In the following days, all the agitation and dissatisfaction that the crew of "Running Lola Run" had suddenly disappeared. Everyone became energetic and no longer had any objections to Simon's alternative directing style.
As for the reason.
Have you ever met Brian De Palma? "Carrie", "Scarface".
Live.
Have you met David Giller? "Alien", "Nine Angry Men".
Live.
Have you met Robert Redford? "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "Out of Africa".
Live.
For the staff who could only work with low-cost independent crews in the past, they are all a group of high-ranking Hollywood bosses. But they all visited the humble little crew of "Run Lola Run" one after another.
Moreover, in addition to Brian De Palma, David Giller and Robert Redford also expressed their intention to name "Run Lola Run" as executive producers.
This is even more rare.
You know, if it had been known that Brian De Palma would be named executive producer, no one would be dissatisfied at all, and that idiot Josh Wakeman would never leave rashly.
Now, two heavyweights are coming again.
Who is Simon Westeros
who cares.
But if you participate in a work with Brian De Palma, David Giller, and Robert Redford as executive producers, this is a real qualification.
If you add this to your resume when applying for jobs in the future, you may soon be able to join the mainstream commercial film circle.
Simon also learned from Ron and Catherine what happened that day in the screening room at Fox Studios, and he rushed to watch the samples in person the next day.
Simon was also very surprised by the results of his shooting. He had not expected that he could do so well. As his first directorial work in Hollywood, Simon just tried his best to squeeze out all the potential of the more than ten memories in his mind.
Looking at the sample footage of "Run Lola Run", Simon even vaguely felt that his performance seemed to be a bit too much.
However, Simon did not restrain himself afterwards.
Now that you have emerged, let's be more sharp.
In addition, thanks to the support of the three big bosses, Simon's command of this small crew soon became flawless.
On busy days, time always flies by.
In the blink of an eye, it’s the last day of October, the fourth week of filming for “Run Lola Run”.
Tonight is Halloween, a very important holiday for Americans. It happens to be Friday, and the weekend is next.
Therefore, the festive atmosphere becomes more intense.
The crew of "Run Lola Run" spent the past two days filming the scene where Lola enters the casino.
There are casinos in Los Angeles, and Simon even visited a casino in the city center.
However, the city of Santa Monica does not.
certainly.
This is not a problem.
The director said that there must be a casino, so there was a casino.
The crew rented a banquet hall at a hotel in Midtown Santa Monica and quickly set up the 'casino'.
Compared with other scenes in "Run Lola Run", the casino scene is definitely a big scene. In the past two days, the crew invited more than 50 extras.
Even so, with the help of Ron, Catherine and others, Simon still controlled the pace of filming very well.
However, with more people, some situations are inevitable.
As soon as the afternoon shooting started, Sandra discovered that her prop ring was missing.
In the original version of "Lola Run", Lola wears all kinds of weird jewelry on both hands. But in the new version, Simon only designed a wide version of the ring for the heroine. The silver ring, which is one centimeter wide, is engraved with a striking butterfly pattern. This is also the third hint of the 'butterfly effect' that Simon has buried.
For this kind of small prop, Simon naturally would not just customize one.
After receiving all three finished rings, Sandra liked them very much, so Simon gave all three rings to the girl for safekeeping, and he did not plan to take them back after the filming was over. Although they are made of sterling silver, the three rings together are actually not worth much.
Now that this little thing is missing, things become a little troublesome.
She never thought that the ring she had been wearing would be lost, so Sandra didn't bring a spare.
The afternoon scenes were all about Sandra, and Simon didn't want to mess with these little details, so he hurriedly sent a director's assistant to Sandra's apartment in West Hollywood to pick up the props.
Sandra herself had to stay to touch up her makeup.
immediately.
Things happened again.
Sandra put the spare ring in a small safe she bought. The girl did not want to tell outsiders the password, so she motioned to the director's assistant to move the safe directly to the set.
Think about it.
A tall and thick man broke into a girl's apartment and came out carrying a safe.
What is this scene
Then the neighbor called the police.
After much tossing, nearly an hour had passed by the time Ron and Sandra rushed to the Hollywood police station to bring back the unlucky director's assistant.
Perhaps affected by this incident, the subsequent filming did not go well.
In desperation, the crew had to announce two hours of overtime.
There are only a few simple shots left. Although you have to pay expensive overtime for overtime, it will definitely save a lot more money than renting the scene again next week.
If it's other times, it's okay to work overtime.
Tonight is the Halloween that many people are looking forward to. The crew and staff are okay, but many of the extras are a little unhappy. After some communication and the promise of extra compensation, everyone reluctantly agreed.
Fortunately, as it approached seven o'clock in the evening, all the scenes in the casino were completed successfully.
After finishing work, Simon was watching the staff sorting out a series of rented casino props, when Ron came over with a white young man in his thirties.
The young man is 1.8 meters tall, wearing a casual shirt and trousers, with short brown hair and some stubble, and looks a bit unkempt.
The two approached, and without waiting for Ron's introduction, the young man took the initiative to reach out to Simon, smiled and introduced himself: "Hello Simon Westeros, I am Peter Butler, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times. .”
Simon shook hands with the other party with some surprise and said: "I know, I happened to have read your article related to "The Butterfly Effect". Also, Joe also called me two days ago, but, I It seems you refused?”
With Brian De Palma and three other people attached as executive producers, and with the film being shot on location these days, Sandra's eye-catching style has inevitably attracted a lot of attention, and more and more people in Hollywood have Noticed the movie "Run Lola Run".
Then, agent Jonathan Friedman called Simon two days ago and said that "Los Angeles Times" reporter Peter Butler wanted to do some interviews with him and the "Lola Run" crew.
Simon is so busy these days that he doesn't want to deal with these things. Moreover, now is far from the time for "Run Lola Run" to be exposed in the media, so I refused.
I didn't expect that the other party would suddenly appear on the set today.
When Peter Butler heard Simon's words, his smile remained unchanged, and he unknowingly changed his title and said: "Simon, it was Mr. Ron who invited me here. In fact, I have already been on the set for an entire afternoon. , but you didn’t notice. Also, I wonder if you could take some time, maybe we can chat casually?”
Simon glanced at his producer.
Although I understood Ron's desire to gain some exposure for the film, I was still a little dissatisfied with his arbitrary opinions.
Sensing Simon's dissatisfaction, Ron had no choice but to take the initiative and said: "Simon, this is actually a good opportunity, isn't it? Our movie will still have to be distributed in the future."
Simon still shook his head insistently, turned to Peter Butler and said, "Mr. Butler, I'm really sorry. I've been very busy recently, so I'd better forget about it."
Peter Butler heard this, but he was not discouraged. Instead, he raised the camera hanging on his chest and said with a bit of slyness in his eyes: "Actually, Simon, I have already got enough material to write an article. However, I also know that now is not the best time for "Run Lola Run" to be exposed. So, if you agree to take the time to be interviewed by me, I can save this article for the Sundance Film Festival later this year. Publish again.”
Simon's eyes flashed when he heard Peter Butler's conditions.
It's almost November, and there are just over two months left until next January's Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance was exactly the time Simon wanted to bring "Run Lola Run" to the forefront.
He didn't expect that the reporter in front of him would guess his thoughts so accurately.
After hesitating for a moment, Simon still said: "Tomorrow at noon, from twelve o'clock to one o'clock in the afternoon, Fox Studios, you only have one hour."
Peter Butler immediately stretched out his right hand again and said with a smile: "Then, I am looking forward to our meeting tomorrow."