America achieves both fame and fortune

Chapter 287 Super Fast Hand Speed

The Brooklyn studio area suddenly became quiet and peaceful, with all three film crews restraining their members from causing trouble.

Film studios are too dangerous!

Rumors inevitably arose, such as Martin Davis being difficult to work with, which started circulating from the set of "I'm Not There".

Martin didn't care and focused on filming every day.

Hollywood is an industry rife with rumors.

Due to the postponement of the Central Park location shooting, the crew remained at the studio to continue filming.

With the dramatic scenes concluded, director Danny Boyle temporarily stepped down, and assistant director and action choreographer Chad Stahelski took over the filming of the action sequences.

Martin had worked with him on "Wanted," and they had exceptional chemistry in action scenes.

Martin could understand Chad's intentions and plans as soon as they were spoken, and he executed them exceptionally well.

Inside the film set, which was decorated like a penthouse apartment on the Upper East Side, Martin took off his suit jacket and tossed it to his assistant, while a stylist rushed over to touch up his makeup.

Chad called over Lewis, the stuntman who would play Martin's adversary, to rehearse the scene: "In this scene, after Martin drinks blood mixed with a 'smart drug,' he gradually recovers, but his adversary has a gun. You have to take him down using unconventional methods!"

He then said to Lewis, "Come over here and check on the situation. Bend down and examine Martin's condition, then the conflict will break out. Be sure to cooperate."

Lewis, who had already practiced his positioning, replied, "No problem."

Bruce then entered the set, gave Lewis a prop revolver, and handed Martin a sealed package of soft needles.

Chad asked, "Is it alright? Would you like to practice first?"

Martin tore open the package and said, "No need, I've practiced before."

In the evening, I played games with Aniston in a similar way; it's more fun when men and women play games together.

This certainly doesn't involve any messy stuff; it's mainly because Aniston is very conscientious and actively cooperated with Martin to practice the key action scenes.

After the stylist finished touching up his makeup, Martin lay on the ground next to a pool of blood, his mouth still smeared with red blood, pretending to be a dead man.

Chad returned to his director's chair, surveyed the set through the director's monitor, and shouted, "All departments, get ready! Three minutes to shoot!"

Soon, the script supervisor clapped the clapperboard, and filming began.

Lewis, holding a revolver, entered the spacious apartment living room and saw his accomplice and Martin lying in pools of blood. He immediately went over to check on them.

He reached out and turned Martin's body over. Martin turned around and spat out the needle.

The soft needle struck Lewis in the face, and Lewis let out a scream.

Following the pre-arranged plan, Martin reached out and knocked Lewis's gun away, kicked him away, and then leaped up to deliver a Bruce Lee-style side kick.

Lewis fell backward, crashing into a pre-arranged prop cabinet, smashing the door and becoming unable to get up.

Martin followed closely behind and delivered a powerful, short punch to Lewis's face.

Lewis cooperated perfectly, tilting his head back and to one side.

Martin, panting heavily, went to the pool of blood, picked up the revolver that had fallen to the ground, and checked the bullets.

His hands hung naturally at his sides, staring intently at the entrance of the passage, like a cowboy about to engage in a duel.

According to Boyle and Chad's plan, this scene would be inserted as a montage of the old cowboy using a revolver in "Unforgiven".

The production team has obtained the necessary licenses to use the relevant films.

"Stop!" Chad thought it was good, but lacked confidence. Just like before, he asked director Boyle on the other side, "Is it okay?"

Boyle nodded: "Very good!"

Chad then shouted, "This take is good!" He then reminded them, "Martin, Lewis, don't move, Action Team Two, come in!"

Several male actors had already received their guns from Bruce and immediately entered the filming location according to the rehearsed route.

Chad added, "Martin, watch your shooting posture. It's not your usual style; it's more like a Western cowboy revolver."

Martin nodded: "Understood, revolver rapid fire!"

With Chad's command, filming resumed.

Amidst the rapid footsteps, Martin, like a Western cowboy, performed a fancy maneuver with his revolver, grabbing the revolver with one hand and pressing down on the hammer with the other before the first person came out.

Five armed enemies came into view.

Martin pulled the trigger and unleashed a rapid-fire revolver!

His hand speed is astonishing. He has been digging tunnels for the past two years, which has honed his super-fast hand speed so much that he doesn't need any special effects!

Everyone who has experienced it says it's great!

Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie, Blake Lively, and Jennifer Aniston are all proof of that!

Six shots rang out, five enemies fell to the ground, and a decorative glass panel shattered.

Chad was quite excited and shouted, "Well done! Martin, you're amazing!"

Martin tossed the revolver to Bruce and said, "No problem."

He can use such hand speed in a dark and damp environment, let alone in a dry and unobstructed environment.

The action scenes in the apartment ended there, and Chad shouted, "That's a wrap!"

During the lunch break, the crew did not return to the hotel but ate in the food truck.

The actors from the neighboring "I'm Not There" crew would automatically avoid Martin from afar, as if they had encountered a demon.

Martin carried the tray onto the trailer, and after Bruce sat down opposite him, he asked, "Old Bruce, am I that scary?"

Bruce not only had sharp eyes on set, but also exceptionally sharp ears. He whispered, "Don't you know there are a lot of rumors circulating on set? They all say you're difficult to deal with, a real devil, and whoever you set your sights on is doomed."

Martin had heard the earlier ones before, but this was the first time he'd heard this: "The Great Demon King? What the hell? I'm the leader of a cult, okay?!"

"I've heard about it carefully; it first came from Cate Blanchett," Bruce said, who knew quite a bit about it. "She's an important member of the Australian gang and doesn't like you at all."

Martin took a bite of vegetables, then a bite of meat: "Doesn't she know the Great Demon King eats meat?"

Upon hearing this, Bruce immediately perked up: "What? You want to mess with her?" He loved messing with people the most: "How? Do you have a plan?"

"Stop! Stop!" Martin exclaimed, puzzled. "Old Brooks, use your shitty brain! When have good people like us ever intentionally attacked someone? We were always acting in self-defense!"

He emphasized, "People can't control what others say, no matter what they say. As long as she doesn't say it to my face, let her be."

Bruce turned his head and saw Blanchett and Bell in the distance through the dining car window.

He had gotten close to some people in the other group; Bell had a very good relationship with Heath Ledger and also had a lot of opinions about Martin.

But you can't just kill someone because they have a problem with you or say bad things behind your back.

After finishing their meal, the two returned to the trailer to rest.

Martin asked Bruce, "Is there any news about Harvey Weinstein in the News of the World or the Sun?"

"No." Bruce handed him the two most recent newspapers: "Harvey isn't an ordinary person either. I doubt the News of the World will take any action without solid evidence."

The Sun and its weekend edition, the News of the World, are renowned for their accuracy in gossip, scandals, and celebrity revelations.

The news team Martin encountered in Washington preferred to risk creating news rather than writing random vignettes.

Harvey is a big fish too.

In the afternoon, the crew continued filming action scenes, focusing entirely on gunfights with Martin as the main character.

Martin's extensive shooting practice allowed him to handle these roles with ease and confidence.

Robert De Niro also appeared in the studio, officially joining the filming.

As one of the four great actors of the 70s and 80s, the old man, like Jack Nicholson, has a bad temper, but he is a completely different person on set and in his daily life, and is relatively dedicated.

Robert De Niro has become less selective about scripts in recent years, which is related to his family. As an Italian who values ​​family, he currently has six children and plans to have a seventh.

Raising children is expensive.

Martin and he both belong to WMA, and with Robert De Niro's agent Ali acting as a mediator, they got along fairly well on set.

Besides talking about daily life, we also chat about mutual friends.

Martin specifically mentioned a friend of both men: "I heard from Leo that you introduced him to director Scorsese?"

Robert De Niro nodded: "I'm that bastard's dad!"

Martin's eyes widened in shock. Could there be some unspeakable secret involved? A shocking piece of gossip?

"Don't overthink it." Robert De Niro clearly guessed Martin's thoughts: "Back in the early 1990s, when filming 'Boy's Life,' I personally picked Leonardo from 400 candidates to play my rebellious stepson."

Martin, hearing this for the first time, asked, "Was he that dazzling back then? One in 400?"

Robert De Niro: "He's just a silly kid. I chose him because he's Italian!"

Martin wasn't surprised at all by this; ethnicity and nationality are the most obvious markers of a circle in Hollywood.

De Niro added, "Later I recommended him to Scorsese, and he's been pretty good, constantly improving." Then he looked at Martin and asked, "Scorsese said you beat that brat on the set of The Departed?"

Upon hearing this, Aniston, Bruce, and the others around looked at Martin in surprise, unable to hide the shock in their eyes, as if to say, "I never expected you to be this kind of person!"

"He outshone Leonardo in the performance!" Martin quickly corrected. He didn't care about being called a "big devil" or "difficult to deal with," but saying he outshone Leonardo could ruin someone's reputation.

He was quite confident in this regard: "Director Scorsese said that my portrayal of the character completely surpasses Leonardo's."

Aniston leaned in and, without any hesitation, kissed Martin in front of everyone, then complained to De Niro, "You scared me."

De Niro laughed heartily, "No wonder you and Leo get along so well." He then added, "That bastard isn't like an Italian at all—irresponsible, unmarried, doesn't value family, a traitor!"

Martin agreed: "He's an absolute traitor, and I'll make him pay if I get the chance."

(End of this chapter)