deal with, and they're going to shoot you, and you're going to run away and take down the people who stand in your way." ”

He walked past a car, waited for Matthew to catch up, and said, "This car is the demarcation point, you jump over the car, and those people start using firearms." ”

Matthew followed Christopher Nolan, remembering the main points while listening to him, the difficulty of shooting and acting in action long shots is very difficult, because Christopher Nolan pursues on-site shooting effects, this scene has not been carefully rehearsed, but I simply ran twice with the actor who played the killer yesterday.

Eventually, Matthew followed Christopher Nolan to the crack in the wall, and Christopher Nolan said, "You escaped from here, and you met Saito." ”

He pointed to the other side again, "I'll wait for you over there." ”

Matthew smiled, "I like action scenes the most." ”

Christopher Nolan nodded, exchanged a few more words with director of photography Valley Pfister, and turned around to another street.

"Shoot in ten minutes!" Christopher Nolan's voice rang out from the megaphone, "Attention departments, start shooting in ten minutes!"

Ma corrected and was about to return to the starting point of the shoot when Michael Fassbender suddenly flashed.

He pointed to the narrow crack in the wall and said, "Be careful, don't get stuck." If you get stuck, don't worry, I'll find a professional demolition company to save you. ”

Matthew punched him in the arm and said, "I'll stuff you in if it's cool again." ”

Michael Fassbender smiled like a shark, "I'm thinner than you, and I can come out of the plug easily." ”

The two laughed a few words, and Matthew walked down the street to the small two-story tulou, went directly to the second floor, sat down at a shabby table, and waited patiently.

Soon, a staff member came over to remind him that filming was about to begin.

With the sound of the board coming from below, the shooting officially began.

Matthew turned his head, glanced vigilantly at the dense extras on the second floor, and without hesitation, stepped onto the rudimentary wooden guardrail, jumped straight down, and landed on the cushion covered by the mat.

Probably because the mat was soft, he tilted his body, stretched out his hand to support the ground, looked up at the top of the second floor, a white man was looking down, and immediately no longer hesitated, got up and ran along the street.

Behind him, the white man jumped down as well.

Matthew had not been running out of the way for a few steps when a man in a suit rushed out of his hand and was about to hug him, but he ran sideways and got out of the way, and the man in the suit crashed into an extra, and then smashed together on a roadside stall, causing chaos.

Behind, more people chased after him, and a man in a suit appeared again in front of him, Matthew didn't have time to entangle with him, and when the other party rushed over to grab him, he kicked him to the ground, passed between the two pedestrians, and continued to flee forward.

Above his head, cameras suspended under two pre-set slings were also moving with him, recording every scene.

Matthew was nimble, and although there were a few accidents in the middle and two times he bumped into extras, he adjusted his center of gravity in time and did not delay for a second.

The people who caught up were basically knocked down by him with three punches and two kicks.

This is also a new setting that Christopher Nolan added specifically for the role after confirming him as an actor for Daum Cobb.

A fighter who fits the reality of the situation.

Dealing with so many people at once, Daum Cobb is no match, but when he runs away, he is still no problem facing one or two people.

Another man came after him, and Matthew, with the strength of his approach, pushed him out of front with both hands, and this man rushed straight into a stall selling fruit, and ripped off the tent with him.

Matthew didn't stop and slipped past a car.

"Shoot!" an actor's voice sounded from behind, "Kill him!"

Bang - Bang -

The gunshot rang out instantly, and just before the gunshot, Matthew changed the route of his running, and a straight line ran became a broken line run, and on the surrounding walls, the soft gunpowder pre-planted by the crew burst one after another, blowing up clouds of smoke, as if he had been hit by a bullet.

Matthew managed to run to the crack in the wall, saw a blockage not far ahead, glanced at the crack in the wall, and got into it without hesitation.

As soon as he squeezed sideways through the middle, he suddenly couldn't move, and seemed to be stuck.

Matthew immediately discovered that the blazer prepared by the crew was too thick and the friction was too strong......