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Chapter 772 Do Another Take
At his words, Evelyn actually put down her fork and dared not eat more.
Having carefully gone through the script Xaiden gave her, she knew the scene involved a few parts where she had
to tumble onto the ground. He's right. I might throw up if I get too full.
Meanwhile, Donald did not appear the least bit fazed. As he ate, he said to Xaiden, “You're Mr. Stone, right? I don't
know much about making movies. As I recall, however, there are usually stunt doubles for fight scenes. Are you
sure about having one of Dragon Fide Corporation's artists perform their own stunts?”
Xaiden snorted coldly. “Who does Evelyn think she is? Why would she expect to have a stunt double for these kinds
of action scenes? Since you don't know much about moviemaking, you should zip your mouth. Terminate the
contract if she doesn't want to do it. There's a steep penalty for terminating the contract, and I'd like to see
whether you can cough up that sum.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtDonald knew what he should do after seeing Xaiden behave so arrogantly.
When everyone had finished eating lunch, he asked Nikita to get him a chair. Then, he sat in a corner, ready to
spend the afternoon watching Evelyn on set.
The scene was a chance to showcase how deeply infatuated Evelyn's character was. While pursuing the male lead,
some thugs hired by another supporting female character would corner her in an alleyway and beat her up.
Evelyn stood in position according to the script. Then, on Xaiden's instructions, three thugs immediately started
rushing toward her.
By right, these sorts of action sequences did not involve actual fighting. That was because if the actors got hurt,
they would be unable to film anything after that.
Donald noticed that whenever the three thugs were supposed to strike Evelyn's face, they used the film technique
of faking it while still making it sound realistic. However, the trio would secretly exert more force when hitting her
abdomen or back.
Every time that happened, she would scrunch up her face in pain. Her expressions were not acting but because it
actually hurt!
The action sequence ended with the three men pushing Evelyn to the ground. However, there was nothing to
cushion her fall when they did so, and they shoved her down just like that.
It felt as though someone had bashed her knees, and tears sprang to her eyes instantly.
“Cut!”
Xaiden strode over to her and snapped, “Excuse me, could you be a little more professional? Have you read the
script I gave you? Huh? In this movie, your character is a strong woman. Even if she's getting beaten up by three
thugs, she should still have an indomitable look in her eyes. She's willing to sacrifice anything to pursue true love,
but what's with those tears on your cheeks? Is she going to cry because she got beaten by three thugs?”
“I hurt my knees when I fell just now, and it was so painful that I couldn't hold in my tears,” she explained, looking
at him with an aggrieved expression.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“It was so painful that you couldn't hold in your tears? Ms. Shabelle, do you know how expensive our film stock is?
Because you didn't get it right, we'll have to do another take. Are you going to bear the cost of that? Let's do this
again. If you don't hold in your tears this time, you can get off my set.”
Xaiden had everyone return to their positions for a second take.
Alas, the same thing happened. In fact, the three actors playing the thugs hit her even harder.
When they pushed Evelyn down, her knees smashed onto the floor again. However, she forced herself to hold in
her tears.
“Cut!”
No sooner had Xaiden walked over than Evelyn quickly said, “I didn't cry this time.”
“Yes, you didn't cry, but what about your expression? Why are you biting your lip and looking so miserable?”
“It's very painful, so—”
“Do you think I don't d*mn well know it's painful? How will you show the character's resilient spirit if it doesn't hurt?
Let's do another take!”
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