Chapter 452: Librarian
Identifying Brandon Fisher and Rachel Weisz is not a hassle.
After all, neither of them is a famous actor at the moment, and a commercial blockbuster made by a big director like Charlotte, as long as the two have not really been filmed in other crews, they will definitely rush over.
Therefore, on the issue of the hero and heroine, the crew of "The Mummy" didn't put much effort into it.
Although, in order to make the taste of "King Ding" less heavy, Charlotte also specially asked Sean Daniel to organize an audition and find a few characters who "accompany the prince to study......
In short, the matter of the hero and heroine is settled.
When Charlotte returned to the UK, in addition to Sean Daniel, who went to London with him to set up the "Mummy" studio, she was accompanied by Brandon Fisher and Rachel Weisz -
The former was to go to England for a period of military training.
On the one hand, it is necessary to make the body shape more standard, and on the other hand, it is necessary to practice the temperament of a grassroots officer of the empire on which the sun never sets.
- Although he plays O'Connor, he is still an American cowboy-like character at heart.
As for Rachel Weisz, the English rose is home.
Of course, Charlotte also asked her to try to get to the library β and the British Museum if possible β to intern.
After all, even though Vichy herself has a bookish temperament, the Evelyn she wants to play is a librarian.
This is a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon profession, and if you want to play it, you still have to take it seriously......
And for Charlotte's request, Rachel Weisz is a little strange.
It's not that she's surprised that the other party wants to experience life by herselfβ
After all, in Hollywood, which advocates methodist acting, it is normal for actors to experience life because of their roles.
- Robert De Niro, the "Taxi Driver", is famous.
Vichy wondered, was it necessary to do so, shouldn't her character be a vase?
Is it necessary to do this to this extent!?
However, Rachel Weisz was not stupid enough to ask Charlotte this question - Cambridge graduates, this little bit of work-related attitude is still very clear.
She will honestly do what Mr. Director asks, even if the other party's request is a little strange......
In fact, in the process of trying to get on the big ship of "The Mummy", Rachel was originally prepared to encounter all kinds of "strange" requests.
She even considered this question when she auditioned for a role in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" before.
- How could Rachel, who majored in literature in college, not see that there is no character in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that is suitable for a woman of her age?
She would go to the audition, originally to show off in front of Charlotte Booth and make a good impression so that she could catch this line in the future.
- Appreciated by great directors, it is the most famous and safe shortcut to the success of actors.
- Otherwise, why are so many actresses, and even many male actors, willing to be the director's muse?
In Rachel's opinion, Charlotte Booth's current girlfriend, Charlize Theron, is her best role model.
- Of course, she is not prepared to directly "dedicate herself to art", but if the other party proposes, she will not refuse.
It's a Hollywood movie after all!
Unfortunately, after the audition, Charlotte Booth did not show any special appreciation for Rachel.
β both as an actor and as a woman.
This disappointed Rachel a bit at the time.
It wasn't until she returned to the United States, and after playing a small supporting role, she received an audition invitation from the crew of "The Mummy......
"Maybe this director Charlotte is really the kind of director who has a special pursuit of art!"
In the end, Rachel, who still couldn't figure out what the other party wanted, could only give Charlotte such a definition.
- Not to mention, when you think about it, it really makes sense of that.
Although Charlotte has been focusing on commercial movies since her debut, the pictures in his movies are indeed very beautiful, with a pursuit of artistic atmosphere.
- This is true even of the earliest and most humble "Fatal Bend".
It's just that because every movie shot by Charlotte has a very good storyline, and the rhythm is generally well controlled, everyone pays more attention to the story, and subconsciously ignores the director's pursuit of picture beauty.
"But even so, these excellent pictures have added a lot of color to the movie. γ
In order to catch Charlotte's line, Rachel, who had watched all of the other party's movies, involuntarily made up in her head,
"Speaking of which, in all of Charlotte Booth's movies, the actors' acting skills are generally online, and people like Keanu Reeves, who basically have no acting skills, can perform at a super level, does that mean that he also has high requirements for the acting skills of actors?"
Thinking about it, Rachel felt that she finally understood the purpose of Mr. Director's letting her experience life.
- The respect for director Charlotte has also risen to a higher level.
However, in this regard, we can only say that Rachel Weisz, a young woman in literature and art, thinks too much.
Charlotte asked her to experience life as a librarian, of course, for the sake of the movie, but the most important purpose was outside the movie-
Because librarians really are a sacred position.
- For Charlotte.
Although he had not worked as a librarian before the crossing, he had also worked in a bookstore.
It was also at that time that he met the old ghost.
Combined with the news revealed by Xu Fu before, and thinking about the various knowledge taught to her by the old ghost, Charlotte has gradually found out her own teacher.
- His spell system is indeed inherited from Lao Tzu.
The historian of the Eastern Zhou royal family is one of the two most famous librarians in Chinese history.
At the same time, it is also the ancestor of Taoism.
Saying that he created a spell system, and that it was a spell system that used knowledge and mouth cannons as the main body to fight ghosts, Charlotte didn't find it strange at all.
After all, it was a book from heaven that few people could understand, such as "Tao can be Tao, very Tao", and it was mixed with the cattle people of the heavily guarded Hangu Pass!
And since he has inherited other people's spells, in Charlotte's movie, the librarian naturally needs to be treated specially-
Because Charlotte speculated that in a character like the librarian, he might be able to try to inscribe some real spells.
- You know, although he also used a lot of spells in his previous films, most of them were either placed on the scene or on props.
- To the greatest extent, it is integrated into the actors' makeup, as in "Fatal Bend".
And now his so-called "inscription" is imprinted into the other party's subconscious.
- Of course, the process of this "inscription" spell is very troublesome.
Not only does the other party really need that kind of professional temperament - which is why Charlotte asked Rachel Weichy to experience life - but also the other party needs to have actually seen the spell that Charlotte wants to "engrave".
- This part of the work, Charlotte plans to wait until the film starts. And the method of carrying out it is naturally those props that have been specially handled by him.
As for what she can do after the inscription, to be honest, Charlotte hasn't thought about it yet......
He had just thought of a new method of applying spells now, and he was eager to experiment.
Rachel Weisz was lucky and unfortunate to be Charlotte's first test subject......