Made in Hollywood

"I'm standing in the kitchen, slicing chicken for dinner."

The tall black female walked out of the iron gate, stepped to the beat of the music, came to the camera skillfully, and danced around the camera, which was rotating at a constant speed of 360 degrees, "I do my own thing wholeheartedly, my husband Weber But came in..."

Although this black woman named Mia Valentine was average in appearance, her performance was extremely contagious, showing the Broadway actor's profound stage skills. She stepped on the dance steps skillfully and slowly turned to face Duke.

"Cut!"

Looking at it from this angle, Duke immediately noticed something was wrong, Valentine froze for a moment, and asked, "I... I made a mistake?"

"Mia, you're doing well."

If you only talk about acting and singing and dancing, this black woman will completely blow the two heroines of Naomi Watts and Catherine Zeta Jones, but the movie is not only acting and singing and dancing, even if she is launched by Broadway in the new season. The candidate of Velma in "Chicago" is very ordinary, but she is destined to be unable to become the heroine of the movie.

Duke walked over to Valentine and pointed to her bra. "Who made this? There's no next time."

Valentine's outfit was fine, but the tiny mic that was supposed to be stuck inside the bra for recording was showing.

The recording team was dealing with these small issues. Duke called Lily Fred to discuss Valentine's singing and dancing with her. Her singing and dancing scenes were only in this section, and she performed very well. According to common sense, this is a good phenomenon. , but she is not the heroine, and Velma, one of the heroines, will also play later. If she is suppressed by a supporting role, it will definitely affect the film.

The filming was temporarily interrupted, and Catherine Zeta Jones, who was waiting after finishing her makeup, fiddled with her specially cut hair. Not knowing what to think, another actress who also appeared in this scene came over.

"Kate, you should think of something," she whispered.

"Huh?" Zeta Jones looked at her pretending to be puzzled, "Lola?"

"Don't say you don't know."

The blond woman named Lola said, "She was robbing you of your scene during rehearsal, and she was so excited today. Obviously she wanted to look good on you, don't forget, you are the heroine!"

"Thanks, I know what to do."

Although Zeta Jones looked at the black woman with cold eyes, she didn't plan to do anything. Through this period of time, she knew where the director's bottom line was. Other aspects are good to say, if it affects the shooting...

Yes, during the whole rehearsal, she had a lot of intrigue with people, but she knew what was the best way to do it now.

Seeing Zeta Jones walking towards the director's chair, the smile on Lola's mouth was fleeting. She's also from Broadway, and her first audition for the role was Velma.

"Tina, can I have a word with Duke?"

Zeta Jones was very smart and didn't go to Duke for the foolishness. Instead, he walked up to Tina Fey, "About the role."

Tina Fey nodded. After Duke's discussion with Lily Fred was over, he walked over to ask a few questions, and waved to the back, Zeta Jones came over immediately.

"Is something wrong?"

Sit behind the monitor. Duke looked at Zeta Jones, who was dressed in the scene. This woman was indeed very smart. On the eve of the film's start, the crew took the initiative to find Duke and asked to cut off her long hair to prevent the audience from seeing her face during the singing and dancing.

In this era, long hair can be said to be the second life of an actress, and very few people can do it.

Zeta Jones felt some of Duke's temper, did not go around in circles, and said directly, "I think Mia exerted too much force today, which may affect me."

"I see."

Duke also noticed this issue. Mia Valentine's performance is really good, but a supporting role is a supporting role.

He pointed to the side, Zeta Jones walked over, sat with Tina Fey, stopped talking, but kept his eyes on the monitor.

"Anna," Duke said to the assistant director. "Get ready to shoot."

Did not make any changes? Zeta Jones' brows could not help frowning, but he still refrained from sitting here. All successful directors have a paranoid side...

However, as soon as filming began, she realized she was wrong, and Duke apparently made a change that was agreed upon before she came over.

Not much has changed, but Zeta Jones looks over from this side, and the effect captured on the monitor is clearly different from Mia Valentine's infectious live performance.

The camera lens is no longer directly facing Mia Valentine, but obliquely shot from a forty-five-degree angle, focusing on Mia Valentine's side profile, no matter how good her performance is, Appearing in the lens can only be said to be so-so.

Simple, isn't it?

Zeta Jones couldn't help laughing. The director only needs to adjust the shooting angle a little, and he can easily ruin the actor's well-prepared performance. Mia Valentine may have to wait until the movie is released to see her singing and dancing scenes only from the side.

And for other shots, nothing else, Zeta Jones believes that just this face of his own can hold her down.

The song and dance of the two black people ended, Duke called to stop, and after a ten-minute rest, he came back again, and adjusted the camera position again. In this shot, Mia Valentine's performance Better than just now.

After looking at the two shots that were shot again, Duke turned his head and said, "Kate, you go to prepare, and shoot your part first."

Then he turned back and shouted to several of his assistants, "John, the main camera is back in place. Zach, pay attention to the red light you control."

"Anna, inform the other actors to prepare for a group dance."

Anna Prinz nodded, turned to leave, Duke waved to the side, waited for Lily Fred to pass by, and said, "You control the singing and dancing scene, my requirements are still the same, you must be explosive."

"I see."

The crew was in full swing, and twenty minutes later, Catherine Zeta Jones was standing behind the iron gate of the prison, and the other actors were in place one after another under the direction of Lily Fred.

"The forty-fifth scene, the eleventh act." Anna Prinz's hand was placed in front of the camera, "Start now!"

The actors and actresses turned side by side to highlight the heroine Cathert Zeta Jones, whose Velma twisted and emerged from the crowd.

"My sister Venica and I do a duo show and my husband Charlie is between us..."

It's a very simple monologue, and Duke calls it through, but the rest of the shoot runs into some trouble.

A group dance featuring Wilma was rehearsed for several months in advance, so it wasn't a problem at all. Zeta Jones' performance was also OK. Maybe Mia Valentine's performance came first. Duke I always felt that there was something missing from this Velma.

Calling the crew temporarily to stop, Duke watched the footage just now through the monitor again, "John...and Kate, come here."

John Schwartzman and Catherine Zeta Jones walked over together, Duke selected the group dance scene of the murderer six, pressed pause, and pointed to Lola Young and Mia Valentine on both sides of Zeta Jones. Said, "John, adjust the aperture and blur the two of them."

Duke looked at Zeta Jones again, "You can be better!"

"I..." Zeta Jones opened his mouth, but said nothing. In the eyes of the director, actors are always better, not the best.

"You're too reserved." Duke frowned for a moment, stared at Zeta Jones and said, "I want your singing to be more explosive, your dance to be more spontaneous and wild, and to sing out all the anger and dissatisfaction in the character's heart. , jump out!"

Duke admonished her coldly, "You're being overwhelmed by Mia Valentine. That's not the quality a heroine should have."

Catherine Zeta-Jones took a few deep breaths, knowing that it wouldn't help at all, knowing that the only convincing thing was singing and dancing and acting.

"Can you give me ten minutes?"

Hearing Zeta Jones' words, Duke nodded and sat back in his chair, "Don't let me down, Kate."

Catherine Zeta Jones worked hard, Duke confirmed this, and after several months of rehearsal, she was quite proficient in dancing and singing. Although she was also a professional, no amount of effort could change her talent disadvantage. Her voice And the explosive power of the action is always slightly inferior to the black actors who have innate advantages.

It's not unreasonable that Mia Valentine could get the role of Velma in the musical.

Ten minutes later, the crew resumed filming, and Zeta Jones' performance still couldn't satisfy Duke. If it wasn't for John Schwartzman's use of camera skills to downplay Mia Valentine, who was on her side, it would have been true when the film was released. will be stole the show by the character actors.

Five times in a row, Duke said nothing, and everyone knew the problem was with the actor.

"You also have a lot of dance scenes."

In the studio's makeshift restroom, Naomi Watts looked at the set in casual clothes, speaking to her agent, Nancy, "Are you mentally prepared, Nami? You should know Duke's character, and he will too. Treating you like this, as long as you can't satisfy him, he will keep filming and making you jump."

Naomi Watts looked at the director who was once familiar but now unfamiliar, "If I have been preparing for this role for two years from the beginning, others think Duke will fail, but I believe he will succeed. , I will also succeed!"

"As long as "Chicago" lives up to expectations." Nancy seemed to be encouraging, but also seemed to be encouraging, "As a heroine, you can be in the front line, even in the front line."

"I will use all my abilities!"

Naomi Watts glanced coldly at Catherine Zeta Jones, who was still being tortured by the director, and turned to the dance studio to prepare for the pas de deux, which was to be filmed two days later. (To be continued ~^~)