Chatty Hollywood

River Phoenix has always felt that his life is a drama.

Therefore, even though he felt that the way he died was a bit embarrassing, he did not regret it very much.

——After all, this is America.

In this country, it is not uncommon for people to kill themselves by taking medicine.

However, Ruifan never thought that the drama would continue after his death.

—and turned into a fantasy drama.

Although he was trapped in the back alley of the Black Mamba Bar for more than a year, Ruifan's consciousness was not very clear.

——Well, according to Charlotte, there is no brain available, so the thinking is chaotic.

But after being summoned by the exorcist who also works as a film director, Ruifan realizes——

He is already a ghost.

A ghost without a body, unable to contact living friends, and trapped alone between life and death.

What's the point of continuing to exist like this?

To a certain extent, Ruifan is very free and easy.

When he was alive, he was very free and easy, even to the point of killing himself.

Now that he is dead, he has nothing to worry about.

If there's nothing meaningful to do, just dissipate.

As Charlotte said, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

——Hey, if you think about it carefully, this sounds a bit like what Keanu, a Buddhist, would say.

Unfortunately, life is not so satisfactory.

It's like this when you're alive.

Dead, same thing.

Charlotte summoned Ruifan, hoping that he could do something for her.

Ruifan did not refuse.

On the one hand, I can't refuse, and on the other hand, I don't want to refuse.

——Because the person the other party wants to help is Ruifan's best friend during his lifetime, Johnny Depp.

River knows that Depp is very fond of Winona Ryder.

Seeing Winona unconscious and Depp looking in pain as he guarded her, River also wanted to help his friend.

Therefore, when Charlotte took Ruifan to steal his remains buried in the coffin, Ruifan did not object.

——Anyway, it was already a ball of antiseptic, lifeless organic matter.

Therefore, when Charlotte used cooking methods to peel off the remaining organic matter on River's remains and took out his bones, he did not object.

——He is already a ghost anyway. Even if the remains are cooked, he will not feel any pain or itching.

So when Charlotte asked him to attach herself to a pair of black women's stockings, he -

Well, this time, he objected.

After all, because he became a ghost, his life has changed from an ordinary drama to a fantasy drama, and he really doesn't want to turn into a fantasy comedy again.

Unfortunately, the objection was ineffective.

An ordinary ghost is as weak as a small animal when faced with a powerful exorcist.

What's more, the other party still spoke plausibly:

"I said before that to help Depp rescue Winona, you need to become the Headless Horseman. And the fastest way to become the Headless Horseman is to possess the bodies of those actors during filming."

Having said this, he glanced at Ruifan with a contemptuous look.

"Or are you and Johnny Depp just fair-weather friends?"

You have to admit, even if you become a ghost, Ruifan is still an impulsive young man——

When he recovered from the excitement, he had turned into a pair of stockings and was put over his head by the Headless Horseman's stuntman Rob Inge...

——I'm still too young!

Seeing the director's successful expression, Ruifan completely understood the mental gap between himself and the other party.

——Well, according to this guy, as a ghost, he has no brain at all. Being able to think normally is entirely due to borrowing the subconscious thinking ability of the possessed person...

This fact made Ruifan even more frustrated.

However, the subsequent shooting process made Ruifan feel a lot more comfortable——

He experienced the joy of acting again.

Even the Headless Horseman doesn’t say anything about his expression most of the time.

Ruifan also had a great time playing a character that didn't even have a face or a head.

He didn't even directly control the bodies of the two stuntmen who played the headless horseman.

Just by guiding them in their subconscious mind, allowing them to perform as they wished without even realizing it, Ruifan felt a burst of joy from the bottom of his heart.

——Yes, I like performing!

It wasn't until this moment that Rui Fan remembered the simple fact.

"However, time should be running out!"

River knew that the scenes involving the Headless Horseman in "Sleepy Hollow" should be filmed soon.

And after that, even if he doesn't disappear for a while, which director will ask him to act?

After all, not every director is an exorcist.

During the filming, River even felt a sense of reluctance the moment he attached himself to Rob Inge and caught the skull thrown by Depp.

——Well, this reluctance may also have something to do with this skull.

-This is his skull.

——His real skull of River Phoenix!

He didn't know if this was the director's bad taste, or if this was really a special ritual as he said...

——By the way, what on earth did he do to his skull? Why didn’t anyone, including Depp, realize that this was a real skeleton?

In short, looking at the two empty holes in his skull, at this moment, Ruifan, who was originally laughing and crying, suddenly realized -

Death, turns out to be such a terrible thing!

"Unfortunately, even if you cry and say "I don't want to die" now, it's already too late."

A trace of bitterness flashed in Ruifan's heart.

Together with his possessed Rob Inge, he silently raised the skull with both hands and made a motion of placing it on his neck.

——Ruifan knew that special effects would be used here during post-production.

——Of course, considering the weirdness of director Charlotte Booth, it is not impossible that he directly used some strange magic here.

In short, according to the script, here, the headless horseman with the skull attached will turn into a person with a head again, or a ghost.

"If only I could do the same!"

At this moment, Ruifan thought like this.

Unfortunately, this is just a fantasy after all.

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The last scene of this scene is the Headless Horseman taking Katrina's stepmother, who was caught on horseback, as they gallop toward the Tree of Death.

Unlike the previous scenes, which required Christopher Walken to perform in person as the headless horseman with a head, this scene required stuntman Rob Inge to perform because of the high demands on equestrian skills.

River Phoenix also appeared.

"The moment I shout "Cut", I will actually open the gate of hell. This is to enhance the spell effect of this scene."

Before the filming started, Charlotte sent a message to Ruifan in a special way,

"Don't be afraid, I will pull you back at the last moment!"

Pull it back! ?

A trace of uncertainty suddenly flashed in Ruifan's heart.

He heard that the female ghost named Alexis who possessed Charlotte's girlfriend said that the Hell Gate is an extremely terrifying thing for ghosts like them——

"Go through that terrible door and you will literally never return!"

Thinking of this, Ruifan suddenly became afraid.

He didn't want to go near that door!

Unfortunately, filming has already started at this time——

Along with the fallen leaves blown by the blower, Robert Inge rode forward, towards the "Tree of Death" with the Gate of Hell below...

Then--

"Cut!"

PS1: "Alive" is a movie made by Zhang Yimou in 1994. It includes Ge You and Gong Li. This movie is quite famous. PS2: This chapter title can be said to be Ruifan’s greatest irony, but it is also his greatest hope!