In the third week of the filming of "Tornado", a Boeing airliner landed on the runway roaringly at Oklahoma City Airport. Virginia Madsen, who was sitting in the first-class cabin, looked at the wetness on the runway outside the window of the plane, and felt a little bit Glad, if it rains over there in Punk City, she just happens to be able to meet the rest day of the crew.
At the end of last year, Virginia received a film contract from Paramount, but the film studio chose to shoot in Northern Ireland. For this film, Virginia spent three months in Northern Ireland before returning to the United States.
Although Virginia is a very independent woman, she hasn't seen her little man for three months, and she misses her very much, both physically and mentally. She called to ask if she could come to visit the class just after returning to the United States. Of course Rick couldn't refuse.
After getting off the plane, Virginia walked out of the airport lobby with her female assistant Shanny. The two stopped and waited for a while, and a young man wearing a white baseball cap quickly ran over.
After greeting the two women, the young man explained to himself: "Miss Madsen, I'm Peck Hearns, Mr. Williams asked me to pick you up, come with me."
As the young man said, he thoughtfully took the luggage in Shanny's hand, and did a please packing.
"Thank you, Mr. Hearns," Virginia said politely, and followed the young man out of the airport.
"Miss Madsen, just call me Peck."
The three of them boarded a black Chevrolet commercial vehicle before Virginia asked, "Peck, has the crew started work today?"
Peck Hearns felt a little strange at first, but after thinking about the sky outside, he understood why Virginia asked such a question. Answer: "Of course. Miss Madsen. For our film, cloudy weather is the crew's dream shooting scene. The crew has only encountered four days in three weeks of shooting, so as long as it doesn't rain too much, the crew It will definitely work as usual."
Virginia felt a little disappointed when she heard Peck Hearns say that. Today is only Tuesday. If the crew does not rest today, it is likely to wait until the weekend to rest, and she can only stay here for three days due to work arrangements, and she will fly to New York on Friday to participate in a commercial event of her endorsement brand, because Due to the contract, this activity cannot be turned down. With the little man's workaholic temperament, he definitely won't have much time to accompany him on weekdays.
Punk City is about 100 kilometers away from Oklahoma City. Because the whole journey is on the highway, it only took one and a half hours to reach the location.
Although the weather here is gloomy. But it didn't mean it was raining at all. The hotel where the crew was stationed was empty and there were not many people there.
Arrange rooms for Virginia and her assistant. Peck Hearns asked: "Miss Madsen, are you waiting here for the crew to finish work, or are you going to the set now?"
"Let's go to the set," Virginia said lightly, but she couldn't hide her eagerness.
Of course, Peck Hearns would not expose it. He nodded politely, glanced at Virginia's attire at this time, and said, "Well, if we go to the set now, you'd better change into a more casual one. , at least not wearing high heels."
Virginia was wearing a small wine red suit and tube skirt at this time, which she had chosen specially. Eric liked the dress of a professional woman like her the most, but after hearing Peck Hearns say so, Virginia quickly returned to the room, changed her clothes, and when she came out again, she had changed into an ordinary coat and jeans, with a pair of flat boots on her feet.
Peck Hearns swallowed without a trace, glanced at Virginia's round thighs wrapped in jeans, and exclaimed that a beautiful woman looks so charming in whatever she wears, and it is inevitable that she is a little envious of Eric's beauty.
Several people got into an off-road vehicle this time, and quickly drove out of Punk City. This time, the road conditions were no longer so flat, and they were all narrow concrete roads. They bumped in the fields for half an hour. Virginia Through the car window, one can see the mechanical arm of a crane extending into the air from a distance, and one can still hear the faint roar when walking forward.
Noticing Virginia's puzzled look, Peck Hearns explained: "This is the sound of a Boeing engine. In order to create a more realistic hurricane effect, the crew specially rented it from Boeing."
Virginia imagined the terrifying wind that might be created by an aircraft engine capable of sending a passenger plane of several hundred tons into the sky, she clicked her tongue a little, and couldn't help but sigh that her little man was really crazy.
The assistant beside her also asked in surprise: "Boeing engine, that kind of thing won't blow people away?"
Peck Hearns seemed very satisfied with the surprised looks of the two women, and said, "Of course, if you get too close, you will be blown up, but it will be fine if you keep a certain distance."
The off-road vehicle soon arrived near the set, and the staff guarding the perimeter saw the work pass presented by Peck Hearns, and put the off-road vehicle in.
Virginia got out of the car with her assistant Shanny, and the roar of the Boeing engine suddenly became more harsh.
The filming location was in a muddy canal, surrounded by crew members, all kinds of shooting equipment were scattered around the canal, and there was a huge crane parked on the other side of the canal. The end of the crane’s mechanical arm seemed to be connected to the on a farm tractor.
After sending the two girls here, Peck Hearns completed his task, said a few words to Virginia, and then walked towards a temporary board room not far away.
Everyone in the crew was busy, so Virginia didn't step forward to disturb her. She stood in the open space more than ten meters away and watched for a while, but she couldn't find Eric.
After more than ten minutes, the roar of the Boeing engine temporarily quieted down. Virginia cheered up, thinking that the crew would take a break, but saw a drenched person crawling from under the wooden bridge Coming out, Virginia recognized that it was Eric's official photographer Nicole Frank, and waved to him.
Nicole saw Virginia, his face was cracked and covered with mud, showing a mouthful of white teeth, he waved his hand, but ran in the opposite direction, Virginia saw Nicole and a staff member shouting loudly. Said something. Soon I took something that looked like a camera lens from the logistics. Then hurriedly got into the ditch again.
After a while. Hearing someone yelling 'action' through a loudspeaker, the roar of the engine started again.
Virginia's assistant, Shanny, was a little confused by the noise, pulled Virginia's sleeve, and said loudly: "Vicky, why don't we stand farther away and wait, there seems to be It’s where the actors rest.”
Virginia also knew that these scenes might take more than a dozen shots at a time, and might not be completed in an hour or two, so she nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Nicole get out again, walking towards the two of them.
"Let's go over there," Nicole came to the two, pointed to the actors' rest area, and said loudly.
After walking a little further, although it was a little noisy, it no longer affected the conversation. Nicole took off his muddy coat and asked the staff for a towel to wipe his face. A white towel quickly turned gray. After wiping his face, Nicole threw the towel into the trash can.
Seeing that Nicole cleaned up a little bit. Virginia smiled and stretched out her hand, "Nicole, long time no see."
Nicole stretched out his hand, and quickly took it back. Seeing Virginia's puzzled look, he explained with a smile, "Don't shake hands, Miss Madsen, I just got out of the muddy water, it's not very clean, listen It is said that the muddy water here will make people infected, and everyone in the crew has been vaccinated against hepatitis."
Virginia showed a clear look, and asked, "Well, where is Eric, I don't seem to see him."
Nicole pointed to the ditch: "He took pictures there himself."
Virginia thought of Nicole's distressed appearance when he got out of it, and remembered that Eric might also be soaked in the dirty muddy water. She looked over there with some distress and said, "Aren't you a photographer?"
Nickel said: "This is the first time we shoot such a scene. Eric wanted to see the most intuitive effect, so he shot it himself. You may not know that Eric's photography skills are no worse than mine. I really don't know how he learned it."
Just as they were talking, several people saw that the crane over there suddenly started, and an agricultural tractor was spinning and flying.
"This is filming the scene where the tractor gets hung up by the tornado," Nickell said, patting his head again. "Oops, I just forgot to tell Eric you were coming."
"No, no, he's so busy, I have nothing to do anyway, just wait here," Virginia quickly waved her hand.
"Okay then," Nichol quickly finished the coffee handed over by the staff, stood up and said, "Then I'll go to work first, and I have to arrange the camera position for the next shot, so I won't accompany you."
Seeing Nicole leave, Virginia's assistant Shanny couldn't help but smack her lips. She was hired by Virginia at the beginning of the year, so she had never seen Eric at all, but at this time, through the surrounding After seeing all kinds of things, I immediately became very interested in Eric. You must know that she is 26 years old now, and she is only an assistant. I heard that the young man is only 20 years old and can already control such a huge crew. Own a studio like Firefly.
"Vicky, that... Mr. Williams, what kind of person is he?"
Virginia was stunned for a moment. As Shanny's personal assistant, it was impossible to hide many private matters from her. Therefore, when she arrived, Virginia took the initiative to reveal some things to Shanny. When Ni asked this question, she didn't know how to answer for a while. After thinking for a while, she said, "I don't know what to say. In short, he is a very special person. You will know it when you see him."
Shanny snorted, and wanted to ask something more, but remembered the advice of a friend when she got the job, and swallowed back the words she was about to utter, because that friend told her that being an assistant to a star The most important thing is to put away your curiosity. Sunny had a modest education, dropped out of community college after only two years, and finally got a job that paid well, and she didn't want to lose it out of curiosity.
Because the shooting scene was relatively noisy, the two of them didn't have the temperament to chat, and they kept silently watching the shooting scene not far away.
Watching the crane hoist the tractor for a while, another truck also flew into the air for a while. In the end, the wooden planks on the wooden bridge were also scattered and flew up, coupled with the appearance of debris flying horizontally in the man-made hurricane at the scene. Although the tornado still needs to be added later, but seeing this scene, Shanny already felt that this movie would definitely surprise people.
The two arrived at the studio at ten o'clock, and after waiting for two full hours, the shooting in the morning ended, and the noisy environment finally quieted down.
Virginia stood up and walked over to the ditch.
Soon, she saw a muddy man and a woman getting out of the ditch with the help of the staff. The man Virginia didn't know, but she was sure that it should be the male protagonist of "Tornado". Although the other woman looked in a mess, Virginia noticed the woman's slender eyes at a glance. Even though her body was dirty and her face was covered with muddy water, those beautiful eyes were impressive. At first glance, I felt that this must be a big beauty.
The woman didn't notice that Virginia was looking at her, and with the help of the assistant, she quickly walked to a nearby temporary board room, which Virginia estimated should be a bathroom.
Before the woman's figure disappeared, Virginia heard a familiar voice: "Vicky, you're here."
Virginia turned her head and saw the dirty Eric. At this time, the man was still holding a camera wrapped in plastic.
"Eric," Virginia called softly, looking at Eric who was covered in gray and black muddy water, she took two steps forward with some distress, and saw an assistant walking over with a towel in his hand, Virginia took it and reached out to wipe Eric.
"No, I'll do it myself," Eric handed the camera to others, took a towel from Virginia and wiped his face to prevent muddy water from getting into his eyes, and then said: "There are Hepatitis virus, I have to take a shower first, you wait a little longer, it will be fine soon."
Virginia nodded, and after Eric left, Shanny, who had been standing not far away, came over, looked at Eric's back disappearing in a bathroom, stuck out her tongue, and said, "He It's Eric Williams."
Virginia tapped Shanny on the head: "What's wrong?"
Shanny shook her head quickly: "No, it's nothing, I just feel... feel..."
"It's just like that, nothing special, is it?"
Shanny nodded, and Virginia didn't explain. Looking at the handsome little assistant, she thought that if you felt his specialness, you might have already fallen deeply into it. (To be continued..)