Chapter 61 The Real Purpose
After helping Van Diesel get the male lead in "Extreme Cold", Lit's schedule suddenly became empty.
Litt now has 9 clients. In addition to the four directors of the Wachowski and Ferrari, there are five actors. Among them, Kate Beckinsale and Keanu Reeves are undergoing pre-filming training for "The Matrix". Adam Sandler is currently filming "I'm Mad for Mary" with Charlize Theron in Florida. Van Diesel and Monica Bellucci are about to go to Vancouver, Canada. The crew of "Extreme Cold" rented a shipyard there to build a set, and most of the scenes in the film will be completed there.
Among all these people, except Keanu Reeves is more famous and advertisers or TV announcements come to you from time to time, the rest are not well-known now, and there is basically no need to come to you except for normal filming.
Lite, who was idle, spent most of his time on the crew of "The Matrix" except for calling Charlize on weekdays, and worked with the Wachowski brothers and Yuan Heping to study how to better integrate "gun fighting" into this movie.
"Mr. Yuan, how has Kate and Keanu been doing recently?"
Although Yuan Heping didn't know why Li Te suddenly interjected this during the discussion, he still introduced the situation to everyone:
"They adapted very quickly, and now they can basically master some movements. They can gradually maintain their balance when hanging wires. At this progress, I think they are already competent for shooting most action movies by the end of the training."
"This is the best news I heard today. At least we don't have to worry about the actors not being able to complete the action after designing it." Larry nodded. As the director, he was very satisfied with Yuan Heping's work.
Lite ignored Larry's interruption and continued to ask: "In terms of plasticity, Mr. Yuan thinks who is stronger than Keanu?"
Yuan Heping actually wanted to say that both of them performed well in training, but when he saw Li Te blinking at him quietly, he remembered Li Te's request when he first met, and when he said that it was changed to Kate, it was better.
"Since that's the case, I suggest that Kate will be responsible for the main performance of the gunfighting technique in the film!"
As soon as Lite finished speaking, the Wachowski brothers started calling together.
"I know you want Kate to have more opportunities to perform, but Keanu is the protagonist of this film, okay?"
"Kate can use gunfighting in the video first, but later she taught this skill to Keanu, which I think is reasonable."
Larry and Adid expressed their opinions one after another, and Lite shook his head when he heard this.
"According to your design in the plot, Keanu can avoid bullets after awakening the savior, and at the same time let the bullets stop. In this case, does gunfighting still have any meaning in him?"
"Of course it's useful. After Agent Smith became a super virus in the matrix, Keanu's ability has been leveled by him. I'm going to let them use gunfighting techniques to determine the outcome in the final battle. We have even discussed the specific action details with Mr. Yuan. Just like you said last time, you shot me and I will shoot you in the close fight."
Andy also gestured with his hands while talking. Although it was inappropriate, his basic appearance had already come out.
"I remember that it only appeared in the third episode of the movie, and what we are talking about now is the first episode!" Lite emphasized angrily.
"Okay, just pretend I didn't say anything just now."
Andy curled her lips, and was convinced by Lite
Larry thought more, and he did not rush to express his opinion, but wanted to know Lit's more specific ideas.
"As soon as the video begins, the police blocked Kate who was invading the network in a room. According to your ideas, Kate first kicked away the policeman who tried to catch her in the face, then knocked down the policeman blocked at the door, and then escaped. My idea is that this can be done by adding gunfighting skills. After kicking the policeman head-on, Kate drew his gun with both hands, quickly killed the remaining policemen in the room, and then rushed out of the room, and in the corridor, he exchanged fierce fire with the SWAT team waiting there, and he walked and killed, until he met Agent Smith, and then broke through and fled."
"Because she can't kill Agent Smith, only Keanu can do it!" Larry said the following words for Lit.
Li Te nodded and asked the Wachowski brothers what he thought.
"It's so cool!" This time it was Andy who spoke, "I bet all the audience will be shocked by such an opening."
"And all the audience will remember Kate at once because of this set of shots." Larry looked at Lit and added meaningfully.
"Kate is the heroine of the movie. Isn't her success also your success?" Lite asked with a smile.
Larry shrugged and said he was fine.
After the three reached a consensus on this issue, they then looked at Yuan Heping together.
"Mr. Yuan, do you think it will be very difficult to realize Li Te's idea?"
Yuan Heping's answer was very affirmative: "Give me three days and I can take out the decomposition of this set of shots."
The Wachowski brothers were very satisfied with this answer, and things were decided.
After the discussion ended, Li Te was about to leave, and Yuan Heping called him from behind.
"Mr. Lite, can you talk?"
Yuan Heping came over, and it seemed that he had planned this a long time ago.
"Of course, what does Mr. Yuan want to talk to me?"
"Of course it's Miss Kate. I really want to know why Mr. Li Te values her ability in action performance so much." Yuan Heping started straight to the point and went straight to the point.
Li Te smiled mysteriously, "Mr. Yuan wants to hear the truth?"
Yuan Heping was stunned. Thinking of the jokes that the Wachowski brothers joked about the relationship between Lite and Kate just now, he seemed to understand.
"If the answer involves a personal relationship, Mr. Lite can be answered without answering it."
Li Te coughed awkwardly and said, "Mr. Yuan is really thinking too much. This has nothing to do with my personal relationship with Kate. The main reason is that I think that if Oriental Kung Fu can be widely accepted and recognized in Hollywood movies, then the breakthrough must be in female characters."
As soon as this view was thrown out, it immediately aroused Yuan Heping's strong interest.
"Is Mr. Li Te's view too arbitrary? Let's not talk about Bruce Lee, just take Jackie Chan, who is developing in Hollywood now, Jack Chen, hasn't he been successful?"
"Jack Chen is indeed very popular now, but this situation is only temporary. After the audience has seen too much about his set, he will no longer be as good as he is in Hollywood."
Yuan Heping pursed his lips, obviously having great doubts about Li Te's statement.
Lite didn't want to explain much, because time will prove everything. Jackie Chan was so popular in Hollywood that in the late 20th and early 21st century, he was rarely seen in Hollywood big-scale films since then. In the same example, Jet Li was also ineffective after Hollywood became popular.
"Dongfang Kung Fu is actually no different from juggling in the eyes of many Western audiences. In Western movies, fighting movements are generally designed simply and directly, with more emphasis on strength rather than speed. Therefore, this type of movie usually likes to use muscular men like Schwarzenegger and Stallone. If you want Schwarzenegger and Stallone to use complicated moves, not only will they be awkward, but the audience will also feel awkward. Therefore, Oriental Kung Fu is difficult to be widely used in action movies of Western male protagonists, but when it comes to female characters, the situation is completely different."
Li Te paused at this point, and saw that Yuan Heping did not refute, so he continued: "In the past, the action actresses recognized by Western audiences were all muscle-like. One of the biggest problems for this type of actors is that they are not very good-looking. Now with Oriental Kung Fu, actresses with good faces and good figures can also act in action movies, because Kung Fu provides a reliable basis for their performances in the movies, and there is no need to make them have muscles to make the audience feel that they can indeed defeat bad people. This is why Michelle Yeoh can be attracted by mainstream Hollywood movies like "007", and Jackie Chan is difficult to get the same opportunity."
Chapter completed!