America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 380: Martin the Rumor Spreader

As the filming is nearing the end, the scenes are focused on the violent conflict between the Joker and Batman.

Every day when Bell saw Martin grinning and laughing with others on the crew, he became annoyed and wanted to kill someone.

And after the hospital bombing scene, Martin was inspired by Nicholson and added a little improvisation to his performance. When he laughed crazily, he opened his mouth wide and made a "bang"-like lip shape.

Nolan thought it was very good and that it fit the Joker's wanton and crazy temperament very much, and he supported Martin very much.

But when Bell saw this lip shape and heard the slight "bang" sound, he would subconsciously clamp his legs together and feel angry.

Even when I was sleeping at night, I was awakened again and again by the tearing pain in nightmares.

Bell's spirit became very bad, and he had a lot of anger that needed to be vented.

Director Nolan is particularly satisfied with Bale's condition. As long as Bale puts on the bat suit, he doesn't need to act much, and he is a Batman who is completely infuriated by the Joker and is ready to use any means that break the bottom line at any time.

No one except Nolan himself knows whether he has done anything in it.

This British director has extraordinary talent and extraordinary means.

In the rest area, Martin had just put on makeup.

Bruce came over with a rubber prop bat and handed it to Martin.

A few days ago, the crew filmed the scene where Batman beats the Joker.

Today we are going to shoot a scene where the Joker beats up Batman.

Just across from Martin, Bell was walking towards them wearing a bat suit and holding a mask in his hand.

He raised his head and met Martin's gaze.

Martin was kind to others, and a blood-red smile appeared on his pale face.

A baseball was thrown from Martin's hand, fell back into his hand, and was thrown up again.

The baseball bat in his other hand was propped on the ground.

Bale remembered this action scene and immediately changed direction to find director Nolan.

This is a scene where Batman is unilaterally beaten by the Joker!

Bale used the action scene setting some time ago, wanting to create some unexpected situations so that Martin could enjoy Batman's fist.

He felt that there was no way Martin would give up the opportunity today.

Seeing that look, I want to get it back.

Although Bale was filled with anger and had a nervous breakdown, his mind was not completely overwhelmed. He said to Nolan, "Director, I'm not feeling well right now. Should we use a stunt double for the next action scene?"

Nolan frowned slightly, somewhat dissatisfied.

It's not that they can't change the stunt actors. After all, the stunt doubles of Batman in the crew have figures that are almost the same as Bale's after putting on the bat suit. As long as you don't take a close-up of their chins, you can't tell at all.

What Nolan was dissatisfied with was that he was thinking about how to write the new highlights this morning and finally had an inspiration, but Bale didn't plan to appear.

He seemed concerned and asked, "Is everything ok?"

Bell forced a smile: "Just take a rest for a while."

Nolan nodded, called the stunt team, and prepared a stunt double to replace Bale in the final few action scenes.

Anyway, the pen is with him, so he can just think about other things.

Bell relaxed instantly, came to the rest area, sat in his chair, glanced at Martin, and closed his eyes to rest.

All the bad things that have happened recently have made my nerves tense, but at this moment I actually felt a rare sense of relaxation.

Bell felt that he had seen through and cracked Martin's plan.

On the other side, Martin was still throwing a baseball.

Bruce came over again and whispered, "Stuntmen Phillips and Rice are preparing. Bale will not be in Batman's few remaining action scenes."

Martin whispered, "It's pretty much what I expected. People who want to create surprises in action scenes won't give others the chance to create surprises."

Bruce wasn't surprised: "I guess he thought about today's scene specifically when he was filming the last scene where Batman beat up the Joker."

"Only someone like him, who has a head full of bad ideas, would have such a low-level idea." Martin smiled what he thought was a kind smile: "How could a good actor like me do such a bad thing as deliberately creating an accident?"

Bruce glanced at his smile and warned, "You'll scare the young actresses in the crew."

Martin had to put away his smile: "You can only create an accident once, and it's over after the fight. You can't just beat someone up for a few minutes and still classify it as an accident, right?"

Bruce combined Bell's actual situation and said: "Some physical injuries can cause long-term mental shock to people."

Martin agreed. "That's right. So if we attack from that direction, he won't be able to escape. I think there's a beast hidden inside him that could burst out at any time."

He nodded his head. "Nicholson told me that if physical and mental damage occur at the same time, it will be hard for a person to get rid of it for the rest of his life. He is my boss, and I plan to listen to him."

Bruce did not feel any guilt or anything like that, because his years of experience in the army and fighting in Atlanta showed him that he must never be lenient towards his enemies.

That would be too irresponsible for your future.

Martin looked around and whispered, "Let's do it the way we agreed."

Bruce left the rest area and walked outside the set. The first person he looked for was Scott, who suddenly came to visit the crew.

"Are you ready?" Bruce asked. Scott nodded, "Sophia invited Bell several times, but he refused. Sophia was very unhappy."

Bruce said, "Do as I say and tell the truth, understand?"

"No big deal." Scott wiped his nose: "When I was hanging out on the streets, you didn't even know where I was!"

The two exchanged a few words in a low voice, and Scott found a place to sit down with his legs crossed, slowly looking for an opportunity.

Martin picked up the prop bat, entered the set, and started talking to the stunt double who was playing the beaten-up version of Batman.

He never thought of using action scenes to create unexpected events.

That's too low-level.

As an actor with outstanding professional qualities and excellent reputation in the Hollywood circle, Martin certainly would not let such things damage his reputation.

Compared to bastards like Old Bull, Nicholson and Leonardo, he still has some dignity.

The crew was ready, the lights dimmed, and with Nolan's order, the shooting began.

Martin immediately turned into a mad dog, and with the help of two hounds, he successfully ambushed Batman. He swung a prop baseball bat and smashed it at Batman indiscriminately.

The main theme is crazy, mad and violent.

The bat whizzed by when it was swung, but didn't have much weight when it fell. Martin has filmed many action scenes and is very experienced in this aspect, so he got it just right.

Batman was also beaten to the ground by the Joker.

"Stop, this one's passed!" Nolan was very satisfied with Martin's performance and shouted, "Keep it up."

The makeup artist came in to touch up the makeup, and the dog trainer took away the two dogs.

Martin listened to the action director's instructions for the next steps and prepared to shoot the next take.

In the rest area, Bale, who had taken off his bat suit, saw the stuntman standing up intact and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Just now, when he saw Martin beating up Batman, he was actually sweating profusely.

When the filming was over and the crew took a break, Bell heard the crew's whispers everywhere again.

“Why didn’t that troublemaker appear in the filming?”

"You're timid, are you scared?"

"If you have the guts to stir up trouble, why are you afraid of this kind of action scene?"

Bale was furious. These extras in Atlanta were too talkative.

He turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound, and the extras immediately shut up.

But turning back, the discussions started again.

Bell was so annoyed that he simply got up and left the studio to get some fresh air outside.

While strolling around the studio, Bale had just come out from behind a trailer when he noticed two women talking in the extras' dressing area on the side of the studio.

One of them said with an unpleasant duck voice, "Tell your extras to spread the news about Bell."

Hearing his name, Bell hid behind the trailer.

Another person said: "No problem, this is Atlanta, it's our territory!"

The unpleasant duck voice added: "Bell, that troublemaker, actually wanted to mess with our Atlanta people. The higher-ups have contacted someone, and they said they will not stop until Bell is discredited."

"Isn't he smelly?" said the other man.

The duck-voiced man laughed unpleasantly and continued, "The latest rumor was fabricated from Blanchett's perspective and tone. The specific content is this: Bale invited Blanchett to a party. When she arrived, she found Heath Ledger in the room, with clothes thrown everywhere and a smell of feces. Blanchett thought they didn't clean it properly..."

The other person burst out laughing: "This is a tainted rumor!"

Bell stood behind the trailer, his face was pale and tense, and his eyes, which were already bloodshot, were shining red.

Atlanta! Anyone who comes out of Atlanta...

When he left Atlanta, there was only one person he wanted to get: Martin Davis!
Bell immediately understood why the extras were talking crazily and spreading messages about him on the set.

There is someone behind this! That person came out of Atlanta, and it can only be Martin Davis.

Bale walked towards the studio angrily with only one thought in his mind: Martin Davis was the real troublemaker!
Not far away, on the top of a small office building, Coke High Priest Robert saw everything clearly. He picked up his cell phone and dialed a number. The number rang, but the call was quickly hung up.

Scott got off an electric car and walked towards Bale with his legs apart. He shouted when he was still a dozen meters away: "Christian Bale, wait for me. I need to talk to you."

Bell stopped, turned around and saw that it was the strange man following the female King Kong.

Thinking that the female King Kong might have something on Martin, he forced a smile at Scott: "What's the matter?"

Scott pointed to a deserted spot: "About Sofia."

Bell followed.

Scott said: "I advise you to be careful and stay away from Sofia. Martin found Sofia and asked her to mess with you."

Having just heard what the two extras said, Bell was particularly sensitive: "Mess with me? How do you mess with me?"

Scott took out a pink kettle that was more than 30 centimeters long from his bag and pointed behind Bell: "Use this!"

(End of this chapter)