Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 183 Movie Shooting
When Guess What Films was casting for "Seven", Brad Pitt's agent helped him get the script and audition qualifications through New Line Cinema.

After reading the script, I felt it was great and I felt he was perfect for the role of Detective Mills.

It’s a pity that he didn’t even make it through the first round of auditions.

Because he is an actor under CAA, he is close to Richard Gere, Robert Downey Jr. and others, and everyone in Hollywood knows that Link and Richard Gere and others don't get along.

In addition, before the third round of auditions for Final Destination, he gave up the role for no reason, which probably also annoyed Link.

Thinking about it now, Brad Pitt regrets it very much. Not only does he regret missing the role of Detective Mills in "Seven", he also regrets getting too close to Richard Gere and others.

Judging from the situation of this bet, although CAA has a large number of people, Michael Ovitz is very powerful, and Richard Gere and others are also very famous, they are very weak compared to Link.

In order to win the bet, they kept inflating the box office of "The Trap", trying to find ways to attack Link's movie, and even wanted to prevent Link's movie from being released.

This also shows that Link is very powerful, his movie is also very powerful, Richard Gere and others are very weak, and this group of people needs to go all out to have a chance to win.

In addition, before the release of "Final Destination", Richard Gere, Robert Downey Jr. and others were afraid of losing the bet, and became very nervous and anxious. They didn't have much mind for work and were only thinking about how to win the bet, which seemed very unprofessional.

Link continued to work and prepare for the new movie, and did not put too much energy on "Final Destination" or pay too much attention to the win or loss of the bet.

It seems that he doesn't take this bet seriously.

There is a clear difference in mentality between the two sides.

Even though Link lost the bet, he still felt that Link was much stronger than this group of people.

This also made him regret giving up the audition for "Final Destination" and missing the opportunity to make friends with Link.

"The seven deadly sins? Sounds familiar."

"Oh, by the way, that movie with Link?"

"I heard that he is preparing a new movie and has already started casting?"

Robert Downey Jr. and others asked.

Brad Pitt took a sip of wine. "The film has already started shooting. The Los Angeles Times reported that the filming location is in New York."

"What? Filming started? At this time?"

Robert Downey Jr. was surprised, "Are you sure? Final Destination is about to be released, and instead of promoting it, he's going to New York to film a movie?"

David Duchovny frowned and said, "The publicity before a movie is released is very important. At this time, he doesn't want to promote the movie and get more box office revenue, but instead does something else. Why? Doesn't he care about the box office revenue of Final Destination?"

"It's impossible for him not to care. The stakes in this bet are as high as 7200 million US dollars. Even if he is worth million or million US dollars, it is still a huge sum for him. How could he not care?" Robert Downey Jr. said angrily.

He bet several million dollars to participate in the bet and was very nervous and anxious at this time. Link bet more than 70 million but was not nervous and was still thinking about making a new movie.

This made him extremely unhappy.

Kiefer Sutherland frowned and said, "Maybe he knew that he was going to lose this bet, so he gave up struggling, resigned himself to fate, and stopped paying attention to the box office, lest it cause him more trouble if the box office was not good."

"Makes sense!"

Robert Downey Jr. and Duchovny nodded repeatedly.

After hearing what they said, Brad Pitt felt more and more that it was a mistake to get too close to them. He put down his wine glass, made up an excuse and left.

"Cut!"

"Ben! You are only 23 years old, not 83. Give me some of the passion and vitality of young people. Don't always have a sullen face when performing. If you suffer from 'zombie syndrome' then please forgive me. If not, you'd better not have a sullen face. We need you to be more active and irritable here."

On the set of "Seven Deadly Sins", Link slammed the table and shouted.

Ben Affleck scratched his head and said, "Director Lin, I understand. I didn't notice it just now and didn't perform well. I will pay attention next time."

"Get ready quickly!"

Link waved his hand and continued shooting other shots.

When filming this movie, he did not require Ben Affleck to act like Brad Pitt. The two are different types of actors with different acting styles. Forcing Ben Affleck to play a masculine tough guy would be awkward and could easily ruin the role.

For this reason, before filming, he redesigned Ben Affleck's performance style to make the role more suitable for him and make it easier for him to integrate into the role.

It’s just that Ben Affleck tends to lose his composure during filming, and his face would drop and become expressionless if he wasn’t paying attention.

So after filming started, Link needed to remind Ben Affleck frequently. Once or twice was okay, but after too many times he would become impatient and his tone of voice would become impolite.

Ben Affleck also seems to be someone who needs a lesson.

If you don't scold him, he won't be able to act.

Scolding him a few times can sometimes keep him in control for several days.

The harsher the scolding, the better the effect.

This also made Link feel helpless. He had a gentle personality and seldom cursed, but the current situation forced him to be stricter.

"Scene 12, 3 takes, 2 times, start!" The crew continued filming.

New detective Mills just joined the police station when he encountered a homicide case. He followed the retiring old detective William Summerset to the crime scene.

It is also the first scene of the 'Seven Deadly Sins', 'Gluttony'.

"Would you like some coffee?"

In the rain, Detective Mills walked towards old William who had just got off the car with two cups of coffee.

"do not want!"

Old William ignored him and walked towards the crime scene with his tools.

Detective Mills put down a cup of coffee on the steps and quickly followed old William in front of him.

“The site is intact and everything is in its original location.”

A policeman in a peaked cap reported to the two men outside the crime scene.

"When was the time of death?"

asked old William.

"Like I just told you, I didn't touch anything, but his face was in the pasta for almost 45 minutes."

The policeman in the peaked cap talked as he walked.

"Wait, so no one checked to see if he was alive or dead?"

Detective Mills asked.

"Did I not make it clear, this guy is no longer breathing, unless someone can breathe in spaghetti sauce."

The policeman in the peaked cap said.

"Is this how they investigate cases here?"

Detective Mills asked questioningly.

"Sorry detective, this guy is sitting on his own shit, if he wasn't dead he would have stood up on his own."

"That's enough, Detective. Thank you for your explanation."

Detective Mills handed the coffee to the policeman in the big hat.

"cut!"

This scene was shot in a long take, mainly capturing the walking movements and conversations of several people, and did not require high performance.

We took two test shots before the official shooting, and it passed in one try when the official shooting started.

Link called the actors who were to appear in the next scene to rehearse twice and take a test shot on the spot. After making sure there were no problems, he continued shooting.

When Detective William Somerset and Detective Mills entered the scene, they were immediately shocked by the size of the deceased. The deceased was a huge fat man wearing a large vest. He was lying on the dining table like a pile of meat with his face buried in the plate.

There were many cockroaches running around on the table and floor.

The fat guy's body was covered with blue veins and scars, which looked very scary.

When filming this scene, there were relevant experts and forensic doctors on the scene to provide guidance on what the deceased should look like, and they tried their best to meet the requirements when applying makeup.

"Who said this was murder?"

Detective Mills said as he shone his flashlight on the fat man's body.

"no one!"

Old William said.

"This guy's heart must be the size of a can of ham, if it wasn't a heart attack, I don't know."

Detective Mills said.

Old William shone the flashlight around, squatted down to shine it under the table, and glanced at Mills.

Detective Mills also squatted down and saw that the deceased's hands and feet were tied with wire.

"cut!"

"next!"

Because the scene was quite complicated, Link and the crew shot here for four consecutive days before they finished shooting all the shots.

(End of this chapter)