Chapter 19

The filming in the studio quickly came to an end. Next will be the highlight of this film, the scene on the warship.

However, when the whole team pulled to the filming venue at the San Diego Naval Base, the scene in front of him shocked Henry.

You know that most of the scenes in the movie Under Siege are on a warship, so finding a warship to cooperate and perform actual filming is the most favorable way.

Because doing so, not only can the scene be truly restored—it is real—but it also saves a lot of money for building filming sets.

It's just that you need the cooperation of the US Navy.

This film is a year-end action masterpiece in Henry's pre-crossing memory. There is no doubt that it is the best film type for people without girlfriends to watch.

And because I like this film, I went to see some behind-the-scenes stories. Besides, during the movie's release period, in order to increase the box office, various news would bombard it uninterruptedly, and the relevant news I knew naturally increased.

For example, the main stage of the film is on the only active battleship of the US military, the USS Missouri. But when actually filming internal shots, it was on the battleship USS Alabama, which had retired and was used as a museum ship.

The submarine used by the villains was played by the Gato-class submarine USS Drum, which also retired as a museum ship during World War II.

The actual shots of the USS Missouri battleship appearing in the film are only external shots sailing in Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Ocean, and San Francisco Bay.

As for the warship battle command room of the final decisive battle, because there is a considerable degree of destruction, the military, of course, could not let the film production team randomly install explosives and detonate in this heart of the warship, which can be said to be the warship.

Even if it is just a retired museum ship, it is not allowed to leave a little explosion trace for bullets.

And if actual filming is carried out, there is also a suspicion of exposing military equipment.

Don't look at them as old antiques from World War II, and think that it doesn't matter if they are exposed. The value of some equipment is not just the core, even the layout method is a secret that cannot be disclosed.

So the scene of the battle command room was built in another place with reference to the information provided by the military. That is, the part that was filmed in the studio earlier.

Other scenes on the ship that will be detonated or destroyed will be handled in the same way. It is not to say that the US Navy lends the warship as a filming venue, and the production team can mess around on it.

Under such a premise, Henry originally thought that the production team would run to Mobile Bay in Alabama for filming. Because the battleship Alabama is a museum ship, the storage location is there.

Whether it is to reactivate the sealed battleship, or just use a tugboat to drag the Alabama to San Diego, the cost is far higher than transporting the entire team including equipment to Alabama, filming, and then transporting it back.

But what Henry didn't expect was that he actually saw a giant monster with serial number 63, 270 meters long, and a standard displacement of 45,000 tons at the San Diego Naval Base, the Iowa-class third ship, battleship USS Missouri.

Except that the serial number will not be mistaken, another obvious feature is that the secondary gun positions on both sides of the bridge were modified into missile launchers. That is, the position where Tomahawk cruise missiles are launched at the end of the film.

This is the result of modernization, not the original design of the Iowa class.

Watching the familiar staff moving photography equipment onto this active battleship, the idea that this warship just happened to appear was overturned before it took shape. Henry, this Kryptonian who crossed over, could only be stunned.

This world is too magical. Just filming a movie, actually able to use an active battleship!

Not the kind of big iron block that was sealed after retirement and had its weapons dismantled. It is a war weapon of the largest level on the surface that can hit cannons and devour people. Aircraft carriers are just combat platforms and cannot be compared at all.

This feeling is like filming an anti-terrorism movie, but actually pulling the US military to the Middle East, beating a local armed force, and letting the production team film it by the way.

Is this film creation, or a documentary!

Seeing an assistant director who was more familiar walking by, Henry asked in surprise: "Brother, are we really going to film a movie on this monster?"

"Really. All this is thanks to our heroine, to have such an opportunity."

This assistant director was moving boxes of materials from his car. Henry looked at the other party who couldn't finish moving in one trip, so he hugged two boxes, one left and one right, and followed the assistant director, while quietly asking:

"I heard that Mr. Seagal and other producers seem to have made appointments with quite a few girls for the heroine's position. Does Erica have nothing to do with them?"

People will have a sense of distance, just because the topic is wrong, and they are taboo about talking deeply. This is also the difference between social phobia and social cattle.

Henry is of course not very familiar with this assistant director, just a colleague in a production team. But talking about gossip, especially about girls, who is not willing to chat a few words.

Especially Henry also helped move things, and the conversation was very skillful. He didn't ask directly how many girls our producer slept with, and who they were. If he asked such a question, he would have to worry about whether he would sell it to reporters or gossip tabloids when he turned around.

But since it's just "making an appointment", then you can talk about it. So this assistant director approached Henry a few steps, lowered his voice and said: "Actually, Mr. Seagal originally intended to have other actresses who could cooperate, Erica was not the first choice.

"But you also know, this film lacks the assistance of the military, we can only build sets for filming, or play some models. Not only is the watchability reduced, but the production cost doesn't know how much it will increase.

"In order to get on the line with the military, we found a suitable candidate. The other party directly convinced the US Navy to agree to lend the active battleship as a filming venue.

"As a condition of exchange, the candidate for the heroine... um, you know. So as the only female star in the production team, not considering those female stunt actors, who wouldn't be interested in her. But who in Hollywood dares to reach out."

Hollywood's power-sex trade has swallowed countless women with unique conditions. Making them have to treat themselves as chips, put them on that table that cannot be exposed, and talk about conditions with people.

But if a woman's back is a presence that can pull the US Navy's active battleship out for a stroll, touching such a woman is a prelude to a studio accident.

Since you have a main gun that can hit, then the main gun goes off, and if you lose someone, isn't it a matter of course for an accidental event. No one can find any faults.

Anyway, as long as you give a subtitle at the beginning or end of the film, "We specially remember so-and-so", and then add a sentence "Thank you for his contribution", this matter will end satisfactorily.

Relevant events can also be hyped by the film factory to increase the exposure of the film. Turning a funeral into a happy event is simply a good thing that kills two birds with one stone!