Brothers turned against each other, and their love turned into killing each other, which satisfied the psychological needs of too many people: there is no real friendship in Hollywood, they are all plastic brothers or sisters.
Some media revealed that Martin and Nicholson had a long-standing conflict. The latter once used homemade fireworks to bombard Martin's house and even attracted the LAPD.
The new issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine uses the image of the Joker from DC Comics as the cover, and a special article was written to analyze the conflict between Martin and Nicholson.
"The Joker played by Jack Nicholson has become one of the classic images in film history and has always been praised by people. Jack has never been a generous person. This time he criticized Martin for playing the Joker, which is inevitably due to this mentality: If Martin's Wouldn’t it be shameful for a clown to surpass his clown?”
Reporters and paparazzi gathered frantically at the entrance of Warner Studios. Anyone who saw the Dark Knight crew gathered around them and asked what they thought of Martin and Nicholson.
Filming hasn't even started yet, but Martin and the Joker are already grabbing all the entertainment headlines.
Nicholson had such a great time that he even dressed up as the Joker from the 1989 version of "Batman" when watching the Lakers' first playoff game of the season.
According to the media's interpretation, Nicholson was telling Martin in this way that there was only one clown in the movie version!
"Let's see, are we lacking attention?"
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the Warner Building office, Charles Rowan pointed to the crowd of reporters at the entrance of the studio area and said to Orlin: "It doesn't even require the crew to put in the effort, just the actors themselves, they create a movie that grabs most of the entertainment." The popularity of the headlines.”
Orlin has also been enjoying the success recently, saying: "Martin is a great actor. How do you put it in Silicon Valley terms? Yes, it brings its own traffic!"
Charles Rowan said: "Warner Bros. has been cooperating with Martin. He has brought huge profits to Warner in recent years. Looking at the current situation, he can create more in the next few years."
Orlin still reminded: "No matter how high the popularity is, the work is the key. Without the support of high-quality works, these are all illusions."
Charles said: "You saw Martin's performance during the audition. Acting is definitely not a problem. What I am most worried about is Nolan. Such a dark, heavy and realistic clown scene is on par with Batman, or even better. Whether the audience can accept the story."
Orlin added: "The script was born out of "The Dark Knight Returns," a comic that was well received."
There was a knock on the office door at this time, and Nolan walked in.
Charles smiled and asked: "The crew was not disturbed much, right?"
"Most of the crew have already gone to Atlanta to make preliminary preparations, and there are not many people left here." Nolan came over and had an idea: "The matter of Martin and Nicholson is very hot now, and it will be difficult later. continued……"
Orlin asked, "What do you think?"
Nolan is good at more than just shooting: "When the film reaches a certain stage, Warner and DC can invite Nicholson to visit the crew to see how Martin's Joker is doing."
Charles nodded: "Okay."
Before Nolan finished speaking, he suggested: "At that time, we can continue to think of something with Martin Davis and Jack Nicholson."
His voice suddenly lowered: "Or continue to stir up conflicts between the two of them and let their bickering continue."
Orlin smiled: "Good idea."
The production cost alone is as high as 180 million U.S. dollars. Nolan shouldered this billion-dollar burden and not only worked hard on the film itself, but also paid attention to other aspects.
In the past seven or eight years, there have been too many good movies that failed at the box office.
Publicity and marketing are becoming more and more important. Nolan added: "I think Martin's topicality and ability to create news are much better than Bale. Martin should be the core of both the film and the publicity."
The more he talked, the more excited he became: "Not only the relationship between Martin and Nicholson, but also the relationship between Martin and Bell can also make a fuss. Now they have created a harmonious image in front of the public. When the film is filmed, the conflict between the two breaks out. We will In terms of publicity, it can be said that the two of them were too deeply involved in the drama and were affected by the characters."
Charles Rowan looked at Nolan with admiration and said to Orlin: "Look, what I told you is right. If Martin is the best actor in marketing, Chris is the best director in marketing."
Nolan smiled and said: "It's too much praise."
"It's a huge investment, it's like a mountain," Orlin said.
Nolan responded: "One more thing, I plan to have a member of Jonathan's screenwriting team follow Martin throughout the filming set to record his words and deeds. I have communicated with Martin in this regard, and he agrees, but the publication Reports must be published with his consent."
Charles understood Nolan's intention: "Martin is never short of news that attracts public attention." He nodded to Nolan: "Okay, I will send someone to discuss relevant matters with Martin's agent."
Orlin laughed. With such a trouble-making director and actors, the film would not have to attract the attention of passers-by.
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A van drove into Warner Studios, went around a side road, and parked next to the Dark Knight Studio warehouse.
Lily followed in her new red Cadillac, parked the car and ran to the cargo area.
Linda, who was responsible for the handover of the crew, had already opened the warehouse door.
Lily said: "Supervisor, all the goods are in the car, I moved them all over."
The conditions given by the crew were good, so she emptied the carved clown at once.
When these are sold, she gets a share.
Give it to Martin and earn not a penny.
Lily feels that if she wants to truly stand up in front of Martin and her sister Elena and refuse the iron fist of love, the financial foundation is very important.
You have to work hard to make money!
Linda asked people to move the goods and get out of the car. She found that the goods were packed in several large boxes. She opened one of the boxes for inspection and found that every clown carving was vivid and it was a masterpiece.
She looked at Lily, no wonder a sharp carving knife was as flexible as a finger in this girl's hand, and she could stab wherever she wanted.
"Supervisor?" someone came over and asked.
Linda said: "Hurry up and count all the items in storage."
Several workers were busy.
Linda remembered clearly that Lily Carter was a relative of Martin Davis, who was famously difficult to deal with in Hollywood. She immediately said with a smile: "Lily, you have carved so many sculptures?"
Lily recalled the horror of being dominated by a massive amount of Australian buffalo horns, with lingering fear: "In the past half year since I entered school, I have spent all my spare time practicing. Even the birthday gifts I received were a lot of carving raw materials. I...wanted to cry. .”
Linda thought to herself: What bastard could be so cruel to torture such a beautiful girl.
She looked carefully at the material carved in her hand and asked, "Where is this raw material produced? It looks good."
Lily was very conscious of getting money to do things, and said: "It seems to be Australian horns."
Linda asked: "Where do you get the goods from?"
Lily didn't dare to go to Martin, fearing that she would be suppressed by the Iron Fist, so she said, "Should I ask someone?"
Linda nodded: "Okay."
Lily called Bruce,
Within a few minutes, Bruce came over.
Lily briefly explained the situation.
Linda took the initiative and said, "Do you have a purchase channel for these materials?"
Bruce nodded: "Yes."
"The crew may need a lot of them." Linda thought for a while: "Please leave a contact information."
Bruce left his business card to Linda, and suddenly thought of something. Martin couldn't exterminate the Australian bison by himself, so how about bringing in a crew?
Linda went to assist in inspecting the goods.
Lily came over and asked Bruce quietly: "Are there many bison in Australia?"
Bruce didn’t quite understand either: “It shouldn’t be extinct, right?”
Lily is not an environmentalist and is not interested in protecting animals, saying: "As long as they don't go extinct."
Bruce called Martin about the incident.
Martin thought about it for a while and came up with a solution: "In this way, Old Boo, you join forces with Elena and her brother to register an import and export trading company. Harris should know this and ask him to do it specifically. If the crew needs it, he will give it to the crew specifically." Serving Australian specialties.”
Australian bison and crocodiles are overrun, which helps them maintain ecological balance.
After hanging up the phone, Martin looked at Kelly and Louise in the office and said, "I just received a call from Wu Maoting from Asia tonight. He does not intend to continue investing in our project."
Louise thought of what happened some time ago: "Did Warner Pictures contact him?"
Martin said: "Yes, Warner Pictures invited him to invest in the fourth Terminator movie and made a lot of promises that we couldn't give."
"Promise?" Kelly couldn't help laughing: "Didn't you tell him that Hollywood's promises are all bullshit?"
Martin shrugged: "I told you, others won't listen. Hollywood has a good reputation. Wu Maoting feels that he can make more money by cooperating directly with big companies without middlemen like us."
Louise said: "Maybe, everyone has their own ambitions, and you can't force it."
Martin nodded: "I'm going to Atlanta soon. Lily is on the set. Please help me take care of it."
"Don't worry, leave it to me." Louise said deliberately: "If you use something made by Lily, you must be compensated."
She pulled Kelly: "Slut, am I right?"
Kelly laughed on Louise's shoulder.
Entering May, the Dark Knight crew chartered a flight to Atlanta.
Even though most of the personnel left for Atlanta early, a passenger plane was still filled with personnel.
The director of the film crew is a real-shooting fanatic, and two cargo planes were filled with various goods.
One of the IMAX cameras is a top priority for transportation.
Although Hollywood already has some 3D films, Nolan refused to be part of The Dark Knight.
After arriving in Atlanta, Martin locked himself in a hotel and devoted all his energy to preparing for the role, even without Elena.
It wasn't until two days before the crew started filming that he came out of the hotel to meet with his old friends in Atlanta.
(End of chapter)
