Chapter 290 He still has to thank me!

The most eye-catching character in "Batman: The Dark Knight" is undoubtedly the Joker played by Heath Ledger.

Once voted as the greatest villain and the most popular villain by Hollywood's own people!

Of course, this is also closely related to the death of Heath Ledger.

But there is no denying his excellence!

The world-renowned Hollywood star Jack Nicholson has also played this role.

The actor who has won two Oscars for Best Actor once publicly criticized Heath Ledger for ruining the Joker, but he also acknowledged the excellence of the character!

It shows very specifically the qualities of an optimal villain: no empathy at all, complete antisociality, and no attachment or concerns at all, which means he has no weaknesses!
Hundreds of millions of US dollars can be burned at will. He has rich psychological knowledge and wisdom and can see through people's hearts. He can brainwash people with just a few words, as long as you have a weakness!
What you see in him is not just a person, but a state, chaos and disorder!
From this point of view, his fate and that of Batman are closely linked, two sides of the same coin!
The Bruce family's dinner party gathered countless celebrities, tycoons, wealthy people, officials, and socialites, who all enjoyed the dinner together!

Of course, the most eye-catching ones are the hosts of the dinner, the famous wealthy and romantic Bruce Wayne and the emerging prosecutor Hart Danway.

But the arrival of uninvited guests disrupted the party!
A purple suit jacket, a green inner shirt, messy long hair, and a smiling clown makeup. The sound of forward footsteps knocked on the banquet floor one step at a time, and a gunshot rang out with a smile, and the whole audience fell silent!

Looking at this group of horrified celebrities and wealthy businessmen, the man's funny face showed an even brighter smile. Next is his home court!
In this short performance, Heath Ledger showed great explosive power. He stunned the whole audience as soon as he entered the stage and even scared one of the actors!
However, Chen An felt that it was even better than before and looked more powerful.

But after the filming was over, Heath Ledger, who had been telling lies non-stop in front of the camera, suddenly became silent and sat aside with his eyes closed to rest.

Chen An looked at this and cleaned up the scene and walked over, but he couldn't help but persuade him: "Heath, don't get too involved. He is a lunatic and you are not. Besides, you are still young and easily influenced. The experiential approach will do too much harm to yourself."

The experiential approach is the most harmful to actors, especially young actors, who have insufficient experience and are more easily influenced by the roles.

Especially for a crazy type like the Joker, Heath Ledger is now several years younger than before. At the age of 25, he is a rising star in Hollywood.

Now Chen An was even more frightened when he saw his appearance. He was not afraid that he would not be able to come out and take drugs, but he was afraid that he would be completely immersed in it and pass bombs everywhere.

This is far too outrageous.

"No problem, director. I want to understand him better and understand what you want to express. I want to show it perfectly for you who wrote this best character!"

This time, Heath Ledger did not speak in the Joker's tone and seemed to be quite sober.

Chen An nodded helplessly, "You have to restrain yourself and don't get completely immersed in it. He is very dangerous, and he can only exist in fantasy. No one will like him in reality."

As for the clown, you can just watch the movie. It would be really annoying if there really was one.

I don’t want to come to the United States anymore. It’s better not to make money!
The crew members behind them quickly packed up their things, while one of them stood and looked at the other worriedly, while the other sat and closed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
The crew started filming in March and gathered in Chicago for filming.

It is already June and the hot summer is about to arrive.

The filming in Chicago was also approaching late, and when the Joker played by Heath Ledger dealt with his accomplices in the bank robbery one by one, it also indicated that the filming in Chicago had reached the final scene.

"Ka! Okay, we'll finish the long-range shot of Chicago with the school bus driving out!"

Holding the walkie-talkie, Chen An gave the final instructions.

All we need to do next is take one shot and then we can transition.

What follows is naturally the most exciting moment!

"Jerry, you've found a place, right?"

Chen An ran to Jerry who had just returned and asked him excitedly. Jerry was holding a cup of coffee with a tired face. He had been busy these days and his face was full of fatigue.

"We found it. We were lucky. We found an abandoned hospital that was about to be sold. It's in Florida."

He took a sip of coffee and answered Chen An's questions weakly.

"Ok, you've worked hard. Go take a rest first. We'll go directly after we finish work here. By the way, did you bring the design drawings?"

"I brought it. I'll give it to you. I'm going to rest now."

After handing a blueprint to Chen An, Jerry turned around and left, as he could not bear it any longer.

Chen An didn't care and walked towards the blasting team with the blueprint.

Find the demolition technician and hand them the blueprints.

"This is the design and structural drawing of the hospital. Please study it and see how to make the explosion more shocking."

"No problem, we won't sleep from today!"

After taking the blueprint, all the blasting technicians looked at Chen An as if he were their real father.

Having a boss like this is something I couldn't even dream of. The crews I've been on before were all small scenes. Only Chen truly understands the art of explosion!

Chen An looked at the other party's excited expression and nodded. He was quite satisfied with these bombers who had followed him in the previous film.

He has strong professional skills, is bold, and is focused on blowing things up. He is extremely useful!
Afterwards, Chen An notified the Yuan Clan and the Cheng Clan, telling them that they could basically be disbanded and that he would look for them in Hong Kong Island after he had finished blowing up the hospital!

Mr. Ba couldn't help but sigh: "Director Chen, you really have ideas. I have been on the set of The Matrix before. I was shocked when I saw how they built the shooting scenes. I was also shocked by their special effects shooting techniques. Now it seems that compared with you, Director Chen, you are really nothing!"

Although the special effects and scene effects of "The Matrix" showed me what a well-funded movie production is and also allowed me to see the industrial strength of Hollywood, I couldn't imagine that movies could be shot like this!

But Chen An's move once again made him feel that he was short-sighted. He directly bought a hospital and blew it up!
How much money would it cost to just blow it up, and it would be gone in an instant.

I used to think that Hollywood special effects were expensive, and that real-life shooting in Hong Kong was more affordable, except for some large scenes that could not be produced, which were more realistic, shocking and cheaper than special effects.

Now looking at Chen An’s operation, special effects are still more cost-effective!

"Master Ba, please don't insult me. I like real shooting. Although the special effects are good, they can't achieve the effect I want now. It's far from what I want, so I have to resort to this last resort." Chen An smiled and said, "Of course, the main reason is that Warner has plenty of money. They specifically asked me for a big scene before, so how can I not be satisfied? After all, they are the boss."

We are helping Warner, and he will have to thank me in the end.

After all, Warner Bros. made the profit in the end. He only received a fixed salary of 12 million US dollars plus a % share. Even if he helped distribute his film "No Country for Old Men" in the North American market, his profit was only a fraction of the original.

Putting aside the box office, the original Nolan version of "Batman: The Dark Knight" made a profit of 1.6 million US dollars in the disc market within three years of its release!

Second only to the 1.8 million US dollars of "Inception"!

It’s profit, not sales, and it’s in US dollars!

The global distribution costs are not that high, and the rest include box office peripherals, etc. You don’t even have to worry about whether Batman peripherals will sell well in North America!

(End of this chapter)