Chapter 404
“Has Lindsay always been such a high-energy performer?”
The director sat in front of the monitor and was very satisfied with the positioning of the scene.
The real sunlight shines on Li Mo, and the soft light forms a sharp contrast with her stern expression. In contrast to the warm atmosphere, her cautious attitude, as if facing a great enemy, makes people feel even more uneasy.
Opposite her, Hilda slowly walked out from the shadows. The first things that revealed her murderous intent were her scarlet eyes and the sharp claws in her hands.
Ling Suisui actually envied Hilda's makeup. Diland's prop-making level was already next level. This pair of bear paws looked like they were really growing on Jima's hands. She couldn't imagine how cool it would be with the addition of special effects.
But these were just flashes of inspiration, and soon she no longer had the heart to think about them.
This venue was not friendly to Li Mo because it was too narrow. The two sides could not close the distance between them, and her spell casting was constantly interrupted by Hilda. As a last resort, Li Mo could only fight the polar bear orc in close combat.
Li Mo was beaten and ran around everywhere, and Ling Suisui also kept doing extreme jumps and somersaults in this environment. Due to the environmental restrictions of the shooting location, she couldn't even use wires, so the crew prepared various props for her to play indoor parkour.
Ling Sui Sui and Gemma rarely used body doubles when filming the Diland movie. It is difficult to find a substitute for the latter, but there is little need for the former.
The results of the previous special training came in handy at this moment - whether it was using the terrain to fly over eaves and walls and create obstacles, or jumping off the box with one hand and performing a 360-degree roundhouse kick, these movements could be done in one shot, smoothly and fluidly.
She had ten years of practice and she sharpened her skills at the last minute. The director couldn't think of any reason why her action scenes wouldn't be amazing.
Ling Sui was running out of breath. No matter how strong her physical strength was, she couldn't withstand the consumption of shooting the same action several times. And Jima, who was chasing her, was not in a good situation either. Although she didn't have to go around in circles, she had to use all her strength to destroy all obstacles in front of her.
Even though the props were specially made, she could not save any effort when she chopped them with her hands, tore them with her fingers, and crushed them with her feet in front of the camera. She also wanted to pull Ling Suisui and get kicked by her again.
According to the plot setting, Li Mo's flying kick was basically useless to Hilda in her violent state. At best, it had a tickling effect. But Jima didn't really have a thick skin and flesh. Ling Suisui was very tired from kicking, and she was also very tired from cooperating.
After an hour of filming, Ling Suisui and Jima were drinking tons of water.
They were both extremely thirsty. Not only were their throats dry, but their bodies were also losing a lot of water due to sweating. After this set of high-intensity fighting scenes, the fat burning efficiency is comparable to exercising for several hours in the gym.
Ling Sui drank the mineral water in one gulp. At this moment, she was bent over and gasping for breath. She had just finished an intense exercise and did not dare to sit down.
The rest time the director left for them was very short, so short that Ling Suisui had every reason to suspect that the director did it on purpose. This state of tiredness, exhaustion, and the desire to see the whole world destroyed in the end is probably what the director wanted.
The assistant wiped her sweat and Bertha came over to help her.
"You guys are too intense." Bertha sighed, "I will never say that Theresa's fighting scenes are difficult again."
At most, she moves more frequently, needs to mobilize more equipment, and repeat the shooting more times. Compared with melee explosive players like Li Mo and Hilda, Theresa's fighting scenes are simply at the kindergarten level.
Ling Sui shook her heavy arms, and her eyes met Jima's in mid-air.
Both of them were extremely tired, but there was still a fire of energy burning in their eyes. They looked at each other, as if they were observing whether the other would collapse first.
Does she think she will complain of being tired first? Absolutely not.
If this is also part of the director's method of provoking the actors, then this plan to mobilize the actors' emotions is indeed very successful.
Ling Suisui stood up straight and drank another half bottle of water. The makeup artist came over to touch up her makeup, and after she sat down, she did not forget to communicate with the director and action director.
Bertha had already walked to Jima's side. After Ling Suisui withdrew his gaze, Jima closed his eyes in pain and felt terrible.
She smiled wryly and asked Bertha: "Is Lindsay always such a high-energy performer? Doesn't she ever get tired?"
I thought that after our eyes met, I would have a chance to hint to the other party that we should both take a break...but looking at Ling Sui's posture, it felt like he would stand up and start filming again in the next second.
Bertha thought for a moment and answered with certainty: "I have never seen her complain of being tired on the set."
Of course, she and Ling Suisui have only worked together in "Magic Top Student", and the two did not have such intense rivalry.
Now that she said that, what else can Jima do? She could only grit her teeth and do some stretching exercises to relieve muscle fatigue.
If the other party doesn't complain about being tired, she won't complain about being tired either, and she will never hold her colleagues back.
"She's warming up."
Ling Sui saw it and muttered softly.
She knew that Gemma was of Russian descent, but she had no idea that she was so physically strong. But think about it, given her height of 1.9 meters and the strong muscles she has developed, it is normal for her to have better physical fitness than her.
After finishing her makeup, Ling Sui quickly stood up to warm up. Seeing that the two actors were ready, the director quickly arranged the position of the camera.
In the last scene, Li Mo has been cornered by Hilda.
Her throat was grabbed by the other party, and she struggled hard to break free, but was thrown to the ground by Hilda.
This scene was not easy to shoot, because Ling Suisui looked so painful after being strangled that Jima nervously let go of his hands several times. She was afraid that she would not be able to control her strength and would really hurt herself.
In normal acting, she couldn't say that she could grasp the right measure, let alone the situation where she was wearing special props on her hands.
"It's okay." Ling Suisui panted and said, "Put your hand up, don't use force, I'll show you. It's not you who pinched me, I acted it out."
After she performed again, she finally dispelled Jima's concerns.
"You are amazing." Gemma said admiringly, "This movie and this IP series cannot be without you."
Ling Suisui smiled faintly as a response.
It wasn't that she was being cool and didn't want to give Jima more feedback, it was because she was too tired and wanted to maintain low power consumption mode...
Now that the neck-choking part is over, the wrestling move is not difficult.
Next, Li Mo fell to the ground, and Hilda pounced on her, suppressing her movements with her body and biting her neck.
This is basically how land carnivores hunt their opponents. Ling Sui lay on the ground and continued to listen to the director's instructions.
The director said that there was no action guidance in this scene and he let them perform freely. One focuses on confinement, holding down the opponent's body to prevent the prey in its mouth from escaping, while the other has to struggle hard to get rid of it and fight for a chance of survival from the top predator.
"Remember to act out the pain," the director stressed. "Hilda's bear paw is pressing on your chest. It hurts, very much. It's like there's a huge rock pressing on your chest, and you can't breathe at all."
Ling Suisui nodded, she knew what to do next.
If Li Mo wanted to reach out and take out the hairpin from her hair, she had to try her best to attract Hilda's attention. While she was thinking, Jima also had the prop blood bag in her mouth.
It wasn't much, just a little bit, but as soon as she put it in her mouth, Li Mo would definitely bleed instantly. The reason why he didn't bite through Li Mo's neck on the spot was that he was fortunate that her orc genes were not completely in her mouth.
Before the filming, the two actors neither chatted nor said sorry to each other. They were all still immersed in the intense emotions of their roles and temporarily had no time to care about the ways of the world.
After the director shouted "start", Jima pounced on Ling Suisui's neck with a clear goal.
Ling Suisui first pushed with his hands and then kicked with his feet. She had been resisting fiercely, saying "let go". Jima had no lines at this time, she just responded by yelling.
The two struggled for a long time, and Ling Suisui suddenly calmed down.
In fact, she and Gemma had only collaborated on a few scenes together, but at this time, the two of them had developed some tacit understanding in their on-the-spot performance. Gemma stuck her head out and inhaled close to her nose, making a sniffing motion to determine if she was still alive.
At this time, Ling Sui took out the hairpin on her head and stabbed it hard into Jima's neck.
——Of course, this is a retractable prop hairpin, and the tip will retract automatically.
Even if this is a hairpin with lightning magic attached to it, it is impossible to knock down the strengthened polar bear orc in one move. It will take several attempts.
Jima twitched several times in succession, his eyes still staring at Ling Suisui viciously. She roared first, then grabbed her neck again, and wanted to bite her again.
The two actors were facing each other and acting like this. There was no fear in Ling Sui's eyes, even though the person who was overwhelming her at the moment was really much bigger than her.
When should I stop? The director didn't shout or give any hints, probably because he didn't want to disrupt their current state.
Ling Suisui and Jima had not discussed it beforehand, and it was impossible for them to discuss it now. The only way they can communicate is through eye contact with their characters.
Hilda had plenty of strength, but she had been electrocuted for so long that her nerves were paralyzed and her body was exhausted;
What about Li Mo? Her strength is probably hard to compare with that of the orcs. She can hold on until now only because she knows more clearly what she wants and what she should do.
The villain organization dropped Hilda off in a border town. If Li Mo can't stop her, the people in the town will be in danger. Hilda, who has lost her mind, will attack everyone indiscriminately.
People with faith can always burst out with powerful energy at the last moment. Although this routine is old-fashioned, it is effective.
After seeing a determined look in Ling Sui's eyes, Jima cooperated and closed his eyes. After being shocked too many times, he fell unconscious on the spot.
But she would never forget this eye contact - this was not Gemma's psychological activity, but Hilda's.
Gemma's acting was very realistic. When she was acting coma, she really fainted on the spot and didn't care about anything.
The director still didn't call for a stop, and half of the crew's cameras were gathered around them. Ling Suisui could only continue to improvise. She pulled out her hairpin and did it again.
What this action meant in front of the camera was that Li Mo confirmed that Hilda had really fainted. She would play dead, but of course she would doubt whether the other party would do the same.
Jima was pressing on her, and Ling Sui had to use a lot of strength and both hands to push her away.
She didn't have the strength to stand up, so she just looked up at the ceiling, gasping for breath. She did not forget to cover the wound on her neck with her hand and apply emergency pressure to stop the bleeding.
She was in pain, her whole body was in pain, but as her breathing gradually calmed down and countless close-up shots came on, Ling Sui looked at Jima next to her, first she let out a long sigh, and then revealed a barely perceptible smile.
After this, the director finally decided to stop the scene. The scene in front of the monitor just now made the director very excited. Ling Suisui is such a good actor!
No wonder Diland insisted on using Li Mo to string together the story of the entire IP universe. Not only is she outstanding herself, but she is also the type who can motivate others to become stronger when facing stronger opponents. Judging from Gemma's condition, she probably enjoyed her performance.
Gemma: ...
Let’s talk about whether it’s fun or not later, I’m really tired.
She and Ling Sui stood up with the help of their assistants, and when they looked at each other, they laughed for no apparent reason.
It's quite strange, and Jima doesn't know why. What they just filmed wasn't a comedy, and their actions weren't funny, so why was it like their smile switch was pressed and they couldn't stop laughing?
Ling Suisui extended his hand: "It's a pleasure to work with you."
Gemma didn't shake her hand - she grabbed her arm and put her in a hug.
"I'm happy too," she said. "I'll continue exercising." Try to keep up with your physical pace in the future.
After hearing this, Ling Suisui had only question marks in his mind.
What? Is this a declaration of war to fight her to the end? We just finished filming, let’s at least take a break!
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