Chatty Hollywood

Chapter 364 Merry Christmas

If Addison Young, who was in charge of shooting, could hear Keanu Reeves's voice, Mr. Photographer would definitely scoff.

"This is not an illusion caused by you being in great condition and being too involved in the drama!"

"This is a real scene!!"

“It’s just that most people can’t see it!!!”

——Of course, the reality is that Addison Young does not have the ability to read minds, so he has one less opportunity to complain.

After Charlotte confessed to him and Lao Qiang, the photographer who agreed to cooperate with Charlotte was able to see those strange "magic special effects" through the camera at any time.

And Addison also knows that those are not just special effects.

At least, Mr. Photographer knew that the pair of wings behind Alexis were real.

And the man currently fighting Keanu Reeves in front of the camera should also be a ghost.

Otherwise, why does the demonic half of his face look so lifelike in the footage captured by the camera?

Moreover, judging from what he meant, he seemed to have a tacit understanding of cooperation with Reeves.

Could it be an actor he has worked with before?

"That's River Phoenix!"

Charlotte whispered in Addison Yang’s ear.

This made Mr. Photographer stunned for a moment——

Of course he knows who River Phoenix is. As an actor who died young, River was well-known both inside and outside Hollywood circles.

And Charlotte also said before that he turned Riveran's ghost into the headless horseman...

But through the camera, Addison Young still couldn't believe it when he looked at the man with half a demon face fighting Keanu Reeves.

"Reeves doesn't know yet, does he?"

Addison asked quietly.

"I haven't told him yet."

Charlotte nodded,

"Although I have a plan to tell him because there are some things that require his cooperation later?"

"whats the matter?"

"Something about the ghost itself."

After hearing Charlotte's answer, Addison Yang stopped talking.

Although he boarded Charlotte's pirate ship, he still didn't want to know too much about ghosts if possible.

——I always feel that it will cause a lot of trouble...

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In front of the camera, Constantine, played by Keanu Reeves, is still beating up the demon Balthazar.

After the sacred shotgun didn't work, he chose the golden finger glove as his weapon.

"The gold used in the gold finger gloves was blessed by Archbishop Annicott during the Crusades. The four protrusions on it are engraved with crosses, so they are extremely effective against evil spirits."

Before filming, Charlotte specifically explained to Keanu the origins of several of the weapons he used.

Keanu felt at the time that knowing or not knowing had no impact on the filming.

However, when it came time to actually shoot, he discovered that after knowing the source of the weapon, he did feel a divine power.

"Okay, this must be another illusion caused by being too involved in the drama!"

Keanu thought so, but the movements of his hands did not stop until a "CUT" sounded.

"This one is not bad, passed!"

What Charlotte saw on the monitor was a lens that had been modified by magic special effects.

Driven by River, who plays Balthazar, the whole scene was indeed shot well.

The director nodded and asked the actors to start the next scene——

The next scene is a clip of Constantine after defeating the demon Balthazar and threatening him to tell the truth.

"I'll be waiting for you in hell, John!"

Constantine's usual approach to demons is to send them back to hell.

But on the other hand, Balthazar, who came from hell, is actually not afraid of returning to hell.

Therefore, even after being defeated, he still provoked Constantine arrogantly.

However, this time Constantine changed his approach.

"I will recite the incantation for you,

Then I’ll send you to heaven! "

This time, it hit Balthazar's Achilles' heel.

For demons accustomed to hell, heaven is even more terrifying than hell.

Of course, Balthazar did not believe Constantine's words all of a sudden. After all, normally, demons cannot go to heaven.

But looking at Constantine reciting incantations and splashing holy water on him, Balthazar, who felt something was getting more and more wrong, finally got scared.

"With the precious blood of Jesus, he found the weapon to kill the Son of God and enable the Son of the Devil to be born in the world!"

Unable to bear it, the devil finally revealed the way for Manmeng, the son of Satan, to cross the boundary between hell and earth.

Then--

He was mocked by Constantine,

"You have to ask God for forgiveness yourself to get into heaven, you fool!"

——In other words, as long as Balthazar resists, Constantine does not have the ability to let Balthazar go to heaven.

The Exorcist was just deceiving him all along!

"CUT!"

Charlotte frowned and looked at the monitor again;

"Keanu, your last emotion was not right! Balthazar killed two of Constantine's friends, so after Constantine tricked him, he should have had very complicated emotions, not just The feeling of relief from hatred.”

"……knew."

The next thing is naturally to reshoot.

During the repeated reshoots, time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Christmas 1996 arrived.

Today, according to American work habits, it should be a holiday.

But Charlotte did the work of the entire crew, paid a lot of overtime pay, and asked to continue shooting several important scenes.

——Constantine faced the demon Menmeng who possessed Angeli, and the scene when he finally faced Satan, or Lucifer.

These shots can be said to be the best part of the movie "Hell Detective".

"You chose to shoot on Christmas Day for a purpose, right?"

As a supporting character, Charlize actually has very few scenes.

She had already filmed it before.

However, due to her free schedule, the girl currently has nothing to do except occasionally visit her mother, so she often hangs out on the set of "Hell Detective".

She was used to Charlotte's exorcism methods. When she saw that Charlotte had chosen to shoot on Halloween, she immediately realized that there was something fishy in it.

After all, in "Sleepy Hollow", how Charlotte used Halloween left a deep impression on the girl.

"That feeling is exactly the same as the sudden realization after watching "Around the World in Eighty Days" for the first time!"

Therefore, Charlize felt that Christmas must have some special meaning.

"The special meaning is Christmas!"

Mr. Director smiled and said,

"This day itself is very special."

Charlotte shrugged.

"But you're right, I do plan to do something today."

"do what!?"

Charlize asked curiously.

But the director didn't mean to answer directly.

He leaned into the girl's ear and made a somewhat "hidden rule" request.