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Chapter 529 An Unexpected Incident Occurred

The chaotic gunfire subsided, and the crew completed filming another gunfight scene. Martin handed his pistol to Bruce.

After waiting a short while, they met up with Menne and prepared to have lunch.

Nolan came over and said, "Come on, let's go together."

Martin followed him to a nearby restaurant, asking as they walked, "I just saw the latest filming schedule. Are all my scenes finished today?"

Nolan emphasized, "It's the Los Angeles scenes." He then asked Martin, "Do you have any other commitments?"

Martin received another invitation yesterday: "Tom Cruise asked me to talk about something."

Nolan didn't ask any further questions, and changed the subject back to the action scenes currently being filmed: "The scenes in Canada are all being filmed in the snowy mountains. Can you ski?"

Martin nodded: "I can skate. I've practiced before, but I wouldn't call myself an expert."

He once worked as a stunt double in a film with a revolutionary theme, which included many skiing scenes.

Bruce followed behind, and once Nolan was a bit further away, he deliberately muttered to Menez, "Our boss is a typical example of someone who's all brawn and no brains."

The group went into the restaurant for a meal.

The film crew booked the entire restaurant, where they ate lunch and dinner during filming. When Martin and Nolan came in, they attracted a lot of attention.

Clayson, who works as an assistant set designer, quickly finished his lunch as usual and left the restaurant with two colleagues.

Two pregnant colleagues found a place to cool off and rest.

For the past few days, Clayson has been taking walks near the street that the film crew has blocked off after lunch.

Many people in the crew did the same thing, and he was completely inconspicuous.

With his hands in his pockets, Clarkson strolled toward the alley where the props team was located. Because the crew was using real guns for filming, the props team would leave someone behind to keep watch even during mealtimes.

But the person guarding him would take a nap in his chair at this time every day.

Clayson has seen it several times.

This time was no exception. Between the two vans of the props team, the guy on duty sat on a recliner with sunglasses on, seemingly performing his duties, but actually snoring away.

Many Hollywood film crews do not have particularly strict management of their various departments, resulting in numerous accidents caused by carelessness and negligence.

Clayson passed by just like he had a few days before. Everyone in the neighborhood had gone to eat, and there was no one else around.

His gaze fell on a cabinet, and he coughed softly a few times.

The guy on duty didn't react at all; he probably goes to nightclubs to party every night.

Clayson took out a pair of gloves, put them on, and slipped behind the van. He folded up the worktable and placed it beside the van, then opened the rear door halfway, revealing the cargo container inside.

The props team still maintained basic professional ethics; guns, magazines, and blank ammunition boxes were all stored in containers instead of being placed on the worktable.

However, the container's safety lock was not engaged.

Once this door is locked, you need to enter a password to open it again, which is a bit of a hassle.

The Hollywood film crews that Clarkson worked on, once opened in the morning, would basically be open all day.

He was a set designer, skillful and quick; he gently pulled open the cabinet door and saw the guns used by the main characters.

The firearms and magazines were completely disassembled, and each magazine was loaded with blank rounds.

All five handguns on display are M9s, and Clayson couldn't determine which one Martin used.

He was just an assistant set designer, and it was difficult for him to get close to the main actors on set.

Time did not allow him to linger. He grabbed a magazine, removed the six hollow bullets from it, took out the three bullets he had brought, loaded them, and then placed three hollow bullets on top. He carefully put the magazine back, restoring the cabinet to its original state.

Clayson quickly looked around to make sure no one was nearby, then walked through the long alley and turned into the other side of the street where the film crew hadn't blocked off the area.

After walking a distance, he carefully took off his gloves. The facilities in the city center were old, and some of the sewer entrance gates on the roadside were damaged. He threw the gloves and blank bullets into different sewers.

Clayson was certain that no one had seen him do any of this.

With his hands in his pockets, he strolled back to the set design area, just like he had done in the past few days at noon.

The crew's lunch break is over, and filming is about to begin.

In Martin's film crew, Bruce was always listed as working in the props department.

Before the other actors arrived, Old Brooks turned into the alley where the props team was located to check the firearms used for filming.

"Don't you find it troublesome? Or do you not trust us?"

One prop master complained, "We've been guarding these guns the whole time; there shouldn't be any problems."

Bruce said, "It's part of the job. Understand."

The prop master, wearing sunglasses, said, "We understand you, but who understands us?" He couldn't help but add, "Old Bu, do you guys have paranoia?"

Believe it or not, those two bastards really are.

Brewster added, "Don't you remember? Last time we took out a Russian spy. Think about it, that's second only to the United States. You're still working in Hollywood, have you forgotten the KGB's infamous reputation?"

The two complaining prop masters immediately fell silent. Polar bears were too terrifying; no amount of caution was too much.

Bruce first inspected the rifle, ejecting all the blank cartridges from the magazine and then reloading them to make sure that every single bullet was in good condition.

Because the actors using these firearms will have to shoot at Martin during the upcoming filming.

Next, they inspected the pistol.

Just as Bruce picked up Martin's M9, British actor Tom Hardy came over to take the weapon.

All the pistols were the same, and he picked up an M9 at random.

Bruce reminded him, "Wait until I'm done checking."

Tom Hardy didn't dare to confront Martin, but he didn't care about Martin's henchmen. He sneered twice and said, "Don't think too highly of yourself. Nobody wants you and your master dead all the time."

Bruce turned to look at him.

Tom Hardy, with a roguish air about him, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Am I wrong? Hmm?"

Bruce, a man who had fought the British with a mortar, said, "Shut your stinking mouth."

"Heh..." Tom Hardy knew the other party was not someone to mess with, so he toned it down a bit, grabbed a magazine from the cabinet, and started unloading bullets: "Look closely, prop bullets, prop bullets, still prop bullets!"

He unloaded three bullets in quick succession and placed them in front of Bruce: "Did you see that?"

The prop master wearing sunglasses quickly stepped between the two and said, "The crew is about to start filming, don't waste time."

Tom Hardy shoved the empty bullet back into the magazine, stuffed it into the pistol, and turned and walked away without even looking at Bruce.

Bruce didn't say anything more since the other party wouldn't be filming the same scene with Martin today, and carefully checked the other firearms and magazines.

Other actors came over one after another to collect their guns.

Bruce gave Menez the pistol and took Martin's, and they went back to the set together.

Menne asked, "Did you have a conflict with Tom Hardy?"

Bruce asked in surprise, "It spread so quickly?"

Mene said, "That guy is telling people that you and I are slaves, and Martin is our slave owner."

Bruce frowned slightly and said, "I remember Nicholson's homemade rocket launcher is still here. It's essential to bring the crew tomorrow."

Menez's eyes lit up: "Then we'll light the fuse, and the rocket will travel along the rocket launcher..."

Bruce nodded: "That's how civilized people do it! You have to deal with English gentlemen in a civilized way."

Menez said, "You must call me."

Upon arriving at the film set, Bruce handed the gun to Martin.

Action director Tom came over to talk to Martin about the scene and gave him some pointers on what to pay attention to in the upcoming action sequences.

The dream sequence, filmed in Los Angeles, was split into two parts: Martin and Ellen Page were on one side, while Menez and the others were on the other.

The first scene filmed in the afternoon was a gunfight between Menezes, Ken Watanabe, and Tom Hardy after they kidnapped Cillian Murphy and the Dream Guardians.

Martin had nothing to do at the moment, so he did a simple warm-up.

Ellen Page, wearing a hoodie, came over and said, "That Tom Hardy is a troublemaker, spreading rumors everywhere."

Martin nodded: "I heard him, ignore him."

The script supervisor went to the camera and clapped the clapperboard; everyone on the set remained silent.

Martin and Ellen Page also fell silent.

As filming began, the sound of semi-automatic rifles firing rang out first, with a camera assistant holding a Steadicam and filming handheld.

Inside the battered taxi, Tom Hardy opened the door, jumped out, gripped his gun with both hands, and, using the taxi as cover, pulled the trigger.

Three shots rang out in quick succession, and a gunman fell as planned.

Tom Hardy immediately turned his gun around and fired again.

Many gunfight scenes rely on post-production editing, so the actors don't need to aim much. Tom Hardy turned a bit too far and pulled the trigger again.

Bang! Bang—

The camera assistant, who was filming with a Steadicam, saw the camera in front of him explode, sending black fragments flying.

Then he heard the third gunshot, and suddenly his right hand lost its strength. Then he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, and the camera couldn't hold up and fell to the ground with a thud.

The photography assistant collapsed, a burst of blood erupting from his shoulder.

Nolan sensed something was wrong and shouted, "Stop! Stop! Stop it right now!"

The film set was in chaos.

But Nolan's control and charisma were strong; he picked up a megaphone and shouted, "Tom, don't move! Put down your gun, don't move! Doctor, where's the doctor? Emma, ​​call 911! Everyone, don't move! This is just an accident!"

Despite Nolan's frantic shouting, there was no real chaos on set.

In the waiting area, Bruce was already standing in front of Martin and asked, "How many shots did Tom Hardy fire?"

Martin, a seasoned gunman, heard clearly: "Three shots were fired in the first place, then three more in the second, but the first three shots were fine, blanks, then..."

Bruce remembers clearly that the first three rounds Tom Hardy removed were indeed blanks.

Tom Hardy had his pistol on the back of the taxi, his hands covering his head, completely bewildered as to what had happened.

The same as everyone else.

Some veteran film crew members suddenly remembered "The Crow".

This isn't the first time something like this has happened in Hollywood, and it won't be the last.

Tom Hardy knew perfectly well that it was a bullet fired from his gun that wounded the camera assistant.

He was filled with regret at that moment. Why hadn't he let that bastard Bruce check the gun and magazine carefully?

(End of this chapter)