Chapter 516: Xenophobia
In mid-October, the filming has come to an end, and after filming some plots that need to be refilmed separately, it was finally put on the agenda.
The original title of this book has been tugging at Cesare's heart since he was young, and it was only at this time that he was finally able to officially move it to the big screen.
First of all, Cesare was quite strict in the selection of actors, so that each actor could achieve the feeling of each character in his mind.
It was not easy to do this, he spent many years adapting the script and observing the actors, and finally chose the popular Italian A-list actor Donald Bianchi to play the role of Andrea, and the heroine of the film, Lannie, Cesare chose to star Laura, known as Hollywood's sweetheart.
When the official cast list was announced, many people noticed that there was only a Chinese face in the cast.
Cesare's preference for Chinese actors, as can be seen from the continuous filming of the two parts of the series, in the two commercial blockbusters, there are top Chinese actresses Tao Cen joining, and in his new film, there is another Chinese actress Jiang Se.
Cesare fans will be no stranger to Giancer, who was featured in American cinema magazines at the French Film Festival in March, and the sales of the magazine's monthly magazine, almost a year later, still hold the leading figures.
Her acting skills in the middle of the film are also recognized by the audience, and the global box office data is still on the fifteenth figure in the film database, creating a miracle at the box office of Chinese movies.
Cesare would work with her, and in the eyes of many Cesare supporters, it was only a matter of time.
The darling of China has a close friendship with Cesare, and at the original film festival, Cesare even predicted that he was quite optimistic about Jiang Se's performance, and later when the media asked about the relationship between the two, he had said that he would cooperate with Jiang Se.
After the film's roster was announced, Cesare's Twitter was updated with a message: 'Keep you waiting, I'm coming!' causing fans to retweet and comment like crazy.
In addition to the news that the European and American media have published the news of the confirmed actors, at the same time, Jiang Se, who has not been seen for a long time, once again appeared on the pages of major foreign media, speculating whether Cesare has also bowed to Chinese audiences in recent years, valued the strong consumption power of the Chinese people, and enabled Chinese actors to achieve a bumper harvest at the box office.
Even the American media applied the adjective 'art to business', believing that Cesare had finally put down the burden of art for the sake of money and changed to the route of commercial box office.
When Huaxia Information was the first to release this news, some people questioned the authenticity of its news, but now Jiang Se's name has appeared on the official website, and after confirming that Jiang Se is going to star in this movie, Jiang Se's fan base has finally let go.
The investment was already in place, and as soon as Cesare's film was finished, he immediately worked non-stop to assemble the script and set up the venue.
The filming location was set in Modena, Italy, and Giance came here a week ahead of schedule and read the script every day.
She has been practicing with a combat coach for more than half a year, and after adding ten pounds of weight, her body lines are more distinct than before, not inferior to European and American supermodels.
Whenever Mo Anqi envied her exposed waist and flat and firm lower abdomen, she would always think of her training time in the past six months, and that trace of envy would turn into distress.
is scheduled to start in early January, and before starting the film, the crew members get to know each other in turn.
The crew members, including the actors, are almost all foreigners, and the cooperation and filming methods may be different from the filming that Jiang Se was used to before.
Fortunately, during this time, Gance had already anticipated this scenario, and after Cesare talked about setting the main shooting location in Italy, she had been practicing martial arts while inviting an Italian linguist to be by her side, so that she could learn at any time.
In the past six months, some simple conversations are no longer a problem for her, plus she is quite fluent in English, enough to deal with most of the problems during filming, but because there is no shortage of Italian people in some staff on the scene, in order to prevent communication during the filming, Jiang Se still hired a translator before starting the film.
Donald, the lead actor in his fifties, has a pair of rather deep green eyes, a pair of golden brown curls combed back of his head, and a smile that looks quite gentlemanly.
He was one of Cesare's friends, and is said to have turned down a commercial film that paid a considerable amount of money in order to shoot Cesare.
In temperament, he was restrained and calm, and when he smiled, the corners of his eyes showed a slight wrinkle, and outwardly, Jiang Se felt that he was quite in line with the impression that AndrΓ© gave people in the early days of the book, a gentle and kind priest.
In addition, she saw several main actors, one of whom was Laura Brown, the heaviest member of the industry, who was rushed in by a group of staff members and accompanied by a frightening array of assistants.
She has a delicate face, brown hair and blue eyes, looks pure and lovely, slender figure, she is about 1.65 meters tall in height, wearing a pale pink dress, and her skin is as white as snow.
On the first day of start-up, the investor's Borgia company also came, Xia Chaoqun approached Jiang Se, pointed to the person from the Borgia family who was wearing a blue suit and a black woolen coat and whispered:
He was the seventeenth heir to the Borgia family, one of the most powerful figures, Carlo Borgia, and this time it was he who was in charge of the Borgia investment. β
Borgia Entertainment Productions, one of the largest film and television entertainment production companies in Europe and the United States, is only a subsidiary of the Borgia Foundation.
His family has a considerable power in Europe, and in the hearts of many people, it is a famous family that has been passed down for many years, and its ancestors can be traced back to the 17th century.
The result of years of development is that this family member Ding is prosperous, I am afraid that even the family members themselves may not be able to call the name of each family member, but all this is obviously difficult for Xia Chaoqun.
This man named Caro, born in the core branch, and is the heir to the number of positions, is already very eye-catching, after Xia Chaoqun finished speaking, Jiang Se couldn't help but glance at him, this proud son of heaven is more than one meter tall, with a narrow face, deep eyes, sitting in a chair specially arranged for him on the set, Laura who plays the heroine Lannie is sitting on the edge of the chair and laughing with him, wanting to cause the purpose of the seventeenth heir of the Borgia company is quite obvious.
On set, Cesare was discussing things with the staff, and Gance was holding the script, and Donald, who played Andre, had already changed his costume and was styling.
Most of the rest of the cast were quiet, and when Jiang Se turned his head to pass, he caught the attention of the heir of the Borgia family, who looked up at Jiang Se and nodded politely, looking rather cold.
His movements quickly caught Laura's attention, and after noticing such a Carlo gaze, this beautiful beauty followed his gaze and found Jiang Se, and when she saw Jiang Se, she grinned and showed a kind smile to Jiang Se, Jiang Se also pursed the corners of her mouth, returned her a smile, and nodded.
"Do you see that? She's smiling at me. β
She lowered her head and laughed with Carlo, while raising her hand and waving it to Jiang Se:
"It's like a monkey with its face stilted. β
Laura spoke in English, and when she saw the interpreter that Jiang Se was carrying, she laughed unscrupulously:
"I am afraid she didn't understand what I was saying, and she waved to me stupidly. β
Xia Chaoqun immediately frowned, and instinctively turned her head to look at Jiang Se, of course she knew that Jiang Se could understand what Laura said.
"I really don't understand why Mr. Cesare asked Huaxia to star in such a movie, which simply lowers the level of the whole team. Laura smiled and winked at Jiang Se.
The translator next to Jiang Se looked strange, and the staff next to Laura lowered their heads with a smile on their faces.
This famous Hollywood sweetheart is completely different from her reputation outside, Jiang Se calmly put down his hand, she can understand the look in Xia Chaoqun's eyes, Jiang Se smiled at her slightly, pretending not to understand and looked down at the script, Laura couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw this scene.
She turned to the assistant next to her and said:
"Shireen's character has only a few lines, and she will die when she appears, she looks serious with the script, if she doesn't know the inside story, I thought she was holding the heroine's script, and she was going to play Lanny. β
Perhaps because Jiang Se is the only Chinese among all the actors, several girls on the set showed a certain hostility towards her.
"I heard that Federer chose her to be the spokesperson of the Huaxia region, but I really don't see anything about her that can match Federer. β
Another girl heard Laura's words, covered her mouth and whispered:
"Perhaps Federer is interested in starting a poverty alleviation program this year. β
A few people whispered quietly, and from time to time they let out crisp laughter.
Mo Anqi felt that something was wrong, and in the distance, Cesare was still communicating with the makeup artist and prop master about the plot to be filmed next, and did not notice the filthy rejection of several girls in the crew today.
Donald, the leading actor who had already put on makeup, listened to the words of a few girls, but when he saw Jiang Se reading the script with his head down, he quickly put his mind on the script and didn't pay attention to this kind of thing.
Jiang Se was a little ridiculous, and he was naturally unhappy to be talked about in person, but today is the start, and it is not wise to make a big noise.
This is not Huaxia, the investor is already full of prejudice against a Chinese face like himself, if Jiang Se makes a noise, even Laura can't eat and walk around, Jiang Se will also not have a good result, and in the end it will just be a lose-lose situation.
It is not easy to go international, and the cooperation with Cesare is not easy to come by, and to get the role of Nakashiline, she spent many years, and even studied archaeology for half a year, before she won Cesare's favor.
Laura's childish actions were regarded as a kind of sharpening for her, and Jiang Se held the script and took a deep breath.
The scene temporarily arranged by the crew was to shoot a few scenes in the snow.
Today's day was mainly about getting acquainted with each other's environment on the set and finding their own feelings, and after Cesare had discussed the matter, he clapped his palms and everyone stood up in unison.
It was very cold on set, there was no heating, it was freezing and snowy outside in Modena, and there was something wrong with the camera equipment in the extreme cold.
Cesare's expression didn't look very happy, and he beckoned to everyone:
"Tomorrow for a day off, I checked the weather, the day after tomorrow there will be the biggest snow since the winter in Mod, and it just so happens that I am going to shoot the first scene between Jiang You and Donald. He stretched out his hand and said, "Prepare well." β
On the side, Laura heard Cesare's words and turned her head to make a cheering gesture to Jiang Se.
She originally thought that Jiang Ser would need a translator on the side to understand Cesare's meaning, but in front of Cesare, Laura turned sideways and looked at the translator who was following Jiang Sor and said:
"Please help me tell Miss Jiang her ......"
"Okay, I'll memorize the lines. Jiang Se nodded, first responding to Cesare, and then she turned to look at Laura, whose face changed slightly, and said with a smile:
"Miss Brown, in fact I don't need to tell me, if you have anything to say, I can understand it. β
As soon as her voice fell, Laura's face turned pale and pale, and the girls who had laughed at Jiang Se with Laura before also changed their expressions slightly, with embarrassed expressions.
Several people thought that Jiang Se couldn't understand English, so they deliberately made fun of it in words before, and Laura remembered that her previous actions and words were all heard by Jiang Se.
When she raised her hand to greet Jiang Se and ridiculed Jiang Se, she thought that Jiang Se did not understand what she meant, and laughed many times in front of Mr. Borgia, making fun of this Chinese girl as a joke.
But if this Chinese girl can understand her, then her previous performance may really become a joke in the eyes of others.
Her face was red, she was a little ashamed, and there was a hint of annoyance, and Jiang Se smiled and groaned:
"In fact, the film has not even started filming, and Miss Brown's performance has already made me think about it again and again, and I am really looking forward to the next shoot. Jiang Se said this, following Laura's previous actions, he raised his hand and waved at her, which made Laura even more embarrassed, and anger appeared in her blue eyes.
Jiang Se swallowed her anger before, but she naturally didn't dare to make noise at this moment, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a faint smile on the corner of the mouth of the seventeenth heir of the Borgia family, and she immediately gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart.
In front of the heir of the Borgia family, Jiang Se did this to embarrass her and deliberately disgrace her!
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