Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 242 Studio Shooting
Hollywood, a suburb northwest of Los Angeles.

At this time, the indoor scenes of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" were being filmed in the studio.

A large number of special effects are used in Pirates of the Caribbean, so green screen shooting and post-production indoor scene shooting are definitely necessary.

After Lin Yuan over-performed and completed the underwater live-shooting scene in just one day, which was originally expected to take a week to complete, the crew moved to a Hollywood studio to continue filming this part of the scene.

"Lin Yuan, I really envy you. After you finish filming this scene today, you can go on Christmas vacation." Depp moved a small stool over and sat down next to Lin Yuan.

"You are just a few days behind me. It's your fault that you have poor acting skills and always have to reshoot." Lin Yuan replied with a smile.

"Damn it! You haven't taken any professional acting classes, why are your acting skills so good? It's like you learned it by yourself." Depp complained.

What Lin Yuan said was also true. The reason why he could start his vacation early was, on the one hand, that director Verbinski took better care of him and filmed his scenes earlier. On the other hand, it was also because Lin Yuan’s acting skills were so good that there were almost no NGs because of him. If there were NGs, it was usually a problem of coordinating with the actors.

Therefore, Lin Yuan's scenes were filmed very quickly, so he could naturally take a vacation early.

"Hahaha, after Christmas, you still have to come back to continue filming the studio scenes, while I can rest for fourteen days. There's no other way, no matter how fast the rabbit runs, it has to stop and wait for the tortoise." Lin Yuan further mocked.

"You're driving me crazy! Lin Yuan, you damn guy, I'm so envious of you. I really want to spend more time with my Amber!" Depp replied.

Ever since Depp accepted Lin Yuan's suggestion to give him a red Ferrari sports car, Amber has stopped arguing with Depp.

This should have made Depp see through the woman's true nature, but Depp, who was deeply in love at the time, didn't see it.

Maybe he saw it, but he was so overwhelmed that he didn't take it seriously at all.

"Why does she like cars so much? I just gave her a Ferrari, and this Christmas she wants a Lamborghini," Depp asked.

"Is there a possibility? What he likes is not the car, but a way of taking money out of your pocket?" Lin Yuan couldn't help but point him in the eye.

"No! My Amber is so innocent and cute, she is not that kind of person!" Depp protested.

"All I can say is good luck to you."

Lin Yuan is strongly pessimistic about Depp's relationship. After all, he has the experience from his previous life to prove it, but he can't change anything and can only give him his "blessings".

"Meng Tao is calling me. I still have several action scenes to go over with him, so I'll go busy myself first. The next time I see you will probably be in the Dominican Republic." Depp stood up and prepared to leave.

"Yes, see you in the Dominican Republic." Lin Yuan waved his hand.

After finishing the indoor scenes, the entire crew will head to the Dominican Republic, where the white beaches and colorful coral reefs will be the last filming location.

After finishing his Christmas vacation, Lin Yuan went directly to the Dominican Republic to reunite with the crew. He had nearly 14 days of vacation in between.

"How are you going to spend the Christmas holidays? Are you going to China to spend it with Liu Yufei?" Seeing Depp leaving, Annie came up again.

"No, she has a lot of things going on recently, so I won't go back to disturb her," said Lin Yuan.

"Then let's spend it together?" Annie laughed.

"Sorry, someone has already made a reservation."

"Who?"

"You know her, Taylor Swift." Lin Yuan replied.

"You two are having an affair!"

"Didn't you know this long ago?" "Take me with you? You know what I mean!"

Anne blinked, her eyes were very ambiguous.

"No, we're not there yet. Her second album is almost finished, and I'm here to help."

Lin Yuan's reason was insincere, but Annie didn't care. She whispered, "Leave it to me tonight. I miss you."

Lin Yuan really wanted to ask me what I missed about him, but he felt that asking this question was too cheesy, so he just nodded.

Seeing Lin Yuan’s response, Annie immediately laughed, her eyes were so beautifully curved that it seemed as if tears were about to drip out.

"Lin Yuan, let's get ready for the last scene."

At this moment, the voice of Director Verbinski came from the headphones.

"Okay, I'll be right there." Lin Yuan stood up from his chair and walked towards the director.

When Director Verbinski saw Lin Yuan coming over, he immediately asked, "Wouldn't it be better to use props to assist in this scene of the battle with the Kraken?"

"Let's stick to the previous plan. This way the filming will be better and it will also be more of a publicity stunt in the future." Lin Yuan replied.

"Okay! Then let's do as you say." Director Verbinski always put Lin Yuan's opinions first when shooting action scenes.

The so-called prop assistance refers to the huge Kraken "doll" in the studio.

Every time they filmed a scene where the Kraken attacked, the crew members would use wires to control the Kraken's tentacles, slap the ship, and the actors acting opposite them.

This prop, the Kraken, will definitely not be directly presented on the big screen in the end.

These are just props used to assist in filming. Special effects artists will add more realistic textures, materials, and light and shadow effects to the props used in filming to ensure that the images are more realistic and shocking.

However, Lin Yuan rejected the idea of ​​using the prop Kraken in several of his scenes.

For him, acting with props that are not flexible enough will limit his performance and reduce the watchability of the action.

But if props are not used, a new problem will arise:
That means all of Lin Yuan’s fights were in vain, just fighting against the air.

After the fight, the special effects artist will create matching special effects based on the fighting action logic designed by Lin Yuan, and the final product will definitely be much better.

The last time he filmed "The King of Spy" at the Kremlin, it was just a mime performance.

This time, it is equivalent to a performance without physical objects.

And it’s a non-proprietary fighting performance!
This is extremely difficult, far beyond ordinary non-property performances.

The difficulty of this performance lies in that he needs to fight a monster that does not exist but is imagined in his mind, while also performing the feeling of a real-life blow.

If such a performance were presented to the audience, it would certainly be very shocking.

Lin Yuan’s plan was to let the audience watch the version with special effects first, and then show the audience this non-proprietary fighting performance in the post-credits scene.

A comparison between the two will surely immediately ignite the audience's fanatical love and gain a better reputation for the film.

After all, such a performance is absolutely epoch-making and there is no substitute for its acting skills!

(End of this chapter)