[American Entertainment] The road to becoming a god

【"What kind of person do you think the owner of this house is?" asked the decent-looking young man in a suit, asking the question to his companion.

"I don't know." The companion shrugged.He was the exact opposite of the young man, greasy and unshaven, looking like a loafing bum under a flyover.

The young man replied confidently: "You can tell from the mattress that only young people use this kind of mattress, and they must not be middle-aged people (near40)"]

"CUT! Stop, sorry, this is wrong." Nolan directly stopped the performance of the two people in front of him, he walked to the decent young man, that is, Gaspar, and said: "This is the third time, why is it still Can’t grasp the essentials, Gus? You know that when I shot this movie, it was almost a one-off to save money. Although the conditions have improved now, we can’t waste film like this.”

After finishing speaking, Nolan cleared his throat. He had given Gasper enough face. If he hadn't just suddenly remembered that Gasper was not only his actor but also the investor of the movie, he would have scolded him even more severely.

"Must remember, it's forty, not forty! Thank you. Now that we have decided to shoot with British pronunciation, we must do our best! You are an Englishman Garth now, change your playful and lovely American pronunciation! Thank you -Thanks!" Nolan stepped back behind the camera, adding a passing compliment to Affleck, "Excuse me—you did a great job in that part, keep it up—here we go again!"

Maybe it’s not easy to find his small habits as a British when we get along with each other, but during the filming process, especially when the actors did something that didn’t suit him, you can clearly hear it, Christopher Nolan almost "Sorry," "Forgiveness," "Thanks," or "No Offense" was added at the beginning or end of each sentence.

Of course, the British "no offense" means "I didn't mean to offend, but I'm going to start offending you next".

In a way, it's kind of cute.

But to Gaspar, he didn't feel cute at all, because the future big director didn't give him a chance to defend, rushed the two to the door, shouted "Action" again and started the camera.

then……

Gaspar uttered the word 'forty', which Nolan was not satisfied with, for the fourth time. This time it was not an American pronunciation, but more like the pronunciation of the British who were occupied by Germany after the defeat.

Nolan yelled almost frantically, "My God! Gaspar!"

It’s not just Nolan who is crazy, but also Gaspar. It’s not uncommon to reshoot a piece of content four times, but because of a forty, it’s reshot four times... Such a thing is in Gaspar’s limited acting. I have never encountered it in my career. Even Cameron, known as the studio tyrant, never asked him to retake because of a single word.

"Are you targeting me, Christopher." Naturally, Gaspar thought of such an explanation, he stepped out of the camera's safety frame and looked at the director, "Did I do something?"

Nolan: "I'm sorry, but how did you come to the conclusion that I'm targeting you?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Gaspar felt incredible, he looked at Nolan, then at Affleck, and finally at Nolan, "Even if you say that there is something wrong with my tone or demeanor during that whole line or, or Yes... I can accept anything else, but you actually said that I have a problem with the pronunciation of forty?"

Nolan also had the same unbelievable expression as Gaspar, "No offense, but—there is a problem with your pronunciation, can't I point it out as a director?" If there is any doubt, then we will shoot in American tone, I remember I discussed it with you three days ago, didn’t I? Sorry, Mr. Affleck, what do you think.”

"Oh, yeah, yes, for you, Ben," Gaspar walked towards Ben, "you said, my pronunciation of forty is so substandard that I need to retake it so many times?"

Ben waved his hands again and again, "Go ahead, between the two of you, don't involve me."

Nolan let Affleck go: "Sorry, I thought you should at least have some professional ethics as an actor Gaspar, if you change to another director and ask you to remake you will still yell at him like you are now ?"

"I'm not yelling," Gaspar said, raising his voice. "You're using your directorial position against me."

"In the name of God—" he said to Gaspar, "you've chosen to be an actor and not just an investor and you're going to listen to the director, which means me."

"But that's not for you to command indiscriminately," Gaspar gasped a little, he walked quickly to the kitchen to get a glass of water, and then returned with the glass to continue arguing with Nolan while drinking water, "It's like a piece of music How can a concert be good if you have near-perfect violinists and saxophonists, but the conductor always leads them in the wrong direction?"

"Nearly perfect? ​​Oh please, give me a break..." Nolan took a deep breath, and finally walked out from behind the camera, "They are right, they are indeed arrogant Americans, of course not you, Mr. Affleck."

Gaspar suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu, as if he had faced the unreasonable Adam at home, and he couldn't help pouring half a glass of water on the director's head, but of course he held back.

"Would you like some water?" Gaspar gestured to Nolan for the cup in his hand. He always chooses to end quarrels like this, which can be regarded as a concession in a certain sense.

Nolan walked over naturally, took Gasper's water glass and drank it in one gulp, "Thank you." He said, "But still—you have to get rid of that forty."

"Ofcourse." Gaspar switched to the aristocratic British accent that he learned from Hodge, and he snatched the empty glass from Nolan's hand. "Five minutes, give me five minutes, then We're coming back to remake that damn forty."

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In the end, Gaspar insisted on reshooting many times, and finally got Nolan's approval at No. 13. God knows he was so excited that he almost cried after hearing Nolan's "CUT, next one."

After winning this one, the subsequent shooting became extremely smooth. I don't know whether Nolan relaxed the requirements a little bit or Gaspar finally achieved it. Gaspar believed it was the latter.Although he has only known Nolan for a few days, he knows that Nolan is not the kind of person who compromises.

In the evening when they wrapped up their day of filming, Gaspar took Ben Affleck to the nearest plaza, which is a great place to hang out before nightfall (it's best not to wander the streets after nightfall, though Compared with the United States, there are fewer slums gathered here, but robbers and robbers are also indispensable)

Walking on the road, Affleck hugged Gasper's shoulders to comfort him, "Don't pay too much attention to Gasper, you have to know that making movies is indispensable."

"I know, thank you, Ben." Gaspar replied, "I shouldn't have quarreled with him," he said regretfully, "He's right, I'm a little sorry for my career."

Affleck: "I don't think he would mind too much. Mr. Nolan is a very thoughtful director. Matt and I are also preparing to write the script. Occasionally we will fantasize about what it looks like on the set, so I can understand him."

"Indeed, I supported him with the small amount of money just because I was optimistic about him." Gaspar said, and then half-jokingly said: "Maybe I should apologize to him after I go back? Who knows When he becomes famous in the future, can he fall in love with me, right?"

This statement may be true. Affleck believes that Gaspar actually took advantage of this filming. Nolan's script is really wonderful, which is why he chose to take only [-] US dollars to participate in the performance.

Affleck thought, when this movie is released, Nolan will definitely become the kind of director that producers are vying for—a director who can perfectly combine business and art, and use his unique narrative technique to illustrate, disrupted The chronological order forms a wonderful closed loop at the end, which makes people unable to bear the aftertaste.

If that's the case, Gaspar has hit the jackpot.Ben Affleck quietly looked at the friend beside him, and found that the other party was lowering his head slightly, staring at the tip of his shoe or the gravel on the ground, looking thoughtful.Gaspar is very keen, and he is not the only one who discovered Nolan's talent. It is reasonable to guess that Gaspar's investment in Nolan is not entirely due to luck or blind trust.

Ben asked from the bottom of his heart, what are you thinking, Gaspar?

What Gaspar was thinking was actually very simple. He was passionately guessing the prize with his agent in his mind. His thinking was too complicated.

Gaspar: 【What kind of award do you think I can win with this movie? Is it possible for an Oscar? 】

[Don't dream, Gus, it would be great if you can be shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards, and there is a high probability that it will be the director award and screenwriter award. All your superb acting skills come from a good script. 】Joe poured cold water on Gaspar without hesitation,【But Cannes is still very promising. ] After a pause, he added another sentence, 【Maybe Venice should be added. 】

【Oh no, I thought I could get a little actor or something with this. ] Gaspar pretended to lower the corner of his mouth, 【In the end, he was working for Chris. 】(Joe os: When did you become Chris?)

[Don't even think about it, you are not even the protagonist in this movie. 】Joe hit the nail on the head, 【But you have other films that can win awards, don't you remember "Bird Street Island", this film will definitely attract attention when it gets the Berlin Film Festival, and although you can't say for sure that you will win the award , but will definitely be nominated. 】

[There is no need to bring up such a certain thing, of course I know. ] Gaspar said, 【Let's get back to "Following", is there any good news to heal my heart that was destroyed by Chris-give me a bigger number, please? 】

Qiao sneered, 【You'd better hold on, the system preliminarily calculated that the rewards after the release of this movie will be terrible. 】

Gaspar: [I'm ready, use the box office to kill me... How much? 】

[Twenty-five million. ] Joe said, 【dollars. 】

Even though Gaspar had made enough preparations, his feet were still weak.

Ben beside him quickly supported him, "How are you, Gasper?" He asked with concern.

Gaspar tried not to show it in front of Ben, but it turned out to be a strange mixture of crying and laughing and more emotions. "I'm fine, Ben," he said.

Counting all the shooting costs, plus post-production and necessary publicity in the future, the full cost is 20 pounds and a discount of 28 U.S. dollars, and the final box office of such a movie will reach 2500 million U.S. dollars, which is nearly 90 times higher. It won't be soft.

As the sky gradually darkened, the two returned to the hotel with their own concerns (Gaspar took Ben to find a hotel near the shooting location)

Gaspar: What if I regret that I promised Nolan 30.00% and Ben 10% of the box office dividend?

Ben: Isn't the kid mad at Nolan's high demands?

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Changed the cover, hehe