There is still a green cloth in front of the camera, but in front of all the actors, it is a scene of blood-stained yellow sand and death, and on the battlefield at this moment, there is only Leonidas, the king of Sparta, played by Jackman, alone, facing his brothers who have fallen to the ground, looking at the unchanging army opposite, Leonidas's resolute and cold face is completely invisible.

“cut。”

Before Jackman could say his lines, Zhou Shaoming had already shouted to stop, and he shouted to Jackman: "Emotions, pay attention to emotions, behind the pride, there must be more emotions!" ”

The emotion of pride in this blood-stained steel hero, in the face of the corpses of the Spartans all over the battlefield, and in the face of the Persian army that rushed straight like waves, Leonidas could have no fear and could be full of pride, but these are too face-painted and heroic, which is not what Zhou Shaoming wants to see.

Any actor can easily do it if he is just acting expressionlessly, but the film is not just about an iron-blooded and ruthless king.

It's a king with a hint of tenderness, and in the last seconds of his life, he misses his queen.

At this last moment, perhaps Leonidas would not have had any fear of death, and as a Spartan warrior, death was only the beginning.

But if you want to impress the audience, it is not worth the loss to blindly emphasize this point, and no audience will sympathize or be moved by a person who is still cold and expressionless at the last moment of life and death. What the audience sees is not a living person, but a war machine, a machine that only knows how to kill.

Trying to make Kejman understand his thoughts, Zhou Shaoming smiled at him and said, "Hey, my king! Your expression was proud enough, but there was no human touch in it. Now, you are the last king, about to meet the last seconds of your life in a rain of arrows, if your wife is waiting for you, you promised that she will come back alive after going to war. But your promise will never be kept, you will say goodbye to the person you love the most, what kind of feeling will you have, what kind of performance will you have? ”

"Well, if it were me, I would miss my wife very much, and I would look into the distance, try to open my eyes, and look at the land with nostalgia. Just want to tell her that I love her! "I thought about it carefully. Jackman said tentatively to Zhou Shaoming.

Listening to his answer, Zhou Shaoming whistled not loudly, nodded happily, and said: "Well, that's pretty much the effect, the first half is performed according to pride and pride, and the second half turns to be more humane." In short, the second half of the final act I wanted was very complicated, and it wasn't just a strong man throwing his head. The picture of sprinkling blood, I want to add some human feelings to it, it can be nostalgia, it can be helpless, it can also be sadness, as long as it is not scared in it. ”

"Smith Chow, you want to create a complex human color, right?" Even if there is no scene on the side. Christian, who also listened carefully to Zhou Shaoming's play, spoke first.

"Almost, throughout the movie, Xerxes has always been a god-like being, and Leonidas, who is his opposite, is actually deified. Not only Leonidas, but all the three hundred warriors were deified, they had no fear, they dared to attack the battle array in the face of enemies hundreds of times larger than themselves, this is not all in the original comics, these death-defying things did happen in history. After becoming a full hero, I am now going to transform Leonidas into a mortal, and only mortal emotions can infect those ordinary viewers and make them cry bitterly for the hero's departure. Zhou Shaoming patiently explained.

"Well, I see, in the end it is necessary to beat not only Xerxes into mortals, but also Leonidas as mortals." Christian said excitedly.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that, let's try again, remember, Jackman, you are no longer a fearless warrior like a machine, behind the pride, you are now a mortal with a lot of emotions who has fallen from the altar, you are a Spartan king who will die, will miss, and will shed tears." Zhou Shaoming said to Jackman.

Jackman quickly understood, his eyes revealed a sadness, the hand holding the spear burst with green tendons, and slowly said to Zhou Shaoming: "I think I caught that feeling." ”

Seeing that Jackman's expression was very dramatic, Zhou Shaoming said loudly: "action! ”

The camera turned, and once again came to the last scene of the king, at this moment, facing the bowstring that the enemy had opened, Leonidas, who was still standing, stood up with difficulty, his eyes were full of tears or blood, he gasped deeply, as if with a little uneasiness, with a little pain, and said slowly: "My queen." ”

"Pay attention to the camera transitions, Jackman, you're doing a great job, that's all, keep it up." Zhou Shaoming's voice came from outside the field.

Now Leonidas, with the help of the spear, has completely stood firm, he raised his head, his breathing became steady, as if he remembered something, the panting in his eyes has disappeared, looking at the sky, Leonidas's eyes are misty, full of reluctance before parting, and said: "My wife." ”

"Group B switches to the archers, and Group A remains on Leonidas. Jackman, you're fantastic. Zhou Shaoming commanded nervously, and did not forget to say a word of praise for Jackman.

In the end, King Leonidas completely calmed down, with a hint of impenetrable meaning in his eyes, with a trace of relief from letting go of everything, with the mentality of seeing death as home, with the fighting spirit of never giving in, and with infinite reluctance and love, he looked at this land red with blood from afar, and whispered: "mylove." ”

Zhou Shaoming can imagine that when the picture is reversed, the round of red sun on the big screen has appeared in the gap between the hot springs, and in the face of this touch of gold, Leonidas stretched out his arms, as if embracing the sun and walking towards his final destination.

In an instant, a rain of arrows overshadowed Leonidas.

"Well done! The last sentence mylove said very well, it is not only missing his wife, but also deeply in love with the country, double meaning and double artistic conception, better than I imagined! Zhou Shaoming clenched his fists excitedly, whistled not too loudly, and announced with a smile: "We are finished!" ”。

Hearing this, all the crew members laughed happily and ran over frantically to send Smith Zhou into the sky again! ――

The filming of the movie is over, Zhou Shaoming finally does not have to spend his years on the set all day long, and the crazy reporters begin to forget what happened in front of the terrorist attack and resume the pursuit of the father of the chainsaw.

"Hello, Director Smith Zhou, I'm a reporter from The Sun, I want to ask"

"I'm sorry, I don't have any news to reveal." As soon as Zhou Shaoming came up, he was blocked by a group of reporters, and the first person to hear the interview was a reporter from the Sun Daily who had been at odds with him, and Zhou Shaoming directly gave the other party a soft nail.

These words made the reporter of the Sun newspaper helpless, but he was squeezed outside by a group of anxious reporters with the microphone.

The reporter who was crowded in the back took the microphone and asked Zhou Shaoming: "Director Smith Zhou, hello, I am a reporter from the Los Angeles Daily News, I want to ask when your movie will be released this time." ”

The movie that was filmed during this time period, even if Zhou Shaoming didn't say it, the media could guess it,

The father of chainsaws has always been fast-moving, and since his debut, he has basically hit the market with two movies a year, and this time is estimated to be no exception.

Zhou Shaoming just smiled faintly, and then said: "Of course it's Christmas time, and I positioned this movie as a gift to fans of war movies across the United States." ”

"Violent and bloody movies are used as Christmas presents, Smith Chow, you're too sensational, aren't you?!" The Sun reporter, who was outside the crowd, interjected loudly, making no secret of the fact that he was selectively deaf, and only shouted in a vicious voice.

Hearing this, not only Zhou Shaoming frowned, but even the reporter of the Los Angeles Daily on the side also looked disgusted, interrupting others, but it was very impolite.

And the content is still so one-sided and out of context.

Zhou Shaoming wanted to scold people, but it was about the image of his supernova film boss and the promotion of "Spartan Three Hundred", so he still endured this breath and said confidently: "I can guarantee that this movie is not about violence and blood, but about the lofty ideal of defending the peace of your homeland, of course, I believe you will not understand these at all." ”

Pointing to the Sun Daily reporter who stretched out his neck and pricked up his ears outside, Zhou Shaoming didn't care about the reaction on his face, and walked out of the pile of reporters.

When he walked to the door, Zhou Shaoming found that Jon had already driven the car to pick him up. On the other side of Jon, he also listened to a luxurious Ferrari, and a man in the car was looking at Zhou Shaoming with a hippie smile.

Isn't this Zhou Shaoming's friend Robert Downey Jr.?

Seeing Zhou Shaoming coming, Robert Jr. immediately ran out of the car, and said to Zhou Shaoming with a smile: "Hey-man, are the three hundred finished?" You know, our Deadly ID is about to be released! ”

Seeing his old friend, Zhou Shaoming was naturally happy, and smiled at little Robert: "Released? There's still a month and a half to go, big brother! ”

Hearing this, little Robert pretended to smile awkwardly, but soon regained his hippie smile, and didn't say anything anymore, but bypassed Zhou Shaoming and smiled at Christina behind him: "Miss Christina, I solemnly invite you to ride with me for a while, so as not to say that I and this guy are gay!" ”

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