Chapter 617 Foolproof
Rachel McAdams is telling herself not to make a fuss, not to panic, and not to lose control; however, even though she clenches her fists with all her strength, it is still difficult to control, and the butterflies in her belly are fluttering in unison. , bathing in the late autumn sunshine was actually a little dizzy.
Excited. Excited. Jumping for joy.
In fact, Rachel is almost ready to give up. Don't look at the "Butterfly Effect". The investment cost is rumored to be only 10 million US dollars. Thanks to Anson's blessing, it has long become a topic of conversation in Hollywood. One after another, actors Bo comes on stage, hoping to get a chance to step into the spotlight.
Excellent actors, countless.
When her agent called to tell her that she had got the role, she almost fell off the sofa. She confirmed it several times but still couldn't believe it.
"The Butterfly Effect", this will be Rachel's first work as a heroine.
The heroine has always been just an imagination and hallucination that appeared in dreams, but now it is about to become a reality, with no sense of reality at all.
More than once, Rachel had self-doubt:
Why did the crew choose her? Does she really fit the role? With no acting experience, wouldn’t she become a disaster for the crew? What if the movie fails? What if after the filming of the movie starts, I don’t know how to perform at all and become a burden to the crew?
During that time, Rachel had been having the same dream repeatedly:
When she arrived at the "Butterfly Effect" crew to report, the director asked with confusion, "Why are you here?"< br>
Although she tried to explain that she had been notified to be the heroine, she could not open her mouth. She stared blankly at the director, waving his hands as if to shoo away flies, "Leave, leave quickly, this movie has nothing to do with you." It doesn’t matter.”
She couldn’t argue.
He was kicked out of the set amidst laughter.
Then, she woke up in the middle of the night covered in sweat, and sat in the dark in fear, but she didn't dare to call her agent and ask him to confirm with the crew again.
Such nightmares tortured her time and time again. Her feet seemed to quietly leave the ground and float in mid-air. Even though she struggled desperately, she still couldn't get rid of them.
Until now, standing with my feet on the urban land of Vancouver, staring at Anson so close at hand, the sense of reality slowly spreads along the soles of my feet.
Take a deep breath, take a deep breath again, Rachel secretly cheers herself up——
She has read the script over and over again more than fifty times, so that the script has rough edges; Sort out the cause and effect relationships based on different timelines, restore the entire story in detail, try to build a world view, and confirm the position of each character in different time and space.
read. Research. try to figure out.
This is the only thing she can do. It is like a life-saving straw. Every time she wakes up from a nightmare, she picks up the script and reads it again.
Everyone says that Anson is just a vase, and the success of "Spider-Man" and "Princess Diaries" is only because of his appearance; but Rachel and Anson have acted opposite each other, and even just auditioning is enough. , enough to let Rachel know how outrageous and one-sided those rumors were.
Rachel hopes she can seize the opportunity firmly.
Although there is no formal performance opportunity so far, Rachel has completed the preparation process according to her own ideas.
Those doubts, those worries, those fears have not disappeared, they still exist objectively, but Rachel is not prepared to let them take over.
Then.
Rachel saw Aaron and Anson, and on impulse, she made a salute towards Anson——
Damn it.
Rachel couldn't understand the reason why she did this at all, and she already regretted it as soon as she finished the action. But he didn't expect that the smile at the corner of Anson's mouth rose slightly, his index and middle fingers came together, placed at the end of his eyebrows, and with a gentle tap, his chic and casual gesture rippled gently in the sparkling blue. It was like a pebble dropped into Rachel's heart.
Ripples, slowly fainting.
Rachel burst into laughter, her sweet and sunny smile easily catching the attention of those around her. For a moment, it even eclipsed Anson.
McGee paused slightly as he was heading to the camera. Watching this scene, he instantly understood the reason why Anson chose Rachel as the heroine -
Beautiful.
In terms of movie effects, the chemical reaction between the male and female protagonists is particularly important, which is a selling point; at the same time, Rachel's sweetness is not suitable for this role, because she fell into the mundane world several times in the movie and fell to the bottom, embarrassed and muddy, It is difficult for Rachel's temperament to display such complexity.
However, from the perspective of the theme of the movie, what is really important is Evan’s obsession, an obsession that falls into madness and binds itself to strangle itself. The source of everything is the imagination of happiness——
A pure, clean, simple and natural emotion.
That’s Rachel.
McGee could see such purity in Rachel, the purity that represented happiness and beauty, and the movie scenes in his mind naturally became vivid and vivid.
Mikey suddenly realized that this was the so-called movie sense.
Although the whole crew is made up of novices, Anson obviously takes on the responsibility of producer and shows his maturity and wisdom, from the selection of key roles such as assistant director and stage manager, to The selection and decision-making of actors, as well as the division of labor and cooperation of professional work among the crew, were all carried out in an orderly manner, and the details were laid out before the movie started.
If a movie fails, people will simply and rudely put the blame on the director or actors; similarly, if the movie succeeds, some people will say that it is "meh". Regardless of whether it is the former or the latter, they are just toads who "can do it if I change". They have no idea of the complexity and difficulty of film production, not only movies, but also all aspects of life.
In fact, from the moment the movie project is established, every detail is crucial -
The setting. modeling. photography. Art design. script. actor.
Wait, wait.
This is Anson’s first time as a producer, but his previous life as a handyman on a film crew helped a lot. His experience filming “Elephant” was also a valuable experience. He completed the layout step by step personally. If If Anson knows nothing, then trust Tom Hanks' advice:
Leave it to the professionals.
At this time, the importance of connections becomes apparent. Not only Darren Star, David Klein, Jeff Robinoff, and Steven Spielberg all have more or less Less provided help, and Edgar even completed work beyond his duties as an agent, helping Anson build the "Butterfly Effect" crew.
Finally, it’s the actors.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Rachel McAdams are all carefully considered and carefully selected, but they are not all.
The actor who plays seven-year-old Evan in the movie is also a future star, Logan-Lerman, a young actor who relied on the "Percy Jackson" series to complete the transition from a child star to a teenager. In his career, he also has well-known works such as "The Wallflower" and "Fury".
This time, Logan and Aaron will play different periods of Anson's childhood. Marcia spent countless efforts to finally select two young handsome boys and convince the audience that they may become the monster Anson when they grow up.
But the real surprise lies elsewhere -
"Hey, Heath, here." Anson called out with a smile on his face, as if he was seeing an old friend.
(End of this chapter)