At Warner Film Studio, in a studio somewhere, Li Hyuk and Damien Chazelle met the crew who were filming, and the crew producer received them both.
The original idea for "Interstellar" came from Spielberg, and Spielberg invited Nolan's brother Jonathan to write the script. Spielberg eventually gave up on the project because of the movie "War Horse", and Nolan took over and started it again.
After revising the script, it is completely different from the original script.
In order to verify some of the scientific settings in the film, Nolan even invited the famous physicist Kip Thorne to serve as the film's scientific consultant and producer.
Nolan is undoubtedly a director who is technically proficient and a fan of real-life shooting. He has always insisted on using film cameras and tried his best to focus on real-life shooting. Li He heard that in order to shoot the cornfield scene, the crew planted 500 corn fields in Canada half a year in advance.
There are acres of cornfields, and the spaceships in the movie are all built as one-to-one models. Except that they cannot go into space, they are almost exactly the same as the real spaceships.
"Oh my god, are these all real?" Damien asked with a sigh as he looked at the lifelike spaceship.
The producer of "Interstellar" is Nolan's wife Emma. She smiled and said: "These are just small scenes. Christopher also transformed the studio where the Batcave was built into a space capsule and set up a surround screen.
It shows black holes and spinning stars."
"It's really crazy, Tom, have you ever seen a director like this?" Damien Chazelle turned to ask Li Hedao.
Li He replied: "I heard that there is a director in our country who used thousands of troops to shoot a film, and another director built a huge palace to restore the ancient city for filming. Damien, if you have a chance,
You should go check it out.”
"Really? I will definitely go to China to see if I have the chance..."
Emma smiled and said: "Okay, the crew should be filming now, I will take you to visit."
Li Hyuk and Damien Chazelle followed Emma to the filming location. At this time, the crew was filming. A middle-aged man with short and medium hair was personally holding a camera. It was the director of the film, Christopher Nolan.
With a click, Nolan ended the scene. Emma led the two people forward and introduced: "Darling, these two are the director and starring of "The Boomstick", Damien Chazelle and
Tom Lee.”
"Hello, Director Nolan..."
"Hello everyone, I heard that Warner Bros. Pictures has won the distribution rights of "Crackling Drummer". Congratulations." Nolan has an auteur-director temperament that is rare in Hollywood.
"You are so polite. The purpose of our trip is to learn from you. This time we have benefited a lot." Damien Chazelle said.
"It's just learning from each other," Nolan said politely, turning to Li He and said: "Warner asked me to give you a role in the film. Are you from the island country? Or from Nanbang?"
Li He found that everyone who asked him about his identity never asked whether he was Chinese. At this time, Li He would usually answer quite proudly: "I am Chinese..."
"Oh? Chinese actor, I know Jack Cheng, his kung fu is great." Nolan looked at Li He strangely, unable to understand the relationship between Li He and Warner's executives.
Damien Chazelle was also confused. Didn't we agree to visit? Why did the movie role come up?
Instead, Emma explained: "Warner has already seen the preliminary cut version of "Breaking Drummer". Li's performance is great, but the release strategy of this film is to go to film festivals first, so Warner arranged for Li to appear in "Interstellar" first.
"Guest role in "."
The whole story is like this, at least let Li Hyuk become a familiar face first, and when it is released in theaters, Li Hyuk will not be unknown in front of the audience.
From this point of view, the release date of "Crackling Drummer" in theaters may be after next summer. In this regard, the crew has no choice but to accept Warner's arrangement.
But it is undoubtedly an opportunity for Li Hyuk. This is Nolan's new movie. Even if he only plays a small role in it and speaks one or two lines, it is enough to make many actors compete for their heads. What's more, Li Hyuk is also a Chinese actor.
It is more difficult for people to survive in Hollywood, which has always been exclusive.
Nolan was a little resistant. As a director with a strong desire for control, he would never want a production company to randomly add people to his crew. However, after working in Hollywood for many years, some things are unavoidable, so Nolan decided to audition Li Hyuk.
Look at the effect.
"If you want to get a role, you have to prove your strength. It seems that there is not much problem with your English and there is no difference in accent. But an actor's job is to act. I will find an actor to play with you, Matthew
, come here." Nolan shouted towards the actors resting in the distance.
Matthew McConaughey, the male lead in the film, has been highly praised for his acting skills. His starring role in "Dallas Buyers Club" was well received by film critics during the preview. It is expected to be released in November this year. Matthew is expected to win an Oscar.
Nominations for acting awards.
"Director, what do you want from me?" Matthew was wearing a bloated spacesuit. Of course the spacesuit was fake, but it looked just like the real thing. These were the details.
"You have a scene with him, just the scene between Matt and you, five minutes to prepare." Nolan handed Li He a script and asked him to put on the space suit and prepare.
Although Matthew is a little strange, Matt Dameng's guest role has already ended, why is there still an audition, and he is also an Asian.
However, Matthew did not raise any objection. He familiarized himself with the script again and prepared for the scene. Matthew did not have any lines in this scene, mainly Li He's lines.
After Li He was ready, Nolan specifically asked the photographer to record it so that he could have a statement and evidence if Li He did not meet the requirements.
"Okay, are everything ready?" Nolan asked.
In order to observe their facial expressions, neither of them put on their helmets and nodded to indicate that they were ready.
"Okay then, get ready and start..."
Li He entered the state in a second: "Do you know why we don't send robots to execute these characters? Machines cannot adapt to changes, and you cannot program the fear of death into their programs.
Our survival instinct often enables us to survive desperate situations. Taking you as an example, as a father, your desire for survival extends to your children.
Do you know that according to scientific research, what is the last picture a person sees before death?"
Matthew shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
Li He continued: "It's the children, it's their faces. At the moment of death, your consciousness will be more strongly stimulating for you to struggle to survive, for them."
"Ka, very good..." Nolan ended the scene and said to Li He: "Hey, boy, your acting skills are really good. Can you tell me how you practice?"
Emma said from the side: "I am a person who has won the Best Actor Award, so of course it doesn't matter."
"Oh my god, is this true? Which best actor award did you win?" Matthew asked in surprise.
There is no need to be polite in front of foreigners. Li Hyuk answered directly: "It's the Best Actor Award at the Sanghai International Film Festival. I just got it in May."
"It's amazing. I have been to Shanghai and know this film festival. Li, you are really amazing." Matthew gave a thumbs up.
Nolan covered his head and said to Emma: "You don't want to tell me such a thing?"
Emma smiled and said: "You didn't ask me either..."
Nolan shook his head, shook hands with Li He and said, "You are great. How about this? There is also a doctor in the film. How about I teach you?"
Li Hyuk was not polite: "Thank you, Director Nolan."
Nolan waved his hand and said: "These are the roles you deserve. I hope you will spare half a month of your schedule in August to report in Alberta, Canada. Is that okay?"
"No problem..." Li Hyuk said he was very happy to get the role unexpectedly.