Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 254: Studio Play
After finishing the filming of the scenes at the Seoul Hotel, the crew rearranged the hotel's decoration and scenes.

Because in the revised plot, this will be the scene where Scarlett confronts the villain after awakening.

However, because this scene involved a lot of special effects, the hotel was temporarily set up as a green screen studio.

Of course, compared to special effects, Tang De prefers real-life shooting.

Therefore, in this fight scene, he required every punch to hit the flesh, in order to show the indifference of the super body that blocked the sense of pain after evolution.

At the same time, the requirements for Rob Surrey were also very high, because he had to perform many fighting movements while stepping on a mechanical prosthetic foot, which tested the actor's balance more than those small movements in the normal state.

Especially some scenes where he tumbled in the air, Rob Sarri had to perform one killer move after another with a wire tied to his body, which really made all the staff sweat for him.

But Rob Sarri did a great job.

When he performed all his stunts in a sweat, Tang De gave him a thumbs up and encouraged him: "Great, Rob, you did a great job."

Quentin was watching the screen beside him, and saw Robbo in the picture do a 360-degree somersault on the spot, then stretch out his arms. Several special knives immediately burst out of his cybernetic body and rushed straight towards the screen.

But if you look closely, you can easily find that those knives are actually tied with special prop fishing lines, and someone is controlling them to fly in the air.

This action is very visually impactful, and Quentin can already imagine the surprise of the audience when they sit in front of the screen and watch these knives flying towards them.

The crew stayed in the hotel for the next few days just to complete this important battle.

And every night, there was more than one person in Tang De's room.

Scarlett was always with him.

"Honey, you're really busy today." Scarlett lay on the bed with her delicate little feet hooked behind her. She looked so white and smooth that one would want to hold her in his arms and play with her.

Tang De nodded while looking at the computer: "It's true that I'm a bit busy."

"What's the matter?" Scarlett was curious.

"It's the work of a clown." Tang De looked at the content of Tom's investigation on the screen and said, "You know the screenwriter who resigned, Victor."

"Of course, what did he say again?" Scarlett had been secretly paying attention to Tang De's company, so she knew very well what Norton's Eye had encountered recently.

"It's the Writers Guild that has provided legal assistance to Victor."

Scarlett frowned. "So they really plan to sue you?"

"That's right." Tang De touched his chin: "But this is not the point."

"What's the point?"

"I had someone check Victor's recent bank statements and found that he had not received any money recently, but his 68-year-old mother received a gift worth $."

"68 years old?" Scarlett couldn't help laughing: "This money must have been given to Victor by someone else."

"Yes, but he asked his mother to collect it on his behalf." Tang De shook his head: "But they were very cautious."

"So what now?"

"It's okay." Tang De leaned against the headboard: "I asked them to investigate the comment users on Victor's website and found that one of the commenters was from Clooney Capital."

"Clooney Capital?" Scarlett felt that the name was unfamiliar.

“Yes, it’s a private equity firm.”

“Is there something wrong with this company?”

"I don't know." Tang De narrowed his eyes: "I just think this company seems a little strange. They have nothing to do with Hollywood, but they want to support Victor."

"Maybe he just saw it out of boredom?" Scarlett felt that Tang De was a little too sensitive.

"Maybe, but since we have suspicions, we can't let go of the pursuit."

Tang De smiled and turned off the computer.

"So you don't care about Victor's affairs now? I see he posts blogs accusing you every day."

"Let him complain." Tang De said indifferently: "This is the price of being famous. There will always be people who are dissatisfied with you. Isn't it the same for you? There will always be people who think you are just a vase."

He put his arm around Scarlett.

"You're right." Scarlett licked her lips and breathed heavily in his ear: "So I want to prove it to them. Will you help me?"

"Of course, but my requirements are very strict."

"I'm ready, no matter how strict..."

Scarlett's hand slowly reached into the quilt and grasped Tang De's lifeline...

A month later, the crew moved to New York.

This scene is Scarlett's awakening. She was detained in a small prison while transporting CPH4. After she refused the guard's molestation, she was knocked down with a punch and kicked in the stomach.

This caused the bag of CPH4 in her body to rupture, and she then entered the awakening stage.

However, although this scene seems to be set in a closed small prison, in fact, because it involves the inversion of space, this small prison is a separate scene built on the set.

Of course, this is not a rotating corridor, it's just a rotating room, so the difficulty is not as high as "Inception".

Scarlett was very excited when she heard that she was going to challenge this kind of rotating role. After all, as long as a qualified actor is involved, he or she will definitely hope to challenge different scenes and identities.

Quentin was also there when this scene was being filmed. He seemed to have found something more interesting than traveling, so he simply followed Tang De as a consultant and made a movie together.

"Just looking at this small room makes me feel very tired..." Quentin sighed in front of the revolving prison scene, "I don't know how you shot that revolving corridor."

"Everything is difficult at the beginning." Tang De said a proverb.

“Is this also from China?”

"Yes."

"No wonder it sounds so concise and philosophical." Quentin shook his head and looked at Scarlett hanging on the chain with the help of the prop team.

She had an iron ring on her arm, and the iron ring was connected to an iron chain fixed to the wall. There was also a wire behind her that was fixed to the iron chain to prevent her from being thrown out when she was spinning.

Unlike the situation Heath Ledger faced at the beginning, Don does not need Scarlett to run back and forth in the prison. What she has to show is actually constantly hitting the wall under the control of the power in her body, accompanied by convulsions and epilepsy like being poisoned.

That’s why Tang De was so harsh on Scarlett.

"No, Scarlett, you want your body to twitch unnaturally! But what I see now is that you are consciously controlling the twitching!"

"It's still not right, your twitching frequency is even higher! You're like a fish on a chopping board! This doesn't feel right at all!"

"No, it's not that you just need to lower the frequency! Do you understand? You have to lose consciousness! But I see that you are very awake now."

"That's too bad, Scarlett, stop it, you're not getting the essence of this move!"

Scarlett was interrupted several times and felt a little impatient, so she waved to Tang De: "Let's talk alone, director."

Seeing Tang De stand up with a stern face, Quentin, the peacemaker, came over and patted him on the shoulder: "Be patient, Tang, it's no big deal." "Don't worry, I know." Tang De followed Scarlett into the dressing room.

As soon as she entered the room, Scarlett pressed Tang De against the door and stared at him with sharp eyes.

“Is my acting really that bad?”

Tang De shrugged: "I don't think you grasped that feeling."

"Let me make a bet..." Scarlett was silent for a moment: "If I perform well next time, you have to praise me with words I have never heard before."

"What if you don't succeed?" Tang De raised his eyebrows.

Scarlett immediately squatted down...

Tang De raised his head instantly and let out a long sigh.

Fifteen minutes later, Donde and Scarlett returned to their respective seats.

Then Scarlett repeated the scene just now.

But when she looked at Tang De, she found that Tang De shook his head: "This feeling is still not right."

Scarlett walked into the dressing room without saying a word. Her action was so decisive that others immediately thought that Scarlett was angry.

Tang De followed closely behind, and Quentin also advised: "Tang, persuade her well."

"rest assured."

There was no movement after the two people went in. Seeing this, everyone didn't dare to disturb the director and the leading actor and could only wait patiently.

But this time it lasted longer. After the two came out, their expressions almost returned to normal. After communicating with the prop master, Scarlett hung herself on the chain again.

This time Scarlett seemed to have grasped the essence of the situation. She rolled back and forth in the rotating prison, twisting and shaking uncontrollably, just like the feeling of taking an overdose of drugs.

After the performance, Quentin clapped softly: "This is really good, Don, what do you think?"

Other staff members also applauded. Everyone could see Scarlett's hard work and strength from her acting. At least in their eyes, the performance was impeccable.

But Tang De frowned, thought for a while and said, "Very good, but it still lacks a little feeling."

"What does it feel like?" Scarlett looked at Tang De.

"Your expression and posture are right now, but you lack a sense of pleasure." Tang De's words were a little confusing: "Because this is not drug addiction, it is actually helping you to sublimate, so after the initial pain is over, you gradually feel a little bit of pleasure, which is a tremor from the depths of your soul, and it is also what your cells crave the most."

"Evolution, evolution at all costs. When you encounter CPH4, your whole body begins to crave evolution." Tang De spoke more and more smoothly: "This is the bottom line of all your actions."

"Only after you demonstrate this, your skillful use of various abilities will not seem out of place. This is because you have completed the most important evolution at this moment."

Scarlett was silent for a moment and walked towards the dressing room again.

Again?

Two words popped up in everyone's mind, but looking at Tang De and Scarlett's expressions, they didn't look angry, but seemed to be discussing something in the room.

Only Quentin touched his chin, feeling something was wrong.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly regretted what he had said just now.

"Damn, they really know how to play."

He had already figured out Donald and Scarlett's tricks, but he didn't expect that he would become a part of their play.

After waiting for another twenty minutes, Tang De rubbed his brows and walked out of the room, his steps much slower than before.

Scarlett, on the other hand, was radiant, as if she had found the knack of acting.

"Is this a reward for her or a punishment for me?" Tang De was a little helpless, but in order to let Scarlett perform well, he had to sell his body.

"Come on." After replenishing her ammunition several times, Scarlett finally understood the key point.

After tying herself up with the chains again, she quickly gave everyone a wonderful performance. Her expression was extremely painful as she twitched, but her eyes revealed a hint of joy and excitement, which was the body's most primitive evolutionary instinct.

The photographer captured this detail and applauded loudly after the performance.

"Very good!" Tang De stood up and looked at Scarlett who was hanging on the chains: "You are the most talented actress I have ever seen, baby."

The other staff members didn't notice anything from this sentence, except Quentin.

When Scarlett heard Tang De's praise, she smiled, and everyone who had been worried about the leading actor and the director falling out couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Okay, let's shoot the next scene..." Tang De clapped his hands, reminding everyone to regain their attention.

The filming of "Lucy" was progressing fairly quickly. After the scenes on the set were finished, they booked an entire road to shoot the car chase scene.

In this scene, Chris Hemsworth finally got a chance to show up.

He was wearing a leather jacket, his hair was neatly combed, and he had stubble on his chin. With the help of a makeup artist, he looked several years older and looked like a frustrated middle-aged man.

But he was exposed as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Director, what should I do?" He looked lively and full of energy.

Tang De looked at him and thought for a moment before saying, "Run along the street twice first."

"Huh?" Chris Hemsworth was a little confused and asked, "What is this going to show? Is it an extra scene? Director?"

"Go run two laps and you'll know." Tang De didn't give a direct answer, but just told him to exercise.

"Okay!" Chris Hemsworth didn't hesitate and sprinted out directly.

Quentin came over and said, "I don't think this scene is in the script."

"Oh, it's not in the script." Tang De shrugged his shoulders: "I just think he is too active now, let him use up his vigorous energy."

"Hahaha, Tang, you are so mean." Quentin looked at Chris Hemsworth running around the crew and sighed, "Young people are still the best."

"Why, are you not able to do it at night?" Tang De looked at Quentin.

"Ahem... Of course not." How could Quentin admit that? He patted his stomach and said, "I'm still going strong! I ordered three yesterday."

"Tsk." Tang De teased, "Then you better be careful and don't let yourself be drained."

"What are you talking about?" Scarlett came over as he spoke.

She was dressed in black and had black eyeshadow on her eyes.

"We're talking about the next plot. How's it going? Are you ready?"

"Of course, no problem." Scarlett's words revealed confidence.

Later in the car, she will contribute one of the film's future famous scenes, the one where she swipes the thread of fate on the glass, looking for her target.

(End of this chapter)