Hollywood Domination Chapter 229: The bet with Heath Ledger

"The dress was delivered, and the bodyguard came in with the stylist."

"We still have 30 minutes to go, pay attention to keep your position."

"What is the combination lock for the jewelry box?"

"Hell, someone get me some warm water, my makeup brushes are a total mess..."

"Hey, Heath." Jenny adjusted her sitting posture, leaned back, and said hello to the young man wearing black sunglasses, "Isn't Michelle here?"

"Like Chris, she returned to the United States—she has a job." Heath Ledger said with some thought, and seemed not to want to talk about this issue, and Jenny soon realized this: it seems that she and As she vaguely remembered, Heath and Michelle might have been on the verge of breaking up. It is very likely that the two did not get back together until Heath passed away, or they may have reunited later, and broke up again before Heath passed away. The topic of chasing, so Jenny also knows that their relationship has had at least 4 or 5 crises before this, especially Heath likes to go to nightclubs and is easy to be photographed. Reese, of course his topicality is higher.

"Nasty day, isn't it." She grimaced, then apologized to the make-up artist who whimpered, "Sorry, sorry—but I guess we'd be a good red carpet couple Partner."

We are all unaccompanied people, and they are both Cesare's clients. Walking the red carpet together can be regarded as mutual benefit. In fact, because both of them are Cesare's clients, the chance for them to meet Not a lot, just because Hiss was silent and introverted and didn't have much communication.

Heath nodded without expression, "It will be."

Perhaps it was because his relationship with Michelle was not going well, he seemed preoccupied today, and he was exceptionally reticent. After a while, he said again, "So, did you come back to Venice specially to attend the awards ceremony?"

Heath himself stayed in Europe for a full week. This is because he is in the gap between "Batman" and "Magic and Fantasy Show", and he doesn't have as many side jobs as Jenny, so after attending the opening ceremony Venice started to play, attended some promotional activities, and now represented the "I'm Not There" crew to participate in the awards ceremony. He was also the only actor left in the crew. Apart from him, only the director stayed, the producer and Kate Blanchett and other leading actors left Venice successively after attending the opening ceremony and finishing the publicity.

In fact, this is also the norm for Hollywood actors to participate in European film festivals, because the three major European film festivals prefer non-Hollywood actors in terms of bloodlines and preferences. Of course there are, but most of the actors are from European countries, and they went to Hollywood to develop in the later stage, and they bring their own local contacts. Australian and American actors like Heath and Jenny are not likely to be favored, so Heath would not guess that she received the news beforehand and came back to win the award, but asked her purpose curiously .

"No, it's just that the director of my next project is still in Venice, and I just need to talk to him," Jenny made a face and easily covered up the past, "I don't dare to bring people back to Cameron's place." Lair, isn't it?"

Heath laughed, and seemed to be amused by Jenny. He said, "Oh, you can ask for leave twice in a row, which already shows your status. Anthony told me that the atmosphere of your crew is simply amazing. It was terrifying, and he told me that if I were to act, I would definitely have nightmares every night.”

Anthony is an Australian, and his relationship with Heath is also very good. Jenny said with a smile, "If your spirit is relatively fragile, then it must be right not to choose "Avatar". James was simply a powder keg when shooting. .”

She didn't say it out: Even with her friendship with Cameron, she left twice in such a short period of time, and the last one was an unexpected incident. Cameron was still very upset about it, and Jenny had to talk to him personally He explained and hinted that he had to go back to Venice because he might win the prize. After being touched, he compromised and let him go on vacation——Jenny guessed that the rumors of her deep background were another reason for Cameron. It was confirmed once, otherwise it would be really difficult for her to explain how she was able to get through with the Venice Film Festival, knowing that she had a certain hope of winning the award before the ceremony. However, even so, in order to get back to the set as soon as possible, Jenny had no choice but to charter two private jet flights to Venice twice, and her personal transportation expenses almost cost millions of dollars. If it weren't for the follow-up cooperation with Cameron and the future layout in China, she would not have chosen this way when her mind was flooded-although her current annual income can already rank among the actresses, but Jenny She still feels pretty poor, and she's still desperately trying to save up for a stake in Disney.

At his age, although Heath Ledger can't compare with the "perverts" at the top of the pyramid like Leonardo and Chris, his resume is quite beautiful. Rising big directors all cooperate. The two started from the set of "Avatar", but found a topic and chatted about the sets of major directors. The conclusion is that the bigger the director, the more individualized the atmosphere, the more careful the atmosphere, unless it is When shooting commercial films, the film sets with a little more depth rarely laugh and laugh. If there is still a shooting schedule chasing behind the buttocks, the jokes in the tidbits are all hard work. In fact, the psychological pressure of the crew is very high, especially the main actors who are working with the director for the first time, it is even more stressful Overwhelming, insomnia, and depression are not rare psychological disorders for them.

"The second cooperation will be much better." Talking about the upcoming filming of "Magic and Fantasy Show", Heath's face became brighter, "This is not the first time Terry and I have worked together. We have filmed " Brothers Grimm, of course, compared to "Batman", this character is more comical..."

"It sounds like you really prefer this kind of complicated role," Jenny couldn't help asking, "Why, is it that ordinary commercial films can't satisfy your performance*?"

Seeing Heath acquiesced with a smile, she half-jokingly said, "I have seen your performance in "Batman", if there is a chance, we should definitely cooperate, Heath, look at us Whoever has better acting skills can defeat the other party."

"Hearing you say that, I already regret that I didn't go for the audition for "Avatar." Heath also responded positively to Jenny's 'challenge', "Although I don't think I can win—if If even Daniel Day-Lewis can't beat you, then obviously my chances of winning are not great."

"Wow, you are really good at complimenting people." Jenny also chuckled lightly. It seems that Heath belongs to the kind of personality that can talk and laugh once he gets familiar with it.

"This is not a polite remark." Heath put his hands in his pockets and shrugged smartly, "It's a fact—to be honest, if it weren't for Venice's dislike for Hollywood, I think the best actress this year It will only happen between you and Kate."

What he meant was to deny the possibility of Jenny and Kate winning the award. Jenny raised her eyebrows, "So you all think so? That's why Kate went back to the United States first?"

"This is basically common sense in the industry." Heath said, "After all, this is not our award - but Daniel is very likely to win the award. I thought you came here to help him accept the award."

Daniel Day-Lewis was absent from almost all promotional activities related to "There Will Be Blood" and "Michael Crichton". He didn't even come to the Venice Film Festival. It is said that his schedule was too tight Intensive, and then I have to rush to shoot "Nine", my mental state is not suitable for too many public appearances. Neither Warner nor Dameng made any more requests for this. After all, he would agree to act, which was already a relief for the crew, and it would be inappropriate to have too many requests. Furthermore, "Michael Clayton" does not have a great ambition to win prizes. Since the opinions of several major employers cannot agree, and Daniel himself has no intention of paying for public relations prizes, no one wants him very urgently. Propaganda.

"Do you think Daniel will win the award?" Of course, Jenny knew nothing about the results of this year's Venice, after all, the films that will be exhibited in Venice are not commercial films.

"If it's not him, it's Liang." Heath seemed to have no hope of winning the award, and he chatted with Jenny casually, "Daniel is British after all-but Liang is also famous internationally. I have watched "Lust, Caution", and you should watch it too, Ann's stories are always so subtle, with a sense of Zen."

When a foreigner said the word zen, Jenny felt a little weird. Of course she had watched "Lust, Caution", but it was before time travel, and she didn't think it was very good at the time, but instead I feel that this story is depressing and gloomy, and it is simply suffocating--when I watched "Lust, Caution" some time ago, I can appreciate Ang Lee's excellence. In fact, her appreciation of the movie is also a step backward She has been cultivated step by step, so many things have happened in the past 6 years, and she has changed too much. Sometimes Jenny wonders how much she has in common with her original self.

Walking into the dressing room to change into a dress and wearing sapphire jewelry worth millions of dollars, Jenny was able to ignore all the noises in the **** of the bodyguards, and continued to chat with Heath, "It seems that you have seen this week A lot of movies, is it to understand the enemy? I heard that "I'm Not There" has a chance to get a golden bear-they say this is exactly the tone that Europeans will like."

"I'm Not There" tells the life of Bob Dylan, a rock giant in the area. In Six Aspects of Life, Cate Blanchett disguised herself as a man, and played the role in the period of Bob's life when he was struggling and wanted to transform. Jenny hasn't watched the movie yet, but it is said that Kate's performance is lifelike. Although she is a woman, her appearance is very similar to Bob's, and her acting skills are also very strong. She is another dark horse for this year's Oscars. An Otti should be able to secure her hand . ——And this abstract style is also very artistic, and it is the favorite of Venice. If anyone among the many Hollywood films participating in the exhibition will be selected as the representative of the pork, then this film should be "I'm Not Here" "There", that's why Heath left it until the end, because the Venice Film Festival obviously can't let many Hollywood films be selected for the main competition unit, and then don't give a single award, but the Golden Lion Award is more like a consolation prize Silver Lion, that's hard to say, after all, "I'm Not There" is a Hollywood film after all, and it obviously wasn't good enough to conquer the judges' prejudice.

As for the crew of "Michael Clayton", as Heath said, except for Daniel, almost no one has the hope of winning the award, and since Daniel has never shown up, it is hard to say that the jury will not give Therefore, if it weren't for Director Zhang's words, Jenny would not have come back to attend the awards ceremony.

"I did watch a lot of movies, and "High Fortification Zone" was a surprise I found." Heath didn't care whether the movie he participated in won an award, but talked about his The excellent work I saw this week, "I think the guiding spirit of the Venice Film Festival is indeed reasonable. In this world, Hollywood is not the only one that can produce good movies. There are noteworthy works in every corner of the world..."

They talked about the best productions outside of Hollywood all the way, and soon, the gondola arrived at the pier, and Jenny and Heath attracted the most spectacular crowd and the most flashes: no matter what Heath said, no matter what Venice Film Festival Participants admitted that in the past two decades, globalization has really affected every aspect of people. If 10 years ago, Italians were most familiar with their own local stars, then now, walking on the red carpet The local actors in China can no longer arouse much cheer. For ordinary people, their movie world has entered the Hollywood era.

"Jennifer, Heath!" They bumped into the director of the film festival, Mark Muller. Finally."

This sentence sounds simple, but to Jenny, it seems to contain another meaning. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Director Zhang who was standing not far behind Mark, and happened to meet him. eyes. Director Zhang's expression was quite subtle, not enthusiastic, but not apologetic, which made Jenny unable to discern Director Zhang's real meaning for a while: Did Director Zhang win the crown of actress for her, or did he not succeed at all? , or even though she didn't win the Golden Lion Award, Director Zhang pushed her to win the Silver Lion...