Chapter 34: Moving around and shooting

James Cameron made a six-to-eight-month shooting plan for "Terminator 2." As the future savior in the movie, his lens was indispensable in almost every scene. Ryan could only follow the crew in California. Moving around.

  Among them, there is the Santa Monica Commercial Plaza where John Connor met the two Terminators, and the highway flood control drainage channel in San Fernando.

  In addition, I personally experienced the treatment of patients with mental illness at the Psychiatric Therapy Center at Lakeview Cinema in Los Angeles.

  Originally, Cameron's original script did not include this paragraph, but at Linda Hamilton's strong request, he and William Schell Jr. revised the script, and this female man did perform surprisingly well. side.

  Yes, although Linda Hamilton actually does not look as thick as in the movie, she has also developed a lot of muscles. Ryan heard her say that in order to film this role well, she hired a former Israeli Defense Forces soldier. She then started training. During the thirteen weeks of training, she trained six days a week for three hours a day. Not only did she lose 12 pounds of fat, but she also made her look much tougher and stronger.

  It's really not easy to be a good actor! This was Ryan's only emotion.

  Of course, there were quite a lot of troubles encountered during the filming. However, as a minor, Ryan was the key protection target of the crew, and most of the troubles happened to others.

  For example, when filming the chase scene in the flood control channel, there were several very cool turning moves by Arnold. However, during the filming, a serious accident occurred. When he was turning the shotgun, his finger got caught on the trigger. It almost cut off the entire finger, so the indestructible T800 had to go to the hospital for maintenance.

  Also, in this chase scene, the truck prepared by the crew was higher than the highway bridge, which made Cameron very angry.

  "Haven't you ever done an on-site inspection? Sorry? Sorry, can you turn back time? Two hours, I only give you two hours. If you can't solve the problem, everyone in the props team will get out!"

  Ryan was hearing this After he made an angry sound, he remembered that the script here was different from the previous movie. He rolled his eyes and leaned over, "Jim, why can't you change the script? For example, Robert crashed his car on the bridge. , how about cutting off the higher part of the truck? This can not only show the ruthless side of the T1000, but also increase the impact of the lens." "

  Good idea." Cameron clapped his hands hard, "Ryan, I I should have approached you to write the script together!"

  Working with you? Looking at the tyrant who went to the props team, Ryan curled his lips, unless I'm crazy!

  "Ryan, do you always have so many clever ideas?" Robert Patrick is completely opposite to the T1000 he plays. In real life, he is a very kind and smiling person.

  "Hey, Mr. T1000, you're not going to take action now, are you? The T800 is out for maintenance, you can't take advantage of others' danger." Ryan simply joked with him.

  Speaking of which, Robert Patrick was very lucky to be able to join the crew. Cameron originally planned to find Billy Idol to play this role, and the other party agreed, but the big hand of fate seemed to be in control The sky was related to boys. Just a few days before the launch, this unlucky rock singer had a car accident. He seemed to be possessed by T1000. He was riding a motorcycle and collided with a truck. He was probably at least in bed. months.

  There are many action scenes in the filming of the movie, and bumps and bumps are inevitable. The crew originally found an action coach for Ryan before filming started, but the other party only gave him two safety courses. In his words to Cameron. Said, "Ryan is extremely flexible, just like an ape. The actions in the movie are not difficult for him at all. I think the only thing he has to learn is how to protect himself during filming." "

  Jim, I have been around since I was five years old. Exercise for at least an hour every day. After returning to Los Angeles from London, Nicole and I have professional fitness coaches, so you don't have to worry at all."

  Ryan only told half the truth. His flexible skills are certainly related to long-term and unremitting exercise. It has a lot to do with it, but the experience in the previous life is more important. For the orphans on the other side of the ocean, if they are not flexible, they will just wait to starve and be bullied. Jumping up and down, stealing chickens and dogs, and getting into fights on the streets are just trivial matters.

  Besides, he's not starring in an action or kung fu movie, so his skills are enough to handle it.

  Although James Cameron has pointed out his talent for burning money, he is not as crazy now as he was later. When it is time to save, he will never waste it.

  In order to save the cost of hiring extras, many roles were played by people from various departments in the crew. For example, he played the role of John Connor's adoptive father, but the image was really terrible.

  "Jim, any child, as long as he has an adoptive father like you, will definitely become a rebellious boy." Ryan deliberately provoked, "Look, Mr. Director, you made the whole crew ng with you. Thirteen times, you should pay the overtime pay out of your own pocket."

  "Come on, Ryan, you're just not satisfied with me being your adoptive father." Cameron waved his hand and sat back in the director's chair.

  While filming the shot of the T1000 and T800 shooting against each other in the Santa Moca Commercial Plaza, something even more amazing happened. A Japanese friend of Cameron's made a special trip to fly from Tokyo to Los Angeles without asking for any compensation. Just to make a cameo in the film.

  He was the guy who was shot to death by the T1000 in the corridor when John Connor first encountered the T800.

  In late December, when the location shooting in California was about to be completed, a large number of reporters and paparazzi once again swarmed around the crew.

  James Cameron has a pretty good habit. His crew always starts filming quietly. The same is true for "Terminator 2". However, with the exposure of the amount of investment, it once caused a heated discussion in the media. However, after being chased and intercepted for a period of time and unable to find any exclusive information, the crew gradually became quiet.

  Although two or three kittens would escape from time to time, the crew had been living peacefully in the past two months without being disturbed too much. Of course, this was also different from the fact that Anne Hurd would release kittens every once in a while. Some shooting situations matter.

  There were too many reporters here this time, and the chaos had seriously affected the filming of the crew. This made James Cameron very angry. After scolding the spokesperson of the crew, he quickly found out. situation.

  "Ryan! Where's Ryan?"

  "It seems like I'm resting in a trailer." someone answered.

  "Go get him out," Cameron gasped.

  As the filming progressed, Ryan's grasp of the character became more and more perfect, and filming became much easier. He even threw aside the script of "Terminator 2". Apart from reading it before shooting, he didn't do much about it anymore. I have read through it, and now I am leaning on a high-backed chair, using colored pencils to draw the setting draft of "True Lies".

  "What? Jim is looking for me? I remember there were no shots of me in the morning." Seeing the assistant running over in a hurry, Ryan had no choice but to put away the drawings and go to the shooting location.

  Just as he got out of the trailer, he heard a chaotic sound, just like a vegetable market in the early morning. No, it should be a hundred thousand blowflies flapping their wings at the same time.

  He was already very familiar with this kind of sound. Who else could it be besides reporters and paparazzi?

  "What's going on? There are a lot of reporters here." Ryan muttered and walked to the set.

  "Ryan Jenkins, you have the nerve to ask me what's going on!" Seeing Cameron who was a little angry, the boy felt baffled, "What happened? Jim, who dares to make you so angry? Could it be?" Linda?"

  "Those reporters and paparazzi are all here to find you!"

  "Looking for me? Why are you looking for me?" Ryan scratched his head and said that he had been exposed by the media for his participation in "Terminator 2". Even if they want to hype up the topic, the topic has already passed. What are you doing here to interview me now?

  "You asked me, and I'm asking you."

  In Cameron's opinion, this boy is indeed extremely smart. Except for the first few days, his performance during the filming can't be faulted, but he is irritating. It can always make people angry to death.

  All right! He was a little dissatisfied. Those reporters came to his studio to ask about news about another movie. Anyone else would be angry, right?

  "Ryan, haven't you read the newspaper recently?" The assistant assigned to him by the crew came over at this time.

  "No, I follow the crew all day long, either filming or writing and drawing, so I don't have time to read newspapers. Besides, I don't want to hurt my eyes. Those tabloids are almost writing me as a monster. "

  Just today, the North American box office statistics of "Home Alone" have been released for four weeks. Do you know how many there are?" "

  Hey, tell me quickly, don't sell it, okay?" Ryan gradually understood.

  "It's over 150 million US dollars!"

  "150 million, it's not a lot." Ryan scratched his head. He had experienced so many blockbusters in his previous life, so naturally he wouldn't think this number was anything special.

  Everyone around rolled their eyes and had the urge to pull him out and beat him up. Finally, an assistant director couldn't help it anymore and stood up and said, "Ryan, I think you know very well that this movie plus publicity It only requires an investment of 18 million U.S. dollars, and it has only been released for four weeks. Many film critics are very optimistic about this movie and believe that it can compete with "The Sixth Sense" at the box office." "

  Kid, if it doesn't come out, Unexpectedly, the top two spots in the North American box office rankings this year were taken by you." Cameron sighed. Although the other party was not in the same industry as him, he felt like the waves behind the Yangtze River pushed the waves ahead, if he knew Chinese.

  This is what was planned, right? Ryan shrugged. The reason why he chose these two movies as his starting point was not because of their powerful influence.

  Although for all child stars, leaving an impressive image in childhood is not necessarily a good thing, for Ryan, he has a hundred ways to easily transform after turning sixteen. ;