Hollywood Director 1992

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As changes were happening in Hollywood, Link brought the \\"The Sixth Sense\\" crew to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the East Coast, for filming.

The reason for choosing to film here is that Philadelphia's history seems older than other cities, with many older buildings, a tranquil environment, and high vegetation coverage, making it suitable for filming supernatural movies.

This year, \\"Philadelphia\\", which won Tom Hanks the Academy Award for Best Actor, was also filmed here.

However, when the crew started, Tom Hanks was still researching how to be a good psychiatrist and had not joined the crew, so Link was unable to appreciate his expression of revisiting an old place.

"Scene 1, Take 1, Begin!"

With the male lead Tom Hanks absent, the crew first filmed the scenes of the little boy Cole, a role played by child star Haley Joel Osment.

Haley is 7 years old this year, two years younger than required in the script, and previously played Forrest Gump's son in \\"Forrest Gump.\\"

In the past two years, he has grown a lot and looks like a little adult, more mature than his peers.

He is beautiful and cute in appearance, and his acting is very spiritual, which is also the reason why the crew lowered the age standard to choose him.

The actress playing Cole's mother is Holly Hunter, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress earlier this year for \\"The Piano.\\" The mother figure she played in \\"The Piano\\" is very full and well-suited for this role.

The role of the female second lead, the doctor's wife, is played by Diane Lane.

She performed well during the audition, and since she is a friend of Jodie Foster and Michelle Pfeiffer, Link named her in the final round.

After the movie officially started filming, her performance was good, and it can be considered that she did not disappoint Link's expectations.

\\"The Sixth Sense\\" began filming in early October. Since the early stages mainly involved filming the scenes of the little boy Cole, the filming progress was relatively slow, with only two or three shots filmed each day. The rest of the time was spent chatting with the little guy, telling him stories, instructing him on how to film, and helping him get into the swing of things.

Fortunately, Haley has a high talent for acting, and he can quickly perform many scenes as long as he is patiently explained a few times.

\\"Mommy, what are you thinking about?\\"

In the dining room, little Cole looked up at his mother, Lynn Sear, just after Mrs. Sear left the dining room for less than 10 seconds. When she returned to the dining room, she found that all the drawers and cabinet doors in the dining room were open. Some of the doors were more than one meter from the ground, while little Cole was only one meter tall, making it impossible for him to do these things in a short 10 seconds, but he was the only one in the dining room.

Mrs. Sear screamed in fright when she saw the scene in the dining room.

\\"Lots of things.\\"

Mrs. Sear said, standing in front of the dining table.

\\"Do you think I'm bad?\\"

Little Cole asked.

\\"Hey, look at me!\\"

Mrs. Sear bent down and leaned on the dining table, looking into little Cole's eyes, \\"I will never think you are bad, understand?\\"

\\"Understand!\\"

Cole nodded.

Link looked at the set of shots again. There were a few problems. He walked to the dining table and chatted with the little actor Haley Joel Osment, telling him that he did a good job, and that a few places needed to be adjusted slightly to perform better.

Little Haley's father, Eugene Osment, is also a professional actor, as well as Haley's agent and acting teacher.

Sometimes little Haley's father would also give guidance from the side, telling him how to act.

When filming for the second time, Haley performed much better. Although there were still some small problems, he was not prepared to interfere too much.

In order not to destroy the spirituality presented by the little actor in his performance, some places can be freely expressed, without excessively forcing him to follow the script setting.

While Link was filming in Philadelphia, many negative comments about him appeared in the media.

Some media accused him of filming other movies while preparing for the \\"Batman\\" sequel project, believing that he was not serious and was half-hearted, and that it was possible that neither movie would be filmed well.

Some media also claimed that Warner Bros. executives were dissatisfied with Link's approach and were preparing to replace the director.

Link and Warner Bros. did not respond to these reports.

Because there was no need.

In early November, after completing the project budget, Warner Bros. transferred the first filming fund of $55 million to the project account.

The preparation work for the \\"Batman\\" sequel also proceeded smoothly.

Under Link's instructions, the props team, costume design team, modelers, set designers, sculptors, etc. began to work, creating the props needed in the movie according to his design, and building \\"Batman\\" filming sets in New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, and other places.

At the same time, the crew also began casting.

It was finally determined that Gary Oldman would play 'Two-Face.' He previously played Dracula in \\"Bram Stoker's Dracula\\" and the corrupt cop Stansfield in \\"Léon: The Professional,\\" with superb acting skills.

Jim Carrey plays 'The Riddler.' This role was designed for Jim Carrey, and it is most suitable for him to play it.

Nicole Kidman plays Dr. Chase Meridian. Originally, this role was to be played by Monica Bellucci, but Monica did not want to play such a vase role, and she also had better roles in hand, so this role fell to Nicole Kidman.

Michael Caine plays the butler. He was also the butler in Nolan's Batman trilogy, 61 years old this year, with superb acting skills, and is most suitable for playing the old butler.

Ryan Phillippe plays Robin. He looks sunny and handsome, and is not very old, which fits the setting of 'Robin.'

Drew Barrymore plays the villain's female assistant, Sugar.

Michelle Pfeiffer continues to play Catwoman in the Batman sequel.

Action direction is handled by Yuen Woo-ping.

And the male lead, Batman, is played by Ben Affleck.

During the audition process, the crew considered many male stars, including the actor Daniel Day-Lewis, the rising star Brad Pitt, Matthew McConaughey, Val Kilmer, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and others.

Among these people, some have superb acting skills, some are famous, some have excellent appearances, and some are good at action scenes.

But in comprehensive comparison, they are all inferior to Ben Affleck.

Ben Affleck's appearance is not bad, with a height of 191 cm, which fits the tall and handsome setting of Batman. After \\"Seven\\" became popular, Ben Affleck's fame soared and he became a first-line male star in Hollywood, with a certain box office appeal.

Also, Ben often has a cold face and is expressionless when performing, which also fits the setting of Batman.

Finally, considering that Ben Affleck's performance as Batman in the later \\"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice\\" was not bad, he is considered to be the most popular Batman after Christian Bale.

With no mistakes, one first release!

After Link looked at the information of several auditioning actors, he approved this role.

In fact, he also thought about inviting Christian Bale to play Batman, but the other party was still developing in the UK, a newly debuted second-tier actor with insufficient acting skills and box office appeal.

Under this circumstance, he can only choose Ben Affleck.

"Link, thank you! Thank you for giving me this role. Don't worry, I will definitely play this role well and strive to make our version of Batman the most classic one."

After receiving the crew's notification, Ben Affleck excitedly called to thank him and made bold remarks.

Link shook his head, "Don't be too happy too early. After the casting is over, the crew will give you special training, practicing fighting, martial arts, boxing, etc. If you can't persist, the crew will consider replacing you."

"Haha, don't worry Link, I won't give up even if I die on the training ground."

Ben Affleck patted his chest and said.

"In addition, your body is too thin. During the training period, you need to increase muscle, with obvious muscle contours on your body, the stronger the better."

"Haha, no problem, no problem at all, I will definitely work hard to train and grow muscles. The next time you see me, my figure is guaranteed to be not much worse than a bodybuilder."

"I hope you can do it."

Link hung up the phone.

"Yeah!"

Affleck clenched his fists and shouted excitedly.

"Ben, did Link really let you play Batman?\\"

In the villa, Casey Affleck, Joaquin Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix asked curiously.

"Of course, I am now Link's favorite actor, and it is normal for him to use me as Batman."

Ben Affleck grinned, smiling very proudly.

"Shouldn't it be? According to Sophia, you performed very poorly in the crew, and you always dragged the crew down during filming. Link had to repeatedly instruct you before you could perform. Sophia said that Link was almost annoyed to death by you. How could he give such an important role as Batman to you?\\"

Casey Affleck teased.

"Humph! Don't listen to that girl Sophia Coppola's nonsense. She doesn't understand the friendship between us men. Link and I are not only good partners, but also good friends. He told me personally that I am the actor with the greatest potential among all the actors he has worked with. If he doesn't think highly of me, would he say such a thing?\\"

"Link has said this to many actors, some with the greatest potential, some with the highest talent, some with the most spirituality, etc. There is no need to take such praise too seriously."

Joaquin Phoenix curled his lips.

"You are jealous. I'm in a good mood, so I won't bother with you."

Ben Affleck smiled and looked at Matt Damon, who was silent, "Hey, Matt, relax a little bit, don't have too much pressure. Although I have become a big star, I am still your friend. I am not the kind of person who doesn't recognize friends after becoming famous."

Matt Damon glanced at him, "The person who should be under pressure is you. Batman is a superhero and has many fans. If you don't perform well and the audience is not satisfied, don't blame me for not recognizing you as a friend at the premiere ceremony."

"Hum hum, don't worry, I can definitely play Batman well."

Ben Affleck was quite happy at first, but after hearing Matt's warning, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure on his body.

"Batman" appeared in comics in the 1930s and was very popular as soon as it was launched, with a large number of fans all over the United States and the world.

Later, it was made into a movie and achieved very good results, making Batman a classic screen image comparable to Superman. If he ruined this role, the consequences would be very serious.

Ben Affleck didn't dare to continue showing off, and quickly found the script to study carefully.