The day after the "Beverly Girls" and "Desperate Housewives" celebratory parties, although it was Sunday, Eric had already started to make formal preparations for the start of "Iron Man" filming.
The movie will first start with the cave scene after Tony Stark is kidnapped. The interior of the cave is completely set up in Firefly Studios. Even the short exterior shots are planned to be shot only in the mountains of eastern California. It can be said that Except for the scheduled Caesars Palace scene in Las Vegas, the entire movie and all other scenes will not leave California.
This can also adapt to Eric's other work to the greatest extent. Although everyone hopes that Eric can let go of all affairs and devote 100% to the film, everyone knows that this is not realistic.
Firefly Studios, the time has finally come to the day when "Iron Man" is officially launched.
Hollywood movies don't have a serious opening ceremony. Eric feels that this should be due to the fact that most crew members regard film shooting as a job. The Hollywood film industry system is very mature. Like other office workers, they work from nine to five and work eight hours a day without any special roles, so they don't feel too much about starting a movie.
In the huge No. 7 studio of the studio, because it is the scene where Tony Stark is trapped in the cave after being kidnapped, not many people participated in the filming.
Director Joss Whedon discussed with the cameraman, lighting engineer and others for a while about the first scene to be shot before walking towards the two actors who were facing each other.
The actor who played Dr. Ethan, who was kidnapped with Tony Stark, is Ed Harris. This is also an old drama in Hollywood. Two years ago, he won the award for Best Supporting Actor for "Apollo 13" nominate.
At the beginning, together with several senior executives of Firefly, they urged Eric to play Tony Stark himself, but when things came to an end, Joss Whedon felt a lot of pressure in his heart, and even faintly regretted his original decision.
Compared with Eric, who has created a series of box office miracles, he can only be regarded as a rookie director.
Joss Whedon could even feel that the attention of many staff members in the arena was on Eric. Obviously, in this studio, Eric's one sentence is definitely more effective than his ten sentences. The fact is also the same. This morning, many executives of the Firefly Group and other messy people who knew that Eric would play Tony Stark in person came over to watch the excitement under the pretext of visiting the set. , Joss Whedon thought he couldn't offend anyone, but Eric drove everyone away with one word.
"Joss, is the filming going to start?" Seeing Joss Whedon approaching, Eric, who was sitting on a folding chair, stood up and asked.
Eric can naturally understand Joss Whedon's current pressure, but he didn't say anything to explain it. He just took the initiative to express his respect for his directorship through some small details. During the preparation of the film, Eric has already approved Joss Whedon's shooting concept. As long as Joss Whedon does not suddenly change his style during the filming process, Eric intends to concentrate on being his leading actor and try his best to Don't meddle in things outside of your authority.
Eric's small movement of standing up made Joss Whedon unknowingly relax a lot, nodded and said: "Yes, Eric, it's ready over there."
Eric handed a hardcover notebook to Caroline next to him, and said, "Then let's go there."
In the plan, the first scene to be filmed is the scene where Dr. Ethan performs surgery on Tony Stark.
Caroline watched Eric, Joss Whedon, and Ed Harris walk to the shooting scene together, but just stayed where Eric had just handed her the hardcover notebook, and did not follow. Melanie walked in from the outside holding a coffee pot carefully. Seeing the already busy crowd, she hurried to Caroline's side, put down the coffee pot, looked at the crowd not far away, and asked curiously : "Is it about to start?"
"Yeah," Caroline nodded, stood and watched for a while, the girl sat down again, but her eyes still did not leave Eric's figure not far away.
Melanie was also sitting next to Caroline. Seeing Eric taking off his coat and lying on the operating table topless, she couldn't help saying: "BOSS has a great figure, I really want to touch it."
Caroline gave Melanie a blank look, but her own face quickly turned red, worried that Melanie would see her expression, and quickly turned her head away.
Melanie didn't notice the change in Caroline's expression, she still looked at the busy crowd, and said, "I have to say, BOSS looks much more mature with black hair."
In the West, blondes are long-haired and low-intelligence representatives. Similarly, blonde men are also the object of ridicule by many people, which also leads to the fact that most naturally blond men dye their hair dark. In Hollywood, this situation is even more common, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul Walker, Chris Hemsworth and other male stars are actually blonde, but people rarely see them keep their original hair. The appearance of hair color.
Eric's hair color is also golden, although it will make him look more youthful, but he rarely has the idea of dyeing his hair.
In the early years, some media occasionally made jokes about his hair color, but now, after everyone is accustomed to Eric's personal image, no one talks about it anymore.
In order to play Tony Stark, Eric finally changed his hair color. Tony Stark’s standard beard style was also glued on. Some light stubble.
Therefore, after Eric finished his makeup, his image was very different from before. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are two people.
Although most people can still recognize him at a glance, this huge contrast in image also prevents him from bringing drama to the audience when he plays Tony Stark because his face is too famous feel.
Caroline saw a prop master smearing artificial plasma on Eric's chest, and couldn't help pinching the notebook in her hand. He loves clean people so much, he must feel uncomfortable, right
A hand waved in front of her, and Caroline looked away: "May, what's wrong?"
"I'm dumbfounded, did you hear me?"
Caroline blinked, nodded and said: "I heard that, but Eric said he thinks blonde hair is also good."
Melanie laughed suddenly, put her arms around Caroline, squeezed her sharp little chin, and said, "Little fool, he likes women with blonde hair."
"No, they, they probably aren't blond."
Melanie looked at the disappointment on Caroline's face after she finished speaking, and sighed, took Eric's black hardcover notebook from her hand, and said, "Hey, let me see what BOSS wrote again. What."
This notebook is Eric's play tool. Whenever he is free these days, he writes down the details of Tony Stark's character, behavior, language, etc. in his mind in his notebook, and occasionally uses the first person to conceive a dialogue out of thin air.
Caroline and Melanie are Eric's personal assistants, and this notebook is not a secret to them. Melanie is even more interested in watching the clips that Eric brainstormed.
As soon as she opened the notebook, Melanie heard the sound of Joss Whedon announcing the power-on not far away, and quickly looked up, and couldn't help standing up with Caroline and getting closer.
After a play manager took off the slate, he quickly walked away from the camera.
The area of several square meters around the operating table was surrounded by five or six actors, photographers, lighting engineers, and sound engineers. The two women could only faintly see Eric lying on the simple operating table struggling through the gaps in the crowd. figure.
Both Melanie and Caroline have helped Eric check the lines, and naturally they have also read the complete script. They have been in Hollywood for a long time, and it is not the first time for the two women to watch actors perform.
In this scene, Eric should have cried out in pain in the script, but Melanie didn't hear Eric's voice. She couldn't help but think that the BOSS must have not performed for many years, and she couldn't let go in front of so many people. Although she often teased her boss, Melanie was still very worried that Eric would fail.
I thought that Joss Whedon would soon hear the voice of calling 'card', but in a blink of an eye, one after another, the dull cries of extreme pain broke out, like the desperate roar of a wounded and captured wild wolf.
"ah-"
Caroline only felt that her heart tightened a little in an instant, she took a step forward subconsciously, and almost rushed over. Although Melanie was also startled, she remained clear-headed, and stretched out her arms to hug Kaka beside her. Lorraine.
In the arena, several extras who played the role of terrorists were taken aback when they saw Eric's hands and feet start to struggle violently after he broke out. It was Eddie Harris who gave instructions on the spot, and quickly shouted: "Hold down, Hold him down."
Only then did the extra react, and quickly pressed Eric's hands and feet.
Beside the director's monitor not far away, Joss Whedon's mood changed several times in succession.
At the beginning, Eric performed silently on the operating table. Although his body language was excellent, he did not make a sound. This made him think similarly to Melanie. Come on, if that's the case, it's a big problem.
If you want to be an excellent actor, the most basic thing is to liberate your nature. Even if the character is a dog, the actor needs to bark without hesitation. If Eric seems restrained even to let out a cry of pain, it means that his actor nature has been turned off. Now that the movie has started shooting, the crew doesn't have time to give Eric a few months to liberate his nature. If it's another actor, if you meet a director who is better at adjusting, you may be able to forcibly stimulate the actor's performance potential by reprimanding and intimidating.
But, seriously, who in the whole of Hollywood would dare do that to Eric Williams.
Afterwards, Eric burst out like a wounded and trapped beast, and Joss Whedon's mood that was almost sinking to the bottom was suddenly thrown away, his eyes were fixed on the monitor screen, and his face showed a feeling of relief.
Thinking about it carefully, Tony Stark was carried on the operating table in a coma, his body writhed unconsciously after being stimulated, and he broke out under the severe pain and fear of the operation. Ke's understanding of these details is better than that of the director.
In the final analysis, Joss Whedon had to admit that he had some hidden prejudices from the beginning, thinking that since Eric had reached the pinnacle of directing, there would definitely be problems in acting, so the scene just now When he didn't meet his expectations, he thought there was a big problem.
Realizing this, Joss Whedon couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. Seeing the extras on the monitor who were at a loss for Eric's outburst, he couldn't help but explode his emotions on these people, and cursed in his heart What a bunch of idiots, what a perfect shot, just ruined like that.
When Eddie Harris yelled 'Hold, hold him' in English, Joss Whedon had to yell card immediately. Although Eddie Harris reacted quickly, he forgot one thing. The characters around him were all Afghans, so how could they communicate in English.
Hearing Joss Whedon yelling 'card', everyone stopped in relief. The scene just now was beyond everyone's expectations.
Joss Whedon came over and saw that Eric had sat up, and asked, "Eric, how do you feel?"
Seeing that the prop master came over with a towel, Eric wanted to wipe the artificial plasma on his chest, so he quickly took the towel and wiped it himself. The prop master is a man, and it’s fine to pour plasma on himself. Wipe yourself.
The crowd dispersed, and Caroline and Melanie also came over. Eric naturally gave Melanie the towel in his hand, and the female assistant took it, and carefully helped Eric clean up the towel that flowed to his back. blood stains.
Letting Melanie wipe the artificial plasma on her body, Eric nodded and said, "It's not bad, what about you, how is the effect?"
Joss Whedon nodded and said, "Very good, um, but you may have to restrain yourself a little bit, everyone was scared just now."
Hearing Joss Whedon say it so bluntly, everyone laughed.
Eric also smiled and said, "Okay, I'll try my best. This is just the first shot. It's okay for us to try a few more times."
Eric, as the best director in Hollywood, Joss Whedon certainly doesn't think he can't see where the problem just happened. However, Eric didn't blame the extras who made mistakes at all, which also made Joss Whedon heave a sigh of relief. After all, this is actually the power of the director.
Letting go of all the scruples in his heart, Joss Whedon began to patiently tell several group performers what they need to pay attention to next, and asked a language expert to temporarily teach Eddie Harris a few sentences in Afghan language. continue. (To be continued.)