Chapter 5: Spider-Man jumps off a building, no special effects! Pure live-action!

Due to Xu Can's outstanding performance, the filming of 'Spider-Man' progressed rapidly.

Director Marc Webb was all smiles every day.

In all his years of directing, he had never experienced such a smooth directing process.

Whether it was dramatic scenes or action scenes, Xu Can was the most stable person on set,

and sometimes he would even improvise a performance that made his eyes light up.

So much so that Marc Webb often referred to Xu Can as Peter Parker.

"I have to say, Xu was truly born for this role."

"Even if he were to shoot webs and swing over New York right now, I wouldn't be surprised."

Producer Avi nodded. ===== CHAPTER 11 =====

"Hey, I questioned you before, but now I'm glad you stuck to your judgment and chose the right person."

They were currently filming a relatively important scene in 'Spider-Man'.

Peter Parker had already realized his uniqueness and had developed web-shooters through materials from Osborn Technology.

He came to the rooftop for the first time, intending to test his web-swinging.

The crew had already set up various equipment on the rooftop,

and Xu Can's makeup and costume were finished.

Emma Stone had no filming tasks in the morning, so she climbed up to join the fun and watch.

Walking to the edge of the rooftop with trepidation,

Stone Sister tentatively looked down.

The wind on the rooftop was quite strong, and Stone Sister was suddenly blown by the wind, her body unsteady and swaying.

She was already afraid of heights, and looking at the distant traffic below,

a sense of fear spread through her entire body!

At the critical moment, a pair of firm and powerful hands wrapped around her waist,

and Stone Sister was pulled to a safe position.

Shaken, she turned back to look, and sure enough, it was Xu Can's handsome smile.

"Hey, standing so close to the edge is too dangerous."

"Thanks..."

Perhaps due to the "suspension bridge effect,"

Emma Stone's heart was beating wildly.

She used to joke with Xu Can often,

but now she was inexplicably nervous and stammered, unable to speak.

"What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?"

Xu Can habitually reached out to touch her forehead.

"I'm fine, no fever..."

"I'm okay."

The usually carefree Stone Sister lowered her head, rarely shy.

"Xu, be careful during filming, I won't get in the way."

She left the filming area as if fleeing, leaving Xu Can confused.

"What's the situation? Was she scared?"

At this time, the crew had already installed the wire harness on him.

Xu Can needed to complete a series of high-rise jumps and web-swinging stunt movements.

Director Marc Webb was already used to not needing the presence of stunt coordinators;

Xu Can's own movement completion was a magnitude stronger than the stunt coordinators!

"Everyone prepare!"

"Action!"

Xu Can stood on the rooftop, took a few steps, and easily jumped over to another building.

His whole body was light as a swallow, constantly using parkour stunts to overcome obstacles, all in one go!

"Fast, fast, fast! Keep the camera on him!"

Marc Webb shouted anxiously into the walkie-talkie.

Even the jib camera on the track almost couldn't keep up with Xu Can's movements!

You can imagine how fast he was!

The shots that were originally expected to be cut into multiple parts were actually achieved in one long take again!

Everyone on the crew, including director Marc Webb and Emma Stone,

had their mouths open in an "O" shape!

"Oh my god!"

Finally, Xu Can ran to the edge of this residential area and stopped.

In front of him was a wide main road,

and the distance to the nearest building on the opposite side was at least 50 meters.

The continuous shot could finally come to an end.

"Cut!"

It was already the umpteenth time that the whole set burst into warm applause,

applauding Xu Can's outstanding performance.

"Wow, Xu, how on earth did you do that?"

Marc Webb couldn't stop praising him.

"I played parkour for a while before, it's nothing."

Xu Can casually made up a reason.

He himself was a bit shocked by his performance just now!

He originally thought that this "character possession" golden finger could only help him experience the character's inner world.

He didn't expect that he could perfectly replicate all kinds of movements!

The previous subway fight and the parkour just now proved this point.

In this way, Xu Can's acting path would be incredibly broad.

He could easily play any kind of character,

including but not limited to the "God of War in the Furniture Store," the amnesiac agent Jason Bourne, or John Wick who avenges his dog!

This reminded Xu Can,

'John Wick' was a 2013 film,

and he could write a script to film it when he had time later.

Whether this series made money or not was secondary; the key was to have a blast in the movie.

Of course, the priority right now was to film 'Spider-Man' well.

Xu Can's salary was 3 million dollars, 1 million less than the somewhat famous Tobey Maguire from his previous life.

But that wasn't important.

When Xu Can negotiated the contract, he insisted on adding a 5% box office share.

Sony Pictures didn't think highly of this comic book film, so they didn't make things too difficult for Xu Can and agreed to his request.

In this way, assuming this version of 'Spider-Man' could reach the 826 million dollar global box office of the '02 version...

With the producer's share calculated at 33%,

Xu Can's salary plus the share would be at least 15 million dollars!

As long as the film succeeded according to historical trends,

he would be able to establish a foothold in Hollywood.

"Xu, are you ready? Let's start the next shot."

"No problem!"

Xu Can pulled himself out of his thoughts and gave the director a thumbs up.

"Scene 36, Take 5, Shot 1..."

"Action!"

Although there were wires and safety cables,

Marc Webb still broke into a cold sweat for Xu Can.

On the other side, the 18-year-old girl Emma Stone had her heart in her throat.

Xu Can's movement was quite dangerous;

he needed to swing between two buildings!

Logically, a normal crew would build a green screen studio,

with safety foam mats under the actors' feet,

and use computer special effects to achieve the high-altitude effect later. ===== CHAPTER 12 =====