Chapter 76: Girls, MAN Up
Scarlett Johansson's "unexpected" joining made fans overjoyed, which is probably the only recent Hollywood actress voted for by fans, and this kind of "popular will" approach makes the audience full of expectations for the film "Baseball Girl". In the latest statistics of "Film Weekly", this film was selected as the most anticipated film by the audience in recent times with a high number of votes.
The explanation given by the media is: "beautiful woman + handsome guy + baseball = full of heat", which makes the students of Moss Middle School regret that the director of the film, Kenny Ortega, did not put the filming location here this time. Principal Matthew was very enthusiastic about promoting this matter, and two wonderful youth campus movies were filmed in the school in a row, although it had a certain degree of impact on the teaching order, but at the same time, it also greatly enhanced the popularity of Moss Middle School. Especially for many overseas students, it is precisely because of "Youth Musical" and "Cinderella's Glass Phone" that they choose to study in this school, which is a lot of money.
But Kenny Ortega has his own ideas, on the one hand, because although baseball is very popular in Moss Middle School, the school's baseball field is very mediocre and can meet the needs of the students, but it does not meet the requirements of the crew.
On the other hand, the filming locations that can be used inside Moss Middle School have almost been shown in the two movies "Youth Musical" and "Cinderella's Glass Phone", and all the films are put here in a pile, and the audience will definitely have opinions. In order to ensure the continuation of the surname, the next sequel to "Youth Musical" will of course still be filmed here, and Kenny Ortega will always have to leave some leeway for his later films.
With this in mind, Kenny Ortega set the film, which he is more familiar with, Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was the director of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics last year, where he spent a long time, and was invited by a local high school to give a talk about the Winter Olympics.
After the presentation, Kenny Ortega was kindly invited by the school authorities to visit their campus. I have to say that the principal of this high school is very far-sighted, although Kenny Ortega only made a school-related "Musical" before this, but he successfully transformed Florida's Moss Middle School from an obscure small role to a prestigious high school. Of course, Lin Mingyang played a role in this, but persuaded Hollywood's most potential rookie star to transfer to Salt Lake City, other high schools did not try, but all ended in failure.
The breakthrough can only be placed on the director, the principal firmly believes that Kenny Ortega will have a new work, and in the trial, he also heard Kenny Ortega have such an idea, so he didn't take Kenny Ortega around, basically chose the school's very representative surname, the most complete facilities of the building for the great director to visit, including the new baseball stadium that they just invested in to build a baseball stadium that can accommodate 5,000 people to watch the game at the same time.
When choosing a filming location this time, Kenny Ortega was the first to think of this high school, he called the other party and informed him of his intentions, and the other party naturally welcomed him, and the two sides hit it off, and Kenny Ortega immediately rushed to Salt Lake City with the crew.
"Salt Lake City East High School?" Lin Mingyang looked at the campus in front of him, how did he look at it and feel familiar, and when he saw the entrance of the main building of the school, he finally confirmed his guess. If he hadn't appeared, this would be the real filming location of the film "Youth Musical". It seems that Kenny Ortega does have a soft spot for this place, and the changed history has been reproduced in such a way, and Lin Mingyang has to sigh at the ingenuity of this.
"What, you know this school?" Kenny Ortega, who was walking and chatting with the principal, noticed that Lin Mingyang was strange.
"I seem to remember a game between Moss Middle School and Salt Lake City East High School at an interstate basketball event." Lin Mingyang casually recited a statement, and the other party would not verify it anyway.
"Is there one?" Lin Mingyang missed the principal of Salt Lake City East High School, so when Kenny Ortega asked the other party for verification, he was nervous and sweaty.
"Seems to be the case!" The principal took out a tissue and wiped the beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, he really couldn't remember such an exchange in his heart, but Lin Mingyang's sworn expression made him hesitate a little. He felt that it was probably because he didn't pay much attention to this matter after a while, so he forgot about it, but young people's surnames are always better than themselves, so he chose to cooperate with Lin Mingyang's "lie".
"I didn't choose the wrong place in this way, it seems that this is all God's arrangement!" Kenny Ortega didn't dig any deeper, which made Lin Mingyang glad and felt that he should really be grateful to that omnipresent God, and then an evil idea came out of his heart, and in the future, whenever he encountered something that couldn't be explained, he would simply blame it all on this almighty God.
I don't know if God saw through his thoughts, anyway, "retribution" is coming soon, after returning to the crew, Scarlett Johansson is losing her temper, and the reason why she is angry is the movie promotional posters designed by Lin Mingyang.
"I can dress as a man in a movie, but not as a tomboy in reality!" Scarlett Johansson angrily pointed to the posters that Lin Mingyang had made, and after processing, she had indeed become a tomboy on the posters. Lin Mingyang, who seems to be intent on spoofing, also added a small beard to Scarlett Johansson on a photo of the two, and if he wears a small round hat, he will be a beautiful version of Chaplin.
"Look at your slogan, 'Girls, get up!' I don't want to be treated as an alternative by the Hollywood media! Scarlett Johansson, who has always shown herself with a sweet image, naturally can't stand this kind of publicity, and even Kenny Ortega, who has been acting as a "good old man" in the crew, feels that Lin Mingyang's arrangement is a bit "excessive".
"I heard you admire the director Woody Allen?" Lin Mingyang did not rush to defend himself, "He once said that if you don't often encounter setbacks, it shows that what you are doing is not very pioneering. ”
"Does this have anything to do with the topic we're discussing?" Scarlett Johansson snorted disapprietedly.
"Of course, I don't think you know your character very well, and you haven't even read Shakespeare's original play. "Twelfth Night" is a comedy full of wit, not a chaotic farce of women dressing up as men. Ovira, the heroine of the original play, is a woman full of wisdom, so your performance in the play is not only to amuse the audience, but more importantly, to make everyone feel something from your 'nonsense', thus revealing the theme of this film, girls can also be heroes on the baseball field just like boys. ”
Scarlett Johansson gagged her mouth, still a little unconvinced, but obviously she was listening carefully to what Lin Mingyang said.
"In this play, the love story between the male and female protagonists is just a comedic gimmick, and in a sense, there is only one protagonist in this film, and that is the Ovira you play. She disguised herself as a woman and mixed into the baseball team, not to fall in love with the handsome pitcher Duke, but to fulfill her dreams and prove herself. The love between her and Duke is just a heartwarming episode and a beautiful accident in the process of chasing her dreams. ”
This time, not only Scarlett Johansson was thinking seriously, but even Kenny Ortega, who was standing on the sidelines to "watch the excitement", also fell into deep thought, and Lin Mingyang's in-depth analysis of the plot also inspired him a lot.
"I've always been disgusted by the fact that women dress as men, because it erases the most beautiful differences between the two surnames, and this set of posters was designed to match the promotion of the film. A different Scarlett Johansson appeared on the poster, just to better attract the attention of fans. The slogan 'Girls, Man Up' is not a call for girls to dress up as a tomboy, but to encourage them to move closer to boys spiritually and not to put themselves in a position of vulnerability, passivity, and hope to be protected forever. And the realization of all this must be based on your accurate grasp and understanding of this role. Mr. Woody Allen's words are telling you that if you refuse to change for fear of setbacks, then your place in the movie will always be just a vase, and if anything, it will be a prettier vase at best. ”
Lin Mingyang's final explanation not only made Scarlett Johansson accept this set of promotional posters calmly, but also gave her a deeper understanding of her role. But being taught such a "lesson" by a guy who is one year younger than herself, Scarlett Johansson's proud heart is still a little difficult to accept, in order to prove her ability, she "did right" with Lin Mingyang everywhere in the next performance, and the momentum of not admitting defeat was vividly expressed in and out of the play.
It turns out that "never mess with a woman, especially a beautiful one!" This sentence is extremely correct, if Scarlett Johansson only proved herself by "being strong" in the previous shooting, then the subsequent shooting finally made Lin Mingyang suffer.
There is such an interesting scene in the plot, after a fierce game, the members of the baseball team take a shower in the bathroom en masse, O'Villa, played by Scarlett Johansson, squirms and refuses to go in with everyone, and then Duke played by Lin Mingyang dragged her into the bathroom. While taking a shower, Duke finds Ovira wrapped himself tightly in a strange bath towel, and curious about how to remove the fig leaf from the "tomboy", the two of them put on a ridiculous farce in the bathroom.
When shooting this set of shots, Lin Mingyang needed to be topless, and only wore a big pants underneath. In "Pirates of the Caribbean", Lin Mingyang also wore a shoulder, and it was the first time he was photogenic naked. Everyone present admitted that the muscles on Lin Mingyang's body were indeed very stylish, not the kind of bulging big man, but very evenly clinging to his body, and the whole showed a very masculine and powerful sense of line. Kenny Ortega can even imagine that this set of shots appeared on the screen, and there is no telling how many girls in the movie theater would scream.
Scarlett Johansson also has to "take off" this time, but compared to Lin Mingyang's large-scale "sacrifice", the parts below her chest are tightly wrapped in a special bath towel. Although she was disdainful of admiring Lin Mingyang's muscles by the people around her, she still secretly glanced at her during the shooting, not to mention that this annoying guy really has capital to show off.
"Ready!" The director gave an order, and then the clapperboard "clicked" in front of the camera, and the shooting officially began, Lin Mingyang smiled at Scarlett Johansson with bad intentions, and then said the first line.
"Bastian (Ovila's brother's name, she impersonates in the show), don't ramble, take off that ridiculous bath towel from you, let me see the man's guy!"
Scarlett Johansson always felt that Lin Mingyang must have some bad idea in his heart, thinking of the bad smile he had just made, she felt that she had guessed the other party's prank, although she was still wearing underwear inside, but if the bath towel was "accidentally" ripped off by Lin Mingyang, then she would definitely become everyone's laughing stock. Thinking of this, she suddenly clutched the bath towel on her chest tightly, just like Ovira's reaction after hearing Duke say this in the plot.
Looking at the footage from the camera, Kenny Ortega nodded with satisfaction, he only saw superficial things, if he knew what the two in front of the camera were thinking, it is estimated that he would not be sitting so comfortably in the chair.
There isn't much dialogue between the two protagonists in this section, and Duke played by Lin Mingyang begins to pull Scarlett Johansson's bath towel that he thinks is ridiculous and funny. Lin Mingyang's real thoughts are not as excessive as Scarlett Johansson imagined, he just wants to tear off a corner of the bath towel, let the other party "go away" a little, and make a harmless joke.
But he found that Scarlett Johansson seemed to be holding it very tightly, pulling it, but there was no loosening, and Lin Mingyang, who was a little surprised, added a little more strength to his hand, and the bathrobe on the other party was still not moving, and when he was about to increase his hand again, Scarlett Johansson kicked his instep hard.
The movements of the two happened almost at the same time, and Scarlett Johansson used too much force when she went to kick Lin Mingyang, so the center of gravity of her body was a little uncontrolled. And Lin Mingyang was in pain in his feet, and he didn't control the strength in his hands, so he pulled Scarlett Johansson into his arms with a bathrobe.
The bathrobe on Scarlett Johansson's chest was ripped off, and her body crashed into Lin Mingyang's thick chest with her habitual surname. Feeling that her body had a tendency to slip, Scarlett Johansson subconsciously hugged Lin Mingyang's neck.
The people outside the camera were stunned when they saw this scene, and Kenny Ortega poured the coffee he was about to pour into his mouth directly on his crotch. Then he jumped up, and before he had time to wipe the coffee stains off his body, he yelled "Stop!" ”
The hot stinging pain on the instep made Lin Ming ** not in the mood to taste what kind of stimulating feeling it was for the two soft and tight balls on Scarlett Johansson's chest to stick to his chest, and Scarlett Johansson, who was standing firmly, quickly covered her body with a bath towel, and then gave Lin Mingyang an extremely loud slap with her backhand.
"Stinky rascal!"
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