Chapter 223 Comfort zone, want to be handsome, capitalist, house of cards
"Jurassic Park 2" premiered on June 9, and on June 11, the crew of "Saving Private Ryan" had already assembled in the UK.
According to the arrangement of the crew, all actors have to undergo special training to wash away the habit of pampering and pampering they have developed in the daily life, and become well-trained soldiers in the shortest possible time.
Because the styles of each army are different, the instructor is the former U.S. Marine Corps captain Dale Day invited from the mainland of America, and the training locations are naturally those battlefields that have not been designated as protected areas and used to be gold and iron horses.
From the first day of training, the actors entered the film environment, called each other by the names of their respective roles, wore the military uniforms of the year, carried obsolete firearms, and learned a lot of military knowledge every day.
Weapons, close combat, individual tactics, and the code words and sign language signals of the army during World War II, these are the skills they have to master.
The work is so hard and the living environment is not good.
Since Spielberg's purpose is to restore the real atmosphere of World War II as much as possible, during the training process, their daily food is only canned products provided by the army during World War II, and the sleeping place is a marching tent. At that time, the terrain was unknown and it was impossible to build, so we could only rely on the cold ground for a few hours.
During the break, you have to deal with unexpected assessments at any time, such as—
A five-mile haste march with forty-pound equipment.
In the words of the instructors, that is: the hard training is to make them think like a soldier. If a teammate is in trouble, they have to stop and help him. This practice makes them more emotionally. Being close also makes it easier for them to maintain each other's emotions as a whole when the filming starts.
When these guys have experienced one of the four major irons in life, it will be very natural to perform emotionally driven performances.
So, what kind of experiential school, method school, and expression school...the classification that the teacher said in class is the evil way.
Only by mixing them together, can the actors perform the spirit and energy that belongs to the role in a short period of time.
Of course, when a group of big-name actors led by Tom Hanks followed the former U.S. Marine Corps captain Dale Day on the battlefield in the past, Spielberg acquiesced, anyway, the role is so small, Roland Allen, who was not required to participate in training, hung out with the British soldiers borrowed from the British Ministry of Defense.
As a dedicated actor, in order to make a good movie, he really has to learn various military skills, but as a top A+list, Roland asked himself, he really didn't want to participate in any military training.
If this kind of thing gets out, maybe the outside world will say that he is playing big names, but he knows in his heart that he does not want to participate in military training, not because of his high status. He doesn't do it.
It’s like when Robert Downey Jr. was filming "Iron Man", he flew up and down in a custom-made steel suit every day, but after "Iron Man 3", the whole process was motion capture suits dangling in front of the green screen.
During the filming of "Iron Man", Marvel was desperate to fight against the odds. All details were hoped to be perfected, but after "Iron Man 3", the layout was completed and it was waiting for the harvest. If it could save trouble, it was all skipped.
Manufacture physical armor according to Downey's body shape. Although the metal texture is overwhelming, it will really cost a lot of money, but with CGI, they suppress the production cost, and Downey is also comfortable. Since both parties are beneficial, then Why not do it?
Everyone has inertia in their hearts. Isn’t it good to make money by playing around? If you don’t work hard, who wants to make progress?
If Spielberg has a request, then Roland will naturally do it, just like the truck driver asked him to fall in love. Even though he knew it was a pitfall, as long as it was beneficial to the shooting, Roland would try it. Preparation is not important to his role.
Then Roland really wouldn't take the initiative to ask to participate in the training.
He admitted that even though he never asked for it in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, he himself still likes to be comfortable.
Because of this, Roland was playing with guns in the military zone while others were struggling in the harsh environment of the battlefield.
“Generally, we carry two guns.”
"One gun is on the waist, and the other is a small revolver on the leg."
"In most cases, after the pistol at the waist is finished firing bullets, pull out the revolver from the leg and just pull it out."
"With a built-in hammer, you can just hit the target."
Because of the relatively large background, these guys didn't dare to be sloppy when Roland was seeking guidance. Not only that, in order to make it easier for Roland to get started, all the weapons they brought were American-made weapons.
Like M1911, which has been eliminated by the U.S. military, but still has a super high civilian market share, Smith & Wesson 340 for military and police use, and the U.S. Army is now purchasing replacement M4A1 in large quantities...
Under Roland's watchful eyes, the instructor in charge of the drill first knocked out a STANAG magazine, then pulled out the M1911 shooting target directly on his waist, and finally ended up in a squatting position, pulled out a Smith & Wesson 340, and came up with a set of McCree's noon Arrived.
Because there is no hammer, the instructor just kneels down on one knee and shoots with the gun in a standard posture.
But even without the fan-like crazy hand speed, he still played six shots per second on the Smith & Wesson 340.
When the last two balloons burst from seven yards away, as the thick smoke cleared, the chic movement of getting up slowly can be perfectly described in five words—it is so handsome!
"Coach, I want to play basketball!"
"Ah, no, instructor, I want to learn this."
Roland stared at the Smith & Wesson 340, his eyes straightened.
Although the effective shooting distance of seven yards is only 6.4 meters, it is impossible for ordinary people to achieve the accuracy of McCree.
but…
Whether the shooting range is long or short, and whether it can hit accurately, it is all in an instant.
Whether he is handsome or not is a matter of a lifetime!
Just imagine, when you are facing the enemy, you draw your gun and shoot from the waist, there is a chaotic noise, blue smoke rises up, and then you turn around, blow off the smoke cloud from the muzzle gracefully, and walk confidently Leave, at the same time, countless blood holes burst out of the enemy who has not yet reacted, and slowly fell to the ground with a face of astonishment, watching you leave with a dull expression—
This scene is so handsome!
Just like Dwayne Johnson in "The Jungle Book", Guo Da in "The Mechanic", and Denzel Washington in "The Witcher", real men never look back! Not only that, if you want to be handsome, you have to walk slowly!
The fire burned to Uncle Wolf's hair, and he was still walking slowly. The air waves from the explosion could blow his hat away, and Big Shit still pretended to be beeping and hugged him. In "True Color", he didn't hold it. When facing the explosion, he was frightened into an emoticon, but he still didn't look back.
It can be seen that the result of hitting or not is actually not important.
The important thing is what kind of posture you use to show your handsome figure.
Seeing Roland's eyes shine, the instructor agreed.
"You want to learn this?"
"sure!"
But when Roland was gearing up and wanted to get straight to the point, the instructor in camouflage didn't hand him the gun, but said: "The order I received was to teach the whole set, so let's take it step by step. "
"First, the four principles of holding a gun."
"First, under normal circumstances, the muzzle should be pointed at a safe place. What is a safe place? A safe place is a place where you won't regret it and can afford compensation once your bullet misfires."
"Second, don't rest your finger on the trigger until you're ready to shoot without aiming at the target."
"Third, always treat the gun as if it has bullets and is loaded."
"Fourth, before shooting, try to observe the back of the target as much as possible, and be careful not to accidentally injure innocent people."
"After all, we are not Russians..."
Roland can treat the gun as a toy, but the instructor will only regard the gun as his own life.
Although the above clearly pointed out that these instructors only need to teach the use of firearms according to Roland's needs, they will not easily abandon the precautions for using firearms. After all, if one shot is fired, someone may die because of it.
Even though most of the time, the bodyguards around Roland can solve all problems, but there is an accident in everything...
If Roland encountered a firearm misfire due to a problem with the use process, thereby injuring others and himself, then those in charge of enlightenment teaching would most likely be blamed.
Don't think it's impossible!
That furloughed Defense Department official is not at work yet!
If it was the past, Roland would of course hate this kind of boring theoretical lectures, but now, of course, he can understand the good intentions of the instructors, but for his own consideration and for the safety of the people around him, Roland did not make a bold jump. After this link, it took two and a half days patiently to listen to the instructor's theoretical course.
After that, it was naturally boring posture training and the assembly and disassembly of firearms.
Roland did not start shooting live ammunition until the day the military training prepared by the crew came to an end.
That's right, after training over there, Roland only went to the shooting range here.
It wasn't that Roland learned too slowly, but that the military training was full of calculations, and it only took ten days in total.
Compared with eighteen months of special forces life, ten days is too short.
But for actors and directors, that's enough.
Although the time is not fixed, it is actually not important.
At this moment, Roland, who was more interested in guns than in movies, directly greeted Spielberg, then left the crew and flew solo—anyway, he couldn’t be filmed for a while, Then he didn't need to rush into the group in a hurry.
As for studying?
In terms of acting, Tom Hanks has taught everything he can teach. Roland has no room for improvement without wanting to win awards.
In terms of directing, when the truck driver gave him the guide cylinder and asked him to make it himself, he had already figured out the teacher, he had already mastered the basic skills that should be learned, and he had already burned the actual filming tuition that should be burned. Yes, I took over the project myself and took the shoot.
"Harry Potter".
"Oh, I'm very sorry, I have been really busy in the past two years. I prepared for "Titanic" at the beginning of last year, and "Spiderman" was released last summer. Months before I have time to talk about the project at hand... After careful calculation, I should have made you wait for me for more than a year? I'm really sorry..."
Roland looked at J.K. Rowling apologetically.
"No, No, No, Roland, you don't have to say that." Aunt Rowling shook her head with a smile, and waved her hand: "You hired a lawyer to help me win the divorce lawsuit, and after that, you asked Cole to provide me with I got a job as a secretary in the Dale branch in Edinburgh, which allowed me to have enough salary to support my daughter and free time to create..."
"I am very satisfied with my life now, so I have never been in a hurry to publish the book. Cole told me before that you don't have time to come over, so just let me continue writing, so that when you come over, I can give you something Surprise, so, I actually brought nearly half a million words here today, the first part, I named it "The Philosopher's Stone", and the second part, I named it "The Chamber of Secrets."
Now that I have come to the UK, the holes I dug here should now be filled.
In fact, as early as February last year, J.K. Rowling, whose life trajectory had changed due to the appearance of Roland, had already completed the creation of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". The mobile phone was directly thrown to the truck driver, so Cole Needham, who was temporarily in charge of British affairs, did not bother him.
J.K. Rowling, whose life was guaranteed, didn't care about these things. Roland was busy, so she just waited.
To put it bluntly, after having a stable job and a good life, her writing purpose has actually changed.
Unlike Roland's previous life, whether "Harry Potter" can make money is not important to J.K. Rowling at all. Now she is just to repay Roland for helping her back then. Since Roland and The three Olsen sisters are interested in the story she wrote, so she will continue to write it, as long as they are happy after reading it, that's enough.
And after Roland saw the manuscripts of "The Sorcerer's Stone" and "The Chamber of Secrets", wouldn't he be unhappy?
Harvest two books at once?
This special code is really a surprise!
Although he vaguely remembered that in his previous life, "The Sorcerer's Stone" seemed to have been published in June of 1997, and now, this book has not been taken back for proofreading, and there is no ISBN used for international publishing, but this It doesn't matter right!
Take these two books to Lucas Press and you'll have it all done in minutes!
As for the propaganda involved in Harry Potter's previous life?
This is even easier!
Let that childlike Spielberg come out and endorse!
The old man may not be willing to stand on the platform for other strangers, but Roland...
You don’t even read other people’s books, so you can directly sign your name on the ghostwritten preface!
And just after Roland finished flipping through the catalogs of "Sorcerer's Stone" and "Chamber of Secrets" with a smile, and confirmed that the content outline was not much different from the books he had read in his previous life, he called Cole Needham. , asked him to take the company's legal affairs, and signed a publishing contract with J.K. Rowling in accordance with the practice of literary works in the industry.
Not only that, the adaptation rights related to "Harry Potter" were also won by Roland, and the price he offered shocked the single mother, "One million copies? This price is really too exaggerated."
"I actually checked the information before I came here. The film and television copyright of "Jurassic Park" seems to be only two million?"
"Oh, don't get me wrong, one million copies is the series buyout price."
"After you sign the contract, I can give priority to purchase the film and television adaptation rights of works related to "Harry Potter" at this price."
"Not only that, you also have the right to take a cut of the movie box office, 0.5% of the net global box office revenue."
Roland is not a capitalist either.
He will still pay the copyright fee that should be paid.
As for 0.5 percent of net global box office receipts?
If he remembers correctly, in his previous life, didn't Warner tamper with this?
But he was kind enough to prevent J.K. Rowling from losing money due to negative profits.
Roland...
Since J.K. Rowling trusts him so much, it is naturally impossible for him to make a negative profit of several hundred million, right?
Negative tens of millions, that's fine.
When Roland sent away J.K. Rowling, who had a huge sum of two million in his pocket, he was extremely excited. As soon as he turned his head, he saw Kate lying on the sofa, flipping through the novels he bought. Before he could speak, Kate He already asked in a puzzled tone: "Is there any need to buy this kind of children's book?"
"Can the stories for children be put on the screen?"
"You bought the filming rights for the adaptation of two books for two million. It seems that you are full of confidence in this story, but in fact, you are worried that the novel will not be sold after it is published, right? So use other means to compensate her ?”
"Wow? Why do you think so?" Roland blinked his curious eyes, and asked with a smile: "Is my image so tall in your heart? Do you think I will be the kind of person who does good deeds?"
"I don't think you will do good deeds either, mainly because what you said just now made me suspicious." Kate rolled her eyes at the guy who felt good about herself, and said, "You just said that you have been busy for the past two years and have no time to pay attention to it." Her, it proves that you have never read the novel written by her, and you just bought the copyright based on your previous impression."
"Since you haven't read it, and you are generous, then what is it if you are not doing good deeds?"
"Is it possible that you like her type?"
"Cough cough cough..."
"Do good, do good..."
Roland quickly stopped Kate's desire to continue talking.
Let her continue beeping, maybe in a few minutes, he will become a pervert!
He likes J.K. Rowling?
Grab the grass!
Why do you have such a weird idea?
"The business is over, let's talk about your family, okay?"
"This week is over, can you tell me the truth anyway?"
When "Saving Private Ryan" was confirmed to be filmed in the UK, Roland knew that he couldn't hide from certain things, but now, without having to shoot with the crew, he has already learned the correct use of firearms and how to shoot. A large number of bullets feed the accuracy, and when the copyright of "Harry Potter" is finalized, if Kate can let him go, there will be ghosts.
Seeing that Roland turned filming into a vacation, Kate hinted to him that instead of wandering around, he might as well do something serious, and Roland also replied very honestly, when to go to your house, you decide.
Although it is a bit blunt to use the topic of "going to your house" to divert her own embarrassment at this time, Kate likes Roland's good choice. Pulled Roland down.
"My mom and dad don't have any special hobbies, and it's easy to prepare gifts. Just go to the specialty store and buy something."
"Buy some casually? Are you trying to hurt me?" Hearing such perfunctory words, Roland immediately became reluctant, "You asked me what Ganetti and David like, but I told you directly!"
"Don't worry, don't worry, it's not like I won't accompany you..."
The more impatient Roland was on this kind of thing, the happier Kate was.
It's a pity that her reassurance was not approved by Roland. After feeling whether the probing eyes would change for a while, she pouted with a dimpled smile and said, "Well, why don't you For presents, it's better to talk to my mother about Shakespeare more, she likes this stuff, but let me say it first, you can't pretend to understand, she won't brush off your childish judgment like I did ..."
Shakespeare?
Hey, is this another literary old woman?
Roland nodded helplessly.
"My dad, although he plays Shakespeare plays, he actually prefers the TV series "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister". You have watched all of these, so I don't think it is difficult for you to communicate with him..."
"Oh, by the way, he also likes an unpopular drama called "House of Cards."
"If you have nothing to do these few days, you can make up for it..."
Oh, it turns out that Kate's father is an official fan!
"Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" TV series have no pressure on Roland at all, and "House of Cards", he has watched it twice, and President Kinoshita played by Kevin Spacey is that A handsome beep...
Well…
No!
President Kinoshita played by Kevin Spacey?
I wipe! Kevin Spacey hasn't made "American Beauty" yet!
Where did he act in "House of Cards"?
Feeling something was wrong, Roland frowned, and asked suspiciously, "House of Cards?"
"What House of Cards?"
"Oh, you really haven't watched it, it's a miniseries produced by the BBC..."
Roland's words did not exceed Kate's expectations, "The miniseries produced in 1990, written by Andrew Davis, if you don't know him, you always know about Anthony Hopkins, right? He acted in " Two Strange Men, many episodes of which are scripts written by Andrew..."
(end of this chapter)