King of Hollywood

Chapter 67 Various Thoughts

Because it is an independent film, the cost is only tens of thousands, so naturally there is no screening, every penny must be spent wisely, and the schedule is naturally selected in the off-season. However, because it is the off-season, under Adrian's mediation, the number of theaters has reached the peak, and he will definitely not let Natalie suffer.

In all fairness, this is a good movie. Richard Ryan is very good at handling landscapes, and he has a good grasp of the gentle warmth between father and daughter, although it is different from the original version. But it is definitely much better than the original version in terms of viewing. Even so, the box office may not be high. After all, the biggest conflict in the whole movie is to compete with officials from the Environmental Protection Agency for wild geese. Another conflict point is the relationship between father and daughter. People who don't like it will think it is too bland, and the environmental protection theme is not very pleasing, so it can be imagined.

But the Herag family liked it very much.

"This is an excellent movie, warm and beautiful. It made me suddenly have the idea of ​​traveling to Canada, and then followed the filming route to the south." From the cinema After coming out, Avner rarely talked endlessly. There are probably not many cases where he is so emotionally exposed, otherwise Shelly wouldn't keep shaking her head, while Natalie would just cover her mouth and laugh.

"Yeah, Nada's performance is very good," Adrian echoed, "Although I knew from the beginning that she was very suitable for this role, I didn't expect her to do better than I imagined."

Indeed, Natalie can be said to be the biggest highlight of the whole movie. She handles the awkward gaps in the role of her daughter very well. This alone is enough to give the movie a 7.

"Well... I think I'm just more involved." After Adrian cast his gaze on her, Natalie became uncomfortable again, and a blush flashed across her face.

"Oh, Nada is shy." Shelly, who didn't understand the situation, hugged her daughter into her arms, and kissed her head lovingly.

"That's it, it's a pleasant night, so I'll take my leave first." Adrian didn't say anything more, then left and left, and didn't even send them back. It's not good to do some things too much.

Besides, although his main purpose in coming to New York was to invite the family to watch "Fly With You"-otherwise he would not come here in time-but he used the excuse that he had something to attend to in New York.

"He's really a gentleman." After watching Adrian get into the car, Shelly said with emotion, while Evner asked her daughter: "What did Ed tell you just now, Nada?"

"Nothing," Natalie shrugged, making herself look calm, "he just asked me, after trying the somewhat rebellious and estranged daughter image, would I like to try a somewhat cunning, more mature image of my sister? .”

"A more cunning and mature younger sister image?" Evner couldn't help but frowned. "Why does he always introduce this kind of character to you? Or does he think that a character that is prone to controversy is a good character?"

"Dad, Ed is not that kind of person." Natalie immediately retorted angrily.

"Look," Evner, who had a serious expression, laughed in the next second, and looked at his wife teasingly, "Our Nada has learned to protect outsiders, and it makes me sad to think about it."

Natalie was stunned for a moment, and a burning sensation suddenly rushed to her face. Fortunately, she yelled angrily in time: "Dad!"

The hijack adjusted her mood, then she rolled her eyes and made an expression of "I can't stand you", and began to scold her father: "First, Ed introduced me to two characters in total, even if the first one caused me It's a little bit controversial, but now this one doesn't work, doesn't it? So where does the 'characters that feel controversial are good characters' come from? Secondly, you don't even read the script to make such a conclusion , don’t you think it’s arbitrary?”

Speaking of this, Natalie sighed, patted her father and said seriously: "Okay, Dad, stop making such jokes, it's not funny at all, let's go back."

After finishing speaking, she took the lead and walked to her car without looking back. Until this moment, her heartbeat started beating wildly after being suppressed, and her mood was tumbling again. Just as she got into the car, Natalie finally couldn't hold back, and turned her head to look in the direction Adrian left from the rear window, even though she knew he had gone far.

In the steamy bathroom, faint groans echoed from time to time. The girl covered in water droplets leaned against the bathtub wall with half-closed eyes. The delicate body under the water undulated slightly, and her delicate face was sometimes charming. Frowning from time to time, with unspeakable u people. After a while, she finally let out a low cry, and her body tensed for a few seconds before softening with a long breath. After another half hour, the half-closed eyes finally opened, with a look of distant satisfaction and a little bit of disgust at the same time.

Natalie sat up from the bathtub, lay on the edge and stared blankly at the ground for a while, then folded her hands in front of her face and said in a low voice: "God, please treat me according to your merciful love Your rich mercy blots out my transgressions..."

As before, the reading ended without finishing, and then there was a low sigh. She originally thought that she had adjusted herself, and those images no longer bothered her, but today she just met with Adrian and said a few words, and things that should have been left behind came out again. Let her be at a loss for a while.

It was fine before, Natalie has always maintained her rationality, but after Adrian left, the feeling not only did not weaken, but became much stronger, and when she was upset, she subconsciously started again while taking a bath . Natalie, who was still a little bit rational, wanted to calm down after realizing it, but besides the time in Canada, the first time in the restroom of the restaurant also popped up and kept appearing in her mind, and she suddenly fell into a panic. Which can not extricate themselves.

hell! hell! Why did I become like this! Natalie tapped the water surface in distress. Recalling my actions just now and the various fantasies in my mind, a trace of shame and guilt immediately surfaced in my heart. Especially the second time in Canada, she actually took the initiative to peep! Oh God, if the first encounter was just by chance, the second time I should walk away no matter what, how can I take the initiative to do such a thing!

It's okay, Nada, it's okay, it's just because I met Ed suddenly, so these things will be hooked, as long as you get used to it, you can adjust it like before. Natalie took deep breaths as much as possible, constantly comforting herself in her heart. Anyway, I have already done it, just remember not to do it again in the future.

She kept resisting the sense of guilt in her heart, but she didn't realize that she was unknowingly attracted by this sense of guilt.

"Nada, you've been here for a while." Mother's voice came from outside the bathroom at this moment, and Natalie was startled when she was immersed in her complicated emotions, and then she came back to her senses and said loudly: "It will be fine soon."

After a hasty wash, she dried her body and ran out wrapped in a bath towel. Before her mother could speak, she deliberately blamed her and said, "Okay, Mom, I just washed it a little longer, so don't worry about it? I'm not child."

After pushing and shoving, he pushed his mother out: "I'm going to rest, Mom, how about good night?"

"Okay, good night." Shelly was helplessly locked out of the door.

Natalie breathed a sigh of relief, leaned against the door for a while, and then turned off the light and jumped onto the net to think. She couldn't help thinking about what the new script Adrian gave her would look like, and Adrian explained it to her before he left. 1ù After a few plots, she can use this to figure out the complete story.

Although Adrian just asked this question, Natalie no longer had the option to refuse in her heart. She believed that Adrian would not arrange some bad roles for herself, because she knew that Adrian admired herself very much. And the director of Miracle is so famous, why did she refuse?

Natalie has always known what she wants and how to fight for it, otherwise she would not have failed in the audition for "This Killer Is Not So Cold". After that, she tried her best to attract Adrian's attention, and saw After that kind of thing, I still kept correspondence with him—of course, he is indeed a gentleman in normal times.

Moreover, with her cleverness and precocity, it is still inevitable to feel a little jealous of Kirsten, who talked to her on the set of "Delicious Love" and also participated in the audition for "This Killer Is Not So Cold", and A girl who is about my age has already won one of the highest honors as an actor, why wouldn't she not want to be an unyielding and also ambitious?

In this way, Natalie is mímí vaguely thinking about who will go to the next movie and future plans, but her hand slips down again involuntarily, or she will have a beautiful netbsp again tonight; ------ ------------------------------

Although it was released in the off-season, and although the publicity work was not as good as those of those big productions, and even the medium productions were almost worse, "Fly with Me" still attracted a lot of attention.

"A warm family movie, although the last part is a little exaggerated, but considering that it is based on a real story, it is still acceptable and suitable for the whole family to watch together."

"Although Ryan Richard is the director for the first time, he perfectly shows the scenery of Canada, and the interaction between father and daughter is also very detailed. Even if it is not very entertaining, it is still worth watching."

"Natalie Terman has become the biggest highlight of the whole film. She does not have the precociousness in "The Killer Is Not So Cold", but is more cute and innocent. Together with Yan, she wrote a warm story."

Even though these reviews are not very long, most of the film critics still gave affirmation to the film, which is already a very good evaluation for a work that is inherently deficient, at least much better than the original word of mouth. Needless to say, I know that Adrian has put a lot of effort into this, and this is the difference between being praised and not being praised.

But even so, with a good reputation and the support of a theater chain, it still only got less than 10,000 box office in the third week of the week. It's really a pity. As I said before, this subject matter is inherently insufficient. The audience is definitely not as wide as those commercial films, and the box office is naturally not too high.

Adrian didn't take it seriously. After knowing the box office on weekends and weekends, he just said "oh" to say that he knew it. This movie was originally prepared for Natalie, as long as the cost can be recovered. Besides, not every movie can make money. With the company's current momentum, it is appropriate to produce such a movie with a good reputation and box office that is usually only enough to save money.

In addition, he also got the answer he wanted. Although Natalie only said on the phone that she could try it, it was actually equivalent to agreeing. It's just that Adrian had already returned to Los Angeles when he received the call, so he couldn't visit him in person again. But that's fine, he saw Natalie's uneasiness that day, and it's better not to provoke her too much at the moment, and the script has already begun to be written by the screenwriters, and it will take some time to complete, so Let's get things done in Los Angeles first, and things here are also very important.

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"Monica, how much more time? Mr. Hogan will be waiting for you." The director's assistant opened the door and asked bluntly.

"Now, Sam, now, don't rush me, okay? Five minutes at most?" the female makeup artist said helplessly, and at the same time carefully put on makeup for the heroine in front of her.

"Okay, five minutes, you'd better hurry up." The director's assistant's tone was annoyed, but when he looked at the heroine, he changed into a smiling face: "By the way, Sister Julia, I have a good one. News, Mr. Adrian has come to the crew."

Unexpectedly, Julia, who was sitting in front of the mirror, replied coldly: "What does he have to do with me?"

The director's assistant who hit a snag suddenly had a choked expression, and left with a smile after a long while. The female makeup artist who saw it couldn't help but chuckled, but Julia's voice was cold again immediately. Get up: "Please hurry up, Monica!"

"Yes... yes, Miss Julia." The female makeup artist replied in a panic, speeding up the movements in her hands.

Julia took a deep breath and suppressed her annoying emotions. She didn't want to be like this either. You must know that she has always been known for her good temper in the crew, but when she heard that same name, she couldn't help but feel There is a feeling of burning.

It's all Ed's fault! Julia stared at herself in the mirror and thought angrily. She knew he had other women, but she didn't expect there to be so many! Look at those women at the party celebrating his winning the best director, and look at the reports in those newspapers. Based on his nature, the chance of impossibility may not even be 1%.

If it was just two or three of Monica or Kate, Julia could still tolerate it, but why should she tolerate it? Did he really think she didn't know Kate was pregnant? He didn't take himself seriously at all!

Oh, I'm cheap enough, I even played 3P with Monica and him, but how much did he pay for me? ! Julia gritted her teeth and thought about it, until the female makeup artist named Monica cried out inwardly.

"Is it ready?" In fact, Julia knew the answer. The mirror was in front of her. Looking at the uneasy makeup artist, she forced a smile: "Sorry, I thought of some unhappy things."

As she spoke, she stood up and walked out. A cool breeze blew from the aisle. Julia couldn't help but took a deep breath, and the previous anger seemed to calm down suddenly.

Well, to be fair, Ed... is pretty darn good. At least when he was by his side, he could feel that his whole heart was on himself. Although it seemed absurd to say it, my intuition told me that it was indeed the case. He is good at coaxing himself, Emma also likes him very much, when she is with him, she will forget other things unconsciously, immersed in that beautiful atmosphere, of course, there is also the netg He always satisfies himself...

Julia, who realized that she was worrying about Adrian, was slightly startled, and then stopped, but after her face changed a few times, she sighed and continued to walk out after thinking of something.

Although the "Assassination on Goose Pond" she collaborated with Daniel Washington was still a hit, but it was "Four Weddings and a Funeral" that really freed her from the embarrassment caused by "Keep a Lover".

"You are suitable for such a role, an American woman with an independent personality who dares to pursue her own love." Adrian once said to her, and also specially revised the script of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" for her.

"Independent personality... dare to pursue your own love..." Julia curled her lips in self-mocking.

Even so, I have to admit that what Adrian said hit the nail on the head, Julia had read the first draft of the script, if she was that kind of character at the beginning, even if the movie received a good response, the image she built before would be useless , Now this "My Best Friend's Wedding" is probably not suitable for her.

He is really talented. He is good at screenwriting, directing, and producing everything in his career, and he always succeeds. In life, he can sing, play musical instruments, and is good at painting... and... although he will not take the initiative to confess , but he will not deceive her, and the five love songs he promised himself... Thinking of this, Julia sighed again. Well, well done, Ed, I haven't seen you yet, I have already extinguished the anger I ignited...

Then, her face suddenly changed, and she adjusted her clothes at the door before pushing the door out. At the same time, she raised her head and made an air of inviolability and arrogance. But don't think that you can pass the test so easily. If I don't snub you out today, I will never say a word to you!

However, the thought turned around in her mind a few times before it disappeared, and Julia's face became extremely ugly. Although she quickly controlled her emotions and tried her best to maintain a calm face, her body couldn't help trembling slightly, and her hands were clenched into fists.

Just next to the prop box not far away, Adrian was talking and laughing intimately with a woman. She was short in blond, with a protruding figure, blue eyes and a characteristic mouth. It was exactly the same with Julia in "I Cameron Diaz, who has a lot of rivalry in "Best Friend's Wedding"!