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Chapter 373 Bats Beat the Joker
That afternoon, the crew started filming the action scenes.

Batman is about to torture the Joker.

This is a one-sided violent beating scene that Bale, who is wearing the bat suit, has been looking forward to for a long time.

Martin sat upright in a chair, as calm as the clown at the door of McDonald's.

Bell walked over step by step, his bat helmet covering his face, leaving only his chin exposed.

No one can see the face behind the mask, all it shows is the long-awaited anticipation.

Bazooka, corpus cavernosum, Heath Ledger, these words flashed through Bale's mind one by one, slid down his nerves and landed on his fists.

The black gloves concealed the bulging veins on his fists.

Bale's face was lowered. Today's idea was not new. When the crew came to Atlanta, he got inspiration from Martin Davis' best friend Leonardo.

While filming "Gangs of New York", Daniel Day-Lewis was a jerk both on and off the screen. Leonardo DiCaprio accidentally broke Lewis' nose during an action scene.

Bale didn't know whether it was an accident or not, and he didn't have the energy to look into it. He just knew that it was normal to have some unexpected situations when shooting action scenes.

Even the insurance company couldn't say anything.

Accidents would happen even if the action scenes in New York Gangs weren’t intense, let alone this action movie?
Martin looked at Bell, his face calm but prepared.

The two were hostile to each other.

When Heath Ledger almost hit him and Aniston while driving under the influence of drugs, and Bale and Blanchett put pressure on the two of them to "make a big deal out of a small matter", the two sides were already on opposite sides.

Bell was waiting, Martin could roughly guess.

As the scene notes were recorded, filming began.

Bell strode towards Martin, the muscles on his masked chin twitching rapidly, and the bat helmet that covered four-fifths of his face could not hide the burning rage.

At this moment, Bale's acting skills are explosive, and he is no less inferior to Edward Norton wearing a mask in "Kingdom of Heaven".

In other words, this is not a performance.

For this role, Bale did four months of fitness and more than a month of action training, and his muscles became strong and agile.

The black fist smashed down towards Martin's face like lightning.

According to the normal action shot mode, the fist is just a bluff, and Martin just needs to look up.

But Martin has been targeting Bale since the filming began, not only because he created a Heath Ledger, but also because he noticed his thoughts.

This is Atlanta, and the crew's hundreds of extras and crew members come from Jerome and Robert's Marietta agency, so he can keep track of any developments.

Martin keeps exercising all year round. The sword of Damocles of the Russian mafia is always hanging over his head, so he and Bruce use real guns and knives during training.

With a movement of Bell's arm, Martin jerked sideways.

The black fist did not hold back and hit him over the shoulder.

Martin heard the whistling of the wind.

Bell used his other hand to grab Martin's collar to prevent him from dodging again.

Martin quickly lowered his head and hit Bell's hand with a headbutt.

Bell raised his foot and kicked, and Martin used his legs to cooperate very well and flew out, hitting his back on the wall with shock-absorbing pads.

He opened his bloody mouth, his face full of madness: "Come on, come again! You loser, it turns out you are really soft and can't get hard."

Behind the director's monitor, the voice of director of photography Pfister rang through Nolan's headphones: "Director?"

"Go on." Nolan didn't stop.

Because the effect of this action scene was so good.

Batman's anger temporarily overwhelmed his usual rationality, and he took the most direct and violent means to interrogate the Joker.

Bale and Martin's movements are all powerful, real and natural.

Nolan is well aware of many situations in the crew, but as a commercial director, these are exactly what he wants.

The set was still under control and he was not in a hurry at all.

With a bang, Martin flew out again on his own initiative.

Bell's punch seemed to have hit out, but all the force was in vain.

"Tell me, asshole!" Bell was furious. "Why did you do this? Why?"

Martin did not answer, but just laughed wildly and crazily.

Bell couldn't control himself anymore and moved the chair next to him.

Right at the edge of the set, Bruce’s body was tense and ready to go, like a leopard about to hunt.

Martin was still laughing wildly.

"Stop!" Nolan's voice rang out: "This one is over!"

Bell picked up the chair but did not put it down. As if he could not stop because of the continuity of the action, the chair flew out of his hand and fell towards Martin.

Martin rolled over on the spot and easily dodged to the side.

He seemed to be immersed in the play and couldn't extricate himself. He pointed a finger at Bell, a blood-red mouth split open on his pale face, and laughed crazily: "You are a piece of trash, you are soft, soft!"

He rolled on the ground laughing like a madman.

Others just thought Martin hadn't taken off his act yet, but Bell knew what he was talking about.

Standing five or six meters away, Bell looked down at him, his eyes twitching wildly and the muscles in his chin twitching continuously.

Batman was provoked by the Joker to the point of exploding.

Martin was waiting. As a good actor with professional qualities, he would not respond to what Bale did during the filming for the time being.

But the filming stopped, and Bell made another move... Not far away, Elena and Hall, who came to visit the crew after noon, said nothing.

Hall was holding a glass bottle of Coca-Cola.

At Northville Private High School, Hall was the starting pitcher for the school baseball team.

As long as he wanted, he could throw the Coke in his hand to Martin or hit someone on the head at a distance of less than twenty meters.

Bell took a deep breath, slowly loosened his clenched fists, and his tense body gradually relaxed. He turned and walked out of the set.

As he passed near the director's monitor, Bale casually said, "Sorry, I didn't control my movements well."

Nolan reminded: "Control your emotions and don't get too involved in the play."

It seemed that in his eyes, these were all extensions of the performance emotions.

Martin got up from the ground and the makeup artist came in to touch up his makeup.

Nolan waved his hand and the screenwriter immediately trotted over.

"Record, the latest behind-the-scenes footage." Nolan suddenly felt exhausted. He had to shoot the film, manage the conflicts between the two leading actors, and make up materials for later publicity and marketing. It was too difficult to be a director.

His talent as a screenwriter is also outstanding: "Martin Davis is a very dedicated and hard-working workaholic. For the filming effect, in the scene where Batman interrogates the Joker, he let Bale go all out and beat him ruthlessly without any scruples, presenting an extremely realistic fighting scene."

The screenwriter secretly sighed that the director's inspiration burst out anytime and anywhere, while quickly recording it.

Because Martin is the core of the marketing, Nolan added: "It is really admirable that Martin Davis endured the physical pain while performing."

The screenwriter is a member of Nolan's brother Jonathan's team, and he recorded the "real behind-the-scenes" shot by the crew without fail.

After finishing work in the afternoon, Martin joined Elena and Hall and left the studio together.

In the car, Elena asked, "Is it so dangerous to shoot action scenes?"

Martin said with a smile: "The director is a real-life shooting enthusiast and strives for realistic effects."

Hall muttered, "That man has bad intentions."

Martin pointed at Bruce who was driving the car and said, "With Bruce here, nothing will happen."

The four of them went to a nearby restaurant for dinner together.

On the set, Bale did not leave immediately. Like he did these days, he removed his makeup and returned to one of the studios to continue his physical and action training with the assistance of two people from the stunt team.

Hibby could only stand aside and watch her husband expend his sweat and energy.

Since joining the group, Bale has been maintaining his physical condition.

After it was over, one of the stuntmen said, “Chris, you’re so dedicated.”

Bell just smiled and went to take a shower and change clothes.

Meet up with Hibi and get on the bus back to the hotel.

"You're trying too hard," Hibby said.

Bell responded: "I have to give it my all."

What happened today made him realize that he had to be faster and more ruthless in order to turn that bastard Martin into the next Daniel Day-Lewis.

Hibby added: "You have to be careful when shooting action scenes to avoid getting injured like what happened at Pinewood Studios."

"No." Bell responded.

Regarding the Pinewood Studios incident, the crew of "The Prestige" would certainly not publicly say that Bale was injured because he was frightened when he was fooling around with Blanchett.

The public explanation, of course, was that the accident occurred when they were filming in the pine forest and were startled by an explosion of fireworks.

There aren't many people who really know the inside story of this matter.

Then it was overshadowed by Emma Watson's "diaper gate" and fell into silence.

After returning to the hotel and having dinner, Hibby and Bell took a walk in the hotel garden and then returned to their suite together.

After taking a shower, Xibit changed into a set of Victoria's Secret Angel clothes that she brought specially, and walked into the master bedroom of the suite with a model's gait.

When Bell saw her dressed like this, he was shocked and groaned inwardly.

Xibi walked closer and closer with a model's gait.

Bell felt the tearing pain again. This tearing feeling was like a nightmare that he could never get rid of.

"Dear..." Hibby came all the way from Los Angeles and was extremely enthusiastic.

Bell could only reluctantly refuse, lying down sideways, pulling the quilt over him and saying, "Today we filmed all action scenes, I'm so tired, let's go to bed early."

Hibby's face was instantly filled with grievance, but she did not give up and pounced on Bell.

Bell was helpless: "Honey, please give me some time, I'm under a lot of pressure now..."

Xibi turned over and lay in the empty space, two lines of tears streaming down her face.

He stared blankly at the ceiling. He didn't know how long it had been, but the fire on Hibby's body not only did not dissipate, but it burned more and more vigorously.

She came to her senses and was about to go see Bell, but she heard thunderous snoring.

Bell seemed to be asleep.

Hibby glanced at Bell's slightly trembling eyelashes, pretended not to notice, and left the bedroom alone.

The door slammed shut.

Xibi was about to go to another bedroom, but when she saw the gift she received, she suddenly had some ideas.

That clown has a very unique look.

Hibby came to the side, opened the gift box, held the clown's legs together, and took out the statue.

(End of this chapter)