Chapter 62: Dance Fighting

Lin Mingyang didn't know that because of Disney's toughness, Hillary Duff and her agent really "hated" him this time. After lying in the hospital for a month, his leg injury has healed, and he has returned to the filming crew of "Agent Sisters and Brothers". In this film, MGM made a lot of money, and naturally there was no turning back when he opened the bow, even if it was delayed for a month, the film still had to be completed on time, so the crew had to work overtime to catch up.

After Lin Mingyang "returned to the team" from injury, he came to his "new home", to be precise, where he and Julie lived together in the play. Doug Liman believes that the dramatic character relationship between John and Jane cannot be supported by the performances of actors alone, and that the things around them should also have some kind of suggestion, so the house they live in with their parents becomes a ready-made prop.

It's not just a place to live, be fed and sheltered, but it's a family relationship that's dangerous enough to ruin and live a life full of secrets, lies, and burnout. The design of the house is very luxurious, the style is complex and the concept of space is very large, but it lacks warmth and soul, more like a show than a home.

Even after seven years of living together in this house, there is still space in it that John and Jane have never touched, and it is these hidden and difficult to find "dark grids" that Doug Liman uses to symbolize the true identity of the people who live here.

John's seemingly ordinary tool shed has a hidden space the size of a cellar, filled with piles of cash, bazookas, grenades, and pistols of all kinds; And Jane's wardrobe is actually a secret storage room for high-tech weapons.

Until John and Jane have a showdown about their true identities, the house, which symbolizes a discordant relationship, is razed to the ground. Doug Liman wanted to refract the theme of the film through this. It may seem like a game of death between two well-trained ace killers, but in the end, they have to face many of the problems that a combined family faces: how parents deal with their unrelated children, and how to get along with children who are not related by blood. In the play, John and Jane both have superb skills that ordinary people can't hope for, but what they fight for is not to put each other to death, but how to accept each other's kinship.

What makes director Doug Liman feel relieved is that the tacit understanding between Lin Mingyang and Angelina Jolie is still there, whether it is filming the life-and-death duel between the two siblings in their own home, or finally working together to save their parents, the cooperation between the two is seamless. This made him joke that if Lin Mingyang could be a few years older, the two would definitely be the most felt "screen couple" in Hollywood.

Doug Liman didn't find that Lin Mingyang and Angelina Jolie were "bored" in and out of the play, he said this more based on his own judgment. Because of his age, Lin Mingyang is still taking the route of a youth idol, even in this film with a huge budget and popular action scenes, his image has not been able to completely jump out of this mode. Of course, this is not a problem of Lin Mingyang's acting ability, but the age is there, as Ex said, mature charm must be precipitated for a certain period of time before it can be perfectly displayed in an actor.

But even so, Doug Liman still feels that Lin Mingyang has the potential to develop in the direction of Hollywood's most famous actor, even though he is only 16 years old, but he showed his muscles a little in "Pirates of the Caribbean", which still makes many cuties crazy; And Angelina Jolie, who seems a little dangerous, has always occupied the position of the most affectionate actress since her debut, especially after playing Laura in "Tomb Raider".

Although Nicole Kidman was once a favorite for the heroine, Jolie, who is clearly experienced in action, is a better choice. During the filming of the film, the most interesting thing is not the quality itself, but the overwhelming scandals of the protagonist and the lace news that is more exciting than the movie, which obviously helps the hype a lot, and also provides a lot of after-dinner conversation for gossipy reporters.

With Disney's high-profile announcement of the filming plan for "Baseball Girl", rumors about the feud between Lin Mingyang and Hillary Duff have been completely shattered. But the Hollywood press has found a new hype spot very openly. They have once again begun to pay attention to the scandal between Lin Mingyang and Angelina Jolie.

During the filming, the paparazzi claimed that as long as they could take a photo of the two, they could ask for $300,000, so when shooting the film, the most annoying thing was to hide from the paparazzi. The pervasive paparazzi were a huge headache for Doug Liman and producer Brooksheimer, and it was nearly impossible to stop the ubiquitous, heavily armed paparazzi.

In addition to the paparazzi, the most difficult thing for director Doug Liman is how to persuade Lin Mingyang to accept his changes to the script. In Lin Mingyang's script, because of the positioning of the protagonist's sister and brother relationship, this plot was not added. But in order to add enough gimmicks to the film, Doug Liman added the scene of the sister and brother dancing together at the community drinking party, Jolie wore a high-forked low-cut dress and a pistol tied to her thigh, and the classic style was naturally "resurrected" in the hands of Doug Liman.

To Lin Mingyang's surprise, Doug Liman's arrangement was actually because he was obsessed with Hong Kong action movies. Although in Lin Mingyang's eyes, Doug Liman, like other foreigners, only superficially stays on the surface of why Chinese kung fu is so superb, but Doug Liman is immersed in his own understanding, "The action scenes in Hong Kong films are really incredibly elegant, sometimes it doesn't look like a duel to the death, and the winner has already been decided between playing football, sleeping and even eating." ”

Because Lin Mingyang is the screenwriter of this film, Doug Liman had to explain to him his reason for changing the plot: "In order to create a balance between you and Julie's identity, I have specially arranged this 'dance fight' for you, the traditional dance music exudes a demagogic romantic atmosphere, and the unconventional fight is exactly the kind of tension between the two of you." ”

Lin Mingyang knew that the director in front of him really had ideas for action movies, so he asked curiously: "Do you still have research on dance?" ”

"In fact, I didn't know anything about dancing, even ballroom dancing very hard." Doug Liman doesn't care about revealing his shortcomings, because he has never involved dance in his previous films, so he is really a little unable to do this dance fight added to the movie. But there is always a solution to the problem, and professional things can be left to more professional people to do.

"Let me introduce you to Ms. Margaret Derry, a famous Hollywood choreographer, who will design the dance part of this performance." Doug Liman introduced Lin Mingyang to the "foreign aid" he had found.

"Hello Felix, I saw your dance performance in "Youth Musical", a great movie!" Margaret Derry is a middle-aged woman with black-rimmed glasses, who is not tall and slightly chubby, and speaks beautiful American English, and when she shakes hands with Lin Mingyang, her eyes behind the lenses are even more colorful.

"Nice to meet you!" Lin Mingyang politely shook hands with the other party, and then quickly retracted his outstretched hand. It may also be because the other party is overly enthusiastic, he doesn't like the way this woman looks at him.

"Now that we're all acquainted, let's ask Ms. Delhi to share your whole thoughts for us." Ignoring Margaret Derry's unfinished eyes, Doug Liman couldn't wait to get straight to the point.

"I read Felix's script and then listened to Mr. Doug Liman describe his idea, and I thought it was an absolutely genius idea to include this dance in this film." Margaret Derry gave the director a compliment without a trace.

"Oh?" Lin Mingyang made a very curious look, he felt that Margaret Derry was deliberately trying to please Doug Liman, so he wanted to embarrass the other party, "I want to know what specific content this genius's idea is?" ”

This was a mistake made by Lin Mingyang, who underestimated Margaret Delhi's professionalism and preparation in this matter, so that seemingly ironic question ended up being a reason for Margaret Delhi to play further.

"The film is filled with scenes of violence and hints at a dangerous family relationship, but the only thing missing is something softer and beautiful, and the siblings finally choose to let go of their guns on each other, and this is the beginning of a warm feeling. I think it's a clever transition to add a romantic dance and then move from dance to fighting and back to the main story. ”

Margaret Derry's words forced Lin Mingyang to reinvigorate the New York-based choreographer, and Doug Liman was happy with the effect because things were going in the direction he expected.

"The dance I designed symbolizes the release of passion, and at the same time, the dance is also full of teasing and competition, and at the same time, the two are slightly drunk, and the grace of that moment can only be expressed through demeanor and movement."

"Tease?" Hearing this sensitive word, Lin Mingyang's reaction was a little strange.

Even Doug Liman felt that Margaret Derry's arrangement was a little inappropriate, "The relationship between the two in the play is sister and brother, although there is no blood relationship between them, but will this mislead the audience?" ”

"I think that's the best thing about the film, I know the relationship between the two main characters in the play, so this dance is really just a very subtle hint, but it can bring extraordinary sensory stimulation to the audience. The dancing movements do not make people think of this deliberately, everything is deeply hidden in the eyes of the protagonist. ”

It's hard for Lin to be sure whether she likes this Margaret Delry lady now, because her design actually speaks to Lin's truest thoughts at a deep level, but she is likely to take the film in an unknown direction.

Lin Mingyang hesitated, but Doug Liman applauded, "This explanation is wonderful!" You've already figured out the specific design plan, right? ”

Margaret Derry nodded mysteriously, then motioned to her assistant to play a piece of music, "This is the background music I prepared for the dance." ”

When this melody sounded, Lin Mingyang felt as if he had heard it somewhere, a very familiar feeling.

Margaret Derry keenly captured the change in Lin Mingyang's expression, and then she giggled, giving people a feeling of trembling flowers. "I think Felix has heard something!"

"If I'm not mistaken, it's the classic 'Just One Step Away' by the famous tango master Carlosgardel." With the memory in his head, Lin Mingyang said the source of this melody.

"Quite right!" Margaret Derry clapped her hands excitedly, "Felix is really talented in music. ”

"Don't forget, all the songs in "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth" are written and composed by himself!" Doug Liman also smiled and nodded, but Lin Mingyang's performance did surprise him.

"Actually, I don't know much about this!" Lin Mingyang waved his hand very modestly, "It's just that Ms. Derry chose this piece is very special, and this dance song has appeared in the movies "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman", "Schindler's List" and "True Lies". ”

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Although he felt that this was a bit awkward, Lin Mingyang finally accepted Doug Liman's changes to the plot, and privately he expressed his concerns to Angelina Jolie, but Julie, who has always been bold and rebellious, appreciated such changes because she found them exciting.

The helpless Lin Mingyang could only accept this result, and this set of shots became the most ambiguous part of the film, especially Julie's hot and unrestrained eyes during the filming, which made Lin Mingyang a little constrained.

"Stop!" Although his ideas have always been very good, Doug Liman found that reality is not as beautiful as he imagined, and Angelina Jolie's ambiguous dance music, Lin Mingyang has never found the free and easy feeling in his previous performances.

"Felix, you have to understand that now Julie is your sister who shook hands, and the two of you just had a life-and-death duel at home, and you are very unconvinced by each other. In this dance, Julie is demonstrating to you with a sense of provocation with a sense of surname, and you have to respond more boldly and unrestrainedly to show this opposition between you, and then prepare for the next task you will receive to organize and start fighting again! "Explaining the plot to the screenwriter of the film, even Doug Liman felt that his behavior was absurd.

"I try to adjust my condition!" Lin Mingyang nodded depressedly, his "bitterness" could not be said directly to Doug Liman.

"Take a break, we'll get back to it later!" Doug Liman patted him on the shoulder, and at this time Angelina Jolie walked over to this side, and Doug Liman knew that the two might need some communication, so he found an excuse to consciously avoid it.

At this time, Angelina-Jolie was still wearing the black dress with high forks and low cuts, and the scenery of her legs was in full view of Lin Mingyang when she sat down. Feeling that Lin Mingyang's eyes were a little "dishonest", Julie glared at him angrily, and then asked with great concern: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Are you sure we really want that?" Lin Mingyang found that there was ambiguity in his words, and hurriedly added: "I mean in this play?" ”

"I'm looking forward to it!" The expression on Angelina Jolie's face looked serious.

"Alright then!" Unloaded the psychological baggage, Lin Mingyang breathed a long sigh of relief, he may still lack the heat in acting, but it is much easier to do fake plays.

When the tango music that had appeared in many classic movies sounded on the set again, Lin Mingyang and Julie's dancing in front of the camera was exceptionally beautiful and smooth, without that layer of restraint, Lin Mingyang responded to Julie's hooking electric eyes with an evil smile on the corner of his mouth, and the cooperation between the two was perfect.

At the end of this set of shots, after a tense and exciting hand-to-hand combat, Lin Mingyang snatched the silver pistol that Julie strapped to his thigh, while Julie took the pistol he hid behind his back, and the two pointed each other's guns at each other.

"Mine is high-tech, and it needs fingerprint recognition before it can be used!" There was no such dialogue in the original script, but Lin Mingyang came up with such a sentence on a whim.

This made director Doug Liman and the surrounding staff sweat, this set of shots was too perfect, and Lin Mingyang's sudden dialogue was even more genius, and everyone was nervously looking forward to Julie's reaction.

"Unfortunately, so is the one you have!" A charming smile rippled on the corner of Angelina-Jolie's mouth, and she felt that the tacit cooperation between herself and Lin Mingyang had reached that kind of heart-to-heart realm.

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