MTL - American Fame and Fortune-Chapter 826 The family's only hope

Chapter 826 The only hope for the whole family

The crew's motorcade drove out of the Atlanta metropolitan area and headed south. Not far away, they saw acres of cornfields.

The corn grown on one of the farms is obviously much taller than the other farms and has reached the earing and pollination stage.

The convoy stopped in the open space near the barn, and people from various departments immediately became busy.

 Martin got out of the makeup trailer, rolled up the sleeves of his shabby plaid shirt, and came to the set.

Standing on the steps of the old wooden house, he looked at the corn farm for a while and said, "This place seems familiar. Have we been here before?"

Bruce remembers: "You filmed the horse scene in "The Man from the City" on this farm, but the stables and pastures were gone, and they were all turned into cornfields."

Martin looked at it carefully and pointed to a **** beside a forest: "I remembered that at that place, Robert, the high priest of the Coca-Cola Cult, showed his power for the first time and used bottles of Coca-Cola with olive oil to help me kill my competitors."

 He laughed: "This time is a return to the old place, back to the place where the dream began."

Nolan was walking over. Hearing Martin's words, Nolan couldn't help but stop. Thinking of what Martin had mentioned before, he turned around and walked back, waving for the assistant director Anderson.

 Anderson knows that he is not good at arranging filming arrangements. He is the pen and paper for director Nolan.

Charlotte couldn't hear exactly what was said.

 Nolan came back and called Martin and two other young actors to come to the cornfield to talk about the play.

He turned around and saw that the other person was fair-skinned, beautiful, and had long legs, but he had a new face that he had not seen during rehearsals.

 The actress took the initiative to come over and say hello: "Hello, Martin, I am Charlotte Kirk, who plays your deceased wife in the film."

 The shooting started, the car started moving and then stopped soon.

Charlotte Kirk looked over there curiously. Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara said more than once that she should enter the set to carefully observe what Martin Davis was doing.

Anderson jotted it down.

Director Nolan walked past the monitor and came to the car as if talking about a drama.

"The place where the crew filmed the farm scene was also the place where the male protagonist Martin filmed his first scene... I don't remember the name of that late-night scene. You can find out later and add it. During the filming, Martin said that he went back to the place where the dream began. place."

He understood why he didn't know each other. The two of them had no scenes together. This was a character that only existed in the memory of the male protagonist.

 She thought for a while, took out a small notebook and a pen, wrote the time on the first page, and then jotted down a few sentences.

 So, as soon as he saw Director Nolan waving, Anderson immediately ran over with paper and pen.

Charlotte had no part in the scene for the time being and went to the rest area, but her eyes were always fixed on Martin, trying to find something special.

Nolan has no nonsense and once again combines reality with writing real tidbits for promotional and marketing purposes.

The crew was about to start shooting when the assistant director shouted to clear the scene.

 Martin got into a Dodge pickup truck with young actors Mackenzie Foy and Timothée Chalamet.

On the other side, Martin was preparing for filming, and a blonde actress entered the set.

Because careful observation can properly understand the connotation of Nolan’s real behind-the-scenes footage, Anderson was promoted to assistant director by Nolan when filming “Inception.”

 While filming "The Dark Knight," Anderson was an anonymous screenwriter specializing in recording real-life footage.

 Martin shook her hand and said, "Nice to meet you."

“Martin Davis has a very good relationship with Director Nolan, and Director Nolan respects his opinions during filming.”

 Mainly apart from that, there is nothing much to write about.

Charlotte actually complained a bit about Kevin Tsujihara. After sleeping with him for so long, she agreed to give him an important role. The role was indeed given. It was Nolan's first-line major production, but the importance of the role was not mentioned. .

 The hero's wife sounds very nice, but she only appears in memories.

The island native was in a high position, but she felt stingy.

 Charlotte dares to take this road, of course she is not a stubborn person, and she will not go all the way to death.

Her eyes switched back and forth between Martin and Nolan, and she was still thinking about continuing to help Kevin Tsujihara.

On the farm's dirt road, the pickup truck stopped and went. Because of filming, it didn't go 300 meters for two hours.

Nolan once again called to stop filming and said: "Twenty minutes of rest."

 Martin jumped out of the car first and looked back at Mackenzie Foy, who played his daughter. The little girl looked pale and was obviously uncomfortable.

 “Are you okay?” Martin asked.

McKenzie shook his head: "Some motion sickness."

Martin held out his hand, and McKenzie supported his hand to get out of the car.

 When the two people turned around and walked back, Timothée Chalamet in the car on the other side curled his lips inaudibly.

 In the past few days since joining the set, all the pretty actresses on the set, such as Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, and Mackenzie Foy, etc., have always been around Martin.

Timothée Chalamet, who is in the rebellious stage, will inevitably have some opinions in his heart.

But he remembered his agent’s advice that the person in this crew who should not be offended the most was Martin Davis.

Even if you offend Nolan, it won't be a big problem. If you offend Martin Davis, the consequences will be very serious. The stage manager moved some chairs and set up some temporary rest areas on the roadside.

McKenzie drank some water and felt a little better. She turned her head and looked at Martin a few seats away.

Her mother, Mrs. Foy, whispered encouragement: "What do you want to ask him? Be brave and go directly and ask."

McKenzie put down the water glass and looked at his mother.

The conditions of Foy's family are very average. Unlike many child stars in the industry who come from acting families, McKenzie's father is just an ordinary truck driver. His mother has no formal job. She used to only work part-time, but now she is a full-time caregiver for child stars.

McKenzie is the family’s only hope.

“Go ahead, I have observed over the past few days that Martin is a very nice person.” Mrs. Foy encouraged: “Settle down a good relationship with him, and you may have hope for your next role.”

McKenzie stood up and came to Martin's side, and asked softly: "Martin, can I disturb you for a moment?"

 Martin was closing his eyes to meditate, but when he heard the voice, he turned his head and said, "I just have time."

McKenzie said: "I always felt that there was something wrong with the performance just now, and I couldn't find the problem..."

Martin thought for a while and said: "You are acting very well. You are a very spiritual actor at your age. If you want to talk about something, you should be a little nervous. You should relax when performing and don't put too much pressure on yourself." ”

McKenzie’s facial features are particularly delicate, and he looks like a doll: “How can I not feel pressure when working with you and director Nolan?”

 Martin smiled: "I'm just an ordinary person, not a devil or a monster, right?"

"Yeah." McKenzie smiled and narrowed his eyes: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes and someone told me that Martin Davis doesn't have a star presence, I would never believe it."

Martin pointed to the temporary set again: "Chris is a very elegant director. He never loses his temper on the set. Just do your job well. That's enough."

McKenzie nodded: "I understand."

 The two chatted for a while, and McKenzie left on his own initiative and returned to his seat.

Mrs. Foy asked: "What did you say?"

McKenzie said: "Martin is a very easy to get along with, and he takes the initiative to help me relieve work stress."

Mrs. Foy took one look at her daughter’s delicate little face and thought that being good-looking was indeed an advantage.

When the break came, Martin and the other three actors returned to the dilapidated Dodge pickup truck.

Timothée Chalamet has some opinions about Martin, which were unnaturally revealed during filming, but they were just right for the scenes between the characters.

 The relationship between father and son is inherently sensitive.

Today’s scene was filmed until the Dodge pickup truck had a flat tire.

 After the crew finished work, Nolan deliberately left Martin and McKenzie to talk about the scene.

 In this film, the relationship between father and daughter is one of the key core points. The effect Nolan wants requires two actors, Martin and McKenzie, to express it.

Timothée Chalamet looked here from a distance, his eyes falling on McKenzie, unable to conceal his envy and jealousy.

Besides, Charlotte Kirk suddenly appeared and said seemingly casually: "We are all marginal characters, the two of them are the core."

Timothée Chalamet said nothing and turned around and left.

On the way back to the hotel, Martin and Nolan got into the same car.

Nolan asked: "Is that girl nice? I felt like she matched you well during the filming."

 “The main thing is that I am good at everything.” Martin boasted for himself first, and then asked: “Where did I find this girl? She is very spiritual.”

Nolan simply said: "In the Twilight series, she played Bella's daughter, and she seems to have played an important supporting actress in an upcoming horror film by James Wan."

Martin said: "A very spiritual little actor who reminds me of Dakota Fanning."

Nolan agreed with Martin: "She is very good in her age group. I am very optimistic about her."

Martin thought of those very spiritual child actors and actresses in Hollywood. In the past two decades or so, only a few of the top performers in their childhood and adolescence have truly become front-line actors.

Like Leonardo, his performance as a child star can only be described as average.

The contemporaries River Phoenix and Edward Furlong were much more famous when they were young, but one took drugs and died, and the other took drugs until his life was almost destroyed.

Drew Barrymore once lost his way in life and was far from reaching the heights considered by the industry.

Not to mention Macaulay-King, he is simply a model of failure as a child actor.

The later Haley Joe Osment and Dakota Fanning did not develop smoothly when they grew up.

  Kristen Stewart, who was not as good as Dakota Fanning as a child star, has developed more smoothly when she grows up, and the former can even only act as a partner for the latter.

 From this aspect, Natalie Portman is among the best.

Back at the hotel, Bruce found Martin and said, "Thomas just called, and your son sent another video related to the father and son. After Thomas failed to communicate, he asked the lawyer to send a lawyer's letter."

After two private communications, Martin also had a limit: "If it doesn't work, we will go through the prosecution process."

 (End of this chapter)