I’m in Hollywood

Hi, Tom, Eric greeted Hanks enthusiastically as soon as Hanks appeared in the studio, preferring the mild-tempered Hanks to Cruise, who has always been polite to each other .

Hi, Eric, am I late? Hanks stepped forward to hug Eric and asked.

Of course not, Eric nodded to Hanks' assistant, then turned to Hanks: It will take about fifteen minutes to set up the scene, and you can just take the opportunity to make up.

The two walked side by side to the dressing room. Hanks greeted the crew enthusiastically, looked around, and asked in a low voice curiously, Where's Cruise?

Maybe it's time to touch up your makeup, Eric said lightly. Hanks nodded and said nothing. After a few meetings before, Hanks didn't have a good impression of the actor with the same name as himself. , Cruise is too arrogant, even if he is polite to a person, it will make people feel a kind of charity.

Everyone on the set had already done the makeup process, so it didn't take long for Hanks to make up.

After the breakfast room scene was set up, photographer Nickel walked up to Eric, who was talking with Hanks and Cruise: Eric, you'd better come and take a look.

Eric apologized to the two superstars, got up and followed Nickel to a corner of the restaurant, where a camera was placed.

Eric, look here, there will be a quick panning shot later, but I can only operate the camera from this position, Nikkor demonstrated awkwardly once: Look, it's a bit difficult to operate this way. It’s big, it’s awkward, and it’s hard to grasp the strength.”

Although Eric is not as professional as Nikkor, he also knows a lot of shooting skills. He stepped forward and tried to operate the camera arm. It was really awkward, but the best operating position was occupied by the wall behind him.

Nichol, what do you mean? Eric let go of the camera, clapped his hands and asked.

I can only try a few times. The shooting angle of this position is the best. If it really doesn't work, and you want the best effect... Nickel pointed behind Eric: Then we can only use The wall is torn down.

Then try a few times first, Eric said. He didn't mind tearing down the wall. Anyway, this is a studio, not a location. Colombia will definitely cooperate, but it will at least waste another hour.

Okay, Nickel nodded, then let's get started.

There are three scenes in this small restaurant scene. In the first scene, the two are completely strangers eating breakfast. Of course, according to the plot, Andy has begun to pay attention to Sean at this time, but Sean is completely unaware of this. . In the second act, there will be a scene where the two rub shoulders. Andy left a tea coaster with a number 13 written on it to Sean. The third act is also the longest scene. Andy spent a minute to convince Sean, Let the police cooperate with him to arrest the villain, the bald monk, to avenge his father.

Attention to all personnel, Dark War Act 12, Scene 1, action!

Sean stared at the newspaper in front of him, eating cake, and when he heard the sound of the restaurant door being pushed open, he looked up naturally, and quickly turned his attention to the newspaper.

Good! Eric gave Hanks a thumbs up, followed by the scene where Cruise played Andy eating while staring at the TV overhead, which was completely indifferent to Cruise. Difficulty, Eric just gave Cruise a thumbs up.

In the original version of this scene, there will be three animation shots,

This should be an animation that Andy likes very much. Unfortunately, with only four weeks left to live, every time he sees the familiar picture, Andy will have a feeling of sadness that time is running out. It is also the reason why Andy is stunned every time he sees this scene.

And here, Eric doesn't plan to find a cartoon at random to make up the numbers. He plans to use the footage from Friends.

Although Friends only exists in Eric's plan now, Jeffrey will start preparing for Friends after the two films Cry on the Island and Scent of a Woman are on track. Now It's only April, and as long as the six protagonists can be identified, Eric has plenty of time to shoot a few classic scenes from Friends to add to the film.

The new film will feature a TV series directed by Eric Williams himself, which is a good stunt for film promotion, and at the same time promotes Friends, which is another win-win.

After the two shots were completed, the most difficult tossing shot soon began.

After the slate was laid, Eric stared at the monitor closely. Nikkor operated the camera to stay on Hanks' face for a second, and then began to swing rapidly. Eric clearly felt the difficulty and unevenness of the lens transition.

Although the final shot accurately stayed on Cruise's side face, Eric could only shout card.

Next, Nikkor tried six more times in a row, but all ended in failure. Eric knew the reason for the flaw in this shot, so he patiently let Nikkor try again and again.

But after the eleventh attempt failed, Cruise finally became impatient. He had eaten a lot of cream cakes in a row. He didn't understand that he felt that such a simple scene had to be tried so many times. When he was in place, Cruise stood up, glanced at Nikkor, whose forehead was covered in sweat, with some contempt, and said to Eric, Eric, maybe I can introduce you to a better photographer. .

Cruise didn't mean to lower his voice at all, and said this sentence in front of everyone, and the scene directly fell into embarrassment.

Because of his awkward posture, Nikkor performed the operation more than ten times in a row, and his waist started to hurt. He didn't expect that his efforts would get such an evaluation. It was difficult to do anything, and he could only stand there with a helpless expression on his face.

Many people in the crew were dissatisfied with Cruise's rude words. They have worked with Nickel for many years, and they are very aware of Nickel's strength.

Although they have just experienced more than ten consecutive failures, everyone has more or less understood the reason through the posture of Nikkor operating the camera, and patiently accompany Nikkor to try again and again.

Facing the gazes of everyone, Eric knew that this matter must be handled carefully, otherwise it would cause conflicts between the crew and the actors, but it was necessary to appease Cruise's emotions without causing dissatisfaction among the staff. Things are not easy.

After thinking for a while, Eric could only stand up and walk to the camera, patiently explaining to Cruise why this shot could fail so easily.

After listening to Eric's explanation, Cruise also realized that he had just wronged Nickel, shrugged his shoulders and gave the photographer a faint smile: I'm so sorry, then, let's continue.

After saying that, Cruise sat back in his seat again.

Eric patted Nickel on the shoulder soothingly, and said softly, After trying two or three times, if it doesn't work, the wall will be demolished.

Nickel knew that Eric could explain the reason to Cruise in person, and he was already very protective of himself, so he didn't mind Cruise's insincere apology, but nodded gratefully to Eric: I will try my best. of.

Although this small storm seems to have passed by, it is destined to leave some traces in the hearts of many people. Anyway, because of Cruise's series of movies, several crew members who had a great impression of him. No longer eager to show it.

Maybe it was luck, or it could be other reasons, the second time I started to try, this shot finally passed, when Eric shouted 'Good', many people couldn't help applauding, Nick Er also breathed a sigh of relief and shook his aching arm vigorously.

Next, the second scene where the two passed by easily passed, and finally came the first confrontation between Cruise and Hanks.

Hey, it's so early, Inspector? The girl in the restaurant greeted Sean warmly when she saw Sean who pushed the door in.

Yeah, made an appointment with a friend, Sean replied, walking towards the bar.

Andy stuffed the cakes in his mouth. Hearing Sean's words, he laughed with a smug expression on his face. It's really worth taking pride in playing around with Sean, the once-powerful police elite these days.

Sean came to Andy with a sullen face, and slapped the tea coaster with the number 13 on the bar.

Sit down, Andy said, putting down the glass.

Sean took out a photo from his suit pocket: You're pretty accurate, Mr. Zhang.

Checked it out? Andy turned his head.

You stole the gem and avenged your father, why did you ask me out?

I said, this game is going to be played for three days.

Sean nodded at the pocket on his chest that he used to hold his ID card: It's not you who decides now, I'm the police.

Clean up the warehouse, change the lamps...

After Cruise finished this line, Eric stopped.

That's it, Cruise, your smile needs to be a little more sarcastic, Eric walked up to Cruise first, offered his opinion, and at the same time grinned, wanting to do something for Cruise After a demonstration, I found that I didn't have the talent of Master Xu that can demonstrate everything to actors, so I could only be disappointed: Well, pause for two minutes, you can have a good time.

After explaining Cruise, Eric turned to Hanks again: Hanks, you are too embarrassed to hear Andy's ridicule, although you are embarrassed in your heart, but you also have your own self-esteem, so While embarrassed, you need to do some body language, like nodding, to hide your embarrassment.

Well, Eric, I'll think about it, Hanks nodded.