Birth of an actor

His place is very conspicuous, but it can't be reflected in the star-studded "Milk" crew. Even the GAY actors who voted for him have shown a very restrained attitude towards him. There is no way, now their aesthetic standards It has been raised to an incredible height.

Moreover, who has been in Hollywood all the year round is not a genius. Many people visited the crew from Gavin Newsom's own media, talked enthusiastically about his political ideas to Spielberg and others, and talked about them in the media when they returned It can be seen from the experience of meeting the cast and crew that this mayor is extremely ambitious, and his goal will never stop at San Francisco. Maybe he will run for governor in a few years, and he will run for governor in a decade or so. Became President of the United States.

San Francisco's same-sex marriage registration system ended when the California Supreme Court ruled that Gavin Newsom had exceeded its authority and ordered a halt.However, because of Gavin Newsom's operation, when the national media paid attention to San Francisco, they dragged "Milk" into the vortex of public opinion.

As a result, "Milk" has been targeted by some conservative and extreme Christian right groups, and because of the high degree of attention the film itself has, it has become a tool for both sides to build momentum. Gay rights organizations regard the film as a banner, while conservatives Some people seem to think that the only way to stop gay equality is to bring down "Milk".

Parades, protests and demonstrations are the most basic operations. There are also people who write threatening letters or stealthily destroy set props, and even implicate other film works of the protagonists, such as boycotting "Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" starring William.

Fortunately, these boycotts were useless, because the release of "Lord of the Rings 3" ended long ago, and it is currently only shown in some art theaters for a long time. The global box office of the film is not only not affected at all, but also gained a lot With the sympathy and support of people from all walks of life in Hollywood, the momentum of the Oscar competition is even stronger. People can't help but wonder whether the person who launched the boycott is an undercover agent specially arranged by Willlot.

At this time, the crew of "Brokeback Mountain", which was filmed far away in Canada, became the lucky ones. Although they were also on the boycotted list, because of the remoteness of the filming location, their reputation was much lower than that of "Milk", and the domestic environment in Canada was more tolerant. The vigor and vigor in the United States has not affected Ang Lee and the others at all. Even when anti-gay organizations demonstrated, "Brokeback Mountain" only had a small sign next to "Milk", which read "Boycott !" That's it, the photos of the director and actors have not been exposed, and the hyphens are much smaller.

As for "Milk", the initial promotional poster of the movie was pasted on the oversized board (in fact, it was just a milk bottle with the pun concept poster of MILK written on it), and a big red X was drawn on it, some Extremists even held up photos of Spielberg or William, and then erased the eyes with a marker, just like some police stations put mosaics on the eyes of prisoners when they released photos of prisoners.

Leonardo escaped, because these people heard that he would play the "hero" who killed gays in the movie, although Leonardo himself heard about this incident, angrily said that he would rather the photo was pulled out for public display I don't want to be a shit "hero".

These malicious attacks against directors and leading actors have frightened many people, including insurance companies. They are afraid that the actors will suffer personal accidents, or the crew will suffer malicious damage, which will prevent the film from being completed as scheduled, and they will pay sky-high insurance premiums.

The crew had to hire twice as many security personnel as usual, and when the work started, the set was firmly surrounded to prevent any strangers from entering or leaving.Because some people went to protest at the hotel restaurant responsible for the crew's food, trying to force the filming to stop by blocking the crew's daily diet, and the staff who delivered the food were also confronted. The chef makes it, and the daily vegetable purchase is also accompanied by a special person in case someone makes trouble.

Spielberg said that it was more difficult than when he was filming "Schindler's List". At that time, he encountered no external resistance. Jewish compatriots all over the world, survivors of World War II, and Germans who reflected on war crimes all contributed. The filming provided help. At that time, his biggest problem was the excessive psychological pressure caused by filming his own national tragedy.

In fact, with Spielberg's current status, he is popular wherever he makes movies, and has rarely encountered such incidents. In 1985, when he made "Purple" with black themes and lesbian plots , I have been asked for trouble, but the headache is not as bad as it is now-as a devout believer, it is really bad to be blocked by another group of fanatical believers holding up the words in the Bible every day, Spier Berger couldn't explain to these conformist, opinionated fanatics that he didn't think God was against homosexuality, but that in God's eyes goodness and love were everything, and that God loved everyone just as they were.

In the end, the San Francisco city government opened up the filming permit in advance and let the crew enter the city hall to film in advance, which can be regarded as temporarily isolating these concerns and harassment.The city hall is an almost completely enclosed environment, surrounded by not only the staff of the city hall, but also security personnel and the police. They have to go through security checks when entering and leaving, so the crew is no longer worried about safety issues.

But these difficult filming process made the whole crew of "Milk" extremely united. Everyone has a consensus that the more those opponents are afraid of something, the more they want to do something, they will definitely make a film that can change A good movie that recognizes, and then slams it in the faces of those bigots.

However, there are two people who cannot completely avoid these troubles, that is, William and Leonardo, and they will also participate in this session of the Oscars as award presenters.

William once suggested that Leonardo might take his girlfriend (or rumored girlfriend?) along the red carpet to divert the attention of the public, but was ruthlessly rejected.Tsk.