America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 420 Wedding Photos

While the Oscar storm was still surging, Martin suddenly received a notice from the "Dark Knight" crew that a data leak had occurred at Warner Bros., and hackers had broken into the crew's database and stolen a batch of important information.

The hacker seemed to have learned from Kim Kardashian's video scandal and "sold" all the data to TMZ.

The related news spread rapidly like a plague, sweeping across major entertainment websites at an extremely fast speed, and countless print media reprinted it.

Martin received a call from Nolan himself, responded to the emergency statement issued by the crew, and was interviewed by media reporters who came specially at the Los Angeles International Airport. He strongly urged TMZ not to publish the data stolen by hackers without authorization.

As we boarded the plane and reached the stratosphere, Bruce said, "They should pay us royalties."

"Nolan planned it." Martin unbuckled his seat belt and said roughly, "He is a great director. Most directors would not roll up their sleeves and personally participate in the film due to artistic taste."

Bruce asked, "What was stolen this time? It couldn't be the video of you screwing with Bell, right?"

Martin shook his head: "I'm not sure either."

Bruce suddenly thought of a possibility: "Menai has always been in close contact with Emma Thomas."

Martin frowned and thought: "Nolan is not that crazy."

By the time he arrived at the hotel from New York's Kennedy Airport and had a good night's sleep, TMZ had already revealed the weighty information.

It is not the master film, nor the advertisement or trailer, but the shooting footage archived by the crew.

All of them are behind-the-scenes footage from the filming, created by Martin and Nolan!
Once such real and interesting footage came out, it instantly attracted the attention of countless movie fans and the attention remained high.

The crew of "The Dark Knight" took the opportunity to release the first trailer, which was only thirty seconds long and was all about the duel between Batman and the Joker.

Naturally, the news about the psychological problems of the two protagonists, Martin and Bale, was brought up again.

The crew of "John Wick" is not willing to be left out, so of course they want to take advantage of such popularity. The crew's spokesperson announced that in view of Martin's poor mental health, the crew will provide Martin with a professional psychologist throughout the filming and production process.

The hacking incident and the real and interesting tidbits, plus the news about Martin and Bale, plus the preview of the duel between the two heroes, the Dark Knight directly ended the Oscar aftermath and became the hottest entertainment event at the end of February.

It’s still okay on traditional media, but on the Internet, countless people are watching.

In the list of the most anticipated films of the 2008 summer season released by major film websites, "The Dark Knight" ranked first, beating out films such as "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and "Hancock".

On the way to the Brooklyn studio, Daniel and Martin from Warner Bros. were in the same car.

He said: "Nolan is a director with a lot of ideas."

Martin couldn’t agree more: “A new director for a new era, he could become a top-tier director.”

As a representative of the distributor, Daniel is not only responsible for The Dark Knight, but also signed John Wick on behalf of Warner Bros. a few days ago. He is very concerned about both films. For the sake of publicity and promotion, he suggested: "You should make careful preparations for MTEGALA in May."

Martin asked: "The Met Gala? The Oscars of fashion?"

Daniel nodded. "In recent years, it has attracted more and more attention. You should be in New York at that time. Take a day to attend. Warner Bros. has prepared two tickets for you."

Martin has memories of this activity. In his previous life, the big guys in the group described it as a chaos.

He thought for a while and said, "I want an eye-catching plan. If Warner has any good suggestions, please let me know."

Daniel said, "Warner's group of idiots whose thinking has been restricted by years of habit are far worse than you, even worse than Nolan."

It's a bit of a pity for Martin that since Nolan stole the VHS hype trick, he couldn't collect the copyright royalties.

At Brooklyn Studios, the crew rented two large studios plus an open-air set for scene shooting.

Given that Martin had been attacked by a drug driver here before, the crew also specially hired professional security personnel to patrol the set and trailer area.

Martin came to the trailer area and saw Mene.

He wore a neat suit and had slightly gray hair on his temples. He might have hung out with successful ladies and had the temperament of a man in a high position.

This is the most important role in the entire series, except for the male protagonist.

Mene prepared very seriously. When he came over, he said seriously, "Jonathan, you are late."

Martin took out a coin and handed it to Mene: "I want the safest room."

Mene led the way, helped Martin open the door of the largest trailer, and asked like a gentleman: "This one."

Martin and Bruce entered the trailer, and Mene followed, closing the door again.

Soon, the costume designer and the styling car entered the trailer together.

In the studio, various departments of the crew made final preparations for the filming under Chad's coordination.

Chen Hu called several stuntmen over and reminded them of the precautions.

In the studio set that is arranged like a factory, the extras are already in place.

In addition to forklifts and equipment, there are also some glass bottles of Coke in the rest area of ​​the factory.

After Chen Hu finished speaking, he took the extras to familiarize themselves with the movements, and Martin entered the studio wearing the handmade suit that Briony had prepared specifically for him.

Chad stood up from the director's seat and called Martin to the set.

Chen Hu grabbed Martin and told him the precautions: "All the colas are specially made. Don't hesitate when you make a move. You must be quick, accurate and ruthless."

Martin said seriously: "No problem, I'm good at hitting people with Coke."

Chad took out a wallet and handed it to Martin: "It's a very important prop, don't lose it."

Martin opened it next and saw that there was change and cards inside, but the space for the photo was empty.

Chad said, "Here are the photos of the heroine. You also need to have group photos and wedding photos in your house. I have reserved time in the afternoon. The heroine will go to the Brooklyn Bridge and you can take wedding photos together." Martin put away his wallet and said, "This is my first time taking wedding photos. I must make myself look handsome."

Chad laughed and said, "No problem, I'll take the photo for you myself."

The crew first shot the action scenes, almost all of which were shot live. After all the actors arrived, Chen Hu took Martin and others to warm up first.

Bruce checked all the guns and handed a USP pistol to Martin. Martin has been familiarizing himself with this pistol recently and is using it very smoothly.

With Chad's order, the script supervisor hit the board and the shooting began.

Martin rushed into the factory alone.

He hid at one side of the corner, listened to the footsteps from the opposite side, moved the muzzle of the gun down, hit the enemy's foot with a bang, and then rolled out.

The enemy who was shot screamed and fell to the ground. Before he could react, Martin shot him in the head twice.

He pushed his feet hard on the ground and rolled over to hide behind a forklift. Two enemies shot at him, and the gunpowder buried underground exploded, creating clouds of dust.

Martin fired from under the forklift and the bullet hit a man's leg. As the man fell, the USP gunshot rang out again, and the actor tilted his head back, pretending to be shot in the head.

Marcus is a former professional soldier who has seen hundreds of people being shot in Afghanistan. The movements of being shot that he has trained are so realistic.

Martin jumped up and flashed out from the other side of the forklift. The pistol fired again, and the three gunmen on the opposite side fell to the ground.

He had practiced countless times and was able to change magazines very quickly. As the bullets were reloaded, the gunshots rang out again.

This is also one of the characteristics of this film, the follow-up shot!
The enemies who fall in front of the hero are always completely dead.

"Cut!" Chad called to stop the long shot and praised, "Great job, guys!"

This film took more than a year to prepare, and professional training lasted for several months.

Martin's years of training, including firearms training that began in Atlanta, reduced the difficulty of shooting the film's action scenes by several levels.

After a short break, they shot a few more short shots and prepared to start filming the crucial Coke scene.

Coca-Cola is the crew's largest sponsor, and Martin is also the leader of the Coke Cult, so the crew attaches great importance to Coke advertising.

Of course, there will never be an implant that is too abrupt.

For example, in rural America, there are bank ATMs from another country.

Stuntman Lewis entered the set, bumped fists with Martin and said, "You're in charge of my head from now on."

Martin, who had worked with him many times, said, "Don't worry, your face won't be hurt."

Bald Lewis touched his face and said: "I rely on this face to attract girls."

Filming started soon.

Martin rushed into the rest area of ​​the factory and kicked a man in the crotch, causing him to cover his crotch. He picked up the Coke next to him and swung it up to hit the man on the head.

With a crisp sound, the glass bottle broke and the Coke splashed everywhere.

Two other men armed with daggers rushed over, and Martin held a bottle of Coke in each hand and blew their heads off.

He rolled to avoid Lewis' gun, picked up the Coke that was scattered on the ground, and threw it out with force, just like the head of the Burbank High School shooter.

The Coke bottle exploded on Lewis' head. Lewis was slightly dazed. Martin rushed up, poked him in the eyes, kicked his crotch, and locked his throat, knocking him to the ground.

"Where is Ivanov?" Martin shouted.

"I do not know."

Martin picked up a bottle of Coke and smashed it on the hardest part of Lewis' forehead. After the bottle burst, he asked, "Ivanov!"

Lewis did not answer.

The Coke Warrior came online, Martin picked up the Coke, cursed Fack, and gave him another bottle.

Chad called a halt.

Martin quickly asked, "Are you okay?"

Lewis raised his thumb: "No big deal."

Neither of them moved.

The camera turned around and a prosthetic hand was handed to Lewis, and the Coke was also replaced with the glass bottle version on the market.

Then, Martin used a real glass bottle of Coke to smash the fake hand, forcing the leader played by Lewis to reveal where Ivanov was hiding.

After forcing out the answer, he used a bottle of Coke to completely end this role.

The entire morning was spent shooting action scenes.

At noon, Chad took a long break to allow Martin to recover his strength.

After only two hours of filming in the afternoon, the crew called it a day.

Martin is going to Brooklyn Bridge Park to take wedding photos with the heroine.

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