"No, I chose this German girl for a reason. ”

Charlotte explained to Charlize,

"Sally, you've read my script - you should know what the Spear of Destiny, or the Spear of Longinus, means in this movie. ”

"Yes, I understand this. ”

"And during World War II, the Nazis were always looking for the Gun of Longinus, just as they were looking for other mysterious things. So, can we assume that they found it and then hid it because of the defeat in World War II?"

"That makes sense. ”

Charlize nodded, and then somewhat understood what Charlotte meant,

"Are you turning the possessed girl into a German just to hint at her relationship with the Spear of Longinus?"

"There's an element to that. ”

Charlotte nodded,

"As for whether the girl's family is related to the Nazis, I don't make it explicit in the film – it is not necessary – I just need to make people think about it after watching it. ”

- In that way, the exorcism that was slightly isolated at the beginning of the original "Hell Detective" is more closely connected to the main story line in the current version.

Charlotte felt that this would make the story itself more complete and reasonable.

"And, in this way, I can even give the reason for the demon's possession more clearly. ”

Charlotte smiled,

"In order to find the Spear of Longinus, the demons deliberately possessed those who might be related to the Nazis in order to take advantage of the opportunity to find clues - this would seem more plausible than the simple demons who wanted to break through the boundary between hell and earth. ”

“...... You have a point. ”

Charlize nodded, and then glanced at Charlotte again,

"Still, I think you're a blonde!"

"Well, if you have to say that—"

Charlotte shrugged,

"Then I'll control you tonight!"

As he spoke, he leaned into Charlize's ear and whispered a few words, his fingers running under the girl's waistline.

The girl's face turned red all at once......

Of course, after that, how Charlotte "explained" her "blonde control" problem to Charlize has nothing to do with the current shooting.

Now, Konstantin, played by Keanu Reeves, is doing an exorcism-

He first borrowed the sunlight and the imprint of the Holy Spirit in his hands to weaken the demon that possessed the girl.

Then, in front of the demon, he gave his name—

"I'm Konstantin! John Konstantin! You bastard!"

“CUT！”

Charlotte shouted again.

"Keanu, it doesn't feel right!"

Mr. Director scratched his head,

"Reporting oneself to the devil is a habit of Konstantin. He's not just doing it for the sake of being handsome!"

With that, Charlotte explained,

"Konstantin hated demons and at the same time feared falling into hell after death. Therefore, his curse of the devil contains hatred and fear. On the other hand, Konstantin wants to ascend to heaven after death, which in turn makes him want to expand his fame. ”

"Expand your reputation?"

Seeing that Keanu Reeves didn't quite understand, Charlotte further explained,

He wanted God to see for his sake in his efforts to exorcise demons and let him go to heaven when he died. ”

"I see!"

Reeves nodded, and then, he remembered the script he had read,

"But the more he does this, the less likely he is to succeed, right?"

"yes!"

Charlotte shrugged,

According to religious theory, God does not encourage such utilitarianism. Speaking of which, Keanu, there is actually a similar saying in the Buddhism you believe in. ”

"What is Buddhism?"

Keanu Reeves was stunned.

Although he has been interested in Buddhism since 1993, when he participated in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Little Living Buddha". But when it comes to Buddhist cultivation, his level is not very high.

He would be a Buddhist, but he just wanted to find peace of mind through it.

Therefore, when Charlotte said this, Keanu Reeves, a young Buddhist man, didn't know how to answer for a while.

Fortunately, Charlotte was not his Buddhist teacher.

Mr. Director shrugged his shoulders and said,

"I can't ask for it!"

"Ahh

Keanu reacted suddenly, it turned out that Charlotte was talking about one of the eight sufferings of Buddhism.

Although to a certain extent, Mr. Director's words are deliberately distorted, I have to say that there is indeed a little feeling......

"If you have a heart to do good, you will not be rewarded for what is good. Evil is not done without intention, although evil is not punished. 」

What Charlotte was silently reciting in her heart was the famous sentence in "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai: Kao Chenghuang".

Although, in the entire script of "Hell Detective", he only optimized the narrative and rhythm, and generally followed the storyline of the original movie, but only here, he is very disdainful.

In Charlotte's opinion, this is actually a kind of hypocrisy at all -

Good is good, and evil is evil.

Although in this gray world, many things are difficult to distinguish between good and evil, and it is not that good deeds will be rewarded.

But if you do a good deed, it depends on whether the other party's motive for doing good deeds is pure, which is a bit of a no-brainer.

Even Charlotte understood the implications, but he felt that it was more of a religious pretension.

Of course, Charlotte will not be bored to say this kind of thing.

He just helped Keanu Reeves channel his emotions and let him understand the character of Konstantin on a deeper level, and then started filming again-

This time, Keanu Reeves' emotions passed.

He plays Konstantin, who is carrying out exorcism with a very irritable attitude.

It's just that it's different from the previous shot.

Previously, girls who were possessed by demons had more physical abnormalities that only needed to be expressed by acting and makeup.

But here, all that's needed is special effects.

After all, according to Charlotte's script, neither the demon struggling out of the girl's body nor the image of him being trapped in the mirror by Konstantin afterwards is a scene that can appear in reality.

To achieve this, special effects technology is essential.

Of course, for Charlotte, there's also the option of spell effects.

In particular, unlike when filming "Guillotine Valley" or even "The Sixth Sense" before, Charlotte now has the support of many people, including assistant director Lao Gun and cinematographer Addison Young.

In this case, his spell effects can be played more elegantly.

At least, at this time, in the camera lens of Addison Young, which was modified by Charlotte with a spell, there was really a demon attached to the German girl's body.

Of course, this is not really a demon, but a transformation of Raven Phoenix.

As a headless horseman who can change his form to a certain extent, Ruifan is waiting to surprise his old friend Keanu at this time......