America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 407 The Professionalism of Actors

Inside the studio that was decorated as a new house, David Fincher called Martin and Cate Blanchett together to discuss the scene.

The next scenes to be filmed are all about Benjamin and Daisy building their love nest and spending their sweet time together.

David Fincher ignored all that mess and said, "I haven't made any specific plans for this part of the play. The props and scenes are here, and it depends on your improvisation."

On the set, apart from a mattress, there were wooden plank walls in natural wood color.

David Fincher voluntarily withdrew from the set.

Blanchett glanced at Martin, trying to figure out how to start.

In Martin's eyes, work is work. With such a high salary, he should show a corresponding work attitude. He took the initiative to say, "What are you afraid of in the action scenes?"

Blanchett is also a veteran actor. She threw away the thoughts that shouldn't be there at the moment and said, "Don't touch the key point below me. Everything else is fine."

Martin sat on the mattress and called out, "Let's discuss how to proceed?"

Blanchett sat down on the floor opposite him and said, "Daisy and Benjamin are at their best years, and they have been separated for many years before they can get together. This is a time when a more drastic approach should be used."

Martin discussed seriously: "Is it possible that, apart from eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping, the two of us spend the rest of the time on the mattress?"

Blanchett nodded: "It's so hard for two people to sleep together. I want to sleep every moment."

Martin stood up and walked around the new house set, gesturing and saying, “Even the process of renovating a house can turn into a battlefield between two people.”

Blanchett agreed: "I think so."

The two chatted for nearly half an hour, and in the middle they stood up, gestured to each other, and even hugged each other.

"Go and get ready." Martin returned to the rest area first.

The stylist came to touch up the makeup.

Blanchett sat in her lounge chair, glancing at Martin from time to time.

Martin finished putting on makeup, took out the breath freshener and sprayed it several times.

Work is work, and he always takes it seriously. Even when Bale wanted to beat him during filming, he never thought of retaliating at work.

Blanchett recognized the air freshener commonly used by people in the industry and shook her head at her assistant, who left the garlic and durian candies in the bag untouched.

These are just in case preparations.

Blanchett took the same breath freshener and sprayed it a few times.

Martin-Davis is very professional, and she is no exception.

The two very professional actors did not ask the crew to clear the scene. Under the watchful eyes of dozens of eyes, they used the only mattress as the battlefield and fought hand to hand.

At the beginning, the movements were a little awkward, but as they became familiar with each other's bodies and sensitive points, the two became like a real couple.

As soon as David Fincher called stop, the two quickly separated, like strangers.

But when discussing work, they were completely open and honest, as if they were close friends.

Most actors are very open about their emotions, and when the handsome men and beautiful women stimulate each other during filming, it is not surprising that the male and female protagonists actually get together.

At the edge of the set, Saoirse felt that she had gained a lot and said to Elizabeth, "I guess this is the professionalism of a top actor."

Elizabeth has two older actress sisters and has been to film sets since she was a child. She is used to it: "Work is work."

Saoirse said with regret: "It's a pity that I have to leave."

Elizabeth said, "When you go to Los Angeles, remember to call me."

When the crew took a break, Saoirse said goodbye to Martin and left the studio with her mother.

Before leaving, Martin, the teacher, gave his students a gift: a handmade clown statue and a saltwater crocodile tooth pendant.

Saoirse put the pendant on her neck immediately and said to Martin: "I have seen people showing off on other sets, saying that you gave it to me personally, and now I have it too."

Elizabeth hadn't been to many film sets, but she had seen these two things quite a few times.

She had completely different ideas, and a thought automatically popped into her mind: Martin is really popular in the circle and has a good relationship with others.

When Saoirse Ronan left, she was still muttering to herself that she didn't see Shia LaBeouf having sex with Blanchett.

Because someone who could control Shia LaBeouf came to the crew, Shia LaBeouf restrained himself a lot in front of Kathleen Kennedy.

In the following days, Martin devoted all his energy to the role and the scene.

The same is true for Blanchett.

On the set, the two had a scene where they were doing some renovations.

Just like before, the script only has scenes but no specific content, and David Fincher still lets the two play freely.

Blanchett looked at the wooden prop wall and said, "It'd better be a little bit new."

Martin was much more creative than her in this regard. After only watching for half a minute, he had an idea related to the scene between the two of them. He had no say: "During the process of applying latex paint, the two of them suddenly felt like leaving a mark of love on this wall that had just been splashed with latex paint?"

"Sure." Blanchett started to associate this with: "Let these marks remain and become the decoration of this wall."

The two called David Fincher, who called the prop master, who suggested using synthetic milk as a prop.

In the afternoon, the scene was filmed. The decorators Benjamin and Daisy picked up latex paint and kept splashing it on the wall. As they played around, the two people went from passionate kissing to wall-banging, leaving marks of love again and again on the wooden wall covered with white latex.

At the end of the scene, two people wearing vital protection suits will leave their body marks on the wall.

Martin pressed himself against the white wall, leaving a human silhouette. Next to him, Daisy, played by Blanchett, did the same thing.

The two people who turned white took a big step back, and the two human outlines on the wall were particularly easy to distinguish.

The one that belonged to Benjamin had a hole the size of a child's fist near the waist.

The one belonging to Daisy has two papaya-shaped marks on her chest.

"Stop, very good!" David Fincher was particularly satisfied with these scenes: "That's it for today!"

Martin left the set directly, took the towel handed to him by Elizabeth, wiped off the sticky milk on his face, and said, "I'm going to take a shower first."

Elizabeth followed: "I'll help you."

Martin's back was also stained with a lot of it, and he nodded: "Come on."

The two entered the trailer, Elizabeth locked the door, closed every window, drew the curtains, took off her clothes, and went into the bathroom.

Martin turned on the shower: "You help me scrub it off my back."

"Don't move, let me do it." Elizabeth came closer.

Martin felt two extremely soft bath towels scrubbing every part of his back.

After a while, Elizabeth turned Martin's body so that they were facing each other and warned him, "I'm going to give you a bath, don't move."

Martin simply raised his hands and let Elizabeth scrub his body with the bath towel.

After a week of filming, Benjamin and Daisy's passionate scenes were all finished.

Elizabeth had few scenes, and filming only took one afternoon.

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During the weekend, Martin drove Elizabeth into the French Quarter of New Orleans, and walked hand in hand along Decatur Street to Jackson Square.

Some tourists recognized Martin and took out their cameras to take pictures.

Martin didn't care about it. He held Elizabeth's hand tightly and admired the ancient French building.

Elizabeth suddenly pulled Martin and went into the shop next door together.

When they came out of the store, each of them had a couple's hat on their heads.

Martin found something interesting and pulled Elizabeth: "Come with me."

In front, there is a store selling freshly printed T-shirts, but the business is average and no one is interested.

As soon as the two of them entered, the boss recognized Martin at a glance. The crew of "Benjamin" was filming in New Orleans these days, and the leading actor Martin had been featured in local newspapers many times.

"Martin..."

"Boss, let's talk business first." Martin smiled and said, "I want a couple's set."

Elizabeth came over and looked at the blank T-shirt carefully: "Shall we choose a white one?"

Martin nodded: "White and black, a timeless classic."

The boss asked quickly: "What pattern or text do you want to print?"

Elizabeth looked at the patterns and slogans on the shelves: "Hmm..."

Martin had already thought about it: "I'll print her head portrait on top of mine, and my head portrait on top of hers, plus a line of words."

The boss couldn't avoid gossiping: "Are you guys boyfriend and girlfriend?"

Elizabeth replied first: "Of course."

Not long after, local entertainment reporters who got the news saw a handsome man and a beautiful woman wearing couple hats walking out of a store hand in hand. They were wearing brand new couple T-shirts with each other's headshots printed on them and the words "This is my boyfriend/girlfriend" written in bold black letters.

The two men ignored the reporters and walked straight across the square, entered the St. Louis Cathedral opposite, and found a bench in the front row to sit down.

Elizabeth faced the cross in front of her, clasped her hands together devoutly, and her lips moved slightly.

Martin couldn't hear what she was saying, so he followed her lead and muttered too.

After making a wish, the two entered the art gallery. The mosaic images there were a bit abstract, which could easily lead LSPs to think of something wrong.

Martin saw Elizabeth's eyes drifting over from time to time, and guessed what she was thinking, so he specifically asked, "What wish did you make just now?"

"A secret." Elizabeth smiled sweetly.

Martin understood and continued to ask: "Are there any secrets between us two?"

"Yeah... that's right." Elizabeth deliberately said in a joking tone: "I hope you can propose to me sooner."

Martin took it as a joke: "You are kidding, Liz, you are not even 20 years old."

The two of them spent the rest of their trip in the hotel.

Before Christmas, Elizabeth returned to Los Angeles, and Martin went to Atlanta. After spending the entire holiday with Elena and her siblings, he returned to the crew to film.

After waiting for the New Year, his part was basically completed and he returned to Los Angeles.

There are also some scenes that need to be shot in conjunction with post-production.

(End of this chapter)