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Chapter 529 An accident happened

The chaotic gunfire subsided, and the crew finished filming another gunfight scene. Martin's pistol was handed over to Bruce.

After waiting for a while, we met up with Mene and prepared to have lunch.

Nolan came over and said, "Let's go together."

Martin followed him to a nearby restaurant and asked as he walked, "I just saw the latest filming schedule. My scenes are all over today?"

Nolan emphasized: "It's the Los Angeles scene." He asked Martin: "Do you have other schedules?"

Martin received another invitation yesterday: "Tom Cruise asked me to discuss something."

Nolan did not ask any more questions, and turned the topic back to the action scenes being filmed: "The scenes in Canada are all shot on snowy mountains. Can you ski?"

Martin nodded: "I can skate. I've practiced before, but I can't say I'm proficient at it."

He once worked as a stunt double in a red-themed movie, which included many skiing scenes.

Bruce followed behind, and when Nolan walked away, he deliberately muttered to Mene: "Our boss is a typical example of a simple-minded person with strong limbs."

The group went into the restaurant to eat.

The crew booked the entire restaurant and had lunch and dinner there during the filming. When Martin and Nolan came in, they attracted a lot of attention.

Clayson, who worked as an assistant set designer, quickly finished his lunch as usual and left the restaurant with two colleagues.

Two colleagues with big bellies found a place to rest in the cool air.

After lunch these days, Clayson would take a walk around the street that was blocked off by the crew.

There were many people in the crew who did this, and he was not noticeable at all.

With his hands in his trouser pockets, Clayson strolled towards the alley where the props team was. Since the crew used real guns for filming, the props team would leave someone to guard the scene even during meals.

But the guard would sit in the chair and take a nap at this time every day.

Clayson has seen it several times.

This time was no exception. Between the two vans of the props team, the guy on duty was sitting on a recliner with sunglasses on his eyes. He seemed to be performing his duties, but in fact, he was already fast asleep.

In many Hollywood film crews, the management of each department is not particularly strict, and many accidents have occurred due to carelessness and negligence.

Clayson passed by like he did a few days ago. Everyone nearby had gone to eat, and there was no one else here.

His eyes fell on a cabinet and he coughed softly a few times.

The guy on duty had no reaction, probably going out to the club to party every night.

Clayson took out a pair of gloves and put them on, then he moved to the back of the van, put the folding workbench beside the van, and half-opened the rear door to reveal the container inside.

The props team still has the most basic professional ethics. Guns, magazines, and boxes of blank bullets are all stored in containers instead of being placed on the workbench.

But the safety lock of the container was not locked at all.

After locking this door, it requires a password to open it again, which is a bit troublesome.

The Hollywood crews that Clayson has worked on basically stay open all day long as long as they open in the morning.

He was a set designer, deft and quick with his hands, and he gently opened the cabinet door and saw the guns used by the main characters.

The guns and magazines were all disassembled, and each magazine was loaded with blank bullets.

All five pistols here are M9s, and Clayson can't be sure which one is the gun used by Martin.

He was just an assistant set designer and had difficulty getting in touch with the main actors on the set.

Time did not allow him to stay for long, so he took down a magazine, pushed out the six hollow bullets inside, took out the three bullets he brought with him and loaded them, then put three more hollow bullets on top, carefully put the magazine back, and restored the cabinet to its original state.

Clayson quickly looked around to make sure there was no one around, then walked through the long alley and turned into the street on the other side that had not been blocked by the crew.

After walking a distance, he carefully took off his gloves. The facilities in the city center were old and some of the roadside sewer entrance fences were damaged. He threw the gloves and blank bullets into different sewers.

Clayson was sure that no one saw him do this.

With his hands in his pockets, he took a leisurely stroll like he had done in the past few days at noon and returned to the area where the set design team was.

The crew's lunch break is over and filming is about to begin.

In the crew that Martin is in, Bruce is always listed in the props group.

Before the other actors came over, Old Bull turned into the alley where the props team was and checked the firearms used for filming.

"Isn't it troublesome for you? Or do you just not trust us?"

A famous prop master complained: "We have been guarding these guns all the time, so there will be no problems."

Bruce said, "It's my duty, understand it."

The prop master wearing sunglasses said, "We understand you, who will understand us?" He couldn't help but add one more sentence: "Old Bull, do you have paranoia?"

Don't tell me, these two bastards really do it.

Bruce deliberately explained: "Don't you remember that the last time we killed a Russian spy? Think about it, that's second only to the United States. You are still working hard in Hollywood. Have you forgotten the KGB's great reputation?"

The two complaining prop masters immediately stopped talking. Polar bears are so scary that they can never be too careful.

Bruce checked the rifle first, ejected all the blank bullets from the magazine, and then pushed them back in to make sure there was no problem with each bullet.

Because the actors using these guns will have to shoot at Martin during the upcoming filming.

Then he checked the pistol.

Bruce had just picked up the M9 used by Martin when British actor Tom Hardy came over to receive the weapon.

All the pistols were the same, and he picked up an M9 at random. Bruce reminded him, "Wait until I finish checking."

Tom Hardy didn't dare to confront Martin, but he didn't care about Martin's followers. He sneered and said, "Don't take yourself too seriously. No one wants to kill you and your master all day long."

Bruce turned and looked at him.

Tom Hardy had a ruffian vibe, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Am I wrong? Huh?"

Bruce, who had just beaten the Englishman with a mortar, said, "Watch your stinking mouth."

“Haha…” Tom Hardy also knew that the other party was not easy to deal with, so he restrained himself a little, grabbed a magazine from the cabinet, and unloaded the bullets: “Watch out, prop bullets, prop bullets, and prop bullets!”

He unloaded three bullets in succession and placed them in front of Bruce: "Did you see it clearly?"

The prop master wearing sunglasses quickly stopped between the two and said, "The crew will start shooting soon, don't waste time."

Tom Hardy pushed the blank bullet back into the magazine, stuffed it into the pistol, and turned and walked away without even looking at Bruce.

The other party would not be filming the same scene with Martin today, so Bruce didn't say anything more and carefully checked the other guns and magazines.

Other actors came over to get their guns.

Bruce gave Mene the pistol, took Martin's pistol, and went back to the set together.

Menez asked: "Did you have a conflict with Tom Hardy?"

Bruce was surprised: "It spread so quickly?"

Mene said: "That guy is telling people that you and I are slaves, and Martin is our slave owner."

Bruce frowned slightly and said, "I remember that Nicholson's homemade bazooka is still there. It will be necessary to bring the crew here tomorrow."

Mene's eyes lit up: "Then light the fuse, and the rocket will follow the rocket launcher..."

Bruce nodded: "This is the civilized way! When dealing with British gentlemen, we must use civilized methods."

Mene said, "Be sure to call me."

Arriving at the filming set, Bruce handed the gun to Martin.

Action director Tom came over and talked to Martin about the scene, telling him what to pay attention to in the next action scene.

The dream scenes shot in Los Angeles were split into two parts, with Martin and Ellen Page on one side and Mene and the others on the other.

The first scene shot in the afternoon was a part of the gunfight with the dream guards after Mene, Ken Watanabe and Tom Hardy kidnapped Cillian Murphy.

Martin had nothing to do at the moment, so he simply warmed up his body.

Ellen Page, wearing a hood, came over and said, "That Tom Hardy is a troublemaker, spreading rumors everywhere."

Martin nodded: "I heard him, don't worry about him."

The script supervisor went to the camera to clap the board, and the crew members kept quiet.

Martin and Ellen Page also stopped speaking.

As the filming began, the sound of semi-automatic rifle firing was heard first, and a photography assistant in the crew used a Steadicam to shoot handheld.

In the scarred taxi, Tom Hardy opened the door, jumped out, held the gun with both hands, and pulled the trigger with the cover of the taxi.

Bang, bang, bang, three consecutive gunshots were heard, and one of the gunmen fell as planned.

Tom Hardy immediately turned the gun around and fired again.

Many gun battle scenes have to be completed through post-production editing, and the actors do not need to aim. Tom Hardy turned a bit too much and pulled the trigger again.

boom! boom--

The photography assistant who was shooting with the Steadicam saw the camera in front of him explode and black fragments fly up.

At this time, he heard the third gunshot, and suddenly his right hand lost strength, followed by a sharp pain in his shoulder. The camera could not be held up and fell to the ground with a bang.

The photography assistant fell down, with a flower of blood bursting out from his shoulder.

Nolan realized something was wrong and shouted, "Stop! Stop! Stop now!"

The set was in chaos.

But Nolan was in control and had great appeal. He picked up the megaphone and shouted, "Tom, don't move! Put down the gun, don't move! Doctor, where is the doctor? Emma, ​​call 911! Everyone, don't move! This is just an accident!"

As Nolan roared at the top of his lungs, there was no real chaos on the set.

In the waiting area, Bruce had already stood in front of Martin and asked, "How many shots did Tom Hardy fire?"

Martin was an experienced gun user and heard clearly: "Three shots were fired in front, and three more in the back. But the first three shots were fine, blanks, and the back..."

Bruce remembered clearly that the first three bullets fired by Tom Hardy were indeed blanks.

Tom Hardy had his pistol on the back of a taxi, his head in his hands, confused as to what was going on.

Same as everyone else.

Some of the veteran members of the crew suddenly remembered "The Crow".

This isn't the first time something like this has happened in Hollywood, and it won't be the last.

Tom Hardy knew very well that it was the bullet from his gun that injured the photography assistant.

I regret it so much now. Why didn't I let that bastard Bruce check the gun and magazine carefully?

(End of this chapter)