Hollywood Domination Chapter 100: The first battle
"Cut!" David Frank shouted refreshedly with a small horn in hand, "Good! Excellent! Honey, Excellent!"
Accompanied by sparse applause and laughter, the first shot on the first day of the opening is considered to be completely filmed - most movies will choose a comparison after the opening ceremony on the first day for the sake of 'good omen' It is simple and not easy to shoot with NG shots. For example, today’s shot is a shot of Andy walking on the street without even a frontal face. Since it is a fashion drama, the shooting location of this film is New York and Paris. It is estimated that most of the indoor and outdoor scenes will be completed in New York. After the filming is completed, it will be shot in Paris for several days. At present, the team has been dragged to New York, and the crew has rented several floors of a three-star hotel as an accommodation base, even the producer Wendy lives in it—in order to reflect the original flavor of the New York style of the film , David insisted on a lot of live-action shooting. Some of the procedures here are very cumbersome. Wendy didn’t feel at ease to let the executive producer below do it. The relationship between brands: After all, Anna Wintour is obviously not happy about being photographed. There is such a heavyweight in New York who is eyeing her. If she doesn't stay, who knows what will happen?
Except for Meryl who lives in New York and only comes to live in the morning show, even the producers live in this kind of hotel. Of course, Jenny, the lead actor, does not have any privileges, which also makes She and Emily somewhat had the meaning of "see you up and see you down". Early the next morning, the two met in the hotel restaurant, and both had scripts in their hands: From today on, we will focus on interior scenes. Wei prefers the scene-by-scene shooting method that generally takes the plot as the process, so in the morning, he will shoot some scenes in the editorial department of "Flyover". At the beginning, everyone read the drama with sparks.
Because this is the first scene of the three women facing each other, and basically the first scene of the three of them in the whole film, whether the character image can stand up for the first time depends on this scene. Jenny must have attached great importance to this scene, plus she has been holding her breath in her heart, so seeing Meryl and Emily now, she is a little embarrassed to see competitors, even she also watched It can be seen that Emily's expression is also a little unnatural: as the least famous and popular of the three, she can only make an impression on the audience by relying on her excellent acting skills, so the motivation for competing in dramas may be No less than Jenny.
"Ah, it looks like you guys got up early too." An unexpected guest walked into the restaurant—it was Meryl. Breakfast?"
Although the United States does not talk about seniority here, of course a giant in the industry like Meryl is generally respected. Neither Jenny nor Emily objected. When the three actresses brought breakfast and sat down one after another, look Each other's breakfast plate laughed heartily, and the atmosphere eased: Although their breakfast amount was the same as that of ordinary people, or even a little more, but there was no such high-fat food as cheese, jam, and butter on the plate. High-calorie foods.
"If you think about it carefully, this is actually a wonderful satire," Meryl said. "We're shooting a movie against extreme dieting, but almost all of the leading actresses in this movie are on extreme diets."
She has always been known for staying away from the Hollywood-style life. Although she is not a reclusive hermit and will also attend some business events, Meryl has always appeared in people's conversations with a wise, noble and professional attitude. As a Hollywood star, Meryl may naturally sit on a slightly overlooking and critical angle. Jenny didn't expect that she would use this typical weight control diet. She said, "I thought you would object to actress dieting." Well, Meryl."
"How is this possible?" Meryl picked up a piece of white toast, "I am 54 years old and have given birth to 4 children. You have to believe me, my dear, I have put in a lot of hard work. To maintain my body shape as it is now, of course, in order to ensure the photogenic effect, I have indeed been on a stricter diet recently than before.”
"It's frustrating to say that," Emily commented with an English accent. "That said, we have no hope of eating and drinking for the next thirty years."
"If you quit being an actress, you'll be able to enjoy the food right away." Meryl said, "A friend of mine in the 80s made up her mind to quit acting, and she gained weight in two months. 30 pounds, but she told me that those were the happiest two months of her life, and she felt alive every single day.—At the same time, I was trying to get rid of the second birth belt The 10-pound body weight that came to work hard."
The three actresses all laughed, and Jenny said, "Well, but we have to admit that this life of extreme dieting is not much fun. I believe that in the original "Prada", Andy's final resignation and her Not being able to maintain the diet program has a lot to do with it.”
"Why isn't this the reason for Lauren's own resignation?" Emily asked curiously, "I have never met Lauren, what kind of person is Lauren?"
Jennie didn't want to say more about Lauren's right and wrong, she smiled, "Actually, I think Lauren's own story in "VOGUE", the original "Prada" and the movie we are shooting are already three stories So knowing her or not knowing her is irrelevant to the filming. Just like Wintour doesn’t need to mind this movie too much, there is almost no similarity between her and Miranda except for the title, if If you want me to say, Miranda in the original book is a discredit to Wintour, but Miranda in the movie is much better than Wintour herself.”
Emily showed deep thought, and Meryl smiled and said, "Emily, I noticed that you are very curious about everything about the movie."
"Yes, I always want to find out the movies I participate in," Emily said a little embarrassedly, "Of course I know that I play a supporting role, but this habit is really hard to control."
"It's a good habit." Meryl said gently, not hiding her admiration for Emily, "trust me, your starring role will not be far away one day. - I believe you After being selected for "Prada", you will get more performance opportunities in the UK. This is the practice of the British. They always say they look down on Hollywood, but they value it so much. - But I have to say this time they will give you There is nothing wrong with your chances, and your performance even makes me feel threatened."
"Oh, Meryl, it's really an honor for you to say that." Emily beamed with joy, she glanced at Jenny carefully, gave her a timid smile, and then devoted herself to the conversation. Meryl's heated conversation. "You don't know how much I admire you, and how much your "Kramer and Mrs. Kramer" has influenced me..."
Of course Jenny is still smiling on the surface, but she does not deny that she is on fire inside: Emily is her first-hand discovery and confirmed lead role, and she will not feel threatened just because her acting skills are affirmed. But Meryl's compliments to Emily were aimed at her no matter how they sounded. This feeling of being excluded and questioned would not make anyone feel good, but what was even more frustrating for her was that she really couldn't help it. It can be said that her acting skills are much better than Emily's. It can be said that what Meryl said is indeed reasonable to a certain extent.
During the whole makeup process, Jenny held her breath. When she put on Andy's Zara coat and walked to the set to rehearse with Emily, seeing Emily who had put on makeup, maybe It's a relationship that has already begun to prepare for the drama, and the tone is getting hotter and duller, making her almost want to go back to the trailer to throw something to vent, or yell at someone—but, it's a pity , Most actors are very jealous of being disturbed by others before going on stage. They usually have to adjust their emotions in order to enter the stage, so even Mary didn't come forward to disturb her.
"Jenny, go and bury your seat." She closed her eyes and adjusted in the performance space. When the field manager came to inform, Jenny had roughly calmed down. With a sound, the headlights inside the studio turned on, roasting the actors who were getting ready one after another in the scene.
Jenny looked in the direction of the crew, and was not surprised to find Meryl next to the director. She was looking at her with scrutiny eyes, with no expression on her face, but Jenny could consciously see her hidden disapproval or even Anxiety, the pressure that Meryl had put on her all this time seemed to have reached its peak at this moment, and it finally broke out at this moment. —she had had enough of Meryl's dislike for her.
"Fuckyou, Meryl, Fuckyou, Emily." Cursing twice in her heart, Jenny thought to herself, "Who cares what you think? I acted very well, I know it! I don't Need the affirmation of others!"
She suddenly heard Cesare's lecture. "The most important thing is to maintain confidence." "If you maintain a confident posture, even if the story is not credible, someone will be convinced by you." "If you can't trust yourself, then the entire marketing plan is a complete failure."
"I acted very well, I did enough homework," she continued to meditate in her heart, hypnotizing herself, "raise your head, Chen Zhen, you know Andy, you have been thinking about her for a long time , at this moment you are her, you are the person who knows her best - at this moment you are her!"
Perhaps it was the excitement that caused her reaction to cross the line at this moment, and perhaps it was her repeated speculation about Andy these days that made her finally reach a mysterious boundary at this moment, Jenny At this moment, it seemed as if I heard a crisp sound suddenly, as if something was broken in my ear, and then...
Then it's like introducing a golden finger of empathy - but the effect of that golden finger is like pressing her into a basin of cold water, which is not very comfortable. Jenny always has a headache when she has more empathy, and this kind of The feeling of being in character... like a breeze on her cheek, and automatically, when she opened her eyes again, she was Andy.
"September 4, 2004, the first shooting of the second act, Action!" With the crisp sound of the scene record, the characters in the set moved.
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This is a busy corridor, and fashion editors come and go with stylish clothes, professional indifferent expressions, and hasty movements. They either glance sideways at Andy's plain dress, or catch up behind her, Looking at her strangely, Daosheng disappeared behind a certain door, and Andy also realized the surprise in people's eyes, she pulled the hem of the coat self-consciously, raised her chin, and made a slight With an impatient and confident expression, he quickened his pace and walked into the reception of "Flyover", "Hi, I have a meeting with——"
Noticing the eyes of the front desk looking up and down at her clothes, Andy sighed helplessly. She had already realized that she was out of place with this editorial department, "Emily Charlton?"
"Andrea Sykes?" Emily, who had already walked to the foreground in the foreground, spoke out at this time, and the words "I can't believe it" were completely written on her expression.
"Yes?" Andy was already a little annoyed at this time, and she also answered Emily in the tone of'I can't believe you would be so rude'. Although it was the first time they met, the secret battle between the two women had already begun.
"Great, it seems that the human resources department really has a weird sense of humor." Facing Andy's toughness, Emily seemed briefly surprised, and she adjusted before continuing to maintain her high profile, "Following I'll come."
As she turns and leads Andy away, the scene ends with David clapping happily and shouting, "Cut, Good!"
The studio was filled with voices of talking, and the two actresses walked to the director's side, watching the replay with him. And David was full of praise for their performance, "You all performed much better than in rehearsal, Jenny, your eyes are too good, I want to arrange some close-ups of eyes in the next reshoot, Amy Li and you too, the body language just now was very good...the chemistry between you is very strong!"
It can be seen that he is extremely satisfied with the performance of Emily and Jenny, especially he praised Jenny's performance more. Jenny and Emily's eyes touched, and he also noticed the admiration in Emily's eyes Compared with the excitement, and the worry that she would overwhelm Jenny in the limelight and cause her unhappiness, now Emily seems to be really aware of Jenny's level, and she is seriously trying to overwhelm her.
Although there was no conversation, the two seemed to have a tacit understanding. They looked at each other and smiled. The relationship that was slightly awkward at first seemed to have eased a lot now.
Sometimes acting skills are really just a thin film, at least in the role of Andy. After successfully entering Andy once, it is not too difficult to "become Andy" again It's okay, Jenny has done countless simulation exercises, and she has even memorized the positions of these scenes, not to mention her own lines. She has long been familiar with Andy's emotional changes and thought changes in this scene Yu Ching, how to adjust her camera angle during the performance and ensure the emotional communication between herself and the camera is already a difficult problem that has been overcome. It can be said that the only thing she needs is to find that kind of performance state, the kind that can make people feel better. The state of 100% becoming 120% is to make Andy become like Emily and Miranda, a role that is difficult for others to imitate even if they have golden fingers to empathize with the role. ——She wants to perform this role in her own style, and perform something other than the script.
This process sounds mysterious and mysterious, and it is difficult for Jenny to say that she has fully mastered this acting method. It can only be said that she has found the feeling in the role of Andy. This is the case in several scenes with Emily. Emily behaved well, at least as well as Emily. When the two looked at each other, she could feel Emily's inner emotions: Both Emily and she realize that the other is doing well, and it makes them more motivated and in better shape, and they can't and will never lose to each other.
In such a high-spirited state, the shooting of these rival scenes was full of sparks, which made David happy. All he had to do was to take a few more times to provide more material for subsequent editing. Not to mention low-level mistakes such as forgetting words, these two actresses almost never made high-level mistakes such as insufficient emotions and unsatisfactory performances.
"Very good." It took less than two hours to shoot the shots of Emily and Jenny from the front desk to outside Miranda's office, and now use the same set to start shooting the shots of Miranda's arrival. This is Emily and Miranda's rivalry, so Jenny got some rest time, but she didn't go back to the trailer, but sat in Meryl's place, watching their first confrontation play.
I have to say that the reason why Meryl is regarded as an outstanding actor who is scheduled for an Oscar for lifetime achievement is indeed because of her outstanding acting skills, and she was still working with the makeup artist who was doing her makeup last second Just kidding, when the director cleared the scene, her expression completely changed, just like the sudden change when Jenny opened the golden finger, and when the director called Action, she walked up... Jenny didn't know what to say , she seems to have been completely brought into the world of "Prada" by Meryl. She is no longer in the studio, but really came to the editorial department of "Flyover". The editor-in-chief walked by Shi Shiran.
"For the fortieth time, no, I don't want macaroons, I want rhubarb fruit corn cakes..."
A series of lines were spoken by Meryl with ease, without stuttering at all, the speech was fast, the ups and downs were not obvious, but they were not recited mechanically, more like Miranda's casual instructions immersed in her inner world , Emily on one side was a little clumsy when turning the page, which made the director shout 'Cut'.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Emily, who had always been neither humble nor overbearing, and who hid her uneasiness very well, finally panicked: it is also very laborious for an actor to say such a long line, because her low-level mistakes caused Meryl is going to do it again. If it's an actor with a bad temper, then she'll start to show her face.
"It's okay." Meryl didn't mind at all. After returning to her original position and burying herself, following the director's instructions, she immediately chanted again, even the tone was not much different from before. "I'm not interested in your incompetence..."
In this scene, Emily was out of breath and flustered, it was hard to say whether she was acting or sincere, although her acting skills made everyone who interviewed her shine, But obviously, in front of Meryl, Emily's momentum was completely suppressed. Of course, this effect is in line with the relationship between the characters, so it adds to the icing on the cake.
After this scene, the crew announced that it was entering the lunch break, and everyone gathered near the dining car, and Jenny and Emily got together naturally.
"How does it feel to play with Meryl?" Jenny asked curiously, and took the salad she wanted from the waiter.
Emily made a grimace, "It's the same as when I was playing against you. It feels like you are fighting a tough battle. You have to concentrate on it, but that's it, you may lose at any time."
"This is similar to how I feel about the play with you." Jenny said from the bottom of her heart, maybe the part of the play has something to do with it. The pressure of playing with Ryan is obviously less than that of playing with Emily. Playing with Ryan, Jenny thought that she could still crush him even if she didn’t use Goldfinger, but she dared not do it with Emily. No slack.
In addition to the fierce competition among the masters, of course there is also a feeling of sympathy for each other, and Jenny, as a popular Hollywood flower and a Tony Award-winning acting school, will admit that she is under pressure to play with Emily. Satisfying vanity, Emily's attitude towards her is obviously much more affectionate, "If there is any difference between you and Meryl, it is that when I play with you, I feel that maybe I still There is a chance to win, but when playing with Meryl, you can clearly feel... your best result is not to lose, she is almost invincible."
"Hmm..." Jenny turned her eyes to Meryl thoughtfully. "Invincible..."
As if aware of her gaze, Meryl, who was chatting and laughing with her daughter Mary Cuomo, also raised her head to look at Jenny. The eyes of the two women seemed to collide in midair, although the parties involved There was nothing unusual on their expressions, but the atmosphere of sparks flying made both Emily and Mary Cuomo frown...
The author has something to say: 100 chapters before I know it. Hey, there is a double update at 8:30!