King of Hollywood Chapter 120: Competition

"I'm so sorry, Ed, something went wrong halfway through, so I'm only here now." Tom, who finally came to the studio, greeted Adrian with a smile, but the smile didn't look like it Sincerity looks.

"It doesn't matter, anyone will have something unexpected to deal with, isn't it?" Adrian shrugged, it didn't seem to be on his mind, "as long as you don't delay shooting."

But he immediately slammed on Cruz’s arm, and his expression became more meaningful: "However, I still hope that there will be no next time, understand?"

Cruise's face stiffened, but nodded with a smile: "Okay, I know."

Kubrick and Marlon Brando had an unpleasant relationship between big directors and big stars on the set because of a long conflict of voice. Since Cruise has always had no good impression of Adrian, plus this time for the reputation of Kubrick, and suffered a loss in the preparation of "Jerry Maguire", even if convinced by Adrian, it is inevitable that it is not useful. Demonstrate your power by playing big names.

But he can only do this. Cruise occasionally seems stupid, but it does not mean that he is always so stupid. After being persuaded and reminded by Kingsley last time, he can understand the strength of Adrian to some extent, so even if he is not happy, he must honestly converge after being warned.

Many people think that big celebrities have more power in the set, but in fact, this illusion is because the popularity of big celebrities is much higher than that of big directors. In fact, the key to determining the ownership of the studio's discourse rights is to see who has also taken the role of producer and the director has also taken the role of producer. If the star still wants to continue shooting, he must be honest and obedient; Then the director must consider the star's requirements. No exceptions, except Adrian.

As for the reason, it is very simple. No big director like Adrian has achieved such great success in film production and is still the chairman of a large emerging media company. Although Lucas' industrial light and magic occupy most of the special effects production market, although Spielberg is one of the three giants of DreamWorks, it still cannot compare with Adrian.

Not to mention that in the past few years, the movies and TV series that have sold are more or less related to Adrian; nor does he say that his eyes are very accurate, and the actors and directors who have been dialed by him have shined. With TBS and two broadcasting companies, it is enough to equal Murdoch, Lei Shidong and others. With such strength, even the most popular stars would not dare to show him his face. Catherine Hepburn was also heavily exposed to the media in the 1950s and 1960s. If it is placed in the current environment, she would dared not make the refusal to attend the Oscars four times.

"Right, what about your wife?" Adrian asked again.

"She has other things to deal with. I really can't spare time today, but I believe there won't be another time." Cruise replied immediately, staring at Adrian without blinking.

"Okay, then we filmed the episode where Dr. Williams solved his boss’s trouble at the reception. Before you came, we happened to try again. If it goes well, we will then shoot in the pool room. The group drama at the reception will wait for tomorrow, and quickly become familiar with the script." Adrian replied casually, as if just asking a random sentence just now.

"No problem." Cruz nodded and greeted the assistant to take the script and walked to his place. After a few steps, he turned back to look at Adrian and saw that he was busy. Only then continued to move.

"Note that Sidney is going from here to here, step forward to reflect your mood at the moment, otherwise you are still free to play, as long as you don’t exceed the emotion of the fifth test shoot. As for you, Tommy, you have to pause when you get here. There should be a less obvious surprise, and don’t stay too long, how long it takes you to master..." In a small lounge built on the studio, Adrian Explaining this to the two actors, and the fact that he framed his hands while talking is equivalent to explaining the scope of shooting to the photographer.

"Okay, that's it, let's start shooting immediately," Adrian said and sat back in his chair.

The story of "Eyes Wide Shut" ​​is actually very simple, that is, couples who have been married for several years begin to get bored with their marriage because of some misunderstandings at the reception, such as when the leading actor Dr. William solves the problem for his boss, his wife Aili Silk misunderstood him and other women cheating, almost hooked into bed by an old man.

Then Alice revealed her sexual fantasies to her husband by the excitement of smoking marijuana. The troubled doctor William had many bad associations, and he just met a classmate who played the piano in the bar. Under his instigation, a special party resembling a religious ceremony held by an upper class was mixed in, which caused even greater disturbance.

Someone in the memory commented that Kubrick wanted to discuss the relationship of marriage here, but no one knew how it was. The old man never told others what his movie wanted to express. Maybe for him, he just wanted to Shoot an atypical cyan movie. At least according to Adrian's understanding, some people in high society did hold such a party, but not only few but also quite secretive and not as large as the movie.

Think about it too. Schnitzler’s "Dream Stories" was written in the early 20th century. It was no need to say what time it was. It is too normal for such things to happen in the upper European society. But in the media today, holding such a party on such a large scale is definitely a matter of death, so Kubrick is actually awkward to move the stage to modern New York. Of course, no one knows, what is thinking in that half-bald head, Adrian only took over for other purposes.

"You don’t need to perform too deliberately, just live in your own home, forget the camera and us, you understand?" It took three days to shoot the camera that treated the drug abused prostitute in the lounge. With the arrival of Nicole Kidman, part of the family of doctors and couples was filmed.

After Cruz and Nicole both nodded to show their watches, Adrian immediately waved to greet other people to start, as before, completely treating Nicole as a stranger. Fortunately, there are not many lines in these shots, and they don’t need too much acting skills. Finally, there are no cases in which three days before the filming and treatment.

Adrian is not Kubrick, and has its own standards for judging performance, plus long-term habits, and it is not like Kubrick’s pursuit of perfect distortion, and the actors have performed well. However, you can still shoot repeatedly. Even so, an uncomplicated rescue scene was still filmed for almost three days, and it is conceivable how bad Cruz's acting skills are.

Even if there are some external factors, such as the poor state of the first shot of Cruise, or there may always be such a small problem, but Cruz’s acting is indeed an important reason for the slow progress. Because of this, he had to dismiss the temporary actor who was originally hired to attend the reception to focus on the rescue scene, so Nicole couldn't make the reception after he came.

Fortunately, it was quite smooth. It took a day and a half to shoot the simpler life shots, and there were several scenes showing the work of the leading male doctor.

"Very good, then, let's clear the place next." After watching the video, to see if the break time has come, Adrian said to the director's assistant immediately, the staff acted quickly, and needed the lights and colors. After debugging, except for a few key figures, the others all withdrew from the studio in sequence.

"You look a little nervous." Adrian walked in front of Nicole, and she had put on the costumes she needed.

A black evening dress with thin shoulders, most of the bright back is exposed, plus high heels, the front is not very convex but the back is well curled. Her hair was tied behind her head, her white neck was exposed, her slender legs underneath her split ends were looming, and it must be said that she is now the most charming time.

"Fortunately, I have no problem at all." Nicole simply replied, staring at him closely, but Adrian quickly looked away from him, and he was nostalgic.

"Are you okay, Tommy?" he asked. "Maybe we can do this, let Nicole wear green underwear, and then synthesize it in post-production."

"I don't want to use it at all." Cruise hadn't spoken yet. Nicole had already answered it. The unpleasant look flashed from Cruise's face, but he finally echoed his wife's words.

"Yes, no," he said, using a pretense relaxed tone.

With a dark smile in my heart, Adrian still maintains a calm and cold appearance: "Then let's get started."

There are two shots to be taken. The first one is Nicole Kidman **** in front of the camera-just the back. This is the reason why the market should be cleared, but in the eyes of Adrian, this is basically the act of covering ears and stealing bells. I don’t know how many people will see it after the movie is released.

Although it is turned away from the camera, although this is a movie, Nicole still looks very attractive, especially when her spine is barely exposed, the clothes take a step after falling to the ground, slender and well-proportioned The right leg lifted up slightly, and made Adrian hear several breathing sounds. After all, there are not many opportunities to look at this stunner so brightly.

"Very good." Adrian immediately shouted, waiting for the female assistant next to him to put the towel on Nicole for the first time. Adrian glanced at Cruz. He stood not far away and looked at Nicole on the set. There was a careless appearance on the surface, but the unhappiness in his eyes could still be seen.

"Let them come in and prepare for the second shot." After Cruise and Nicole both returned to the dressing room, Adrian said again, although he wanted to see her take it off again, but he also knew which was better. Heavy, let alone...

The following is the same type of lens, so the staff spent tens of minutes changing the bathroom into a bedroom and backed out again, followed by Cruz and Nicole, also wearing white towels, came out.

"I don't need to say anything more, then relax, as if at home." Adrian said so, and waved to prepare to start.

Second shot is naturally the screen where some shots were taken as posters. When the naked couple kissed and kissed in front of the dresser, the wife looked at the man in the mirror with a ghost.

As the sound of "n" sounded, the two people who removed the towel immediately stood at their positions. In order to relax the atmosphere of the studio, Adrian also found the songs used in the soundtrack to play on the spot. Nicole, who was holding earrings while facing the mirror, gently twisted her body with the music, and then Cruise came from behind to hug her and kissed.

Although you are naked, important parts are still covered. For example, Cruise wears special flesh-colored briefs underneath. Nicole is also underneath. It also has a very similar chest sticker on it. The next guarantee is not visible. After all, they should not be allowed to completely expose their bodies, even if this is a bit self-deceiving.

The most funny thing is that because of Cruz’s height, the prop team had to put a length of at least a few feet on the ground, otherwise he would be a little shorter than Nicole in the camera.

"Very good!" Adrian clapped his hands, and it was difficult to pass the shot once. The few people on the set were all relieved, so that today's progress is considered complete.

"Okay, after a few days of running-in, we should know each other's situation better, and hope that we can cooperate more smoothly and happily next." After sending the Cruz couple to the studio, Adrian said so.

"I think, yes." Cruz smiled, still perfunctory, Nicole seemed to want to say something, but when she hesitated, Adrian had already gone to the studio, as always when she was Is a passerby.

Looking at his back, Nicole bit her lips subconsciously, and Cruz called her a few times before reacting: "What?"

"What's wrong with you? Is there any problem?" Cruz looked at her displeasedly.

"No, it's nothing, I just..." Nicole took a deep breath and looked at the studio again, "I just don't like him."

"I don't like him either," Cruz seemed happy to say that. "But now he has to continue working with him. He still has some use after all, so don't worry about him-let's go."

Nicole gave Cruz a disappointed look, apparently he had already heard enough of his arrogant words, so he followed him without a word.

Adrian doesn't know this, even if he knows it, he won't take it seriously, because he knows something clearly. He had already prepared the lens for repeated shooting just now, but he didn't expect to pass it once. He was absolutely not waterproof. At least according to his standards, the lens was in place and the lens was pulled closer to the kiss. When they were married, the wife turned to look at the man in the mirror with some uneasiness and resistance.

It takes a good acting skills to show the feeling of being careless. It is still difficult for Nicole now, but she still did it, because although she looked at the mirror, she really got her eyes. But the Adrian in the mirror!

How come Adrian, who seems to care about her but doesn’t notice? It's really interesting, it can explain a lot of things.

"Mr. Adrian!" When he walked to the parking lot, the sound from a long distance interrupted thinking. Soon, a white man who was a little bit fatter and looked like he was about 40 years old wearing a baseball cap Appeared in front of me.

"Hello, Mr. Adrian, I am a reporter from the Los Angeles Times. My name is Jeff Harris. May I ask you a few questions?" Seeing that he stopped, the other party introduced himself immediately.

"I'm sorry, I don't accept any interviews now." Adrian smiled and shook his head, a few steps came to his car.

"Director Stanley Kubrick couldn't complete the new work after the stroke, so you took over, didn't you?" The other party seemed to hear nothing and continued to ask.

Adrian's body was paused, but he turned around and looked at him with a smile: "Sorry, where did you hear the news?"

"That means there is this thing? Is the movie you are making right now?" Although the pause was very short, the other party was a battle-hardened reporter after all. His eyes and ears, plus being prepared, naturally would not be unconscious, and immediately asked like a cannonball.

"Sorry, no comment." Adrian shrugged and followed her into the car, "I'm sorry, I'm going home, please don't delay me?"

Speaking of disregarding the other party’s yell, the car drove out of the parking lot, and took a long breath until it drove far away: “It’s a surprise that someone knows so quickly.”

Although Kubrick emphasized that no one can know that Adrian took over his new movie before production~IndoMTL.com~, after all, paper can’t cover the fire, there are so many people in a crew, and there are many people with different mouths. It's ok to want to keep the filming content secret, but it's not easy to keep who the film director is. What's more, the Cruz couple's invitation to star in Kubrick's new work is already a well-known thing in the circle, and it can be concluded after a little thought of the news.

The stroke old man also knows that this is impossible, so even if he insisted on this but did not write it in the contract, he probably hoped that the matter would be known by the media as soon as possible, otherwise he would not agree with the movie even if he was not satisfied Issuance, but fame still has to be affected.

The Warner side also knows that the news has been delayed the most. It’s impossible not to let people know, otherwise how could they agree? However, from the current situation, it is difficult to say whether the news was leaked by yourself or Warner deliberately spread it.

Adrian thought about it for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, but it was a matter of sooner or later. The impact was not big. As for the media's reaction, it would be known in a few days.

Yes, two days later the "Los Angeles Times" published such a title on the front page: the contest between the miracle director and the legendary director!