Chapter 2 Body Donation Agreement
The Dodge pickup drove along the road toward downtown Provo.
"Man, your old car is low on gas. Remember to refuel later." David, who was driving, said, "You were very drunk last night and you asked me to drive you back. Get up early today. Pick you up..."
Hoke replied: "Thank you Thank you.”
“There’s no point in talking, we need to take action.” David obviously had some ideas: “The Sundance Film Festival in Park City is about to start, and it’s not too far away. Let’s go there together. See? You are responsible for the cost.”
He is an aspiring actor: "We were lucky enough to meet a great director who helped us become popular."
Hoke turned to look at him. This guy had blond hair and blue eyes, and a handsome face. He immediately said: "You have to clean your butt."
Someone who pays a little attention to the entertainment industry Everyone understands the situation in the film industry, and David also knows: "Is it possible that what I met is a beautiful director."
Hoke told the truth: "You will only meet hyenas Director.”
David didn’t understand: “What do you mean?”
Hawke simply explained: "In addition to making movies, he is also good at anorectal plastic surgery."
David was immediately silenced, drove safely into Provo, and headed straight to the city center.
This small city of 100,000 people less than a hundred miles away from Salt Lake City has mostly low-rise buildings. Only the downtown area has tall buildings.
The filming location of "The Singing Detective" in Provo was a small eight-story building, and the crew rented the entire building.
David drove into the parking lot, got out of the car and rubbed his smooth blond hair into a chicken coop, then grabbed some mud under the car door and smeared it on his face.
Hawke was curious: "What did you do?"
"Are you drunk and turned into an idiot?" David shook his head repeatedly and reminded: "You have forgotten that the actor Robert Downey Jr. is a poisonous insect and takes drugs. He has a domineering style and doesn’t allow anyone on the crew to be more handsome than him.”
Hawke filmed it. Lowering his head: "I'm confused with a hangover."
David threw the car keys to Hawke and pointed at his unshaven face: "How good of you, you have always been within a safe range, unlike me. People are jealous.”
Hawke was too lazy to talk to this man and walked towards the crew station.
David quickly followed.
Many trailers were parked at the crew station. The two found the stunt department’s trailer and waited patiently.
Hoke seemed to be talking casually to the people around him, and quickly learned about the work situation.
The film is planned, financed and produced by California billionaire Buddy Ackerman's Ackerman Films.
The crew originally recruited three stuntmen in Los Angeles, but after moving to Provo for filming, director Keith Gordon and producer Bro Derick added a number of action scenes at short notice.
Then one of the stuntmen sprained his ankle and another guy who was in the stuntmen's union quit because he didn't meet union standards, leaving only one stuntman left.
Considering cost savings, the crew temporarily hired Hawke and David in Provo.
The stunt director Freddy came back from the director's team at this time, looked at the two of them carefully, and said: "Put on the black coat and continue to wear the black hood."
The assistant immediately brought two pieces Different coats, Hawke waited for David to take it first, then took another one and put it on.
After changing into a coat, he zipped up the pockets and found the revolver and car keys lying inside.
Freddy threw the hood over and shouted: "Put it on and follow me to the set. Don't let the crew wait for you two acting idiots."
Hawke and David put on the hoods that only exposed their eyes and nostrils. , followed Freddy towards the front of the building.
The crew recruited people here temporarily not only to save costs, but also because the two robbers' roles will not show their faces at all.
Even makeup is omitted.
Arriving at the main entrance of the building, the set was being nervously set up. Another stuntman, McGinn, rushed over, but he would not appear in this scene.
Hawke and David were warming up, and the director team took their places one after another. The male assistant director pinched his orchid fingers and entered the set to talk about the scene.
The role of the robber was added temporarily. There was no script or lines, and all the scenes were told before filming.
Although Hawke doesn’t understand film shooting, he feels that 80% of these temporarily added characters and scenes will be cut off in post-production.
"Your characters had internal strife here and started fighting hand-to-hand." The assistant director stood on the withered yellow grass and pointed at Hawke with his little finger while demonstrating the movement: "You hit him quickly Fall, and then run towards the building, understand?”
Hoke said: “Understand”
The assistant director twisted her hips and walked out of the set.
As the scorer played, two gangsters in black hoods struggled with each other.
David punched Hawke in the face with his right fist.
Hoke blocked with his left hand and kicked his right leg in the crotch habitually. Fortunately, his reaction speed was fast enough and his physical condition was good. The kicked foot was a little deflected and landed on David's leg with a snap.
David's eyes bulged and he let out a scream. Before he could do anything in response, Hawke's chokehold was in place.
He grabbed David's neck with his right hand, and when exerting force, he changed from grasping to pushing outward, and at the same time tripping him with his feet.
David fell on his back with a thud like a piece of wood.
Hawk turned and ran towards the building.
A voice came from the director's seat: "Knock!" Most of the film practitioners are guys who express their emotions. The director praised loudly: "Well done!"
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On the periphery, McGinn, a stuntman from Hollywood, put his hands into the pockets of his black coat. He couldn't help but said to stunt director Freddy: "This guy has something."
Freddy nodded: "He's doing stunts. Good idea.”
In the studio, Hawke pulled David up from the ground.
David couldn't help complaining: "Man, you didn't act according to the routine. That's not what we said yesterday."
Hoke had no idea what happened yesterday, so he had to say: " Improvisation, no control”
The assistant director walked into the set with his hips raised, and his orchid finger swept over Hawke: "Follow me."
He came to the front of the building, and nodded to the second floor with his little finger: "For the next scene, you climb up Go up and get through the second floor window. "
Hoke looked carefully and saw that the high-ceilinged second floor was more than four meters high. There were many street lamp poles standing in front of the building, about eight meters high, but three meters away from the building. Climb up. It's not easy to use force and it's difficult to transfer to the second floor.
The walls of the building are covered with matte granite slabs, and every other section of the wall has protruding decorative walls, forming a ninety-degree angle with the wall.
Hoke came to the nearest corner, leaned his back on the corner, jumped up and ran upwards, supporting the walls on both sides with his hands and feet, crawling up like a spider.
After climbing up less than two meters, he slid down again and said to the assistant director, "Okay?"
The assistant director waved his hand and went to find the director.
The crew equipment moved here and filming started again.
Although Hawke's body was a little fatter, his foundation was still there. In a few breaths, he rushed to the second floor window sill and got in through the open window.
Shoot it once and forget it.
Later, Robert Downey Jr. came to the set and the stunt team temporarily ended filming.
There was also a rooftop wire action scene in the afternoon. David called Hawke and went to the crew’s temporary entertainment room on the second floor to play video games to kill time.
During lunch, the two of them left their hoods in the lounge.
After getting off the dining car, David sent Hawke to the lounge to get his hat: "Man, you kicked my leg and broke it. You must compensate me."
Hoke rewarded With a middle finger, he entered the building and was about to go to the elevator. Freddy, the stunt coordinator, hurriedly came from the other side.
Entering the elevator, Hawke said hello and asked casually: "Are you in such a hurry?"
Freddy said: "The producer is looking for me."
The elevator arrived at the second floor, and the two of them After people come out, they go in the opposite direction.
The crew entertainment room and the producer's office are in two opposite corridors on the second floor.
Hoke pushed open the door and entered the entertainment room, and found a man lying on the glass table sucking wildly.
When Robert Downey Jr. heard the sound, he raised his head and his eyes were like sharp arrows, shooting towards the door. He wiped the white on his nose, pointed at Hawke and shouted: "Get out! Now!"
Hoke didn't want to get entangled with the poisonous insect, so he found the hood hanging on the newspaper rack. While taking the hood, he took out a newspaper and said casually: "You continue."
The poisonous insect was quite unhappy when someone interrupted him. His eyes gradually became stern.
Hoke came out of the entertainment room, put on his hood as a hat, rolled the newspaper into a circle, and raised David's hood like a black flag.
Ahead, a group of people exited the elevator and turned into the opposite corridor.
Three strong men in suits, two white and one black, stopped and guarded the corridor.
The other three people came to the producer's office, and the two behind them, one on the left and one on the right, stood at the door.
These five people are obviously security guards.
Hoke quickly glanced at the three people in the corridor. Judging from his past life experience, the suit was equipped with an armpit gun pouch.
"Five bodyguards, big shot?" He turned into the elevator, went downstairs to the studio behind the building.
Various departments of the crew are setting up the set, and several wire-a-wire cranes have been erected on the roof.
Hoke found David, threw him a hood, sat on the folding chair next to him, and asked, "When will the filming start?"
"I don't know." David shook his head: "Wait, Freddy isn't here yet."
Hoke opened the newspaper, and the news about "The Singing Detective" was printed on the front page.
"The crew of "The Singing Detective" is dedicated to charity!"
"Representatives of the crew, Robert Downey Jr. and Katie Holmes, who are also the leading actors and actresses, said in an interview a few days ago that in order to promote social welfare and charity, they have signed a body donation agreement and called on more people to join in... ”
Hoke understands that charity and donations are mostly publicity stunts for Hollywood crews.
Not to mention the per capita poisonous insects and drug addicts in Hollywood, the difference is not much different.
(End of this chapter)