The action film "Above the Law," starring Steven Seagal, is being filmed at Warner Bros.' soundstage at 4000 Warner Boulevard in Burbank.
The script of this movie was tailor-made for Siegel. It tells the story of an American soldier named Nick who once served in the special forces in Vietnam and later came to Japan to seek in-depth study of the real martial art "Aikido".
He returned to China after studying and was recruited by the CIA as a special operator. Later, he couldn't stand the CIA's torture of prisoners. After leaving the CIA, he worked as a police detective in Chicago and got married.
During the anti-drug dealer operation with his new partner, he discovered that the criminals were protected by the CIA and killed the church priest. In the end, Nick fought back, no longer caring about the provisions of the law, he became a revenge warrior and killed people above the law.
A bad guy protects his family.
"Everyone follows my design, everyone is the same..."
Siegel is a tall and lanky man. On the set, he was preparing to shoot a scene in which he fights many criminals alone and knocks them to the ground one by one using Aikido.
Although the director of the movie is someone else, Siegel designed and shot the action scenes himself. All the stuntmen on the scene had to obediently perform the qigong that he used his magical "Aikido" to hit.
He was so angry that he fell to the ground.
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"This is Warner Bros.'s traditional soundstage in Los Angeles, one of the largest. The previous TV series 'Kung Fu', and Spielberg's movie 'The Goonies' were all shot here. This time 'Above the Law'
The scenes in the Vietnamese jungle were set here.
Please put on your visitor's badge, we'll go in here and Mr. Siegel will be directing the action scenes."
A Warner Bros. on-site manager led Ronald and his group into the filming set. Two bodyguards raised their hands to take the visitor's pass from her hand and handed it to Ronald and his agent Richard.
"You are so considerate as bodyguards, you make me feel like a king... hahaha." Ronald was very comfortable being served by two actors who had been professional bodyguards, Jean Claude and Lundgren, and he immediately expressed his gratitude.
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"This is our job." Jean-Claude responded quickly and flattered him first.
"When you go in later, don't follow me. There is no danger inside. If you have time, take a look at how Siegel shoots action scenes. You will need it when you make movies in the future."
Ronald told them to study more, because Ronald didn't know much about how to shoot such fighting scenes. It was up to them how much they could learn on their own.
"Let's go in..." The on-site manager opened the side door of the studio and let Ronald go in and take a look.
"Lebel, what the hell are you doing? How many times have I told you that you have to follow my plan. I will hold your wrist and you will fall down. This is not fighting, this is filming a movie.
,do you understand?"
As soon as Ronald came in, he heard Siegel, who was wearing a ponytail, loudly instructing a stuntman.
"Mr. Siegel, it's not that I didn't follow your design, it's just that if I fell like this, my center of gravity would be in the opposite direction to the direction you threw me. There are no mats on the ground and it's all hard ground. I could easily get injured. Yes.
You can't change the direction of my fall so that I can fall more beautifully."
"Fuck, are you the leading actor or am I the leading actor, eh? You can do whatever I tell you to do. Are you dissatisfied? We can practice alone..."
Siegel rushed over, head-butting the stuntman named Lebel, and threatened to get out if he didn't fall to the ground according to his own method.
"No, no... Mr. Siegel, I will just follow your request..." Lebel was reluctant to bear the high salary of a stuntman, but he still gave in.
"You should pay attention to his dress, and his aura as if he was sparring in a gym..." Ronald saw Steve Siegel's behavior and applauded in his heart. He quickly asked the two bodyguards to
Be careful about stealing.
Sigel wore a black gi, with his ponytail dangling, and he had a serious face when bullying others. With his tall height, he looked very much like the fighting master that Americans imagined.
"Okay, let's do it again..."
Siegel glared at Lebel until he gave in, then told the cameraman to turn on the camera while he rehearsed the action scene.
"Action!"
Siegel shouted, and then the substitutes came forward one by one, assuming a posture of rushing forward to fight him desperately.
"Ha...ha...ha..." Siegel's Aikido is a combination of the Tai Chi that Ronald saw in China and Chinese wrestling. The main focus is to use grappling techniques to catch people.
Using the opponent's wrist, he then used the opponent's momentum to make the opponent lose his balance. After losing his center of gravity, he fell heavily to the ground.
Each stuntman rushed towards him in a different direction, fell in a different direction after being caught by him, and lost his center of gravity and fell out in a different posture.
Siegel's carefully designed fights are similar to Aikido performances. Each opponent follows the choreography and rushes one by one. There are never two people attacking at the same time.
Aikido's skills are more about seeing the bigger in the small. Sigel's own movements are very subtle and not large in scope. There are more than a dozen of them, which is very rhythmic like a dance.
Fighting in movies is different from real street fighting. What matters is that the fight looks good. This Aikido master certificate holder is very skilled in this kind of performance, because when they open the gym, they have to perform with their apprentices.
This kind of throwing method makes students enjoy watching it, so they will sign up.
Ronald nodded as he watched. Siegel is a bit crazy, but his level of action design in movies is pretty good.
Several stuntmen were thrown into a very embarrassing situation, but everyone followed the plan, so it was nothing to this extent.
Everyone in front fell down, and finally it was Lebel's turn who had just retorted.
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This time, Siegel did something wrong. Instead of throwing Lebel in the designed direction, he unexpectedly changed the direction of his force. Lebel was pushed hard by him, and the momentum he had just rushed towards for a good look was converted.
In one direction, he rushed towards the brick wall on the side.
"Ah..." Lebel tried to regain his center of gravity and brake. Unexpectedly, after Siegel sent him towards the brick wall, he also searched lightly under his feet. At this time, Lebel almost tripped and fell.
He fell down, lost his center of gravity and hit his head against a brick wall.
"Ah..." Lebel covered his face. The impact was severe, and a stream of blood flowed from the seam of his fingers.
"Are you okay, Lebel..." Several members of the same stunt team as him went up and helped him down.
"It's okay, it's okay..." Lebel knew that he had been tricked by Siegel and deliberately made him feel uncomfortable.
"Hey, why didn't you fall in the designed direction?" Lebel was furious when he saw that he was bleeding, and blamed Sigel.
"Are you okay? A stuntman can't even fall? If I exert any force, you fall in the wrong direction. During the actual shooting, didn't you deliberately waste the film?" Siegel pointed at him and yelled.
There were almost more than 20 stunts on the scene, but no one knew that Siegel was deliberately trying to show off his power, causing Lebel to fall hard when no one was paying attention.
"I..." After being deliberately thrown and accused, Lebel saw his hands covered with blood and felt a little dizzy. He didn't know how to refute this bad guy.
"You, Kane, and you, Quadros, do you also want to be like Lebel?" Siegel pointed at the companion who was supporting Lebel, his eyes flashing fiercely. These stuntmen were not convinced by themselves on the set.
You need to take good care of it until you are convinced.
"My dear, you are so powerful...can you teach me Aikido?" A beauty with blond hair and big eyes, who had no idea what was going on, saw Sigel performing a stunt and falling to the ground, and came up to hug Xigel.
Geer's arms began to act like a baby. She played the wife of Siegel's character in this movie.
Isn't this the same Sharon Stone who played the heroine in the Cannon copycat Indiana Jones series?
Ronald recognized this woman. She had a big problem with her brain. I heard Cassandra Peterson, the heroine of "Ecstasy", said that this woman urinated in the cannibal's prop vat, causing the
There was a stench on the set. He also used a big mouth to advertise his "accomplishments" everywhere.
"Pfft..." Thinking of this, Ronald couldn't help laughing.
"Who is it? Who is making noise on the set? Is it you again? Who are you, dare to come to my set and act wild?" Siegel recognized Ronald as the one who "seduced" his wife at the premiere last time.
Kelly LeBrock that young man?
"I'm just here for a visit..." Ronald shrugged, indicating that he wasn't here to cause trouble. "Well, where is the resident doctor? He should have bandaged up the stuntman, right?"
"Doctor, doctor", everyone reacted and called the doctor to bandage Lebel.
"My dear, you are the most manly person on the set..."
Steve Seagal was touched by Sharon Stone's chest, and his popularity suddenly increased.
"That's right, Honey, I have the final say here." He put his arm around Stone's waist and slapped her on the butt.
"Hmm... who is that person? He doesn't seem to listen to you... By the way, he looks a bit familiar." Sharon Stone was afraid of causing chaos in the world. Stasu, who went to college, has an I.Q.
It is said that she is very high, but her problem is that she only thinks about how to let everyone know about her high IQ.
"Hey, hey, what about you, who are you? Get out of my studio..." Siegel's male hormones surged, and he came up to Ronald, trying to push him with both hands.
"Stop", the two bodyguards realized that Sigel was trying to take action, so they came up to block Ronald.
"Where did this bastard come from?" Siegel looked at the tall bodyguard, who looked a bit like the villain in Stallone's "Rocky IV". Nowadays, there are really all kinds of people, and there are still people dressed as villains? He pushed him when he came up.
he.
Lundgren and Jean-Claude, both European Karate Championship champions, reacted quickly.
Longgren dodged and sideways avoided Siegel's push. Then he quickly took a step back to distance himself, and kicked Siegel solidly on the butt with a sweeping kick.
"Pfft..." Siegel was caught off guard. He didn't expect that the other party didn't follow the rules designed by Aikido before fighting, so he suffered a big loss and fell to his knees, as if begging Ronald for mercy again.
"Pfft..." The stuntmen couldn't help laughing when they saw Siegel deflated.
"Ah...I'm going to kill you..." Sigel was so humiliated that he stood up and was about to rush over and fight back.
"Uncle..."
This time it was Jean Claude's turn to show off. He jumped up with both feet in the air, then changed his feet in the air, and performed a backsweep kick in the air... The soles of his feet were close to Sigel's face, and his control was still so precise.
Siegel felt a strong gust of wind passing by his nose, and instinctively stopped, then raised his hands in front of his eyes for defense.
"Pfft..." Everyone burst into laughter again, and Siegel seemed to be stunned by two bodyguards and two karate blows.
"Who's making the noise here?" A woman wearing glasses, who looked like the production director on the set, was taking a nap in the lounge. She was awakened by laughter and came over to see what was going on.
"It's okay, it's okay, we are just competing among martial artists..." Ronald smiled and stepped forward, signaling to everyone that his two bodyguards were just competing with Siegel.
"Ah...okay...you guys continue." When this female production director saw that it was Ronald, she turned around and ran back like a mouse seeing a cat.
Ronald was a little confused by her actions. He turned back and stretched out his hand to Siegel.
"Sorry to disturb your shooting, we are leaving first."
Siegel quickly shook hands with Ronald and took the opportunity to walk down the steps from the very embarrassing situation.
"Hello, hello, I welcome you to my crew...are you..." Sigel said nonchalantly, narrowing his eyes, looking at Ronald and planning to find out about this person's background, so that he can find it later
Place.
"My name is Ronald, Ronald Lee. Remember this name." Ronald turned back to the two bodyguards and signaled that he had finished reading everything he needed to see and it was time to leave.
"Let's continue, continue..." Siegel began to issue orders to the stuntmen again.
However, after this episode, these stuntmen were no longer so obedient to Siegel.
"Do you think he is a master of Aikido or a liar?"
"Who knows? I heard that he got his master's certificate only after marrying his master's daughter."
"Hehe, just bully us with these stunts, it won't be that good in a real fight..."
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The bodyguards, Richard and others surrounded Ronald out of the studio and into the car.
"Good job." Ronald praised the two temporary bodyguards.
"Thank you..." The two of them protected Ronald today and showed off their fighting abilities. They were both grateful to Sigel, an idiot who didn't even know Ronald.
"Did you see anything on the set?" Ronald then asked the two of them. Although Siegel is a terrible person, he still has a lot of potential in action movies.
"Action movies need to use tricks to make the fight look good. I think Siegel's actual level is average, but the stuntmen rushed up one by one and arranged it. He didn't move there, and the audience looked like a master."
Lundgren had a big enlightenment today. Whether a person plays well or not has a lot to do with his opponent's cooperation.
"I think the atmosphere is also very important. Sigel looks very classy when he wears the Aikido uniform. In fact, our karate uniforms are also very good-looking."
"Hahaha, it seems that you have really understood it. For the next script, I will find someone to start from these two aspects, so that the plot can set off your fighting skills."
When they were daydreaming, Ronald asked them to take a rest and called his script assistant, David Simkins, and asked him to find a capable screenwriter to tailor a script for the two bodyguards.
"Ronald..." Richard waited for Ronald to finish his work, then found an opportunity to wink at Ronald, indicating that he had something important to talk to him.
"What's wrong?" The two entered Ronald's office and closed the door. Ronald threw a bottle of Coke to him.
"Do you remember the woman who came out of the lounge just now and came over to ask you something?" Richard asked.
"What's wrong with her?" Ronald asked blankly. This woman looked very ordinary, and he had no impression of her.
"The secretary in Rick (Nisita)'s office who was suspected of leaking the script of 'Working Girl' and later disappeared, looked a lot like her to me."
"Huh? Are you sure?" Ronald's voice raised an octave.
"I'm not 100% sure. She changed her hairstyle and clothes to look like a secretary, but her movements and speaking postures are very similar." Richard stayed behind Ronald, and the woman left quickly.
He wasn't sure for a while. After a while, he looked again, but couldn't find anyone again.
"Go to Rick and ask him to go to the studio to identify him? I think she seems to have a high-level pass from the production director of the crew?" Ronald became suspicious. This secretary obviously didn't know that he would go to the studio.
Only then will Richard recognize him.
If she was the secretary who leaked the secret, and came here to be the production director, it was probably a reward from the mastermind behind the scenes. There were so many production crews in Hollywood, and she didn't know which one she would go back to work for.
"I'm afraid that when Rick passes by, she will run away again." Richard regretted that he did not bring a primary imaging camera.
"Run? Running away, that is also a confirmation..."