"Clint, come over here and set up the lights! And you, erm … what's your name again? Okay, Bret, move this thing over there and tell them to clear the field. Quick! "
The motel room was bustling with activity. Under the supervision of the director's assistant, the crew of "Pulp Fiction" was setting up the set for the next shoot. The director, Adriaan, was talking to Bruce Willis about the script.
Just as Adrian expected, John Travolta, who had fallen to the bottom, only thought for a few minutes and agreed. He only took a hundred thousand dollars. Of course, the share of the box office had to be written into the contract. After all, even though he was down and out, he was still a famous star. Anyway, if the box office failed, he would not get anything.
Adriaan didn't mind too much. No one knew how much the box office the movie would earn. Travolta had already taken the lowest price, and it wasn't in line with the rules to not give him a share of the box office. So, he just lowered the percentage.
Samuel Jackson was the same. He had just made a name for himself, and his partner was a famous director in the industry. So, he didn't have any objections. Bruce Willis was the only one. Although he wasn't as popular as he would be two years later, his net worth wasn't low either. He offered seven million dollars. Naturally, Adriaan didn't want to accept it. No matter what, the cost couldn't be higher than the cost of the original, right? So, after a few rounds of negotiations, Willis's pay was lowered to three million dollars. The price was a share of the box office, but it was lower than Travolta's.
It seemed like a loss, but if everything went well, Bruce's share would definitely be more than four million dollars. But Adriaan didn't think so. This was an opportunity to build a good relationship with Bruce. He had his eyes on the agents of Travolta, Jackson, and Willis. If he could poach them, it would be a great help to the development of his agency.
"Impatience and anger. You're feeling impatience and anger. At the same time, you're a little flustered. The gold watch was left to you by your father, and it's very important to you. But you can't let it all out, because your woman is here, though you're angry with her for forgetting her watch, though you think to yourself: Oh, the stupid woman! But after all, you still love him, "Adrian explained with his hand gestures.
"Eide, what do you think?" Willis said after some thought.
He closed his eyes to prepare his emotions. Suddenly, he raised his head and breathed rapidly. His shoulders and lower abdomen heaved up and down violently. His hands were clenched into fists and opened again. This lasted for a few seconds before he slowly calmed down.
"Very good!" Adriaan clapped his hands to express his praise. "That's it. You did a good job, Bruce. Those who say your acting is terrible should jump off the Golden Gate Bridge."
"This is too much, Eide." Willis touched his sparse hair and laughed. "I'm glad you're satisfied."
"Then, let's begin!" Adriaan saw the assistant director gesturing to him that everything was ready. He patted Willis on the shoulder and walked to the camera.
This time, all the scenes would be shot outside. After all, they only needed a motel, a bar, a restaurant, a grocery store, a basement, and so on. Renting these places in the suburbs was much cheaper than setting up in the studio. The only trouble was that they needed to move it around. If the bar and the restaurant were too close to each other, it would be easy to see through them.
Adriaan originally wanted to go to the restaurant where he and Kate were robbed to film the robbery scene, but after careful consideration, he put it aside. The security there was not much improvement, and the two robbers from the previous robbery had not been caught yet. The American police were not very capable, so it was better to forget about it!
They were filming the second of the three stories: The Gold Watch. Willis played the role of Butch, a boxer who fought in an underground boxing match. He had a gold watch that his father had left him, and he valued it very much, bringing it with him everywhere he went. This time, the mafia boss Ma Sha gave him a sum of money to fake a fight in the upcoming boxing match. Butch pretended to agree, but bet all the money on himself. He then beat his opponent to death in the match, and ran away with a large sum of money with his girlfriend. However, his girlfriend left the most important gold watch at home, and Butch had no choice but to go back to get it. In the end, he bumped into Ma Sha, who was waiting for him at his house. After a series of strange things happened, he actually reconciled with Ma Sha and left with the money.
Actually, Adrian had initially wanted to film the third story, "Bonnie's Situation". The scenes in this story were basically all indoors, and the scenes in the restaurant could be left until the end of filming. However, Willis only had two weeks, and he still had another movie to shoot. So, Adriaan had no choice but to film The Gold Watch first.
In fact, the main scenes of this story were also set indoors, mainly in three places: the motel, the grocery store and its basement, and Butch's house. However, one of the scenes was the chase between Ma Sha and Butch. This scene had to be filmed on a sunny street in front of many people, and it required many extras, which was very troublesome to deal with.
Fortunately, at least Willis gave him a surprise. This strong man's acting was not as rough as his appearance. For example, in the tender scene in the motel, he used his body language to perfectly express the gentleness that the character should have, and at the same time, he did not make Carina Pramor, who was acting opposite him, uncomfortable.
Unfortunately, his appearance was a little … how to put it, very tough. His square face looked like it was carved by a knife, and although his eyes were a little small, they gave people a sense of determination. It was no wonder that he was famous for being a tough guy in Die Hard. However, it was also because of this that his image was limited after playing too many tough guys, and when he tried other roles, it made the audience feel uncomfortable. Over time, he was given the nickname of Facial Paralysis.
Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. After spending three days filming the scenes in the motel, Adriaan started preparing for the next scene. According to the sequence, it should be the grocery store, the chase scene, and finally the scene in Butch's house. This was because in Butch's house, there was a scene where Travolta was killed by Willis with a single shot. If he left this scene at the end, he could continue filming Travolta's scenes after Willis finished filming.
However, after some consideration, Adriaan decided to film the chase scene first. Anyway, this scene was relatively short, and the earlier it was done, the better. However, plans would never be able to keep up with changes, be it long-term plans or temporary plans. On the second day after Adriaan started filming the chase scene, the 64th Oscar nomination list was released.
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