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In the Warner Studios studio, on a site set up as a laboratory, the crew of "I Am Legend" is in full swing, and director Guillermo del Toro seems to have fully recovered from his injury, sitting firmly behind the director's monitor, staring intently at the camera synchronous shooting footage.

Wearing a white lab coat and a pair of experimental eyes, Matthew opened the medical freezer in front of him, took out the tray containing the vaccine, and carefully carried it to the front of the experimental table, which looked like a hospital bed.

On the experimental table, a female actor with elaborate makeup was lying there, not only her hair was shaved well, but she didn't even know what she used to paint her body into a strange gray-white color, and she couldn't see her true face.

Laying down the tray, Matthew scrutinized the apparently female night demon before lowering his voice and monologue as he experimented.

"The subjects were women, between the ages of 18 and 20, and the dose of sedation required was about six times that of a normal person. The actress was quite cooperative, breathing very rapidly, her chest rose and fell rapidly, "her body temperature was 106 degrees Fahrenheit, her heart beat 200 beats per minute, and she was short of breath." ”

Matthew turned to look at the medical monitor, the camera behind him was like his eyes, and he also turned to the monitor, "The blood oxygen level is about three times that of a normal person. ”

He pulled out a flashlight and looked into the actress's eyes, "the pupils were completely dilated and did not respond to light." ”

With that, Matthew put away his flashlight, tilted his head suddenly, and then bent down to look at the female night demon's shoulder, and looked intently, as if he had found something that attracted him.

On the director's monitor, Guillermo del Toro saw Matthew's fingers brushing the butterfly mark on the female night demon's shoulder, and couldn't help but nod slightly, after interrupting filming for so long, Matthew was still in very good shape, and after a short adjustment this morning, he regained the feeling of being a character in the afternoon.

"If an actor like Matthew can also be nominated for the worst actor in Jin Sumei, 80% of Hollywood actors are not qualified in their acting skills. "Guillermo del Toro thinks that Jin Sumei is completely, and of course it is.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand when you think about it, the movie starring Matthew has a high box office, great influence, and good income, but it is not the traditional set of so-called calming down and studying acting, and there are many people who are popular, and it is easy to attract envy, jealousy and hatred.

As a result, some people can't suppress him at the box office and commercially, so they simply make golden sour plums to disgust him.

However, from the contact between the two, it is not difficult for Guillermo del Toro to find that Matthew's mentality is very good, and he doesn't care about awards at all, including Golden Sour Plum and Oscar, which is particularly free.

A star actor, someone is bent on finding black spots, and there is never a saying that he can't find it, even Tom Hanks, a model in Hollywood.

Therefore, Guillermo del Toro believes that the mentality of an actor is very important, so that he can maintain his original intention in the midst of insults or praises, and not lose himself.

He had talked to Matthew about his original intention before, although he didn't know what Matthew's original intention was, but from Matthew's words and deeds, it could be seen that Matthew never forgot his original intention.

"The skin reacts strongly to ultraviolet light. "Matthew was still acting and monologue on the set," the symptoms and samples confirmed...... Subject has been deeply infected with the KV virus. ”

Then, he opened the syringe and the vaccine, "Vaccine test, GA-391 serum No. 6 compound, now start human experiments." ”

Soon, under the watchful eye of the camera, the experiment ended in failure, and when Matthew pushed the female Daredevil into the isolation cell of the laboratory, Guillermo del Toro announced the end of the long shot.

"Half an hour off!" shouted Guillermo del Toro.

In just a few minutes of long shots, both the actors and the behind-the-scenes staff of the crew consumed a lot of energy.

Matthew walked out of the set, exhaled a long breath, took a sip of the water cup handed by Bella Anderson, took off his white coat and handed it to the makeup artist who came up, stretched a long lazy waist, and was a little tired.

This kind of scene requires him to concentrate more, and he also needs to break out in a timely manner, and sometimes even needs to play at a super level.

Matthew has never been scared of the long shots of action scenes, but it is very rare for him to be able to complete such a long shot of a monologue scene at one time.

After drinking some water, he went back to the rest area and sat down for a while, just as the director Guillermo del Toro also came over, and Matthew simply went over to talk to him.

"Tired?" asked Matthew.

"It's fine. Guillermo del Toro shook his head, "I've recovered." ”

He turned his head to look at Matthew, "The performance just now is very good, long shot is very demanding for actors, and the slightest mistake has to be re-shot." ”

Matthew has always been very good at being a person, "The main thing is that you did a good job in the morning's scheduling, which allowed me to get back to the feeling of being a character in time." He came to Guillermo del Toro to ask for something, and instead asked, "What do you think is the most important thing in terms of production for a film like ours, a commercial masterpiece built on the real world?"

"There are a lot of them. Guillermo del Toro didn't quite understand what Matthew meant, but said, "The actors, the director, the soundtrack, the editing are all important...... Well, the script can also be considered one of the more important ones. ”

Matthew asked this question because of the Fast and Furious series, and Guillermo del Toro's answer was not at all the same thing as what he wanted to ask.

"Gilmour, as you may have heard, I co-authored the rights to the Fast and Furious franchise and are ready to invest in continuing filming. Matthew simply stopped going around in circles and asked directly, "I will be the producer of the film, what I want to ask is, from a director's point of view, what do you need to pay attention to in this kind of commercial blockbuster?"

"I see. Guillermo del Toro suddenly realized, thought for a while, and then said, "Matthew, the situation of each film is different, I can only combine the film "I Am Legend" to say some of my opinions, whether it can help you, I can't guarantee. ”

Matthew, a true newcomer to the production industry, said right away, "Just say. ”

Guillermo del Toro pondered for half a minute before he slowly said, "I took over the direction of 'I Am Legend' and persuaded Aziva Gossman to follow my train of thought and make this commercial blockbuster film connect the fictional elements of science fiction with the real world, so that the whole film is entertaining and aesthetic." ”

He paused for a moment and then said, "For such a commercial film that is not detached from the real world, the relationship between fiction and reality must be handled well." ”

Matthew listened very carefully, and even if Guillermo del Toro was saying "I Am Legend", he hoped to get something useful for the "Fast and Furious" series from Guillermo del Toro's words.

The "Fast and Furious" series will be the first time he has really stepped into the production industry, and he has the power to kill a film, which seems to be very large, but it must be used cautiously.

Guillermo del Toro added, "I have always believed that the success of a commercial blockbuster should not only rely on the pomp and grandeur of the big production, but also the proper handling of fiction and reality. ”

He saw Matthew thinking, and gradually slowed down his speech, "Matthew, creating a film is never easy, especially a big-budget commercial film, it is ten times more complex and difficult than making an independent art film, you need to discover the subtleties in the film that can resonate with the audience and present them on the screen." ”

Matthew nodded slowly, and what Guillermo del Toro said made a lot of sense.

Since the beginning, Guillermo del Toro simply said a few more words, "Take "I Am Legend" as an example, and I and Aziva Gosman also conceived and produced it, there is no doubt that there needs to be a lot of fictional elements in the film, but these fictional elements are mostly built from real-life inspiration. In the same way, movies are also derived from reality and higher than reality, and in the use of fictional techniques, they cannot be separated from reality. ”

He simply gave an example, "Take the male protagonist you play, the film actually shows the life of Robert Neville, a four-year life span, the protagonist has always insisted on fighting in loneliness, and the only thing that accompanies him is his dog." It gives a sense of real life, and the movie seems to show how a person spends four years of his life, and the person has a lot of stories and slice of life. In this way, on the basis of connecting life, the film can have a plot portrayal that attracts the audience. ”

Hearing this, Matthew frowned and thought, Guillermo del Toro's words made him think of something, but he couldn't catch it for a while, and a certain thought always flashed in his mind to hide and hide with him.

Guillermo del Toro is in moderation, after all, commercial films have similarities and differences.

Matthew gradually grasped the idea in his mind, and what Guillermo del Toro just said can be summed up in one point, in the words of when he used to live on the other side of the Pacific, that is, - down-to-earth!

A commercial film like Fast & Furious, which is built on the real world, needs to be down-to-earth!

This kind of movie does not need to be presented in a lofty way, the characters are all small people who have been mixed with the bottom society, so that most ordinary viewers sitting in front of the screen can find some similarities with themselves from them......

The protagonists of the movie seem to be you, me, and him, as if they drive high-horsepower cars in the movie, and live like ordinary viewers or ordinary viewers imagine, doing things that the audience expects but can't do.

"Thank you, Gilmour. ”

Matthew had just finished saying this, and suddenly he thought of a good way to be grounded in this kind of social structure in North America.