hollywood draw

On the first day of the filming of "Wonder Woman", everything was developing in a good direction. The main managers of the crew were all old people in the team. They knew clearly how to work so that they could meet the habits of the director with the ice-faced face.

The two actors, the male and female protagonists, were tortured for a whole morning and a half afternoon, except for being a set of not rare shots.

The reporters around the beach set also got what they wanted. At 3 pm, Wayne announced the end of the first day's filming work, and also announced that the news silence within the crew was lifted.

This means that the main actors and the main behind-the-scenes team members can accept interviews from the media without restraint.

The price paid by media reporters is that they are notified by the producer that the crew canceled the launch conference, but they can go to interview everyone freely. Of course, the premise is that the respondents must be willing to accept the interview.

After the first day of work, most of the crew members were still in an absolutely energetic state.

There was a lively scene on the beach. Including the actors, nearly 200 people chatted and cleaned up the shooting scene. In addition, the media reporters who rushed in without any haste to take off their makeup. The beach was like a vegetable market that opened suddenly, buzzing and buzzing.

However, for Wayne, who was standing next to the director's trailer and holding his arms in front of his chest, he didn't seem to find these messy voices annoying. Instead, he looked at the disturbing set, and the smile at the corner of his mouth never stopped.

Only then can the crew members see a smile on his face. Everyone knows that once they enter the working state, he will definitely become that robot again.

"You can tell that you enjoyed being on set."

Producer John Grey was wearing a decent suit, but at this time he was out of place with the chaotic environment. He didn't bother to wipe the sweat beads on his forehead and stood beside Wayne, gasping slightly.

"I like the feeling of controlling the set. No, not like it, maybe it should be called obsession."

Turning his head and looking at the somewhat embarrassed producer, Wayne frowned slightly, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in his heart.

Sighing helplessly, John Gray swears that he definitely doesn't want to bring any bad news now, but accidents don't pick the time when it happens. "Your little actor has something wrong. She was taken by her mother at noon and boarded a plane to rush back to Los Angeles."

Wayne asked subconsciously, "What?"

"Yeah, that's what you hear."

Seeing the smile on the other person's face slowly closed, John Gray kept cursing at the mother and daughter in his heart, but on the surface he showed a helpless expression.

"Little actor Emily Alpez started to have chickenpox in her body within a few days after the audition, but her mother has been hiding from the crew. Now those pox-like pimples have spread to her face!

Knowing that she couldn't hide it, her mother informed me of the news, and hoped that the crew would wait for them for a while, and after the things on her daughter disappeared, she would come to the crew to film Diana Prince, a scene from childhood!”

“What the f**k?!”

Before Wayne said anything, the deputy director Gilmore, who had just come over, looked at John Grey with a hellish expression and swearing. Then he rolled his eyes without hesitation and took them out.

"Who did she think she was? Let the crew wait for her for a while? Why don't she just die!"

Looking at the two directors standing in front of him, John Gray shrugged his head. "I have asked them to go back to Los Angeles. The crew will discuss with them to terminate the actor's contract later."

With a long sigh, Wayne lit a cigarette in silence.

Although the producer seems to be very angry, the reason for the other party is probably the weird and top-notch mother. There are so many similar things in Hollywood that many child stars even live by sucking blood on their children.

Relatively speaking, Diana Prince didn't have many scenes when she was a child and her performance was not difficult. If she was in Los Angeles, qualified actors could break the crew's door within one day.

But now in Italy, under Wayne's plan, the scenes on this beach can be completed in about half a month. The next location is to shoot a clip of Wonder Woman's childhood life. If there is no suitable actor temporarily, he can only urgently change the shooting plan.

"I notify Schwartz, Steve, Robert, Brooks, and Wicks of all crew members, and we will have a small meeting after returning to the hotel."

With his cigarette fingers rubbing back and forth on the stubble on his chin, Wayne stopped the complaints of the two beside him and whispered an order.

After saying that, he turned around and got on the director's trailer, leaned on the chair, and began to recall carefully in his mind, wanting to find a reliable young actor from it.

The filming of the first day ended earlier. The huge convoy of crew left the seaside and drove towards the hotel of the small town by the sea.

After the Hollywood crew signs a contract with the actors, force majeure occurs, which causes the actors to not work on time. Generally speaking, the producers of the crew will make two completely different choices when facing similar situations.

The only factor that can affect the producer's choice is whether the actor is substitutable or can be said to be of status.

The first option is like what John Gray has done, and hesitated to let the actors get out of here without hesitation, and the crew will quickly find a replacement. This situation usually only happens with small supporting roles with little roles.

Another option is more like a compromise that is forced to do anything, that is, either wait for the actors to resolve the situation before joining the group, or spend an unexpected price and forcefully filming the scene.

The Hollywood crew basically has strict plans for shooting tasks every day. Although the director or producer will give relatively more time and budget when making plans, no crew member is willing to use this part of potential insurance for the situation that the young actors have.

But if it is replaced by a main character in the crew that cannot be bypassed, the situation is completely opposite. Even if the producer spends a greater price, he must first ensure that the film is shot.

In fact, it’s okay if the actor is sick. As long as it is not an extremely serious disease, at least he can recover, right? What makes the crew even more trouble is that the actress is pregnant, because it is impossible and you dare not find reasons to let the actress get out. No matter which land in the world, the expectant mother is the first group to be protected by morality and law.

For example, when his widowed sister Scarlett Johnson joined the crew of Women's Federation 2, the director team realized that she was pregnant. It was like a fruit candy wrapped in coptis chinensis. No matter how bitter it was, the director team had to find a way to swallow it.

Moreover, unlike other types of characters, "Black Widow" has a lot of action scenes in the setting. The director team had no choice but to mark the face of "Sister Widow". Later, she used AI technology to move her face to the substitute.

Well, that's right, it's the kind of "AI technology" you often watch. It's just that Hollywood has used this technology earlier than everyone imagined, and it's much "superb" than the rough face-changing technology you often watch.

The more famous one is actually Gal Gadot. When she was filming "Wonder Woman", she also joined the group and found out that she was five months pregnant. Unlike the "Wife" who has been famous for many years and has a stable position, the producer's first reaction at that time was actually to replace Gal Gadot.

But based on the production cost and after careful consideration, Warner Bros. decided to continue to let her play.

In order to complete the shooting of various shots, the director team cut out a triangular green cloth under the circumstance and covered Gal Gadot's bulging belly. The shot was shot as usual, but it added a lot of work to the post-production because in this link, her growing belly was smaller.

Only the indispensable main actors in such a huge project can enjoy the treatment given by the producer.

There is no doubt that after similar unexpected situations, the production cost, shooting time, and shooting difficulty will increase by more than a little. Therefore, when a character temporarily needs the crew to make changes for him due to an unexpected situation, the producer's first choice is to always replace him and let him get out.

No one can tell anything about John Gray's behavior. The only thing that gave Wayne and others a headache was that they are now in southern Italy, not in Los Angeles where actors are everywhere. It is not as simple as they imagined to find a suitable replacement for a while.

Moreover, once the shooting starts, the entire behind-the-scenes team will work day by day under strict shooting plans. Who doesn’t have the time to go back to Los Angeles to audition for a small supporting role again?

Besides, for such a small supporting role, no crew would hold an audition event in a luxurious way.

"My requirements are not high. You must have aura when facing the camera and be able to act."

At a simple meeting in the evening, Wayne faced several main behind-the-scenes members of the crew and said, "If anyone knows the right young actor, he can talk to John directly."

The DC project is an absolutely popular choice in Hollywood. He believes that there will definitely be no shortage of intentional child stars, but the speed must be fast and the crew has no time to wait.

This is not a local filming in North America. In every outdoor location in Italy, Wayne must finish shooting and rush to the next stop immediately. It is impossible to disrupt the shooting plan, as it will cause huge expenses.

After explaining this matter, he turned around and put the story of the young Diana Prince aside. Compared to the large-scale war scenes that are about to start shooting, this matter is not that important for the time being.

The next morning, a huge convoy of crew drove out of the hotel and the beach in southern Italy became lively again.

Unlike yesterday, starting early this morning, a large number of actors practiced their movements over and over again under the leadership of deputy director Gilmore. The stunt team followed the whole process, and he tirelessly reminded every actor who needed to show his face in close-up again.

The action scenes seen on the big screen are magnificent and shocking, but in fact, during the shooting, the scene was so crowded with people and horses, and the chaotic sounds filled the entire beach.

"There are no warships on the sea now..." Nina stood beside Wayne curiously, looking at the messy preparation scene, and pointed at a large group of actors wearing World War II military uniforms.

"That's what Industrial Light and Magic needs to do." Shaking his head gently, Wayne didn't explain much.

He is not the kind of director who pursues the ultimate in real scene shooting. He does not have much energy or time to make such complicated preparations.

Everyone says that in his heart, he is a traditional academic director, but Wayne knows more clearly what he is doing than anyone else. This is a commercial film, and it is just a hooligan to be involved in art. So for him, he usually saves time and trouble.

Especially when you have a lot of production funds in your hand, you will never work hard to get real guys if you can hand over the special effects to complete the work.

This is the director's personal habit choice, and this is also such a pragmatic choice, which is invisibly in line with the interests of the production company.

"Don't you go and take a picture in person?"

Seeing that all the work was ready and a large number of actors looked at the director position, John Gray found that Wayne took the initiative to let him go this time. The person who directed the team behind the scenes became the stunt supervisor holding the loudspeaker.

Looking at the stunt supervisor and finally communicating with the camera crew, Wayne shrugged and said casually: "Professional things must be handed over to professional people. And they are the most professional people with action scenes."

John Gray nodded with a smile. He actually understood more than anyone else that the other party was indeed a beast of power in the crew, but it had already passed and the period of existence was needed from time to time. Leaving professional things to professionals is also the choice of many great directors.

Some directors like to do everything by themselves, from camera, lighting to sets, as if they are worried if they don’t do these things themselves.

But some directors have always had a clear positioning, such as Wayne. In addition to forcing him to push the camera in his first film, other projects are more like a "foreman" and a "foreman" who arranges all the work on the "construction site" but does not easily work.

"Prepare for the fight!"

The shooting officially began. On the reef cliff by the sea, a group of female warriors pulled their bows and arrows one after another. The camera crew was filming this scene from different cameras.

"Open fire!"

With a shout, the actors let go of the bows and arrows in their hands in the face of an enemy that did not exist.

The scene presented on the big screen is that both sides shoot each other from a long distance, but in actual shooting, they will only take pictures of the female warriors shooting archery first, and then after all the shots are taken, they will take pictures of the ** soldiers being shot and shooting back.

During the whole day, Wayne was all watching the fragments of action shots as a bystander. These were not what he was good at, so he would never intervene.

He will only inform the temporary action director, that is, the stunt team supervisor, of the shooting requirements, and then stand aside and observe silently. As long as the action scene design meets his requirements, he will never interrupt the shooting work.

Such work will last for about ten days. The action shots of large scenes are much more troublesome than shooting literary scenes. The fragmented shots of one shot at a time are the norm. Even in the shooting work of the previous three days, the male and female protagonists were not involved at all, and the cameras were always revolving around others.

After finishing work on the fourth day, Wayne gathered the members of the behind-the-scenes team again and sat in the living room of his suite.

"Damn it, is this twelve?"

Gilmore held a photo in his hand and looked at John Gray sitting beside him with an incredible face. He pointed a finger at the girl in the photo and complained in surprise: "John, I dare to swear that this girl is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that she is eighteen years old."

Everyone was looking through the photos and actor resumes on the table. Here were the candidates they recommended, and there were also the candidates sent by Warner Bros. through John Gray.

Looking at the assistant director's expression with a hellish expression, he turned to find that everyone was attracted to attention. Producer John Grey shrugged and said helplessly: "Alexandra Dadario is indeed twelve years old. Well, I don't know what this child has eaten since childhood and has such a hot figure.

Her father has a very good relationship network in New York. After hearing that the crew of "Wonder Woman" needed a young actor, he sent his daughter's resume to Los Angeles through Time Warner's relationship. Well, Bruce Rosenblum gave it to me..."

He has been here for many years and has been in Hollywood for many years. In fact, Wayne has become accustomed to the appearance of more and more familiar faces.

Listening to his producer's explanation, he also looked at Alexandra Dadario's photos. In fact, it's not Gilmore's fault that this young actor, born in 1986, has a hot figure that is even more popular than some adult women.

“What about the others?”

Ignoring the chat between producer Yu's assistant director, Wayne threw the photo on the table, turned to look at the people around him and asked, "Who do you think is more suitable?"

"How about this Amanda Seyfried?" Schwartz saw that no one spoke first, so he simply looked at the director and co-producer and said: "Little child star, model, has some acting experience. Disney's soap opera "Let the World Turn" has decided to make this little girl a permanent actor."

Speaking of audition and selecting actors, he is actually the one with the most extensive connections. Schwartz handed the photo to Wayne and pushed the resume from the table.

Another familiar name, Wayne looked down at the photo, and John Gray also tilted his head and looked curiously at the photo of the young actor.

“It’s a good image, and it can be used as an alternative.”

As for the resume he was pushed, he didn't even read it. It was almost impossible for the young actor who could get it on this table to have any problems in his performance, and at least he had some experience in his work.

"There is another candidate I think."

Steve, the usual taciturn lighting director, said very rarely: "Some time ago, when I was chatting with a friend who worked at Disney, he mentioned a little girl Lindsay Lohan. She performed very well in the audition for Disney's "Born a Couple".

"Ha, is another Disney star-making product?"

Hearing the candidate he proposed, the props team director Wicks Hart muttered immediately.

Several times throughout Hollywood, Disney has the best-in-class star-making ability with its unique advantages, especially in the category of child stars.

However, in comparison, most child stars have poor fates. There are basically only a very small number of them who can maintain their childhood fame until adulthood. More than 90% of them are abandoned by Disney after they are a little older.

Not to mention child stars, even adult movie stars who have become famous still seem powerless when facing the keyword of transformation.

Moreover, premature fame brings premature contact with the dark side of society. What is most lacking in the Hollywood circle is all kinds of temptations. Such as promiscuity, Ye Ziyan, alcohol, and seeking mental stimulation through various methods have always been the most common situation in the circle.

These temptations that exist at any time in life are all the sources of the depravity of the child star.

"Not bad, it can be used as an alternative."

Ignoring Wicks' murmur, Wayne glanced at the photo and nodded at John Gray. "You can contact their actual guardian as soon as possible."

The producer nodded. "Okay, leave it to me."

Originally, a simple encounter was about to end, but Nina came over, looked at the people sitting on the sofa, and reported in a low voice.

"Boss, Steven Spielberg called and heard that your crew lacked a little actor and wanted his goddaughter..."

"Shit."

When Wayne heard the assistant lady's words, he couldn't help but swear. Sometimes he had to sigh that this Jewish good man took care of his children and daughters too much. As long as he thought about the age of his two gods, he could not help but reach out and grabbed the cigarette on the table.

Hearing this, Gilmore grew up in surprise. "God, how old is Steven's goddaughter?"

"One is two years younger than me, and the other is five years younger than me?" Wayne shook his head in a daze and cried, and Wayne gave the answer. Yes, he remembered it very clearly. Gwyneth Paltrow was two years younger than himself, and Drew Barrymore was five years younger than himself.

"Wow, let them play a little girl about ten years old?!"

Wix Hart shook his head in disbelief and joked: "Let a girl older than me, play a little girl? Damn it."

Everyone smiled and patted Wayne on the shoulder before leaving. Everyone knew that this matter seemed like a joke, but in fact it was even more of a joke. The leader of the crew would definitely not be able to play so much for a favor.

The working habit of Hollywood crew is to deliberately choose an older actor when choosing a young actor. There are many benefits in this, at least it can reduce a lot of troubles encountered in filming, but it is impossible to choose an older actor so exaggerated.

That's right, there are the best makeup artists and stylists in the world, and the slightly older young actors. After makeup artists and the angle lighting adjustments during shooting, the editing during later work looks much younger than their actual age.

But if the character age is set, which is more than teenager than the actor, these methods are nonsense. Unless Wayne is crazy, he will choose to use this kind of unsalty favor to benchmark the production cost of 200 million US dollars and take risks.

"Take time to call Steven back."

With his cigarette hand holding the hand, he rubbed his forehead hard. Wayne ordered laughter and cryingly: "Just say I'll ask him to drink after returning to Los Angeles, and use it as an apology for him to raise money and release him pigeons. As for the role, tell him that he has decided, well, that's it..."