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Chapter 554 Young Actors
The first day's shooting consisted of just a few simple shots, after which Gilbert Jr. and Tom Cruise were interviewed by visiting reporters.

Tom Cruise rubbed his hands: "I am very much looking forward to this cooperation. Gilbert Jr. and I are very good friends. I am very happy that he would like to work with me again."

Gilbert Jr. said: "This time we are telling a story between a father and daughter. Tom and I are both fathers, and we both understand the feelings of being a father.

I felt that Tom could interpret the role very well, so I chose to work with him again.”

Jude Lord, who starred in the film, said excitedly: "This is my first time working with director Gilbert Jr., and it is a great opportunity for me.

Tom is great too, I play his brother in the film and I love that role.”

Out of protection, Gilbert Jr. did not allow Saoirse Ronan to be interviewed. The main reason was that these media outlets were good at setting traps, and Saoirse Ronan was inexperienced and easily fell into the trap.

But the little girl would have this chance sooner or later, because she starred in a movie by Little Gilbert.

There is a piece of data to prove that after Saoirse Ronan was revealed to star in "The Last of Us", the search volume of her name instantly increased from zero to 150,000.

Saoirse Ronan also has her own homepage on Wikipedia.

However, the information above is pitifully small, but I believe that after a period of time, there will be more information on the homepage.

After the media interview day, "The Last of Us" officially entered the closed shooting stage, and the first scene to be filmed was the father-daughter relationship between Joel and Sarah.

In fact, at the beginning, after reading the script and Gilbert Jr.'s shooting plan, Charles Roven asked if Joel and Sarah's scenes could be shortened.

Because this scene lasted more than 30 minutes, we could edit it down to 10 to 15 minutes.
However, Gilbert Jr. made it clear that this part of the play could not be shortened in any way.

Because this scene pushes the audience to understand the relationship between Joel and Sarah, and finally understand why Joel would rescue Ellie from the Firefly organization.

Because he had experienced loss once, Joel didn't want to lose again.

Although "The Last of Us" contains many elements common in zombie movies, the core of the film is driven by emotions.

Emotion is a very common element in film narrative genres, and love is an eternal topic for all kinds of artists, creators, and directors.

In comparison, although there are fewer explanations of family affection, it is equally touching if filmed well.

Gilbert Jr. made extensive changes to the game's plot, but retained the core and theme of the story, ensuring that it can still make emotional audiences cry in the cinema.

However, the first problem the crew faced was that Dakota Fanning was so moved that she kept crying during the performance.

The lights in the room were off, Sarah was asleep on the sofa, and Joel had just returned home.

"Tommy, Tommy, listen to me." Joel found that Sarah had fallen asleep, so he lowered his voice and whispered to the other end of the phone: "He is a contractor, okay? I can't lose this job."

"We understand. Can we talk about this in the morning?"

At this time, Sarah yawned and woke up from the sofa.

"Hey!"

Joel hung up the phone, asked his daughter to sit closer, and sat on the sofa, stroking his head tiredly.

Sarah asked, "Did work go well today?"

Joel obviously didn't want Sarah to know about his work, so he changed the subject: "It's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet? What are you doing?"

"Oh no, what time is it?" Sarah looked at the clock hurriedly.

Joel said, "It's past your bedtime."

"But it's not past twelve yet."

Sarah dug out a gift box from under the sofa, but Joel over there hadn't noticed yet: "Come on, baby, I don't have time to mess around with you, go to bed!"

Who knew that just as he finished speaking, Sarah handed the gift box to him. "What is this?"

"You kept complaining about your broken watch, so, you know, I just..." Sarah looked at her father: "Do you like it?"

"Baby," Joel pretended to tap his watch, "I like it very much, but it seems to be broken."

"No, no, no," Sarah took the watch and looked at it. It was good. She was dissatisfied with Joel's prank and laughed twice.

Joel asked, “Where did you get the money?”

Sarah's answer was humorous: "Drugs. I make money from selling drugs."

"Great," Joel turned on the TV, "From now on, you can help me pay off the loan."

"Think beautifully!"

This scene is composed of different shots, shot one by one.

Anyone who has been a director knows that the most difficult people to deal with on the set are not the big-name star actors, but the young child actors.

These child actors have no idea about the identity of a big director. Once you make them unhappy, they will go on strike and cry at any time.

But although Dakota Fanning is young, she has worked with big directors like Spielberg and has rich acting experience, so she didn't cause any trouble.

For this one scene, the crew filmed it over and over again for most of the day. She never complained about the hardship or tiredness, and she could even surprise herself with her performance from time to time.

But in the end, this experienced young actor couldn't help but burst into tears on the set.

The reason is simple. Sarah, played by Dakota Fanning, and Joel, played by Tom Cruise, have actually developed a bit of affection during their half-month relationship.

So when Sarah died in Joel's arms at the end, watching Tom Cruise cry, and feeling Tom Cruise's grief, Dakota Fanning cried on the set.

"Wow, I don't want to die. I'm not dead yet." Dakota Fanning wiped away her tears on the spot, making the entire crew feel sad and a little funny.

After filming this scene, little Gilbert was helpless and signaled Tom Cruise to help and comfort him.

Fortunately, Tom Cruise is not a novice anymore, after all, he is the father of two children.

He immediately picked up Dakota Fanning and said, "Hug me, don't cry, Daddy is here! Be good, Daddy will take you to have dessert, okay?"

With Tom Cruise's comfort, Dakota Fanning finally walked out of the scene. Afterwards, Tom Cruise fulfilled his promise and took Dakota Fanning out for dessert.

Saoirse Ronan didn't have any scenes in the past half month, so she was mainly watching how the child star Dakota Fanning performed on the set.

Seeing Dakota Fanning burst into tears on the set, Saoirse Ronan secretly vowed to herself that she must hold it back.

She wants to leave a good impression on everyone with a perfect performance, and she will never cry.

But to be honest, this is quite difficult to do.

Because child actors, who have hardly ever taken acting classes but can perform well, are basically experiential actors. Saoirse Ronan can be said to be an acting genius, and she follows the experiential route.

In order to study the role of Ellie, she not only read the script more than ten times, but also wrote a twenty-page biography for Ellie.

Not only that, she would pester little Gilbert with questions whenever she had free time.

Of course, Gilbert Jr. was not stingy and answered every question, helping Saoirse Ronan deepen her understanding of the role.

After Dakota Fanning finished filming, it was Saoirse Ronan's turn.

(End of this chapter)