Raising Dragons in Hollywood

When the role of botanical garden consultant Stry was finally determined to be played by Wolfe, the casting officially came to an end.

All the main characters in the film have their respective belongings.

Before the official shooting, Sami specially called these actors to his home and held a script discussion meeting.

The purpose of this is to...

On the one hand, it is to let the actors who may not know each other before get to know each other first, get acquainted with each other, exchange contact information, and facilitate future cooperation in work;

On the other hand, it is to allow everyone to conduct more detailed discussions and research on the script.

During this process, actors can also take this opportunity to ask some questions about the plot and characters, and the director will answer them in as much detail as possible.

At the same time, the director can also take the opportunity to explain some of the shooting scenes he wants and explain his directing philosophy, so that he can get more tacit cooperation from the actors when it comes to the official shooting in the future.

So, this meeting could go on for a long time.

Everyone has to sit in a circle, and you read through the entire script word by word.

After everyone has made their roles clear, they can choose one or two plots from the script and rehearse on the spot.

This is also a running-in opportunity that the director took the initiative to provide for the actors.

However, due to the different personalities of the actors.

This part has not been able to please everyone.

Some people like to rehearse several times before shooting to avoid mistakes during shooting;

But some people think that if there are too many rehearsals, it is easy to lower their expectations for the plot and passion for performance, which is not conducive to the actual shooting.

So, should we rehearse, who will rehearse with whom, and how will we rehearse?It all depends on the situation!

These all depend on the director to coordinate the overall situation.

As for why the meeting location was set at Sammy's house...

Quite simply, to save money on renting venues.

So Herbert played the role of Sheriff Leonard, Nali played the role of Mrs. Leonard, Melissa played the role of the bad girl Laura, and Wolff played the role of Strey, the botanical garden consultant. , all came to Sami's house early in the morning.

They were a little restrained at first, and they sat scattered in the living room, looking down at the script seriously, thinking silently about the roles they played.

On the contrary, perhaps because it was his own family, Sammy seemed a little too relaxed at this time.

Nali and Wolf, who are still familiar with him, looked at this young director who was always strict and serious at work with a little surprise, showing his lazy side at home so rarely: wearing a blue-green nightgown (I thought it was white when I bought it), with my legs crossed, and I yawned sleepily on the big sofa.

That way, it looks really... like a round-faced doll and a delicate little girl.

Thinking of this, Nali and Wolfe looked away at the same time, embarrassed to stare at the person any longer.

Next, almost everyone talked about the script in a state of small talk.

During this period, everyone expressed their opinions and the atmosphere was very relaxed.

Nali doesn't need to be specific.

She and Sami are already very familiar, and these days they often communicate with each other, and there is nothing unfamiliar when they basically talk.

The rest of the cast...

Herbert's personality is calm and reticent, but he is extremely diligent. He has read the script many times, and he has memorized the lines fluently, but he has always been thinking about it by himself.Now, with the opportunity, I quickly and politely raised all the questions that I couldn't figure out before;

Melissa is a bit introverted. I don’t know if it’s because she knows that the way she won the role (through investor relations) is not fair, so she is always a little worried about what others will say, and she keeps her head down from time to time. Join the discussion.

It wasn't until he heard someone discussing topics related to his role that he began to speak in a low voice.

But Sami could see from her few words that she had done her homework, so she couldn't help but nodded secretly.

On the other hand, Wolfe was worried at the beginning, full of troubles of 'I offended the director, will the director make trouble for me'.

But when he found out that the answer was 'no', he immediately relaxed.

However, once you relax...

This guy showed his true colors and turned into the one with the most problems.

He can always come up with various questions to ask from various angles.

Moreover, every question of this guy carefully reveals the crazy hint of 'I want to add drama to myself', which really makes Sammy angry and funny.

But on the whole, the script discussion meeting this time was considered a success, and the basic goals were achieved.

The actors each have a certain understanding of the roles they want to play; they are also familiar with the entire plot of the script; moreover, they also know colleagues who may work together for several months, or even a year or so in the future.

It can be said that it is perfect.

But when it was about to end, it caught up with new guests.

Someone rang Sammy's doorbell.

"Ah, my appointment is finally here."

Sammy immediately jumped up excitedly from the sofa, stepping on his slippers and was about to rush out to open the door: "I almost thought he couldn't catch up!"

Everyone looked at him curiously and suspiciously.

Nali was familiar with him, so she asked on behalf of everyone: "Who is here? Are you also a member of the crew?"

"You can also say that... yes, that's right, it's a crew member."

Sammy replied excitedly: "It's good if we meet, since we meet, let's get to know each other well."

Everyone was confused by this ambiguous answer.

What is 'could say so'?

And are you familiar with it?

What are you familiar with?New actor?

I don’t remember any other important roles in the script!

But soon...

Everyone knows 'why Sammy answered like that'.

A man who didn't look like an actor walked into the room carrying a box.

Then he put the box on the table in the middle of everyone.

Everyone was silent.

only see...

In the box, a black striped snake slowly twisted its body and raised its head upwards.

What the hell!

What a wicked director!

You actually made us acquainted with a snake!

The two actresses stared at the reptile in disbelief, almost screaming at the top of their lungs.

Wolf's face was also a little pale.

But he kept his mouth shut and asked, "Isn't the snake synthesized by computer later?"

Herbert didn't change his expression.

He has already recognized the snake in the box as a non-venomous common pet snake, and he also guessed that this should be an animal actor specially hired by the crew to make some scenes more realistic.

Just when everyone was staring at the snake and didn't know what to do...

With a clear sound of "Dang", the snake clumsily smashed itself against the wall of the box.

Its flat head was tilted up in a daze, but its body limply leaned against the glass, staring at them stupidly without moving.

"...Hey, aren't snakes scary? Why is this one a bit dull?"

Even Melissa, who was a little afraid of snakes at first, couldn't help asking such a question after seeing this scene.

The person who came in with the box, Wells, the animal trainer responsible for the animal actor snake, showed a subtle embarrassed expression, and hurriedly found an excuse to explain: "I fed it before I came? It doesn't want to move now. "

Melissa didn't know anything about snakes and didn't say anything more.

She just looked at the box curiously, but couldn't help taking a few steps back, as far away from the snake box as possible.

But Sammy was not satisfied.

He was still a little disappointed: "It looks too obedient, not hideous at all! What I want is not this type, it should be a little fierce."

All the actors glared at him viciously in an instant, with the anger of 'you still want to be hideous' on their faces.

After all, come to think of it, it's them, not the director, who will be filming with the damn thing.

Sammy didn't notice the actors' displeasure at all.

He continued to ask desperately, "Can I touch the snake?"

Animal trainer Wells smiled and dissuaded: "It's best not to, even if it's a pet snake, it still has some attacks..."

But it was too late for him to speak!

A certain disobedient little round face couldn't wait to put his hand into the snake box, and boldly grabbed the snake out directly.

"...somewhat aggressive."

Only now did the animal trainer finish his sentence.

But then, he was stunned to find that his alive and kicking snake didn't bite anyone today, and was surprisingly honest.

It was motionless and looked like a harmless piece of rope, with its flat head drooping docilely downward and Sammy holding its tail by its tail.

The animal trainer was completely shocked: "Well, this is probably not a fake snake, is it?" '

But then, as he watched his snake, he was particularly casually grabbed by Sami in various death-deserving postures of "deserving to be bitten ten thousand times", and then squeezed round and flattened, even on the right side. Wrapped around the wrist three or four times, but still insisted on not moving, as if dead.

At this moment, the three views of the animal trainer were severely impacted.

He was completely dumbfounded, and could only mumble to himself inexplicably: "This is wrong, it's wrong, it shouldn't be like this. Before I came out, Nana was quite noisy. But what's wrong? Could it be that you are sick? But why did you stop moving?”

Snake: [No disease! ]

Snake: [Don't dare to move, don't dare to move! ]

——What the hell is this place!

——Why is there such a strong boss (dragon) breath around?

—Scared the snake to death!