Chapter 416: Pearl Harbor on Oahu
Before you know it, the new millennium has arrived, and celebrations are taking place all over the world, including the towns of Lanai, which light bonfires on the shores of the cliffs to welcome the first dawn of the new year, even though there are no more than 3,000 people living on the island.
Ryan joins in, but he has neither worry nor joy at the arrival of the new millennium, no different from spending any other New Year, and if it weren't for Nicole's excitement, he would rather hide in the villa and sleep peacefully.
The new year is coming, which means that he has been in this world for twenty years, and Nicole is also a year older, and there are some things that need to be solved urgently.
Although age has never been a problem for him and Nicole, Ryan has made up his mind that after he gets the Oscar, he will have no scruples, and he will be flooded by then.
A few days after New Year's, Ryan took Nicole to Pearl Harbor on Oahu. Bei's crew set up a temporary set here, and the crew didn't have long to start.
Pearl Harbor is located at the lowest point of the plain between the Kolau Mountains and the Waiana Mountains on the south coast of Oahu, adjacent to the only deep-water port of Honolulu, and is a base and shipbuilding base of the United States Navy, as well as one of the largest and best safe anchors in the North Pacific Islands.
"The crew had the full support of the Navy Department, and they also opened the USS Arizona Memorial to the film crew for the first time."
After meeting Spielberg, a few people said a few simple greetings, and the old Jewish man acted as their temporary set tour guide, taking Ryan and Nicole to visit the area of Pearl Harbor that was open to the crew, "The Texas government lent us the battleship Texas, and its exterior can be used to shoot the attack on the battleships Tennessee, Oklahoma, and West Virginia, and the interior can also be used as a cabin scene of the aircraft carrier Hornet." ”
"The production budget has now increased to $140 million." Spielberg seemed to be under a lot of pressure, "The post-publicity cost is at least 6,000 to 70 million dollars." Ryan, the film is preparing for a new round of financing, aren't you going to invest? ”
Sure enough, put down the camera, Stephen? Spielberg was a standard businessman. Ryan sighed a little and said, "Stephen, if possible, try to control the cost." ”
"It's not like Ryan, who invested in Titanic." Spielberg didn't pay much attention to it.
Randall? Wallace had written this script long ago, at the earliest. Disney once planned to buy it for $2 million, but was rejected because there was no dividend, and he later ran through a number of film companies, and the general content of the script is no secret to the big Hollywood producers.
Ryan has seen Randall? Wallace delivers a copy to Jenkins Films, and the main line of the story is the same as in the previous life, and the bloody love triangle almost overwhelms the war scene.
Although Spielberg has been implicitly suggested several times, the DreamWorks Triumvirate is now ambitious. It's bound to become the eighth largest producer in Hollywood, and Ryan can't tell them directly that the film will definitely fail, which will not only be unpleasant. I'm afraid that the relationship with Spielberg will also take a sharp turn for the worse.
The three of them soon came to the set, Michael? Bey is filming some explosion scenes, which are his forte.
It's just that the special effects department has just used the way to burn the sanitary ball. A few billowing clouds of black smoke were created, and they were interfered with by some people, some guys in uniform. Or even directly following Michael behind the camera? Bey argued.
"Who are they?" Ni could see that Spielberg also had a sad face, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Oversight staff of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency." Spielberg was also a little helpless, environmentalists or something, the most troublesome, "They have to supervise the whole filming of the film, and such quarrels have happened several times." ”
Ryan shook his head, didn't speak, and patted Spielberg's arm sympathetically.
After the crew entered the environmental protection organization, he felt it deeply when he was filming "Desert Island", which was only a non-governmental organization in Fiji at that time, but now it has been replaced by an official organization in the United States, which is enough for DreamWorks to have a headache.
With the intervention of the EPA's supervisors, the crew had to temporarily stop filming and then negotiate in an effort to come up with a mutually acceptable plan, and the actors also got out of the tense filming state and seized the time to rest.
"Hi, Ryan."
Tall Ben? Affleck saw him and walked over directly, the two sides have already cooperated on "The End of the World", and often participate in the Oscars, they are acquaintances of each other, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I came here to visit?" ”
He looked at Spielberg, and it was the producer on the crew who could get Ryan to come over.
"I'm on vacation in Hawaii, so I'm stopping by." Ryan suddenly remembered the other party's good friend and joked, "What about Matt?" Haven't you always been inseparable? Do you mean that you have been abandoned? ”
"Because I've found a better partner."
Say, Ben? Affleck pulled the other actor over, "This is Josh?" Naihart, my partner in the movie. ”
Ryan shook his hand and interrupted Ben, who wanted to continue the introduction. Affleck, holding out his hand to the English Rose opposite, "Long time no see, Kate." ”
Opposite is the heroine Kate he recommended? Beckinsale, initially, Michael? Bay and Stephen? Spielberg's favorite actor Ben? Affleck, Matt? Damon and Charlize? Theron, the latter two rejected the film for various reasons.
Given Ryan's past vision, Spielberg only held one round of auditions and decided on Kate? Beckinsale this heroine.
"I haven't thanked you yet, Ryan." Wait for the people around to disperse, Kate? Beckinsale then said.
After coming to Hollywood, she realized the importance of opportunity for actors.
"Didn't you already call?" When he first got the role, Ryan received a special thank you call, "It's just a small thing, if you're not good enough, Stephen and Michael won't use you." ”
Speaking of which, he couldn't help but look at the British Rose, the other party hadn't removed her makeup yet, and she was dressed in the forties, but she vaguely always felt that her temperament was extremely familiar, which had nothing to do with the movies in her previous life, but who she seemed to be imitating.
Suddenly there was a shout in the distance, Kate? Beckinsale said sorry to Ryan and hurried over.
"Very beautiful actress." Nicole from Michael? Bey walked back.
"Honey, she's already a mother." Ryan motioned for Nicole to look the other way.
A woman who was supposed to be a babysitter pushed a stroller, Kate? Beckinsale picked up the crying baby inside.
Nicole looked over there with interest, she has always liked children very much, Ryan looked at Nicole, and suddenly figured out, whether it is the current makeup or the movies in her previous life, Kate? Beckinsale is imitating Nicole, consciously or unconsciously.
Although the other party is older than Charlize? Theron is a few years older, but for Hollywood, he can only be regarded as a complete newcomer, far from forming his own acting style.
Ryan shook his head, even in his previous life, the other party had never formed his own style, if his face was tight, it didn't count.
"Let's go over and see."
Nicole pulled him and walked over the other side first, but Ryan followed.
"Oh, what a cute little one." Nicole leaned over, to Kate? Beckinsale smiled, "Can you know the name of the Dao?" ”
"Hello, Miss Kidman, all right, Nicole." Kate? Beckinsale looked a little surprised, but still said calmly, "This is my daughter Lily, Lily?" Mo? Laborious. ”
"How old are you?" Nicole touched her nose, and the little baby, who was still sobbing, burst out laughing, "Wow, looks like she likes me a lot." ”
"Not even a year old."
"You're married?" Nicole asked curiously.
Kate? Beckinsale's mood was instantly low, and Nicole smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I thought ......"
"Nothing." Having children out of wedlock is not a big deal, but it's not a big deal in open Los Angeles and Hollywood.
Take the Hollywood crew as an example, a lactating actress brings a child into the crew, as long as it does not affect the normal shooting, under normal circumstances, the producer will not interfere.
How many celebrities in Hollywood have illegitimate children or illegitimate daughters, I am afraid that even the most gossipy newspapers cannot be counted.
Probably because Nicole has always liked children, this Lily who can only rely on intuition? Mo? Miss Xin, who obviously liked her, was always smiling.
"What a cute little one." Nicole hugged her over, "Much cuter than Alison when she was a kid." ”
"Allison should be sad to hear you." Ryan smiled and shook his head.
Nicole also laughed, she was just very happy by the smile of the little guy, if you really want to talk about feelings, how can you compare to Taylor who watched him grow up.
Looking at the baby Nicole was holding, Ryan naturally thought of her irresponsible father, and later her stepfather, and the English Rose opposite.
He remembered that the three of them had worked together later, and the relationship had always been good, plus the lovely Lily? Mo? Miss Xin, the relationship between the four of them can also be called a very interesting gossip in Hollywood.
After all, it was a baby who was less than a year old, and it didn't take long for the bubbles to blow, and after Nicole returned it to her mother, she took Ryan and walked towards the camera.
"Ryan......" She suddenly turned her head to look at her, and stopped talking.
"Did something happen?" Ryan is a little strange, although Nicole is a scheming person, she has always been hearty in front of her.
"I'......" Nicole bit her lower lip, "nothing." (To be continued......)