In May, the main creators of the crew of "Behind the Scenes" were all in place.

Director Curtis Hansen has a lot of experience in filming, and before filming started, he gathered several leading actors to watch several old movies with similar themes together.

The benefits of this are clear.

Watching the performances of the predecessors can naturally stimulate the actors' competitiveness and expressiveness, so that the actors can find their own role positioning in similar films, so as to quickly enter the performance state.

In Warner Bros.' small screening room, Jerry met several of the film's original stars, Kevin Spacey as Jack Vinson, Russell Crowe as Bad White, and Kim Basinger as Call Girl Lynn.

There are also three middle-aged veteran supporting actors, Danny DeVito, who plays the role of Sid McKins, the editor-in-chief of Boo magazine, James Cromwell, who plays the role of Sheriff Dudley Smith, and David Strathern, who plays the role of Pierschet, the big-rich man who opened the French Dynasty call station.

plus Jerry Towne, who plays Ed Easley, the film's seven starring casts are gathered together.

Before watching the film, director Curtis pushed Jerry Towne, the youngest male No. 2 in the crew, to the front stage and introduced his acting experience and the dramatic casting process.

Standing side by side with Jerry in front of the screen, Curtis specifically mentioned that while Jerry was filming this film, he also participated in this summer's popular commercial blockbuster "Shocking", in which he competed with the new Oscar winner Nicolas Cage.

Such a solemn introduction to Jerry, director Curtis has his own deep meaning.

Among the main creative actors of the crew with an average age of more than 35 years old, Jerry Towne, who is only eighteen years old, is too young, with a tall and straight body and a sculptural and delicate handsome face, sitting among the six big-name movie stars is particularly eye-catching, and the contrast of the picture is too strong to look out of place.

And the reason why director Curtis chose Jerry to play the second male lead Ed Eisley is precisely to achieve a refreshing viewing effect, because Jerry is handsome and compelling, and his acting skills are also quite outstanding.

Especially important is that he is not yet famous, his worth is not high, and Curtis, who has read countless people, is sure that Jerry is a good seedling, as long as he appears on the big screen, he will definitely shine.

As a result, Curtis boldly uses Jerry as the shrewd Ed Easley in the two leading roles, and the other protagonist is the recent Hollywood up-and-coming Australian actor Russell Crowe as the hunky violent police detective Bud White.

The truth is as Curtis expected.

Jerry Towne surprised the main actors of the crew as soon as he appeared, with a tall body, extremely handsome cheeks, and calm and elegant manners, which surprised Kevin Spacey and Kim Basinger and others.

After Curtis's introduction, Kevin Spacey took the lead in stepping forward, hugged Jerry warmly, and said with a smile: "Jerry, welcome to join the crew, I'm Kevin, and I've listened to Professor Sally Tang's drama acting class, so ...... I am your mother's student. Hehehe!"

Jerry was stunned, although he had long known that many of his mother's students were active in Hollywood showbiz, he didn't expect Spacey to be one of them.

"Hi Kevin, I really like your "Very Suspects", the acting is amazing, I watched it three times before and after. If you then receive a red envelope from the crew, maybe there will be a movie ticket money to contribute. Jerry laughed.

Spacey listened very well and asked, "How is the post-production of your new film, and when will it be released?"

"It's almost there, the post-editing has been completed, and the soundtrack is currently being created, which is expected to be released in the second half of the year. ”

"Oh? I remember Curtis just saying that your first film was only shot in March, and post-production was done in four months, and then it was released, and that ...... Isn't it a bit of a rush?"

Jerry nodded with a smile: "The timing is indeed a bit rushed, but this film has been in preparation since the end of October last year, the cycle is not too short, and the promotion will be launched after the distribution company is finalized this month, and it is expected that from June, the first round of trailers will be released on major radio and television networks." ”

After a pause, Jerry pointed at himself with a smile and said: "I am a newcomer in the film industry, and there are not many selling points for hype, so the publicity cycle does not have to be too long, and there may be unexpected gains when it is released as soon as possible, after all, whether the movie is good or not depends on the work after all." ”

Kevin was stunned, staring at Jerry with burning eyes, and it was only then that he realized that the handsome "junior brother" Jerry in front of him was really extraordinary, with maturity and wisdom that was completely inconsistent with his age, and he was confident and steady.

In addition to Kevin Spacey, who was familiar with him as soon as he came up, the rest of the crew also greeted him warmly, and after a few brief chats, the film began to play on the screen.

In addition to the actors, the cinematographers, costumes, lighting, sets and art directors behind the crew watched the film to relive the classic films of the 50s and make them exactly the way they wanted the picture.

Sitting next to Kevin, Jerry noticed that Australian superstar Russell Crowe didn't seem to welcome himself into the crew, just now he just nodded and didn't come over to shake hands with him, and then when he talked to everyone, he sat quietly on the side, happy and angry.

Of course, this was just Jerry's instinct, after all, we had only met for the first time, and we didn't know each other before.

After watching a film, Curtis and the actors got together to discuss during the intermission, Jerry listened attentively and did not express his opinion, he was young and a newcomer, just bring his ears, too much talk is easy to be annoying.

During the discussion, the last person to welcome the audience was, of course, the "Bond Girl" Kim Basinger, who had starred in the "007 series of movies".

Surrounded by a group of men, she is like a little red among thousands of flowers, attracting many male bees to invite pets.

The 42-year-old Kim Basinger, although she has entered middle age, has not left too many marks on her beautiful face, her cheeks are fair and ruddy, her facial features are exquisite, and her long figure of 1.75 meters is concave and convex, still sexy and graceful, beautiful as before, and her gestures exude a mature and charming temperament, which makes the men present ready to move and salivate.

Even Jerry Donn has to admit that Kim Basinger's mature style has an indescribable attraction to him, because although he is young in appearance, he is as old as Kim Basinger in mental age.

From this, it is not difficult to imagine how much temptation Kim Basinger had for him.

It is precisely because Jerry's young and handsome appearance hides the thoughts of a middle-aged uncle that he is called by his peers when facing people around him who are much older than him, the most typical being the housekeeper Tang Bo and his mother Sally.

Initially, he called Paul Don "Uncle Tang" and his mother Mamu, but over time, the title also changed subtly, with Jerry calling them "Paul Sr" and "Lady Sally".

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On May 6, "Behind the Scenes", also known as "L.A. Confidential", was officially launched at the Warner Studios in Los Angeles.

The day before the start of filming, the producer held a press conference for the new film, showing several sets of makeup photos and group photos of all the main creative staff of the crew to the media reporters present.

Jerry participated in the launch of the whole press conference and answered not many questions, although he was the most handsome actor in the crew, but media reporters preferred the huge fame of Kevin Spacey and Kim Basinger to their appearance, and interviewing them meant getting a big bonus.

In addition, the cast of this film is huge, and more than a dozen actors participated in the press conference, among them, actors such as Russell Crowe, Danny DeVito and James Cromwell are not small.

In contrast, Jerry Towne, who has not yet released his works, is bleak, belonging to the type of actor who is unknown, and is naturally ignored by media reporters and reduced to the background figure of the press conference.

However, in the second half of the press conference, more than 20 media and entertainment reporters suddenly focused on interviewing Jerry, and all kinds of questions were bombarded, and the scene was extremely hot, because they were the entertainment media owned by the Gannett family and Lady Sally.

When "Maguire" was launched last year, they received an exclusive interview and rushed to Manhattan to interview the old James crew.

At the time, they were still in the dark, but after months of brewing, the reporters finally figured out Jerry Towne's true identity.

Although the exposure materials were forcibly suppressed by the management, they remembered Jerry Towne's name, so they rushed to hear the news of the new film and waited for the opportunity to interview him.

The questions of American entertainment media reporters are really not covered.

All sorts of sharp and tricky questions are thrown at Jerry, and seven CDs are about his identity and private life, among which Gwyneth and Mira's relationship with him is the focus of reporters' questions.

Jerry has a lot of experience dealing with the media in his previous life, and he answers questions in a gentle and enthusiastic tone, but the answers he gives are ambiguous, neither denying nor answering positively, leaving enough room for reporters to play freely, because he needs to increase his exposure at the moment, and the more topics the better.

The press conference was short and ended in an hour.

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The next day, filming officially started, and the opening shot was a monologue by veteran actor Danny DeVito.

It's a short set of interspersed shots, but it's not easy to shoot, requiring a lot of sets and a few exterior shots interspersed.

Director Curtis chose to shoot Danny DeVito's scene in the first scene, not only because it is the opening scene, but more importantly, Danny DeVito has more than 30 years of acting experience, and it is undoubtedly a wise move to choose him to open the situation in the first scene.

Over the past week, Jerry has gotten along well with several of the main actors, especially Kevin Spacey, David Straitharn and Danny DeVito, as well as James Cromwell.

Off camera, Jerry stands on the sidelines to watch the dwarf Danny DeVito's performance, and when the first camera passes, he applauds Danny.

The 52-year-old Danny DeVito is a famous comedian who is still active in the Hollywood film industry, he is indeed very short, the upright height barely reaches Jerry's waist, the height is less than 1.5 meters, and his figure has begun to gain weight when he is older.

But Danny DeVito's acting skills are quite good, and he takes his acting extremely seriously, even to the point of being demanding.

To be fair, Jerry thinks he's a contemporary comedy master.

Although the actors who are now active in the film industry also call him a master of comedy, in fact, he is still a long way from a real acting master, and there are still higher mountains waiting for him to climb.

It's a pity that the Hollywood film trend is no longer the golden age of comedy where Chaplin master, Danny DeVito, who was a smash hit in the eighties, has become more and more marginal as he gets older, and he can win fewer and fewer roles.

That's how showbiz is.

From the initial debut to soaring to fame, climbing to the pinnacle of acting, and then booming and declining, starting to decline, until he quit the stage, this is the road of acting that all actors cannot escape.

But that doesn't stop Jerry from admiring Danny DeVito, who likes the little old man and thinks his performances are unique, especially his rigorous approach to acting.

In this regard, the two actors with a huge age gap have endless topics to talk about, and many opinions coincide, so they get along very happily, and they feel like they hate to see each other late.

………… (To be continued)