From Xiangjiang Martial Arts in the 70s

Chapter 55 "Chain Saw" Startup

The biggest difficulty in preparing for the filming of "Saw" was the props, including the venue layout, various murder props, prosthetics and blood plasma. Hong Kong's prop team did not have much exposure to these things.

This time the props group was also selected from the United States, and they put a lot of effort into the disgusting bloody scenes.

Wu Changyun arrived almost at the same time as Ann-Margaret, along with her personal assistant, agent, bodyguard and so on.

It was the first time for Wu Changyun to deal with the other party. Fortunately, he did not feel unhappy. After all, he is in the stage of becoming popular, and it is natural to consider all aspects of protection measures.

"This is the biggest actor I've ever seen."

Yuan Aijia was not afraid that the other party's translator would hear it, and said this to Wu Changyun not far away.

"I believe that some people are willing to be a killer for 10 yuan, and the price of a popular actress for skin care in a year is far more than this figure, so it is not difficult to explain the reason why the other party puts so much effort into security." Wu Changyun shrugged shoulder said.

"Oh, Miss Ben's brains are much more valuable than hers. You are completely nonsensical."

"Don't bother." Wu Changyun pushed Yuan Aijia away, and he also couldn't understand Ann Margaret's behavior, but the other party hadn't touched his nerves yet.

Wu Changyun first inspected the room used for shooting and the props inside.

This place was originally a relatively large private residence. The prop master Lai tried his best to restore the feeling Wu Changyun wanted. The narrow and messy space is full of various dangerous props.

Wu Changyun picked up the split-mouth mask on the table. The way this thing works is to directly tear the victim's mouth open, creating the feeling on the screen that the head was torn in half on the spot.

"This thing looks good, but I should have said it would be better made of the stuff of a bear trap."

Wu Changyun put down the shiny silver prop in his hand. This one looked too new. What he wanted was a common material.

"This is in consideration of the safety of the actors. Old materials may easily scratch the skin and cause unnecessary infections, etc." Ley danced and explained to Wu Changyun, he thought he had considered all aspects very well.

"Ok."

Next to Wu Changyun was a standing chair. The function of this chair was to lock people on it, and then an electric drill would slowly pierce the victim's eyes.

It was originally like this, but the production of the eyeball encountered difficulties. This is not just to make an eyeball, but to become bloody when it is pierced.

Ley relocated the drill to his temple so he had more room to create.

As early as the budget stage, Wu Changyun locked the production cost tightly, because he knew that "Chain Saw" cost 21 million US dollars and took 120 days in the early 18st century.

Wu Changyun intends to invest 130 million Hong Kong dollars to complete the film, and the best time is half a month.

Because at the same time, in Prague, the Czech Republic, he has already rented an abandoned factory for renovation, and he also has permission to shoot in some local public places. of.

The next day, work officially started.

The first scene was filmed in a public toilet in an abandoned hospital. With the lights on in the toilet, Wu Changyun sat in the corner and covered the glare of the sun with his arms, while on the opposite side was the slightly irritable Stallone. The feet are locked by an arm-thick iron chain, which is connected to the wall and is very short in length.

There is also a dead body lying down between the two. It was supposed to be the jigsaw played by Marlon Brando. Because the other party has not yet arrived and does not need to show his face for the time being, he found a substitute of similar size.

The two exchanged identities and information, and this scene is the most classic in this play.According to the needs of the plot, the character played by Stallone needs to reach into the unwashed toilet and find clues from a pile of filthy excrement.

The nasty stuff in there is actually dye and heated playdough because playdough has a nice stickiness and looks like some nasty stuff.

It was the first time he acted in this kind of scene, and Wu Changyun felt that Stallone's reaction was still too blunt. He acted more like a tough guy grieving the loss of a loved one, rather than an ordinary person who was disgusted by nausea.

"Stop for a moment." Wu Changyun beckoned to the film crew, and Du Qifeng stopped filming. He was an assistant director in the film crew.

The two just looked at each other, obviously the problem was obvious.

"Maybe I should emphasize it again with him?" Du Qifeng asked.

Wu Changyun shook his head, the two of them Chinese naturally cannot communicate in English.A large part of the reason why he called Stallone to play this role was for the follow-up "Fatal Turn" series.

Giving Stallone the supporting male cameraman role in "Saw" was an ideal dream on a whim.

Seeing that Wu Changyun's expression was still relaxed, Du Qifeng couldn't help but ask, "You look very confident in him."

"No, I have no confidence in him at all."

Frankly speaking, Stallone's movies gave Wu Changyun roughly the same impression, tough guy + machine gun, revolver and Rambo saber, nothing else.

"Then how can you be so calm?"

Wu Changyun leaned into Du Qifeng's ear and told him the answer. After a while, the prop team came in again with a foul smell.

Rye held a bag of brown feces-like material in his hand and poured it directly into the toilet as Stallone watched.

Even Wu Changyun, who knew what this lump was, couldn't stand it, let alone Stallone, who didn't know the truth, the pungent smell rushed into his nostrils directly.

Wu Chang said to him in broken English: "This is a test for you."

Stallone saw that Wu Changyun's expression was very serious. He knew that this was against the rules. He had every reason to refuse this unreasonable filming, but he would also lose the film because of it.

"Can you?"

Stallone looked embarrassed, looked at Du Qifeng behind the camera and raised his middle finger: "yeah!"

Du Qifeng frowned helplessly. Obviously, the other party misunderstood that this was his arrangement. Wu Changyun snickered maliciously. It could be seen that the other party's current mood was very disgusting and helpless, and this was the most real.

This was the first day of filming, and Ann-Margaret, who came to watch it, was actually stunned. She even retched at one point on the set.

Afterwards, she found Wu Changyun and said solemnly: "I will definitely not cooperate with you in that kind of plot."

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Wu Changyun spread his hands. He is not making a female revenge movie like "I Spit on Your Grave", and there will be no insulting plots.

"Also, I have to reconsider the contract. The shooting environment here is too bad. It's even a dangerous building. I have some doubts that you deliberately arranged this kind of place."

Wu Chang wiped the wall with his hand, wiped the dust on it with his hand, and subconsciously blew in Ann-Margaret's direction.

Ann-Margaret covered her mouth and nose with her hand, turned and fled quickly.

(End of this chapter)