Chapter 122: Shooting Completed

The thing Gu Changwei had experienced once was staged again in the crew.

Seeing Depp's acting suddenly explode under Cao Yang's repeated guidance, anyone could clearly feel the difference.

Depp seemed to have a dual personality. The boldness, atmosphere, and passion on the surface, and the gloom, distortion, despicableness, and perversion in private—he acted in a way that made people unable to see that it was one person.

Whether it was explosive power or infectious power, it was impeccable.

Whether it was the crew's staff or the actors waiting for their scenes, everyone had one thought in their minds: Depp's acting is really good, and Cao Yang's ability to coach actors is really powerful!

The rumors in the circle were indeed true: Cao Yang is good at coaching actors.

No wonder he could produce three Best Actresses.

Looking at the staff's admiring and awe-filled gaze toward Cao Yang, Gu Changwei curled his lips. "Pah, bumpkins. Where is your gaze that was higher than the top?"

"Where is the contempt in your gaze before?"

He finally saw through it. These foreigners looking down on peers from other countries is true, and awe of the strong is also something engraved in their bones.

Next, they had to shoot a passionate scene.

Milk's first election failed. In order to vent the depression and resentment in his heart, he went to his lover's place.

Hollywood doesn't have so many regulations for shooting passionate scenes now. It won't be until Harvey Weinstein's "red sofa" incident breaks out that new regulations will gradually emerge.

For example, shooting intimate scenes requires an "intimacy coordinator" from the Screen Actors Guild to be present, and producers are prohibited from auditioning in private places such as apartments and hotels.

And specific rules are formulated for film producers. The coordinator is responsible for meeting with the director and producer in advance to specifically discuss the shooting of intimate scenes.

There's no need to be so troublesome now; just start doing it... start shooting.

As for whether to clear the scene, it depends on the opinions of the actors involved.

"Hathaway, no problem, right?"

Cao Yang confirmed again.

Anne Hathaway, who had already done her styling and changed her clothes, made an OK gesture.

So the assistant director started clearing the scene, leaving only the photographer Gu Changwei, the sound engineer, the script supervisor, and Cao Yang at the scene.

This scene was mainly to highlight Milk's private brutality and another face.

"Depp?"

Johnny Depp nodded and made an OK gesture.

Cao Yang stood directly next to the camera and shouted, "Ready, start."

The script supervisor clapped the board.

The Milk played by Depp walked in from outside. Hathaway's face lit up, and she greeted him, saying, "You're here, honey. The result..."

"Shut up!"

Depp interrupted Hathaway with a gloomy face. "I'm very angry right now."

Then, while untying his belt, he took two steps forward, grabbed Hathaway's hair, and pressed it down.

"Ah... um..."

This is a bit of a reference to a *Young and Dangerous* film from the past, but Depp's performance wasn't that exaggerated. He looked down, then used his hand to grab Hathaway's hair and pressed it hard, not letting her move.

"Um... um..."

This is a long shot. After more than twenty seconds, Depp let go.

"Cough... cough..."

The rest was Hathaway's retching and panting.

"Cut!"

"Very brilliant."

Cao Yang praised, then looked at Hathaway and asked, "Hathaway, are you okay?"

Anne Hathaway's face was still a bit red—not from shyness, but from the tension and fear of being pressed down instantly, and from being held back. This is a normal person's reaction.

It wasn't really oral just now, but to make it realistic, Depp pulling her hair and pressing it toward his lower body was real, and being held back and unable to breathe was also real.

This shot was just an appetizer and didn't have any exposure. The main course was next.

Cao Yang called the makeup artist to touch up the makeup and rested for ten minutes.

"The next one is a super long shot. Try to pass it in one take. Try not to make mistakes."

Cao Yang exhorted again. Seeing that both of them made OK gestures, he continued shooting.

Depp and Hathaway assumed the previous posture, and the script supervisor clapped the board.

Depp grabbed Hathaway's hair and walked forward. Hathaway screamed and bent over to follow, not resisting, and didn't continue screaming.

Depp threw Hathaway onto the bed, and Hathaway immediately giggled.

From here, it can also show that Hathaway wasn't forced, nor was it the first time she had been treated like this. She had long since adapted to Milk's rudeness and perversion.

Depp pulled his belt from his waist, whipped Hathaway twice with it, and then grabbed her clothes and tore them open with force.

!

Then he kicked off his pants. The camera was behind, giving his butt a big close-up.

It could also be seen through the lens that it wasn't just him who was bare-assed; Hathaway's clothes still had some strips of cloth hanging.

Depp bent over, grabbed Hathaway's hair from behind with one hand, and thrust forward...

The next two minutes were a long shot, which was also knowledge learning time.

If you don't learn seriously, you will be taught a lesson by Depp like Hathaway, screaming "ah ah ah."

"Cut!"

Depp started putting on his pants, and Hathaway started putting on her clothes.

This shot passed.

After everyone went out, only Gu Changwei and Cao Yang remained in the room. Gu Changwei winked at Cao Yang, and Cao Yang cursed in his heart: "Old pervert."

There were three more such passionate scenes: one in the bathroom, one in the shop Milk opened, and one in the car.

They corresponded to the second failure, the third time he moved into the gay neighborhood Castro Street for the election, and the celebration after the third election victory.

In addition, after Milk moved into Castro Street, the future stars who were still small-time players now all had a place to use their skills.

Matthew McConaughey, Tom Hardy, James Franco, Pedro Pascal, Ryan Reynolds, Henry Cavill, Chris Pratt, Chris Evans, Bradley Cooper, Cillian Murphy, Zachary Levi, etc.

These people all had more or less scenes. Two people formed a team, playing lovers, and being intimate openly on Castro Street—this was a very normal thing.

There was also a passionate scene between Milk's surface boyfriend, Casey Affleck, and his real boyfriend.

The one playing his real boyfriend was Cumberbatch, Benedict Cumberbatch.

In short, if this film is watched in the future, it will be quite brilliant. Counting the stars will make people tireless.

Perhaps in the future, it will be rumored that so many actors chosen by Director Cao Yang became big stars. Director Cao Yang is really powerful!

After two months of shooting, this brand-new *Despicable Milk* was all finished.

Depp's performance was as stable as ever. Many staff members and actors felt that if this film couldn't win Depp an award, then the Oscars definitely owed Depp an Oscar.

Cao Yang didn't care about this anymore. With the increase in his understanding of Hollywood, he felt more and more that Hollywood was even more unbearable than he imagined. No wonder Gu Changwei had always rejected coming here.

Hollywood is prosperous on the surface, but it is a tool—an extremely important tool. So if outsiders want to have great development here, then first you must become "one of us."

He used to think that Ang Lee shooting *Brokeback Mountain* was to win awards more easily and to take shortcuts. Now, the more he saw and the more he understood, he realized that it wasn't like that at all.

Cao Yang no longer cared about the Oscars. His main goal now was the Cannes Film Festival next year.

This film itself conforms to European political correctness, especially the French Gallic Rooster, one of the five permanent members. As their discourse power becomes less and less, they don't mind mocking the stupid Americans fiercely in other aspects.

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