Chapter 876 Breakthrough

At the entrance of Disney Studios, Krull put on his Variety reporter ID and showed the invitation letter to the security guard at the entrance before entering the studio area.

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

The studio crew gathered to prevent fire, theft and reporters as the focus of daily work.

The security guards escorted Krull to the entrance of Studio No. 1 where the crew of Split was located.

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

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

York whispered, "The shooting will continue for another hour. The crew has prepared an hour of interview time for you this afternoon. Please wait a little."

Krull came here in advance just to see the shooting of this special film.

Recently, it has been rumored that this kind of multi-personality role is particularly difficult to play.

Although he couldn't shoot in the studio, he could observe with his eyes.

The crew started shooting, and Krull held his breath and stood at the edge of the set to watch carefully.

His target of observation was Martin.

Before coming here, Krull had carefully learned about the project and read the media introduction sent by the crew.

If an actor plays two or even three different personalities or roles, it is not particularly difficult.

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

It's scary to think about it.

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

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

The requirements for acting are extremely high.

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

Through the slight movement of his eyebrows, the delicate changes in his eyes, and the lifting and drooping of the corners of his mouth, he showed multiple faces with the same appearance but completely different expressions and temperaments.

The same face, in one shot, presents the characteristics of different personalities at once, and the time is between millimeters.

Krull has been an entertainment reporter for nearly 20 years and has worked at Variety for more than 15 years. He has interviewed hundreds of Hollywood actors on the spot, but few can do what Martin does.

Many people say that Martin can only shoot action scenes, only show off fighting and gun skills, and waste his talent.

At this moment, Krull completely disagrees. Martin's acting skills at this moment are simply genius-level.

"For this kind of role, it's useless for poor acting skills to work hard." He muttered in his heart: "But genius-like acting skills can turn the words on the script into real and visible characters through hard work."

The half-minute long shot was quickly shot.

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

Under Krull's gaze, this shot was repeated five times.

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

After this shot, Martin entered the rest area and sat on a chair with his eyes closed.

Krull didn't go over to disturb them because the crew was still filming.

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

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

For example, on the sink, there were multiple toothbrush cups, and these cups contained multiple toothbrushes of completely different colors or shapes.

Krull counted and found that there were 24 toothbrushes.

Just corresponding to the 24 personalities of the male protagonist!

As expected of David Fincher, the director who is best at shooting this kind of film in Hollywood, the details are extremely well done.

Krull had a feeling that Martin and David Fincher would bring a work that shocked the whole United States, and it might become a benchmark for this kind of film.

The crew finished work, David Fincher was still busy, and Martin went to remove his makeup and change clothes.

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

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

Like a talk show, the interview also has a script, and most of the questions are discussed in advance.

Martin quickly read the manuscript, changed into casual clothes, and returned to the studio.

David Fincher was already waiting here.

The crew used the studio as the background and placed three sofa chairs. The interview was basically conducted in the form of chatting.

Martin knew Krull, shook hands with him, and sat next to David Fincher.

After consulting, Krull turned on the recorder and said, "I heard about Billy Milligan more than a decade ago. Hollywood has used him as a model to further expand the filming of many movies, but few people have directly filmed characters with so many personalities like you."

David Fincher continued, "The Panic Room and Fight Club I filmed before actually borrowed from Billy Milligan. I have always been interested in him. Martin showed me the script and I immediately agreed."

Krull asked, "David, do you particularly like this type of mentally unstable type?"

David Fincher smiled and said, "Split should be the last time I shoot this type of film. In my limited career, I also want to try more different types of movies."

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

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. Since the script was written, I have been looking for various personality divisions. I carefully studied more than 50 cases of schizophrenia, and conducted detailed analysis and thinking on each personality of the male protagonist. I took two notebooks, which made the performance go smoothly. "

Krull asked: "Which of these personalities do you think is the most difficult to portray?"

Martin said: "Currently, we have filmed two personalities, Patri and Hedwig, both of which are very difficult. Patri is a woman, and Hedwig is a 10-year-old little adult. These are roles I have never touched before. It is not easy to play them, especially when performing independently. You must also pay attention to maintaining their internal connection. After all, They live in the same body. "

"It can be seen that you are very well prepared." Krull said again: "Your performance just now was amazing."

David Fincher continued: "In fact, Martin still has great potential in acting. I will squeeze it all out in the later filming."

Martin spread his hands: "David, you are too terrible!"

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

Krull and David Fincher both laughed.

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

Krull left the crew and started working overtime when he returned to the newspaper that night. He first sorted out the interview recordings, matched them with stills and posters, and spent two days writing an interview manuscript.

"Variety" is a weekly magazine. It is not a major entertainment event like the Grammy or Oscars. It only publishes one issue per week.

After several rounds of refinement by Krull, 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 character of this issue of "Variety".

The cover slogan focuses on promoting the film.

"Split: Martin Davis's ambitious work that breaks through himself!"

The report detailed the content of the film and published the interview with Martin and David Fincher.

This caused a strong response in the fan circle. After the online version was published, the fans responded in an unusually large number.

"I am looking forward to Martin's new film."

"I hope Martin can show the characteristics of multiple personalities instead of just being superficial."

"This is a great challenge of the century, and I believe Martin will do it well!"

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

The filming of the crew is still going on. David Fincher's shooting plan is not based on the scene, but on each personality of the male protagonist.

Just like Martin has already finished his scenes, he first finished all the scenes of the female personality, then the child personality, and then the fashion designer.

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

In real life, people have chaotic personalities and thinking, but if a movie wants to gain recognition and high reputation, it must pay attention to logic from the plot to the character's personality.

Without logic, it is a bad movie.

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

He often contacts the fashion circle, and has had more than a dozen relationships with Carolina Kurkova and Angela Lindwall in recent years.

Even though the two are engaged, they still call Martin out from time to time to mess around.

Fashion designer, Martin is much more natural and easy to play.

However, it is easy to relax, and the foot massage at noon cannot stop.

Ana de Armas will take the initiative to enter Martin's trailer after lunch every day to relax his body and relieve his stress.

At night, Anya Taylor-Joy occasionally takes the initiative to ask Martin out to continue rehearsing the male and female protagonists' scenes.

These are very helpful for work.

The former allows Martin to be energetic and devoted to the performance.

The latter rehearsals made the roles of the male and female protagonists so proficient that they could be filmed in one take.

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

As long as her basic acting skills were good enough, it would not be a problem for her to get a female lead in a medium-to-low-level project.

Martin had already made plans for Anya Taylor-Joy.

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

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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, top floor private room.

The scenes between the male protagonist and the female protagonist who tortured the personality had just been rehearsed.

Martin carried Anya into the bathroom and put her in the bathtub as if she were treating a beloved lover.

Anya pulled him in with her backhand.

Martin adjusted the bathtub and leaned on it with his raised back, feeling very comfortable.

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

Martin understood what she meant: "You can find me anytime during this period."

"Of course." Anya turned her head, kissed Martin on the neck, and said, "I'll give you all my best years. Do whatever you want."

As an actress without any backing and confidence, Anya is much more direct than Blake Lively and other second-generation stars in the circle.

Just like appreciating a certain spirit of Jolie and being infected, Martin also appreciates this simple and direct style, saying, "Every man likes eighteen years old."

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

Anya laughed crisply. Youth and beauty are her greatest asset. Apart from this asset, she has nothing else.

Martin thought of the girl who almost turned into a goldfish head in his previous life, and emphasized: "There is one thing you have to remember, don't have plastic surgery before you are 25 years old, and don't lose weight to become skinny."

Anya touched her face full of collagen and replied: "I remember, no plastic surgery, no weight loss, keep the current figure and appearance."

Martin nodded with satisfaction and started to talk about business: "This film is expected to be completed in mid-December. Do you have other roles to play later?"

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

She told the truth: "Actresses in Hollywood need to pay too much to get resources. Auditions often come with additional conditions. I rejected those additional conditions and was eliminated as a matter of course."

The fall of Harvey Weinstein only made the atmosphere in Hollywood a little better. Maybe those who like to use strong people have restrained themselves a little, but this circle will not change in essence.

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

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

Martin said, "Chess, a project that is definitely a heroine type. Go to the audition. As long as the conditions are right, you will be the heroine."

Hearing this, Anya was extremely surprised. She turned around and looked at Martin, grabbing his arm excitedly.

"Don't be too excited. There is another project." Martin said again: "A horror thriller with a small investment, which is also centered on the heroine. I think you are very suitable."

Anya's hands trembled with excitement.

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

An 18-year-old body, it's worth it in exchange for these.

Anya's head sank directly into the water.