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After intending to cast Nicole as the heroine of "Sleepless in Seattle", Eric also conducted an audition for the girl. Although Nicole also met his requirements that time, it was still far from the current state . But this time, Nicole has almost turned herself into another person, an Anne Read exactly like the one in the script.
It seems that during this period of time, Nicole was not obsessed with the scenery after winning the heroine of "Sleepless in Seattle", and she must have put a lot of effort into trying to figure out this role in private. In Hollywood, as an actor, you still have to rely on your acting skills to speak. Compared with many beautiful actresses who are addicted to the beauty of vases and cannot extricate themselves, Nicole obviously understood this early.
Hearing Eric's praise, the girl showed a happy expression, and then carefully probed: "Eric, can I make my lips lighter?"
Eric took a look at the girl's thick red lip gloss, and looked at the two makeup artists. He couldn't remember what was going on for a while.
An older makeup artist quickly explained: "±↓, Mr. Williams, this is the look we made for Miss Kidman according to the original makeup photo. At that time, I also suggested that Miss Kidman's lip color be lightened. A little, but it seems that you personally vetoed the proposal."
Eric thought for a while, and then suddenly realized: "Oh, I remembered. This is just right. No need to adjust it."
"But. It looks very unnatural." The younger makeup artist replied weakly.
"This effect is what I want," Eric explained: "If even this flaw is repaired, Nicole will look too perfect. Don't forget that Anne Reid is a woman who is a bit heartless and careless in her life. , How can such a woman dress herself up perfectly, some shortcomings are more in line with her character. "
Hearing Eric's words, all three nodded thoughtfully.
Eric continued: "I know you are all very professional makeup artists, but don't forget that you are modeling for actors, so your job is not to dress up the actors perfectly, but to make them look perfect regardless of beauty or ugliness." Shape the image of the actor as much as possible according to the director's request."
"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Williams, we understand." The older makeup artist nodded quickly.
Nicole's shots had very few ngs because of the preparation, so the first encounter between Sam and Annie at Alki Beach was done very quickly. After filming a few more airport shots in the next few days, Nicole can temporarily leave the crew as long as she wants.
As usual. The crew didn't shoot any complicated shots on the first day, except for the encounter between Sam and Annie. Basically those scenes where Sam plays with his son.
In order to be able to play a good father-son image with the young actor Victor Morris, Hanks had already started getting along with the little guy a week ago. Therefore, when the filming started, there was no barrier between the two of them. Only after the first day of running-in, the 'father and son' had already entered the state, and the time did not allow the crew to progress step by step. On the second day, the crew started a more complicated scene. Of course, problems also follow.
In the background of the shot, Jonah revealed the address of his home to the radio station, so Sam soon received courtship letters from all over the United States.
There was a lot of mail on the dining table in the living room. Jonah randomly picked up one and opened it, reading: "Dear Sleepless Seattle, you are the most attractive man I have ever heard, poof..."
With a puff, the little guy threw the letter aside, and reached out to open another one.
Before Hanks could speak his lines, Eric stopped again, because the boy's expression didn't have the funny look it should have, but instead he looked nervous, and he couldn't help but look around.
After gesturing to the others, Eric said, "Forget it, let's rest for a while, Victor, come here, please, let's talk."
"Mr. Director, is it because I haven't done well yet?" The little guy jumped off the chair and came to Eric, asking a little nervously.
Although it was only five times, the boy started to cringe from the third time. Seeing this situation, Eric resolutely stopped the filming. He knew that forcing the filming would definitely cause greater psychological pressure on the boy, and it might even make the little guy lose confidence in continuing to act.
Hearing Victor's words, Eric shook his head quickly: "No, no, no, you've done a good job, but you haven't done your best yet. Do you want to be the best one?"
Victor nodded fiercely: "Of course, when I grow up, I want to win an Oscar."
"Well, he is really a good boy with ambition, but Oscars are not so easy to win. The one who can stand on the Oscar podium to take over the statuette is the best one."
"Then what should I do?" Victor asked expectantly. Under Eric's persuasive temptation, the little guy temporarily relaxed, and sat next to him under Eric's beckoning.
The crew members knew that Eric was teaching the little guy acting in his own way. In order not to affect the two of them, most of them left the room consciously. There were only a few staff members left in the room, and they were all lighthearted. Light-footed.
Hanks also pulled another chair at this time, and sat down on the other side of the little guy with a smile. This action made Victor feel more at ease. After all, Hanks, who had been with him for more than a week, brought him a greater sense of security than Eric.
Eric rubbed the boy's head and said with a smile: "It's very simple, that is, you can't be discouraged when you encounter failures, just like the shooting just now, since you didn't shoot well this time, let's do it a few more times. But because one or two failed shots, he becomes unconfident, and a person will never be able to improve.”
The boy nodded half-comprehensively, as if he realized something, but then he picked his fingers and said in a low voice: "But. Seeing so many uncles and aunts wasting time because of me. Thinking of this, I feel a little worried. I'm afraid they will be angry .”
"No, you're thinking wrong," Eric said, "You get paid for acting, and similarly, they also get paid. Moreover, they are different from you. Their salary is based on time Calculated. The longer you spend shooting time, the more wages they get. So they are actually very happy in their hearts." Eric said, pointing to the camera who was changing the film for the camera with a faint smile on his lips. Nicole: "Nicole, you are very happy now, aren't you?"
Nicole released the suppressed smile, nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, little guy, you can try as much as you want. The more shots you take, the happier we will be. Of course, you can't intentionally smash the shots, because then Mr. Director It will be seen for sure, then we will still not get wages."
Eric glared at Nicole to stop the other party from continuing to talk nonsense. Then he said to Victor: "So, tell me about your performance. Victor, have you watched "Home Alone"?"
"Of course, Kevin and the two stupid thieves. It's a pity that I only watched it once, and my mother stopped taking me there. Mr. Director, my mother said that the movie was directed by you, so our current movie will be like "Little Ghost" Is it as fun as Home?"
"That's for sure, so if you play well, the children in the whole of America will adore you as much as they adore Kevin."
The boy immediately showed a look of longing. Although he didn't quite understand what Eric said, because he hadn't learned the meaning of the word "worship", but the little guy instinctively felt that it must be a great thing to be worshiped by children all over the United States. Great thing.
In order not to let the boy take the topic away again, Eric said again: "Since you have watched "Home Alone", then you must remember the appearance of Kevin in that movie, and the role of Jonah you want to play is just like that. Kevin is almost the same. You just acted wrong, when you read the letter, you should be more funny, bared your teeth, stared, by the way, can you make faces?"
"Wow—" the little guy immediately hooked the corner of his mouth, rolled his eyes and made a grimace.
Eric patted the boy on the shoulder: "Very well done, then, wait for you to do this..."
Ten minutes later, filming resumed.
Still the same pile of letters, the little guy opened a letter and read it as usual: "Dear Mr. Sleepless Seattle, you are the most attractive man I have ever heard, poof..."
"Cut!" Eric yelled subconsciously, but then realized something was wrong.
He had just built up his self-confidence for the little guy, and he originally thought that he would at least wait until the boy had fully acted out this scene before talking about anything else. But seeing that the boy's expression was not in place, Eric called out instinctively, but it was too late to take it back at this time.
The boy looked over again with bright, apprehensive eyes. Eric had an idea, grabbed a baseball cap next to him and threw it at Nickel who was not far away, just hitting the innocent photographer on the face: "Nicole , you idiot, such a good shot was screwed up by your camera shake."
Eric winked at Nicole a few times while roaring. Although he was shot while lying on the ground, the poor photographer didn't dare to pretend that he didn't understand Eric's meaning, so he could only apologize with a smile: "I'm sorry , Director, this was really an accident, I must pay attention next time, forgive me, please?"
"I'll let you off this time, and if you dare to do this again next time, I'll... deduct your salary." Eric said through gritted teeth, and in a blink of an eye he changed his amiable look and said to the boy: "Victor, I don't blame you this time. , it was Nicole who screwed up the camera, you see, adults make mistakes too, so take it easy, shall we continue?"
"Well, Mr. Director," the little guy nodded vigorously.
Perhaps it was "encouraged" by adults to make mistakes, and although I ng a few more times, the scene passed smoothly.
And since he found that this method can stimulate the little guy's self-confidence, Eric immediately found out a few more 'idiots', and even Hanks cooperated with him a few times. What followed was that the boy's performance improved rapidly. (It’s a great event to drop pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you! Follow up~click/official account (add friends on WeChat-add official account-enter dd), and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now follow dd immediately WeChat public account!) (To be continued..)