The Christmas holidays come and go as fast as they come.

At the beginning of January 2000, Sean flew back to Italy, where he still had work to do, and although the Christmas holidays were good, he did not forget his mission.

"Hello, Sean. You look like you're having a good Christmas. ”

As soon as I got out of the car, I saw the great director Ridley Scott walking down from another car with a smile, followed by a plump woman with blonde hair.

"You're looking good, too, as sunny as the weather in Rome." Sean uses the typical British greeting style, which is also a technique that Sean learned when chatting with Albert Finney before.

The Brits say hello and like to talk about boring topics about the weather.

"Haha, I like your standard London accent." Hearing Sean's English with a bit of a London accent, the elder Ridley couldn't help laughing and pointed to the blonde woman behind him, "Jordan Ridley, my daughter." She is now studying directing in London, and this time she came to study and exercise. ”

"This is Sean Rodrigues Clos, an actor with a lot of potential." Old Lei's blond messy hair, with golden eyebrows and beard, has the flavor of a golden lion king. Her daughter, Jordan Scott, inherited his hooked nose.

The slender nose makes this woman look very assertive, but the cheeks around the mouth are very thin, and the jaw is very wide, which makes people feel at a glance that this woman is very shrewd and assertive, and like her father, she should belong to a distinct personality.

"It's nice to see you, Miss Scott—" Sean gently bowed his head and kissed the back of the other's raised hand with very English etiquette, looking very gentlemanly.

When Albert was chatting with Sean before, he asked Sean a question, if you meet a lady from London, how do you say hello?

Sean's answer was to smile and reach out to shake the other's hand. But this action was ridiculed by Albert for a long time, in his words, if you use this action, you will only tell the other person that you are a hillbilly who doesn't understand anything. So Sean made a note of this little Englishman's habit.

Although Americans are hillbillies in the eyes of the British.

"Hello Sean, I'm just as glad to meet you. Call me Jordan. ”

Jordan Scott squeezed out a smile, and couldn't help but look at the talented actor in his father's mouth, and felt that the man opposite was full of a sense of strength. This feeling will make the woman very intoxicated.

"Recently, the box office of "60 Seconds" has been very hot, and you have been recommended by many film critics. I've seen a lot of reviews about you in the newspapers when I'm in London for Christmas, and now "60 Seconds" is doing well at the box office in the UK...... "Seeing Sean, Ridley couldn't help but feel a little proud that he was the first to discover this potential stock.

In some articles published by many film critics, Sean played the Sphinx in "60 Seconds" with a high evaluation. With the release of the film in Europe, Sean's performance naturally aroused the liking of some European filmmakers.

To be honest, Nicolas Cage's performance in this movie can only be considered mediocre, and Sean's performance hits their G-spot. Many European filmmakers eat this set. Sean's Sphinx, who is self-efficacious, has gained the attention of some filmmakers. Of course, there are also many people who don't want to see Sean's performance. You can't expect everyone to love you.

The day after returning to Italy, Russell Crowe and others also returned, and the crew began to return to the progress of the film. However, in order to adapt the actors and crew to filming, Director Ridley still chose some trivial scenes to debug, after all, everyone is a human, not a machine, and after more than ten days of vacation, how many times are a little slack, and this state needs to be adjusted slowly by the director.

In order to shoot the scene of Maximus played by Russell Crowe, the staff constantly checked various props.

Shields, iron swords, broadswords, cuirasses, helmets, maces, cross spears, iron spears and even the costumes of the actors are scrutinized.

In order to ensure that the shooting effect met the requirements of the time, the actors' costumes, including a button, were hand-customized by the costume designer and prop master. This is also the reason why "Gladiator" can show that sense of oil painting and historical vicissitudes.

The cost of these props and costumes is more than Russell Crow's salary, which shows the importance that this film attaches to costumes. Of course, these efforts are not wasted, and the processing of details does make these clothes very textured, and the pictures shot are more realistic.

"Oh. Look at these big cats! They're vicious! ”

There are five colorful tigers in a cage not far away, and the animal trainer and veterinarian next to them are constantly checking the tiger's indicators, and at the same time, they are also reassuring these big guys who have come here to assist in the shooting.

In order to shoot the scene of Russell Crow confronting the tiger, director Ridley Scott specially contacted the Italian National Zoo, and after many communications, it was allowed to use real tigers for filming.

At the same time, 5 animal trainers and several veterinarians were also dispatched, and in their hands they were always ready with high-powered tranquilizer guns, just in case. You know, these guys aren't just domestic cats in cages.

In order to ensure the wildness of these tigers, the Italian zoo will release them into the zoo's forest every day, and these guys need to hunt for food. So compared to those docile big cats, these guys are indeed more ferocious.

That's why Ridley chose these tigers over the more obedient circus tigers. According to his words, what he wants is this kind of big guy with a ferocious wildness, not a kitten in his arms.

"Russell, you need to shoot according to the regulations when you are in a while, and the movements must be standard...... "Jordan Scott stood beside Russell Crowe, saw the other party listening carefully, and continued, "Also, you must ensure that you are more than 15 centimeters away from the tiger, this is the rule." If this rule is violated, I think the gentleman from the insurance company will definitely prevent the filming of this scene......"

After coming to the crew, Jordan Scott did a good job of completing every task given to her by Ridley. She used her strength to prove that she is not just a big lady who is on the top by virtue of her relationship, but a filmmaker who really understands movies.

In his free time for filming, Sean often saw Jordan Scott being busy by the staff, and he didn't have the preferential treatment of the director's daughter at all.

In Hollywood, no one will give you preferential treatment just because your dad is a big director. What's more, is it such a commercial blockbuster with an investment of more than 100 million? Although Ridley Scott is not only a director, but also a producer of the film. But what his daughter should do must be done meticulously, otherwise she will still get a yell.

At this point, Sean admires the father and daughter. At the very least, this is the most basic professional quality of a filmmaker.

In the days that followed, the cast and crew began to slowly get used to the atmosphere of filming, and everyone returned to the state they were in before Christmas, which also made the filming progress of the "Gladiator" crew begin to speed up.

Comparatively speaking, Sean is much lighter than Russell Crow, filming action scenes one after another, from facing the carriage army to the Tiger Farm heads-up, Russell Crow has to redress his wounds after finishing work every day. You can see how intense the shooting was.

The most important scene is the scene where Maximus and Commodius are showing, and in order to shoot that scene, Sean and Russell Crowe began to rehearse again and again before filming, and the two also got together to discuss how to shoot this scene.

This scene tests Sean and Russell Crowe's acting skills the most, and it can be regarded as the most intense confrontation between the two face-to-face.

The basement is dimly lit, and Ridley used natural light to shoot it for realism.

"No, Sean, your actions of taking these few steps don't fit your mood, do it again!" Ridley leaned over in his chair and shouted to Sean, "Maximus has his hands tied, and there are countless calls outside, you can imagine." The feeling of their enemies receiving the cheers of their own people...... And then you have the excitement of being in control, the excitement of breaking myths and being yourself! It's a last-...... water."

"I'll give it a try......" flicked his cape, and Sean stepped back into place and started all over again. The basement was filmed in a day's time. In order to meet the better requirements, both Sean and Russell Crowe will mainly ask the director to start over. This time, it has been remade 21 times!

Sean and Russell Crowe face to face, and they looked so sharp. This isn't the first time Sean has faced Russell Crow. Every time they appeared in the arena before, Sean and Russell Crowe would have a fierce confrontation face to face.

Sean is as sharp as a sword, Russell Crowe is as simple as a knife, and knives and swords collide with each other. The staff at the scene who watched it every time were enthusiastic. Commodius is more flamboyant and more eerie. A sense of control for a man. Maximus, on the other hand, is introverted, he is a hero who accepts the cheers of the people. Every appearance made the audience excited and enthusiastic.

Russell Crowe's acting skills are very strong, portraying the loyal, heroic, tenacious, and masculine Maximus to the bone. However, Sean is also strong when he is strong, and he has experienced an epiphany explosion of acting skills, although he is less down, but he is in line with the theme of the movie and more in line with the role requirements of the movie. Commodius himself is endowed with an extremely conceited, arrogant and inferiority character. Sean wanted to retain this trait when creating the character. And under the suppression of Russell Crowe, Sean's Conmodius will always have a sense of arrogance that wants to break everything.

It's like in the movie he wants to overthrow the republic, overthrow the parliamentarians, and prepare for the Roman Empire to accept his rule for generations to come. This is more in line with the requirements of the movie, and this suppressed but full of resistance makes the film fuller and makes the story more watchable.

PS: I don't feel the code word, I have no direction, and I don't have time to think about it every day, which is really annoying.

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