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Chapter 136: Acting as You Are (Subscribe)

The tall and strong special actor chopped down with a prop axe, Martin rolled to dodge, and the German Shepherd rushed over from the side and entangled the extremely strong perverted freak.

Martin was quick-witted and swift-handed. He stabbed the prop knife backhand and pierced the blood bag tied to the stuntman's leg.

When it was pulled out, red liquid spurted out.

Martin rolled again, once again avoiding the falling prop axe.

Ajia called for a stop and the shot was passed smoothly.

After a short break and setting up the location, filming continued and soon it was time for the last scene.

With the help of the beautiful German Shepherd, Martin took the old-fashioned shotgun thrown by the deformed girl and blew up the giant deformed man's head.

Mainstream Hollywood must properly highlight the role of women.

Not only the deformed people, but also the male dogs and beasts that died stupidly were the ones on the two German Shepherds.

Instead, the beauty accompanied Martin to the end.

Martin, covered in blood, walked up to the dummy and fired a burst of shots.

The blood bag on the dummy burst.

Director Ajia shouted, "Stop! Pass!" He picked up the megaphone and shouted, "I declare that the filming of The Hills Have Eyes is complete!"

There was cheering on the set.

The end of work not only means that you can take a vacation, but also that your salary will be paid in installments.

Buck, Lewis and others unscrewed the hand-held cannons, and streamers and ribbons flew all over the sky.

The crew completed the filming of all the scenes in just 24 days.

Post-production returned to Los Angeles.

Champagne was also prepared on the set, and all the cast and crew members raised their glasses and drank together.

Martin removed his makeup and changed his clothes. Producer Craven was giving him small gifts on behalf of the crew, mostly inexpensive props.

The really high-priced items in the account book must be treated as garbage and disposed of.

Of course, there are also those crews and production companies that are so stingy that it’s outrageous.

Craven came over with a red-stained wooden bat and a prop knife and asked Martin, "Which one do you want?"

Martin asked, "Can't I have them all? I want to take them all."

Craven said seriously, "Only one piece per person. It's an unwritten rule."

Martin had never heard of it, but Craven was an old-school filmmaker, so he respected the other party's opinion and chose the wooden bat.

Ajia brought two glasses of champagne and gave one to each of them. They drank together and said, "I feel very good about this shoot. Martin and Wes, you are the best partners I have ever had in the industry."

Craven said: "I watched most of the shots carefully. Aja, you shot it well, and Martin acted well, especially the revenge scenes in the second half."

He has been a screenwriter, director and producer for many years. Different from those who are literary and artistic, he is truly oriented to the first-tier market and has a unique judgment of the market: "This model of one man, one dog and one gun, as if against the whole world, feels particularly good from the perspective of a pure audience, and should have a certain market acceptance."

“I think this is going to become a genre,” Martin said.

He would not elaborate because he did not have enough status and funds.

A production manager came over from the back and said, "The people from the Screen Actors Guild are here."

Craven asked, "Is there nothing wrong here? What are they doing here?"

The production manager said, “They came to Martin to ask about the actor next door who was bitten by a snake.”

Craven had already learned the details and said to Martin, "Tell the truth about what happened that day. It has nothing to do with you. Don't worry. You paid the dues and are one of their employers."

"Understood." Martin walked out.

He was the representative of the investor, so Craven and Ajia simply followed him.

Martin was not worried because Dalot had already withdrawn his subordinates. This was Mexico, not Los Angeles, and the Actors Guild could not find those people at all.

When I arrived at the meeting room next door, a man and a woman were waiting.

The production manager introduced the two parties, and the middle-aged man Wilson was clearly the dominant one.

Martin shook their hands and said, "We'll do it as soon as possible. The crew has other activities."

Wilson was quite polite: "Mr. Davis, we are sorry to bother you. We mainly want to know your communication with Mike Vogel on the day he was injured."

"He drank, and I drank too. What did we talk about? We were just bragging to each other. He insisted on taking me to the wild to fight with poisonous snakes..." Martin roughly described what happened in the banquet hall. He could get away with it without lying: "We found a rattlesnake, and I was scared, so I turned around and ran away. Many people saw it. On my way out, I heard that he was bitten by a snake. That's what happened."

This was exactly what Wilson had learned. He asked a few more questions and then took the initiative to say goodbye: "Sorry to bother you, Mr. Davis."

Martin said politely: "It's okay."

After everyone left, Martin asked Craven, "Wes, how did you handle it over there?"

Craven often interacts with Brad, the producer next door, and understands the situation: "The withdrawal procedure was initiated there. Vogel left the crew and wanted compensation from the crew and the insurance company. The crew said it was his personal behavior and they will continue to argue."

Martin looked lucky: "Fortunately, the wind blew and I sobered up a little. I would rather be a wimp than get bit by a snake."

Ajia said, "People like Vogel asked for it. How much trouble would our crew be in if you got hurt?"

Martin said appropriately: "Maybe I was in the same agency as him, so my priority was higher than his, and I got in his way." Craven has had a good relationship with Martin since the filming began. He specifically reminded him: "That person has bad intentions, kid, there are people like him everywhere in the circle, you have to be careful in the future."

After the filming is over, most of the crew will return to Los Angeles, but Martin and Bruce will stay and go directly next door.

In the evening, Martin hosted a banquet for three stunt doubles: Buck, Lewis and Frank.

Bruce presented the gift prepared by Martin.

Lewis said, “You’re so polite.”

Martin laughed: "The most difficult and most injury-prone parts are all borne by you. The action scenes are actually the easiest for me."

Buck shook his bald head and said, "The crew paid us."

Martin picked up the small handbags and placed one in front of each person: "They are not valuable things, but mainly to commemorate our special experience."

Frank opened it and said with some surprise: "Handheld game console?"

Martin said, "You guys often play games during your breaks. I specifically asked someone to buy it for you. It's the Nintendo GBA-SP."

This thing is not expensive, only about $150 each.

Lewis said, "I've had my eye on Nintendo's new game console for a long time, but I've never bought it. Martin, I'm sorry."

Buck also put away his handbag. He had more ideas, so he said, "Martin, if you need a stunt double in the future, remember to call us."

Martin nodded and said, "If we are going to shoot action scenes again, I will definitely recommend you guys to the crew."

In this collaboration, the three of them were quite reliable in carrying the weight.

The crew of "The Hills Have Eyes" withdrew from Mexico, and Martin went to report to the crew next door. He didn't even have to change rooms, he just changed the crew that paid the bill.

His role also changed from an avenger who killed all perverts and deformed people to a sunny and handsome football coach.

On the first day of filming, Martin found Capis at the training ground and said, "Director, I'm here."

Capis looked at him briefly. He was the same confident and sunny handsome guy as usual. He asked, "Do you need to rest for a few days to adjust?"

Martin said, "No, I'm ready."

Capis nodded: "You don't have to exert any effort, just act naturally."

Martin thought that if he really played the role himself, he would definitely mess it up.

Capis glanced at the shooting schedule and said, "There is no scene for you today, please do as you please."

"Director, you are busy." Seeing that Capis was working normally, Martin took the initiative to leave.

However, he stayed on the set and integrated into the crew that had already started filming as soon as possible.

The crew started filming soon.

Martin came to the lounge, sat under a parasol, and looked through the role scripts to identify the characters with whom he would interact.

The character with the most scenes together is naturally Blake Lively, followed by the female soccer players he leads.

There are a lot of professional training terms attached to Martin's role script.

Although he remembered the names of some football stars, Martin was not even a fake fan and could only memorize these professional terms by rote.

Someone suddenly sat on the chair next to him. The woman with long dark brown hair took the initiative to greet Martin: "Hello, I'm Aibo."

Martin nodded: "Hello." He thought the other person looked familiar. He had seen her at a movie a while ago. "Are you the girl at the beginning of The Ring?"

Aibo smiled and said, "Yes, I am the girl who is courting death. I play one of the four sisters here."

Blake, who was wearing sports shorts, came over from the other side at this time, his eyes fixed on Ai Bo, and he said imposingly: "You took my seat."

In reality, there is no sisterly love. Aibo wanted to say something, but she finally held back and said as she stood up: "Martin, good luck to you."

Martin waved his hand: "Goodbye."

Blake pulled open a chair and sat down. His aura instantly disappeared, and his originally tense face smiled brighter than the sun: "You're finally here."

She crossed her chest with one hand and held up her chin with the other, staring at Martin's handsome profile: "Why do I think you're more handsome the more I look at you?"

Martin knocked on the table and said, "Seriously, we will be shooting our scene soon, so please make time to rehearse."

Blake said: "It's actually very simple. I fell in love with you at first sight."

Martin flipped through the script: "Training camp ends, then we separate?"

"Haven't you read the original novel?" Blake saw Martin nod and said, "The first draft of the script was to be separated. Brad disagreed with Uncle Capis's adaptation and recently changed the script. So when I returned home, I met you again. It was a perfect love."

Both of them are very dedicated. Blake finished his scenes in the morning and Martin didn't have to shoot today, so they started discussing each other's roles.

Communication with your co-star is very important.

After the crew finished work that day, Martin and Blake went to the beach to review their lines and rehearse.

Blake, who loves looks, is very serious when she works and works as hard as other actors. Although she comes from a family of performing arts, her family background is not particularly outstanding among the second-generation stars in Hollywood.

In Martin's opinion, for a second-generation star with a top family background, being in the acting circle is the best thing for him.

(End of this chapter)