Eric's commercial vehicle left Emeryville, where Pixar is located, and entered downtown San Francisco through the San Francisco Bay Highway 80 cross-sea bridge. The destination was the set of "Basic Instinct" near Pacific Heights, San Francisco.
Pacific Heights, adjacent to Fortress Park in San Francisco, is the most expensive residential area in San Francisco. Several scenes in "Basic Instinct" were filmed here.
Eric came to the filming location on Broadway Street, Pacific Heights according to the address provided by Jeffrey. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw dozens of heavily armed riot police guarding a mansion that was cordoned off.
As soon as a few people got out of the car, Jeffrey greeted them.
"Jeffrey, isn't this a little exaggerated?" Eric pointed to the group of riot police and asked, although he heard about some of them when he was filming "Ghost Love" in New York. Things, but I still feel a little surprised to see the situation at the scene.
Jeffrey smiled bitterly: "Eric, let's go in first. If someone finds out that you are here, there will probably be trouble again. Seriously, I advise you not to write such a script again."
After taking Eric and others into the shooting location, Jeffrey explained: "San Francisco is the base camp of gays in North America. Last time, some plot details of "Basic Instinct" were revealed8≠. After that, gay organizations in San Francisco felt that The film is suspected of discriminating against homosexuals. There have been four protests with more than 100 people during this period. In order to prevent some radical homosexuals from forcibly obstructing the filming, we have to be more careful."
Eric walked side by side with Jeffrey, and after hearing what Jeffrey said, he asked, "What does the San Francisco County Government mean?"
Jeffrey pointed to the riot squad outside: "Just look at them. We invested more than 30 million U.S. dollars in this movie. Most of it was spent in San Francisco. This is a big tax for the San Francisco County Government Income, plus the donation I mentioned to you before, it is impossible for them to see any accidents on the crew. However, the riot squad can only prevent the radical behavior of homosexuals, and cannot forcibly disperse them.”
"That's good," Eric nodded with satisfaction, and a few people came to the outside of the shooting site, but saw a few staff members guarding a door.
"The scene where Catherine Chumei kills Johnny Buzz is being filmed inside. The scene has been cleared."
Just as Jeffrey explained, the bedroom door was opened.
"Hurry up, someone has passed out, help carry him out," the staff member said anxiously, and immediately returned to the bedroom, and several field agents who had been guarding outside also walked in.
Eric and Jeffrey looked at each other, and both looked into the bedroom with worried faces.
"Because the scene was too bloody, in order to prevent anyone from being stimulated and fainted, we specially arranged for a doctor to be there in advance. So don't worry, there will be no problems." Jeffrey explained.
Eric remembered the picture in his memory and nodded. The seductive bed scene suddenly turned into a bloody murder. Even if he knew it was fake, it was inevitable to be stimulated.
Eric was thinking about whether to go in and have a look. A pale middle-aged man in a white coat was lying on a stretcher with his eyes closed and was hurriedly carried out by several staff members.
"This is... the doctor we arranged?" Jeffrey murmured in disbelief.
When Eric saw this scene, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he looked at Jeffrey, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, after all, it would be too polite to laugh in this situation. However, in the face of the bloody scene, the film crew did not have any accidents, but the doctor in charge of dealing with the accident passed out. This scene is a bit funny no matter how you look at it.
"I'm so sorry, Mr. Williams, something happened," director Roger Spottywood quickly walked out and shook hands with Eric.
"It's okay, then, can I go in and take a look?"
"Of course," Roger nodded, seeing Joanna Pakula following Eric, Roger said again: "I suggest that this lady should not go in, although preliminary inspections have been carried out in the room Cleaned up, but still kind of horrible."
"Joan, then you can wait outside," Eric told the girl, and followed Roger Spottywood into the bedroom.
This is a very spacious European-style bedroom. According to the setting in the script, there is a huge mirror on the ceiling. At this time, several staff members are cleaning the big bed that is 'splattered with blood'. Of course, those cannot be real blood. It’s not ketchup, though, and it looks pretty realistic.
The heroine Diane Lane quickly came out of the bathroom next to her, wearing a large white bathrobe. Seeing Eric appear, the girl stepped forward with a little surprise in her eyes: "William Hello, Mr. Spottywood, I really didn't expect you to come today, and Mr. Spottywood didn't even tell me."
Eric shook hands with Diane Lane, and said with a smile: "It seems that the shot just shot didn't cause any discomfort to Miss Lane. It's a very fortunate thing. I just saw the doctor being carried out gone."
Diane Ryan, who was smiling all over his face, didn't know what he thought of, so he put away the smile on his face without a trace, and said: "Actually, I also felt very uncomfortable just now, and even felt like vomiting, but I just washed it with cold water. It feels better to face down."
Roger Spottywood looked at the lying woman strangely. At the end of the filming, when the nearby doctor rolled his eyes and passed out, Diane Lane was amused and laughed. If the shot hadn't been completed, maybe it would have to be done again.
However, Roger Spottywood didn't mean to expose such a trivial matter.
Eric nodded and heard the sound of splashing water in the bathroom, and asked curiously, "Is there anyone in there?"
"Yes, Mr. Kabell is cleaning the stains on his body. If this artificial plasma is not washed off immediately, it will be difficult to get it off the skin after it dries," Roger Spottywood said.
"The one with the curtain inside, I just washed my hands," Diane Ryan explained.
Eric looked around and saw that the staff had begun to move the shooting equipment outside, and suddenly asked: "By the way, I remember that the next shot should be the police's investigation of the scene?"
Roger Spottywood explained: "In order to arrange the schedule of some supporting roles, that scene has been filmed in advance."
"What's next?" Eric asked again.
Roger Spottywood asked for a shooting schedule from his assistant and handed it to Eric: "Next, I will go to Catherine Chume's villa to shoot a few shots, not far from here, just nearby Vallejo Street .” (To be continued..)