Walking into the studio where the "Inception" crew of Warner Studios was located, Matthew did not go to Christopher Nolan first, but was led by an assistant director and entered the newly built set area to take a look.

"Director Nolan has always insisted on live-action shooting. ”

Walking in the studio, the assistant director introduced as he walked, "We have to build real scenes or make models for all the scenes. ”

Matthew had also heard of this, and in response, he pointed to the scenery and asked, "This is the scene from the first act?"

"Yes. The assistant director said.

Matthew remembered the script, which must have been filmed in which Cobb's feelings about water in the upper world were transmitted to the dreams below, with a surreal effect: the entire Japanese palace was flooded.

"We built the scenes inside the huge palace and stored a total of 5,000 gallons of water in 26 tanks carefully arranged at the windows of the scenes. The tanks are opened in sequence under the drive of the mechanism, and the sight of the palace flooded can be created. ”

Matthew walked closer and took a look, and I have to say that the film industry has developed to the present, and there are indeed a lot of magical places.

Live-action shooting is not about recreating 100% of the scenes needed in the movie in the real world, but about building similar scenes or building scaled-down models for shooting.

Compared to the CG technology widely used in Hollywood's commercial productions today, live action shooting is more time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Further in, on another separate set, Matthew saw a Vientiane ring device, which had not yet been installed, and Christopher Nolan was directing the workers to install it according to his request.

Matthew greeted Nolan, just stood by and watched, not saying much.

However, from Nolan's request and the semi-open interior of the installation, he can roughly see that this is probably the shooting of the weightless scene in the corridor.

Christopher Nolan admonished Matthew a few more words and called him to a nearby office together, and the topic between the two was of course the upcoming film.

"Matthew, I hope you're a little more prepared. Christopher Nolan said bluntly, "Your performance will determine the standard of the whole movie." ”

"I'll do my best. Matthew nodded in response.

Christopher Nolan clearly has high expectations for him, adding, "You have to be more immersed in Cobb's character, and from now on, you have to build the necessary emotional connection with the character." ”

As if he was afraid that Matthew would not pay enough attention to it, he gave an example, "A few years ago, I wrote "Fragments of Memory" like a puzzle box, I was obsessed with construction, I was obsessed with my brother's short story, and it was the actors who brought a higher level of emotion to the characters"

Matthew didn't speak, just listened.

Christopher Nolan added, "I wrote about the character's journey, and I really wanted to think like him, but that didn't make my script the core appeal of the film. I think if it's an actor who doesn't do a very good job and he doesn't appreciate the pathos of being in that state, it makes the whole movie dry and boring, and people won't like it, and it's Pierce's brilliant performance that opens the story, and this unexpected emotional projection makes the audience join the play more than they expected. ”

Matthew has seen "Memory Fragments", but he has never lasted ten minutes, this kind of film is the kind of film that he doesn't like very much.

Therefore, he also doesn't know how the actor named Pierce in Nolan's mouth is playing.

Of course, he couldn't have said that to Christopher Nolan.

"Matthew, what do you think Cobb's motives are?" Christopher Nolan asked suddenly.

"Family!" Matthew doesn't have a high level of education, but he can understand these things from the script, "to be exact, to go home." ”

Family can be said to be one of the biggest themes of Hollywood movies, and it is also the most popular with the audience, maintaining the family has always been a very correct value orientation, in "Hurricane Rescue" released this year, Uncle Neeson went on a killing spree, tossing the whole of Paris restlessly, and no mainstream media has criticized his motives, because it is all for the family, for the family.

"What is the concept of home for the main character? I didn't know it in the early days. Christopher Nolan said slowly, "It wasn't until I became a husband and a father that my life changed, and the things that were important to me changed, that I was completely sure of Cobb's motives, that he wanted to right his life and return to his family." ”

"That's the highest emotion I can imagine," he said. ”

"I understand. Matthew nodded and said, "I want home no less than Cobb." ”

Since Christopher Nolan invited Matthew to play the leading role, he naturally understood his background, which is one of the reasons why he took the initiative to find the other party to play the role of Cobb, he believes that Matthew's experience as a teenager must be full of longing for home.

"All right, Matthew. Christopher Nolan said very seriously, "You have officially joined the crew from today, and there are two things I need to explain to you in advance." ”

Matthew immediately said, "Please speak." ”

Christopher Nolan emphasized, "From today onwards, you are no longer Matthew Horner, you are Daum Cobb, and all the crew members, including me, will no longer call you Matthew, but will call you Dom Cobb. ”

Matthew knew that this was for him to take on the role in advance and fully establish an emotional connection with Daum Cobb, nodded and replied, "No problem." ”

But that's not all, Christopher Nolan said, "The crew is the work environment, and I need you to create the atmosphere of Dorm Cobb in the living environment, and also think of yourself as Dorm Cobb." ”

It's a bit of a problem, Matthew is not just an actor, there are other aspects of work to deal with, and it is impossible to hide in the next half a year and pretend to be Daum Cobb and throw away other jobs and not do other jobs.

Seeing that Matthew was silent, Christopher Nolan roughly guessed his concerns, after all, in addition to being a director, he also has his own production company.

"I don't mean to make all of your life a substitute for Daum Cobb. Christopher Nolan knows that can't be that either, saying, "You're going to have to take a part of your life outside of work and make enough emotional connections with Daum Cobb." ”

He gradually slowed down, "The crew will soon sign an actress to play Cobb's wife, and I hope you can communicate enough to create an atmosphere between the Daum Cobbs in your daily life." ”

"I'll try that. After Matthew said this, he turned to ask, "Can you know who the actress who plays Phantom Mel is?"

Christopher Nolan said directly, "Anne Hathaway, the crew is negotiating a contract with her. ”

It seems that the original version is not Anne Hathaway, right? Matthew flashed this thought and didn't say much, after all, Christopher Nolan once worked with Anne Hathaway, but it was Selena Kyle, the Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises".

Christopher Nolan suddenly stood up and held out his right hand to his side.

Matthew quickly stood up and shook Christopher Nolan's hand.

"It's a great pleasure for you to join this team. Christopher Nolan said, "Mr. Damme Cobb." ”

Matthew didn't have the slightest smile on his face, it was all gloomy, "It's a great honor." ”

Now that Christopher Nolan has started to think of him as Dam-Cobb, he has to show the temperament of Daum Cobb.

This is a rather gloomy character, in his understanding, "Inception" is a complex, intelligent action movie, and the character of Daum Cobb has a disgraceful and increasingly overwhelming secret, and Christopher Nolan has said more than once in previous exchanges that he will let him add more dark layers to the character.

Christopher Nolan looked at his watch and said, "I'm going to audition this morning, it's almost time, you can look around the crew, I'm going to the audition room." ”

Matthew's eyebrows were clouded, and there seemed to be an unquenchable sorrow, and he waved his hand casually, "You go get busy." ”

"Goodbye, Cobb. Christopher Nolan said hello, then left the office and said to his assistant on the way to the audition room, "Inform me that starting today, everyone on the crew will be treating Matthew Horner as Damme Cobb." ”

Matthew left the office, walked around the studio, looked at the other set setups, and went to a small studio opposite, where the crew auditioned.

As soon as I walked to the door of the studio, before I could enter, two women, one tall and one short, came over.

Seeing the tall woman, Matthew took the initiative to beckon, "Good morning, Julia." ”

The two women also saw him, and the tall woman stopped first and responded with a smile, "Good morning, Matthew." ”

The tall woman is Julia Roberts, Matthew has met her at some events, the short woman is obviously much younger, seventeen or eighteen years old, and her appearance is somewhat similar to Julia Roberts, but more refined.

He immediately thought of some boring rumors in the circle and guessed that the girl should be Julia Roberts's niece.

But Matthew didn't say much, after all, the two sides didn't know each other very well, just chatted with Julia Roberts for a few words, and then went into the studio.

In a few words, he made it clear that Julia Roberts had brought her niece Emma Roberts over for the first audition for the role of Adney.

Julia Roberts personally accompanied the audition, presumably for the role. ”

While muttering, Matthew walked into the studio, then asked the staff, and walked directly to the waiting area for the supporting actor, James McAvoy also came to the audition today.

As soon as he turned into a hallway, an actor hurriedly passed by.

Matthew's eyes were sharp, he saw his face clearly, raised his eyebrows, and shouted, "Tom!"