Chapter 35: Preparing for the Shoot
Although Theolod had thoroughly studied the entire script, he still arrived in New York, the filming location of "The Devil's Advocate", a month early, and rented a short-term housing for a month.
On his bedside table, in addition to the script that has long been turned over, there is also an original book of "The Devil's Advocate".
He found a New York law firm in New York, and on the premise of paying a certain fee and never disturbing the other party's work, he appeared in this law firm regularly every day and stayed for most of the day to observe and study. After that, he went to the library, borrowed one book after another on criminal law, and a set of religious gospels, and stayed until the library closed.
Although reading a lot of religious books, especially books about Satan and Lucifer the Devil, should be Pacino's job - after all, his character Milton is the embodiment of Satan - Theorod, who is dutiful to the point of madness, believes that Kevin, as a child of Satan and mankind, naturally has a personality that only demons can have, such as pride, one of the seven deadly sins that Milton has always held in the palm of his hand.
But Kevin is not "Milton No. 2" after all, the devil's bloodline and complex human โกโก are intertwined, so that there is still the most basic conscience in a corner of his heart. Human beings are God's masterpieces, and the dark side of human nature is Satan's favorite, and Kevin, a product of a hybrid of humans and demons, is more like a bargaining chip between Satan and God in the world.
From start to finish, Kevin was toyed with by Milton to applause. Milton wants to use Kevin to build a kingdom of twenty-first century lawyers who let sin escape justice, become the mouthpiece of Satan, and he wants him and his sister to continue the devil's bloodline, gradually devouring the new century, and stealing people's faith from God.
And the omnipotent God who has never existed, on the surface, seems to ignore Satan's actions and let them unfold, but his indifference is based on his knowledge of Satan's inevitable failure. God created Adam and Eve with Adam's rib, and the moment He created humanity, he gave mankind free will, and the Creator would not interfere with it, and Satan would not ...... He can only seduce.
Free will made Adam and Eve steal the forbidden fruit under the temptation of the snake, free will made Kevin choose to win the ignorant conscience lawsuit, free will made Kevin and his wife come to New York, free will made Kevin fall deeper and deeper, and his wife who was too focused on other people's eyes gradually collapsed, and finally chose to commit suicide, exactly the same as Kevin's final choice.
God will not interfere with Kevin's free will, but he knows that Kevin's humanity will make him choose at the last minute.
Kevin thinks that his "free will" has finally frustrated Satan, but he will never know that he has always been just a pawn - a pawn of Satan, a pawn of God.
It's like Theorod, a pawn of fate.
And what he did was nothing more than play another chess piece as a chess piece.
Theolod smiled lightly, closed the New Testament Gospel of Matthew, picked up his coat, and walked out of the library. Tomorrow, he will pack his bags and move into the hotel room arranged by the crew, and the day after tomorrow, he will be Kevin, a proud, vain, successful, humble, ridiculous lawyer.
The October night breeze blew with a chill on Theolod's deep-faced, expressionless face, his chin slightly raised, and in the neon light of the night, his deep eyes were cold and sharp, with a hint of arrogance. He raised his hand, flagged down a taxi, and gave the driver a capable smile of an achiever, and in a southern accent, he gave a list of addresses.
October 28 is the start time of "Devil's Advocate".
In Heckford's plan, the group needed to finish all the New York scenes in New York first, and then move to the countryside near New York to shoot a few backlots in the small town of Florida in the south. And he was the first to finalize all the courtroom scenes in the film.
Although John Milton, played by Al Pacino, is one of the leading actors in this film, he does not have as many scenes as Kevin Romez, so the crew arranged for him to join the crew in the second week of filming, while Theolod needed to come to the courtroom set set set up by the crew on the first day of filming.
The crew needed to build two different courtrooms, one that was more oriented towards the southern Florida countryside, and the other was suitable for the high-end society of New York. In terms of scenery and lighting, one tends to be casual and soft, while the other is more majestic and rigorous.
The scenes were all set up about a week before the start of filming, and the costumes, including the actors' costumes, had to be completed within a week. Heckford is a conscientious director, and his rigor is even reflected in the selection of costumes for the actors. So Theolod went to the set to report a week before the start of filming, and then under the repeated bombardment of director and chief stylist Luan Claps, he changed his look one after another.
"No, Angela, Kevin's hairstyle is not right, Bianfen? No, Bianfen is too old-fashioned, Kevin is only thirty years old, and he doesn't live in the forties and fifties!" said Beckford as he stood behind Theorod with his chest crossed, frowning and talking to the chief hairstylist on the side.
"So what?" Luan stepped forward and pinned some of the broken hair from Theolod's ear to the back of his head, re-proportioning his bangs, but Hekford still shook his head.
"No, it's too young, and with Theo's face, Kevin looks like a high school student. He's an adult, a successful, complacent man who is about to have a second spring and a marriage crisis!"
"Then let's just get oiled. Angela wiped all of Theolod's hair back with both hands, "Theo's forehead is very beautiful, and the distance from the root of the hair to the eyebrows is also moderate, even if the forehead is exposed, it will look good, and it will look meticulous, what do you think?"
"It still feels a little wrong. Heckford held his chin.
"Please, Taylor, Theo hasn't put on his makeup yet, and of course it's a little strange for him to have such a mature look, but as long as Manlio puts him on it, this hairstyle doesn't look so strange. After all, Theo is only eighteen years old now, and even if he wears makeup, he can only be ten years older at most, and you can't ask too much in terms of age. Angela looked at her director with some helplessness.
"No, I'm not right, I don't mean this hairstyle, in fact, this hairstyle is really good, and the unmessed style can bring out the stability and reliability of a lawyer, but ...... I mean, he doesn't fit Theo's face, you know what I mean? If I were a different actor, I might consider this hairstyle, but Theo can't. โ
Theorod, who had been silently acting as a guinea pig and trying on one hairstyle after another, looked in the mirror at the three people standing behind him, and the three of them seemed to have not noticed his existence when they were arguing, so that whenever Theorod wanted to interject a few words, they would always ignore him.
"Guys, can I say a few words?" Pacino, who was sitting in front of the mirror on the other side, with a white haircut bib in his belt, turned his chair and looked in the direction of Theorod as the hairstylist behind him stopped to change the scissors. His style was much easier to determine than Theorod's, and when he tried on clothes and started cutting his hair, Theorod, who had come here at the same time as him, had not even settled on the most basic hairstyle.
Pacino also seemed a little unbearable that Theolod had been fiddling around, and his sudden voice after a long time of watching finally caught the attention of the three men, but his hairstylist was a little helpless at his messing, and she had to stand aside with her tools.
"Taylor, have you forgotten that script-reading party two months ago? Kevin you're looking for isn't an ordinary 'Kevin', you know? At that time, Theo had already given an outline of Kevin, and it seemed to me that this kid had a wicked aura, he was Satan's little villain, and if I were the director, I would take advantage of that. โ
"Oh, thank you so much, papa. Theolod winked at Pacino, for he noticed that the tangled director's eyes lit up visibly when he heard the old actor's words.
"You're welcome. Pacino took advantage of this position openly, shrugged his shoulders, and turned back.
"Very good, the kid's dad is right, damn it, I forgot about it. Heckford slapped his forehead on the forehead, and he once again reached out to Theolod's messy hair, which they had rubbed, "That's it, it's still a big back, but on top of that, first divide a line, and then let a few handfuls of hair fall down on the forehead like this......"
The director in charge was doing his best to express his opinion, but he was not a professional, so Theolod's soft blonde hair was a mess under his fiddling. Theolod couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he looked at his hair in the mirror, he wasn't sure if his hairline would be chaste if he was tossed by these people like this again.
Fortunately, Luan and Angela understood what the director meant.
"I know what you want, he needs a different hair color. Satan's son is blonde, and it will definitely make Satan sad. Angela said.
"That's right, I don't want my child to look like a little angel. Pacino threw a cool word to the side.
Theolod, who didn't want to be tortured for three more hours because of the problem of hair color, was afraid that the three people behind him would make some terrible assumptions the next second when Pacino spoke, and he finalized the dyeing plan for himself: "...... Then it's black, it's exactly the same hair color as Milton, it's definitely biological!"
After nearly four hours of tossing, Theolod's hairstyle was finally done. On the basis of the side division of the big back, a handful or two of broken hair randomly fell on the forehead, like a hair oil that did not completely fix the hair, and like a messy hairstyle that fell after a strenuous exercise, adding a few evil and arrogant to Theorod's beautiful face.
The makeup and costumes were easy, the makeup artist's focus was on adding wrinkles and shadows to his overly perfect face, and perhaps because Theorod himself was a long-legged hanger figure, he didn't have any sense of disobedience in those suits when he was less than twenty years old.
When he put his hands in his pockets, a pair of long legs overlapped at will, leaned sideways on the back of the sofa chair, and set up a tower with both hands, crossed Erlang's legs, and sat quietly in place to stay under the same camera as Pacino, who could rush to two meters eight with his aura, the two of them looked like two male models, and their faces and aura alone could attract a large number of fans and fans.
By the time Theolod decided on the look and took the makeup photos, he walked out of the set, and it was already dark. Marshall's agency recently had another agent and a few more stars on his side, so much time left him in Los Angeles to continue working as a babysitter and driver for Theorod. Marshall has repeatedly said that he wants to find an assistant for Theorod, but Theorod refuses on the grounds of salary.
At this stage, he really doesn't have much energy and money to find an assistant for himself, so let's talk about it later.
So now, Theolod has to take his own taxi home, which makes him have to add another item to his schedule - find a time to get a driver's license and get a scooter.
Back at his temporary stay in New York, Theolod routinely called Maggie, who was staying in Los Angeles, to talk about the interesting events of the day, and by the way, complained about the hair that fell down one by one. But he didn't know if Theolod was too concerned or if something really happened to Maggie, he always felt that his grandmother's tone was a little wrong and reluctant.
"Is there really nothing else to do other than mowing the lawn?" asked Theorod uncertainly.
'Of course not, fix the lawn, talk to the neighbor's wife, and then go to the supermarket to buy some groceries, stay home and watch TV, what else can I do?' Maggie on the other end of the line laughed, "You see, Theo, I am almost idle at home when I don't have to work." Sometimes I miss life in North Las Vegas, although I am a little busy and tired, but I have a very fulfilling life, and my grandson is always with me, and Nattle kid often comes over to sit, not to mention how lively it is......
Maggie said this, suddenly paused and stopped talking.
Theolod finally understood what was going on with Maggie, and he immediately comforted: "Grandma, isn't there a church in our community? You can come and sit down on the weekends and join their senior choir, they are a group of kind and lovely old people." Your Theo can support you now, really, you don't have to work, and besides, I'll only take one movie a year in the future, so I can spend more time with you so that you won't be alone at home, and if you really miss Natle, I can also take him over and play for a few days, that kid hasn't left North Las Vegas since he was a child. โ
"No, no, no, what's going on, Theo, you're a star of tomorrow, I'm fine to be at home alone, and tomorrow the neighbor's house will ask me to go to their yard for a barbecue!" I just think about life over there, and I feel a little emotional, you still have to focus on your career, don't think too much, and film hard, this is your dream, isn't it? I know how happy you are when you're filming...... As for Natel...... Hey, he's busy, he has to take care of his sister and mother, so don't bother people......
Maggie listens and hurriedly refuses. Theorod was a little surprised, when Natel had an awkward relationship with him, Maggie often asked Theorod to take the initiative to contact Natel, and now for some reason, she actually asked him not to disturb him. But he didn't think much about it, just cried and laughed: "Okay, it's all up to you, I'll do what you want me to do...... And, good news for you, Maggie, I've got you a signed photo of Pacino, and guess what, he wrote you a paragraph, handwritten, and I'm watching it. โ
Hey, Theo, wouldn't it be a bit ...... for you to ask someone for your grandmother's autograph like this?'
"No, I gave him my autographed photo in exchange, and the paragraph I wrote was longer than he wrote, and I counted the numbers. Theolod said he now makes him want to laugh when he thinks about the look and reaction of Pacino's seniors.
Tsk, anyway, he can be regarded as a bad breath for Pacino who has been watching him being tortured before.
โโฆโฆ You kid...... ' Maggie was speechless, and in her eyes, Theorrod had entered Hollywood much more cheerful than before, 'Is this how you treat your spiritual master? โ
"Grandma, you don't understand, the best way to treat the actor you admire is to show 200% concentration and attitude when acting with him, and playing with each other is the least respect. โ