"You don't need to use too much force. You just need to show a normal level of fear and a little bit of perseverance hidden underneath. But in other aspects, you have to sacrifice." Standing on a sunny hillside, Minghella said so

Talking to Sean.

"No problem, just don't let me get into the water again." Sean responded jokingly.

"Don't worry, you won't be involved in any of the scenes from now on," Minghella immediately laughed, "but now I need you to roll in the mud."

"That's okay," Sean said cheerfully, "It's better to roll around in the mud than to get soaked all over and have clothes stuck to your body that can't be taken off."

The current scene here is that Inman, played by Sean, encountered a priest, played by Hoffman, who was about to murder a black woman on his way home, so he stepped forward to control the priest and rescued the black woman. It turns out that,

This black woman was the slave of the pastor, and the pastor committed adultery with her and got her pregnant with a child. In a nearby town, according to local teachings, the pastor would be lynched for such behavior, so the pastor thought

To kill people and silence them.

But he was unlucky. He met Inman on the way. Inman forced him to send the black woman back at gunpoint, then tied him outside, wrote his evil deeds on a piece of paper and stuck it on him.

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After that, Inman evaded the security teams searching for deserters and tried to cross a pond. Unexpectedly, he met the priest again on the way. He no longer had the dignity he had before, his clothes were in tatters, and his body was covered with scars.

Apparently escaped from a lynching.

The pastor saw Inman's identity, but probably because he shared the same fate or was in a desperate situation, he did not betray him, but left with him. The two people experienced a lot, but they rested in a small place.

At that time, he was betrayed by a herdsman who was rescuing him, and was caught and taken away by a patrol of the Southern Army.

However, accidents can happen at any time. When the patrol caught them and walked back, they accidentally encountered the Northern Army's cavalry. The southern patrol wanted to lurk and wait for the Northern Army soldiers to leave before continuing to move forward, but they encountered

Among the other people who were captured together with Inman and the pastor, some were unwilling to be taken back like this, so they ran away while they could not make a sound. So everyone started to run away, and the patrol naturally opened fire, and North

The soldiers were attracted, and after a scuffle, the Confederate soldiers and several prisoners, including the priest, were all killed. Only Inman crawled out from among the dead bodies after the Union soldiers left.

What we need to shoot now is the last part. The crew specially found a small slope full of brown mud in the wilderness, so Minghella would say, you need to roll in the mud. In the previous parts, in addition to those that need to reflect the north and south of the United States,

In addition to the shots of the town's style during the period, you can find shots of suitable environments here, such as ponds and river crossings, all of which were completed in the past few days.

Because he was rushing to shoot, Sean often had to soak in the water. Sometimes he would accidentally fall in and get his whole body wet. After several times, even if he put on waterproof makeup, his face would not be stained, but

But the clothes are stuck to the body, and it takes a lot of effort to take them off every time. This is why Sean said that as long as he doesn't go into the water, it will be fine.

"Okay, last inspection!" Following the assistant director's voice, people took their seats one after another. Sean, who was dressed in tatters and had a beard put on by the makeup artist, also stood with Hoffman.

Get ready to go with your bracelet.

Because of those experiences in his previous life, he already seemed to have a relatively mature temperament. If he were to be honest, no one would think that he was only in his early 20s. Even Liang Mingla was fooled at first. Now with the addition of a beard,

With a little more make-up, he looks more manly, and even Hoffman teased him for having a harder time telling his exact age than himself.

Because of his older appearance, people often mistake Hoffman for his age. Some friends also teased him about the movie "Scent of a Woman". He didn't look like a high school student at all in it. If it's harder to tell his age than him, you can imagine.

And to what extent. Of course, what Hoffman said was mostly joking, and Sean is relatively much more handsome than him. He belongs to the kind of person like Sean Connery, the more mature he is, the more interesting he is.

and type of charisma.

Not to mention this, although the things to be filmed were both an escape and a conflict between the team, this was not a problem for Sean. Although before he came to the crew to report, Minghella had already completed some scenes that did not require him to leave the country, but this

The hillside is much further away from the forest where the filming was taking place, so it was not included in the content that was to be filmed before, so Sean didn't have to rush to perform.

Then, he basically had no lines for this part of the filming, especially the part on the hillside, so he only needed to use expressions and body language to show the character's emotions, and the character's emotions were nothing more than fear and unyielding. Among the new actors a few years ago

During the period, he could try his best to achieve the effect the director wanted, not to mention now, he had made a lot of preparations before coming, and read the original novel alone several times - this is also the purpose of the crew giving him time.

Therefore, the movie progressed very smoothly. It took about two days to complete the conflict scene, and then moved to another forest with a river to shoot the scene of crossing the river and the pursuit by the security team. It was just that

There is no need to enter the water to cross the river. Of course, if Sean accidentally falls into the river during filming, that is another matter.

After this scene is completed, Hoffman can leave Romania, and the remaining scenes will have to wait until the crew goes to Canada.

When this was mentioned, Sean felt a little depressed. Why did Minghella have to go to Eastern Europe for filming?

"The forest here is more primitive and more beautiful, and there is still snow here that can be put into use immediately." Minghella said this, and Sean could only sigh.

If you really want to make a comparison, there are no such forests at all in the southern United States? Even if there are no such forests in the south, there are none in Montana and Wyoming in the north? And there are snow fields. In addition, there are also large forests and snow fields in Canada.

, as long as you think about it, you will definitely find a suitable location, not to mention that shooting in Canada can also reduce tax rebates and reduce costs.

In fact, the crew did have an interesting trip to Canada, and also invited a Canadian actor to play a supporting role. This actor Sean also knew was Donald Sutherland, who was killed by his villain in "The Italian Mission".

There is no doubt that Miramax still thought about filming in Canada and enjoying some tax breaks, but Minghella insisted on filming in Romania.

Although Sean doesn't know the specific situation, the following sentences are mostly guesses, but they should be close to home. It is well known that Minghella likes real scenes, and he has also produced two movies for Miramax before.

The film is a literary and artistic film that has made good profits and won an Oscar for Best Director. The film company must be accommodating to him.

If Weinstein could be tougher, the prospects of this movie might be better, right? Sean once had such an idea. Yes, he is not optimistic about the prospects of "Cold Mountain". One of the reasons has been told to Frank

Redrick has said, cost and box office, and it has always been my intuition to get one.

He has never believed or disbelieved his own intuition. This is indeed just his first reaction based on the fragmented memories of his previous life. God knows how many of these fragmented memories were selectively added by himself? But then

Then again, my intuition is somewhat well-founded, and I have gained a lot of benefits by following my intuition before, so... it depends on how I deal with it.

Just like "Cold Mountain", although I was not optimistic about the prospects intuitively and there was evidence, it was not too bad, so Sean didn't take it to heart. After all, it was Minghella who took the initiative to call him.

Well, not to mention this, after Hoffman left, with some shots of walking alone on the road completed, and some close shots of the battle when Minghella saw fit, Sean got a two-day break

time.

This is a real rest time, unlike before, where Minghella said to let him rest, but always called him back after thinking of a good shot.

"This can be regarded as a disguised form of trust. He thinks I performed very well." In a hotel in a small town, Sean said as he leaned on the bed and read a book.

"Okay, trust..." Sanders sighed, "But since that won't happen now, why don't you go out for a walk?"

"Well..." Sean put down the book and thought for a while, "There are several reasons. First, this town is too small and there are not many places to go; secondly, as you know, this is Eastern Europe and the security is very poor.

It's a problem; again, after the previous few twists and turns, I've gotten used to it. Who knows if Tony will regret it temporarily and ask me to come over again, so I'd better stay in the room and read a book."

"Then you stay in the room, I'm going out to take a look." Sanders rolled his eyes.

"No problem, I can take care of myself." Sean chuckled and added carelessly: "By the way, be careful, don't let some pervert kidnap you and play a killing game."

So he got a middle finger.

After laughing uncontrollably, Sean lowered his head and opened the book again, but he did not continue reading, but frowned when he thought of something. Although he just made a joke before, it seemed to bring back some memories.

It seems... there is a horror movie with this content. American tourists travel to Eastern Europe, are kidnapped, taken to underground clubs, preyed on by rich people, and tortured and killed.

The box office should be pretty good, otherwise he wouldn't have such a vague impression. He thought this way. Unfortunately, no matter how he recalled it later, he couldn't remember more things. It was really depressing. If possible, it would be best to make the movie

To become the work of your own film company, the current established route is to accumulate through low-cost movies, such as thrillers, horror movies, campus comedies, and low-brow comedies.

It has to be said that maintaining a film company is easy, but developing films requires a lot of energy and money. Take his Samsara Pictures as an example. The tens of millions previously raised - including his own investment - have now been spent.
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