"Because everyone knows that childhood has the greatest impact on a person. Alled said: The fortunate spend their whole lives being healed by their childhood, while the unfortunate spend their whole lives healing their childhood." Shawn Carter said, "This segment of animation is almost mandatory in making the audience recognize what kind of person Ishii Yulian is, and what her personality is like. In live-action, especially with child actors, it's impossible to portray this."

Teacher White pondered. Indeed, finding four- or five-year-old girls, as well as eleven-year-old girls to act, would make it very hard to achieve the effect of animation. Even if they did find two child actors with such good acting skills, is it really okay to have children act in something so bloody?

"And there's another reason," Shawn Carter said. "The female lead is taking revenge on her enemy, and Ishii Yulian is also taking revenge on her enemy. In the end, Ishii Yulian also becomes the target of someone else's revenge. This is a deliberately set dual line of fate. But if such similar fates appear in one film, it would be too repetitive, so animation is used to forcibly distinguish the forms."

Teacher White applauded and said softly, "He who fights with monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. I owe you an apology. I originally thought it was a carelessly written script, but I didn't expect such deep thought in it. Suddenly, I thought of the scene where the female lead kills her second target, Copperhead, and unintentionally kills her in front of Copperhead's daughter. The female lead also becomes a monster. That's brilliant."

Actually, who knows what Quentin was thinking? Maybe he just likes this style, and acting on a whim is completely normal. However, even if we don't know, what is Shawn Carter's second profession?

A film critic! Someone who always understands movies even better than directors.

Quentin is just a filmmaker—what does he know about "Kill Bill"? Look at Shawn Carter's well-reasoned explanation, which completely convinced Teacher White.

On a side note, childhood has a huge impact on a person. For example, Yin Susu, whose mother told young Zhang Wuji before she died that the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to deceive you. So when Zhang Wuji grew up, he only talked to pretty girls—utter moral degeneration!

Chapter 10 Private Chat

"Sister Foster, your leg..." Shawn Carter looked at Mindy Foster's leg, and everyone in the theater fell silent.

The scene to be filmed today is when the female lead wakes up in the hospital after four years of sleep, followed by several minutes of close-up shots of her legs—a treat for leg enthusiasts. Although Shawn Carter, as a leg enthusiast himself, didn't think these legs looked good, mainly because the shape wasn't right. About these legs...

Ahem, please stop the gentlemanly behavior.

According to interviews on Earth with Uma Thurman, those were her real legs, no stand-in was used.

But Mindy Foster's legs—actually, the shape is quite nice, very straight, and the calf muscles look good. The key is, there are wounds on them. If it were just wounds, that would be fine. As a former assassin, having scars on her legs is very realistic. But the problem is the bruises, which don't make sense. The setting is that the female lead has been lying in the hospital for four months. Although she was sexually assaulted multiple times during that period, the perpetrators, afraid of being discovered, would obviously avoid leaving marks. Having bruises is clearly a continuity error.

"My skin doesn't bruise easily, but once it does, it takes a long time to fade. It's been two weeks already," Mindy Foster said apologetically. "Normally, bruises like this take more than a month to heal."

Shawn Carter's first reaction wasn't about the delay, but rather—how much must that hurt? That's not just a bruise; that's subcutaneous bleeding, all black and blue. There's also a scar on the inside of her thigh, as long as a forefinger. It's unclear how deep the wound is, but now you can only see the hideous scar.

A woman's legs are her second face. No wonder there are so few female action stars—becoming one basically ruins your looks. Why does Mindy Foster still insist on confining herself to the action film circle under these circumstances?

"Otherwise, for the shoot, let's hire a leg model," the assistant director suggested.

"No need, we'll shoot this scene last. Just wait, Sister Foster." Shawn Carter made the final decision, and the assistant director said no more.

"The scars on my legs won't go away. It's not really suitable," Mindy Foster subconsciously bit her thumb as she thought.

Shawn Carter explained, "The female lead is an assassin, so having old scars on her legs is very reasonable. Besides, Sister Foster's legs look good."

A month later, the scenes at the Beijing Film Studio were completed, and the crew flew to Japan to shoot the final showdown between Ishii Yulian and the female lead, set at Gonpachi Izakaya in Nishi-Azabu.

Strictly speaking, on Earth, this scene was actually shot at the Beijing Film Studio. The set was built to look like Gonpachi Izakaya, and during filming, the Japanese customers inside were actually all Chinese.

After "Kill Bill" became famous, Gonpachi Izakaya promoted itself as a filming model for "Kill Bill"—note, a filming model, not an actual filming location. There are many theories as to why Quentin didn't shoot on location; it's probably a budget issue. Given the amount of smashing and destruction in the movie, the costs would indeed be too high.

However, Shawn Carter chose to shoot on location in Japan, mainly for a free trip... Oops, that was the truth slipping out. Mainly, it was for better film quality.

On the other hand, the parking lot, the hospital, and the small house where Copperhead lives were all built at the studio. It has to be said, the Beijing Film Studio's capabilities are truly impressive—they can perfectly recreate everything. Shawn Carter was very satisfied.