America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 583 Frosting Storm
Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

This area of ​​the city, originally located along the Mississippi River, suddenly became lively because of the arrival of the "Gone Girl" crew.

It is human nature to watch the fun, especially since three top Hollywood stars are here this time.

From the first day the crew arrived in Cape Girardeau, reporters from local newspapers and TV stations started 24-hour tracking mode. Several theaters also knew how to take advantage of the popularity and launched special screenings of the films of Martin Davis, David Fincher and Charlize Theron.

The attendance was pretty good.

As for those who are just there to watch, there are even more of them.

In the studio near the river, the crew has already started the official filming.

Martin got off the trailer in a well-fitting suit and entered the studio.

David Fincher glanced at him and warned him, "You are not a scumbag yet, but a writer who can earn a certain amount of income from columns, showing your side as a cultural elite."

“I’m good at that,” Martin said.

David Fincher had worked with Martin on a film before and was quite confident in him.

Charlize Theron also entered the set at this time, wearing a striped sweater with straight jeans and smooth blonde hair, she looked delicate and beautiful.

David Fincher took a quick look and said to the stylist, "Sally's facial lines should be softer."

He also said to Charlize herself: "Completely put away your outward edge. You are now a cool girl, a woman whose appearance and temperament can most impress men."

Charlize Theron nodded, sat in the chair, and let the stylist slightly adjust the facial shadows until David Fincher was satisfied.

A few minutes later, the extras who had been waiting came in and served as the background for the acquaintance of the hero and heroine.

This is a gathering of the creative community in New York. Nick Dunn, who comes from a small town in Missouri, met Amy, a magical girl in New York.

Martin got into the mood quickly, but the filming did not go smoothly. David Fincher called for stops again and again and kept adjusting Charlize Theron's performance.

The first scene was shot more than a dozen times before David Fincher gave the green light.

After getting out of character, Charlize first said to Martin: "I'm sorry for making you follow me to reshoot again and again. I'm too slow to warm up."

Martin said: "It doesn't matter, there is a process."

Charlize went on to apologize to other actors and set staff, appearing to be a very good person.

She has always had a good reputation in the circle and is one of the female stars with relatively less negative news.

The first day's shooting mainly focused on the indoor scenes between Martin and Charlize.

After filming a few scenes, Charlize gradually found her rhythm and the number of NGs decreased significantly.

After all, many years ago, she basically played female roles that relied on her beauty to win.

David Fincher is not as casual as he was when he was filming "Benjamin". He wants the film to catch up with today's holiday schedule and compete for the next Oscars, so he must ensure the crew's work efficiency.

The photography, art direction and directing team who have been working with David Fincher for a long time are somewhat uncomfortable with such a tight pace. David Fincher's roar and urging voice can be heard from time to time on the set.

Assistant Director Paul asked Fincher's assistant Molly: "When did David become James Cameron? His loud voice scared the Asian carp in the Mississippi River to death."

Molly reminded: "David was not in a good mood after losing this Oscar and put a lot of pressure on himself. You should pay more attention to it and keep up with his shooting rhythm."

Paul nodded: "I can see that people who are usually gentle will be more terrifying once they get angry."

Everyone on the set became serious and the crew's work efficiency was significantly improved.

At lunch, Charlize sat at the same table with Martin and asked him specifically, "Isn't it said that David is a rational person on the set and has a relatively gentle working style? Was he like this when you worked with him on Benjamin?"

Martin swallowed the food in his mouth and replied, "No, the overall atmosphere of the crew was relatively relaxed when filming "Benjamin". Now David wants to improve the efficiency of the crew, so he tightened the clockwork on the first day. I guess he wanted to use this method to get the whole crew to cheer up at the beginning of filming."

Charlize ate her food carefully, nodded and said, "That makes sense. We really need to speed up the pace. I will be leaving the crew by the end of May at the latest."

Martin looked at her crew work schedule and deliberately asked, "Why, don't you want to stay with me for a while longer on the crew?"

Charlize smiled and said, "Would you be short of women? Super playboy."

Having said that, she still explained: "I am going to South Africa. I am the ambassador and image ambassador of the South Africa World Cup bid. The South Africa World Cup will be in June, and there is a lot of publicity work to do before the opening."

Martin understood: "The World Cup of English football, the most popular sporting event in the world."

Charlize invited, "Are you interested? If you want to go, the organizing committee will definitely send you a special invitation letter. Then you can bring Elizabeth to watch the opening ceremony and the finals."

"I'm interested in football." Martin thought for a moment and said, "I guess the schedule is not suitable. It happens to be during the promotion and release period of Inception."

Charlize said, "I'll let the organizing committee send you an invitation first. If you don't have time to go, we can talk about it later."

The two were chatting when David Fincher and producer Dana Brunetti came over and started talking about the film's budget and tax refunds.

The crew came to Missouri to film, one reason being that most of the plot takes place in a small town in Missouri, and the other reason being that Missouri also introduced a tax refund policy.

Dana has specifically calculated that as long as the crew uses 25% local employees during filming, they can get a tax refund and save 15% of the filming costs.

In order to attract Hollywood crews to settle in, states across the United States have become more and more competitive in recent years. After the film is released, it has a great pulling effect on the tourism and service industries.

However, Missouri was just starting out, with only a few small studios, and could not compare to Atlanta's growing filming base.

After a while, the novel author Gillian Flynn also came here and talked about the sales and promotion of the novel.

Since its publication last year and the announcement of a film adaptation by Martin and David Fincher, Gone Girl has entered the New York Times bestseller list and has now squeezed into the top three.

With the filming of the movie and related publicity and promotion in progress, topping the bestseller list is not a luxury.

Gillian Flynn has truly transformed from an entertainment magazine reporter into a best-selling author.

The best-selling novel also brought the most basic audience group for the movie.

After having a quick lunch and a short break, the group returned to the set to continue filming.

The focus of filming in the afternoon was the love scene between the male and female protagonists.

The rise of the Internet and social media has killed too many print media writers, and poor Nick is one of them. At this time, he meets the rich lady Amy, who also shows the cool girl temperament that men like. Of course he has to go for it.

A young man from a small town works hard, marries a rich woman and realizes his life value.

Martin performed the role with ease because it was so similar to his own experience.

When he started out in Atlanta, Martin once dreamed of hooking up with Kelly Gray and living his life to the fullest.

During this period, he planned to be a hero and save the beauty, organized a common hatred of the enemy, and even "designed" a pink kettle, all in order to impress Kelly.

Strictly speaking, Martin's behavior is no different from Nick's.

The biggest difference between the two is that even after Martin succeeded, he was still proactive enough. When he found that he couldn't lie down, he immediately put in all his effort and climbed up desperately using the stairs built by Kelly.

Instead of hiding in your turtle shell and becoming a decadent man.

The last scene of the afternoon.

In the studio set up as a loading and unloading site, at David Fincher's command, a dust machine kicked up some icing sugar, creating a sweet storm.

Charlize, wrapped in a coat and wearing black boots, walked into the set arm in arm with Martin, and the air was filled with a sweet atmosphere.

Charlize let go of Martin and danced like a ballet, spinning with open arms and dancing in the sugar storm.

The sunny and handsome male protagonist followed from behind.

Whether in the camera or in the eyes of the cast and crew on set, these two seem like a match made in heaven.

Frosting flew all over the place, shimmering in the air and falling on Charlize's lips like snowflakes.

Martin walked up to her, embraced Charlize, and gently brushed her red lips: "You are so sweet from head to toe, how can I resist not kissing you?"

Charlize leaned against the wall and closed her eyes slightly.

Martin kissed her, as he always did at Charlize's house.

The hero and heroine have established a relationship.

In Martin's eyes, this is also one of the scenes that best reflects the theme of the movie.

As he discussed privately with Charlize, "A couple will be together forever!"

The sweet kiss didn't last.

"Stop! This one is passed!" David Fincher shouted from behind the director's monitor: "Martin, Sally, you did a great job, that's all for today, let's call it a day!"

Martin let go of Charlize's red lips, but did not leave, with one hand still supporting the wall.

Charlize's eyes were full of fire, and she said, "I am so sweet from head to toe, how can you bear not to take me away?"

Martin looked at the spilled icing, stretched out his hand to catch some, and touched Charlize's red lips: "I want to make you sweeter."

Charlize tilted her head back, letting more frosting fall onto her face.

Half a minute later, Martin took Charlize and left.

No one on the set was surprised, as if it was commonplace on Hollywood sets.

Martin walked out of the studio, pulled Charlize and ran, saying, "Shall we find a place where there's no one?"

"Are you crazy?" Charlize licked her sweet lips and said deliberately, "I'm single now, so it doesn't matter if someone takes a picture of me. Are you sure?"

Martin didn't answer, but opened the trailer door and pulled Charlize up.

The next moment, all I could smell and taste was a sweet aroma.

The trailer shook and a real storm of frosting began.

(End of this chapter)