In the studio set up like a small apartment, the crew cleared the place according to Kate's request before shooting. Except for a few indispensable personnel in key departments such as the director and director of photography, everyone else evacuated.
In front of the camera, Martin ripped off his clothes three times.
After looking at Kate in front of him, he rushed forward.
Kate rolled over and pushed the man down.
The two men were entangled endlessly.
Director Sam stared at the monitor, frowned, and yelled, "Stop!"
The two people, immersed in the emotions of the characters, were still entangled, and it took more than ten seconds to stop.
Martin and Kate's faces were so close that they seemed to be able to see the fire in each other's eyes.
Sam entered the set and the two separated.
"Emotions and movements are all not in place!" Sam was completely in working mode. He had forgotten about couples and the like. He first said to Kate: "You are too passive and gentle. This is a drama dominated by the heroine. Take the initiative. Net release!”
He used gestures to strengthen his tone: "You have to fight back with all your strength! Use the emotions you have suppressed for ten years and use your strength! Whether you understand or not, use your strength!"
Kate said, "I know."
Sam looked at Martin again: "This is not you picking up girls in reality, you are not a Hollywood playboy, but an inexperienced teenager, inexperienced, do you understand? What about you now? Even a fool can see that you are experienced! It looks like Kate is taking the initiative, but in fact you are in charge of everything, which is completely contrary to your character's setting."
Martin nodded: "I just need to bear it passively?"
"Yes, you just need to passively bear the storm of the heroine." Sam pointed at Kate and said to Martin: "Whatever she tells you to do, you do it!"
Although it sounded a bit strange coming from the director's mouth, Martin responded immediately: "I understand."
When the filming started again, Martin simply gave up all resistance and let Kate control the rhythm, but after a few moments, Sam shouted to stop again.
The director was dissatisfied with the two actors: "Not enough emotional investment! Emotion! I can't feel your emotional communication. You are like a makeshift crew couple, only body, no spirit!"
Martin and Kate could only let go and get entangled again when filming resumed.
Not long after, Sam stopped again: "This is the scene that requires the most emotional communication. Without enough emotional communication, what will be produced? A dry holy cereal movie!"
His voice suddenly rose: "This is the link that requires the most art. Through physical communication, the emotions of the hero and heroine are sublimated and the beauty of art is created! Martin, you are gradually finding the feeling, but Kate, you can't."
Kate took a deep breath: "Let me rest for a while."
Martin subconsciously wanted to pat Kate's back. He reached halfway with his hand and realized that she was not wearing clothes. This was not a photo shoot. He quickly retracted his hand and said, "Kate, don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Kate lowered her head and smiled: "You put too much pressure on me."
Martin was helpless: "I can't help it, it's natural."
The two picked up their own blankets, wrapped them around themselves, and sat in the resting area to meditate.
The filming of the scenes for several consecutive days was not going well, and director Sam was a little stressed. He sat behind the director's monitor and watched the scrapped footage over and over again.
Wife Kate's performance in this scene is poor.
In ordinary scenes filmed some time ago, when Martin was in good condition, he could bring Kate into the scene, but in these scenes, the setting of the male protagonist meant that he could not bring the heroine into play.
Instead, the heroine needs to take the initiative.
It’s up to Kate to guide Martin.
Anthony Minghella came over and asked, "Isn't it still possible?"
Sam pointed at Martin and Kate who were entangled on the monitor and said: "In this section, the two people released their passion and formed an emotional bond through physical contact. It was also the beginning of the real change in their relationship, but they... to be precise For example, it’s Kate, Kate’s emotions are a bit worse.”
He shook his head: "Martin also has a problem. He is too proactive, and some instinctive things are difficult to change."
On the other side, Martin is also communicating with Kate.
Kate said: "My sensitive points are here, here, and here..."
Martin was helpless: "I won't be able to use these scenes. I'm just a kid who doesn't know anything. I rely on you to guide me."
Kate sighed: "I don't know why, but during these two days of filming, I still couldn't find that feeling."
Feeling is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it is very crucial to performance.
Martin simply asked: "Do you have an instinctive dislike of me?"
"How is that possible!" Kate said: "Actually, it has always been difficult for me to shoot this type of scene. Do you remember when we were in Atlanta? The kiss scene we filmed also failed many times."
Martin remembers that Kate had a big fight with the director.
He said: "There are a lot of similar scenes in this filming. We have to find a tacit understanding. It's not an option to be like this every day."
Kate thought for a moment: "It's mainly me. Maybe I wanted to use this role too much to win the Oscar, which caused me to be under a lot of pressure. Those scenes before were okay. When you were in bad shape, I could bring you into the play. I was not in good shape." , you can also bring me into the drama, but now I need to take the initiative and control the rhythm..."
Martin nodded slightly. Even if he was experienced and capable, he would not be able to perform this completely passive role.
Kate said: "We all thought carefully about how we can better establish a tacit understanding and achieve the special emotional communication between the two characters."
Martin is also considering it.
Kate was silent for a while and then suddenly said: "Have you ever heard of one thing? When Nicole Kidman starred in "Eyes Wide Shut", there was also a passionate scene that was poorly filmed many times. It is said that Stanley - Kubrick used some special methods to get her into the scene.”
Martin said in his heart, Kate, are you kidding?
Kate said something and then frowned in thought. This play was too important to her.
The shooting started again, and the shooting started intermittently. A whole afternoon passed, and only less than five shots were taken.
Director Sam was quite annoyed and had a quarrel with Kate on the set.
Kate has a fierce personality and is directly at odds with Sam.
Martin ran between the two of them and acted as peacemaker to avoid getting into a fight.
This week's work ended with the couple's quarrel.
During the weekend, and because there was no filming for the leading actor in the first two days of next week, Martin originally wanted to go to New York, but when he called, Blake Lively returned to Los Angeles.
In the past six months, the two of them had spent less time together and more time apart, and even talked less.
Blake was silent for a while on the phone, and then suddenly said: "When you were in Los Angeles, I went to New York. After finally finishing my work, I returned to Los Angeles, and you went to London again..."
No matter how outstanding a man is, the halo made of gold will fade after living together, eating, drinking, sleeping, sleeping.
As a female fan who successfully slept with her idol, Blake was satisfied. She still had a good impression of Martin and retained relatively good memories. She decided to keep the good memories of her male idol in her heart forever.
So, she said, "I'm going to move back home to Burbank and not live with my parents and my brother for a long time."
Martin understood the meaning of these words, adhered to his own principles, and faced it calmly: "Okay, I won't be able to go back to Los Angeles in a short time."
Blake hung up the phone.
Bruce brought him a glass of ice water: "Can't bear it? Just go and get it back. With your methods, it's not difficult."
Martin picked up the cup and let the cold water fall into his belly. The annoyance in his heart disappeared and he said, "Find a place to have a drink together in the evening and call Kate and Sam..."
Before he finished speaking, the phone rang again, and the caller turned out to be Leonardo.
Martin got through and asked, "Are you ready to come to London?"
Leonardo said: "I was at the airport, waiting for Jack to come over. The Mamma Mia crew had a few days off, so Meryl called Jack specifically and asked him to come over and visit, and I followed along."
Martin is very aware of being a younger brother: "Jack is our eldest. He has traveled thousands of miles to London to visit his lover. Leo, we younger brothers should prepare gifts well."
Leonardo asked: "Are you ready over there?"
Martin vowed: "Of course I am ready, and I will never let Jack down."
Leonardo said: "If you disappoint me, I will call Blake and tell you which girls you have picked up."
Martin sighed softly: "We broke up."
"Man, you are free!" Leonardo sent his heartfelt blessing: "Happy breakup! Happy singlehood!"
Thinking that he would become one person from now on and that special fate would come at any time, Martin's mood improved significantly: "Call me when you get to London."
Bruce saw Martin put down his cell phone and said, "I've made everything and put it in the props team's warehouse for now."
Martin asked: "Is there going to be a problem?"
"It's so easy to weld a few steel pipes together," Bruce said.
Martin got out of the trailer first: "Let's go take out the things. Let's find a place to test it first."
The two came to the props team and took out two bags from the warehouse.
One of the bags contained two kicks.
Not the scary type like the Rabbit family.
"I specially found someone to make it custom-made." When Bruce was a soldier, he was stationed in the UK and used mortars to bully British soldiers. He knew many people here: "The charge is accurate to grams, and it explodes after being ignited. The height difference in the sky is not that big.”
Martin got on the battery car with a bag: "Jack will definitely like it."
Bruce drove northwest and walked out from the north gate of the studio. There was a dilapidated building that no one wanted to demolish, and he could put it as much as he wanted.
He said: "You three rotten people are really capable of causing terrible things."
Martin laughed: "Happiness must not only be actively sought, but also actively created. Life is so depressing, so of course we must maintain an optimistic attitude."
Passing by the production studio, Kate happened to come out. Seeing Martin and Bruce going to have fun, she expressed her intention to join.
The battery car carried three people away.
Not long after, there was first a dull explosion in the distance, then a salute-like sound sounded in the sky, and a cloud of colorful mist exploded.
(End of chapter)
