Chapter 132: Making a movie is also physical work

In a crisp fencing sound, Elizabeth and her fiancé Will . Turner fought inseparably, the two Western swords flashed golden in the sun, Elizabeth's attack was light, the tip of the sword continued to stab at her fiancé, Will blocked her attack quickly and accurately, the two exchanged challenging eyes in the competition, Elizabeth couldn't help laughing, and Will seized this opportunity to attack, the Caribbean sun sprinkled in the courtyard, the atmosphere was so harmonious and beautiful-

"Nimbus, Gore, Nimbus!" Outside the courtyard, a shout was heard, "The rain clouds are coming!" ”

The set, which had been so quiet just now, was suddenly filled with noisy voices. "Quick, the poncho here is leaking—"

"Tarps, go get the tarps out."

"Microphone, get away - this is our last."

The Caribbean Sea has a tropical maritime climate, and the summer showers come and go, and the last minute is still sunny, and this minute, as soon as the sky is cloudy, it starts to rain unreasonably, and the lighting board is knocked in the rain, and the actors are embarrassed to run back into the corridor, let the costumer deal with the mud marks on the trouser legs and skirt corners, and the makeup artist does not miss the slightest opportunity to immediately step forward to touch up the makeup - this is the disadvantage of live shooting, although the sense of realism is high, but it is greatly constrained by natural conditions.

No one spoke in the hallway, except for the working makeup artist, everyone looked at the rainstorm in confusion, even Josh, who had been smiling, had a blank face, Jenny stood there with her hands crossed, and she couldn't wait to take off her skirt and jump into a cold tub to cool off, and never make any broken movies again—who could stand this kind of sin in this ghost weather?

I didn't think anything about it when I was filming the first part before, because she has a lot of literary dramas, and now that she has begun to play martial arts, filming has really become a very challenging thing - Jenny heard Christopher say that he has a private island in the Caribbean Sea, which is currently under construction, but even if it is built, it should be a winter vacation, because the Caribbean Sea in summer is not only rainy, but also controlled by tropical high pressure, the weather is humid and stuffy, even if she wears antiperspirants, wearing such a thick costume, her sweat still keeps breaking, The costume became heavier and slowly dried in the sun, but every now and then a rain slowed down the filming, and Jenny kept repeating the process of sweating, drying, sweating, drying, simply put, she was now slowly cured into jerky......

Even though she drank a lot of water, she still felt a little dehydrated and heatstroke, and the damn costume was so heavy - and suddenly, the filming of "Sally" became more enticing, although it was also painful at the time, but at least it was more fleshy than it is now. Physical torture is much better, and now it's purely physical work...... It's no wonder that many big stars don't have a good temper, even if she doesn't feel like she's grumpy, Jenny is sure that if she can't finish the damn shot today, she'll definitely have the urge to lose her temper.

Finally, after the rain, the sun quickly dried the water marks in the venue, and the crew members rushed up again, resetting the scene, Jenny and Josh rushed into the sun, mobilized their emotions and came to two more Takes, and the scene finally ended - today they were lucky, because the director had just shouted 'Good', the sky was overcast again, and soon it rained again......

Compared to Jenny, who is mostly indoors, Josh and Johnny are obviously more guilty, Josh is already dark and thin after removing the powder, even if he increases his appetite, his cheekbones are becoming more and more obvious - when Jenny was training in St. Vincent, he and Johnny went to the Bahamas to go out on location, and the running and climbing scenes filmed completely under the scorching sun were simply a summer camp of hardship, and I heard that more than one staff member in the crew fainted from heat stroke.

"It's better to be improvised." Gore and the assistant director walked over as they spoke, "Arrange rain and sunshine scenes every day, and if there is a hurricane, you can simply shoot some naval battle scenes." ”

He was joking, of course, but Jenny really thought it would be a good idea, and she welcomed any suggestion that would get her to end the shoot sooner. - If this is the case every time she shoots an action movie, she would rather give up this route. - When filming the fight scene, she can't rely on the golden finger, because the original version of Elizabeth is not a woman, to be honest, the fight scene doesn't use much acting skills, just repeat the fight again and again, tired and painful, and can't be distracted, in the martial arts drama because of the opponent is injured by the opponent, and this kind of injury is usually very painful, because in order to pursue the effect, the actor must work hard.

"Good looking, Jennifer." Gore noticed the fiancé, paused, and asked with concern, "But you don't look a little uncomfortable - you're okay with the next few fights, right?" ”

After being told by Christopher, Jenny did find Bob for personal guidance, and Bob happily arranged training for her, so that Jenny's swordsmanship could cope with the real-life feeding moves, and many scenes could be played without the help of a stand-in, which is of course a good thing for the crew, after all, it is better to not use a stand-in, so the pain that Jenny has endured in the past few weeks of filming can be regarded as self-inflicted.

In the split second before she opened her mouth, she really wanted to say that she was a little out of place, but Jenny finally said, "No problem, Gore, if the script could make me wear less." ”

"I really want to." Gore laughs and says that he is well adapted to the weather and much more energetic than Jenny. "But I'm afraid the grading committee will have an opinion."

Jenny forced herself to laugh with Gore, who condoled Josh, "Are you alright, Josh?" You look like you're going to throw up. ”

"I still seem to be immersed in yesterday's plane turbulence." But thanks to the thick powder, Josh said, he still looks healthy. "But it's not a big deal, thank you for your concern, Gore."

"I thought you were dazzled by Champion Zhou." Gore smiled and said, "OK, the rain has stopped, and we can call it a day today." ”

He walked out and started directing the crew, and Jenny touched Josh, "Are you okay?" ”

Josh shook his head, grabbed Jenny's shoulders and put his head up, "A little dizzy, just let me rest on you for a while." ”

In the past year or two, they have always been very intimate with the outside world, after all, it is difficult for you to imagine that a couple respects each other in front of people, and Josh's movements are nothing, but now Jenny is a little unnatural, she looked left and right nervously, and found that no one noticed this, so she took out her mobile phone from her bag and checked the email: not that she was afraid that Claudia would be jealous, but ...... After the explosion of "Unstoppable", she has always been a little uncomfortable - fake marriage for the sake of her career...... It would be nice if Josh or Anna could say no.

Since this was just an idea of Cesare, Josh should not have known about it until now, and there is no need to talk about it before the release of "Unstoppable", and it will have to wait until the box office comes out. After its release, it will have to wait for a while to see the global box office and market feedback before Cesare can finally make a judgment.

With an investment of 85 million, it will be more than 40 million in the first week in North America, which is a small explosion for an action movie, and it will be halved by more than 20 million in the next week. However, last weekend, "Unstoppable" was released overseas, but the global box office performance was the highlight, and the biggest name in this film is Josh, and his performance can satisfy critics with mediocre commercial films (Jenny watched the premiere, this is her objective evaluation), I don't know how to market it overseas, and the global box office (including North America) last weekend was more than 50 million, and won the global weekly crown.

There are more than 10 million in North America, and the remaining more than 40 million are overseas box office, if you calculate it this way, there will not be much of a problem with more than 200 million in the world, and North America is also very promising in ranking in the top ten and top fifteen of the year, don't look at its acting skills, there are no highlights, but the film company will not care so much, what about the quality of the film? As long as he can make money, just like that, Josh can be regarded as the tail of the A-list with his handsome appearance and excellent box office......

The box office was high, and Josh naturally became a busy man, flying back to Los Angeles to participate in the event every now and then, and the major media bombarded him with news, so Jenny also mixed up a lot of opportunities to appear. This is the benefit of couples, one party has a work, which is equivalent to exposure for both parties, and the media has one more topic to discuss: Now, Jennifer Josh has become a celebrity couple recognized in Hollywood and even the whole country, just like Tom and Nicole, Bruce. Willis and Demi. Moore, like that, is considered to be a pair of both men and women with high career achievements and great influence. -- And a recent survey shows that she and Josh are also the Hollywood couple with the highest public affection. Stable relationships, matching looks and a career that is the best among their peers, sweet everyday details...... They have become a model unmarried couple with a high national popularity, and it can be said that the whole country is looking forward to their dream wedding.

starred in a romance film, both of them can get 20/20, or they can cooperate with Da Meng to co-produce, or even Da Meng shoots it himself, and they will do the distribution on their behalf; Invite Jenny and Josh to cut the ribbon for the new store at a price of hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars; Make tempting conditions and ask them to shoot the cover of the couple, if they agree, the magazine will communicate with PR first no matter what unfavorable news they shoot in the future; Provide free sponsorship of daily necessities, only need to show up in street photography; You can go to the store for free, take whatever you like, and even give back cash if you walk into the store together...... These are the invitations that Judy and Cesare have received in the past few weeks, and I'm sure there will be more on Anna's side. The craze surprised even Judy, after all, Jenny had just passed the Prada craze, which was better at the box office and had a strong social influence, but the public's reaction to the couple could even be described as 'lukewarm'.

This is the public, to a large extent, their reactions are extremely random, and even a seasoned PR cannot make an accurate estimate, no matter what the psychology is, anyway, now Jenny and Josh are completely 1+1 >2, each other is raising each other's style, and the fact that the two are now filming in the Caribbean has formed a hunger marketing effect, making them more popular. She guessed that the moment they returned to Los Angeles, they would definitely be overwhelmed by the paparazzi and usher in a wave of street photography frenzy.

She and Cesare hadn't talked about it yet, but it was all like that, and marriage seemed to be a foregone conclusion, and Anna's side was unlikely to object. Jenny's thoughts are indeed conflicted now: on the one hand, it is good to marry Josh, but on the other hand, she still hopes that Josh will refuse it. - It's hard for her to refuse, she promised Cesare when she signed the deed of sale, and now she suddenly regrets it, she herself can't say it, but Josh is different, Disney didn't ask them to renew their love contract, and now they are no longer subject to the needs of the film's promotion. If you want me, of course the filmmaker will be very happy, but Disney can't say anything if Josh doesn't want to.

This is a solemn matter, if you don't get married, you have to put the breakup date on the table to talk, Jenny wanted to talk to Josh several times, but she felt that the time was not right, and now is certainly not a good time, she turned her head and glanced at Josh: This guy is really asleep, and it seems that he is really tired for a while.

"Hey." Claudia walked over and handed her a bottle of soda, and she glanced at Josh, "Uncomfortable?" ”

"Well, I think he might have some heat stroke." Jenny whispered, and Joe, another makeup artist, came over.

"Look at you both." He said in a relieved and envious tone, and pushed Claudia again, "Isn't it jealous? They look like a painting. ”

Claudia smiled, "yes, let's leave them alone for a while." ”

“Psst。” The photographer in the distance waved his hand to get out of the way, and he twisted the camera to capture the scene, and gave Jenny a thumbs up before twisting back to adjust the camera.

Jenny and Claudia looked at each other, and she felt the familiar unnaturalness again: she didn't tell Claudia about the marriage offer, she didn't know how to speak, and although it had nothing to do with her, she couldn't help but feel sorry for Claudia.

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"Can you hear me?" Cesare asked on the other end of the phone, "The signal quality is so poor today." ”

"I can hear you." Jenny exclaimed, "The noise you hear could be the sound of the waves - wait a minute-"

She ran around on the beach for a while, and finally found a relatively secluded corner, and there was a signal to keep the call, "It's hard to imagine that we can still make calls in Dominica, but in the United States I have to look for a signal like a fool!" ”

“Funny。” Cesare said briefly, "Did the shooting go well?" ”

"It sucks," Jenny grumbled, "it's a nightmare - warn you first, don't tell me this is my chance to master action movies, Christopher has already said it-"

After complaining a lot of nonsense, barely giving Cesare time to speak, Jenny spat out her frustration, "There's nothing going on at home, is it?" I'll hang up if it's okay, the night breeze is a little cold. ”

After she left Los Angeles, she would communicate with Cesare regularly by email and phone, and Cesare would use the email to write a summary of some big dreams of work to her, the signal here was not good, the mail could not be received, and the two switched to simple communication by phone, of course, they also chatted, but Jenny said so much today, mainly because of some evasion, she didn't want to hear Cesare mention the word 'marriage'.

"There are two things." Cesare, however, ruthlessly shattered her illusions. "Can you hold on? Both of these things are more important. ”

Jenny stared at the phone for a moment, having the urge to unplug the headphones, pretending that the signal was not good and turning it off, but still suppressed the childish impulse, she calmed herself down and repeated Cesare's lesson: Avoiding will not solve the problem, and any trouble will be less troublesome if you face it calmly.

"If it's about getting married, let's wait until we go back to Los Angeles, okay?" She tried to be as steady as she could, 'You trust me, I trust you,' and I ...... about this It's very resistant, I've been thinking about it for a while, and I want to talk to you about it. ”

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line, and then Cesare said, "Yes." ”

His tone was unexpectedly very steady and relaxed, not tense at all, Jenny breathed a sigh of relief, and Cesare continued, "But it's not this thing I'm going to tell you tonight, the first thing is that the rough cut of 'The Fifth Sally' has come out, and I watched the finished product with David today-"

His voice softened, "Congratulations, Jenny, you've made a great movie, and Weinstein has decided to run this year's Oscar nomination for you." ”

Jenny could barely believe her ears, and a vortex of ecstasy swept her in, making it almost impossible for her to hear Cesare's next sentence, "And I've decided to do my best for you, this time for the Oscars, I want you to get two nominations......"

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