In October 1979, more than three months had passed since The Terminator was launched. During these three months, Wang Wei's mood was like a roller coaster, with almost no moment of calm.
On the day of casting, Wang Wei was already a little desperate, but unexpectedly, Jean-Claude Van Damme suddenly appeared. When Bruce Lee suggested that Wang Wei consider Jean-Claude Van Damme, Wang Wei just thought it was suitable and didn't think much about it.
When I was talking to Jean-Claude Van Damme afterwards, I felt that Jean-Claude Van Damme looked familiar, so I searched for information about Jean-Claude Van Damme in my mind. I didn¡¯t know if I didn¡¯t search. After searching, I suddenly realized that I had found a treasure. , this guy is actually a Hollywood kung fu star as famous as Stallone and Schwarzenegger.
Wang Wei was secretly happy after learning this information. Unexpectedly, before the aftertaste of this joy dissipated, Jeanne Van Dun, who made him happy, almost made Wang Wei vomit blood. This guy has absolutely no camera sense at all. The facial expression is stiff, and the pair of cameras is unnatural. In addition, Wang Wei himself has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder and cannot tolerate the slightest flaw in the lens. As a result, almost every scene in the first few scenes had to be reshot dozens of times.
Such number of shootings simply drove Wang Wei crazy. For this reason, Jean-Claude Van Damme was scolded by Wang Wei so much that he couldn't hold his head up. Fortunately, Jean-Claude Van Damme also knew that his acting skills were really bad, so no matter how Wang Wei scolded him, Jean-Claude Van Damme knew that his acting skills were really bad. , didn¡¯t say anything back, just repeated it over and over again.
???????????? Wang Wei scolded Jean-Claude Van Damme too much and did not retaliate. He rolled his eyes and asked Jean-Claude Van Damme to compete in martial arts during the break. The result can be imagined. Little Jean-Jacques Van Dun was so abused by Wang Wei that he could not get up.
Fortunately, Wang Wei pays attention to propriety when punching, so Jeanne Van Dun is hit by Wang Wei every time. But it will recover quickly and will not affect the progress of the shooting.
In this way, Jean-Claude Yundun became a human punching bag for Wang Wei to vent his anger on. Every time when Jean-Claude Van Damme blocked Wang Wei and couldn't bear it anymore, Wang Wei would go to Jean-Claude Van Damme to 'discuss and discuss' with him. And Jean-Claude Van Damme himself was particularly fascinated by kung fu. Now when I see someone who is better than me in skill and wants to compete with me, I naturally accept it happily. Although I will be beaten every time, I am still happy because the master said that I want to compete with someone who is better than myself. Every time I compete with him, I will make progress.
As a result, Zhou Yu¡¯s fight against Huang Gai will be staged every once in a while on the crew of "Terminator". This added a lot of fun to the crew who had no other entertainment activities except filming all day long.
In addition to Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Lee also made Wang Wei a little bit overwhelmed. Because Wang Wei was angry and had a discussion with Jean-Claude Yundun. Discovered by Bruce Lee. As a result, Bruce Lee also came to Wang Wei for discussion from time to time. Bruce Lee is no better than Jean-Claude Van Damme. Not only is he rich in actual combat experience, but he has also been immersed in kung fu several times longer than Jean-Claude Van Damme. In addition, Bruce Lee has practiced the Qi Guiding Chapter of the Pure Yang Sutra, which makes Bruce Lee's physique much better than the average person.
So every time Wang Wei competed with Bruce Lee, he had to consume a lot of energy. During the filming process on the second day, I will be particularly exhausted mentally. Fortunately, Bruce Lee was not like Wang Wei who repaired Jean-Claude Van Damme every now and then. Bruce Lee usually consulted with Wang Wei once every half a month. Three months' time. The two have sparred six times in total. Wang Wei had two wins, two draws and two losses, and his record was basically the same as Bruce Lee.
In addition to Jean-Claude Van Damme's acting skills dragging down the filming process, the weather in New York also made Wang Wei extremely depressed. Since the Terminator has a large number of shots that need to be shot on location, in order to save shooting time, a pre-prepared location shooting base was built near the studio. Unexpectedly, after entering August, it rained all day in New York, making it impossible to shoot some special shots. In desperation, Wang Wei could only advance the indoor shots that were originally planned to be shot in September to August, but even so, the shooting progress was still slowed down a lot.
In this way, The Terminator, which was originally planned to be filmed in two months, was suddenly delayed by a month.
"James, is the robot ready?" This robot model was produced by Industrial Magic Light before Wang Wei came to the United States. In order to make this model, Wang Wei also spent a lot of money to recruit Stan Winston, who is known as a robotics expert. Stan Winston was attracted when he first saw Wang Wei's design concept and requirements for the robot T-800. When Wang Wei came to the United States, Stan Winster found Wang Wei immediately and proposed to Wang Wei to use CG technology to shoot scenes involving robots. This suggestion was immediately adopted by Wang Wei. Later, in order to make the T-800 more perfect, Wang Wei even temporarily transferred several mechanical experts and electronic experts from Lockheed Arms Company and Lenovo Electronics to join in the production.
Because of the joining of these experts, the T-800 is much more perfect than it was in history. Of course, the cost is much higher than in the original history.
Cameron heard Wang Wei calling him, nodded and said: "Everything is ready and can be used at any time.""Yes." Wang Wei nodded, and then shouted to the crew with a loudspeaker: "All departments are getting ready, all departments are getting ready, the first shot of the 976th scene of the last scene of the Terminator is ready to be shot."
"Linda, are you done with your makeup?"
"Okay director, we can start."
"Unit No. 1 enters orbit, Unit No. 2 prepares, and all departments are in place. The first shot of Terminator Scene 976, Ike God."
Sarah, played by Linda Hamilton, lay forward with an anxious face, while the T-800 kept chasing behind her. Finally, Shala climbed over an iron fence, and then quickly stretched out her hand to pull down the iron fence. At this time, the T-800 had just stretched out its hand. Seeing that Linda was blocking the T-800, she swore loudly in her clothes.
"Kaka."
"Linda, the expression on your face should be one of relief, you know? Relief, because you just escaped the capture of the T-800, okay"
"I know, director!"
"Okay, get ready. Just start from the section you just cut. All departments are in place. All departments are in place. The second shot of Scene 976, Ike God."
"Very good, continue, your expression is on point."
Just when Shala was relieved, the T-800 was still struggling to strangle Shala's neck. In panic, Shala pressed the start button on the hydraulic starter with his left hand and shouted at the same time, "You are terminated, damn it." of. ¡¯
The hydraulic starter pressed down on the robot, and the T-800 was crushed into pieces.
"Carter is very good, Linda, you succeeded." Wang Wei smiled and gave Linda a thumbs up, and then shouted to the crew through a loudspeaker: "I announce that the filming of the last scene of the Terminator has been completed. , so far all 976 Terminator scenes have been filmed.¡±
As soon as Wang Wei finished speaking, James on the other side suddenly took out a bottle of champagne from a box of champagne that had been prepared and sprayed it towards Wang Wei.
Wang Wei, who was sprayed, jumped more than two meters high and shouted at the top of his lungs: "No, James, you can't do this. You are bullying your master and destroying your ancestors."
It's a pity that James couldn't understand the Chinese that Wang Wei spoke in a hurry, but even if he could understand, he wouldn't stop, because in the past three months, apart from Jean-Claude Van Damme, James was the one who was scolded the most by Wang Wei among the crew. A person, so James will take this opportunity to take revenge on his teacher.
Wang Wei shouted several times, which not only failed to stop James, but also aroused the playfulness of the entire crew. Everyone took out champagne and sprayed it towards Wang Wei.
When an old prop in his sixties saw this scene, he sighed slightly and said: "It's been a long time since I've seen such a beloved director." (To be continued)