Made in Hollywood

Standing in the middle of the aisle of the prison bars, Duke looked at the opposite Charlize Theron. The actress's temperament has changed significantly since then, although in recent years, she has only been able to act as a role in some films. The vase is soy sauce, but the systematic training of ICM still shows the effect.

Her character in "Chicago" is also a vase.

"You are a rich girl, and you are still arrogant after being arrested." Duke simply said the character's requirements, "especially your expression and walking attitude, the character's pride and sense of superiority. Sally, your appearance is not The problem, I want a powerful aura that naturally draws everyone's attention away."

"You can also understand it as the arrogance of a nouveau riche," he added.

The rich girl Miss Buster played by Charlize Theron looks gorgeous and luxurious like Roxy and Velma, who are constantly kicking, twisting buttocks, and scratching their heads. Strong nouveau riche flavor.

They can be said to be a microcosm of the entire United States after World War I and before the economic crisis.

"Don't worry, Duke." Charlize Theron vowed, "I won't let you down."

She has prepared meticulously for this role. According to the estimates in the script, Miss Buster will never cut it out for more than five minutes in the end, but it is very eye-catching - stealing the limelight of the heroine!

This character needs to completely suppress the heroine who is also blonde and blue-eyed in a short period of time, so that the plot is convincing. After all, she wants to attract everyone's attention, so that Lockhey will be coldly received, which will lead to the back. Pseudo-pregnancy scenario.

From the bottom of his heart, Charlize wants to get Roxy, but he understands that his acting skills and qualifications are insufficient. In particular, the tall and broad figure is completely inconsistent with the petite and exquisite Roxie in "Chicago", and singing and dancing and singing are also problems, but Duke Ken gave her Miss Buster, and Charlize also understood that this is also an opportunity. This is an extremely easy role to play, and the difficulty is not high. She only needs to express the side of the vase to the extreme.

All the preparations are in place. Duke only had one test shot before the official shooting began. Although Charlize Theron has a mediocre acting skill, he has managed such a flamboyant role to the extreme. But it shows its own unique advantages.

In the camera, Charlize Theron walked into the prison surrounded by reporters and police officers. She was arrogant, sexy, crazy, and even a little desperate, coupled with her excellent appearance. Like a doomsday mad flower, it has a wild but eye-catching temperament. In a short period of time, even Tom Cruise, who was walking next to him, was suppressed by her and became part of many background colors.

Shooting ends. On the other side, Naomi Watts, who served as the background painting, was not very good-looking, and Duke was too lazy to pay attention to the troubles between these actresses. As long as they don't delay work, they can pinch each other.

The kind of actress who has a direct rivalry and gets along happily, only exists in imagination, Duke has been in Hollywood for so long. Where can it not be seen, from this aspect, whether it is a super actress or a first-line actress, or an actress who is climbing up, it is all a group of bitches.

Of course, these actresses also know where Duke's bottom line is, and the lessons of Naomi Watts and Catherine Zeta Jones, even if there is a fight, it will be kept within a very small range.

That continuous NG pas de deux not only consumed a lot of physical strength of the two female lead actors, anyone can imagine, wearing nearly five-inch high heels, grinding blood blisters on their feet, and pretending to have no problems, constantly In accordance with Duke's strict requirements, fully engaged in the taste of dancing.

It's both a shot that Duke wants to achieve, and a punishment in disguise, not to mention Naomi Watts and Catherine Zeta Jones, even Nancy Josephson in his current status No words came.

After all the scenes ended, Charlize Theron didn't go to remove her makeup, but wanted to come over to find Duke, but was stopped by Tina Fey. Charlize, who was only in her early twenties, was obviously not as sleek as Catherine Zeta Jones. , looked at Tina Fei coldly, as if she would slap her in the face at any time.

"Anything?" Duke of course noticed all this.

"No." Charlize Theron's indifferent face immediately changed to a bright smile, "I just wanted to come over and have a chat with you."

Duke looked at her, Charlize Theron was not stupid, and immediately turned to Tina Fey and said, "Sorry, Tina, let's have coffee together when we have time."

"You've made great progress."

It's working time, Duke doesn't have the energy to tell Charlize more, "There is still room for improvement. In post-production, I will keep more of your footage as appropriate."

"Tina." Duke shook his head to the female assistant, and Tina Fey immediately gestured to Charlize.

Charlize Theron waved to this side and walked towards the dressing room.

In general, Duke is very satisfied with the shot of Charlize Theron. She has shown a strong aura in the future, but it is a little contrived, but with her gorgeous appearance, it is in line with the nouveau riche in America. temperament.

In fact, from the beginning of writing the script, Duke's first thought for an actor was Charlize Theron. Although the former Lucy Liu was more suitable for the setting of the descendants of the nouveau riche in Hawaii, she completely suppressed Roxy, which was not persuasive. some.

When the audience sees her, they will inevitably think that she is not more noble and beautiful than Roxy, why is everyone chasing her? Then I will remember that this is a movie setting, and then I will convince myself, and at the same time, it will be a play.

Even Duke once thought maliciously that Renee Zellweger, who was already a big name at the time, was bullying the new director Rob Marshall in the film industry on the set? In the end, such a wonderful person was chosen to play this role.

Of course, this is just his imagination. With Rob Marshall's status as the first brother at the time, such a character would not have much say in it, and Lucy Liu's image with small eyes, flat nose and freckles fits the so-called Western so-called Asian beauty consistent standard.

"Transition!" Duke asked Tina Fey to inform him.

The crew moved from the prison area of ​​the studio back to the theater area. The stage here has been adjusted accordingly, the background and curtain have been replaced, and the next filming is a group dance, and the object of the group dance is the male protagonist of the film— -Tom Cruise.

Cruise, who had played soy sauce on Charlize Theron's side just now, has changed into his costume. Reapplied makeup.

Although he has seen countless movies of the other party and heard a lot of his famous name, Duke can be regarded as the first time he has officially seen Tom Cruise perform live.

If no one had a point, what was Tom Cruise's biggest impression of him? Proud, arrogant, arrogant, and sometimes even confused and confused.

Any actor, if the premature fame and superstar road is so smooth. I am afraid that a situation like Cruise will happen. People are not machines and are always affected by the environment. How many people can avoid being dazzled by fame and fortune?

But even Tom Cruise knows the importance of hard work. For more than half a year, he has taken three hours a day to dance and vocal lessons. Although some unreasonable demands are sometimes made, they are also dedicated to completing their work. No matter how confused people are, they know the intensity of competition in this circle.

Let's just say that the scene to be filmed does not count as the initial practice time. A week before the start of shooting, Tom Cruise and the dancers rehearsed at least 7 times, basically maintaining the state of one practice a day.

"Tom, I said what I should say in the preparation meeting."

For an actor like Tom Cruise. Saying too much will only have the opposite effect, Duke just warned. "We try to get through it once."

"Look at me, Duke."

Adequate preparations gave Tom Cruise plenty of confidence.

Gorgeous stage, bright lights. Gorgeous dancers, coupled with the handsome, more playboy-like Tom Cruise, make for an extravagant scene with great visual impact.

Although Tom Cruise still has an expression that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, he is indeed very hardworking. From the slightly exaggerated and extremely rich body movements, it can be seen that he has made a lot of preparations for this role. Even if the singing voice can't be compared with professional singers or musical actors, it is much stronger than Richard Gere's drake voice.

In Duke's point of view, Katherine Zeta Jones played the best role in the previous film, even if the camera angle made her look more stubborn than any other film; Renee Zellweger was the next best performer. , and Richard Gere's lawyer Billy is simply too bad, especially the singing and dancing and singing. If Cruise is an amateur, then he can only be regarded as a child's amateur.

The film had a half-year preparation period for singing and dancing, and the effect was fully manifested at this time. Tom Cruise managed to complete Billy's singing and dancing relatively easily, and Duke also directly called him through.

The most difficult part of filming is the singing and dancing part. What the film hides is just a strong mockery, and there is no too deep theme. If only the connotation is concerned, this film is not even comparable to "Saving Private Ryan", except for the singing and dancing Outside of literary drama, Duke can basically control it relatively easily, and the shooting plan has been delayed because of the relationship between singing and dancing dramas.

"Well done, Tom!"

Now is the time for cooperation, not for conflict. Both Duke and Cruise have temporarily suppressed their differences, especially Pat Kingsley, who has acted as an excellent lubricant between the two.

"I heard you're going to a yacht club for the weekend?" Cruise asked about something else.

"Well, I have a small pier at home." Duke temporarily put down his work, "I'm going to buy a suitable small offshore yacht, and I plan to go with Kate to see it."

"You and Kate..."

Hearing Tom Cruise's slightly curious question, Duke shrugged and didn't answer, one of the public events Penny Kelly had planned for the pair after consulting him. (To be continued ~^~)

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