Chapter 101: Let Go of That Girl
All eyes turned to Frank Miller, a man who wasn't very closely connected to Hollywood.
"I think there's a guy who's a good fit, and there's no waiting, no delays." Frank Miller seems to have thought about it when he came over, "There's a little girl on the set these days who often asks me for advice about filmmaking...... Well, the problem with the Sin City comics, she has a very quick mind, I think I can give it a try. ”
Paul Wilson immediately thought of who it was, "You mean David's sister?" ”
Frank Miller nodded, "This role doesn't need a lot of good acting, as long as it's not nervous...... I don't think that little girl will have stage fright. ”
Murphy and Erica Steinberg exchanged opinions in a low voice, beckoning to the front, "David, come here." ”
David Robbie put down what he was doing and immediately walked over, Murphy said a few words to him, David Robbie seemed a little embarrassed, "Maggie is wild, I don't guarantee she can agree." ”
"Give it a try." Murphy said to Bill Rosies, "You should also contact and see if you can find the right person." ”
Having already made a mistake, Murphy certainly wouldn't go ahead and hang himself from a tree.
Leaving the filming set, David Robbie soon found his bored sister playing handheld games in a corner of the studio.
"Let me act?" Margaret's face was full of surprise after listening to his relay, "I haven't studied acting again!" ”
"There's something wrong with the little cast on the set," David Robbie advised, "just for you to go over and give it a try." ”
Margaret closed the game console and seemed to be thinking very seriously.
David Robbie said again, "You should help me." ”
Looking up at her brother, Margaret nodded slightly, "Okay then." ”
She followed David Robbie into the set and saw Murphy first, who nodded to her, "Don't be nervous......"
Margaret shrugged her shoulders and grinned as much as ever, "I've never been nervous. ”
"Jack, take Maggie to do her makeup." Murphy called his makeup artist over, "She's about the same size as Nikki Milton, the costume should still work, bring it over after putting on makeup, I want to see the effect of makeup." ”
Acting in a movie is not something that can be counted by just pulling a person over, and the girl Nancy is a character with a close-up, not a passerby who acts as a background board.
Murphy and the others returned to the director's monitor to discuss the next step in shooting, and David Robbie followed.
Still a little worried, he asked, "Murphy, is Maggie appropriate?" She never studied acting. ”
"I'll find out right away." Murphy glanced at his watch, "If it's not appropriate, let's not force it." ”
After another twenty minutes or so, Margaret was taken out of the dressing room by Jack Watson, her denim outfit was gone, replaced by a light-colored double-shoulder dress, and her blonde hair, which was originally casually combed into a ponytail, was also carefully groomed and smoothly draped over her shoulders.
Compared with Nikki Milton, who had an excellent audition effect, Margaret was a little less soft between her eyebrows, with a unique strength.
"Filip!"
Murphy said hello, Philip Raschel immediately asked his camera assistant to come over, brought Margaret to the camera lens, he operated the high-definition digital camera, and gave Margaret a close-up of the face, a full-body close-up, a long shot and a close-up shot, and the shooting effect was also transmitted to the director's monitor on Murphy's side for the first time.
"Hmm......" Frank Miller nodded first when he saw it, "Very good!" ”
Preconceived notions are not limited to Murphy, Frank Miller is no exception, and this is still the person he recommends, and he must support it as soon as possible.
After looking at a few shots next to each other, Murphy thought that it was just okay, Margaret may be the reason for the temperament she had cultivated since childhood, and the effect with makeup was not very good, nor too bad, according to the standard of the audition, it was a passing score of 60 points.
"What do you think?" Murphy asked Erica Steinberg.
For the sake of a child actor, the crew has been delaying for almost a day, and if it is okay, Erica Steinberg does not want to continue to waste time, nods, and says, "It's okay with makeup, try it." ”
Murphy pinched his chin, looked at Margaret in the camera again, and then slapped his palm hard, "Everyone, pay attention, try to shoot one!" ”
He left the director's seat, walked to the set, and called Robert Downey Jr. and Reese, who played the senator's son.
"Maggie, I'll take a test shot later." Murphy looked at the girl, "These two are your partners, he's Robert Downey Jr., he's Reese Oakson." ”
Both actors greeted Margaret in a friendly manner.
Margaret wasn't stage frightened at all, just curiously looking around, standing in front of a green screen background and camera lens, which was completely different from looking outside.
"Maggie, you've been captured by Reese," Murphy hurried to tell Margaret, "and was rescued by Donnie......"
After carefully explaining the requirements of the role, he personally demonstrated the role of Nancy, and here there is no need for Margaret to move too much, but there is a relatively simple position change.
Subsequently, Robert Downey Jr. and Reeser were brought together to familiarize Margaret with the move.
Half an hour later, Murphy stood behind the director's monitor and said, "Test shooting begins!" ”
Locke held Margaret in his arms and ran onto the green screen arranged in the shape of a dock trestle, and Robert Downey Jr., dressed in a trench coat, chased after him with a pistol and blocked him on the bridge.
"Locke, surrender!" The gun in Donnie's hand was pointed at Reese, "Let go of that girl!" ”
"You can't touch me, Hardy!" "You know who I am, you know my father's identity, so you don't dare to touch me!" ”
"I don't care!"
Downey's gun was aimed at Reese, who screamed and fell to the ground, letting go of Margaret, just as Murphy had told and rehearsed before, and Margaret hurriedly climbed to the edge of the "bridge" and hid by a circular green curtain pier to look at the two men.
Philip Raschel's main camera immediately turned over and gave her a close-up.
Seeing this shot on the monitor screen, Murphy shook his head and shouted directly, "Stop! ”
Shouting to stop the test shooting, Murphy walked into the set and beckoned to Margaret, who looked confused and didn't know what was going on, "Maggie." ”
"Oh," Margaret said, standing up, "is it my fault?" ”
She has been in the crew for several days, and she knows that the director shouts to stop, and it is usually the shooting that has problems, and the actors who have the most problems are usually the actors.
Margaret was just a novice who was temporarily pulled over to try it, and Murphy called her over and said, "Maggie, what should a girl look like when she sees two men shooting each other with guns?" ”
"Excited? Afraid? Margaret asked, confused.
"yes, it's just scared." Murphy reminded him, "You weren't scared. ”
"I'm scared...... "Margaret scratched her face and said embarrassedly, "I haven't been scared in years, think about it." ”
Murphy gave her ten minutes to find a feeling, Margaret had not studied as a professional actor after all, and her performance in the shooting after ten minutes was still average, but Bill Rothes and Erica Steinberg did not have a smooth contact with other young actors who had auditioned, and they could not find a suitable actor in a short time.
Children are an uncontrollable factor in the crew, which is recognized by all crews, and those young actors with good psychological quality and some acting skills are scarce resources in the whole Hollywood.
Hearing the news from Bill Rothes and Erica Steinberg, Murphy was patient, Margaret's acting skills were really bad, but it was more suitable than the previous Nikki Milton, she was not stage frightened at all, and she didn't know what nervousness was.
Like Nikki Milton, she does have some acting skills, but the problem is that her psychological quality is not up to par, and she performed quite well in front of a camera and several people during the audition, but when she arrived at the real shooting surrounded by cameras on the set, she had a direct emotional breakdown and couldn't continue to use it at all.
Fortunately, Margaret has no acting skills, but she is a smart girl who can find the problem from her mistakes, and at the end of the test shoot on this day, Murphy directly shouted that she passed, and this one does not need to be re-shot, and can be directly used as post-production material.
Of course, this will not be available until the crew signs a contract with Margaret and her guardian in the United States, David Robbie.
"Thank you both,"
Margaret has a very good attitude and is very polite to those who are willing to help her, and after the crew stopped, she specially found Robert Downey Jr. and Rieser Oxon, "I'm dragging you down." ”
"It's okay." In the face of such a sincere thank you from a girl, the two of them just smiled.
At the end of the day's work, Murphy walked out of the studio, got into a battery car, and was just about to start and leave, when a crisp voice called out to him, "Wait for me!" ”
Margaret leaned against the wall on the left side of the studio, and when she saw Murphy, she walked over and got into the battery car.
"Something?" Murphy asked, starting the car.
He could tell that Margaret was waiting for him.
"Yes," Margaret untied her backpack and put it on the seat next to her, "David has something to do, let's go to the door of the set first, can you give me a ride?" ”
The battery car was not fast, slowly driving towards the entrance of the Disney set, and Murphy did not speak, just concentrated on driving.
"What do you think of how I did today?" Margaret asked suddenly.
Murphy replied casually, "It's okay." ”
"I watched other people shoot a few days ago, but today I found out that the performance is quite interesting." Margaret seemed to be intrigued, "It's very special to be in front of the camera and suddenly become a different person, and I think it's more interesting than riding a horse on a farm." ”
"Really?" Murphy turned his head to look at her, Margaret nodded busily, and said, "I've heard others say before that a good actor needs talent, what do you think of my talent?" (To be continued.) )