"Okay, it's getting late, so you can get off early and prepare for tomorrow's shooting."

Li Xiaole also felt very disappointed. In fact, Matthew's performance in this movie was very outstanding. Even if he couldn't meet the standards, this movie was enough to become his representative work.

But Li Xiaole's request was far more than that. He not only asked Matthew to surpass himself, but also wanted him to surpass the original Adam Sandler. To be fair, in terms of funny humor, Adam Sandler's talent is much higher than Matthew, but Adam Sandler's shortcomings lies in his inability to perform the rhythm of a sad inner drama, and Matthew has this potential... But now Matthew's unenergetic attitude makes Li Xiaole unconsciously discouraged...

At night, Li Xiaole was lying on the bed while thinking about Matthew's performance today, and was also worried whether he had given him too high expectations. After all, it is very difficult to change an actor's bad habits. If the pressure is too high, it may backfire.

When he first chose Matthew, what he really valued was his past experience. Matthew was his only son. His parents divorced when he was 5 years old. He moved to Canada with his mother. There was a period of depression in his childhood.

Later, due to his athletic talent, he became a well-known young tennis player in Canada at the age of 15. However, he unexpectedly chose to return to the United States and defect to his father. At this moment, his father had remarried and had a daughter, and his attitude towards him was a little lukewarm. After his father failed to watch an important game, he became disheartened and was extremely depressed for a long time. After careful consideration, he finally chose the same career as his father - an actor.

Although Matthew's appearance is very careless, Li Xiaole can feel that he is very lonely inside and always longs to prove himself in front of his father. All Matthew's actions prove that he is very dependent on his father and desires to get his father's love, which coincides with Mike in the film.

Li Xiaole believes that Matthew can show that Adam Sandler in the original version cannot show emotional side, making "Life Remote Control" a good movie far beyond the original version, but now he doubts whether he has made a mistake in his judgment. Matthew is really hopeless. Thinking of this, Li Xiaole tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep. In extreme depression, he simply put on his clothes and went out for some breath.

It was already 2 o'clock in the middle of the night. Walking under the moonlight, Li Xiaole felt a refreshed breath, and his stuffy chest felt much more relaxed. He was wandering around on the set, but at this time, a curse of "Damn..." came from a distance.

Who is not sleeping so late? Li Xiaole walked over curiously because he wanted to cultivate the tacit understanding of the Mike family. Recently, Li Xiaole has asked the actors to live in the filming apartment. Which actor is still outside now?

Walking past the lawn, I saw Matthew sitting on the stairs, closing his head and thinking about something, pinching his fists tightly, his expression seemed very painful, and he would hit his head with his hands from time to time, as if he was losing his temper at himself.

Could it be that he was training himself to face the pain in his heart? Li Xiaole was surprised that Matthew, a guy who seemed to care nothing, was so serious?

"Accident? Actually, he will try to figure out the role here every night." A gentle voice sounded from behind scared Li Xiaole.

When he turned around, he saw that Scarlett, who was holding a thick script, was standing behind him. Li Xiaole couldn't help but stared at her eyes and shouted angrily: "Why don't you make any noise when you walk??" He found that Scarlett was holding the director's full-length storyboard script in his hand, and he couldn't help but be surprised:

"Why do you want to watch this?" Actors usually only need to read their own exclusive scripts. Director scripts are something that directors need to study.

"This..." Scarlett, wearing pajamas, looked lazy and had a charming and sexy temperament. He raised his hand and looked at the script in his hand, habitually bit his lower lip, and said as if he were to do so; "If I don't understand the motives of other characters in the good story, how can I play this role well?"

"It's just a vase... you're very attentive." Li Xiaole nodded in admiration. It's not accidental that these young American actors can have mature acting skills that surpass young. It's not enough to stand out from the cruel competition of choosing one out of thousands.

Scarlett yawned lazily, walked to Li Xiaole, and looked at the distressed Matthew in the distance: "It seems that your plan has failed? I said that some people without talent are useless even if they work hard, it will be useless even if you struggle."

"If you have time to ridicule me, you might as well go back to bed and have a beauty sleep early." Li Xiaole pursed.

"Do I need it? I think if I was ugly, I would have been shortlisted for the Oscar. Alas, it seems that I will never be able to defeat Meryl Streep..." Scarlett sighed sadly as she touched her blonde hair. Her worries were completely different from Matthew.

"Yes, I think your performance in "Lost Tokyo" is worthy of the Oscar." Li Xiaole nodded in agreement.

"You are so interesting..." Scarlett was suddenly stunned, then shook his head with a complicated expression and muttered: "When I brag and joke, as a director, you should hit me and make me humble so that I can make progress, right? If it weren't for you rejecting me, I would have thought you were seducing me..." After saying that, he shook his head and smiled and waved to Li Xiaole:

"Oh, it's really time to go to bed, good night~ the gentle director~"

Seeing Scarlett leave with a gust of fragrant wind, Li Xiaole shook her head and sighed. Yes, if this 21-year-old blonde beauty is really ugly, she might be a recognized newcomer in the circle. She has such acting skills at such a young age, but because of her good appearance, she can only play various roles of beauties. This is indeed a kind of sadness...

Looking at Matthew sitting at the stairs in the distance, he lowered his head to ponder. Li Xiaole felt much more at ease. With such a dedicated male and female protagonist, what else can he worry about...?

The next day, after taking a plane for five hours, the crew came to New York, and this special temporary extra show was finally about to begin.

The crew rented a cemetery to commemorate 991 for filming. Unlike the dense and dirty cemeteries in China, in a country like the United States that believes in Christianity, death is regarded as a very sacred thing. The white tombstones and crosses filled with flowers will not make people feel any terrifying atmosphere at all, but instead have a calm and peaceful holiness.

Insurance manager Miller couldn't understand why such a scene was filmed in New York on the East Coast. If you were filming in other cities on the West Coast, it would definitely cost less than $500,000.

Li Xiaole did not neglect any of this because this was an extra scene. He arranged for the crew props team to prepare the best costumes and makeup for all the extras. Every man was wearing Armani's black suit, and the women were wearing black veil. Everything seemed particularly solemn and solemn.

For some reason, the crew felt that the extras were in a very painful mood. No one was chatting and talking at the scene, and all the preparations were carried out like a real funeral.

In this scene, Henry's gray hair has been turned into aging makeup before his death. The royal makeup artist of Black Pearl Company, Lanny Wisemore, used her superb special makeup technique, making Henry look aged and fragile, as if he would fall down when blown by the wind.

"You are the protagonist today." Li Xiaole instructed Henry in his ear. Henry hugged him with a smile and movedly: "Thank you~ Li, I don't know why, although I am going to die today, I am really satisfied to see all my family members by my side. Usually, my children are not by my side. I think I am used to being alone..."

"In our China, people will live with their children when they get old. I think this is how home is. The elderly are with everyone, not separated from each other." Li Xiaole gently patted Henry on the back, knowing that Henry is now in real feelings.

There is a big difference between Americans and Chinese in the issue of the elderly. Americans advocate a free life. Parents will not live with their children when they get older, and children do not have the habit of supporting their parents in their old age. This seems very comfortable to young people, but the feeling for the elderly is completely different. The loneliness and loss after aging and physical weakness can make people feel extremely painful when they are not accompanied by others.

A Chinese-style family was established in the crew, which made Henry feel the care of his long-lost family. During this period of time, he spent time with the young actors, and felt the warmth of being a father and grandpa.

Seeing the two hugging each other, everyone couldn't understand why there was no scene in a script that made Li Xiaole and Henry so concerned. What was even more unexpected was that before the filming, Li Xiaole gathered all the actors together and let Henry, who had become old, hug each of them one by one and say goodbye one by one.

"Celin, remember not to wear such a short skirt, as your legs will be rheumatoid..." Henry gently shaved Selin's nose.

"Don't do this Henry... I'm really sad now." Selene looked at Henry, who was so old that she couldn't stand up straight, her eyes were red. She knew it was fake, but this strange atmosphere made her feel uncomfortable.

Scarlett looked around and sighed in his heart that this is actually what director Li Xiaole is smart. He created a sense of ritual, those tombstones, flowers, people in black suits, Henry's old makeup, and his weak voice in his performance, so all of these visually and auditoryly make him feel that his grandfather is about to leave them.

Henry's superb acting skills also make all this more real. People like Selene who have a fragile emotional life can easily fall into this fictional environment. People's emotions will spread. As long as one person starts to "believe", everyone will start to believe it.
Chapter completed!