America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 534 Masked Party
After a week of suspension, the crew officially resumed filming. Martin had few scenes left and he completed them successfully in just one morning.

It seemed that the entire crew had returned to normal.

Bruce did a lot of research privately and talked to every prop master privately, but like the LAPD, there was no substantial gain.

According to feedback from everyone, there was no abnormal situation that day.

The LAPD assigned someone to follow the crew to prevent any further accidents.

Martin removed his makeup and exited the trailer.

Ellen Page had been waiting outside, and when she saw Martin, she couldn't wait to share: "I just heard some news."

Martin said: "It looks like good news."

Ellen Page did not hide her happiness and said: "The production team said that the firefighters' insurance company has decided not to provide insurance services to Tom Hardy until the LAPD investigation is concluded."

When it comes to the level of Tom Cruise or Leonardo, even if there is no insurance company providing insurance, there will be crews who will take the risk of using them as the leading male role.

Considering Martin's business performance in the past two years, perhaps we can negotiate this.

But for a small star like Tom Hardy, being temporarily blacklisted by the insurance company will undoubtedly cause a serious setback in his career.

Martin winked: "Don't act so excited, we are not superficial people."

Ellen Page nodded repeatedly: "Yes, you are right."

She covered her mouth. “But I just can’t help laughing.”

During lunch, Martin and Nolan sat at the same table and talked about going to Canada to shoot.

The crew only planned five days for filming in Canada, all of which were snow scenes.

Nolan said: "Canada is Tom Hardy's last stop for filming. Because of what happened before, the LAPD temporarily restricted Tom Hardy from leaving Los Angeles. Emma and I guaranteed him so that he could go to Canada."

Martin said matter-of-factly: "There's something weird about this."

Nolan looked at both sides, and finally couldn't help but whispered: "I always feel that it is related to the Morocco incident."

Martin understood what Nolan said and said appropriately: "Ali, WMA's number one partner and CEO, he told me one thing, saying that the four female kidnappers may be related to Jewish forces."

Seeing that he understood something, Nolan simply said, "It's not possible, but definitely related. I have been under a lot of pressure from Jewish forces recently, and I had to agree to let the four female kidnappers return to the country to stand trial."

Martin spread his hands: "Will they be tried when they return to their country?"

"No one would believe it." Nolan's dissatisfaction was evident in his words, but there was nothing he could do. He could only say what was happening in front of him: "It is said that those people have a strong desire for revenge. I ruined their good deeds, so they turned around and made trouble for me. It makes sense."

He was quite helpless: "Even CAA put pressure on me."

This brokerage firm was originally founded by Jews, and all of its current senior partners are Jews without exception.

Martin thought the timing was right, so he said, "Ali wants to talk to you. It's up to you anytime."

Nolan laughed: "You want me to change jobs?"

Martin said: "I have delivered the message, I am not responsible for the rest."

Nolan asked for Ari Emanuel's contact information. Even if he didn't change jobs, it was necessary to meet Ari. Today's CAA is much like the one when William Morris was the only one in the market, and sometimes it doesn't treat its customers with enough respect.

Back then, when Michael Orvis, Ron Meyer and five other people started a business, in order to attract customers, they did not hesitate to jump onto the wine table, twist their fat buttocks, and do clown dances to please customers.

The filming of "Inception" has reached its final stage. Nolan is considering a new project and specifically talked to Martin about this: "Jonathan has started writing the script for the last part of the Batman trilogy, which should be called "The Dark Knight Rises". I have been hesitating whether the Joker should return."

Martin asked, "If he's not the number one villain, there's no need to come back."

Nolan and Martin have always had a pleasant collaboration, and he specifically said: "The first villain is Bane. Even if the Joker appears, he won't have many scenes. This is really unnecessary."

He also has other considerations. Once Martin's Joker appears, he might steal all the limelight from the new villain.

Nolan added: "I originally planned to let Tom Hardy play Bane, but now it seems too risky to use him again."

Martin thought of the movie in his previous life and asked, "Is it still a duel between two heroes?"

"It's different." Nolan won't repeat himself: "Just like in the comics, Bane will be a person who can knock Batman down physically and with force."

Seeing Nolan taking the initiative to discuss, Martin also said: "If the crew and Warner continue to use Bale, maybe it would be better for Bane to use an actor who is more burly than Bale."

Nolan nodded slightly: "That makes sense."

Martin didn't have any good impression of Tom Hardy, so it was natural for him to take advantage of his misfortune.

After lunch, Martin temporarily left the crew.

On the way back in the car, Bruce said, "Fortunately, we didn't show up at the time, otherwise you would have faced the pressure from the Jews."

Martin said: "There are too many Jewish forces in this circle."

He may have limited knowledge about other industries, but the media and entertainment industries have been greatly affected.

After the crew strengthened management, no more accidents occurred, and the filming of all the scenes in Los Angeles was completed four days later. Nolan took a small group of people including Martin to Calgary, Canada to shoot the snow mountain fortress scenes in the dream.

The crew built a fortress with wooden materials in a one-to-one ratio on a ski resort here, specifically for real-life shooting.

Unlike before, Nolan used a large number of stunt doubles for the snowy mountain scenes, especially for some difficult skiing fighting scenes. Because of the coverage of the helmets, the stunt doubles were also very convenient to use.

Lewis and Buck, with whom Martin had worked many times, also came to Calgary, and all the dangerous scenes were performed by these two people.

Filming in Canada lasted for a week.

Martin basically maintained a straight schedule between the set and the hotel. The temperature on the mountain was relatively low, and even he would feel very tired after a busy day.

Nolan hired an entire security team to protect the crew. In his heart, he never dispelled his suspicion of Jewish forces.

After the filming in Canada ended, Tom Hardy returned to Los Angeles to clear himself of suspicion.

If he continues to remain on the insurance company's blacklist, not only will his career as an actor be cut off, but large and medium-sized Hollywood production companies will certainly not use him again.

The rest rushed to Paris to join the crew.

Paris has relatively few scenes, focusing mainly on the roles of Martin, Mene and Ellen Page.

At the entrance of the open-air cafe, many crew members were busy. Next, they would use air cannons to create a dream-collapsing effect around Martin and Ellen Page. The power and direction of the air explosion had to be carefully calculated to avoid the two actors.

Bruce put his hands in his pockets and kept staring at the props and stunt teams.

Although I don't quite understand the specific principles, Lao Bu's presence here serves as a kind of supervisory reminder.

Martin got out of the trailer, walked straight into the makeshift set, and sat down at the coffee table.

Ellen Page came over from the other side and sat next to it.

A recent shooting incident on the set made her a little nervous, and she asked, "Is this scene going to explode around us?"

Martin said: "Relax, the stunt team has been testing repeatedly. Last night Emma Thomas and the stunt team leader sat in our position and conducted an explosion experiment."

Hearing this, Alan relaxed.

After the set was set up, Nolan came over to ask a question, and the filming officially began.

The script supervisor clapped the clapboard, and Martin and Ellen Page started discussing their dreams. Both of them were in good shape, and the filming went very smoothly.

In the last scene, as the dream collapsed, the air cannons set up on the streets exploded, and countless pieces of paper flew into the sky.

The nearest explosion occurred half a meter behind Martin and the other man.

Pieces of paper fell everywhere.

Nolan called a halt: "This one's passed!"

Martin grabbed the paper and quoted the lines of the male protagonist Cobb, saying: "I never know when the dream begins, but every dream and nightmare is always so real that it makes people think it is what has happened or is about to happen."

In Allen's eyes, Martin is an optimist and a hedonist. Hearing him say this, he was very surprised: "Why do you suddenly say such a thing?"

Martin smiled and said, "Because there is a wild party this weekend, many actresses in the French film industry will attend."

When Alan heard about the actress, he immediately became interested: "Are you going too?"

Martin said: "Isabelle Huppert invited me and of course I couldn't miss it."

When Menet arrived in Paris, he contacted Isabelle Huppert, who refused to have a social party with the crew because the director and producers were all annoying British.

But Huppert invited non-British actors like Martin and Mainet to a special party she was organizing.

Allen was also familiar with Martin, so he asked directly, "Can I go?"

Martin was a little surprised: "You want to go?"

“I like French actresses,” Allen said.

"You can go," Martin stressed, "but you can't steal my people."

Alan smiled: "No problem."

The two moved to another set in a nearby block to continue filming, and during a break, Mene came over.

"Boss, the time is confirmed. It's this Saturday night." Mene had just contacted Huppert. "The location is Huppert's villa in the 16th arrondissement. The theme is a masked party. Men and women will choose each other. Not only us will be there, but also some French and Italian male stars or models."

Martin, not caring about the men, asked, "Who's participating on the French side?"

Menet said: "Huppert has invited Eva Green, but she has not yet responded and is not sure whether she will attend. In addition, each participant needs to provide the latest experience report..."

Martin was used to this; it was a reassuring rule.

(End of this chapter)