"Hi, Tom," as soon as Hanks appeared in the studio, Eric greeted him enthusiastically. Compared with Cruise, who has always maintained a polite attitude towards each other, he prefers the mild-tempered Hanks. .
"Hi, Eric, am I not late?" Hanks stepped forward to hug Eric and asked.
"Of course not." Eric nodded to Hanks' assistant, and then turned to Hanks: "It will take about fifteen minutes to set up the scene, and you can just take the opportunity to put on makeup."
The two walked to the dressing room side by side. Hanks greeted the crew enthusiastically, looked around, and asked curiously in a low voice, "Where's Cruise?"
"Maybe go touch up your makeup," Eric said lightly, Hanks nodded and didn't say anything. After the previous few meetings, Hanks didn't have a good impression of this actor with the same name as himself , Cruise is too arrogant, even if he is polite to a person, it will give people a feeling of being handed over.
Everyone on the crew had already finished the makeup process before, so it didn't take too long for Hanks to put on makeup.
After the breakfast room scene was set up, the cameraman (Nicole) walked up to Eric who was talking to Hanks and Cruise: "Eric, you better come and take a look."
Eric said sorry to the two superstars, got up and followed Nicole to a corner of the restaurant, where a camera was placed.
"Eric, look here, there will be a quick sweeping shot later, but I can only stand in this position to operate the camera," Nicole demonstrated once awkwardly: "Look, it's a bit difficult to operate this way." Big, not to mention very awkward, and the strength is not easy to control."
Although Eric is not as professional as Nicole, he also knows a lot of shooting skills. He stepped forward and tried to operate the camera rocker arm. It was really awkward, but the best operating position was occupied by the wall behind him.
"Nicole, what do you mean?" Eric let go of the camera, clapped his hands and asked.
"I can only try a few times. The shooting angle of this position is the best. If it doesn't work and you want the best effect..." Nickel pointed behind Eric: "Then we can only take this The wall has come down."
"Let's try it a few times first," Eric said. He didn't mind tearing down the wall. Anyway, this is a studio, not an exterior location. Columbia will definitely cooperate, but it will waste at least another hour.
"Okay," Nicole nodded, "then let's get started."
This small restaurant scene has a total of three acts. In the first act, the two are completely strangers and are having breakfast separately. Of course, according to the plot, Andy has already started to pay attention to Sean at this time, but Sean is completely unaware of this. . In the second act, there will be a shot of the two rubbing shoulders. Andy will leave the tea coaster with the number 13 written on it to Sean. The third act is also the longest scene. Andy spends one minute persuading Sean. Let the police cooperate with him in arresting the big villain Bald Monk to avenge his father.
"Attention everyone, "Dark War" Act 12, Scene 1, action!"
Sean stared at the newspaper in front of him and was eating the cake. When he heard the sound of the restaurant door being pushed open, he looked up naturally, and soon turned his gaze to the newspaper.
"Good!" Eric gave Hanks a thumbs up, followed by the shot of Cruise playing Andy eating while staring at the TV above his head in a daze. Difficulty, Eric gave Cruise a thumbs up fairly.
There will be three animation shots in this scene in the original version. This should be Andy’s favorite animation. Unfortunately, with only four weeks left to live, every time he sees the familiar picture, Andy will be shocked. There is a sad feeling that time is running out, which is why Andy will be in a daze every time he sees this scene.
And here, Eric doesn't intend to find a random cartoon to make up the number, he intends to use the lens of "Friends".
Although "Friends" only exists in Eric's plan now, after the two films "Small Island" and "Scent of a Woman" start shooting on track, Jeffrey will start preparing for "Friends". It's only April, as long as the six protagonists can be identified, Eric has enough time to shoot a few classic shots of "Friends" and add them to the movie.
In the new movie, there will be scenes from the TV series directed by Eric Williams himself. This is a good gimmick for movie promotion, and it also promotes "Friends" at the same time, which is another win-win situation.
After the two shots were completed, the most difficult shot began soon.
After the slate was laid, Eric stared at the monitor. Nickel operated the camera and stayed on Hanks's face for a second, and then began to swing rapidly. Eric obviously felt the difficulty and unevenness of the lens transition.
Although the camera accurately stayed on Cruise's side face in the end, Eric could only call the card.
Next, Nicole tried six times in a row, all of which ended in failure. Eric knew the reason for the flaw in this lens, so he patiently let Nicole try again and again.
But after the eleventh attempt failed, Cruise finally became impatient. He had eaten a lot of cream cakes in a row, and he didn’t understand that he had to try so many times for such a simple shot. In the spare time in the original position, Cruise stood up, glanced contemptuously at Nicole whose forehead was covered with sweat, and said to Eric: "Eric, maybe I can introduce you to a better photographer." .”
Cruise didn't mean to lower his voice at all, he said this in front of everyone, and the scene fell into embarrassment.
Because of the awkward posture, Nicole operated it more than ten times in a row, and his waist started to hurt a little. He didn't expect that his efforts would get such evaluation. He wanted to glare at Cruise, but he was afraid that doing so would make Ariel feel uncomfortable. It was difficult to deal with, so he could only stand there helplessly.
Many people in the crew were dissatisfied with Cruise's impolite words. They have worked with Nicole for many years and are well aware of Nicole's strength.
Although they have just experienced more than a dozen failures in a row, everyone more or less understood the reason through the posture of Nicole operating the camera, and patiently accompanied Nicole to try again and again.
Facing the staring eyes of everyone, Eric knew that this matter must be handled carefully, otherwise it will cause conflicts between the crew and the actors, but it is necessary to appease Cruise's emotions and not cause dissatisfaction among the staff. Things are not easy.
After thinking for a while, Eric could only stand up and walk to the camera, and patiently explained to Cruise why the shot on one side failed so easily.
After listening to Eric's explanation, Cruise also realized that he had just wronged Nicole, shrugged and smiled at the photographer: "I'm really sorry, then, let's continue."
After finishing speaking, Cruise sat back in his seat again.
Eric patted Nicole on the shoulder reassuringly, and said softly, "I'm trying two or three times, and if it doesn't work, I'll tear down the wall."
Nickle knew that Eric was able to explain the reason to Cruise in person, which was already a very good defense of himself, so he didn't mind Cruise's insincere apology, but nodded gratefully to Eric: "I will try my best." of."
Although this little turmoil seems to have passed without incident, it is destined to leave some traces in the hearts of many people. Anyway, several crew members who had a good impression of Cruise because of his series of movies It is no longer enthusiastic about its performance.
It may be due to luck, or it may be other reasons. The second time I tried, this shot finally passed. When Eric shouted 'good', many people applauded involuntarily, Nick Er also breathed a sigh of relief, and shook his sore arm vigorously.
Next, the second scene of the two passing by passed easily, and finally came Cruise and Hanks' first rivalry.
"Hey, it's so early, Inspector?" The girl from the restaurant greeted Sean warmly when she saw Sean coming in through the door.
"Yeah, I have an appointment with a friend," Sean replied, walking towards the bar.
With pastry stuffed in his mouth, Andy laughed when he heard Sean's words, with a smug expression on his face. It's really worth being proud of playing around with Sean, the once all-powerful police elite these days.
Sean came to Andy with a sullen face, and slapped the coaster with the number 13 on the bar.
"Sit down," Andy said, putting down his water glass.
Sean took out a photo from his suit pocket: "You are very accurate, Mr. Zhang."
"Find it?" Andy turned his head.
"You stole the gem and avenged your father, why did you ask me out?"
"I said, this game will take three days to play."
Sean nodded towards the pocket on his chest where he used to hold his documents: "It's not up to you now, I'm the police."
"Clean up the warehouse, change the light tube..."
After Cruise finished the line, Eric called a stop.
"It's like this, Cruise, your smile should be more mocking," Eric first walked up to Cruise, put forward his own opinion, and at the same time grinned and showed a smile, wanting to do something for Cruise After a demonstration, I found that I don't have the talent of master Xu who can demonstrate everything to actors, so I can only be disappointed: "Well, pause for two minutes, you should brew it."
After explaining to Cruise, Eric turned to Hanks again: "Hanks, you are too embarrassed to hear Andy's ridicule. Although you are embarrassed in your heart, you also have your own self-esteem, so While being embarrassed, you need to do some body language, like nodding or something, to cover up your embarrassment."
"Well, Eric, I'll think about it again," Hanks nodded.