In the dark bedroom, the alarm clock on the bedside table just beeped twice, and then a hand stretched out lightly pressed it down, and it fell silent instantly.
Turning on the desk lamp, the beautiful woman withdrew her slender hand, and patted the shoulder of the sleeping man on the other side: "Eric, it's two o'clock, we should go to the set."
Being woken up in a deep sleep, it was inevitable that he would get up a little angry. Eric stretched out his hand to embrace Natasha Henstridge with a bit of arrogance, and pressed his cheek against the woman's chest, smelling the charming body fragrance and rubbing it comfortably. After a while, I finally opened my eyes: "Tell me, should I play a big game and be late for thirty or fifty minutes or something."
This is already the third day since the crew arrived in Las Vegas. Yesterday, the crew completed the banquet scene where Colonel Roddy presented Tony Stark with the apex award.
"Vanity Fair" reporter Kristen Everhart's interview with Tony Stark was scheduled between 2:00 am and 6:00 am this morning. The Caesars Palace Hotel only allowed the crew to clear the scene for four hours during this period.
At the same time, for the shots inside the casino, the Caesars Palace Hotel only gave the crew a three-hour shooting time from 6:00 am to 9:00 am this morning. The casino, which is open 24 hours a day, will only be a little deserted during this time period .
Because he had to be busy from two o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the morning, Eric went to bed early last night in order to recharge his batteries.
Natasha Henstridge waited for Eric to let go of herself, lowered her head and kissed him on the lips, then sat up, picked up the BRA next to her and put it on, saying: "Yes, maybe everyone will be very happy , if you play a big card once, everyone can stay in Vegas for a few more days."
Eric stretched out his hand to caress the girl's smooth back, and slowly slid down along the graceful curve. His fingers touched the edge of her panties before he stopped, and said, "Seeing that you are in such good spirits, it could be that you haven't slept all the time. Bar?"
"Yeah, it's my first movie and I can't sleep," Natasha Henstridge put on another camisole, smiled lightly, twisted her waist and shook off Eric's strange hand, and opened the The quilt got off the bed: "I'm going to wash up first, and you should get dressed quickly."
Seeing the girl swaying her long legs and disappearing at the door of the bathroom, Eric stretched his arms and sat up abruptly.
On the small square outside Caesars Palace, it was already a busy scene.
Film shooting has never been an easy task. A few seconds of seemingly simple shots on the big screen may take three to five days for the crew. For some big scenes, it may take ten days and a half months just to prepare .
The entire scene between Eric and Natasha lasted less than two minutes.
However, on the first night when the crew came to Las Vegas, Joss Whedon brought the team to this framing site to repeatedly study the shooting plan, from the shooting position to the lighting technique, and even the burial of the extras. need to be carefully arranged. In the movie, when Tony Stark was interviewed by Christine, there were lively vehicles and pedestrians in the background, but absolutely none of them were real passers-by, but it was not easy to coordinate these group performances.
Therefore, Joss Whedon is actually very anxious now, because in his opinion, four hours is not enough.
Thinking of Natasha Henstridge who will appear in this scene, Joss Whedon is even more heartbroken.
He has seen Natasha Henstridge's audition video. As a Victoria's Secret Angel supermodel, this stunner's camera sense is naturally impeccable, but she is a rookie in movies after all. If Eric hadn't personally made the decision, He would never agree to let the other party play this role.
Originally, Joss Whedon wanted to take advantage of these two days of vacancy, how many times the other party talked about the play, and tried several times in advance. Of course, it's a real play. With the relationship between this woman and Eric, others dare to make up her mind when they are blind. However, for two days, he didn't see the other party show up at all, which is a nonsense.
As for the fact that she received personal guidance from Eric at Eric's residence, well, everyone is a sensible person with normal IQ, just listen.
Although he was very pessimistic about the prospects of this shooting, Joss Whedon still did his best in order to get as much shooting time as possible.
The limited time for Caesars Palace is from 2:00 am to 6:00 am. Before 6:00 am, the crew must clean up the scene and leave on time. However, from 1:30 in the morning, several trucks loaded with filming props of the crew were waiting on the nearby road. Just after 2:00, they hurried over to clear the scene and block the shooting area.
Eric and Natasha arrived at the set at 2:30. Several bright headlights were set up in the small square, and several staff members had already begun to guide the extras to bury their seats.
Joss Whedon, who was studying the camera position with the photographer, saw Eric appear, and hurried over: "Eric, we start shooting at three o'clock, are you sure there is no problem here?"
Having said that, Joss Whedon glanced at Natasha Henstridge who was standing beside Eric, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.
Eric smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, Joss."
No wonder you can rest assured!
Joss Whedon complained secretly in his heart, but he had no choice but to say: "Then you go to make up first."
With that said, Joss Whedon gave instructions to the director assistant beside him, who gestured to Eric and Natasha, and led them to a makeup trailer, where Larry Ellison was already sitting In front of the dressing table, he let the makeup artist arrange his hairstyle. When he saw Eric and the two of them, he turned his head excitedly and said hello, but saw the makeup artist panickedly raised the tools in his hand from the mirror in front of him, and hurriedly Stuck back.
Eric, Ellison, and Natasha were the only ones who needed styling in this scene. Eric also responded with a smile, and sat down on a seat next to Larry Ellison. Natasha Sha Ze went to a compartment in the trailer, which was regarded as the ladies' makeup area, and she had to change clothes later.
The shapes of Ellison and Natasha are very simple, and Eric has to stick a beard, which is a bit cumbersome.
Larry Ellison finished his hair and left the trailer in a black bodyguard suit. After a while, Natasha also changed into her professional suit and came out from the inside, standing behind Eric with a smile on her face His Tony Stark look, she found, just slightly changed his hairstyle and attached a beard, Eric's whole person seemed to have changed into another temperament.
Looking at the girl in the mirror, Eric suddenly said, "Miss Brown, do you think I'm more handsome?"
In the past two days, it seemed that she had been trained countless times. Hearing this familiar tone and title, Natasha Henstridge immediately entered the role of Kristen Everhart like a conditioned reflex, and said tit for tat: "Mr. Stark, I have always felt that only superficial men care about their looks."
"Well, it looks like today is your lucky day, because you've had an exception."
"Oh, why am I not surprised at all?"
"You just haven't reacted yet, so let's have dinner together later."
Listening to this weird conversation, the two makeup artists standing next to Eric couldn't help but twitched their mouths at the same time, looked at each other strangely, and pretended to be deaf-mute in unison, and continued to work hard.
The conversation between Eric and Natasha could not continue, because the trailer door was pushed open, and Caroline and Melanie, who were carefully carrying a suit, came in together and saw Natasha standing Behind Eric, Caroline greeted politely, but Melanie just nodded slightly.
Natasha greeted the two and walked out. She could feel Eric's attitude towards her two female assistants, especially the petite girl named Caroline.
Although she intends to have a good relationship with each other, the two women obviously don't like her very much. Naturally, she doesn't want to make fun of herself, so she takes the initiative to avoid it.
After chatting casually with Caroline and Melanie, the makeup artist finished the styling, and Eric took the suit from Caroline and went into the inner room to change.
Funnily enough, the $50,000 Italian Chiton tailor-made suit was rented.
As Tony Stark is a top billionaire, the crew will naturally not make any mistakes in his dressing style. All Eric’s suits in the film are advanced customization of several major luxury brands. The suit is one of the cheaper ones.
And, what's more interesting, these suits are actually Eric's own.
In other words, the crew spent money to rent his own suit for Eric, the leading actor, and even, when the interior scenes of Tony Stark's mansion were filmed in the future, those sky-high furniture that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars would also be removed from the suit. Angle Manor moved there.
If the crew is short of money, Eric will naturally not be stingy with bringing his own costumes and props.
However, this luxury rental fee was actually included in the film's budget plan very early.
The crew originally planned to rent high-end dresses and related props during the filming process, but thinking that he had to wear second-hand clothes that no one knew who had worn them, Eric felt uncomfortable even if they were expensive, so it evolved into Current state.
Eric naturally doesn't care about the money, but he cares about maintaining this professional attitude that distinguishes between public and private.
After I changed my clothes and left the trailer, the layout before the shooting was also ready.
Joss Whedon was holding a script book in his hand, gesticulating non-stop, instructing Natasha Henstridge very carefully as if teaching a child to walk.
Seeing Eric coming out, he hurried over to communicate with him again, and waited for Eric, Larry Ellison and a few bodyguards to officially bury their positions before he picked up the walkie-talkie and instructed all departments to prepare for shooting. He quickly came behind the monitor.
After a series of ready reports came from the intercom, Joss Whedon made an OK gesture to his assistant director, and the other party picked up the loudspeaker and shouted to the entire square: "Attention all departments, Action!"
The voice fell, and in the monitor, Eric walked towards his car under the protection of several bodyguards. Then, Natasha Henstridge, who was waiting next to the sculpture, entered the camera.
This is the end in one go. Perhaps some shots will be selected from some materials for splicing in the later stage, but at this time, Joss Whedon has no intention of breaking them down. After Natasha appeared on the scene, Joss Whedon immediately looked at another camera position .
The two bodyguards stopped Natasha, and the girl leaned forward slightly to introduce herself.
Joss Whedon nodded slightly. So far, Natasha Henstridge has performed pretty well, at least, it seems to be much better than he imagined.
However, he also knows that the next interaction between the two is the highlight and the difficulty of this performance, so continue to watch patiently.
Kristen Everhart was stopped by bodyguards, and Happy Hogan, played by Larry Ellison, raised his eyebrows and whispered to Tony Stark that she was a beautiful girl. As if he had just heard the girl's voice, he turned around with a smile on his face, motioning for the bodyguard to let her come over.
Joss Whedon immediately looked at another camera position, and he had already sentenced this group of shots to death in his heart. Larry Ellison's expression was a bit exaggerated just now, and although Eric's reaction echoed Tony Stark's character, it was not perfect. Even in terms of technology, there are too many areas for improvement in this series of lenses.
However, Joss Whedon didn't shout for a card. He didn't have the luxury of being able to pass alone. At the same time, he also wanted to see how Natasha Henstridge's performance was.
On the monitor screen, Natasha Henstridge raised the recording pen in front of Eric, folded his arms, and with a natural smile on his face, said: "Mr. Finch, what do you think?"
Eric had a clear sense of superiority in his tone, and said disdainfully: "It's just inexplicable, and I don't draw."
"Another nickname," Natasha Henstridge said, the smile on her face disappeared just right, her expression was a little more questioning and provocative, and she slowly spit out a few words: "Death Merchant."
Behind the monitor, Joss Whedon, who didn't pay much attention to Eric's performance, had been staring closely at Natasha Henstridge, saw the girl say this line, a series of skillful facial expressions suddenly challenged He raised his eyebrows, with a surprised expression on his face.
In just a short sentence, this rookie actress who is obviously acting in a movie for the first time can clearly show the change in the character's heart, which is definitely beyond Joss Whedon's expectations. After seeing Natasha Henstridge's audition tape, Joss Whedon suddenly had a thought in his heart. Maybe, in the past two days, Eric really gave this beautiful stunner a little trouble in private. .
As the pictures on the monitor continued, the feeling of sparks flying between the two made Joss Whedon's mood change again.
This is obviously not just a small matter. (To be continued.)