The sound of continuous drizzle beating on the glass, like a piece of smoke, slowly spread, enveloping the whole building. The scenery outside the window is only large groups of smoke gray, even black like ink in the water. The world escapes into chaos, gloomy, cold and solemn.
Everything is so familiar that it never seems to have changed.
"Mr. hall." The call interrupted Lan Li's train of thought. She took back her sight and turned to look back. In front of her, the uniformed customs officer had a gentle smile on his face. Her eyebrows were excited. She seemed to notice Lan Li's sight and sighed, "what a terrible weather."
"Winter is just beginning." Lan Li's reply made the other party shrug, showing a big smile, "who said it's not?" He quickly stamped the entry seal on his passport, hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I believe you've heard it countless times, but...'crazy love'is an excellent film, Jesus Christ. I've seen it six times."
Lan Li was stunned. He didn't expect to hear such a dialogue at the entry customs, but the customs of the United Kingdom and the United States are always like this. They like to chat and gossip, and the corners of his mouth can't help rising, "thank you. Believe me, such praise is welcome at any time, you light up my day
Polite and gentleman's reply, but with a touch of warmth, the lady in front of her chuckled, "Wow, my pleasure. I'm sure you saved my whole day. " The lady is really too happy, the whole person is shaking gently, but she still restrained herself in time, "long distance flight must be very tired, I will not disturb you to go back to rest." The customs lady handed the passport to Lan Li and said with a smile, "welcome home."
Welcome home.
Lan Li took the passport's right hand, slightly pause, dropped his eyes. Home, indeed, in the eyes of all, this is his home. London, England.
Lan Li put his passport into his pocket and left quickly. Nathan and Roy had already passed the customs, and they were waiting not far away. Seeing his figure, they met him, and three of them walked towards the luggage carousel.
The preliminary preparation of "tomorrow's edge" is extremely smooth, far beyond imagination. Frank Marshall officially took over and became the chief producer of the crew. Under his promotion, the crew entered the high-speed operation mode.
Not only did the selection of filming staff proceed in an orderly manner, but Warner Brothers also gave the green light. First, a production budget of US $100 million was approved, and whether additional investment will be made later depends on the situation; And then approved the application for the crew to shoot in the UK. Not London, of course.
The crew will shoot two scenes in London, one at Heathrow airport; One was taken in Trafalgar Square. Others will go to the Hampshire photography base for on-the-spot and shed shooting, including the final showdown in the Louvre, which will be completed in the local shed.
You can see from this small detail that with Langley and Paul in charge, Frank's joining gives Warner Bros more confidence. The prospect of this work in the company is gradually rising.
The first crew members have already arrived at the photography base in Hampshire to prepare for the next shooting; The main force will come to the UK in batches next week, and the official start date has not been determined, because the selection of actors has not been completed. The reason why Lan Li came here ahead of time was that he had a job.
On the one hand, it's for the next shooting. In the movie, cage, Rita and others need to wear a suit of armor to fight, which is also the most important part of the fighting process. The crew has two plans. One is to use motion capture technology, and the armor is completely produced by computer special effects; One is to use lighter materials to make real armor, put it into actual shooting, and then assist the later computer special effects to produce realistic combat effects.
In the end, Paul insisted on the second. More realistic, more visual impact, but also more in line with his shooting style. So, Lan Li came in advance to make armor with the props group, to adapt to the wearing of armor, and to prepare for shooting.
On the other hand, it's for Eaton domer. This childhood friend set up his own fashion brand and invited lanli to attend the opening ceremony. In the past year, lanli's clothing modeling has been handed over to Eaton. In his two apartments in New York and Los Angeles, Eaton visited in person, and then added the types of clothes in the wardrobe. Not only for formal occasions, but also for private clothes, Eaton also took care of them in an all-round way. It can be said that he did his best.
Whether as a partner, or as a friend for many years, it is natural to attend the opening ceremony.
Back in London again, Langley is becoming calm. It's not only that in the past year or so, people have been running around, and the differences between cities are gradually disappearing. London is just another place to work; It is also because his mentality has become more and more peaceful. Compared with the involvement and entanglement carried by the surname "Hall", the dream and future carried by the name "lanli" is more important. In the past two years, life has been so full and beautiful that he has never regretted his original choice.
"... Jesus Christ, the weather is really terrible. If it continues like this, will our future outdoor shooting all become rain drama? " Nathan murmured as he watched the constant rain outside. Filming in the heavy rain is a challenge for the whole crew.
"In this season, rain is a high probability event." Roy also cast his eyes in the past, and his words were still lazy and scattered. "Our best way now is to pray that the filming of the crew can be completed as soon as possible. This nightmare will be over soon. "
Nightmares. If the rest of the crew heard Roy say that, it would be very interesting.
"Excuse me... Are you Langley?" There was a voice coming from the side. He hesitated and walked to the front of lanli. Then his eyebrows and eyes stretched out, showing an excited look, "Jesus Christ, it's really you!"
Lanli's attention left Roy and Nathan, followed the voice, and then he noticed that there was not only one person in front of him, but a small team of five people. They all looked like college students. There were three girls, two boys, and five people's faces showed a look of surprise. "Lanli, you will never believe it, just now, We're still talking about "crazy love." to be honest, do you think Jacob and Anna can finally get together? "
If it's on the show, or at the "crazy love" film meeting, this question is not against the feeling, but at Heathrow airport? The follow-up influence of the film is far greater than expected, which makes Langley feel a sense of substantial satisfaction - because that's what happened after he watched "crazy love" that year, and that's the charm of the film. In other words, this is the charm of art.
"It's your choice," he said. The story on the big screen is over, and the future association is the individual choice of every audience. "
"Look, I told you..." "no, no, I still insist on my opinion", several people began to argue, even forgot to stand in front of blue.
The girl standing next to her stretched out her right hand, "excuse me, can I shake hands with you?" Instead of answering, he held each other's right hand and said, "Jesus, Oh Jesus. I just want to tell you, your performance is really wonderful. I've never seen such a wonderful love movie before. To be honest, I've fallen in love with Jacob now. I love you! Yes! Go! The emperor All of a sudden, the girl's voice changed and began to scream. She had to cover her mouth with her left hand. She looked at Lan Li with her smile rising in front of her eyes, and then widened her eyes, "I really love you! Wow, please forgive my words, but, grass! Grass! I can't control it. "
Looking at the girl so straightforward and so excited performance, blue Li's mood is also light up, "thank you."
Then another boy put out his right hand and said, "man, speed and passion 5" is really cool! I'm looking forward to your performance in the sequel. "
"Sorry, I'm not going to play in the sequel anymore." Blue Li held the opponent's right hand, apologized, and then saw the boy's face in consternation, "what?" Lan Li patted the boy on the shoulder and said with a smile, "good luck. I hope you have a good day. " With that, Langley goes to Roy and Nathan, who are slanting ahead. Their luggage arrives when they are free to talk.
After walking two steps forward, Nathan showed a big smile. "Now I finally have some real feelings..." before I could speak, another middle-aged man quickly stepped forward and gave a thumbs up to Lan Li. "Crazy love" is really good While talking, he walked quickly with a smile.
Before Lan Li had time to react, the man had already disappeared in front of him. Lan Li exchanged a sight with Nathan and Roy, and the three of them couldn't help laughing.
Lanli is not a top star now, so naturally he doesn't disguise himself. Simple white shirt with black jeans, a navy blue long windbreaker on the outside, no sunglasses, no hat, a little curly short hair and even a little messy. The passers-by, who come and go, just pay a little attention to it, recognize the hot actors with fierce momentum one after another.
In a short distance of 30 or 40 meters from the luggage carousel to the gate, lanli was recognized by at least a dozen people. Most of them were friendly greetings. Occasionally, some people came forward to hug and others enthusiastically discussed lanli's works. This ubiquitous sense of attention really made lanli feel the great changes in his career.
The only accident is that more people mention "crazy love" than "speed and passion 5". Is this because the British people have a special preference for such love movies?
Seven or eight steps away from the gate, a figure in a black windbreaker entered lanli's sight.