American Fame and Fortune Chapter 876

Chapter 876: Self-breakthrough

At the entrance of Disney Studios, Krul put on his "Variety" press ID, showed his invitation letter to the security at the entrance, and then entered the studio area.

As one of the largest entertainment magazines in the United States, "Variety" is known as the "Hollywood Bible" and is the vane of the media and entertainment industry. Its influence is no worse than that of "The Hollywood Reporter".

The production crew gathered in the studio to prevent fire and theft and prevent reporters from being the focus of daily work.

Security personnel escorted Krul to the door of Studio 1 where the "Split" crew was located.

York, the head of the crew's publicity department, was already waiting here and accompanied Krul into the set.

Krull spotted Martin at a glance and seemed to be preparing for a scene. He was the only one sitting in front of the camera on the set.

York whispered: "The filming will continue for another hour. The crew has specially prepared an hour of interview time for you this afternoon. Please wait a moment."

Krull came here early just to see the filming of this special film.

Recently, there have been a lot of rumors that it is particularly difficult to play such a role with multiple personalities.

Although he cannot shoot in the studio, he can observe through his eyes.

Krull suddenly noticed that Martin's facial expressions were switching rapidly.

It exactly corresponds to the 24 personalities of the male protagonist!

It is indeed David Fincher, the director who is best at shooting this type of film in Hollywood, and the details are extremely well done.

Krull has a feeling that Martin and David Fincher will produce a film that shocks the United States and may become a benchmark for this type of film.

David Finch is already waiting here.

Krull completely disagreed at this moment. Martin's acting skills at this moment were simply genius level.

For example, on the sink, there are multiple toothbrush cups, which contain multiple toothbrushes of completely different colors or shapes.

Krull has been an entertainment reporter for nearly twenty years, and has worked for Variety for more than fifteen years. He has interviewed hundreds of Hollywood actors on the spot. There are only a few who can do what Martin does.

The same face, in one shot, presents the characteristics of different personalities at once, within a fraction of a second.

It's scary to think about it.

The crew started filming. Krul held his breath and stood on the edge of the set to watch carefully.

There were no actors on the set, and David Fincher directed the camera to shoot some empty shots.

Through the tiny twitching of his eyebrows, the subtle changes in his eyes, and the raising and lowering of the corners of his mouth, he showed multiple faces with the same appearance but completely different expressions and temperaments.

David Fincher smiled: ""Split" should be the last time I make this kind of film. In my limited career, I also want to try more different types of films."

"For this kind of role, no matter how hard you try, it will be useless if you have poor acting skills." He murmured in his heart: "But a genius with good acting skills can turn the words in the script into a real and visible character through hard work."

Before coming over, Krul learned about the project carefully and also read the media briefing sent by the crew.

Krul asked for advice, turned on the recorder, and said first: "I have heard of Billy Milligan as early as more than ten years ago. Hollywood has used him as a model to further expand and shoot many movies, but "It's rare that someone captures a character with as much personality as you do."

Martin went to David Fincher to look at the director's monitor. The two were not satisfied with it and went back to continue filming this section.

　　This shot ends, Martin enters the rest area, sits on a chair, closes his eyes and rests.

Martin knew Krull, shook his hand and sat next to David Finch.

Martin quickly read through the manuscript, put on some casual clothes, and returned to the studio.

This is a scene in which several personalities change rapidly in the same shot.

The half-minute long shot ends quickly.

It is not particularly difficult if an actor plays two or even three different personalities or roles.

Like talk shows, interviews are also scripted, and most of the questions are communicated in advance.

The assistant director went over to inform Martin that a reporter from "Variety" had arrived.

Many people are saying that Martin can only shoot action scenes and show off fighting and gun skills, which is a waste of his talent.

As Krull watched, the shot was repeated five times.

Krull counted the number of toothbrushes and found that there were 24.

Krull asked: "David, you are particularly interested in this type of mentally unstable type?"

The target of his observation was Martin.

The crew used the set as the background and set up three sofa chairs, and the interview was basically conducted in a chatting manner.

Krul looked at Martin: "During the filming just now, I saw that you changed at least four faces in a short period of time, just like four completely different people. Is this also a challenge for you?"

The requirements for acting skills are extremely high.

He found that Martin would make progress every time, and each changing face would become clearer and more three-dimensional, allowing him to feel what kind of personality was hidden under each face.

David Fincher continued: "The films I filmed in "Thriller Room" and "Fight Club" actually drew on Billy Milligan. I have always been interested in him, and Martin showed me this. I accepted the script immediately."

Krull didn't know how far Martin could perform and what kind of performance method he should use to deal with it.

Today's interview was scheduled last week. Martin nodded and returned to the trailer to familiarize himself with the interview script.

　　David Fincher was still busy when the crew was done, and Martin went to take off his makeup and change clothes.

Krull looked at it carefully for a while and found that these empty shots also had special meanings.

Krull didn't bother him because the crew was still filming.

But in this project, Martin will play at least seven or eight completely different personalities, which is equivalent to seven or eight independent characters with distinctive personalities.

Martin nodded: "It's very, very difficult. These are almost seven or eight completely different characters. I have made a lot of preparations for this. From the time I wrote the script, I have been looking for various cases of split personality. I have carefully studied more than fifty cases. For example, I also carefully analyzed and thought about each of the male protagonist's personalities, and took two big notebooks of notes, so that the performance was relatively smooth. "

Klull asked: "Which of these personalities do you think was the hardest to create?"

Martin said: "It is very difficult to film the two personalities of Patri and Hedwig. Patri is a woman and Hedwig is a 10-year-old adult. These are roles that I have never been exposed to before. It is difficult to play them. It's not easy, especially when performing independently, to keep their inner connection, after all, they live in the same body.”

“It can indeed be seen that you are very well prepared.” Krul added: “The performance you just performed was breathtaking.”

David Fincher continued: "In fact, Martin still has a lot of potential in acting. I will squeeze it all out in the subsequent filming."

Martin spread his hands: "David, what you said is too terrible!"

He deliberately created some points that could be used for publicity and hype: "I can only get paid for one movie for this role. I am really at a loss!"

Krull and David Fincher both laughed.

After the interview, York approached Krull and provided him with some on-set stills and several newly designed posters and other promotional materials.

Krul left the crew and started working overtime that night when he returned to the newspaper office. He first compiled the interview recordings, paired them with stills and posters, and spent two days writing an exclusive interview. "Variety" is a weekly magazine. It is not a major event in the entertainment industry such as the Grammys or Oscars. It only publishes one issue every week.

After several rounds of refinement by Krul, the interview appeared on the front page of the new issue of Variety.

At the same time, Martin's first poster for "Split" also became the cover of this issue of "Variety".

The cover tagline focuses on promoting the film.

　　“Split: Martin Davis's self-defeating and ambitious work!”

ˆThe report introduced the content of the film in detail and published exclusive interviews with Martin and David Fincher.

This has caused a strong response in the movie fan circle. After the online version was published, the response from fans was extraordinary.

“I am very much looking forward to Martin's new film.”

“I hope Martin can feature multiple personalities in his performance rather than just superficially.”

“This is a big challenge of the century, I believe Martin will be able to do it well!”

"Split" quickly attracted the attention of movie fans, and many people remembered the title of Martin's new film.

The filming of the crew is still continuing. The shooting plan formulated by David Fincher is not based on scenes, but on each personality of the male protagonist.

Just like the scenes that Martin has already completed, he shot all the scenes of the female character first, then the child character, and then the fashion designer.

This can effectively reduce the difficulty of Martin's performance and prevent him from falling into the confusion of the character's personality.

People in real life have chaotic personalities and thinking, but if a movie wants to gain recognition and a high reputation, it must be logical from the plot to the characters.

Without logic, it's a bad movie.

Martin has become a trendy boy again. Compared with women and children, this split personality is much easier to perform.

He is often in contact with the fashion circle, and has had more than a dozen relationships with Carolina Korkova and Angela Lindworth over the years.

Even though the two were engaged, they still called Martin out from time to time to fool around together.

As a fashion designer, Martin is very natural and plays the role very easily.

However, to be relaxed, the foot massage at noon cannot be stopped.

Ana de Armas would take the initiative to enter Martin's trailer after lunch every day to help him relax and relieve stress.

At night, Anya Taylor-Joy would occasionally take the initiative to ask Martin out and continue rehearsing the roles of the male and female protagonists.

These are very helpful for work.

The former allows Martin to devote himself to the performance energetically.

The rehearsal for the latter was to make the male and female protagonists' scenes so proficient that they could basically complete the filming in one go.

Of course, Martin is also a very particular person and recommended Ana de Armas to a crew at Disney Pictures.

As long as her acting skills are basically passable, it won't be a big problem to get a heroine in a mid-to-low-level project.

Martin has already planned for Anya Taylor-Joy.

Any person or organization, after successfully slaying the dragon, will inevitably develop in the direction of the evil dragon.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, private room on the top floor.

The rehearsal for the scene between the male protagonist's sadistic character and the heroine has just ended.

Martin, as if treating his beloved lover, carried Anya into the bathroom and put her into the bathtub.

Anya pulled him in with her backhand.

Martin adjusted the bathtub, and it felt comfortable to lean on it with his raised back.

Anya sat in front of him, leaning in Martin's arms, and said: "I am only 18 years old this year, and I don't plan to have a boyfriend before I am 24."

Martin understood what she meant: “You can come to me at any time during this period.”

"Of course." Anya turned around, kissed Martin on the neck, and said, "I will give you all the best years of my life. You can do whatever you want."

As an actress without any backing or confidence, Anya is much more straightforward than Blake Lively and others who came from the second generation of celebrities in the industry.

Just as he admired Julie's certain spirit and was infected, Martin also appreciated this simple and direct style, saying: "Every man likes to be eighteen."

Each female star is only eighteen years old for a short time, but Hollywood is full of eighteen-year-old actresses.

Anya let out a crisp laugh. Youth and beauty were her greatest capital, and apart from this capital, she had nothing else.

Martin thought of the girl who almost turned into a goldfish head in her previous life, and said emphatically: "You have to remember one thing: don't have plastic surgery before you are 25 years old, and don't lose weight to become a woman with ribs."

Anya touched her face, which was full of collagen, and responded: "I remember, I won't have plastic surgery or lose weight, and I will keep my current figure and appearance."

Martin nodded with satisfaction and got down to business: "The filming of this film is expected to be completed in mid-December. Do you have any other roles to play in the future?"

"Bad luck." Anya expressed a little emotion appropriately and said: "Of the few auditions I participated in, the best ones only made it to the second round, and most of them were eliminated in the first round."

She told the truth: "Actresses need to pay too much to obtain resources in Hollywood. Auditions often come with additional conditions. I refused those additional conditions and was naturally eliminated."

The fall of Harvey Weinstein has only made the atmosphere in Hollywood slightly better. People who like to be strong may have restrained themselves a little, but the essence of this circle will not change.

Martin didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "You take the time to go to the bookstore and buy a novel called "The Queen's Gambit". My studio plans to adapt this novel into Gathering and is already writing the script."

Given Anya's conditions, there was no choice. She firmly remembered the name of the novel and said, "Which chess game? I can learn it in advance."

Martin said: "Chess is definitely a heroine-type project. If you go to audition, as long as the conditions are right, you will be the heroine."

Hearing this, Anya was extremely surprised. She turned to look at Martin and grabbed his arm excitedly.

“Don't be too excited, there is another project.” Martin added: “A horror thriller movie with a small investment, also with a heroine as the core, I think you are very suitable.”

Anya's hands trembled with excitement.

The heroine of a drama, the heroine of a movie, or the heroine as the core type.

With an eighteen-year-old body, these are worth the exchange.

Anya's head sank directly into the water.

(End of this chapter)

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