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From the signing of the contract, to the Marine Corps barracks for special training.

Nicolas Cage has been growing his hair and beard on purpose, and he has also carried out regular weight gain and exercise at the same time.

He has gained more than 10 pounds of muscle since the beginning, his skin is a little darker, and he looks very lean.

These changes and efforts in appearance are naturally aimed at better performing the image and temperament of the character Sergeant.

After being dressed up by a make-up artist, his face was black, and the clothes he was wearing were old and sloppy.

Messy and greasy hair, dark but spirited face, this is the new look of Nicolas Cage, and it looks pretty good.

But before filming for a while, he was called to stop.

The sun was shining, and it was at two or three o'clock in the hottest afternoon of the day. Nicolas Cage was wearing a thick tank combat uniform and was fully armed. After a while, he felt hot steam from his whole body, and the sweat on his forehead was even worse. Tick ​​tock like a light rain.

Of course, he wasn't alone in the heat, and the brothers in the tank were no better than him.

Sitting in an iron melting pot, that feeling, experience it yourself.

Then go through it again, and be careful this time.

Nicolas Cage watched Lehman finish his instructions and then returned behind the monitor.

The soldier responsible for driving the Fury tank sat back in the driving seat and began to control the return to the original position where he first entered the field.

Rearrange the set and start over in ten minutes, Lyman shouted after returning to the monitor, picking up the megaphone.

Under the leadership of the crew members, the scenes and group performances that have just been experienced began to stand again.

Alas, there is no way, I made a mistake the first time I started filming, Lehman was drinking water, thinking a little depressingly.

It's not that the actors have a problem, it's not a set problem, or a series of problems such as props, group performances, and scheduling. Instead, it's a problem with the service soldiers driving the tanks. .

But there is no way, it should come.

After all, the only soldiers who can drive tanks are these soldiers who are supported by the tank unit. Otherwise, Trini Garcia can't be allowed to drive.

Trini Garcia is the actor who is responsible for driving the tank in the movie. However, he only needs to show his face before asking him to sit in the driver's seat and pose. The rest are soldiers driving on his behalf. Similarly, when firing artillery, There are also special people to act as substitutes.

After all, it's a war movie, but you can't really ask a few actors to settle a Sherman tank.

After 10 minutes, filming started quickly.

The military vehicle roared into the camp, a tank followed, and he opened his mouth. Nicolas Cage sat on the top of the tank outside with half of his buttocks, his eyes were looking around, but his expression was very calm, with blood-stained clothes, Inexplicably exuding a heavy atmosphere.

Lyman stared closely at the picture sent back by the monitor. When the No. 2 camera on the high-speed rail in the center of the camp captured the image of the Furious tank parked in an open space, Nicolas Cage jumped and landed smoothly. , his face was still expressionless, but his eyes began to sharpen...

Cut— Lyman nodded with satisfaction, and continued to pick up the speaker and shouted: This one is over, transition, and prepare to shoot the next one.

The scenes that have just been carefully planned are often just for the purpose of shooting these minutes or even seconds. After Lyman ordered, the crew began to get busy again.

While the sun was still plentiful, the studio crews packed up the venue for filming as quickly as possible, and immediately rushed to the other side of the camp to prepare for the scenes reported by the captives and recruit Norman.

The set team, the props team, and the photographers and field managers were leading people to make the final arrangements. The actors who had just finished filming hurried out of the tank and went to the awning to rest for a while.

Some of them were busy drinking water, others were busy blowing air and taking off their clothes. Several naked big men were sitting on chairs, each cooling off.

Heath Ledger, who was waiting on the side, hurried into the vanity car and began to figure out his image and change his clothes. He just didn't have a role, and this scene only needs him to play.

The scene was arranged quickly, and Lehman greeted Nicholas Cage and others a few times, and then he was busy explaining to the crew a few things that need to be paid attention to when shooting the next scene. The photography, lighting and other departments also started busy according to the pre-drawn sub-lens effect script.

Everything was only going on in an orderly manner, and when the makeup assistant came over to inform him that it was done, Lehman took the time to tell Heath Ledger in the makeup car a few words.

Norman is a signal trooper, and he has not been in the army for a long time, and he has never been in front of the battlefield... Lyman said succinctly: He is a young man, but he is not timid.

I understand. Heath Ledger had just put on makeup at this time, wearing a big dog hat on his head and a camping bag on his back, looking rather silly.

Take out the good state you were in when you auditioned, and try to have a one-time pass.

I will.

Just as he was about to say a few more words, Ryan ran over to remind him, Lyman, you're almost ready, you can shoot.

Okay. He turned around and said to Ryan, then turned to Heath Ledger and said, Get ready, it's about to start.

The three walked towards the arranged venue, and Lehmann began to carefully examine the situation of the set planning.

After confirming that there is no problem, I found Sandy, who was communicating with the group actors who played the captives and the identities of several allies.

Hey man, how's it going?

Don't worry, it's alright. Sandy patted his chest and said.

In the following scene, several Allied soldiers were beating up German prisoners, which happened to be seen by the commander and Norman who needed to fill up.

Just now Sandy also instructed several group performers who played the batterer and those who were beaten, and they all closed their hands to each other.

To do it, it feels like a real beating, but in fact the person being beaten doesn't feel much pain.

This is also a skill, and it requires a tacit cooperation between the two groups.

Of course, no matter how hard you try to fake a fight, you will still use your strength, and if you use your strength, you will inevitably suffer a little skin trauma.

Therefore, the salary of the group performer who was beaten as a prisoner will be doubled for today, which can be regarded as compensation in disguise.

In fact, many war dramas like to talk about how to treat prisoners preferentially, but Lehman is different, it is to make this scene more recognized by the audience.

After all, the two sides had just fought a battle, and the Allied troops did not know how many casualties were lost, so how could they treat the prisoners fairly and kindly.

If you are captured, they will show mercy if they don't kill you.

Still preferential treatment, who will treat the enemy preferentially, sage?

After instructing this side, Lyman saw that Heath Ledger had already stood up.

The temperament on his body also showed a sense of immaturity, his eyes looked left and right, his hands tightly grasped the strap of the camping bag on his shoulders, and there was no calm demeanor.

With a thumbs forward, to indicate that he did a good job, Lehman turned back to the monitor and gestured to the field recorder on the side with his eyes.

— With a crisp sound of the slate colliding with each other, the shooting began.

A mud-stained truck was firmly parked, the door was pushed open from the inside, and a man dressed as an officer got out first, followed by Norman, a recruit played by Heath Ledger. , jumped down.

Thomas immediately turned the camera around and gave Heath Ledger a full-body close-up of the front.

His clothes are very clean, the steel helmet on his head seems to be covering his head a little out of time, a large bag of the same height is slung over his shoulders, and he wears gloves on his hands. A temperament that is out of tune with the surrounding environment.

It was as if a husky was mixed in with the wolves.

The commander on the other side, who got out of the car long ago, patted Heath Ledger on the shoulder and said, Come with me, I will take you to your commander, and you will listen to him in the future.

Oh, I see. Heath Ledger, who was photographed with a slightly unstable posture, responded quickly, but his eyes were still wandering around.

The two began to walk along the flat ground in front to the depths of the camp. From time to time, soldiers stopped and greeted the commander comrade.

When they approached the southeast corner of the camp, they encountered three Allied soldiers escorting the newly captured German soldiers to the direction of the prisoner of war camp.

The three Allied soldiers scolded, occasionally beating the staggering German prisoner in front of them with their fists or the butts of their guns.

The German prisoner was hit hard by one of the soldiers and fell to the ground.

The three Allied soldiers still didn't give up, kicked a few more times and vented their anger, and then dragged the German prisoners forward like a dead dog.

This scene was clearly seen by the commander and Norman standing aside.

But the commander just smiled, without any intention of stepping forward to persuade him.

It wasn't until the figures of these people disappeared that Comrade Commander greeted Norman to meet his superior as if he had watched a good show.

Along the way, Norman was very silent, didn't speak, just followed in such a slow manner.

Perhaps the scene I just saw was the most real battlefield, and it also made the signal soldier, who had never been in contact with the front-line troops, genuinely nervous.

He didn't know, he didn't know what else was waiting for him ahead.

What will be his fate?

He was just a student who was about to go to college. His family was in poor conditions and was broken, so he joined the army.

Originally, with a little culture, he became a correspondent and dealt with the code every day, but he didn't have to go to the front line.

However, because the German army vowed not to surrender, it became more and more crazy in the hinterland of its own country.

As a last resort, in order to complete the strategic goals and replenish the fresh blood of the troops, people like him were also incorporated into the front-line troops.

What will the future be like? Norman didn't know, he was always lost.