Chatty Hollywood

Johnny Depp feels that the recent filming process is a bit unusual.

Except for his repeated NG on the first day because he was out of shape, in the following days, he found the feeling of Iqab Karan, and the filming was almost a smooth process.

This surprised Miranda Richardson, who has not yet started filming but has already joined the crew, and said that Depp's acting skills have been greatly improved.

——You know, unlike Depp and Winona, who are still idols, this one is an acting actor who has been nominated for two Oscars.

Although due to lack of box office appeal, she could only play Mrs. Fantasol in "Sleepy Hollow" - the stepmother of the heroine Katrina - Depp was still convinced by her acting and acting skills.

In particular, Depp himself feels that his acting skills have improved.

"I am simply possessed by Ruifan now!"

Perhaps because of the grave robbing case some time ago, Depp couldn't help but think of River Phoenix, one of his best friends who had the best acting skills but died young.

"I wonder if I'm at Ruifan's level now?"

After thinking about it, he shook his head.

It’s not because of inferiority complex or anything, it’s simply because the role of Ichabu Karan is not very difficult, so it’s not really up to par for judging his acting skills.

——"Sleepy Hollow" is a commercial movie after all.

Moreover, Depp also understands that his smooth filming in recent days is also related to the relatively simple scenes he filmed.

From the start of filming to now, director Charlotte has been focusing on shooting scenes related to corpses or autopsies. In his words:

"'Sleepy Hollow' is both a detective mystery story and a fantasy horror story. When filming, shoot the realistic mystery part first, and then slowly transition to the fantasy part, so that everyone can get into the drama more easily."

Depp didn't know if what Charlotte said was true, but it was undeniable that filming in this order progressed very quickly.

Moreover, in order to help Depp better understand the feeling of reasoning, Charlotte also specially recommended to him mystery stories such as "Tragedy on the Nile" and "Murder on the Orient Express".

"Maybe you can participate in one of them in the future! After all, these two works of Agatha Christie have been adapted several times."

Depp liked both novels very much, although he did not see any connection with the story of "Sleepy Hollow".

——Maybe it’s just a matter of perception!

In fact, although the filming in the past few days went relatively smoothly, Depp didn't feel too good.

There is no way, anyone who shoots scenes related to autopsies and coffins all day long will feel terrified.

In particular, the corpses of the crew were made very realistic.

On the first day of filming, Depp doubted that it was a real corpse.

Fortunately, later the deputy director Lao Qiang relieved his suspicion:

"Although it's not impossible to rent some Jane Du (unnamed corpses) from the hospital for filming, it would cost a lot and you might be harassed by the police. It's too troublesome! And -"

Lao Qiang pointed at the "lifelike" corpse,

"Although the "corpse" made by the props team is more time-consuming, there will definitely be no problems such as decay and stinking that occur with real corpses..."

——Well, this is indeed to the point.

Although movies can bring people an extremely real audio-visual experience, the sense of smell is not included.

Therefore, the crew will not embarrass the actors’ noses when filming unless necessary.

For example, at the 67th Oscars that just ended, "The Shawshank Redemption" was defeated by "Forrest Gump" in various ways. That movie has the most direct example.

——In that movie, the protagonist Andy once climbed out of a long sewer full of sewage and feces in order to escape from prison.

If a real sewer had been used during the filming, it is estimated that Tim Robbins, who plays Andy, would have stopped acting no matter how professional he was.

After all, even if he can accept it psychologically, his nose can't stand it!

Fortunately, Hollywood’s high-level artificial scenery technology has solved this problem——

I remember what the director said to me,

The "brown objects" that covered the whole sewer in that scene were actually made of chocolate and could even be eaten. Depp's weird expression made him suddenly feel a little upset in his stomach.

Well, this is actually the usual practice of the prop staff——

Plasma is actually corn syrup plus coloring;

Brown excrement is chocolate mud;

The yellow one is butter...

Depp suddenly discovered that most Hollywood actors go on a diet, and are especially reluctant to touch high-sugar and high-fat desserts, maybe not just to stay in shape...

At least, he heard that Tim Robbins doesn't plan to eat chocolate for a long time after filming "The Shawshank Redemption."

“I don’t want to drink corn syrup anymore!”

After being sprayed in the face with artificial plasma made from corn syrup again, Depp made a similar decision in his mind.

No way, what he is filming now is a clip of Ichabod Karan dissecting the corpse of the widow Winship - in this clip, director Charlotte very spoofly added a shot of his face being splashed with blood when he was dissected. .

For this reason, Charlotte also specially explained——

"Ikabu Karan is a fledgling academic, a young man. He only knows how to do autopsies, but he doesn't actually do it very often. It is reasonable for such a novice to accidentally cut a blood vessel and be sprayed in the face."

"Moreover, the story is set at the end of the 18th century. At that time, anatomy technology was still very primitive, and it was normal to have corpse blood all over your body."

Although his explanation seemed reasonable, Depp still felt that he was just trying to prank him.

——Well, Depp also admitted that the audience will definitely find it interesting when this spoof is shot.

In fact, Depp also found it very interesting.

——If the person whose face was sprayed with plasma was not himself.

Especially, in order to show his surprise, he had to make a slightly funny expression to the camera when he was sprayed with plasma.

This means that at that moment, part of the plasma will be sprayed into his mouth...

Although his mind knew that it was actually corn syrup, facing a very real "corpse" and thinking about the story in the script, Depp still felt like he had eaten corpse blood.

What's more, in order to achieve the best shooting effect, the plasma needs to be sprayed onto the face realistically, which means that this shot is very easy to NG——

After all, although actors can control their facial expressions, it is difficult to fight against their own stress reactions - when something is sprayed on the face, a person's first reaction must be to close their eyes and dodge.

This doesn't fit the script.

Because in the script, the protagonist Ikabu is dissecting a corpse with concentration and fear.

At this time, Depp, who plays him, needs to slightly widen his eyes and make a surprised, helpless and somewhat funny expression.

After a few consecutive days of one thread, Depp finally started to NG again here.

Everyone who was filming together knew the trouble here, so they didn't say anything, they just accompanied him to do it again. However--

This also means that Depp has to be "shot" in the face repeatedly with corn syrup...

"I think I must have consumed too much sugar today!"

After this article was finally passed, Depp's expression was already a bit hopeless.

What he got was roars of laughter from the entire crew.

"This part was also recorded and put into the trailer together with the previous NG shots."

Charlotte quietly instructed photographer Addison Young.

PS1: "Ratatouille" is an animated movie that many people should have seen. It's quite interesting. By the way, if I use this name here, it won’t spoil everyone’s appetite! PS2: There is indeed Depp in the latest "Murder on the Orient Express", although he plays the person who is killed. PS3: Happy Lantern Festival to everyone. By the way, because there are a lot of things going on today, the update may be late at night, maybe after nine o'clock, I'll do it as soon as possible!