American fame and fortune

Time entered March, and Martin rushed to New York to join the crew of "John Wick 3" who were rehearsing action scenes at Bruce Colin Studios.

The crew came to New York as early as last year.

Martin came relatively late, like Mene and Blake Lively. After joining the team last year, they started rehearsing action scenes.

In the shooting range set up separately on the set, Martin held a shotgun, stood in front of the target position, and skillfully stuffed red shell bullets into the barrel of the gun.

Marcus said from the side: "Chad designed a gun battle in which you use a shotgun. It requires you to load the gun at super fast speed and then shoot quickly, while also making tactical movements."

"Sounds a bit difficult." Martin placed the loaded gun on the table, picked up a single row of red shell bullets and tied it to his waist: "But that doesn't include me!"

He picked up the gun, aimed at the human-shaped target in front of him, and fired continuously.

Red bullet casings fell to the ground, and a human-shaped target fell in the sound of gunfire.

Martin marched quickly, holding a gun in one hand and grabbing the red-cased bullet from the magazine on his waist with the other hand. Without even looking at it, he completed the rapid reloading in a few breaths.

Another human target was erected, Martin turned the muzzle of his gun and fired again.

He had an excellent touch, his shots were flawless, and the human-shaped targets kept falling down.

Blake Lively, wearing leather boots and jeans, walked over from a short distance away, stood next to Marcus, and said, "He's a great shooter."

Marcus swayed his increasingly fat belly and said: "There are not many people with firearms and shooting talents like Martin. Sometimes talent is much better than hard training."

Blake Lively deeply agreed: "It's true. Talent is very useful."

The gunfire stopped, and Martin walked back from the shooting range with the shotgun on his shoulder.

A voice announced the target loudly: "30 shots, all hits!"

Martin lowered his gun and unloaded the emptied magazine.

Blake came over and said, "You are really talented. You are good with the gun, you can shoot accurately, you are fast, and you have great endurance."

Martin pointed at the still smoking muzzle of the gun: "You'd better say it's a gun."

Blake's eyes were wandering: "Of course I am talking about guns. You are very talented with guns. Marcus just praised you."

She suddenly thought of the purpose of coming here: "The horses have been delivered, and Chad wants to call you. I just happened to come over and bring you a message."

"Let's go take a look first." Martin simply packed up, handed the firearms and other items to the gunsmith, and called Marcus to go to the stables.

Due to filming needs, the crew built a temporary stable at the Brooklyn Studio.

In addition, a street for Martin to fight on horseback was built using scenery and props.

Whether it is a stable or a street, the price of setting up a scene for shooting is almost the same as renting it outside, but the shooting time can be completely decided by the crew.

Martin entered the stable. Three strong black horses had been taken out of the car by the trainer and temporarily placed in the stable.

Chad and Chen Hu are both here.

The former sees Martin and introduces the trainer and the two jockeys, who will also act as Martin's stunt double.

Except for a few action scenes, Martin can complete the rest of the circus with ease. In his previous life, he did this professionally and worked as a stunt double in circus and other circuses for a long time.

But later on, there were very few crew members who actually filmed circuses.

On the one hand, actors are very delicate, and no one can take responsibility for any accidents. On the other hand, horses are also very delicate, and the rental price is high.

Arriving in front of a shiny black horse, Martin asked the trainer to take him over to get a little familiar with the horse.

Although these are domesticated horses, there is still a process.

Chad came over and asked Martin: "Is the circus okay?"

"What I'm best at is riding and marksmanship," Martin said.

Blake Lively, who was following him, shrugged, thinking it was okay because she had actually experienced it.

Chen Hu asked Martin: "Have you ever filmed a circus before?"

Martin thought about it carefully and said, "I filmed it in Atlanta."

Mene came over and said, "The late night scene, I remember it was with a blonde actress, the one on horseback, it was quite amazing."

Chad, Chen Hu, Marcus and Blake were all a little surprised.

Martin didn't care. After all, the film's distribution was poor at first, but after he became famous, video and DVD sales skyrocketed.

He was still getting acquainted with the horse and walked around on it for a while.

Mene whispered to Chad and others: "You can check out YouTube. There is a short video clip on it, including all of Martin's large-scale dramas since his debut."

Blake recalled: "Except for "The Reader" with Kate Winslet, my other Hollywood roles were not very big."

Chad, who collaborated with Martin early on, agreed: "Other large-scale scenes are all action scenes."

Mene added: "The film should be called "The Man from the City", apparently it is Martin's debut film." He looked at the horses and lowered his voice: "But I heard Old Boo say that before that, Martin, He also filmed a large-scale drama in which he and Robert, the high priest of the Coca-Cola Cult, lay on the ground as dead bodies, and then the hero and heroine played poker in front of them..."

Marcus scratched his head: "What kind of Sacred Valley plot is this!"

Blake's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he must look for these movies to watch carefully.

The group of people were still discussing. After Martin became familiar with the horse, he mounted the horse as gently and slowly as possible, controlled the reins, and drove the horse outside.

After leaving the stables, there is a road built by the crew for filming.

Martin rode the horse for a short walk, then slowly accelerated and let the horse trot at a constant speed.

In his previous life and in Atlanta, he often filmed scenes on horses. In recent years, he has gained a lot of riding experience. Martin rode to the end of the road and then turned back. When he came back, he accelerated the horse again.

Chad was relieved to see Martin riding skillfully.

In such a drama, the male protagonist can gallop, which will save a lot of trouble during filming.

Martin rode back and forth three times, returned to the stables, got off the horse, and said, "This is a good horse."

The jockey suggested: "You'd better take some time every day to spend more time with this horse and ride it a few times every day. This will help you cooperate with each other and will be good for filming."

Martin listened: "No problem, I will take some time to come here every day."

Others also tried to ride off their horses and left one after another half an hour later.

On the way to the studio, Blake Lively said: "I also learned to ride a horse when I was filming "Gossip Girl," but I wasn't very skilled, so I could only ride on a horse."

Martin was not at ease with her: "Don't sneak up here and ride alone."

Blake said softly: "I can practice riding at night. It's boring during the day."

Martin happens to also want to practice riding, and golden retriever horses are also good.

Chad and others followed from behind.

Martin turned to look at Chad: "When will the circus be filmed?"

"We shot the circus first," Chad said. "These horses are expensive to rent and we didn't have a lot of budget to throw at them."

Several people entered the studio together. Inside the tall studio, the crew used a large amount of tempered glass and special glass materials to build a building.

The lights are turned on at this time, and the glass building is colorful and colorful.

Martin wanted to go up and take a look, but was stopped by Chad.

The director said: "It has not yet been completed. This is the filming location for the last action scene of the film, which cost 3.5 million US dollars."

Martin looked at the glass building with his hands on his hips and said: "It's worth the money. There is so much glass. It reminds me of a Hong Kong movie I watched."

Chad asked: "'Police Story'?" When Martin nodded, he said bluntly: "Actually, when Tiger and I designed this section, we got inspiration from this Hong Kong movie."

The action scenes in the third part are more intensive than the first two parts. The first two parts have already established a good audience base. The production budget of this film is as high as 90 million US dollars.

Investments come from Davis Studios, Pacific Studios and Gray Films.

In addition, Sofia's Beast House Entertainment also has a partial investment.

The actor's contract signed by Martin and the crew has a basic salary of up to 20 million U.S. dollars. The later box office share is based on a starting point of 100 million U.S. dollars in North America. It is still a stepped share, but it can reach up to 20% of the North American box office!

This is commonly referred to as the "20 plus 20" superstar salary.

However, to achieve this, the film's North American box office needs to exceed $270 million.

Then there is a series of post-production sharing, including DVD, TV broadcast and online on-demand, accounting for 20% of the profit.

The first two "John Wick" movies made huge profits. Not to mention Martin, the investor and leading actor, Chad, the director, has become a veritable multimillionaire.

At the end of the day, when Martin returned to the hotel, Blake Lively got into his car.

The two chatted about the filming of the film.

As the Escalade drove out of the studio, Martin asked: "Did you practice swimming and surfing during this time?"

"I can swim, and my level is pretty good." Black said softly: "I haven't had time to practice surfing yet. It requires a lot of time for professional practice, and I haven't had time."

She quickly explained: "I passed the audition for the crew and spent four months working out, practicing guns and fighting. I also had to learn simple dog training and be able to communicate with dogs during filming. In my spare time, I had to run social accounts to attract fans' attention... …”

Martin said: "Wait until this movie is finished."

Blake asked curiously: "Are you planning to make a movie about swimming and surfing?"

Martin simply said: "The character should be a good surfer who likes to go to remote wild beaches to challenge his limits. Once he had an accident."

Blake nodded: "I understand. When the film is finished, I will practice it seriously."

She asked tentatively: "When will the script be available?"

"I've talked to Bradt and he's already started writing the script," Martin said.

Back at the hotel where the crew stayed, the two went to have dinner to replenish their energy, and then returned to Martin's suite to practice riding together.