"How to Know a Woman by Scent" started shooting at Wilder Boys High School in early October. Although Al Pacino only had a few scenes on the school's exterior, he still came to the set early. As a result, his arrival attracted a large number of students. If it weren't for the school's help to maintain order, it would have been very chaotic. Even so, it took the whole afternoon. Apart from Pacino's scenes, the crew only shot a few panoramic shots of the school.
"Did you see that? That's the charm of Godfather Corleone, "Adriaan joked when they were taking a break.
"If I knew this would happen, I would've waited for you to finish shooting." Pacino felt a little guilty.
"It doesn't matter. Every crew will encounter this kind of problem. Don't worry too much about it." Adriaan didn't take it to heart.
After the scenes were shot and most of the students had left, Pacino looked at the time and was ready to leave. Although the crew still had a lot of scenes to shoot today, most of them were shot at night. So, Adriaan walked him to the school gate.
To his surprise, when he arrived at the school gate, there were already several reporters waiting there. When they saw Pacino coming out, they immediately swarmed him and asked him questions. These guys were indeed very sensitive.
"Pacino, are you shooting a new movie at Wilder Boys High School today?"
"I heard that you're working with the genius director Adrian Kewell this time. Is that true?"
"What role are you playing? Can you tell us, Al?"
The reporters asked all kinds of questions and immediately handed him all kinds of recording equipment. Pacino frowned but didn't show any displeasure. He replied with a smile, "Yes, I'm indeed working with Adriaan in a new movie. Although it's my first time and I don't know much about him, his excellent script moved me. I like this role very much. But if you want to know more about the plot, I'm sorry I can't reveal anything. Gentlemen, I have an agreement with the crew. Speaking of which, Adriaan is here. You can ask him. "
As he spoke, he pulled Adriaan, who was about to step back, to his side. Adriaan shook his head helplessly and reached out to say hello to the reporters. The reporters couldn't help but be stunned. Although the Ghost Genius Director's reputation had been quite resounding for more than a year, few media outlets had published his photos, and few people had interviewed him, so the reporters couldn't recover for a while.
It was no wonder that the public wanted to see all kinds of gossip about those glamorous big stars. Other than veteran movie fans, very few people paid attention to movie directors, so entertainment reporters reported relatively little about directors.
Their professionalism allowed the reporters to react quickly. A few of them immediately turned their microphones to face Adriaan. Although everyone knew that Adriaan was only 23 years old, they were still surprised by his youth after seeing him in person.
"As far as I know, your first two works have achieved very good results, and the third one is about to be released. Why are you in a hurry to produce the fourth one, Mr. Adriaan?"
"How did you produce two outstanding works in a little more than a year, Mr. Adriaan? I heard that the third one, which is about to be released, is also quite well received. What do you think? "
"Why did you think of inviting Al to star in the new movie? Can you tell me what you think? Mr. Adriaan. "
Faced with these questions, Adriaan quickly made a gesture to calm them down. "I've wanted to work with Al for a long time. His performance in the Godfather series has always been my favorite. It's really exciting to be able to invite him this time. Although the new movie is a remake of a European film, I guarantee that it's no less exciting than the original. As for why I started planning the fourth one before the third one was released, you all know that inspiration doesn't stop in the mind forever. "
Although for the past year or so, Adriaan, who had been focusing on making movies and didn't have much contact with the media, was not afraid of such a scene. However, compared to Pacino, who was still surrounded by a lot of reporters, it was inevitable that he was a little depressed, especially when the reporters continued to ask him questions after he got into the car.
However, when Adrian turned around and headed back to school, the little gloominess vanished like smoke in thin air. Compared to the life of being chased by paparazzi in public like a big star, he wanted to be in control of everything behind the scenes.
Soon, night fell, and the crew immediately began to shoot the night scene, in which a group of students prepared to play a prank on the principal the next day. The supporting actor, Charlie, happened to see this scene.
"Very good, let's do it again. Make sure not to make any mistakes, Caspar." Behind the camera, Adriaan confirmed this scene, then loudly asked everyone to shoot again as a backup.
The actor who played the role of Charlie was a young actor in his early twenties named Caspar Yager. He was recommended by the casting department, and had played a few small roles in several low-budget productions, so his acting experience was not bad. But the main reason he was chosen was that his handsome appearance made him look more like a gigolo.
Since this role was for a student, it was better to find a handsome actor. As for whether the other party would be labeled as someone who relied on his face in the future, it was none of Adriaan's business.
After spending about two working days shooting the exterior of the school, it took another two working days to finish shooting Lieutenant Colonel Frank's scenes at home, and the crew directly moved to New York to shoot the exterior scenes. According to the original plan, they were supposed to shoot the scenes in the studio first, and then go to New York at the end, but after discussing it with his assistant and assistant director, Adriaan realized that this was not suitable. If they left the New York scenes until the end, they would at least have to wait until after Thanksgiving, when the first snow would have already fallen, which was not the season according to the script. So after thinking about it again and again, Adriaan decided to go to New York first.
Fortunately, all the locations had been contacted before the shooting started, and they only needed to adjust the time. The management department in this aspect did not leak anything. Even so, there were still many problems during the shooting. For example, the Waldorf Astoria required the crew to only shoot at night, so as not to affect their normal business.
This actually did not matter. After all, the Waldorf Astoria did not have many exteriors, but they ran into trouble when they applied for a street blockade for the car racing scene. Sometimes, the people from the community organization thought that there was something wrong here, and sometimes, the people from the public welfare organization thought that there was something wrong. It took almost a day to settle everything, and then Adriaan let out a long sigh. It was really not a pleasant thing to deal with these guys.
Because during the filming of "The Shawshank Redemption", there was no such thing as TAHA requesting dead maggots as props, and he did not take these public welfare organizations seriously. He did not expect to see them in New York. Fortunately, it did not affect the filming by the Hudson River in Brooklyn.
"Who is he?" the police officer standing in front of the red Ferrari looked at Charlie and asked Lieutenant Colonel Frank, who was sitting in the driver's seat.
"My boy, Charlie." The lieutenant colonel opened his eyes wide and shook his head. He did not look like a blind person at all. "He keeps asking me to drive him out. How can I let him down?"
The young police officer immediately laughed. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I can let you go, but I have a condition. Send the car back to the garage immediately, okay?"
The two sides exchanged a few more words. Under the deliberate guidance of the lieutenant colonel, the atmosphere became more and more relaxed. Soon, the police officer left. After the police car left, the originally spirited lieutenant colonel suddenly became gloomy, as if something had left his body.
"Very good!" Adriaan could not help but exclaim. At the same time, he clapped his hands.
Al Pacino was indeed a veteran actor. After squatting in the blind's hospital for more than ten days, he quickly summed up the acting method: His eyes would not focus on anything. Moreover, he got into character very quickly. When he started to lose his temper, you would definitely not find the shadow of other characters on him. He was the bad-tempered Lieutenant Colonel Frank who used to be General Patton's adjutant. Sometimes, even when he was resting, he would still be immersed in character. For example, he would walk with a foldable cane, or look away when talking to others.
Such professionalism was naturally worthy of everyone's admiration. Therefore, when Adriaan applauded, the crew members followed suit. Pacino, who was in the Ferrari, wiped his face and regained some of his spirit. He smiled at everyone and got out of the car. However, judging from the unintentional daze between his brows, he had not completely extricated himself from the role.
Adriaan did not say much. He patted him on the shoulder and let everyone rest for about half an hour before continuing. The main scene in New York was the racing scene. The rest were scattered scenes, such as shopping with Charlie or arguing with him. When filming the argument scene, Adriaan deliberately arranged such a scene. After a small friction between the lieutenant colonel and Charlie, he accidentally fell into the flowers. Unfortunately, this scene was an accident in the original version of "To Know A Woman by Scent," so Adriaan could only secretly laugh.
Because the scene was a bit messy, the two actors had to keep changing their clothes and filming on different streets. This soon attracted a lot of fans and reporters. The fans were fine, as they were willing to listen to the staff. However, the reporters were very troublesome, as they always tried to find out more information. In addition to Pacino, Adriaan was also their target.
After the last interview outside the school was published in the newspaper, many people were very surprised by Adriaan. His third film was still being promoted and hadn't been released yet, but he had already started making a new film. Moreover, he was working with the famous Al Pacino. It was really incredible. More importantly, this guy was a newcomer in the entertainment industry for less than two years, but he had already won awards at two major European film festivals.
The public was much more curious about him than before, and naturally, the entertainment reporters were also more motivated. Therefore, in order to finish filming the scenes in New York as soon as possible, Adriaan simply drew all the attention to himself.
"This is a near-perfect movie — of course, I'm not saying that my work is impeccable. What I mean is that this movie will make you feel depressed and annoyed at the beginning. When this feeling accumulates to the peak, it will be released along with the plot, making you feel extremely carefree. In this aspect, I did an excellent job in this movie."
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