Chapter 424 The Heart Is Broken

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The camera hanging from the boom descended and slid down the track, overlooking the green screen set in the studio. X23US. COM updates fastest

On the undulating green ground, more than 30 men carved like marble, with uniform movements, raised their shields above their heads, and quickly squatted on the ground. The dark golden rough shields covered all the figures, as if All of them turned into dark golden turtles.

After a large panoramic aerial shot, the camera on the boom was turned off, and immediately a cameraman with a Steadicam set up near Matthew to capture him and several other main actors.

"Persian coward!"

In Matthew's wide open mouth, white teeth were exposed, and he looked quite fierce and a little hideous.

In his understanding, Leonidas, the Spartan king, was not only heroic and good at fighting, but also decisive in killing, without any kindness towards his enemies.

The concept of handing over the gun and not killing will never appear to the Spartans.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

James McAvoy, hiding under his shield, laughed.

Michael Fassbender next to him asked, "What are you laughing at?"

James McAvoy said, "Can't help but say, fight in the shade!"

"Ha ha……"

Michael Fassbender grinned like a shark, and everyone around him laughed.

Soon, everyone stood up.

At this time, the voice of director Zach Snyder calling to stop also came, "This is over, replace the shield!"

The prop master entered the set and delivered a batch of shields full of arrows to each actor. Matthew took a closer look. The props and arrows on the shields were all sawn in half and should be easily broken.

The crew needed simple adjustments, and filming took a few minutes.

The filming has started for more than a week. Due to the full preparation for the pre-training, everything went very smoothly.

The shooting of the battle scene between the Spartans and the Persians gradually came to an end.

In the plan, Zach Snyder planned only 60 days for the filming of the film, and the film should be completed by the end of May at the latest. If the current progress can be maintained, it is estimated that the filming will be completed in about 45 days. complete.

There is no need to go out, and all the shots are shot in the studio, which can be said to save a lot of time.

While the crew was adjusting the lights and cameras, Zach Snyder found Matthew's side.

"How does the king feel?" Zach Snyder asked, looking at Matthew.

Matthew shrugged slightly, turned the prop spear in his hand, and said, "Without ten or eight queens, this king is too aggrieved."

There was a good-natured laugh from the actors behind him.

James McAvoy said behind Matthew, "I've never heard of a king with ten or eight queens."

"You don't know?" Matthew pointed to the direction of the Pacific Ocean and said, "In the far east, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the ancient king there had three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines."

He didn't know how to translate the last sentence, so he used the transliteration directly. After he finished speaking, he explained, "In addition to the queen, the king has dozens of concubines."

"So many?" Dominic West, who played the centurion, answered, "The king can satisfy so many women by himself? Among his wives, there must be many cheaters."

Michael Fassbender's also said, "A man with so many women can't live long."

"Okay, okay..." Zach Snyder saw the topic running further and further, clapped his palms quickly, and said, "This topic will be discussed later."

Although very short and not very senior, the director Zach Snyder was still very authoritative on the set, and everyone immediately quieted down.

Zach Snyder looked at Matthew again and said, "The following actions must be imposing! It must also show the determination of the King of Sparta! Go forward and never look back!"

Matthew nodded and said, "Don't worry, this is what I do best."

Zach Snyder thinks about it, it is indeed the case, Matthew's literary ability is not too outstanding, but it is too easy to express a person's bravery, toughness and decisiveness in the form of action scenes in the camera. Well, it can also give people a feeling that the character is supposed to be like this.

Then, Zach Snyder left the set, a cameraman lay on a special scooter, and the camera was aimed at Matthew's side from an upward angle.

This is a very simple lens language. Matthew has been an actor for so long, and he can naturally see that Zach Snyder wants the picture to elevate the image of Leonidas in a way similar to admiration.

Even in historical records, the image of the Spartans may not be very glorious.

Recently, Matthew has had a lot of communication with Zach Snyder, and James McAvoy, a well-informed and curious guy, is whispering in his ears every day, and he also knows a lot of records. The dark history of the Spartans.

For example, the social system of the Spartans is a very harsh slave system, similar to the slave society on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. The residents who are conquered by the Spartans will become slaves, and every Spartan on the battlefield will become slaves. Warriors, there will be two or three Heros at their service.

When necessary, these Helots will also be armed and pushed into the battlefield.

It is said that the black rouge also has a function, which can help the Spartan woman to solve the physiological needs.

James McAvoy once said that once the Spartans went to attack a place called Messenia, the process was very difficult, it took twenty years to return to Sparta with victory. Since men have gone out to fight for 20 years, Spartan women have a relationship with Heluos in order to solve their needs, perhaps also to bear new soldiers .

Matthew guessed that every Spartan warrior who returned to Sparta must be broken inside.

The assistant director came over, put the record card in front of the camera, and said loudly, "The Three Hundred Spartans, Scene 52, Act 25, start now!"

In front of the camera, Matthew is holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, standing tall like a mountain.

He gasped violently twice, and every muscle on his body stretched out in the most perfect way.

Then, Matthew suddenly raised the right hand holding the spear, the spear fell heavily, the hard spear shaft swept across the outside of the shield, and the arrows inserted on the shield were all broken and flying, floating like blood flowers.

Immediately afterwards, his spear fell heavily, and he looked into the distance like a rock. He seemed to find the enemy again, and rushed to another camera first, shouting loudly, "No Spartans will die today!"

"Huh..."

The actors behind Matthew let out a collective roar, just like in rehearsal, they quickly formed a formation, raised their shields, and pointed their spears straight ahead.

Long training before shooting, the effect is obvious.

"Perfect!" Zach Snyder shouted at this time, "!"

Clearly, he was very happy with the shot.

This scene is all over, and Zach Snyder said again, "Transfer to shoot, go to the twelfth venue!"

Matthew and the others also completed today's work, put down the props and weapons in their hands, walked out of the studio together, and walked towards the dressing room.

It happened that the Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro, who played Xerxes, came on the head, and the other shapes instantly attracted the attention of all the Spartan actors, including Matthew.

Rodrigo Santoro is tall, with a half-naked body with no hair on his body, and many places are covered with gold chains and golden metal rings. This look really looks different.

I don't know why, Matthew thought of a sentence he had read before, I am me, fireworks of different colors.

This is exactly the dress of a lively monk.

Of course, the movie cannot be viewed as a documentary. If Matthew really goes to the script, he will find that there are too many places to complain. For example, Xerxes's monk dress is estimated to be unable to last a day in the scorching Persian plateau, and Sri Lanka The heavy armored infantry that Bada is proud of, relying on a heavy armor to fight against the Persian army that mainly focuses on projecting troops, if they are all half-naked, the 300 warriors would have turned into hedgehogs.

This isn't the first time Matthew has seen Xerxes in shape.

When he lived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, he had seen this film, and he had also seen countless complaints about Xerxes on the Internet, some of which are still vaguely remembered.

Combining those complaints, he couldn't help but complain in his heart at this time: "The Persian King Xerxes was played as a bald head who likes to hang gold chains all over his body without clothes. I don't know if the original author Frank Miller designed this way. There is really no culture, but there is still another deep meaning.”

Matthew had no doubt that if the film appeared in Iranian theaters, it would definitely cause an uproar, and it might provoke protests from Iranians.

But having said that, the chances of Hollywood films entering Iran are very small these days, and even if there are occasional ones, they are all through illegal channels.

Of course, the crew did not expect "Three Hundred Spartans" to enter Iran, let alone that Iranian audiences would contribute to box office revenue. No one would care how Iran and Iranian audiences would react.

Matthew has been here for a long time, and he is also aware of some basic social and political situations. For example, countries like Iran, after the incident at the US embassy in Iran, have long been kicked out of the world map by the Americans and become a country like Iran. a member of an uncivilized nation.

Although culturally limited, Matthew can also feel that Hollywood movies reflect American cultural and social realities in many ways.

After removing the makeup, Matthew joined Helen Herman, who rushed to the crew, and went directly to the Warner Building not far from Warner Studios. Warner Bros. is the publisher of "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors" and "I The producer and distributor of "Legend", and now the two films have to start the necessary pre-publicity. As the leading actor of the two crews, Matthew is the most important publicity point for Warner Bros. ) Download Free Reader!!