Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 486 Cannes

The reason why it took four months or even longer to shoot here is not only because of the Battle of Helm's Deep, the props team also built the Black Gate of Mordor,

One of the two major battles in the third installment, The Return of the King, will also be filmed here.Of course, the Helm's Deep scene is the most important, taking up about 60% to 70% of the time.

Peter spent a lot of time recruiting hundreds of extras to help out. Fortunately, if he was assigned to be a human or an elf, it would take a lot of time to put on makeup every day if he was a half-orc.However, most of these recruited extras are fans of "The Lord of the Rings". Not only do they not find it troublesome, but they are also very enthusiastic. Under Peter's command, they performed quite impressively.Even if there are a few scene-stealers, as long as it doesn't affect the shooting effect, it doesn't hurt too much.

However, there are pros and cons to everything. After only seven or eight days of filming in Helm's Deep, rumors began to spread on the Internet that Miss Genius played the role of Legolas, the elf prince of the Dark Forest in "The Lord of the Rings"!Needless to say, the person who broke the news must be one of the extras. Fortunately, the mobile phone camera technology is not yet mature, otherwise the photos must have been posted on the Internet early.

This news naturally poured oil on the debate that was already about to subside, but this time is different from the last time, except for a few diehards who completely opposed making the novel into a movie, most of the previous objections believed that Angela was not The right people began to wait and see.After all, under the influence of "Rhode Island", many people have also accepted the perception that elves should be handsome and beautiful. In this way, it is not unacceptable for Angela to play a male role. It would be better if there are one or two stills .

It's a pity that the guy who broke the news at the beginning never showed up on the Internet after releasing the news. According to the gossip circulating, he was being hunted down by director Peter Jackson because he leaked the secrets of the crew.On the other hand, Angela's fans used a few close-ups to release pictures modified with Photoshop after a heated discussion, but they didn't form a unified understanding.As a result, the public increasingly wants to know more about the situation.

This is of course impossible. After the news broke on the Internet, Peter immediately summoned the extras angrily and severely reprimanded them.It's no wonder that although the reporters who wanted to spy on the intelligence were elusive, and some even went to the quarry in the suburbs, Peter firmly blocked them from the set.However, the secrecy has been ruined by a few extras, how could it not be angry.

Fortunately, Angela was extra careful and told him to be careful with the camera, so Peter's extra contract stipulated that he was not allowed to carry a camera during filming, otherwise it is uncertain what will happen now.

After strictly demanding extras, Peter said a lot of nonsense from "extras should also have professional qualities" to "be worthy of this great novel" before giving up.I don't know if his preaching worked or something else. In short, the guy who broke the news did not appear on the Internet again, and the people who were looking forward to it basically waited in vain.It is also because there are no pictures as direct evidence, whether it is Xinxian or Angela is still vague, anyway, as long as the checkpoints of the studio are not leaked, the enthusiasm of the public will cool down in a short time, and then...

After temporarily quelling the incident, the crew continued to shoot the war scenes.Even if Peter's scheduling is as good as it gets, even if Angela is protected as the only woman in this part of the war scene - Mirandao has already finished filming before the scene as Eowyn in Helm's Deep, and The Battle of Pelenno Plains will have to wait until the second half of the year-injuries are still unavoidable.

"Come a doctor, someone here is injured!" Vigo on the city wall shouted down.

"Okay, Vigo, it's just a little injury, it's nothing serious." Angela, who was sitting on the steps holding her left elbow, wanted to stop him from shouting. Such small bumps and injuries have been happening every day recently, and it's really not good. Worth the fuss.

It’s just that after the elbow hit the wall hard this time, I don’t know if it was scratched or something. It was nothing at first, but as the filming continued, blood seeped out of the costume, and it was discovered by the careful Vigo, So there was this scene.

Soon, several doctors who followed the crew ran up the city wall with their medicine boxes. They were startled when they saw it. After rolling up the sleeves of their costumes, a wound of about 1 inch was immediately exposed. The skin and The clothes were stained with blood.

"Miss Angela, let's go downstairs and get bandaged." After the assistant came over and said a few words, a doctor said to Angela.Of course Angela knew what Peter, who was watching the filming below, was thinking. She shook her head, then shrugged and followed the doctor down the city wall.

Sure enough, as soon as she left the camera range, the "soldiers" immediately began to move under the command of the staff, and Peter didn't let go of a second.But to Angela's surprise, the first thing he said when he took the time to look at himself was: "Next, you can rest for two days."

Angela, who was so irritated by the doctors' use of alcohol to disinfect the wound, couldn't help but froze. Although she gasped again immediately, she asked vaguely, "What's the matter, do I have any problems with acting?"

"No, no, no, you've done a good job and are very attentive." Peter's fluffy head shook like a rattle.What he said was sincere. During this period of time, Angela took part in all the action scenes in person, otherwise she would not have suffered minor injuries often. Thumbs up.

"Then why do you want me to rest?" Angela looked at the doctor who had already started to bandage herself, "I can go back to the city wall as soon as they finish, it's not a problem."

"It's not up to you if you get in the way, Angie," Peter raised his hand and pressed the button with a serious face, "I don't want to curse you, but I think it's better for you to rest for a few days and observe, and don't let anything go wrong. Symptoms like a cold."

Angela couldn't help feeling ridiculous: "What kind of reason is that, Peter? Well, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Peter scratched his head, hesitated for a few minutes, and said with embarrassment, "But it's already May, and New Zealand is about to enter winter. It's not easy to heal the wound at this time. I don't want you to be killed in Cannes in a few days. Take a picture of my body covered in injuries, or your fans will kill me."

"Don't you know that the dress also has long sleeves and a high collar?" Angela was furious. Why did Director Peter suddenly become a child?He really thought he would believe it.

But Peter was obviously serious: "Of course I know, but I can't take risks, so I just rest in peace for two days. Anyway, you always have something to do, don't you?"

Angela was stunned for a while, not understanding what Peter wanted to do: "Then what about the two days of shooting? We said that during this period of time, I was fully filming the scenes of Legolas, and I deliberately delayed the recording time back to Los Angeles. .”

Hearing what she said, Peter's face was obviously depressed and annoyed, but it dissipated immediately, and finally shrugged: "These days are all panoramic, I can find a substitute; even if there are a few close-up shots , you can also use montage to cover it up. Of course, if you want, I have no objection to re-shooting in the future."

"You know, I don't need a substitute." Angela wanted to fight again, but Peter suddenly burst out: "If I say use a substitute, use a substitute! If I want you to rest, then rest! You have to understand ! Here, I am the director!"

The stunned Angela couldn't help leaning back after realizing the reaction, and said with a weak expression, "Of course I know you're the director... I'm just suggesting, don't be so loud, right?"

Peter stared at her for a while, sighed and then wiped his face with his hands. The original scowl immediately turned into a smile: "Then let's do this, take a good rest and don't cause any problems to your body. We have to speed up the shooting in two days."

Then he turned around and waved vigorously at the worker who was secretly glancing here, and shouted loudly: "Go on now! Be serious! Don't put your mind on other things!"

Seeing that Peter left and went to the camera, Angela secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had acted pretty well just now.After waving his arm, the wound didn't hurt very much, and even after bandaging, he didn't feel any pain at all. That fellow Peter was too fussy.

But what he said... Angela shook her head and nodded in her heart, she could understand.

Well, just take a break, it's only two days anyway.I happen to be focusing on other things, such as analyzing the information about Erin Wuoros that Sparrow emailed, or finishing the last theme song and discussing with Burns on the phone and email The issue of the new album, of course, also pay attention to the things that I have explained to the financial advisors.Speaking of which, the substitute issue should still be considered. Although my skills are not bad, I am a woman after all. It is fine to film with the Fellowship of the Ring, but it is indeed a bit inappropriate among so many old men.

Woman... Angela curled her lips with a wry smile, sighed and turned her attention to other places, such as the upcoming Cannes Film Festival in France.It was beyond her expectation that Ed and the others sent "The Pianist" to the exhibition (Note: The Cannes Film Festival stipulates that all participating films must be world premieres, which is required in the novel here, so it has been changed), Angela doesn't understand why .

To put it bluntly, the reason why movies participate in film festivals everywhere is to promote themselves and increase their popularity, so that distribution companies can buy them and show them in theaters.This is true whether it is Cannes, Berlin, Venice, the three major European film festivals, or various film festivals in other countries.

But "The Pianist" is already well-known, and it has been screened in several small countries in Western Europe. Is it necessary to participate in the Cannes Film Festival?Angela was really puzzled.Could it be...they want to slap the Europeans in the face?

It seems to be possible. Thinking about the cynicism of "Godzilla" by Cannes film critics last year, and thinking about the storm caused when I directed it, it is no wonder that this movie has not been released in the European continent so far.But Ed and the others shouldn't be so stingy, so is there any behind-the-scenes dealing here?Angela rolled her eyes, she felt that she seemed to be thinking too much.

Just participate, but two weeks is too long, so she plans to go in the last few days when the awards are presented.Firstly, we have already discussed with Peter when to leave and when to come back. If we add more, God knows that guy won't go crazy-the previous outburst cannot guarantee that there is no such factor; secondly, Angela doesn't have much favor for European movies.

This has nothing to do with being bombarded by American movies in her previous life. Angela just thinks that European movies are sometimes too hypocritical and niche.For example, France makes 150 films a year, but no more than one-tenth of them are popular in theaters all over the world.

Of course, this is not to say that there are no good movies in Europe. In the previous life, "The Pianist" was a European movie.But 60% or even 70% of the movies are either sold in the name of art or too awkward for people to understand.European directors seem to have fallen into a vicious circle. They think that the weirder the film is, the more artistic it is.They seem to have forgotten that movies were born for entertainment, and then slowly evolved into art.In fact, all art is born from entertainment, and art comes from life and is higher than life, but if it is too high to forget the fundamentals, it would be ridiculous.

Forget it, don't think about it, do you think you are qualified to point fingers?Angela smiled self-deprecatingly, waved her arms and focused on other things.She didn't think that it wouldn't take long for her opinion to be made public, nor did she think how much influence this opinion would have on herself in the future.

Angela used the two days of rest to deal with a lot of things, and at the same time took a good rest—at least she didn’t have to stay up all night to shoot—then put on the costume again and became Legolas standing on the wall of Helm’s Deep. From now on, some actions with a relatively high risk factor are handed over to the substitute.

After several days of filming in this way, some shots of the Black Gate were shot-including Aragon's "before the war mobilization".Angela flew from Wellington to Cannes to bid farewell to the crew.

As a famous town in southeastern France, Cannes facing the Mediterranean Sea is not only a tourist attraction but also a social meeting place for international celebrities.In addition to the film festival, there are Acacia Festival, International Regatta Festival, International Music Record Festival, Mimosa Festival, etc. No matter what time of the year you come to Cannes, you will always encounter large-scale events here.Of course, the most famous is the film festival.

"To be honest, it's really beautiful here, but it's only suitable for ordinary people to visit." Pixar CEO Ed Camm said to film manager McKinley looking out at the beach under the blue sky and white clouds through the car window.

This small town is as exquisite, elegant and charming as advertised. The tourists, celebrities and directors passing by on the promenade also show the prosperity of the film festival, but who would have thought that a heavy rain ten days ago almost killed the opening ceremony.

"You mean Miss Angela?" McKinley, who was flipping through the documents in his hand, suddenly raised his head.

"Of course, Miley, at least we can walk around the city of Cannes casually, swim in the sea and bask in the sun on the beach without worrying about being surrounded by tourists and being secretly photographed by reporters at any time." Ed's smile looked a little gloating.

McKinley, who was sitting next to him, could only shake his head and changed the subject: "Cannes is about to close, and there are still a few middle-quality independent films left, do you want to talk to them?"

"Have we bought the North American distribution rights of several movies?" Ed asked rhetorically.

"There are only two, one French and one Canadian." McKinley didn't even need to look through the information in his hand.

"This is really bad," Ed shrugged helplessly, "Although we have a huge brand, the time involved in live-action movies is really short, and it can't compare with those established movie companies."

Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed: "It's a pity, that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"—should it be the name?—is produced by Columbia. If it is an independent film, we will definitely get its North American distribution rights. People To be able to stand on top of bamboo leaves... I have to say that the imagination of the Chinese people is really rich."

McKinley looked at him in astonishment. If "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was really an independent film, several established films would have been vying for it. They were talking about competition just now, but why are they so confident now?

"Because we have a trump card." Seeing his puzzled look, Ed laughed. "Although she can't be said to be [-]% sure, the possibility of winning is definitely very high."

After thinking for a few seconds, McKinley nodded half-understanding. It is said that Miss Angela's fluent Chinese and the release of several Chinese singles made her quite popular in the Chinese circle. This is probably Ed A source of confidence in it.

"I'm just wondering if Miss Angela will like our present." McKinley shook his head at this moment, bringing the topic back to reality. After all, imagination is just imagination.

"We'll find out soon." Ed sat up straight at this moment, and a large number of reporters surrounded the entrance of the hotel that was about to arrive. Obviously, someone worthy of attention came.

Ed quickly asked the driver to stop, got out of the car and walked over quickly.As he expected, Angela was getting out of the car under the protection of bodyguards, and the hotel service staff handed her a bouquet of flowers.

The two standing outside shrugged and entered the hotel lobby together. When Angela came over, the door would definitely be blocked by reporters, and it would be difficult to get in at that time.

"Welcome to Cannes, Angie." Ed stretched out his hand immediately after Angela "squeezed" into the hotel lobby.

"Ed?" Angela raised her eyebrows, stepped forward to hold his hand, "I thought it would be a few minutes before I saw you."

"Actually, I was going to pick up the plane, but I have other things at the moment. You know, we are not only here to participate in the exhibition." Ed explained with a smile, and extended his hand to invite.

"Oh, of course, then you got the distribution rights of several films?" Angela said but lowered her voice, "To be honest, Ed, why did you bring "The Pianist" to Cannes?"

Although she spoke casually, the expression of curiosity was so obvious that Ed couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.Of course, he didn't really do that, he still kept smiling and pretended to be mysterious and said, "Let's talk about it after the results come out."

Angela seemed to want to ask more questions, but she closed her mouth after thinking of something, and the group went straight to the elevator.Just when an elevator came to the lobby, a man and a woman came out of it, and they couldn't help being slightly stunned when they saw the people waiting outside.Ed greeted directly at this time: "Hello, Mr. Li, Miss Zhang."