Chapter 64: Carefully Arranged
"CUT! Nat, your emotions are more full. Now you have brought hope to the planet Nab. You are the queen. You have to lead your people to resist! You have to bring your beliefs to your people!"
Tang En stood up from the director's chair, looked at the tired actors in the performance area, and shouted at the microphone with dissatisfaction.
Fortunately, Natalie did not face her heavy queen outfit in this scene, otherwise she would have been exhausted.
"Let me try again, director!"
Natalie cheered up and shook her head, took the water bottle from her assistant, and drank it without any ladylike appearance.
"Hurry up, let's have another one! Get ready... to start!"
As the crew was ready again, at the order of Don En, the actors in the performance area began to argue again, and Queen Amidala was struggling to make efforts to congress on the issues of Congress.
In the actor's rest area not far away, Ben Affleck, who was sitting in the chair, looked at Natalie who had NG for more than a dozen times in a row, and couldn't help feeling a little sad. He whispered to Liam Neeson beside him: "He is so strict!"
The entire crew knew that director Don Walker was pursuing Natalie Portman.
However, she didn't expect that when she was working, Tang En was not polite at all, but instead had stricter requirements for Natalie.
Liam Neeson shook his head, "This shows that Don has great expectations for Natalie."
Ben Affleck blinked, seemingly agreeing with Liam Neeson's statement.
Natalie is young and beautiful, has excellent acting skills, and has Jewish descent. Behind her actresses, such as Donn Walker, are almost destined to embark on a golden road in Hollywood in the future.
"Have you heard that, because Donn, the top leaders of the 20th Century Fox have already started arguing!" Ben Affleck snitched in a low voice.
Liam Neeson had heard the rumors in the crew for a long time and shrugged indifferently, "We just need to act. We are actors and we must support the director, right?"
Ben Affleck smiled, "Of course! The actors must stand on the same front as the director."
It’s not that these two people have a close relationship with Tang En, but mainly because they are driven by interests.
Because of Tang En's philosophy, he greatly reduced the relatively young jokes such as "humor", "cute" and "giggle" in the script, and also cut off a large number of redundant shots in the middle and early stages, but greatly increased the duration and popularity of the final battle.
Such a result will definitely increase the role of the two Jedi warriors, Liam Neeson and Ben Affleck, and the action scenes created by the martial arts team invited from Hong Kong will be even cooler and more exciting, and will undoubtedly add points to their performances.
However, this result seriously damages the interests of the producers, especially the investor and the issuer 20th Century Fox!
Don En's cut of "funny" shots will seriously affect the film's attraction to children, and the surrounding income will inevitably decrease.
More importantly, adding a lot of fighting and explosion scenes is likely to make the movie rated as PG-13 instead of PG, which will in turn affect the movie's fan audience.
When the Star Wars project was launched, it was Bill McNick who was busy with Titanic, so the project was controlled by President Tom Rossman.
But Bill McNick passed the Titanic level first, and then, the movie "My Grand Greek Wedding", which he insisted on releasing, was questioned, had a box office of more than $120 million overseas, and it was slapped in the face again!
Bill McNick took advantage of the situation and would never indulge Tom Rossman's continuous provocations. When Tom Rossman pointed at Donn's shooting, he suddenly took action and directly provoked a big dispute at Fox Films. With an absolute advantage, Tom Rossman's control over this project.
Outside, with the full support of Bill McNick; inside, with the full cooperation of George Lucas and the actors, Don N naturally felt like a fish in water and the shooting went quite smoothly.
However, this result led to a complete rebellion between Don Walker and Tom Rossman!
Tang En is no longer a newborn calf, and he is unwilling to break up with such a big shot. But Tom Rossman is pushing each other everywhere, so he will not be polite.
In the performance area, Natalie Portman is still performing hard.
Suddenly, the lights of the entire crew went out collectively!
"What's going on? Light!" Tang En suddenly stood up, listened to the restless voice in the crew, and shouted loudly, "Everyone, stand by on time, don't move!"
At this time, the lighting clerk shouted, "Director, the power is off!"
"This is impossible! We have generator sets and backup power supplies!"
The angry George Lucas yelled that such a low-level mistake occurred during the shooting stage, which was slapped him as the producer in the face.
"Don't worry! Follow my command, the lighting team, repair it immediately!"
Donn interrupted George Lucas at this time, took control of the crew's dominance, and then shouted: "Are there any candles?"
George Lucas's face was blue, which was too dark to see.
This is the Star Wars set, who will prepare the candles?
Besides, what era is this? Do you still need to use candles to illuminate?
It was just to maintain the authority of director Tang En, that Lucas was not able to stop him. After all, he was still young, and I hope he could learn from his mistakes and gain wisdom!
At this time, the prop group shouted, "Director, we have candles!"
"Okay, click!"
Tang En's voice calmed down the entire crew. Although the candle fire was weak, it was always better than the darkness.
soon.
The first ray of flame ignited in the studio.
Then there is the second wisp... the third wisp... and then dozens of wisps of flames are lit together, making the dark studio seem to have become a vast night sky, and these exquisitely shaking flames are like stars looming in the universe.
George Lucas's eyes suddenly widened. While he felt a hint of weirdness, he was also infected by the atmosphere in the studio. This place... it was indeed the Star Wars set.
The actors in the performance area followed Tang En's instructions and stood quietly. Natalie was a little afraid of the darkness, but she bit her lip and insisted stubbornly.
Until these wisps of flames lit up around, it seemed as if a group of dazzling and cute fireflies appeared beside them.
Then, the group of fireflies started to move. They seemed to have some tacit understanding. They were changing their directions and changing their formations. They actually took her as the center and surrounded them in a big circle.
After the big circle surrounded, more than a dozen fireflies appeared, flying out of the big circle, surrounding her, and flew around her.
This small circle has a more special shape.
This is a "heart" shape.
...
Today is a special day for Natalie, but because of her work, she never revealed it to anyone.
But at this moment, the smart and wise Natalie understood immediately.
Where is this power outage?
How could this be an accident?
This is clearly organized and carefully arranged!
Natalie felt like there was a deer ramming around, as if she wanted to jump out at any time.
She really didn't expect that she thought it was a secret hidden in her heart, but she was still discovered.
This surprise and touch made her, who was only seventeen years old, die happily.
She looked towards the direction of the director area, and sure enough, she saw a fiery red candle, which reflected Tang En's handsome smiling face, slowly walking step by step.
This June 9, 1998.
Destined to make her unforgettable forever!
Chapter completed!