Chapter 26
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In mid-March, when Clark Kent arrived in Los Angeles, his interviewee, film industry newcomer Margaret Ajani, was filming action scenes for The Matrix, which had already opened.
During the months of pre-production, the Wachowski brothers, who directed and wrote the screenplay, and Yuan Woo-ping, a Chinese martial arts instructor, had tweaked the role of Trinity and the type of action sequences.
In the end, it was Margaret's rocketing fame and stature that made the movie possible.
When the script was first sent to Margot, she was a potential newcomer with CAA's backing, but now she's on a roll.
Not only is she sweeping the awards seasons, but her legendary personal life and charisma have recently made her a national school teen idol.
With the Oscars coming up in 10 days, she's sure to be the biggest name in the cast if she's lucky enough to win the double.
Unless the Wachowski brothers are out of their minds, they won't use this living brand as a supporting actor.
Even the team of martial arts instructors have changed the slightly exaggerated moves that were choreographed prior to the five months of martial arts training to make them more in line with women's strength and beauty.
Afterwards, Yuan Woo-ping personally designed Ajani's fighting moves.
For example, Trinity's one-against-four scene, the finalized action scene is elegant and smooth, agile and resolute, with a great sense of aesthetics and rhythm.
Her punches and kicks, without any unnecessary expression on her face or sound coming out of her mouth, are extremely eye-catching.
Her cool, decisive, and easy-going demeanor is so cool it's almost heavenly.
The Matrix tells the story of Neo, a young cyber-hacker who discovers that the seemingly normal real world is actually controlled by a computerized artificial intelligence system called the Matrix.
Guided by a mysterious woman named Trinity, Neo meets Murphys, the leader of the hacker organization, and the three of them embark on a journey to fight the Matrix.
Margot plays Trinity, a computer programmer and hacker who escaped the Matrix and made a name for herself in the hacking community by breaking into an extremely secure database.
As an assistant to the leader of the hackers, Murphys, Trinity helps others escape the matrix.
She has a very subtle and intimate relationship with Neo, and the movie will bring Neo back to life as if he had an epiphany because of her kisses and affection.
The resurrected Neo is reborn as a "savior" with the ability to rewrite the program within the matrix.
As a result, the war between humans and machines will enter a new era.
Margot was pretty sure when she first read the script that there would be a sequel to this movie, and that if it was a hit, Warner would at least make a trilogy.
As Margaret's first commercial movie in a starring role, Warner Bros. showed plenty of sincerity.
For the styling, Mr. Armani, who is very good at minimalism, was invited.
Based on a long black trench coat, minimalism was introduced into the luxury manufacturing process, combined with the concept of menswear design silhouette, interpreting masculinity in a feminine tone.
It shows off the figure without being overly sexy, and expresses the strong and uninhibited to the fullest.
The stylist was also exceptionally good, as he made Ajani's seafoamy black hair smooth, combed together meticulously, and resting neatly behind her.
Combined with the ultra-black sunglasses on her face, Trinity's emotional world seemed completely cut off from the outside world, with a cold, futuristic metallic touch.
But it was cool in an extraordinarily natural and eye-catching way.
Her long, ruffled hair and blue eyes look clear at first glance, but when you take a closer look, they seem like unfathomably cold pools.
When the photographer took her final photographs, an instant thought came to mind -
No one will ever get close to her heart, and it would be a fool's errand to kiss her.
So strong and cold, but so irresistible to her charms, just one glance, and then collapse.
On the set, the Wachowski brothers were sitting behind the camera with serious expressions.
The super-slow-motion images in many of the action scenes in The Matrix require the camera to reach nearly 12,000 frames per second, which is called "bullet-time photography.
Under the direction of visual effects director John Galt, the crew first designed the action, then shot it with a regular camera, then scanned the footage into a computer and captured it with a laser-guided tracking system.
All in all, the movie literally did everything for the best visual effects.
The rigor with which the action scenes were shot on location was even more stressful for the actors.
What is being filmed today is one of the heavy scenes in this movie.
The heroes, Neo and Trinity, travel to the dangerous base where the Matrix antivirus software is located, in preparation for rescuing the arrested hacker leader, Morpheus.
In this scene, Neo and Trinity have to face countless mercenaries and bullets.
The ceiling is equipped with a rail system, and the actors are suspended under the rail in their wigwams. All the explosives that produce the sound and light explosion effects, as well as the objects that are blown up, etc., have to be matched with the actors' complicated maneuvers.
Margaret looks independent and calm, while showing off her clean hands to the fullest.
But in reality, the pressure of filming to get the right moves exactly in place while keeping in sync with the blasts was so intense that the wires on her body were already making her muscles sore.
With this kind of filming experience, it would probably be a piece of cake to go on any other movie shoot.
The entire cast and crew had outstanding ability as well as dedication, sometimes reshooting a shot seventy times in order to make it perfect, and almost everyone became a perfectionist.
"Good!" said the Wachowski brothers, their voices picking up in appreciation as they were so pleased with the shot, "It's just perfect."
Margo let the crew unwrap the wigwam and followed the director back to the footage of the shot on the monitor.
Compared to the brute force action sequences that were still popular in the 90's, "The Matrix" combines Chinese Kung Fu with elegance.
Trinity is dressed in a sharp outfit, handsome trench coat and two large pistols, with a neutral elegance, as if stepping on the electronic rhythm of the virtual world, full of strong charisma that makes people fall for it.
Trinity's beauty does not come from her revealing clothes and flaunting of her head, but rather from the extraordinary aura of calmness.
Of course, unbeknownst to the current Matrix creators, this type of action movie has since been imitated and has gone from being "the special one" to being the popular one.
Margot's shooting didn't end today, but much of the crew's equipment had to be transferred to the next set before filming could take place.
In the process, Margaret was able to temporarily return to the RV parked nearby to rest and wait for the next scene to be filmed.
And today, her otherwise restful time was taken up with work, as she had to be interviewed by the Daily Planet.
The Daily Planet covered current affairs, finance , society, technology, culture, fashion, entertainment, etc., and was based in Metropolis, with considerable influence.
When it comes to Metropolis, Superman, the guardian of justice and truth, is known throughout the United States.
And this time the Daily Planet sent a reporter and editor who seemed a little too strapping and handsome.
He had a standard decent face, with sharp angles and a straight face.
One could almost be considered to have both the beautiful looks of a sun god and, at the same time, a healthy body full of strong male power.
It's a bit of a waste to be a behind-the-scenes worker.
Also - why are there always some big-breasted decent faces popping up around her lately?
What's the point of having such big pecs? Don't you know that people can't help but want to touch them?
Clark softened his voice, "Ms. Ajani, I'm sorry to take up your break."
Clark Kent was well used to being a newspaper reporter-editor when he wasn't saving the world.
It's a well-informed job, and people don't look at him differently and feel weird when he has to go to dangerous places or ask more questions.
But he wasn't an entertainment reporter and really didn't have much exposure to big Hollywood stars.
Even if Clark's other identity was Superman, it was hard not to be a little overwhelmed by looking at the great beauty in front of him.
The mannequin-like Mr. Nanny, Grant Ward, was serving coffee to the two men, and then looked over at his female boss -- the
"Margot, you need to set aside some rest time before the next shoot, it was so frantic earlier that your muscles are stiff, do you need me to massage your leg muscles to slow down the fatigue?"
You see, our Mr. Double Agent's passion for the assistant nanny business is truly touching.
Tony Stark had informed Margot months ago that this assistant at her side was an agent from the Strategic Homeland Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency.
Margaret hesitated for a few seconds, and in the end didn't fire Ward or even bring up the matter.
What the hell? The undercover agent made good coffee anyway, and she happened to be a Frenchman who couldn't stay away from coffee at all.
What Margo didn't realize was that S.H.I.E.L.D. had actually brought up the idea of transferring Grant Ward back to headquarters, but the handsome, tall undercover agent had declined the offer and remained in Los Angeles.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury was a bit dumbfounded--
Didn't he say at first that this undercover mission was stupid as hell? Now what? Falling in love with the nanny business?
But Director Nick Fury, wearing a single eyepatch, eventually agrees with Agent Ward's decision.
The Hollywood actress was indeed surrounded by a number of suspicious people and the continuation of the undercover mission was necessary.
But the Hydra side doesn't feel the same way-
Excuse me?
You cheated multiple paychecks out of your subsidy to go stargazing?
Are you a human being? Is it easy for HYDRA to make money? You're the scum of the organization!
I can't! We need to send the Winter Soldier to get him back? Or at least beat him up!
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