The two films are planned together, with a total budget of up to 500 million, which is a rare project even for Disney. If it weren't for Robert. With Egger's strong support and his successful ascension, it's hard to say whether the crew will be able to complete the formation in 2005 as scheduled, knowing that even at the beginning of the year, Jenny heard the news that they were canceling the "Pirates" project due to the delay in the completion of the script.

As an ordinary gossip, Jenny doesn't think too much when she knows this, but now that she has been introduced to Iger's social circle, Jenny knows more carefully: Disney's business situation can only be said to be unsatisfactory at this time, in order to satisfy investors, there is a good financial report, and many projects will become victims of office politics. It can be said that behind the shooting of every big-budget series is a series of game processes, and neither the producer nor the director has any say in the game. The seemingly ordinary staff inside the Disney Building have real power - after Iger took the throne, the 500 million project quickly got the green light, and the crew was officially formed in early July 05, and after shooting some interior scenes in Disney Studios, they began the arduous filming journey to the wilderness......

Compared with "Pirates 2", although "Sally" has a limited budget, the overall filming process is still very comfortable, Hamilton is also a city, eat and drink without worry, at most it is a little harder. In the first part, the crew only went to St. Vincent Island, but in the filming plan of the second and third parts, St. Vincent Island is already a very good place, at least there is a Motel in the station, in addition to this, they will also go to the primeval jungles of the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas, so you can imagine how difficult the living conditions will be at that time.

Because it was a joint shooting, the big scenes in the third part, that is, the scenes that needed to be completed on location, were basically planned, when Johnny was filming his solo scenes, and the flying Dutchman crew was filming stunt scenes, Jenny was not idle, she was - it was a bit inconsistent to say, but she was indeed learning from a teacher and practicing Chinese martial arts diligently......

It is normal for big productions to be mixed with action elements, generally speaking, actors who do not have action scenes do not need to learn martial arts, but if there is a fight scene, it is different, although the dangerous scene can be completed by a stand-in, but the actor himself must at least have a bit of kung fu foundation.

Thanks to Elizabeth's popularity, Jenny has a lot of scenes in "Pirates 2 and 3", and there are also a lot of scenes in Hanging Weiya, of course, the crew also prepared a stand-in for her, but she herself must also have agile skills, because she herself has a busy schedule, the crew can't ask her to train in advance, so in the shooting schedule, there is no scene for her for half a month, just to let her concentrate on class. ――A-lister privilege, if it's the status of the first part, I want the crew to arrange the schedule for you, dream, just let you exercise while filming.

"Pay attention to your right hand, be brisk," the coach of the martial arts instructor group kept walking around Jenny, encouraging her to hit herself, "Pay attention to the plum blossom pile, don't step on the air!" ”

Although he is a pure-blooded African-American who is about to turn into charcoal, he is very natural and skilled in saying the words plum blossom pile and ingenuity unique to Chinese martial arts, and there seems to be no sense of disobedience at all, and the staff on the side are also accustomed to it - in the cultural industry, the fastest invasion of Hollywood is Chinese martial arts. After the opening up, a large number of martial arts masters went abroad to make a living, and those who were clever enough to learn English stayed in Hollywood as martial arts, of course, they also brought apprentices, and the martial arts guidance group of "Pirates" was led by Jet Li's fellow brother Chen Zhizhong, which was completely Chen's team, and martial arts instructors, stand-ins and a lot of beaten miscellaneous fish were contracted by his disciples. Speaking of which, Director Chen is also the first 'own person' that Jenny has worked with in the circle for a long time, after all, due to the influence of traditional culture, there are not many Chinese who are interested in going behind the scenes of movies......

"It's too slow, pay attention to the rhythm." Coach Nicholas kept patting Jenny on the shoulder, no matter how much Jenny chased her, he could easily hide behind her, Jenny felt like a cat chasing her tail, dizzy, almost planted off the plum stake, "Take a break for a while - I'm so tired, I'm about to throw up." ”

"No problem." Nicholas laughed, he thoughtfully helped Jenny down the plum blossom stake and let her sit on the practice mat on the side, "Do you need water?" ”

"Thank you." Jenny paused for a moment, unscrewed the mineral water bottle and drank most of it in one go, "Are you sure you're not abusing me, Nicholas, is it really necessary to have a plum blossom pile?" ”

"This is a targeted training designed based on your subsequent performance scenarios." Nicholas explained, "You've probably seen the sketches from Master, you're going to be jumping around in the trees, it's similar to the feeling of a plum blossom pile, if you can walk the plum blossom pile, you can shoot with less near and far shots, and the shooting will look better." ”

Although he is not very old, that is, twenty-six or seventeen years old, Nicholas has a very stable personality, and Jenny has a good impression of him before appointing him as her coach. When filming the first part before, although the coach arranged by Chen Jiaban for her did not act out of line, she had an obscene temperament and old colors. Looking at her with fascinated eyes, Jenny could only endure it at the time, but now there is no need to wronged herself.

Encouraged by Nicholas, she did have a little more motivation, but her muscles were already sore, although Jenny maintained the habit of exercising, but she was not muscular, and doing anaerobic exercise was not her strong point. "So the exercises we're doing aren't pointless?"

"Of course not." "You know, there's definitely a gap between the stand-in and the real person, except for a few dangerous scenes, if you can do all the action scenes, I think it's even better - I personally think the stand-in is just a product of the laziness of the big stars." ”

"Would you say that to Johnny?" Jenny asked with a smile, "Pirates" is Johnny alone. Depp has three stand-ins.

"You're good-tempered." Nicholas winked his eyes at her.

The two laughed together, and Jenny said unintentionally, "However, I can't help but say that your master is still quite creative, and the plum blossom pile doesn't seem to be used like this, right?" ”

"Oh? Do you know the common usage of plum piles? Nicholas looked at Jenny in surprise, "I didn't know you still liked Oriental culture, Jennifer." ”

If Cesare had been on the side, he would have looked at her meaningfully. Jenny secretly sweated, she didn't know how other time-travelers solved this problem, anyway, she was probably the kind of time-traveler full of holes, if it was placed in the Middle Ages, it was likely to be killed as a witch. After all, it is indeed quite difficult to apply the golden finger while seamlessly fulfilling the lie, and it is indeed quite difficult to be in front of the people close to you, and it is even more difficult if the relatives happen to be an elite like Cesare.

"I've seen Bruce Lee's films." She said casually, "So there's some interest in kung fu." ”

"Yes......" Nicholas still looked confused, but he didn't ask, but explained to Jenny, "This trick was actually asked by me from Bob, and this is how Orlando in "The Lord of the Rings" practiced, and if you look closely, you will find that Orlando is the lightest and most flexible of all the elf actors, as if his weight is really much lighter than the average person." For me, the most fascinating thing about his elves is that it is precisely because he is so light in his gestures that his elven prince is eye-catching. I've seen a few of his other films, and without that temperament, he doesn't look so glamorous. ”

The Bob he says is Bob. Anderson, a well-known martial arts instructor and swordsmanship master in Hollywood, the action director and swordsmanship director of "The Lord of the Rings", although he is old, he was still invited by the crew of "Pirates" to be a swordsmanship instructor, because Chen Zhi is not good at Western swordsmanship.

"Thanks to blonde hair and soft light, of course." Jenny said with a smile, her impression of Nicholas is a little better: in general, the crew is a place where the average cultural level is not too high, and most positions require work experience much higher than academic qualifications. Addicts, gambling enthusiasts, alcoholics, people with bad eyes, always trying to take advantage of girls, speculative assistants who want to make a fortune on the thighs of celebrities - although many people are ordinary people, but related to the entry and exit of huge amounts of money, and the threshold is not high, it will definitely attract a lot of scum. There are not many potential stocks like Nicholas who are calm, intelligent, have some ideas, and know how to learn the master's ways.

"Yes, thanks to the blonde and the soft light," Nicholas admitted, "but Orlando worked hard enough, and I heard Bob work hard for two months to get that effect." ”

What else is there to say about Jenny? She put the water bottle on the ground, "Come again." ”

Time flies by as Nicholas finishes abusing Jenny again and again, and Nicholas keeps instructing her, "The key to finding a good rhythm is to integrate rhythm and breathing." ”

"Hands and feet have to be coordinated, and you'd better do some more exercises tonight."

"Do several things at the same time, use your five senses, and react when you hear the sound, otherwise you will never catch up with me."

At the end of the day's practice, she was so tired that she didn't even want to move her fingers, and she didn't even have an appetite for dinner, and she took a shower and rested for a while before she had the strength to open the lunch box - because of the large amount of anaerobic exercise every day, she couldn't continue the original recipe, otherwise it would be tantamount to chronic suicide, Jenny began to increase the protein content of her diet according to the dietitian's recipe, but the crew's meals tasted so lacklustre, even if she consumed it like this, she couldn't get any pleasure from eating.

While eating, she turned on the computer and watched the pre-deposited video - there is no Internet here, and the current mobile network cards are almost all 2G, and the speed is also outrageously slow. But fortunately, because so far they are still in the area with signal, if you go deeper into the jungle, there will not even be a mobile phone signal, the crew can only contact the base through satellite phones and walkie-talkies, and making a movie is as difficult as a military operation.

In the middle of the talk show on the computer, the phone rang, and Jenny pressed pause and pulled out a prepaid phone. "Hello?"

"I thought we had agreed that you were calling me today." Christopher said grumblingly on the other end of the phone.

Jenny smiled, "I have this plan too, but I plan to wait until dinner is over." ”

"Really?" Chris said plaintively.

"Really." Jenny put her legs on the chair opposite, plugged in her headphones, and picked up her dinner again. "Don't you want a picture? I can send you one now, do you need one? ”

"Thanks, no need." Christopher said depressedly, "The way you eat is not so precious that you need to record it." ”

"Really?" Jenny asked wryfully in imitation of his tone.

"Of course it's fake, Silly." Chris started his sweet words again, "I don't have a private photo of you yet, send me one, it makes me feel a little VIP - God knows I've searched for your photo online like those fans and saved it." ”

"Chris, don't spoil my appetite." Jenny couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but say that Chris was a pretty good chat partner, especially when she was in the crew and could only eat alone, "I'm almost tired today, don't eat more, and it's very likely that I won't be able to survive tomorrow." ”

"Ah, you're still training." Chris said, "Did Bob start teaching you swordsmanship?" ”

"No, it should be soon, but I'm starting a new class today," Jenny said, "to work on agility, they let me use the plum stake ......"

She has always been a very self-disciplined person, but this does not mean that Jenny likes to swallow everything by herself, and she has rarely worked so purely in the past - and she can't take shortcuts, Jenny used to practice dancing in the entertainment space, mainly because dancing can be exercised alone, martial arts practice is a course that requires people to fight and guide at any time, and it may be counterproductive if you practice it wrong, Jenny has tried to practice boxing with a time difference before, but the next day she was pointed out by Director Chen that the movements are not standard, Instead, it took an extra day to correct the posture of the punch.

Can't cheat...... There is always a feeling of grievance, anyway, Christopher called to harass her for no purpose, Jenny vomited for a long time, and her appetite was better, "...... I'm going crazy at the thought of two weeks, and the scariest thing is why I can't go to class in Los Angeles, the weather here is just crazy. ”

"What else can you complain about working with Bob for free?" Christopher didn't continue to joke with her, but said seriously, "Bob is over eighty years old this year, even if the customer is willing to pay a high price, he will not take apprentices privately, if it weren't for Disney's way, I think he would have retired at home a long time ago, instead of coming to the island to teach swordsmanship." Didn't you say he wouldn't go to the Bahamas with you? If I were you, I'd take advantage of my time in St. Vincent to learn a little more, you know, you might still be making a lot of action movies, but like Bob. A national treasure sword master like Anderson will probably not come to guide you anymore. ”

Chris's professionalism is definitely worthy of his status, Jenny snorted, "Okay, you're right, if I have the stamina tomorrow......"

"Don't put it off until tomorrow, go make an appointment with him now." Christopher said, "Oh my God, I envy you, I want to come to St. Vincent too - no, I'm going to tell Jerry, I'm going to come over and train, I'm going to work on my coordination and flexibility, and the lad was right today, it's going to make a difference in your character." ”

Jenny rolled her eyes, "Don't come." ”

"But—" Christopher protested.

"If you're interested in Nicholas, I'll give you his number." Jenny examined her bruised toenails, chatted with Christopher for a few more words, hung up the phone, stretched, and paced up and down the room to digest while spreading out her yoga mat and preparing to scrupulously complete the homework assigned by Nicholas to go and play with Bob the morrow—and she was surprised to find that her tiredness had dissipated considerably, and more importantly, that eager, greedy, exuberant fighting spirit had returned to her chest.

Jenny admitted that she prefers complex characters and difficult scripts like "Sally", including studying roles with an evenly matched opponent like Chris, and auditioning again and again, which can give her a sense of accomplishment, after all, there are not too many people in the world who can play Sally well, and these boring physical exercises make her feel bored, tired and frustrated, and she feels that there are many people who do it better than her. However, Christopher woke her up, in fact, this is also a kind of acting, as an actor, it is her job to enhance the charm of the role, to make herself more agile and more pleasing to the eye, this is the acting skills of action movies, and in order to improve her acting skills, these tiredness is nothing.

Jenny's movements paused—and before she knew it, she had truly fallen in love with acting.

The author has something to say: Note: 1 Bob. Anderson's story is true, and Director Chen is also a real person, but Nicholas is fiction.

2 The filming locations of the Caribbean islands are almost all real, but the shooting time has been adjusted.

There is a double watch tonight!

P.S. Thank you all for caring about my rhinitis! However, I am not allergic rhinitis, I have chronic rhinitis, and I am prone to cold attacks. The main reason for the rhinitis attack is that I have some problems sleeping, that is, if I fall asleep and am awakened, it is difficult to fall asleep for a short time. This disease depends on conditioning, air quality, and it is useless to use Western medicine, I take Chinese medicine to recuperate, and the nasal irrigation device is useless...... But it's much better now, a lot less than in previous years, and it would be nice to have a good rest in a few days.