I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 240
[Chapter 235 Seattle]
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After saying goodbye hastily to Aniston and the others, Eric walked towards the boarding gate with Nicole and Elizabeth and several other staff members.
The huge Boeing passenger plane slid through the long run to the sky. After the plane stabilized, Eric unfastened his seat belt and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Elizabeth, who always glanced at Eric intentionally or unintentionally, snorted coldly at this time: “This is what happens to a greedy man, hum.”
Eric didn’t want to discuss this with Elizabeth, this little girl is obviously having fun , so no matter what he said, he was provoking the other party, and silence was the best way.
The passenger plane arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after a four-hour flight. Looking out the window, the runway was wet and the sky was overcast. It was obvious that it had just rained.
Compared to Los Angeles, where there are more than 300 sunny days per year, the weather in Seattle is simply another extreme. Because of the temperate maritime climate, Seattle maintains a humid state throughout the year, even when it does not rain, it always gives A feeling of dampness.
It is said that the line in the original version, ‘It rains nine months a year in Seattle’, is the complaint of director Nora Ephron for delaying the shooting process due to rainy days during the filming process.
Under the careful prompting of the flight attendant, Eric and others added a piece of clothes for themselves before they got off the plane.
But just got out of the airport.
There was still a chill in the face.
Temperatures in Los Angeles can occasionally reach 30 degrees in September.
But it is already a cool autumn here in Seattle, and the temperature is only about 15 degrees.
“Hi, Eric.” Jeffrey, who came to pick up the plane, saw Eric and walked up to the two and hugged.
After Eric greeted him, he let go of Jeffrey and asked, “How are you feeling in Seattle recently?”
“It’s terrible, I don’t like the weather here very much,” Jeffrey shook his head.
Eric smiled and reassured: “Be patient for a few more days. When I’m on track here, you can go to New York.”
“I know, let’s go, the car is outside,” Jeffrey said, with the others After saying hello, I took everyone out of the airport and boarded a few commercial vehicles.
After half an hour’s journey, everyone arrived at Alki Beach, where the movie was filmed in Seattle.
This beach is located in the southwest of Seattle, and
it takes about 20 kilometers to go to the city center.
Because it is relatively remote, the living environment of the crew is also quite simple.
Elizabeth stood in her room, looking in horror at the simple bed, table and chairs in front of her, as well as the old-fashioned TV set like a small box, and complained to Eric, who was forcibly pulled over, “Eric, Is the crew’s funds already so tight?”
“Of course not,” Eric thought the girl’s expression was very interesting, and joked: “But I haven’t yet built a five-star hotel here for the crew to stay. degree.”
“But, I…” The girl pointed at everything in the room with a look of disgust.
“Liz, you have to understand that we are here to make movies, not to enjoy them. In order to save time, we have to choose a place to live nearby. We can’t just live a little better. Dozens of people in the crew drive twenty people from the city every day. How many kilometers to come here? This area is a residential area for several kilometers. You should be able to imagine how much congestion it will cause people to drive to work in the city every day, and how much time will be wasted.”
Elizabeth frowned and said: ” But
this place looks so dirty.”
“If you can’t stand it, then you can go to a hotel in the city by yourself, and the small hotels around here are considered to be in good condition. Look, there is a TV, right? .” Eric smiled and pointed to the old-fashioned TV with a wooden casing like a small box, thinking about whether to get one away, this thing will become an antique after more than ten years, and maybe it will be put in the house. It gives people a feeling of postmodernist literature and art.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes and gave Eric a ‘are you kidding me’ look.
Just kidding, Eric patted the girl on the shoulder and said, “Liz, aren’t you planning to be a producer? If you can’t stand this, I advise you to give up as soon as possible. Wait for you to shoot in the future. When filming, you will often encounter shooting environments that are not even better than here, and it is inevitable to sleep in the wild, what will you do at that time?”
“I…” The girl bit her lower lip and couldn’t help but ask After a sentence: “Well, do all the crew live in such a place?”
“Of course,” Eric said: “I’m in the room diagonally opposite you, and Nicole is opposite you. Besides, I live in a hotel. No less than everyone, so I just said that this is the best one, the one where the crew and props live is across the street, and the conditions are even worse.”
Elizabeth pondered for a moment, and finally turned around in silence and put her suitcase away. dragged in.
After lunch, Eric spent the afternoon doing a field check on the previous selections of Jeffrey and others. In the evening, the crew held a simple boot party. The next day, “Sleepless in Seattle” Officially started.
“Hey, Victor, how are you doing with Uncle Hanks these days?” Eric asked, crouching beside a seven- or eight-year-old boy in a little red jacket and a baseball cap as the crew laid the camera track. .
The little boy named Victor Morris raised his eyes and looked at his mother beside him. After being encouraged, he said, “Uncle Hanks is a very good person. He bought me a lot of gifts.” The boy said, He also took out a pocket Transformers model from his pocket and shook it at Eric, looking like Optimus Prime.
Eric smiled and said, “Well, if you do well, I’ll buy you a gift too. How about a full set of Transformers?” The
little boy glanced at his mother again, then shook his head: “No, Mr. Director, Mom said you’ve already paid me, so even if I don’t have a gift, I’ll behave well.”
Eric patted the boy’s head.
Talk to the little guy again.
Then he stood up and said to Hanks, “What do you think?”
“Victor is very obedient. He’s also very smart, but I don’t know if he can play the cleverness you ask for. To be honest, I think there is a boy who is the best for the role of Jonah.”
Eric knew that Hanks was pointing .
It’s Stuart Runkel.
But obviously this is unlikely. Even as a supporting role, Stewart’s salary is in the millions, while the salary of the little boy in front of him is only 100,000 US dollars.
Although Firefly is not short of money, it will not do such unnecessary waste.
Jonah’s role is also very good, but it is a supporting role after all.
The hero and heroine are always Sam and Annie.
“Just try a few more times. The reason why I chose this boy was that he was very obedient. The shooting time of “Seattle” was not loose. If I chose a disobedient actor, it might delay the shooting time. That would be a disaster for the crew.”
“Oh, I understand.” Hanks smiled.
The filming track was laid quickly, Eric had a simple communication with the two, and Hanks walked to the beach with the little boy.
The first scene is very simple, mainly Sam and Jonah rowing in the sea and frolic on the beach.
Because it’s all a long-term vision, there are no acting requirements.
So as long as Hanks and the little guy play whatever they want, Eric explained a few words to the cameraman and the assistant director, let them shoot as much footage as possible, and then walked to the nearby trailer.
The trailer door was open, and Eric walked in directly. The makeup artist was adding makeup to Nicole. When the playful scene of Hanks and the little guy was finished, the girl would also start her first scene, which is that scene. Watching the scene of father and son playing from a distance is also the scene of the first conversation between Annie and Sam for the first time.
Although in the movie, the male and female protagonists did not communicate until an hour after the opening, but Eric planned to start shooting this scene.
“Mr. Williams,” the two female makeup artists greeted Eric immediately upon seeing Eric come in.
“You guys continue,” Eric comforted Nicole who was about to stand up, walked behind the girl, and looked at the beautiful woman in the vanity mirror.
After a while, he skillfully cleaned Nicole’s face with a makeup brush, and the makeup artist said to Eric, “Mr. Williams, do you think this is okay?”
Nicole also got up, and Eric was standing. In front of him, he made a showy turn.
At this time, the girl was wearing a small white suit and tube skirt, stepping on white high heels, and wearing a wide hooded gray trench coat, which was exactly the same as Meg Ryan’s dress in memory.
However, although the two are equally beautiful, they have absolutely nothing to do with their temperament, and Eric wants a silly and sweet heroine.
“Nicole, imagine that you are Anne Reid, and then give me a smile.” Eric leaned in front of a table and said to the girl.
Nicole pondered for a while, and after a while, she tilted her head slightly and split her mouth, looking at Eric foolishly.
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com has a very silly and sweet smell blowing at the same time.
Eric was stunned for a moment, and snapped his fingers approvingly: “Very good, that’s it.”
After Nicole received Eric’s approval, she quickly withdrew her expression and turned back to tall and glamorous. Nicole Kidman, looking at Eric waiting for the other party’s next command.
Eric doesn’t mind the girl’s change of expression either, as long as Ni may switch states quickly during the performance.
“By the way, you should have thought about Annie’s way of walking, right?”
“Of course,” Nicole nodded, looked left and right, picked up a satchel and hung it hastily on her shoulders, as if she wanted to As if she fell, she then walked lazily out of the trailer with a completely different stance than she used to.
“It’s amazing,” Eric complimented again, and Nicole’s performance was far beyond his expectations.
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