Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Mikey eventually gave up on killing Nana Snake.

Because when Sammy was chatting with him about the crew, he casually said, "I'm afraid one snake is not enough for filming. I have to find (beast trainer) Wells to coordinate and find more snakes to shoot together." .After all, "snake horror movies, you must not let those intensive phobias go easily, hehehe".

Consider that killing one nana snake, there will be an infinite number of subsequent snakes.

The arrogant flame dragon had no choice but to reluctantly tolerate such a low-level creature with no intelligence and only instinct, and continued to survive in its temporary territory, and stayed with its own humans.

But other snakes...

Even though he is a minor, Mai Qi is still a dragon and thinks in his heart: 'I have to swear an oath of sovereignty and mark the territory. '

And so Wells, the animal trainer, faced the most baffling puzzle of his career.

It's not that it's not smooth, but...it's too smooth.

It went so well that it was a little surreal!

The dozens of snakes he brought were as obedient as dogs in front of the director of the crew, and they would never crawl south if they were told to walk east!What's more, it can also line up the queue neatly. It doesn't look like a group of snakes, but like a bundle of ropes that can be manipulated by others.

The animal trainer Wells was really confused: "What the hell is going on!"

At this time, Sami naturally brought out the "Dragon Slaying Warrior" again, blowing a wave for himself.

"This is ridiculous, I don't believe it!" Wells' first reaction was this.

But when his eyes fell on those well-behaved snakes who were still queuing up, he hesitated again: "... Could it be true?"

(Mike: Human! Alas, another flicker!)

In short, such a coincidence.

Sami's nickname of "Dragon Slayer Warrior" can be regarded as famous in a small circle.

However, Mai Qi, the real behind-the-scenes manipulator, didn't show up. He just stood behind his own humans and said nothing.

He recently ended his busy cover magazine career, and is still waiting for a new job, and during the idle time waiting in the middle, he habitually ran after his human beings.

As always, he loved being on set with Sammy.

When there is nothing to do like this, I can watch Sami filming while eating bread while standing next to him, and I have a good appetite.

Wait until I hear Sami and others playing 'Dragon Slaying Warrior' again...

He raised his head helplessly and smiled rather kindly.

Normally, animal actors and child actors are the two most difficult factors to control.

Among them, animal actors are a hundred times more troublesome than child actors, because the latter can still understand human speech if they explain carefully; while the former, in many cases, it takes a week or two just to make animals understand commands .Not to mention the question of whether they are willing to do it after they understand it.Even with the help of an animal trainer, this process is very laborious, time-consuming and lengthy.

But with a giant dragon sitting in town...

For Sammy and his amazing crew, the most difficult animal actor is a problem that they never have to worry about.

The snake group, which has always been difficult to tame and has no obedience, completely succumbed to the power of a certain underage fire dragon.

So, let them do whatever they want, pose whatever they want, they are very obedient.

and……

There is no need for the animal trainer to bother in the whole process!

Director Sami with a giant dragon standing behind him, every time he gave an order, they all scrambled to stretch their snake bodies in front of the camera, and they were also actively and conscientiously trying to do something else...

Anyway, they just want to be a hardworking and useful snake, so as not to be caught and eaten by a dragon boss who thinks it is useless.

In contrast, human actors are very disappointing.

(presumably no death threats).

For example, that Wolfe...

One of his scenes has been NG almost twenty times!

Sammy had to call someone over again to talk.

According to his usual habit, he first reminded gently: "Wolf, do you know? You are playing a villain."

Wolfe, who had been expelled once, dared not listen to the director seriously this time.

Afraid that Sammy would get angry again, he hurriedly defended and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I know, so I have tried my best to show the evil and scary side of the character..."

"That's right, it's acting evil, and it's good that you can take the initiative to think about it. But in fact..."

Sammy said patiently, "You don't need to be so evil."

"...I don't understand, am I not a villain?"

Wolfe asked in a complete daze: "What kind of villain is he who is not evil? Or is this character hiding the plot?".

"Evil can only be said to be a setting of Stry's character, and it does not represent everything about the character. Therefore, when you play the role, you don't need to think that you are a bad guy; I'm a bad guy' signal." Sammy uttered this puzzling remark like a tongue twister.

Wolfe obviously couldn't understand this passage: "What does it mean to think that I am not a bad person, I act as a bad person!"

He seemed to be getting more confused, but he didn't dare to continue asking.

Seeing this, Sami had no choice but to say, "Well, let's try again."

But having said that, he didn't think in his heart that Wolfe would have an immediate epiphany this time and shoot the scene right away.

Sure enough, Wolf did work harder.

He recited his lines viciously, his movements were particularly strong, and his expression became more ferocious. He tried his best to show a scary villain face, but he couldn't do it at all. At the end, he only felt that this person was stern and bluffing.

It was certainly not the kind Sammy wanted.

So, he had to call a timeout again.

Wolfe looked at him incredulously.

But this time, Sami didn't talk to him directly, but stared at the screen, turning over and over to watch the clip just shot and thinking.

Strange to say.

He is obviously a short man with a round face, but he is particularly imposing at work. Every time he keeps a straight face and doesn't say a word, he is a little scary.

Wolfe, who was waiting on the sidelines, was just standing by and waiting, but the more he waited, the more nervous he became.

After all, it's been less than a month since the start-up, so it's still time to change actors.Therefore, he was particularly worried that he would be fired if he failed to shoot well, and he couldn't help thinking: "Should I... um, hug my thigh again? It's just the same trick, and I don't know if it will work if I use it again... "

Fortunately, Sammy is not a particularly harsh person.

When an actor has a problem, what he always thinks about is 'how can I help him get into the state' instead of 'forget it, fire him and replace him with a new one'.

So, it's the same this time.

He quickly helped Wolfe think of a new way.

This new method is somewhat similar to that of Bang Nali.

But Nali can only be regarded as empathy that time, she processed the similar emotions she had about other things, and then transferred them to the character; while Wolf this time, it can be called an impression, using the memories from the past An impression event to stimulate his ability to express the character.

So, he called Wolf over again, and instead of speaking directly, he pulled him to a more remote corner.

Under Wolfe's puzzled, nervous, and helpless gaze...

Sammy fixed his eyes on the other party first, and then asked a question softly: "Have you ever snatched the role of a friend before?"

The impression of 'grabbing the role' undoubtedly immediately evokes some distant memories of Wolff.

His eyes wandered for a moment, but he didn't answer directly, but asked in a low voice: "Did someone tell you anything, director?"

But the next moment, without waiting for Sammy to say anything...

Wolfe quickly restrained all the wandering expressions, and re-answered firmly: "No! Absolutely not! Director, trust me, don't listen to other people's nonsense, that group of people just don't like people. I didn't take the role , if there is, it's just fair competition. Before signing the contract, as long as you are an actor, everyone can fight for it. My acting skills are better, and other people's skills are not as good as others... don't blame me!"

After a few seconds of silence, Sammy applauded him.

Then, I told him happily: "Remember this sense of righteousness, go and act!"

Wolff suddenly realized.

Then, he was very embarrassed: "..."

but after here,

He did find the right feeling, and his interpretation of his lines became candid, direct, emotional, and, enough, shameless.

This is good!

Many actors can't let go when they play villains.

On the one hand, due to the strong constraints of one's own education and moral values, one cannot recognize the character's behavior, so the acting will naturally be very blunt;

On the other hand, he is too concerned about his own image and always does not want to offend the audience.Even if you are acting as a villain, you will try to show the audience a flattering message of 'I am actually a good person, and I hate this character myself' during the acting process.In this way, the villain will definitely be played in a nondescript manner.

Wolfe takes full advantage of both.

The former is because he has many small problems, but he can’t be called a big villain. At most, he engages in crowding out, malicious competition, bullying the weak and fearing the strong. The latter is simpler, a guy who is single-minded, even when he is acting as a villain, subconsciously does not want to offend the audience, no matter how hideous his appearance is, he wants to pretend to be a good person inside.

There is no need for this.

Villains are villains.

Moreover, not all bad guys will have a heart of repentance, and some bad guys always feel that they are right.

In this film, Mr. Stry, the consultant of the botanical garden, is a hopeless character who "even though he directly or indirectly killed many people, he still thinks that he is not at fault when he is close to death".

But maybe...

This unrepentant attitude is part of the charm of the character.

But Wolfe didn't quite get it.

However, this time he learned the lesson from last time and was surprisingly obedient.Seeing that Sami ordered like this, he worked hard in this direction without any objection.

Maybe there is no other way to 'be popular'.

Therefore, he who is temporarily unemployed is tantamount to pinning all his hopes on this movie and following the director with all his might.

For the sake of the excitement of the film, Sammy naturally couldn't ignore the characters.

So, in the end, almost every movement, every expression, and every subtle change of emotion of the character of Stry was designed by him first, and then he tried to explain it to Wolfe as plainly as possible. , is Wolfe's laborious deduction process.

In this way, if Wolfe hadn't insisted on it.

Sammy didn't want to do this, because it would deprive the actors of their autonomy and self-expression.

But Wolf himself didn't care.

He just wants to firmly grasp the opportunity, the only opportunity at present, and work hard to climb up, no matter what the method is!

Anyway, whether it's my acting skills are good enough, or I hold the director's thigh tightly enough!

He only wants the final success.