Entertainment 1998

Chapter 632 Chapter 631: Evildoers Need Evildoers to Fight

Farnham Nursing Home
Located at No. 339 North Oak Pike Avenue in the suburbs of Chicago, it is a typical Victorian building. The building has 4 floors and is grayish white in color. The upper dome is soaring towards the sky, and the bottom floor columns are surrounded by wide eaves. From a distance, it looks both majestic and artistic.

In the night, looking at the building in front of him under the light of dusk, the Irish actor Stuart Townsend was full of admiration for the Chinese director Jiang Feng.

As we all know, the reason why Hollywood movies are so slow to shoot is because scene transitions take too long.

The police station scenes were filmed in one place, and the office scenes were filmed in another place. Sometimes the two places had to span several states because of tax savings.

Jiang Feng didn't know who he learned this from, but he found this building that was about to be converted into a nursing home, and then transformed it into a filming base.

On the left side of the first floor is a bar, and on the right side is a police station office; on the left side of the second floor is the gang meeting place, and on the right side are several luxuriously decorated bedrooms, where gang leaders will discuss matters or have sex with young female artists...

Just as Stuart Townsend was standing at the door of the nursing home observing the building in front of him, more than a dozen cars came from a distance, led by a Cadillac executive sedan.

This Cadillac entered the nursing home and a man and a woman got out of the car. They looked like they were both from China.

"็ Hello Who are you?"

"Stuart Townsend, come here, we're an actor filming a movie together!" Stuart Townsend extended his hand, looking a little shy. Due to his personality, he always felt a little restrained in front of strangers.

"Are you Charlize Theron's boyfriend?" the man from China shook hands with him and asked.

"Yes, I was introduced by Charlize Theron."

In Hollywood, it is a fact that his girlfriend Charlize Theron is several levels higher than him, and Stuart Townsend has no intention of hiding it.

Come to think of it, I am really lucky.

Last year, when I first met Charlize Theron, she actually already had a lover. It is said that for this lover, Charlize Theron once ran to Santa Monica beach every morning for a period of time.

Well, actually it was just to look at that man a few more times.

But in the end, the man didn't know why he didn't accept Charlize Theron, and this was a good thing for himself.

Just as he was thinking about it, Stuart Townsend heard the man from China in front of him say, "Hello, Mr. Stuart Townsend, my name is Dawei, and I am the executive deputy director of the crew of "The Departed". Since the first scene is going to be the rivalry between you and Leonardo Dicaprio.

So, now, let me analyze the character of Sean for you. Oh, by the way, this is my girlfriend Wan Qian, and she is also an actor in our movie..."

A little surprised.

In Stuart Townsend's opinion, Chinese people speaking English are funny. Once, he was filming on the streets of New York. Maybe a Chinese who was watching the crew felt that he acted well, so he came up to him, gave him a thumbs up, and said:

"You have two down sons!"

At that time, I was confused.

What is this Chinese person talking about?
I knew every word in the sentence, but when they were put together they sounded strange. Later, an American who was fluent in Chinese English explained it to me, and then I understood what he meant.

It turns out that the Chinese were praising themselves. You are really good!
But I didn't expect that the assistant director named Dawei could speak English so fluently. Not only did I, an Irishman, listen with great interest, but even Leonardo Dicaprio, who just got out of the car, nodded frequently.

If the assistant director just had a good talent for languages, that would be fine. After all, there are so many Chinese people, so there must be a few geniuses.

However, the makeup artist Mark who came over to do the makeup surprised Stuart Townsend even more. This charming guy not only spoke English very well, but when he heard that he was from Ireland, he immediately switched his English to Irish dialect...

It doesn’t take long, about 25 minutes.

Seeing that Stuart Townsend and Leonardo Dicaprio were both dressed in makeup, Dawei stood on the street in front of the nursing home and applauded.

"Mr. Leonardo Dicaprio, are you ready?"

"OK!"

"Well, Mr. Stuart Townsend, what about you?"

"Director, I'm ready too!" Stuart Townsend raised his hand at this time.

"But, Director Dawei, I just have a question, why do you speak English so well? You know, the impression I had before was that Chinese people spoke English very funny."

"Haha..., it's very simple, because Director Jiang Feng pays a lot of money, and if you want to follow him to Hollywood to film, you must learn English well.

So now it’s okay, our crew members will go out on the street and communicate with everyone in English. "Maybe it was because it was the first time they met, Dawei patiently explained.

"But why does makeup artist Mark speak an Irish English dialect?"

"Um…"

Seeing Stuart Townsend's question, Dawei looked around and lowered his voice and said, "I think there are a lot of gays in Ireland, and Mark likes this the most!"

"Uh…"

After hearing Dawei's explanation, everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.

Amidst the laughter, Dawei raised the walkie-talkie in his hand.

"Brother Feng..."

"Roger that!"

“Stuart Townsend and Leonardo DiCaprio were on set, the scenes were spoken, the makeup was done, and the vehicles were ready for the shoot.

Now, shall we start filming?"

"Okay, start shooting!"

"Action!"

There is a Mercedes parked on the side of the road.

Leonardo Dicaprio was sitting in the driver's seat, smoking a cigarette, with the windows down.

In the distance, Stuart Townsend emerged from a run-down, dirty-looking house and got into Leonardo DiCaprio's car.

Seeing Stuart Townsend get in the car, Leonardo Dicaprio accelerated and drove out.

"Damn, these Puerto Ricans think they know everything. If that were the case, they would have made it long ago." Stuart Townsend cursed as he opened a bottle of beer while holding a paper bag full of money.

"click"

During the filming of this scene, the intercom in the vehicle used for filming rang.

"Stuart Townsend..."

"Yes, director." Although the filming had already started and Stuart Townsend had not met Jiang Feng in person, when he heard Jiang Feng's voice from the car intercom, Stuart Townsend still showed him enough respect.

Even though some people on the Internet said this afternoon that Jiang Feng's third movie shot in Hollywood, "The Man From Earth", was already showing signs of failure, with less than 3 theaters opening for the first time, Stuart Townsend still felt that this man was talented.

"The Man From Earth" was just a small setback for him.

Stuart Townsend was just thinking about it when he heard Jiang Feng speaking again on the car intercom.

"Stuart Townsend, can you sing? Just hum a little tune when you're happy."

“Director, I can sing!

When I drink and sing karaoke with my friends, we usually sing your rock song "Natural".

“Natural is not good, the rhythm is too strong and it doesn’t fit the character setting of “Sean”.

Well, let’s do this.

When you are drinking in the car, it is best to hum something like this. I love Madonna. Madonna is my favorite. I can't help but get excited when I see her on TV. I want to fire a cannon at her..."

"Ha ha…"

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, Leonardo Dicaprio, who was sitting in the same car, couldn't stop laughing. While laughing, he slapped the steering wheel with his hands.

Dawei, Wanqian, Gu Changwei and others were also laughing happily.

Madonna just used "This Man From Earth" to hype herself up this afternoon, and in the evening, when "The Departed" was officially filmed, Jiang Feng teased her in the movie.

What is this called?
This is called give and take.

However, Stuart Townsend did not laugh. He was seriously considering Jiang Feng's suggestion.

After adjusting his thinking and feeling that there was no problem, Stuart Townsend immediately picked up the handle of the car intercom.

"Director, I have no more questions. We can continue filming this segment."

"Action!"

"Madonna is sexy, and her red lips are particularly attractive. When I see her, I want to whip her..."

Stuart Townsend hummed a sexy song, sang a few lines, and then took a sip of beer.

However, when Stuart Townsend saw a police car in the distance, he immediately hid the bottle in his hand under the seat.

"Hey, Billy, you may not know that I can't quit drinking."

Leonardo Dicaprio smiled.

"Why can't you quit? Don't you have the willpower?"

...

"OK, we're done, let's move on to the bar!

Well, and Mr. Jon Fillem, you should be prepared. The role of the French man is very important. It's not that the lines say that if you are French, you are French.

You want the audience to think you are French through your behavior, for example, you are romantic and say some sweet words; for example, you are very casual about relationships, and when you see a beautiful woman approaching you, you take the initiative to cater to her. Of course, your actions when catering to her should be elegant and gentle. "

They have collaborated twice before, in the movies "Seeing the Ghost" and "The Man from Earth", and Jon Fillmore, the CEO of Lionsgate, had wonderful cameos in both films.

Therefore, now, Jiang Feng only explained the scenes to him instead of demonstrating every detail like he did when filming Seeing Ghosts.

"Good director!"

Sure enough, Jon Felleme's understanding was good. He agreed, walked into the bar, and looked affectionately at the beautiful woman sitting at the bar counter.

Arriving at the bar, Jiang Feng took a closer look and saw that there was nothing wrong with the extras and the three leading actors, so he nodded to Dawei.

He understood what was said and immediately raised the clapperboard in his hand.

"Action!"

Stuart Townsend, who was already quite drunk, was talking to several people, including Jon Fillemer, and beer was spilled all over the table.

Stuart Townsend said, "Billy is not a policeman. He just got out of the police station three weeks ago. He is now discouraged from joining us."

A thug nearby said, "Billy is a stupid cop? How is that possible? I've seen him before, and I feel like this guy is even more of a jerk than me."

Even with Stuart Townsend and the gangsters testifying, Jon Fillmore was still skeptical about Leonardo Dicaprio's true identity.

"In fact, I can tell whether a person is one of us by looking at his eyes. I can guarantee that Billy is not one of us."

…………

On the first day of filming for "The Departed", Jiang Feng, as the film director, basically went all out, abandoning all the cumbersome and lengthy procedures used by other crews, and using precise scheduling and appropriate coordination to make the most reasonable plan for the shooting time.

Basically, Leonardo Dicaprio, Jon Fillmore and Stuart Townsend could practice their movements on the set of the next scene immediately after a brief rehearsal and touch-up of makeup as soon as they finished filming the previous scene.

But even so, the number of scenes shot on the first day still failed to meet Jiang Feng's first expectation. Jiang Feng's first expectation was that 1 scenes must be shot on the first day of formal shooting...

But there was no way, as there were several bigwigs in the crew of "The Departed", well, actually they were people from the insurance company and the Actors Guild, so Jiang Feng couldn't speed up the filming even if he wanted to.

If there is potential danger when the actors are filming, they will come out to stop it. If the actors have been working for two hours in a row, they will come out to give suggestions, saying that they should rest for half an hour to adjust the body's functions.

For example, Xie Tingfeng, who had just arrived in Chicago from China, wore light clothing at night and lingered in front of Charlize Theron for a few more times. The Hong Kong star was immediately warned by the insurance company that his behavior posed a potential threat to Hollywood star Charlize Theron...

wipe!
Jiang Feng was angry.

He immediately took out his cell phone from the crew and called the old rogue Harvey Weinstein, asking him to come to the crew tomorrow to deal with it. Otherwise, these bastards would seriously delay the normal work of the crew.

As it turns out, compared to the shameless Jon Fillmore, Harvey Weinstein's gangster behavior is more to Jiang Feng's taste.

During the phone call, Harvey Weinstein asked the people from the insurance company and the actors' union in detail how many men and women there were and how old each of them was, then he patted his chest.

"Jiang, don't worry, I will take care of these grandsons. If they still disturb your filming tomorrow, I will tear my head off and let you kick it like a ball.

Well, I keep my word! "

(End of this chapter)