Made in Hollywood

The sound of the helicopter's propellers echoed in his ears, and even the closed earplugs could not block it. Duke confirmed that the seat belt on his body was strong enough. From the open hatch, he operated the camera to take a bird's-eye view of the near-pristine wilderness in New Zealand. , the members of the Fellowship of the Ring are pulling into a long dragon, shuttling through the rugged hills.

Middle-earth is a wonderful world that exists in Tolkien's fantasy, but no film actually shows it.

Using the time spent by the Fellowship of the Ring, taking the original ecological landscape of New Zealand as a model, and with appropriate CGI modification, the world will appear more clearly in the film.

After the plane made a turn, Duke took a lot of panoramic shots of the Fellowship of the Ring from the front, left and back. This allowed the pilot to return and land. Then he took the off-road vehicle and rushed towards the filming location of the crew. .

Back on location, Duke had just gotten out of the car when Tina Fey walked over with Nancy Josephson and an actress.

"Hi, Duke, long time no see." She took the initiative to greet Duke.

"How did you come to New Zealand?"

Nancy? Josephson's service object is not only him, there are many actors, Duke is a little strange.

"I came with Kate."

She stepped aside and introduced Duke, "This is Cate Blanchett, the actor I just signed."

"Kate, Duke, I don't need an introduction, do I?"

Cate Blanchett took off her sunglasses and gloves, and reached out to Duke, "Hello, Director Rosenberg."

"Hello, Miss Blanchett." Duke shook her hand, exchanged a few casual greetings, and turned his head to instruct the female assistant. "Tina, take Miss Blanchett to get acquainted with the crew."

Filming is about to begin on the Queen Galadriel scene, and the actors must get into shape as soon as possible.

Tina Fey left with Cate Blanchett, and Nancy accompanied him up a small hill, standing on a huge rock, overlooking the entire exterior scene condescendingly.

Nan hoped to the woods at the end of the wasteland. Said, "Looks like the shoot went well?"

"It's okay," Duke glanced at the members of the Fellowship of the Ring who were resting not far away, and turned to the woods, which was one of Lothlorien's locations, "some movies are difficult for me to shoot, some types The movies are easier for me.”

Kind of at an extremely slow pace. It's extremely difficult for Duke to tap into the inner feelings of the characters and show a film that shows a person's multi-personality. He's not good at it.

The result of this is that his movies can easily become popular actors, but he has never created an Oscar winner or an actress, and there are quite a few people nominated for the worst actor and actress in Golden Raspberry.

But with it came another phenomenon. It is the ratio of the worst actors and actresses of the Golden Raspberry Awards made in his films to the Oscar winners or actresses of the current session, and then the pay is higher. The popularity is wider and the development is smoother.

Especially in recent years, it is especially obvious. In this year's awards season, Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron were successfully nominated for the worst actor and actress in Golden Raspberry. They have become popular all over the world, and have steadily entered the industry of A-level stars, but what about Oscar winners and actresses?

Even if they get the statuettes, there is still a clear gap between Robert Bernini and Gwyneth Paltrow from A-level.

Golden sour plum is not the end, and Oscar may not really bring endless glory to the actors.

To put it bluntly, is neurosis, sadism, and pretending to be crazy and ugly really more artistic? It's just to cater to a certain group.

"How did you sign Blanchett?" Duke was a little curious. "The last time the crew talked about the actor contract, her agent was not you."

"I only signed a contract with her some time ago." Nancy retracted her gaze and stepped on the rock under her feet. "You should have heard about the Oscars this year, right?"

Seeing Duke nod, she added, "After Kate lost her best actress Oscar, she fired her previous manager."

"It's not wrong for her to lose." Duke said softly.

"Well..." Nancy Josephson fully agreed with Duke's point of view, "It's weird that Gwyneth loses to her."

Although Gwyneth Paltrow won the Oscar and was slammed by the media as the most infamous Best Actress winner in recent years, people in the industry are actually very clear that compared to the nomination list and the actors who did it in advance Work, it's normal for Gwyneth Paltrow to win best actress, if she loses to Cate Blanchett, then Hollywood really isn't Hollywood.

Gwyneth Paltrow came from a family of performers, and Paltrow was very popular in the circle, and Spielberg was the godfather, and Miramax Films was the PR, and there was no obvious gap between the roles. Next, how can you lose to Cate Blanchett and Meryl Streep, who doesn't like PR.

In fact, in recent years, the results of the Oscar awards have become more and more obvious. Characters and acting skills are no longer the decisive conditions for the attribution of awards. There are more and more factors outside the Oscars.

It is not particularly serious now. After another ten years, the ratings of the Oscars will continue to hit new lows, and the films and roles chosen will become more and more biased.

The crew below finished resting, but Duke had no plans for the past. For these fast marching scenes, John Schwartzman was in control of the situation.

The crew moved to a different location. Like the previous filming, they mainly used panoramic shots, still showing the fantastic scenery of Middle-earth.

It took two days to shoot more than 20 shots of the Fellowship of the Ring team advancing on this wasteland in the South Island. The crew moved to the woods at the end of the wasteland to shoot, and after entering mid-October, the temperature in New Zealand was very high. In the obvious improvement, it is the best time period for shooting location scenes.

"Go and inform Ian and Kate."

Standing on the edge of the wood, dubbed Rothlorien, Duke looked over the makeup trailer and said to an assistant, "Tell the makeup artist she has half an hour left."

Duke will film the opening of the second film here, Gandalf's meeting with Queen Galadriel.

In the original book, Galadriel was a key figure in Gandalf's promotion to the White Wizard.

In Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Gandalf and Galadriel did not meet directly, but Galadriel's support for Gandalf was beyond doubt. The latter was recommended to be the Speaker of the White Council, but Gandalf refused.

In the later "The Hobbit" trilogy, Gandalf and Galadriel's rivalry continued to appear, perhaps because of the deliberate request of Peter Fatty, the two characters will always give people a very ambiguous feeling, watching many scenes Now, many people are worried about whether Celeborn's head has turned green...

Especially in "The Hobbit 3" in the scene where the White Council expel Sauron, Galadriel hugged and kissed Gandalf's princess, absolutely ecstasy.

Ian McLean was on the set shortly after, compared to Cate Blanchett's more tedious and time-consuming make-up, who had just entered the group for the first scene.

However, the effect of Cate Blanchett's makeup is really amazing. When she walked into the set dressed in Galadriel, she instantly attracted everyone's attention.

She was fair-skinned, dressed in a white dress embroidered with leaves, and the sun shone from above her head, as if her whole body was exuding white light.

Cate Blanchett walked up to Duke first and whispered, "Sorry, I took a long time."

"It's okay." Duke looked at his watch. "You're not late."

Looking away from Galadriel... ah, no, it's Cate Blanchett, Duc Lang said, "Ten minutes to shoot!"

Although the scene is not difficult, Duke is going to add this scene to the beginning of the second part, so it is one of the most heavyweight scenes.

Ten minutes later, with the divisions ready, Duke looked at the positions of Ian McLean and Galadriel and called for start.

In the silent golden forest, Cate Blanchett walked out barefoot. On the boom controlled by the lighting team, a bunch of white lights shone down, always shrouding her, making Queen Galadriel look noble and holy...

She moved her bare feet, light and graceful, to Gandalf lying among the golden leaves.

At the same time, she was holding a white cane in one hand and a white robe in the other...

Gandalf woke up leisurely and turned to look at Galadriel, "My.dy..."

Cate Blanchett showed a mysterious and charming smile, "Mithrandir returns to Middle-earth with a mission."

As she spoke, she bent over and draped the white robe over Gandalf.

"Cut!" Duke shouted, "Ian, Kate, well done, let's do it again."

Queen Galadriel is one of the most powerful elves in Middle-earth. She has a certain ability of precognition. In the original book, she predicted that Gandalf would be reborn, so she asked Guan He, the giant eagle, to find him. The giant eagle found him on the top of Silver Peak. Gandalf, and bring him back to Lothlorien.

Gandalf did die and was sent back to Middle-earth by Eru to complete his mission.

Galadriel clothed him with a white robe to match his new identity - Gandalf replaced the renegade Saruman as leader of the wizards.

Cate Blanchett also entered her role. As she found her state, Duke led the entire crew to move to a nearby temporary set that had been set up a long time ago. With the help of the set and blue screen, they continued to shoot in Ross Lorien. 's role.

The shooting lasted until November, and Duke took another four-day vacation for the crew, and he and Nancy were going to Sydney to discuss the sequel to "The Matrix" with the Warner executives who had arrived.

Because Nancy wanted to negotiate the Sydney Theatre for Cate Blanchett, she also invited Cate Blanchett to go with her after she earned Duke's approval. (To be continued ~^~)

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