Before the sun came out, a number of trailers were parked at the door of the studio, the studio had already been set up, and the film crew was putting the finishing touches on the camera.

David Fincher is in charge of the overall situation and schedules the work of the whole crew.

Extras who act as journalists enter the venue one after another to receive vintage gear from prop masters.

Veteran actors Alan Arkin, and Alec Baldwin went into the studio.

After a few more minutes, Martin, dressed in an old-fashioned suit, came in from outside.

Because of his makeup and fake beard, he looks much more mature than his actual age.

David Fincher entered the set and pointed to Martin's side door: "Shoot for a while, you just stand over there, don't speak, act as a bystander." “

Martin nodded, not saying a word, to fit the character's style.

Tony Mendez has said that CIA agents like him, who work on secret rescues, don't say much unless they have to.

Ten minutes later, the crew officially began filming.

Martin stood by the side door, like the most ordinary staff member of the crew, watching the press conference of the "Argo" crew.

This movie is fake, but all the pre-operations are real, and only the fake real crew can confuse the target and achieve the goal.

When filming a movie, it is also very interesting to prepare a fake movie in a real way during the filming process.

"Stop!" David Fincher shouted to stop filming and said to the film crew, "The main shot gives Martin a three-second close-up." ”

The DP replied, "Understood." ”

Filming begins again, with Martin standing by the door with his hands in his pockets.

David Fincher shouted again to stop filming and said, "Martin, look at your temperament a little more restrained, when you don't act, you're just an ordinary person." ”

Martin still responded in a manner consistent with Tony Mendes, not speaking, just nodding slightly.

Filming began again, on and off, and the first shot took half an hour before David Fincher shouted through.

Even so, he rewatched the footage he had taken.

The story of this script is very legendary, relatively easy to shine, as long as it is filmed well, it has a lot to do.

Throughout the morning, there were a lot of shots of Martin leaving the country, but there was not a single line, and he was dumb the whole time.

David Fincher announced the call for work in the morning, and the otherwise quiet set quickly became lively.

Martin saw Tony Mendes at a table not far away and asked, "How did the first scene feel?" ”

Tony Mendes laughed: "Your budget is much more adequate than I did back then, we just had a small press conference back then, and we didn't have such a big show." ”

David Fincher also came over and said: "Well, the movie is small and unattractive, the events of the year are too bizarre, the scale of the movie is larger, more decent, and the audience will say that we shoot indiscriminately." ”

Tony Mendes got up from his chair and said, "You guys did a great job and I'm here today." ”

He shook hands with Martin and David Fincher: "I'll go back first." ”

Sending off Tony Mendes, Martin and David Fincher go to the dining car together.

David Fincher said as he walked: "The other day, Netflix's Randolph told me that he invited you to star in the Netflix TV project. ”

Martin said: "He told me that you would be the director and producer, so I was interested in asking a few questions, but there is no schedule for the role. ”

He asked instead, "A drama with a political theme?" ”

David Fincher said: "The series of the same name, based on the British drama 'House of Cards,' focuses on the internal political struggles of the Washington authorities. ”

Martin has watched all of David Fincher's works, so he naturally has an impression of this show, and remembers that the actor seems to be called Underwood.

David Fincher added: "I made a secret agreement with Netflix that after the 2013 Oscars, no matter what the outcome is, I will go to Netflix to shoot and produce 'House of Cards'. ”

His message was clear: "Escape from Tehran may be my last film in the traditional Hollywood production format." ”

Martin encouraged: "The theme of this film is very suitable, and we will try to win a few more Oscars." ”

David Fincher said very seriously: "I don't have the perseverance of Leonardo and Scorsese, if this one doesn't work, I won't play with Oscar." ”

Martin remembers very well that David Fincher later became the first-line director who worked most closely with Netflix in Hollywood.

After lunch, Leonardo and Nicholson, who had nothing to do, came to visit the studio.

David Fincher saw that the trio of famous Hollywood bastards had been gathered, and hurriedly found two assistants, and told him very seriously: "You follow the three of them all the way, and if they want to do something, notify me as soon as possible." ”

The two assistants saw the seriousness of the matter and responded one after another.

David Fincher glanced at the three bastards and said in his heart that Martin shouldn't be joking with the crew he was involved in.

In the lounge area, Leonardo took a book to Martin and asked, "Interested in going around Africa together?" ”

Martin took the book and asked, "What are you going to do in Africa?" ”

Leonardo said: "Make a documentary about mountain gorillas, to brush up on the style of animal protection, you carry the flag of women's rights, I carry environmental protection." ”

Martin looked Leonardo up and down: "It's just some nominal propaganda, can you use it so hard?" Also go to Africa! ”

Leonardo seems serious: "Actually, the place to go is Congo, where there is a civil war, various forces are fighting for natural resources, and many poachers are armed poachers. ”

Hearing this, Martin didn't even read the book, and threw it directly to Leonardo: "I'm crazy to go to that kind of place!" ”

Leonardo said his true purpose: "If you don't go, I don't know the bottom of my heart!" ”

"Look at me!" Martin pressed the flesh on his face: "Flesh and blood, not made of steel, if a bullet hits me, my head will explode." ”

Nicholson chimed in, "I'm not going either. ”

Leonardo was helpless: "Look, if you don't go, Jack won't go either, I still think that the three of us will work together again." ”

Martin ignored Leonardo and looked at Nicholson's old face: "Do you have a hole in your head?" When you get to the rainforest of the Congo, you are not afraid of a female orangutan suddenly, what are you doing? We'll expel you!" ”

"Originally, it was interesting to hear Leo, and I wanted to see it, after all, there is fun to play." Nicholson thought clearly: "Hearing you say that, I'm going to have fun with the possibility of becoming an orangutan, so forget it." ”

Leonardo pointed at them, "You two bastards are too brotherly. ”

Martin was dismissive: "I have tens of millions of dollars in cash, hundreds of millions of dollars in assets, a few holy daughters of the Coke God Cult who are completely dominated by me, a dozen confidantes and muses, the only testers of the two famous women's groups, and the members of the face gang and the bastard trio who can find fun anytime and anywhere......"

He asked Leonardo: "Dollars are boring to spend?" Not happy with beautiful women? Or haven't you had enough fun? Why did you go to an African civil war to find guilt? ”

Leonardo listened to Martin's words and suddenly realized that these conditions also applied to him.

His head immediately turned around, Martin was not refusing and pretending, he was clearly persuading himself.

"It hurts to think that if something happens to me in that place, the money hasn't been spent and the fun hasn't been enough," Nicholson said. ”

Leonardo was not interested for a while, and said, "Okay, no need to say more, I won't go." ”

Martin said: "If you want to make a documentary, put some money into it, find a film crew in this area, and go to Congo to shoot it, is our brother short of money?" Don't you still have an Asian financier? ”

Leonardo said: "I'm going to personally contribute $1 million and find a suitable partner. He frowned slightly: "My manager contacted the major TV stations and studios, and they were very picky and not interested in this kind of money-losing project." ”

Nicholson continued: "Studios and TV stations are not charities, they are very realistic, and their investments are for commercial profit. ”

Martin thought of a suitable collaborator: "What do you think of Netflix?" I heard that Netflix is laying out self-made content, you are just an investor and producer, you don't need to appear on the camera, and it is not a big problem to cooperate with a streaming media like Netflix. ”

Leonardo understood what the problem was with Martin: "I have won the Oscar for Best Actor now, and this is another documentary, even if it appears, it is only a call for the protection of mountain gorillas, what can be the problem?" ”

He looked at Martin, "But I'm not very familiar with Netflix. ”

The two best friends helped him get things done, and Martin certainly wouldn't shirk it, so he took out his phone and called Greg Pieters, the content director of Netflix, who happened to be in Los Angeles, and simply made an appointment to meet at Beverly Hills in the evening.

Leonardo said, "I'll go to Open Road Pictures to get the plan, and when you're done shooting, we'll meet up in Beverly Hills." ”

Martin is both a actor, a producer, and an investor on this set, and it's impossible to have fun, so Nicholson simply said, "I'll go with Leo, it's so boring here." ”

Martin waved his hand, "Let's go." ”

Not long after the two men left, the afternoon shooting kicked off.

The crew took the lead in shooting all the scenes in the studio.

After finishing work in the afternoon, Martin was the first to rush to a business club in Beverly Hills and meet Greg Pieters, who had made an appointment.

The latter shook Martin's hand with great enthusiasm and said, "I really don't know what to say, Martin, you're a friend of Netflix!" ”

He still finds it difficult to introduce Leonardo's project to work with Netflix, even if it is a documentary that is not taken seriously.

This kind of cooperation, the first time, is the most difficult.

Martin said with a smile: "I'm only responsible for the introduction, whether it can be negotiated or not depends on you." ”

Greg said: "Netflix is very sincere. ”

A few minutes later, Leonardo and Nicholson rushed over, and after Martin had introduced both parties, he pulled Nicholson out of the reception room to go outside for bowling, without interfering in the business talks between the two sides.

By the time they returned, Greg and Leonardo were basically on the same page.

(End of chapter)