In the morning, in the studio studio.

A darkened Asian sat in the lounge and watched the shoot with Graham.

Filming was on set, and the two did not speak.

Martin stood in front of the iron table, skillfully dismantled the gun, oiled and maintained, and took out the magazine, pressing the yellow, orange and orange bullets into the magazine.

Filling three magazines in a row, Martin picked one up, mounted it on the wall, and made a aiming and shooting motion.

Director Villeneuve shouted: "Stop, this is over." ”

Martin propped his hands on the cold iron table, took a few deep breaths, smelled the familiar smell of gun oil, and immediately detached from his character.

Villeneuve came from behind the director's monitor and handed Martin a bag: "Your souvenirs." ”

Martin took it and looked at it, and it turned out to be the skull hood he wore during the filming of the bank robbery scene.

After all the scenes of the actor were filmed, Martin said loudly: "I chartered the hotel cafeteria at the end of the afternoon, and anyone who has time can go over." ”

Villeneuve said: "The director team will definitely arrive. ”

The filming of the actor role is over, and the filming of the crew will not end until this Friday, Martin took off his costume jacket, took the wet wipes handed by Lao Bu, wiped the gun oil on his hands, and left the set.

The crew is going to change scenes, and the studio is a little busy.

Graham saw Martin come out and shouted, "Martin, this way." ”

Martin walked in that direction, looking at the dark-faced Asian who saw that his complexion was not East Asian, but with the temperament of an Asan.

Just like generally not recognizing sticks and small days, Martin also has a very strong ability to distinguish between Ah San.

Past lives can be said to be the basic abilities of many people.

When Martin approached, Graham introduced the two: "This is Martin, this is Nate Shyamalan. ”

The latter took the initiative to step forward and shake Martin's hand: "I saw you at the awards ceremony several times, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to meet, you are one of my favorite actors." ”

The other party was very polite, and Martin spoke very politely: "Director Shamalan, I like your work very much, "The Sixth Sense" is one of my favorite horror films. ”

After a few pleasantries on both sides, the three of them sat in the rest room and chatted.

Knight Shyamalan's posture is very low, because he has a bad feeling, and the film "Return to Earth", which has just finished filming in the Great Lakes region, is a bit of a big problem.

Of course, he doesn't think the problem is with himself.

It's that Will Smith is too anxious, and in order to make his son popular, he intervenes in everything from the script to filming and post-production.

Knight Shyamalan's partners have changed over the years, and if "Return to Earth" messes up, it will definitely not be able to work with Will Smith and Sony Columbia.

He was looking for new producers and investors.

Thinking of this, Nate Shyamalan couldn't help but glance at Martin and saw that Martin was smiling kindly at him.

While his old friend Granham was there, he hurriedly said: "I just filmed "Return to Earth" with Will Smith and Sons, and I have a new project in hand, Martin, are you interested in working together once?" ”

Martin laughs, "I just finished a film, I didn't even go out of the studio, I always had to take a breather. ”

The director of "The Sixth Sense" has just collaborated with Will Smith and his son on "Return to Earth", and Martin immediately hooks up on something that impresses him deeply.

The director is notoriously inconsistent in his play.

And unlike Ridley Scott's instability, as long as Ray leaves the epic films, other films are basically reliable.

Knight Shyamalan occasionally produces a masterpiece, which is unreliable most of the time.

It is extremely rare for Martin to have a news report on Nate Shyamalan, and he can pit the directors of almost all large and medium-sized production companies in Hollywood.

Knight Shyamalan went to the bathroom at this point.

Graham saw the man walking away and whispered, "If you can't cooperate with him, don't cooperate with him." ”

GK Pictures has cooperated with David Film and Television Studios one after another, and both the interests and personal relationships are much deeper than Nate Shyamalan.

Martin asked: "The last few films he has directed have not received very good responses?" ”

"Not the last ones." Granham's words are very direct: "But after the success of "The Sixth Sense", none of the other films received a good response, and all of them failed at the box office, but a few DVDs sold reasonably well and allowed him to hold on to the situation. ”

"I've heard that he's worked with almost every big and medium production company," Martin asks. ”

Graham said: "It's rare to make a film and change the partner. ”

He turned his head to look at it, and said, "He came to me this time to get GK Pictures to invest." ”

Martin nodded, "Understood." ”

Graham smiled: "I have a good personal relationship with him, but friendship is friendship, business is business, and an investment of tens of millions of dollars, once I lose money, I can't afford it." ”

Martin was surprised: "In this situation, he can still continue to attract investment and continue to cooperate with large companies? ”

Ridley Scott's blood bar is so thick, and he doesn't dare to make epic movies one after another, and he has to intersperse the shooting of sci-fi films to return to blood.

Knight Shyamalan, however, has made six major Hollywood pitfalls over and over again.

Compared with Martin, Graham, an old friend, knows Nate Shyamalan too well, and after a little consideration, he said: ""The Sixth Sense" was so successful back then, the production cost of $40 million, in exchange for nearly $300 million in North America, nearly $700 million in the global box office, and the box office list and video tape sales list that year ranked second, making Disney make a lot of money, who doesn't like it?" ”

He changed his voice: "And then there is Shyamalan, who is a genius among geniuses, who can always open his mind when creating scripts and put forward exquisite ideas to impress the producers. ”

Martin thought of Warner Pictures, which had screwed up so many major production projects in the past year or so, and although the company's funding chain was tight, it was far from a moment of crisis.

Meghan Ellison, who invested her own money in movies, on the contrary, can no longer hold on.

Graham added: "From a producer's point of view, Shyamalan's biggest problem is that he can create unparalleled brains and build brilliant scenes at the story level, but he also always puts all kinds of discounts on the actual execution to bring what should be an amazing story to a sloppy finish. ”

This made Martin slightly stunned, because he remembered a film he had watched, the beginning was very amazing, and the result was anticlimactic, but the film made a sequel, and the new X professor Zhan Yimei shaved his head again in the movie.

The director of the film seems to be Nate Shyamalan.

These are relatively close to Martin's arrival in North America, and the memory is relatively clear.

For example, the heroine of the film, he remembers that he later made a series about chess for Netflix.

This film is very interesting, it seems that there has been publicity hype, adaptation based on facts and so on.

Just as Martin was thinking about it, Knight Shyamalan returned from the bathroom and talked about the collaboration again.

Graham said: "I'm still working on this project, I can't get away with it for the time being, so let's go back to me with a copy of the project, script and proposal you have." ”

"No problem." Nate Shyamalan didn't want to give up on Martin, and felt that if he cooperated with Martin, he might turn over, and said: "A project I am planning here, and the actor is very suitable for you?" ”

Martin asked tentatively, "What type of character?" It can't be like Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense", there is a mental problem, right? ”

Knight Shyamalan said: "It's not this kind of character, I filmed this genre in 2000, but the project failed miserably, I don't want to do it again for the time being, this project is a science fiction film, it's hard to say now." ”

Martin copied: "Send the script to Davis Studios when you think it's appropriate, and wait until I've read the script and the characters before making a decision." ”

It was a reasonable request, and Knight Shyamalan replied, "I'll send it there as soon as possible." ”

The three of them chatted for a while, the crew transition was over, and filming was about to begin, and Martin left the studio first.

It wasn't long before Knight Shyamalan also took his leave and left.

On the bus to the hotel, the director was quite satisfied with the trip, and GK Pictures and Davis Studios, if everything went well, there would be two more chances to try.

Nate Shyamalan feels that he will definitely be able to make a hit movie, just like "The Sixth Sense" back then.

As for what if the project fails? Knight Shyamalan didn't think too much about it, after all, it was someone else's money that was lost.

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Back on the makeup trailer, Martin removed his makeup and changed back into his clothes, got into the Escalade driven by Bruce, and returned to the Hilton Garden Inn.

It was still early for dinner, and he returned to his room to reminisce about the news reports he had read.

The film starring Zhan Yimei, Martin watched it in his previous life, it seems that the male protagonist has more than 20 personalities, some of which are very dangerous, kidnapping several girls and the like.

The film claims to be based on real events.

Martin asked Bruce, "Have you ever heard of a vicious crime, the murderer was a schizophrenic with multiple personalities?" ”

Bruce thought for a moment and said, "Seems to have it, right?" There have been several similar cases in recent years. ”

Martin asked again, "What about 20 personalities?" ”

"How much does 20?" Bruce shook his head: "I haven't heard of it, it's too exaggerated." ”

Martin took out his cell phone and called Thomas and Jessica respectively, saying similar questions and asking them to look for relevant events or news.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Thomas's phone call came back and said: "I have looked into it carefully, and there has been a similar case, and it is very typical, a man named Billy Milligan, who was arrested by the police in 1977 for committing three rapes at Ohio State University. During the interrogation, Billy was diagnosed with a rare form of multiple personality disorder, for which he was acquitted. ”

He paused slightly: "A non-fiction biography published in 1981 is based on this incident, called '24 Billys'. ”

(End of chapter)

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