Sparse sunlight fell in the woods, opposite the light barrier, Sophia? Coppola carried a hand-held camera and went into battle in person, seeing Natalie and James? When Franco was ready, he shouted to start.

James who plays Gail? Franco randomly picked up a rock from the ground and threw it into the bushes not far away, and Natalie drew her bow as fast as she could, shooting a fluffy arrow......

Then, in full view of everyone, a large hare ran out of the bushes and scurried into the depths of the woods like an arrow from a string.

“CUT！”

Sofia? Coppola handed the camera to his assistant and exclaimed, "Damn! Damn bunnies again! ”

Since the crew moved to the farm, when filming in the field, the biggest problem they faced was the hares that popped up from time to time at that time, and these rabbits, which seemed to be not afraid of humans at all, became the protagonists who stole the scene.

"Henry!" Sofia? Coppola found the person in charge of the crew's security, "Take someone to search the nearby bushes, I don't want to see hares again!" ”

As she passed by Ryan's side, she cursed in a low voice, "I hate rabbits!" ”

Filming is like this, there will always be all kinds of accidents, Australia's flooded hares, did cause some trouble to the crew, but it is not an unsolvable problem, from the next day, Gru joined the crew, before filming, as long as it is put on the location to go around, basically will not encounter the situation of hare stealing the scene.

"You have to pay Gru!" Patting Gru on the side of his chair, Taylor said to Ryan, who was sitting across from the small round table, "A hundred dollars a day is fine." ”

"And whose salary is it kept into?"

Natalie's gaze shifted from the huge canopy of the eucalyptus tree above to Taylor, who said as a matter of course, "Of course it's me, I saw Apple's new player a few days ago, but unfortunately ......"

"It's a pity that all the pocket money is gone, is it?" Ryan takes off his sunglasses. Knocking lightly on the table, he said, "Honey, can you tell me what did you buy?" ”

"It's nothing." Taylor threw Gru a piece of jerky, thought for a moment and said, "Went to Brisbane and the Gold Coast a few times with Hannah and Scarlett, and then to the Great Barrier Reef, for you and Nat, and ...... Well, others, bought some gifts. ”

Dust kicked up on the road outside the woods. A Chevrolet off-road vehicle came from far and near, parked on the periphery of the filming site, and two middle-aged men quickly walked into the temporary set, and after being interrogated by the security personnel of the crew, they walked quickly towards this side under the leadership of an assistant.

"This is the guy that Pat mentioned when he called yesterday?" Natalie looked at the two people who were getting closer and closer, and asked, "The one in front seems familiar." ”

"That's them." Ryan nodded, "Ang Lee, that Chinese director." ”

Natalie waved her hand to the other side. Ask the assistant to prepare black tea and coffee.

"Hello, Mr. Jenkins. Hello, Miss Portman. ”

"Hello, Mr. Li."

The two stood up. After shaking hands with Ang Lee, Ryan gestured to the two chairs opposite, "You're welcome, just sit casually." ”

Then he turned to look at Taylor. "Let Gru go around the woods."

"I'll go with it."

Probably seeing something to discuss, Taylor politely greeted the guest and led Gru to the woods not far away. Immediately bodyguards followed.

Ryan could roughly guess the purpose of Ang Lee's coming here, and after the assistant of the crew brought the coffee, he asked, "Mr. Li, I don't know ...... you came to Australia."

Having lived in the West for so many years, Ang Lee is also accustomed to this straightforward way of speaking, "Mr. Jenkins, I heard that the film rights to "Brokeback Mountain" are in your hands? ”

"It's not a secret." Ryan looked at him with interest, "Mr. Li is interested in this script?" ”

"Yes." Ang Lee directly admitted, "I wanted to direct this film. ”

Things came full circle, and I went back to the path of my previous life.

Ryan had already guessed about this, after all, although Ang Lee did not take "The Incredible Hulk", he took over another commercial blockbuster "Mutant Dog", and as a result, this movie, which should not have existed in the previous life, is even stricter than the consequences of "The Incredible Hulk".

"Hulk" used a production cost of $130 million to get more than $200 million at the box office from around the world, but this film about the Battle of the Dogs only recovered more than $90 million at the box office with an investment of $100 million.

Things have also proved that Ang Lee is indeed not suitable for a fully commercial film.

His current situation is very delicate, if an American director fails, it is a big deal to lie dormant for a while, and a Chinese-American director has suffered such a severe setback in Hollywood, if he does not take the initiative to find a way to prove himself, there is only one way to leave Hollywood.

Therefore, he once again fell in love with the sensitive subject matter of "Brokeback Mountain".

Originally, Ryan took this script and wanted to give it to Natalie, maybe she would use it in the future, but Natalie didn't take it.

Ryan ignores a very important issue, Natalie's family and her father.

Although Natalie's relationship with her parents was not particularly good because of him, it was not broken, and she must be concerned about the impact of such a sensitive subject matter on her family's minds.

Therefore, this script has been shelved in his hands, if it were not for the lack of choice, who would the average director take the initiative to touch on this kind of subject matter that is completely from a gay perspective?

"Mr. Li, on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, we have worked very happily together."

That film did bring him a lot of profits, and if this one works well, it will be no exception, Ryan raised his right hand and stretched out two momentums, "Two conditions." ”

Li An nodded, waiting for Ryan to continue, after all, if there is a condition, there is something to talk about.

"First." Ryan lowered his middle finger, "The film is entirely invested by Flower Pictures, and the production cost must be compressed to less than fifteen million dollars. ”

"I can give up all my director's salary." Li An said without hesitation.

"There's no need." Ryan waved his hand, "I've studied the script, and fifteen million dollars is enough for this film." ”

He still doesn't bother to do things like deducting the director's salary.

"Second." Ryan lowered his index finger again, "You're going to do your best, I want this film to be at next year's Cannes Film Festival." ”

"This ......," Ang Lee frowned, "time is a little tight. ”

"Let's put it that way, Mr. Lee." Ryan looked at Natalie beside him, "This script was originally intended for Miss Portman, and I have investigated many situations beforehand, including locations and actors, which are noted in the script, and I believe it will provide you with some help." ”

By the same token, if not in a hurry to transform, how many male actors would be willing to play Jack and Ennis?

It doesn't matter if the actress is still called Annie in Hollywood? Hathaway's movie star appears.

It's August, the Cannes Film Festival is in May, and the film has been very tight for more than eight months from preparation to filming to production, but Ang Lee still responded.

The script is at home in Los Angeles, and Ryan gives Lisa's phone number to Ang Lee, asking him to contact the housekeeper directly when he returns to Los Angeles.

After talking about business, Li An didn't even drink coffee, and left in a hurry.

"Why do you have to go to the Festival de Cannes?"

Looking at the distant back, Natalie asked curiously, "Don't you think time is too tight?" ”

"Forget jì sue sù you."

As he drained his cup of coffee, Ryan remembered the invitation he had received before coming to Los Angeles, "Cannes wants me to be the president of the jury for next year's festival." ”

"You promised?" Natalie looked at him with a look of incredulity.

"Nope." Ryan shook his head, "I'm still thinking about it, but now there's one more reason to say yes." ”

"That's why you let Drew's Flower Pictures invest." Natalie immediately figured it out, "So that the movie doesn't look like it's directly related to you, right?" ”

"Sure enough, it was Nat who knew me."

Taking Natalie's hand, Ryan kissed the back of her hand gently, "If Lee can shoot the effect I want, it's not impossible to win a Palme d'Or, so that the box office of the movie is a little more guaranteed." ”

"What did you expect?" Natalie turned her head and looked him up and down carefully, Ryan spread her hands and said, "Honey, didn't I say that this was originally a script for you, but I ignored your family factor. ”

"Compared to homosexuality." Natalie poured him a full cup of coffee, "I'm more interested in 'Life and Death Dilemma'. ”

"Then wait until you're done with the movie."

In that case, then invest in yourself, "Let's go to Utah together." ”

Ang Lee's arrival is just a small episode in the filming, in the location scenes filmed here, although Ryan is one of the Hunger Games contestants who survived to the end, there are not many scenes, except for a big fight with Natalie, the rest of the time is basically a standard soy sauce vase.

Take advantage of the free time of the shoot, Sophia? Coppola also took charge of Taylor's first MV, Taylor, who was already five feet and ten inches tall, after changing into a gauze skirt, looked as beautiful as a female elf who came out of Middle-earth.

It only took two days, Sophia? Coppola finished filming the music video, and then it was time for Ryan to leave.

Although the film is still early in filming, he is unlikely to stay in Australia for long, and with the end of August approaching, there is still a lot of work to be done for the summer season.

Another year's hottest movie schedule has passed, and some movies have made enough profits from the market, such as "Spider-Man 2" and "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith" and so on; There are also films that are destined to rely on the copyright of the long-term operation in the later stage to recover the cost, such as "Troy"; There are also movies that may incur huge losses, the most typical is "King Arthur". (To be continued......)