"I didn't want to shoot this part, the whole story of "Cold Mountain" is filled with a pathetic atmosphere, even if Zuihou Ida gets a strong life and shows the dawn of hope, it doesn't completely make up for it. Before that, although my films had all kinds of regrets, all kinds of sadness, and showed a lot of negative things, there were also many positive xiangshang things, such as Juliet's female nurse in "The English Patient", or Jack's Pete in "The Genius Ripley", they all had a positive side.

But when filming "Cold Mountain", I felt that this extra plot would make the already heavy story even more tragic, so I hesitated and finally removed it. However, after starting post-production, I suddenly realized that after cutting a lot of shots, without this story, it was not enough to be heavy, so I had to gather everyone to make a reshoot. ”

Minghella explained this to Sean, looking at the rebuilt set and sighing, as if he was depressed about his mistake.

"It's okay, Tony, I've got time whenever you need to." Sean said comfortingly, "Moreover, it's not too long since the mirror was sealed, some of the foundations are still there, and they only need to be rearranged to put it into use, and the cost won't be too much." ”

Having said that, he still sighed with Minghella in his heart, this is actually not a problem, although it is not common to call back for a make-up after sealing the mirror, it is definitely not something that cannot be seen. Not to mention anything else, last year, that is, in 02, because of the big sale of the first part of "The Lord of the Rings", Jackson found a place in the UK to make up the film, but there was no Sean's role.

It's just that Minghella's reshoot is a little different, except for the actor Sean, the other roles are basically looking for other people, which means that the salary and cost will increase.

"It's unacceptable!" Immediately after receiving a call from Minghella, Sean called Weinstein to ask for details, and the latter complained.

It's a pity that if you don't agree, you can't do it, you have already closed the film and started the later stage of production, but because of this conflict with the director, once it spreads, it will definitely hit the movie hard, and once the box office fails, it will also be blamed for this. So, despite all his reluctance, Weinstein obediently paid for it.

According to the grapevine, the budget of the movie was originally around 75 million, but now after this reshoot, it is rushing for 80 million, because ...... Minghella hired Queen Amiralda to play the role.

"Can you do something for me?" A hoarse, somewhat magnetic voice said, "Lie next to me, but don't you want to go further?" ”

Then, there was silence for half a minute, and finally, the voice sounded again, with obvious dissatisfaction and unkindness: "How long are you going to look at me like this, Mr. Tang?" ”

There was still silence, and it wasn't until the other party asked for the second time with deeper dissatisfaction that Sean suddenly came back to his senses: "Huh? Oh, sorry, I'm a little distracted. ”

"Oh, yes, that's how you usually get your lines right?" The other party is becoming more and more unkind.

"I'm really sorry, Miss Portman, but for me, the film is already closed, and there are a lot of other thoughts, so it will take a little time to get into the groove." Sean lowered his profile.

The other party finally didn't run anymore, but his tone was still cold: "Then it's better to wait for you to adjust your state, let's talk to each other again, anyway, there's still time, right?" ”

Despite Zuihou's rhetorical question and mockery, Sean didn't defend himself and just looked at Natalie? Portman left, then let out a long breath.

This is a very attractive girl, Sean, who has watched "Killer Leon" and the first part of "Star Wars Prequels", has completed admitting this, he originally preferred temperament type girls, and after making out with Camilla, he unconsciously began to feel more about Lolita.

At this time, because I had to play with Natalie, I went to see "Killer Leon" again, and the role of Matilda is undoubtedly more charming, and now it is reasonable to see a real person and take a closer look.

However, Minghella is really courageous, and such stars are invited to play roles in reshoots, and Natalie is really interesting, she actually agreed to play a role in a movie that has been closed and then remade, should it mean that Guerra is famous?

Okay, let's pull the topic back, Sean will be distracted, and not just because he wants to observe Natalie, Sean is not in the mood to provoke more women right now, especially after three chapters with Zoe. And I don't know what Nicole is thinking now, he was very worried after receiving a call from Minghella, Nicole who had previously declared that she was going to have an affair with him, would take this opportunity to do something, and later learned that the original version was the only one who wanted to participate in the reshoot, so he was relieved.

Rao is like this, Sean is still a little uneasy, because until now Nicole has not said anything, he absolutely does not believe that she is just talking.

In this way, Natalie has been lukewarm to him since they met, and has always maintained a distance, and Sean has given up some thoughts for the time being.

So the topic goes back to just now, the reason why I was distracted when I was talking about the lines again was more because of the plot to be filmed.

This initial abandoned plot is about Inman encountering heavy rain on the way back to Lengshan Town, so he found a wild house to spend the night, and there was only a single mother with a baby in the house, Sarah, at first Sarah did not allow him to come in, until Inman repeatedly said that he was not a bad person, and then agreed.

Then the next day, a few Northern soldiers somehow found it, and Inman quickly fled, while Sarah stayed behind to deal with them. But the three Northern soldiers did not come to trouble Inman, they viciously tied Sarah outside, and threatened her sick child naked in the cold air, no matter how much Sarah pleaded, they could not make them soft-hearted.

Zuihou, they also want to rape her, but with the help of Inman, who sneaks back from sneaking back, they work together to kill the three Northern soldiers, but Sarah's child dies in the end.

This is the plot of the novel, and after discussing with the screenwriter, Minghella thinks that it is terrible to let children die, which is not only difficult for the audience to accept, but also affects the overall atmosphere of the movie to some extent. So to change it, one of the decent Northern soldiers stayed outside and gave the baby some warm clothes out of pity, but was later controlled by Inman, who rushed out with a gun.

Although Inman didn't kill him, just told him to drop the gun, take off most of his clothes and get out, the angry Sarah didn't care so much and snatched the gun and killed him.

The script ends here, basically there are no major problems, although the plot has been modified, but it makes sense logically, and it has not affected the movie as a whole. It's just that Sean doesn't think it's appropriate, because the plot is too bland.

He had told Frederick before that Minghella's movies had an old problem, the plot had no ups and downs, no climaxes and no explosions.

Art films have more or less such problems, and they can't be too demanding, but the problem is that the investment in this film is so huge, it is said to be the largest investment in Miramax's history, and if the box office is not very good, both the studio and Minghella himself will suffer.

Although the director's personal style is beautiful and picturesque, as if the picture in it also has some audiences, after the baptism of the first two movies, there will be some aesthetic fatigue. If you can't attract more audiences, and some viewers are lost because of these problems, then the box office is really in jeopardy.

Sean really wanted to discuss with Minghella and talk about his opinion, but he didn't know how to speak, after all, he had never directed a movie, although he had been a producer, but that didn't mean anything, but if he didn't, he couldn't help it.

Frankly speaking, even if he shoots like this, he has nothing to lose, even if the loss of the audience causes a box office loss, he will not lose too much, and it will not affect his value too much. However, Minghella finally helped him when he needed it most, and it was reasonable for Sean to speak his mind, even if the other party didn't accept it.

However, now is not a good time, and it has only just started filming, and there is still time, and Sean also needs to think about it, so he put it aside for the time being.

There was a squeak, accompanied by the sound of the door opening, and the rain was much louder, and the woman appeared at the door, looking at the man lying on the cornpile wrapped in a quilt with a hesitant look. The man who was awakened propped up slightly, looked at her a little blankly, but did not speak.

"Aren't you coming in?" The woman standing at the door said this, and she tilted her head, and then quickly twisted back, as if she had made up her mind.

“Good！” Minghella, who was in charge of the camera, immediately clapped his hands and praised.

He was not allowed to remain silent, because Natalie did a great job, tilting her head, bowing her head, and blinking, all of which were just right, showing a woman's struggle and hesitation perfectly. Sarah's husband, who was also a soldier of the Confederate army, was left to live here with her and her children after his death, and when Inman arrived, he showed a gentlemanly manner, and was very disciplined, hoping that someone would protect him, and Sarah, who had been absent for a long time, called him in and called him into the bedroom.

"You've done a great job, Natalie." After that, Sean said to the young girl who was drinking water.

"Xiexie, you're not bad either." Natalie was still a little cold, but much better than she had been at the beginning, at least allowing him to call herself by her first name.

This is probably because Sean also performed well, he didn't have many lines in this scene, and most of the time he relied on expressions and body language to perform, and Sean showed that he was tired but always determined to go home, but he could keep the bottom line, which was also not bad. In addition, when filming the scene where the two of them shared a bed before, she couldn't find a feeling for a while, he didn't say anything, and practiced alone with her several times, and finally improved the relationship between the two.

"I don't think you're the same kind of person as Inman, so it can only be that you have good acting skills." She then said this again, causing Sean to roll his eyes involuntarily.