King of Hollywood

Chapter 130 Everything is Interest

In late June, "Pulp Fiction" was released for two weeks, and after getting a box office of 27 million US dollars in North America, Adrian arrived in London with Kate first. They visited Kate's family first, before going to Emma's.

The little girl looked very happy, her eyes almost turned into crescents, but she still ignored Kate. Well, occasionally there will be a reaction, but it is either making a face or deliberately pretending to be "I don't like you". Although Kate is very depressed and upset, she still shrugs helplessly as before.

"Okay, don't take it to heart, Kate, she's just a 2-year-old child." On the way back to the hotel, Adrian comforted his lover while driving.

"I know she's only a 2-year-old, but..." Kate gestured annoyed, "Even if I left a bad impression on her because I hit you excitedly, it's too much. Is it longer?"

"It's not surprising, Kate. Children have very good memories and can remember a lot of things in a day, so when we were young, we always felt that every day was very long." Adrian shrugged, "When she gets older, Once you start to learn some complicated things, you won’t keep this little thing in your mind.”

"How long will it take? Two years or three years?" Kate's tone was a little teasing, "You know, you promised her that you would take her to the set, that is to say, in the next few months, I also had to watch her eyes on set."

Adrian came to London this time to make a movie instead of a vacation. Naturally, he couldn't live in Emma's house. The little girl was very unhappy because of this, so Adrian had to promise to take her to the set to play to make the little guy happy Get up, although she doesn't know what the set is.

"Okay, instead of worrying about this, why don't you think about how to use yourself at that time, otherwise, all you need to see is my wink." Adrian laughed, but then became serious again, "I don't Will be lenient just because you're my girlfriend, Kate"

"You'll see." Kate said confidently.

Three days later, the entire crew of "Howards End" arrived in London, including the new actor Anthony Hopkins. Although Hopkins always had doubts about Adrian directing the film, after talking with him and thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to take the gamble with him.

"As Ed said, some things have to be tried to know what will happen. I am optimistic about him." Hopkins said to the agent who was worried about his reputation.

After another two days of preparation, after Emma Thompson came to report, the crew immediately went to the Bryna Manor, which was leased early in the suburbs of northeast London, and started filming.

"Cut" Adrian suddenly shouted loudly, the actors on the set stopped their movements immediately, and looked at the director sitting not far away together, there was no imaginary pointing or scolding, only Adrian was helpless ridicule.

"Sorry, I called it wrong," he sighs. "Everyone is doing well, we'll start the next shot right away."

Kate on the set couldn't help laughing out loud at this moment, covering her mouth with Thompson, and then Hopkins shook her head and lowered her head. This road was contagious, and there were low and chuckling voices everywhere.

Adrian looked down at Emma in his arms without saying anything. The little guy was still grabbing his collar and pulling it around happily, without realizing what he had brought. Faced with this situation, Adrian could only sigh heavily, which immediately attracted more laughter.

After about ten seconds, the laughter finally stopped.

"All relaxed?" Adrian glanced around, then waved his hand, "Then let's continue."

The story of the novel "Howards End" is actually very interesting. To put it simply, the two sisters Margaret played by Thompson and Helen played by Kate met the conservative Wilkes family by chance. Mrs. Wilcox and Margaret got along very well, so before she died, she wanted to donate Howard Manor to Margarita. But her husband, Hopkins' Henry, thinks it's an absurd decision, and so do his children, so they hide the will.

Then because of a series of things, Henry was attracted by Margarita, and finally married Margarita as his wife. Although Margaret had always wanted to harmonize the atmosphere of the two families, it still had no effect. Later, Helen invited her friend Leonard to Howard Manor as a guest. Henry found out that Leonard's partner turned out to be his former lover, so he drove them away angrily, and Helen chased them out. However, when she returned to the manor a few months later, she was already pregnant with Leonard's child. Charles, the eldest son of the Wilkes family, thought it was inappropriate, and then accidentally beat Leonard who had rushed to the manor to death, so he was imprisoned. went to prison.

In the end, Margaret took charge of Howard Manor and lived in it with Henry, Helen and Helen's children, thus fulfilling Mrs. Wilcox's will, and the barrier between the two families disappeared.

Such a coincidence is so meaningful that it is no wonder that many people think that Edward Morgan Foster wrote a fable about life and admire the story. Many people believe that the Margaret sisters actually represented the new middle class in England at that time, while the Wilkes family was naturally a conservative aristocratic class. The disappearance of the last barrier is a prophecy that the two classes will eventually come together etc.

For Adrian, it doesn't matter what fables the novel tells, what matters is what kind of benefits it can bring to him after being adapted into a movie. As a person who has been bombarded by information in his previous life, he actually doesn't like this kind of bland and reserved British style novels and movies. They are too boring, and he can't read them without enough patience.

However, everything is for profit, as long as the movie can bring him the desired benefits, he doesn't care about spending time and energy putting it on the screen. Although for a director, especially a director of literary and artistic drama, to make such a movie well, he must first have enough love for it, but Adrian is obviously among them.

This is a test, and I, will complete it perfectly. Adrian, who is looking at the center of the set, said in his heart.

I have to admit that both Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins are excellent actors, especially Thompson, who portrayed the implicit embarrassment very well, no wonder they won the Oscar for Best Actress.

"Anthony, if you don't work harder, I'm afraid Emma will overshadow you." After filming this segment, Adrian joked with a smile, "Show Professor Hannibal's demeanor."

"Unless you want to see a Henry Wilcox who is ready to eat his wife at any time, I don't recommend you to do so." Anthony said humorously.

He was dressed in a black Victorian suit and swept back his hair, which complemented Thompson's graceful dress.

"So, you just watched Emma steal your limelight?" Adrian continued to tease.

"Well...it doesn't matter." Hopkins waved his hand generously, "Don't jump to conclusions so quickly, we haven't finished filming yet."

"Limelight?" Just when Adrian was about to say something, Emma, ​​who was being held in his arms and looking at the distant scenery, suddenly turned her head, "What is Limelight?"

"I forgot, there is Emma here." Adrian shook his head helplessly.

"What is the limelight? What is the limelight?" Emma asked with her eyes wide open, grabbing Adrian's collar.

"Limelight is nothing, dear." Glancing at the smiling Hopkins and Thompson, Adrian patted the little guy's head, "Remember what I told you? I'm going to start working again soon."

Although the little girl was a little bit reluctant and puffed out her cheeks, she still closed her mouth. The pouting appearance was really lovable. In just a few days, her cute and well-behaved appearance has already won the love of the whole crew, and after learning about her experience from Thompson, many people felt sorry for her, so the whole crew also let her mess around. string.

For such a lively and active child at this age, this is simply a great privilege. Finally, before Adrian brought her here, he repeatedly explained not to trouble everyone. Although the little girl is naughty, she also understands not to make him angry, so although there have been times when she interfered with the shooting, such as making too much noise unintentionally, Or accidentally walked into the camera, but all within the acceptable range. More importantly, even though she continued to maintain the previous attitude towards Kate, she was relatively concealed a lot. I really don't know if it was an instinctive reaction or she really knew it should be like this. However, judging from the "once" future of the little guy, I'm afraid it is mostly the latter.

"Gerlin, are you ready?" Adrian shouted to the head of the photography team at this time.

"No problem." Gerling, who had already set up the camera, gave a thumbs up.

"Willat?" He then looked to the other side.

"Okay." The makeup artist hurried over, followed by Kate in a Victorian dress.

I have to admit that although her face is a bit oriental, whenever she dresses up like this, she will reveal that kind of classical style. This is probably the charm of those British women full of temperament.

"Okay, everyone, get ready to start." Adrian resisted the urge to go up and talk to Kate, and waved everyone to get ready to start.

Kate gave him an extra look, but walked straight to her seat without saying anything and began to wait. In fact, Kate has never said anything to Adrian since she entered the crew, even though most of the crew knew about their relationship. Regarding her mentality, although Adrian disagreed in his heart, he could only shrug his shoulders to express his understanding on the surface.

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