Chapter 255 A new way to resolve conflicts
Warner Bros. Studios, "Chicago" is filming the final scenes of the film.
“Ladies and gentlemen, Chicago Theater is honored to have, for the first time, not one, but two, performers in this country.
You heard about them in the newspapers and now here they are, The Chicago Killers, Miss Sin, Roxy and Velma..."
Following the passionate introduction of an actor playing the role of host, bright lights lit up on the stage set up in the studio.
Facing the camera, blond Roxie and black-haired Velma appeared and started their performance.
Because he did not have professional singing and dancing skills, little Gilbert left the choreography and design of this scene entirely to John Mayer from Broadway.
The dance he designed consists of two parts: the jazz song "Nowdays" and the hot dance "HotHoneyRag".
In addition to re-arranging the music and choreography, it basically follows the setting of the Broadway musical.
This scene is wonderful, both actresses worked hard and performed wonderfully. But little Gilbert looked at the two people on the stage and frowned.
The two actresses are secretly competing to suppress their rivalry.
So there was a very strange feeling. In the jazz song "Nowdays", Naomi Watts completed the scene.
"Nowdays" is a typical, lazy, coquettish jazz song that suits Roxie, but does not match Velma's wild temperament, so Naomi Watts performed better.
But in the later dance part, "HotHoneyRag", Naomi Watts was suppressed by Catherine Zeta Jones again.
Although little Gilbert had told Naomi Watts to prepare for it very early, and Naomi Watts had been practicing for a long time, she was still far behind Catherine.
Catherine was born as a professional musical performer and has also won the All-British Dance Competition. She is undoubtedly quite talented, so it is not surprising that she lost to her.
Perhaps it was this point in the previous life that allowed Catherine's character to complete her suppression of Renee Zellweger.
At that time, Catherine had given birth to children, but now this Catherine had not given birth to children. Obviously, Catherine is more beautiful without giving birth to children.
Little Gilbert is quite serious at work, even though Naomi Watts has a close relationship with him.
After several scenes in a row, seeing that the two actresses didn't know how to restrain themselves, he stopped the filming.
"Your scenes are too unbalanced. I need you to adjust them, understand?" Little Gilbert said seriously.
Naomi Watts obviously knew how little Gilbert was working, so she smartly shut up and nodded. Catherine wanted to say something else, but seeing that Naomi Watts didn't speak, she shut up.
Although Naomi Watts is an A-list actress and has an extraordinary close relationship with the director, Catherine is obviously not afraid.
If she can complete the suppression of Naomi Watts during the performance, it will be a huge increase in her reputation.
Of course, there is an element of jealousy involved.
Why is it that you are an A-list actress? Didn't you just climb into Little Gilbert's bed earlier? If I had that chance, I would also be an A-list actress.
With this mentality, Catherine didn't know how to restrain herself in the next scene.
The other party was full of firepower, and Naomi Watts certainly couldn't give in, so the two actresses returned to their previous state.
Little Gilbert was very excited about it, but he had seen this kind of overt and covert fighting between actresses too many times, and it was normal in Hollywood.
Little Gilbert suppressed his anger and called the two actresses over again: "You go to the dressing room to have a heart-to-heart talk, and then we'll start filming after we've settled."
"Little Gilbert, I..." Naomi Watts wanted to say something, but when little Gilbert waved his hand, he immediately shut up and entered the dressing room with Catherine.
Little Gilbert rubbed his temples, feeling a little helpless.
Assistant director Annie told the truth: "Director, if you weren't here, these two women would probably fight."
James Gunn joked to lighten the atmosphere and said: "I was really worried just now. Halfway through the dance, the two of them put on tight leather clothes, took out their Chicago typewriters and started shooting each other."
Anne rolled her eyes and said, "James, do you think this is a musical version of "The Matrix"?"
After the two of them made such a joke, the atmosphere on the set relaxed a lot. Little Gilbert's face softened a little, and he called John Mayer to discuss the arrangement.
"The performance just now was a bit unbalanced, and the two parts had a strong sense of separation. I needed the two heroines to achieve a delicate balance, which looks like competition, but is also very harmonious." Little Gilbert said.
John Mayer thought for a while and said: “We can add a little movement into the song and choreography, and design it based on the characteristics of Roxie and Velma.
Give me a moment, director. "
After Gilbert Jr. nodded in agreement, John Meyer immediately found two members of his team, started designing and practicing, and quickly came up with a practical plan.
Almost an hour and a half later, the two actresses came out of the dressing room, and Naomi Watts gave little Gilbert a very subtle look.
When little Gilbert noticed her gaze, Naomi Watts made a move: she pointed at Catherine, made a circle with her left hand, inserted her right index finger into the circle, and twitched back and forth.
Her little tongue didn't forget to stick out and sweep around her lips, like a blond Persian cat, charming, lazy, and charming.
After sharing the same bed for such a long time, how could little Gilbert not understand what Naomi Watts was expressing, so he glared at her. Seeing this look, Naomi Watts felt relieved and went to prepare with a smile.
After John Mayer handed over the new choreography to the two actresses, filming of the scene resumed.
After filming again, the two actresses felt much better and looked much more harmonious from the camera. However, this shot still had to be shot more than ten times before it was considered approved.
Singing and dancing in high heels was tiring, and both Naomi Watts and Catherine got blisters on their feet during filming.
However, both actresses did not complain or take a break, and devoted themselves fully to the filming.
In Hollywood, nothing comes unearned. Even if you climb onto the director's bed, the role will not fall from the sky. At most, it will only increase your chances of getting the role.
If you don't put in the corresponding efforts and think everything is easy, you are not far from being eliminated by Hollywood.
You see, Tom Cruise has countless fans, but for Billy's dance scene, he still practiced dancing for three months without any complaints.
The dedicated Tom Cruise’s level of effort amazed even the choreographers from Broadway, including John Mayer.
After finishing work, little Gilbert and Naomi Watts took a car back to the hotel where the crew stayed.
"Wait a minute," Naomi Watts waved: "Katherine..."
Catherine came up with two bags, sat with Naomi Watts, and smiled sweetly at little Gilbert.
"Are you all ready?" Naomi Watts asked.
"Of course." Catherine took out two pieces of clothing from her bag, which were the costumes they wore during the performance just now: "I took them quietly without anyone noticing."
"I said, you actually stole the costumes of the crew?" Little Gilbert expressed his doubts at the right time.
"Oh, don't say it so harshly. I'm just taking it, and you can take a look at it later. You can enjoy it." Naomi Watts winked.
These two women...
But not to mention, little Gilbert said he liked this method of resolving conflicts.
In the hotel room at night, the two women transformed into Roxie and Velma danced passionately, giving little Gilbert a different kind of enjoyment. A story of 60,000 words happened in one night.
The next day, people from the costume team discovered that the clothes of the two heroines were damaged. They reported it to Little Gilbert immediately, and then waited to be scolded.
But the strange thing is that the director just kindly asked them to fix it or make a new one without blaming them.
How did the costume team know that little Gilbert worked too hard last night and accidentally tore it to pieces? It's just that it's hard to explain clearly, so of course it's impossible to blame the costume team.
After sufficient preparation, the filming progress of "Chicago" was quite fast.
The film started shooting in early September and will be completed in mid-November. The shooting time is only two and a half months.
In order to catch up with the time, little Gilbert completed the post-production while filming, which was very intensive work. But doing these jobs gave little Gilbert a good life.
"The Matrix" was finally released in North America in mid-October, and the film's North American box office was finally set at $291 million.
The film's North American box office was $121 million higher than the previous film's $170 million, making it a commercial success.
The overseas box office is not bad either. "The Matrix" has also been released in several new movie markets. The current overseas box office has reached 312 million, and the global box office has reached 603 million. The performance is quite outstanding.
The huge box office success, coupled with the excellent reputation, made "The Matrix" shine in the summer of 1998, and it is fully capable of leaving its mark in film history.
Although Michael Bay's "The End" has a rating advantage, it cannot beat "The Matrix" at all, but this does not affect the film's success at the box office.
The film has been released in North America a few weeks before "The Matrix", and the final North American box office total reached 208 million US dollars.
It is still being released in a few overseas regions, with a cumulative overseas box office of US$263 million and a global box office of US$471 million, ranking behind "The Matrix".
If it weren't for "The Matrix", "The Last Day" would have been this year's global box office champion.
It was also because of his outstanding box office performance that Michael Bay became famous and became a hot new Hollywood star director, although he is older than Gilbert Jr.
Michael Ovitz has the trump card of Michael Bay and is very ambitious.
He has persuaded Universal Pictures to package a major World War II project to be directed by Michael Bay. The news spread quickly and many people paid attention to the project.
Little Gilbert knew that if nothing unexpected happened, this major World War II project should be "Pearl Harbor."
But there is nothing to worry about. If nothing happens, the opponent "Pearl Harbor" will face at that time will be his "Lord of the Rings".
I hope Michael Bay won't be afraid and don't run away, and little Gilbert will use "The Lord of the Rings" to teach him a profound lesson.
Both films have been released in North America, completing their mission as summer movies. However, there is one film that has not been released yet and is about to celebrate its first anniversary in North America.
This film is "Titanic", which has been in theaters in North America for more than 50 weeks and now earns more than 100,000 US dollars at the box office every week.
(End of chapter)