America achieves both fame and fortune

Chapter 534 Masked Party

After a week's hiatus, filming officially resumed. Martin's remaining scenes were few and were completed smoothly in just one morning.

It seems that the entire crew has returned to normal.

Bruce did a lot of research in private and even talked to each prop master privately, but like LAPD, he didn't gain anything substantial.

According to everyone's feedback, there were no unusual events that day.

The LAPD sent someone to accompany the film crew to prevent any further accidents.

Martin removed his makeup and got out of the trailer.

Ellen Page had been waiting outside, and upon seeing Martin, she couldn't wait to share: "I just heard some news."

Martin said, "It seems like good news."

Ellen Page made no attempt to hide her joy, saying, "The production team said that the firefighters' insurance company has decided not to provide insurance coverage for Tom Hardy until the LAPD's investigation is complete."

When you reach the level of Tom Cruise or Leonardo DiCaprio, even without insurance coverage, production teams will still risk casting them as leading men.

Given Martin's business performance over the past two years, perhaps a deal can be reached.

But for minor celebrities like Tom Hardy, being temporarily blacklisted by insurance companies will undoubtedly cause a serious setback to their careers.

Martin winked. "Don't get so excited. We're not shallow people."

Ellen Page nodded repeatedly: "Yes, you're right."

She covered her mouth: "But I just can't help but laugh."

During lunch, Martin and Nolan sat at the same table and talked about filming in Canada.

The production team only planned five days for filming in Canada, all of which were snow scenes.

Nolan said, "Canada was the last stop for Tom Hardy's filming. Due to what happened before, the LAPD temporarily restricted Tom Hardy from leaving Los Angeles, and Emma and I vouched for him so that he could go to Canada."

Martin frankly stated, "There's something strange about this."

Nolan glanced at both sides, and finally couldn't help but whisper, "I have a feeling it's related to Morocco."

Martin understood Nolan's words and said appropriately, "Ali, the top partner and CEO of WMA, told me something: the four female kidnappers may have ties to Jewish forces."

Seeing that he understood, Nolan simply said, "It's not just possible, it's definitely related. I've been under a lot of pressure from Jewish forces lately, and I had to agree to let those four female kidnappers return to their country to face trial."

Martin spread his hands: "Will they be tried in Congress?"

"No one would believe that." Nolan's dissatisfaction was palpable, but there was nothing he could do but talk about the present situation: "It's said that those people are particularly vengeful. I ruined their plans, so they're turning around and causing me trouble. That makes sense."

He was quite helpless: "Even CAA is putting pressure on me."

This brokerage firm was originally founded by Jews, and all of its current senior partners are Jewish.

Martin felt the timing was right and casually mentioned, "Ali wants to talk to you, anytime is fine, depending on your schedule."

Nolan laughed: "You want me to switch jobs?"

Martin said, "I've delivered the message; I'm not responsible for anything else."

Nolan asked for Ali Emmanuel's contact information. Even if he didn't switch jobs, it was still necessary to meet Ali. The current CAA is quite like the one William Morris once dominated, and sometimes it doesn't treat its clients with enough respect.

Back in the day, when Michael Ovis, Ron Mayer, and three others started their business, they did everything they could to attract clients, even jumping onto tables and wiggling their big butts and performing clown dances to please them.

Filming for Inception is nearing its end, and Nolan is considering new projects. He specifically discussed this with Martin: "Jonathan has started writing the script for the final Batman trilogy, which will probably be called The Dark Knight Rises. I've been hesitant about whether the Joker should return."

Martin asked, "If he's not the main villain, there's no need for him to return."

Nolan and Martin have always had a pleasant working relationship, and Nolan specifically stated, "The primary villain is Bane. Even if the Joker appears, he won't have much screen time, so it's really unnecessary."

He also had other considerations: once Martin's Joker appeared, he might steal all the limelight from the new villain.

Nolan added, "I originally planned to cast Tom Hardy as Bane, but given the current situation, it would be too risky to use him now."

Martin thought of that movie from his past life and asked, "Is it another duel between two heroes?"

"It's different now." Nolan wouldn't repeat himself: "It's roughly like in the comics, Bane will be someone who can physically and forcefully defeat Batman."

Seeing Nolan initiate the discussion, Martin remarked, "If the production team and Warner Bros. continue to use Bale, perhaps Bane would be better off using an actor who is even more muscular than Bale."

Nolan nodded slightly: "That makes sense."

Martin had no good impression of Tom Hardy, so it was naturally easy for him to kick someone when they were down.

After lunch, Martin temporarily left the film crew.

On the way back, Bruce said, "Luckily we didn't get involved, otherwise you would have been the one facing the Jewish pressure."

Martin said, "This circle is rife with Jewish influence."

He may have limited knowledge of other industries, but the media and entertainment industry has been greatly affected.

After the crew strengthened management, no further accidents occurred, and filming of all scenes in Los Angeles was completed four days later.

Nolan, along with a small team including Martin, traveled to Calgary, Canada, to film the dreamlike snow-capped fortress scenes.

The film crew built a fortress on a ski resort here, using wood at a 1:1 scale, specifically for location shooting.

Unlike before, Nolan used a lot of stunt doubles for the snow mountain scenes, especially for some of the more difficult skiing fight scenes. Because of the helmets, the stunt doubles were easy to use.

Lewis and Buck, who had worked with Martin many times, also came to Calgary, and all the dangerous scenes were performed by the two of them.

Filming in Canada lasted for a week.

Martin basically maintained a routine of going between the film set and the hotel. The temperature was low on the mountain, and even he felt very tired after a busy day.

Nolan hired an entire security team to protect the film crew, because he never got rid of his suspicions about Jewish influence.

After filming in Canada wrapped up, Tom Hardy returned to Los Angeles to clear his name.

If he stays on the insurance company's blacklist, not only will his acting career be over, but major Hollywood production companies will certainly not hire him again.

The rest of the crew went to Paris to join the main cast and crew.

Paris has relatively few scenes, focusing mainly on the roles of Martin, Menez, and Ellen Page.

At the entrance of the outdoor café, many members of the film crew were busily working. They were about to use air cannons to create the dream-disrupting effect around Martin and Ellen Page. The power and direction of the air explosions had to be carefully calculated to avoid the two actors.

Bruce stood with his hands in his pockets, keeping a close eye on the props and stunt teams.

Although I don't quite understand the specific principles, Old Bu standing here is a form of supervision and reminder.

Martin got out of the trailer, went straight into the makeshift film set, and sat down at the coffee table.

Ellen Page came over from the other side and sat down next to her.

The recent shooting incident on set made her a little nervous, and she asked, "Is this scene going to involve explosions around us?"

Martin said, "Relax, the stunt team has conducted repeated tests. Last night, Emma Thomas and the stunt team leader sat in our spot and conducted an explosion experiment."

Hearing this, Allen relaxed.

Once the set was set up, Nolan came over and asked a question, and filming officially began.

The script supervisor slammed the clapperboard, and Martin and Ellen Page began discussing the dream. Both were in the zone, and filming went very smoothly.

In the final scene, as the dream collapsed, the air cannons set up on the street exploded, sending countless pieces of paper flying into the sky.

The recent explosion occurred just half a meter behind Martin and his companion.

Shredded paper flew down with a whooshing sound.

Nolan called a halt: "That's a good take!"

Martin grabbed the piece of paper and, borrowing a line from the protagonist Cobb, said, "You never know when a dream begins, but every beautiful dream and nightmare is always so real, so real that you think it is something that has happened or is about to happen."

Allen, who saw Martin as an optimist and hedonist, found it strange to hear him say such a thing: "Why are you suddenly saying something like that?"

Martin said with a smile, "Because there's a wild party over the weekend, and many actresses from the French film industry will be attending."

Upon hearing the word "actress," Allen immediately became interested: "Are you going too?"

Martin said, "Isabel Huppert extended an invitation to me, and of course I couldn't refuse."

Menez contacted Isabelle Huppert as soon as he arrived in Paris, but she refused to join the crew's social party because the director and producer were all annoying British people.

But Isabelle Huppert invited non-British actors such as Martin and Menez to a special party she organized.

Allen, having become quite familiar with Martin, asked directly, "Can I go?"

Martin looked slightly surprised: "You're going?"

Ellen said, "I like French actresses."

"You can go," Martin emphasized, "but you can't take him from me."

Allen laughed: "No problem."

The two moved to another film set in a nearby neighborhood to continue filming. During a break, Menez came over.

"Boss, the time is set, this Saturday night." Mennet just contacted Huppert: "The location is Huppert's villa in the 16th arrondissement. The theme is a masked party, where men and women choose each other. In addition to us, there will be some French and Italian male celebrities or models attending."

Martin, uninterested in the men, asked, "Who from France is participating?"

Menez said, "Huppert has extended an invitation to Eva Green, but she hasn't replied yet, so it's uncertain whether she'll participate. Also, each participant needs to provide an updated experience report..."

Martin was used to it; it was a rule that gave him peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)