Chapter 235 Seattle

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After saying goodbye hastily to Aniston and the others, Eric walked towards the boarding gate with Nicole and Elizabeth and several other staff members. The huge Boeing passenger plane slid through the long run to the sky. After the plane stabilized, Eric unfastened his seat belt and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Elizabeth, who always glanced at Eric intentionally or unintentionally, snorted coldly at this time: "This is what happens to a greedy man, hum."

Eric didn't want to discuss this with Elizabeth. This little girl was obviously having fun, so no matter what he said, he was teasing the other party. Silence is the best way.

The passenger plane arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after a four-hour flight. Looking out the window, the runway was wet and the sky was overcast. It was obvious that it had just rained.

Compared to Los Angeles, where there are more than 300 sunny days per year, the weather in Seattle is simply another extreme. Because of the temperate maritime climate, Seattle maintains a humid state throughout the year, even when it does not rain, it always gives A feeling of dampness. It is said that the line "It rains in Seattle nine months a year" in the original version is the complaint of director Nora Ephron for delaying the shooting process due to rainy days during the filming process.

Under the careful prompting of the flight attendant, Eric and others added a piece of clothes for themselves before they got off the plane. But just got out of the airport. There was still a chill in the face.

Temperatures in Los Angeles can occasionally reach 30 degrees in September. But it is already a cool autumn here in Seattle, and the temperature is only about 15 degrees.

"Hi, Eric." Jeffrey, who came to pick up the plane, saw Eric and walked up to the two and hugged.

After Eric greeted him, he let go of Jeffrey and asked, "How are you feeling in Seattle recently?"

"It sucks, I don't like the weather here very much," Jeffrey shook his head.

Eric smiled and reassured: "Be patient for a few more days. When I'm on the right track here, you can go to New York."

"I know, let's go, the car is outside," Geoffrey said, greeting the others, and taking everyone out of the airport together into a few commercial vehicles.

After half an hour's journey, everyone arrived at Alki Beach, where the movie was filmed in Seattle. This beach is located in the southwest of Seattle.

If you go to the city center, you have to go through about 20 kilometers. Because it is relatively remote, the living environment of the crew is also quite simple.

Elizabeth stood in her room, looking in horror at the simple bed, table and chairs in front of her, as well as the old-fashioned TV set like a small box, and complained to Eric, who was forcibly pulled over by her, "Eric, Is the funding of the crew already so tight?"

"Of course not," Eric thought the girl's expression was very interesting, and joked: "But it's not yet to the point of building a five-star hotel here for the crew to stay."

"But, I..." The girl pointed to everything in the room with a look of disgust.

"Liz, you have to understand that we are here to make movies, not to enjoy them. In order to save time, we must choose a place to live nearby. We can't live in a better place. Dozens of people in the crew drive from the city to twenty every day. How many kilometers to come here? This area is a residential area for several kilometers. You can imagine how much congestion it will cause and how much time will be wasted when people drive to work in the city every day.”

Elizabeth frowned and said, "But it looks so dirty here."

"If you can't stand it, then you can go to the hotel in the city by yourself. The conditions of this small hotel are not bad. Look, there is a TV." Eric pointed with a smile. The old-fashioned TV with a wooden casing like a small box, I was thinking about whether to get one, this thing will become an antique after more than ten years, and it may give people a postmodernist literary style when placed in the house. Feel.

Elizabeth rolled her eyes and gave Eric a 'Are you kidding me' look.

After joking, Eric patted the girl on the shoulder and said, "Liz, aren't you planning to be a producer? If you can't stand this, I advise you to give up as soon as possible. Wait for you to shoot in the future. When filming, you will often encounter shooting environments that are not even better than here, and it is inevitable to live outdoors, what should you do at that time?"

"I..." The girl bit her lower lip and couldn't help but ask, "Well, does everyone in the crew live in such a place?"

"Of course," Eric said, "I'm in the room diagonally across from you, and across from you is Nicole. Besides, a hotel can't accommodate everyone, so I just said that this is the best one. The house where the business and props division lives is across the street, and the conditions are even worse."

Elizabeth pondered for a moment, and finally turned around silently and dragged her suitcase in.

After lunch, Eric spent the afternoon to conduct a field check on the previous scenes of Jeffrey and others. In the evening, the crew held a simple start-up party. The next day, "Sleepless in Seattle" Officially started.

"Hey, Victor, how are you doing with Uncle Hanks these days?" Eric asked, crouching beside a seven- or eight-year-old boy in a red jacket and a baseball cap as the crew laid the camera track. .

The little boy named Victor Morris raised his eyes and looked at his mother beside him. After being encouraged, he said, "Uncle Hanks is a very good person. He bought me a lot of gifts." The boy said, He also took out a pocket Transformers model from his pocket and shook it at Eric, looking like Optimus Prime.

Eric smiled and said, "Okay, if you do well, I'll buy you a gift too. How about a full set of Transformers?"

The little boy glanced at his mother again, then shook his head: "No, Mr. Director, my mother said that you have already paid me for the film, so even if there is no gift, I will perform well."

Eric patted the boy on the head. Talk to the little guy again. Then he stood up and said to Hanks, "What do you think?"

"Victor is very obedient. He's also smart, just not sure if he'll be able to play the wit you're asking for. To be honest, there's a boy I think would be the best fit for Jonah."

Eric knew that Hanks was referring to Stuart Runkel. But obviously this is unlikely. Even as a supporting role, Stewart's salary is in the millions, while the salary of the little boy in front of him is only 100,000 US dollars. Although Firefly is not short of money, it will not do such unnecessary waste. Jonah's role is also very good, but it is a supporting role after all. The hero and heroine are always Sam and Annie.

"Just try a few more times. The reason why I chose this boy in the first place was that he was very obedient. The shooting time of "Seattle" was not loose. That was a disaster for the crew."

"Oh, I understand." Hanks smiled.

The filming track was laid quickly, Eric had a simple communication with the two, and Hanks walked to the beach with the little boy.

The first scene is very simple, mainly Sam and Jonah rowing in the sea and frolic on the beach. Because it's all a long-term vision, there are no acting requirements. So as long as Hanks and the little guy play whatever they want, Eric explained a few words to the cameraman and the assistant director, let them shoot as much footage as possible, and then walked to the nearby trailer.

The trailer door was open, and Eric walked in directly. The makeup artist was filling up Nicole's makeup. When Hanks and the little guy's playful scenes were filmed, the girl would also start her first scene, which is that scene. Watching the scene of father and son playing from a distance is also the scene of the first conversation between Annie and Sam for the first time.

Although in the movie, the male and female protagonists did not communicate until an hour after the opening, but Eric planned to start shooting this scene.

"Mr. Williams," the two female makeup artists greeted Eric immediately upon seeing Eric come in.

"You guys continue," Eric comforted Nicole who was about to stand up, walked behind the girl, and looked at the beautiful woman in the vanity mirror.

After a while, she skillfully cleaned Nicole's face with a makeup brush, and the makeup artist said to Eric, "Mr. Williams, do you think this is okay?"

Nicole also got up, standing in front of Eric, and made a showy turn.

At this time, the girl was wearing a small white suit and tube skirt, stepping on white high heels, and wearing a wide hooded gray trench coat, which was exactly the same as Meg Ryan's dress in memory. However, although the two are equally beautiful, they have absolutely nothing to do with their temperament, and what Eric wants is a silly and sweet heroine.

"Nicole, imagine that you are Anne Reid, and then give me a smile." Eric leaned in front of a table and said to the girl.

Nicole pondered for a while, and after a while, she tilted her head slightly and split her mouth, looking at Eric foolishly. Immediately, a very silly and sweet breath came over him. Eric was stunned for a moment, and snapped his fingers approvingly: "Very good, that's it."

After Nicole got Eric's approval, she quickly withdrew her expression and changed back to the tall and glamorous Nicole Kidman, looking at Eric and waiting for the other party's next command.

Eric doesn't mind the girl's change of expression either, as long as Ni may switch states quickly during the performance.

"By the way, you should have thought about Annie's way of walking too, right?"

"Of course," Nicole nodded, looked left and right, picked up a satchel and hung it hastily on her shoulders, as if it was about to fall off at any time, and then stepped lazily on a completely different stance from her past. walked out of the trailer.

"It's amazing," Eric complimented again, and Nicole's performance was far beyond his expectations. (A good event to drop pie in the sky, the cool mobile phone is waiting for you! Follow ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter dd), participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, and now pay attention to dd immediately WeChat public account!) (To be continued..)

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