Hollywood Domination Chapter 240: Hello, Jennifer

Thanks to the help of Golden Finger, Jenny has always had an advantage over her peers in entering and exiting the play. For example, for the role of Monroe, she needs more time to enter the play than Daniel It took a lot less time, and in just over half a month, I was able to fully enter the role. But the advantage given to her by Goldfinger only ends here. When she was still acting with Goldfinger, the influence of the role on her was relatively slight. And Andy in "Prada" and Sally in "Sally" are relatively weak in echoing her emotionally. Karen in "Michael" is more like a channel for catharsis. What Jenny draws from the characters is positive energy , and objectively speaking, after Salvi's advice, her compatibility with Monroe is better than that with Karen. This also brings about the problem she must face now, and of course any of her colleagues must face the problem: to distinguish between reality and illusion, and to find an anchor for the heart amidst the impact of the characters.

This is probably the advantage of the years, and recalling Meryl's advice at this time, Jenny's admiration for her has reached a new high. Of course, although Meryl is not like Salvi, she can clearly see the changes in her acting skills, but judging from the method trend she showed in "prada", Meryl will do it from her own perspective. It is also natural to give such advice, because this is indeed the common problem of method actors, and it is also a paradox: the more accomplished and deeper the method actors are, the harder it is for them to anchor in reality and self, and if you If you can't successfully 'lose' in your role, then obviously, you can't achieve too much.

During the breaks between the photo shoots, Jenny has been thinking about this problem, and she decides to call Meryl later - although they are not the kind of friends who keep in touch frequently, Jenny will not As a result, she lost her closeness and trust in Meryl. As she walked farther and higher on the road of performance, Jenny gradually felt the real "sympathy" among outstanding artists. This is an intrigue. , is full of feelings that do not exist in vanity fairs such as the business world and the media world, but in the field of art, the echo of two souls is so real and pure. Jenny has a very close relationship with Robert Iger, but she will never trust Iger like she trusts Meryl. She never thought of showing weakness in front of Iger, but turning to Meryl is a very natural decision: this This sudden, almost uncontrollable state of entering the play is too dangerous for her. If she can't control and suppress it, it will be a bad show, but if she lets it go, the consequences will be disastrous. Right now, it's okay this time, it's just a little electricity, and it's not illegal at all. It's harmless for a beautiful woman to tease the people around her at her pleasure. But what if she takes on some criminal roles in the future? The possible consequences after entering the play are too serious.

The filming budget of "Monroe" is neither high nor low. Dameng has prepared a budget of 25 million for it. As the producer and starring role, Jenny just took away the 5 million package remuneration As for the subsequent profit share, she will share part of it with Xiaomeng Studio. Since she is the core character of this movie, Cesare and Disney have no big opinions on her share. And the remaining 20 million, after paying Salvi's 500,000, Simon's 250,000 remuneration, and relatively cheaper labor in the UK, there is still a lot of money left that can be used for the filming of the film itself. But even so, Salvi has been trying to save money for the crew-this is also an essential quality of an excellent director. From this point of view, he has initially possessed the strength to go to Hollywood.

For example, let’s talk about clothing. Colin played by Simon is of noble origin. There was money to make a custom suit for Kenneth Branagh, who played Lawrence in another important role. These two British gentlemen from aristocratic backgrounds must be wearing suits custom-made by Gao Fushuai Street. The details in this aspect are very important, because suits are indeed clothes that cost what you pay for, and you can't be fooled at all.

As for the female characters, their costumes have to be custom-made. The costume designer has already got Jenny's size before, and has created several sets of outfits for her according to the script. The nightgown in the film, the casual casual clothes worn in private... It is worth mentioning that people even dug up the original costume worn by Lawrence Oliver in "You Long Xi Feng" in the studio, after proper maintenance And repair, Kenneth Branagh will not worry about running out of clothes.

Stayed on the set for a long time, tried on the costumes one by one, and asked the costumer to mark out the places that need to be changed. Today's work is completely over. The film will be officially launched in a few days. Of course, this also means that Jenny's half-month hermit life has officially come to an end. However, she is still relatively optimistic about the current situation: the survival period of a scandal is that there is no new progress. Generally, it will not exceed a hundred days. It has been nearly two months since they broke up, and there is a screenwriter strike in Hollywood. In addition, the Brad-Angelina pair has a new trend: Angelina Pregnant again, it is said that she is pregnant with twins this time, so the focus has shifted a lot. I believe that even if the reporters in London have the motivation to chase her, they will not be too crazy. Coupled with the fact that the bodyguards she hired are also here starting today, the media should be less likely to disturb her life.

——However, when she walked out of the studio and came to her trailer, Jenny knew she was wrong: Mary and several bodyguards were arguing around a thin middle-aged man, and she still vaguely I heard Mary say, "Look, I know we met last time, but stop talking to me, you shouldn't be here, you don't have a pass, it's trespassing, and none of the photos you take can be saved. What about the security? Go and call the security over, their security work is too loopy..."

The movements of the paparazzi are so fast...Jenny flinched helplessly, and returned to the studio: at this time, she will not go out to add fuel to the fire, it is better to let Mary handle it. It's also one of her jobs. If the paparazzi caught her with her fixed makeup, this would be an unexpected loss.

About ten minutes later, Jenny finally got a quiet environment and went back to the trailer to wash and change clothes. However, when her Rolls-Royce drove out of the studio, several private cars followed without hesitation. It was obviously paparazzi's car. It seems that unless they can stage a big car chase on the congested London streets, it is already a fact that they are caught by paparazzi.

"That man has a really good memory." Mary seemed terrified, "We met at the airport, you know, the day I pretended to be you. He actually recognized me--he didn't realize it was until just now. Our strategy, he was so angry just now, he took a big close-up of me, saying that he wanted to let me know how serious the consequences of messing with the paparazzi are - I had to let the security take away his memory card directly. Hope He won't hate me more for it."

"I think even if he doesn't hate you that much, he will definitely try his best to secretly film us." Jenny said matter-of-factly, "Since we are about to be exposed, we can only increase our vigilance and avoid using fixed cameras in the house. Call, try not to draw the curtains——Salvi said that the management of that street is very strict, and I hope the community property can drive away these idlers, etc. If it doesn’t work, we can only live in a hotel.”

Dealing with the paparazzi is the daily work of the entire team, but for a while before, Jenny was either in New Zealand where there were almost no paparazzi, or in Malibu where the paparazzi could not break through, so she temporarily escaped being followed. The trouble of shooting. Although it is annoying now, I can only accept this fact. After all, it is impossible to delay my normal work just to avoid paparazzi.

Sure enough, although the driver also made some attempts, he couldn't get rid of the paparazzi's vehicle without violating the traffic rules. Jenny finally revealed her borrowed place helplessly. Although the small house does not occupy a large area according to the current standards of Jenny and others, it is actually considered a mansion in London. It is a single-family house with high hedges and brick walls to protect it, and the yard is enough to park A Rolls-Royce, although the paparazzi followed the car to the front of the house, they still couldn’t take pictures of her. When Jenny was in the car, the car was heavily guarded, and when she got out of the car, she had already entered the yard Well, as long as she's not stupid enough to stand at the window facing the street, the paparazzi won't be able to take pictures.

Realizing this, the paparazzi did not pester for too long, they just waited at the door for an hour or two, and then gradually left one by one, which made several residents heave a sigh of relief. Mary led the bodyguards who came from Los Angeles to conduct a security inspection of the house, while Jenny rested for a while, and after calculating that Meryl should wake up in New York, she picked up her personal phone, found the number and dialed it.

"Meryl..." In front of this old friend who is also a teacher and a friend, her attitude unconsciously became a little coquettish, "Did I bother you? I heard that you just finished a movie recently. Video..."

Although the two parties have not had direct contact for a long time, they have a good understanding of each other's movements through the media. Meryl was a little surprised, "Aren't you in London? Or have you returned to Los Angeles? - Some newspapers even said You've had a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide several times, don't tell me they're telling the truth."

A little strangeness disappeared in her teasing, and Jenny laughed, "Don't, don't tell me that you think the same as them, blaming everything on Chris and thinking of me as pure An innocent girl, she was deceived by him about her feelings."

"Isn't that so?" Meryl laughed.

"Oh, of course not, the media is talking nonsense, in fact, I feel a little sorry for Chris..." Jenny shook her head, "Stop talking about that, Meryl, in fact, today I I called for help."

"Oh?" There was still a smile in Meryl's voice, "Tell me, I'm listening."

"It's about acting, you know, I'm currently preparing for "My Week with Monroe"." Jenny roughly described her troubles, "This is a new problem, you know this state is like inspiration , coming and going is not something you can control. And I feel that I am a little out of control, if you know what I mean..."

"Yes, of course I understand." Meryl's tone became serious, "This is exactly the problem I've been emphasizing with you, and it belongs to the most prominent problem of the method school. In order to enter the role, sometimes we need to achieve A state of mind that is almost hypnotic, but how to get out of this state smoothly and distinguish between reality and drama is a difficult problem for each of us. If you encounter some more difficult characters, you will find that such things are almost unavoidable .Even in relatively simple characters, slight loss of control is not so uncommon."

She talked about the relationship between the two in "The Devil Wears Prada", "Miranda is not a too difficult role, so most of the time I can clearly distinguish between on and off the scene, but even so, in We had breakfast before the show, and while I did rationally decide to give you a kick, I felt out of control during the 'performance'. If it was a tougher role, or our If the character relationship is more distant and cold, then I am afraid that I will not be very friendly to you during the filming. I may even maintain a Miranda state throughout the filming process, being mean and distant to you. Now of course you Understand, I don't mean it sincerely, it's just... I can't help it."

"Yes, I understand." Jenny said sincerely, "Because this kind of state of being in the play is rare, it allows us to contribute a very wonderful performance, and everything else depends on it After. But... this will also cause us some trouble."

She paced back and forth in the study, moaning in distress, "Like today, after I entered the role of Monroe, I unconsciously showed off to the men on the set. No. Of course, I understand it's not a crime, but Meryl, Simon, who I'm working with, is only 21 years old, he's so young, so young. If he's impressed by me, and he's single-mindedly involved, it will make I feel bad."

Thinking of Salvi's meaningful eyes, she became even more irritable, "And the director, if he is a straight man - then I'm really afraid that my signal will be misunderstood by him, if he doesn't see that I'm just too much What about getting into the show? What if he likes me? I've never been the kind of person who likes to mess with bees and butterflies, God bless me, I have enough things to do, and the last thing I need now is suddenly A whole bunch of extra admirers, all of whom think I'm judging them, or that I'm their goddess or something, and then come and interact with me, and be treated coldly by me in my normal state, and feel hurt by it— — it’s a cruel toy that makes me feel like a villain — trust me! I really don’t want things to get to this point.”

Meryl laughed out loud on the phone, she was out of breath, "Oh, I'm afraid I really don't have the blessing to share this kind of trouble, you know, even when I was young Well, I'm not exactly a BBW, and people know me well enough that they almost never give me BBW roles -- which is almost never part of the problems I have with being too involved. "

Her laughter made Jenny feel better, and an instinctive sense of vanity and satisfaction surged up, but she quickly suppressed this superficial emotion, and begged, "Meryl, don't joke Can you give me some advice?"

"Actually, I don't think this is a serious problem." Meryl said lightly, "Method actors are always a little crazy. Who in the industry has never heard of this? Even before, Your methodist traces are not so obvious, but I think people should see it clearly after "The Fifth Sally". Generally speaking, method actors are not very good-tempered, and most of them are a little moody. Like Daniel, Sean, you will hear a lot of conflicts between them and people on the set. It’s not that they have a bad personality, well, Sean may really have a bad personality, but many times, these conflicts It's just that they can't get out of the show quickly. The crew must find a way to get along with them, and if they can't find a way, it's their own problem."

The Sean she was talking about was Sean Penn, winner of the Oscars, winner of the three major European film festivals, one of the representatives of the method school, and a world-famous bad boy.

"Excellent method actors are the soul of the crew, and they have the power to do whatever they want. Compared to them, your problem with me is nothing more than talking coldly about the crew, or as you say, playing with their feelings. It doesn't even count as a piece of cake. If you are worried that you will send out wrong signals and cause you unnecessary trouble, then say hello to the director, let him communicate with the crew, and understand your entry into the play. Difficult."

After dispelling Jenny's worries and comforting her with a few words, Meryl changed the subject, "In my opinion, the most important problem you are facing now is that you must find an anchor in real life. , just like I once said to you, you must distinguish between reality and role, otherwise, sooner or later, your outstanding talent will become your biggest obstacle."

"Yes, I understand, I feel it now, and if I don't find a proper anchor, or even a proper ritual, to make a strict distinction, I'm going to go crazy someday. "Jenny didn't hide her worry, "Of course it won't be soon, maybe it will start with hallucinations... But step by step, if you can't find a way to go back, it will at least be a serious mental disorder in the end, this It's a dangerous path—but if I don't want to be in some **** commercials in the future, I'm going to have to find a way."

"Indeed." Meryl agreed, taking a sip of water on the other end of the phone, "And as far as I know, your business activities are also very frequent, I'm afraid you can't learn from me, and you can't learn from Daniel .You don't have time to have kids, be a middle-class housewife, or, like Daniel, separate reality from 'fantasy' with a very different kind of reclusive life."

Before Jenny was depressed, she came up with a new line of thought, "I don't know, maybe you can use your business life, your Hollywood celebrity life as your anchor, although it sounds It's pretty impractical, but maybe you could move arthouse movies out of Hollywood so that whenever you go back to Hollywood, you can feel like you're back in reality, back in your job as a producer. The most critical point of this matter is that you have to let yourself find a boundary, as long as you can achieve this goal, the form doesn’t matter, you don’t need to imitate me or Daniel, everyone’s path is different.”

Her wisdom and sobriety have always been admired by Jenny. In the conversation with her, she does not have to pretend to be strong, but can let go of the anxiety in her heart, "Maybe it really works, but if it doesn't work, what should I do?" Well... I'm still young, Meryl, I don't want to go crazy, if you understand what I mean, losing money and power is not terrible, what is really terrible is being changed by roles, losing myself, losing myself..."

"This is just a few months of filming, your heart is stronger than you think," Meryl's disapproving tone effectively comforted her, "If you are worried that you will end up with Marilyn, then No need, you're more sober, wiser, and calmer than she is, aren't you? Marilyn would never worry about giving the wrong signal, but you will, you're kinder than she is."

"I wouldn't say she's not kind..." Jenny said, and she couldn't help laughing, "but, yes, Marilyn has always been cruel in the war between men and women, it's like her instinct .”

"Exactly," Meryl said, "Marilyn would never worry about her director falling in love with her, would she? If he doesn't love her, I'd watch her worry."

She felt that Jenny's mood improved, so she changed the subject and asked about Salvi, "...I've never heard his name before, where did you find him? Are you sure he has enough experience?" Is it? Methodist actors are not easy to manage, so don't be fooled by his appearance."

"Indeed, his appearance is enough to confuse many people." Jenny said with a smile, "but of course I don't fancy this, I have great confidence in him, after Arthur and I recommended him to me According to the producers, he is full of talent and should be the leader of the next generation of British directors..."

After chatting with Meryl for more than an hour, although she still couldn't find the clue of 'anchor', Jenny admitted that she felt a lot more relaxed: Although it would be a little embarrassing, after the pre-communication, she also It's the utmost benevolence, if there are still people in the crew who are teased by her in Monroe's state, it's not her problem. Meryl's words gave her a lot of confidence. Indeed, she is the soul of the crew. People should cooperate with her, not her to cooperate with others. ——Jenny doesn't know whether it is her own problem or the difference between Eastern and Western cultures. Many times, without the support of others, it is difficult for her to be so selfish and self-centered. As an artist with certain achievements She hardly had the temper of an artist, to be honest.

The rest of the heavy mood was also dispelled by endorphins after the daily routine exercise. After taking a bath, Jenny happily fell asleep. Since she started thinking about Monroe, she has not slept a night So sweet. She got up early the next morning, and after finishing her morning routine, she happily pushed out the door, deciding to treat herself to a hearty breakfast, and then put herself into a day's work energetically.

"Good morning," she said briskly, walking down the stairs and following the voice into the living room—but then frowned, "What's the matter, what's the matter?"

Mary was still talking on the phone, her brows were tightly frowned, and she turned a deaf ear to Jenny's question, while Claudia was also frowning, staring at the computer and concentrating on browsing, several bodyguards were together The living room was busy moving around with instruments and moving furniture from time to time—Jenny's heart sank quickly, and she raised her voice, "What's wrong? Who told me what happened?"

Marie gestured to Claudia, who sighed and put a newspaper in front of Jenny.

"We've been bugged," said Claudia, looking at Jenny sympathetically, "Daily Mirror paparazzi, headlines."

Jennifer's eyes fell on the newspaper, she stared at the bold capital letters, and it took a few seconds to understand its content - Jennifer Jefferson poured out her heart: she has long suffered from mental disorders, and at any time It may collapse, cheating on the director of the new film is the main reason for the breakup, Christopher has suffered innocent injustice, but in fact he has already been overwhelmed by his crazy girlfriend!

The thick exclamation point is like a dancing figure, standing straight in Jenny's field of vision. It seems to be shaking its hands, saying hello to Jenny, and conveying the greetings of the London paparazzi-they did They have already proved themselves, compared with their Hollywood counterparts, they are indeed much better.