Hollywood Domination Chapter 253: The willows are dark and the flowers are bright
"Come on, come on."
For London, the weather in March is still not warm, and people still tend to reduce the time spent outdoors. After all, the feeling of blowing cold wind is not pleasant. There were no less than 20 paparazzi gathered on the street. They were like stray animals with nowhere to go. They crowded together, turned up the collar of their coats to block the cold wind, and kept stamping their feet to disperse the chill. , talking indistinctly through the scarf, until a shadow of a car appeared on the road in the distance, and then they became excited, and rushed to the gate one after another, just to get a better camera angle.
The paparazzi were a little disappointed when they saw a black Mercedes-Benz sedan driving instead of the Ford suv they were expecting, but they still did not put down their cameras and still captured Salvi Tucci through the glass When he slowed down in front of the studio gate, they squeezed forward and shouted through the window.
"Salvi, will Jennifer come today?"
"What do you think of her Oscar?"
"Tell us, is the rumor true? Is she really dating the UAE royal family? Salvi, he is your classmate!"
Salvi's face didn't fluctuate at all, and he seemed to know nothing about the noisy issue. His attitude towards the paparazzi was really a bit cold. As soon as the studio door was opened, he slowly accelerated, He even forced several paparazzi to back up again and again to make way for him—and once he found a gap, he stepped on the accelerator and rushed into the studio, leaving no chance for the paparazzi at all.
"Damn it, he's not Christopher Hanks," several paparazzi were almost hit, they were still in shock, and cursed a few times, "Wait to receive the subpoena from the court."
"I advise you not to cause trouble for yourself." His colleague lit a cigarette, and while looking at the road of this branch, he said casually, "Didn't you see the notice on the gate? Please don’t stay in front of the door when the vehicle enters or exits...you won’t be able to take advantage of it in court, and you may be countersued—have you heard about Shef?”
"Of course." Several paparazzi gathered together, "Any news?"
For the British paparazzi, their life has not been easy in the past few years. They have been allowed to run amok, and the political and economic circles who have nothing to do with them seem to have lost patience. More and more signs show that, The days of paparazzi lawlessness are numbered: in the past, the news published by the "Daily Mirror" would not have caused them much trouble at all. After all, they were just reprinting the Internet. A piece of news, although a discerning person can easily see the connection between the two parties. But in the absence of direct evidence, the staggering and bloated Scotland Yard has no intention of taking responsibility for itself. At most, it can trace back to the gangster who broke into Jennifer Jefferson's residence and punish him for a few days. It's over. Even if Jennifer Jefferson took the Daily Mirror to court and went to great lengths to prove the connection, it would be in their favor - the judge could award thousands of pounds , and the benefits obtained by the "Daily Mirror" can certainly be calculated in tens of millions.
However, this time the development of the matter was unexpected, perhaps because the American superstar Jennifer Jefferson was involved in this incident, the British tabloids and the police were attacked and ridiculed by the American counterparts for this reason, The former has become a representative of madness, and the latter's progress in solving the case will be ridiculed and ridiculed by American gossip websites. This seems to have aroused the dissatisfaction of the British police. And, according to the inside information of the paparazzi, with the 'help' of several private detectives who came all the way from the United States, Scotland Yard has successfully found out a chain of evidence that can put the "Daily The Mirror is locked in the dock, and even the card of freedom of the press is not so easy to use this time. There are even some rumors, suggesting that this incident will be the last straw on the camel's back, and together with the "News of the World" hacking scandal that broke out the year before last, it will become a major excuse for British political circles to tighten media control.
"Sev is in big trouble this time," said the well-informed paparazzi with a sullen face, "I heard that he, like Gurman, may be sentenced to 4 to 6 years in prison."
Suddenly there was a low buzzing sound all around, and many paparazzi had a strong sense of crisis: Although what Scheff did went too far, these paparazzi can't guarantee that they haven't played a similar edge ball. News, they used to do everything unscrupulously, and rarely thought they would be punished one day. After the royal wiretapping case broke out in 2006, some paparazzi switched to entertainment. To be honest, if they had Shef’s creativity and connections If it is, no one can guarantee whether they will do the same thing as him. To Jennifer Jefferson, they feel a little like bullying foreigners. ——It’s just a star, and she’s an American. Compared with the royal family, she is of course a weakling. No one thought that it was this softness that Shef would fall into. Although the latter's movement was indeed a bit too loud, it still made them feel cold.
"William, is Shef planning to admit death?" The paparazzi William of the "Daily Mirror" became the target of people's cross-examination, "Is there no other plan?"
"Why not? My colleagues can't contact him now." William leaned over to borrow a fire and took a deep breath of a cigarette. "He hasn't heard from him since a few days ago. We guess he must have come up with something. They figured out a way - who knows, he's been working for the Mirror for so long, maybe they didn't want him to go to court and just paid him off and sent him away."
Will disappear for 4 to 6 years in prison? Will this cost too much? Even though none of the paparazzi wanted to go in, they were all stunned when they heard the words, but before they had time to ask, someone exclaimed, "Nanny's car!—Jennifer is here!"
The unlucky Shef was immediately forgotten by everyone. The paparazzi raised their cameras and rushed to the favorable terrain. Many people shouted, "Jennifer, Jennifer, hey! Tell me about your feelings about winning the Oscar." Let's go!"
"Are you dating Syed Al Nahyan? Why didn't you attend the Oscars with him, Jennifer?"
There is a fender in the nanny's car, and the glass is all painted with black film, so they can't take any photos, but the paparazzi are not discouraged by this, they still slap the windows and yell, hoping to get some response : After she won her third Oscar at the age of 27, Jennifer Jefferson has returned to the headlines of various plates. The demand for her recent photos has increased again. The paparazzi have long made up their minds to Stay here for a day, and try my best to take photos of her on set.
Under the interference of the security guards, the vehicle drove through the iron gate with difficulty, and the paparazzi immediately lay down in front of the railing and set up a telephoto lens: Here you can take pictures of Jennifer getting out of the car, even if it is very blurry, But for the hungry tabloids, such photos are enough to temporarily satisfy their appetite...
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"Welcome back, Jennifer."
"Congratulations on your third Oscar, Jennifer."
"Congratulations, Jennifer, you were absolutely beautiful at the ceremony."
Although there is no clear evidence, as far as Jenny herself feels, her popularity in the "Monroe" crew should be relatively the worst, although during the process of her walking into the studio, many The staff congratulated her briskly, but it was nothing more than work etiquette. After she won the Oscar, the crew members of "Avatar", "Prada", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Fifth Sally" all played Phone calls and emails to congratulate, in addition to big names like directors, screenwriters, and producers, lighting, scene managers, and even costume and makeup artists have sent emails. Although this is not without flattery, at least For these people, Jenny is still worthy of flattery—it is the "Monroe" crew who are working with her now, but except for Simon who sent her a text message, even Salvi remained silent. As for For other staff members, they dare not disturb her even more. This also shows that her emotional problems during filming have been perceived by the staff, and even affected her social interaction.
"I am also very happy to be back, thank you - Jeff, you are also very handsome today." Responding to her colleagues with rare energy, Jenny walked into the set scene while playing with the mobile phone chain, The assistant director stepped forward to demonstrate the crouching position for Jenny, "We will start shooting from this scene today. If everything goes well, we may be able to finish shooting the close-up shots in the room."
"A Week with Monroe" has been filmed for three months. During the two weeks that Jenny left, Simon and the rest of the crew completed a lot of scenes, and Salvi also led the team to shoot some exterior scenes. In the current filming schedule, only the last part of the studio scene has not been filmed-this is also the most important part of the film: Monroe has mental problems, the crew cannot continue filming, she returns to the manor to recuperate, and Colin is arrested. She hand-picked, lived in the manor, and spent a happy week with her. During this week, Monroe and Colin fell in love briefly but passionately. After the week ended, the filming was completed and Arthur Miller returned to England, the relationship between Colin and Monroe naturally came to an end.
"I don't think it's going to be too hard," Salvi commented during last night's shooting meeting. The feelings of Colin and Monroe have been repeatedly brewed and accumulated, what we have to do is to let them burst out naturally at this stage, let them display these emotions naturally in front of the camera, and be witnessed and recorded by others.”
Jenny also agrees with this. She thinks Salvi is a very capable director because he is good at communicating and digging out the emotions of the actors. At the same time, the actors were also uneasy because they were not sure what the director wanted. In every shooting scene of "Monroe", the director and the actors can understand what kind of feeling they are pursuing, and because the performance is basically advancing in chronological order, the emotional development of the actors is naturally brewing heavily. Playing is relatively easy. Although she herself has some psychological problems due to filming, generally speaking, the filming work of the crew has not encountered bottlenecks. Whether it is the director, actors or those staff members with basic appreciation skills, they are all concerned about the working status of the crew and the shooting materials. I am quite satisfied. It can be said that the biggest suspense encountered by the crew is today—Jenny left for the first time after joining the crew for two weeks because of her personal schedule. During this period, Simon filmed some exterior scenes arranged at the end of the movie Yes, and Jenny herself is very busy, and it is impossible to say that she can maintain the performance state. Whether the two can quickly enter the plot and get back the previous chemical reaction, no one can guarantee it.
"We'll start with a close-up shot of the two of you embracing, you and Colin waking up one after the other after an embracing nap, nunu in the afternoon sun, smiling at each other." After getting into a good pose, the assistant director began to explain their movements to Jenny and Simon. There was only one sentence in the script for this scene. How to translate it into the shot script and how to schedule the on-site actors were all the work of the film crew. "Then we'll split up and shoot some close-ups and rehearse with Simon, shall we, Jennifer? We can also find camera angles."
"Of course, no problem." Jenny shrugged, handed the phone to Mary who had been by her side all the time, unbuttoned her dressing gown, opened her hand to Simon, and jokingly said, "Come on, dear."
This is an intimate scene, although there are no extreme scenes, but because Jenny and Simon are dressed lightly, the scene was also cleared, leaving only the necessary staff, but even so, there are still lighting engineers, photographers The teacher and other seven or eight staff members were watching the shooting. After two weeks of busy work, when she took off her dressing gown and revealed her nightgown, Jenny was really at a loss, as if Monroe's feeling had been over the past ten years. Tianli left her and never came back. And the conversation with Maggie also affected her mood to some extent: "If I had to say it, every time the method school enters the play, it destroys self-cognition..."
She felt that what Maggie said was quite reasonable, and this recognition also prevented her from wholeheartedly finding the matching point between Monroe and her-after realizing this, entering Monroe was like going from the top of the building to the world. Like jumping down, the instinct of survival and self-preservation will make people restrain their hands and feet, and instinctively reject actions that will hurt themselves.
"Uh," Simon said, he made a gesture, and Jenny realized that she had been standing there for a while, and Simon was also embarrassed by her distraction, "Jennifer, should we go to bed Go."
He stuttered a little, and couldn't help but glance at the wide neckline of the nightgown, but quickly moved away—this shyness was almost the same as that of Colin, he had some experience before, of course, but this This experience can't make him resist the beauty of Marilyn Monroe or Jennifer Jefferson. In front of them, he is very sensitive, and he always feels that his performance is a little inappropriate.
And this embarrassment is undoubtedly very-very-cute-loving-
The reporter who slapped the car window quickly walked into the studio with the sound of the shutter, wearing light clothing, trying to relax in front of the camera, showing the most beautiful side after calculation, in the pure and innocent youth In the eyes, the vanity of women has been greatly satisfied...
After a period of excavation, the common ground between Monroe and her is constantly proliferating. She enters the scene faster and faster, but it becomes more and more difficult to get out of the play. This once worried Jenny, but now, she enjoys it. The most important thing is the feeling of entering the play. After years of self-control, it is really pleasant to sway her femininity so wantonly. She raised her eyebrows lazily and handed Colin a wink, "We really should , isn't it?"
Colin swallowed visibly, and he stammered, as if he couldn't believe his good luck, "su... sure."
The assistant director turned on a light to let its warm light shine into the shooting scene in the middle of the venue, which is more cost-effective and time-saving than live-action shooting: In London in March, I want to shoot a sunny scene The afternoon was just a dream, and the budget of the "Monroe" crew was not enough to allow them to go abroad to rent a luxury house and wait for the right time and place on the expensive lawn. In-studio shooting is undoubtedly the most attractive option. It allows the crew to take several more takes at one time, and the lens can be pushed and pulled more freely, and then through special effects, the two pieces of material can be easily kneaded together. The crew of "Monroe" used a lot of similar techniques to avoid location shooting. If the audience just watched the movie, they couldn't tell the truth from the fake.
"Hmm..." Monroe frowned and made an unpleasant voice after finding a seat on the bed. She turned over childishly and hid her head on Colin's shoulder, while Colin who was taking a nap was disturbed by her. Woke up, opened his eyes in a daze, and looked at Monroe with some doubts——his eyes widened quickly, and his pupils quickly glanced at the decorations in the room. After a while, his shoulders relaxed, Ke Lin turned around and lay on her side to shield Monroe from the disturbing sunlight. She gazed at the peerless beauty in her arms affectionately and even in disbelief. As for Monroe, her eyelashes trembled a few times, and she slowly Slowly opened, a childish smile appeared on some pale lips, looking at Colin happily and innocently, as if looking at a well-meaning stranger—an angel, their strangeness to each other was clear at a glance, this is The first intimate contact between Colin and Monroe, but the attraction and trust were so natural. Monroe trusted and admired Colin wholeheartedly. She never thought of conquering him. She would never think of it, she didn't even use her beauty as a weapon, and Colin, he wasn't admiring Monroe's beauty, it wasn't that, it was two souls - two attracted to each other The soul is looking at the other party, feeling the joy and peace that naturally wells up on the lips.
"Very good," Salvi walked into the venue at some point, his familiar voice came out through the headset, professional and cautious as always, "I see that you have found that feeling, Colin, You move a few centimeters away, Monroe maintains the original position, the light is raised a little bit, the angle is too low now. Also, who is going to adjust the angle of the potted flower so that the ornamentation fully appears in the camera... Let’s start today’s first One scene shooting, 3, 2,!"
"Hmm..." Monroe frowned again, and turned towards Colin—
"Cut," Salvi shouted, "the sheet on Monroe's body should be looser, be careful when turning over, and don't damage the folds of the sheet."
After a few ngs, the first shot was successfully shot, and they shot close-up shots non-stop without a break—the camera took Colin's place, and Monroe showed a lazy and Ningxin face to the camera Smiling, with some sleepiness in the smile - the smile in this close-up shot is exactly what Colin's eyes 'saw' when the two looked at each other and smiled just now.
"Emotions are more profound." This is a shot with no clear starting point and no need to collect sound, so Salvi directly directed Jenny's performance to help her enter the state deeper, "It's just throwing Open up all self-control, reveal your heart, what he gave you-"
His voice lowered, and seemed moving in the silent studio, almost like whispering in his ears, "You are attracted by him in your heart, you have never expressed it, but you can't ignore it. ——"
The familiar sweet feeling gushed out of her heart again, Jenny—a part of her was in Monroe's body, as if she had drunk too much wine, but kept relatively sober in the haze , she was aware of this turbulent passion, but at this moment she had no intention of restraining herself. In this venue, there was a person who attracted her and was also attracted by her. They never said it clearly, but they never ignored it. The emotion conveyed through the camera, this seemingly restrained but endlessly hungry envy, through his tone of voice, his voice and his eyes, rolled, rubbed and lingered on her skin, and she She also couldn't help looking through the lens, blooming in his eyes, conveying with her smile and eyes—conveying those unspoken and unspoken favors, attraction, love, longing from the soul, admiration, Demand——
"...d!" I don't know if it was her illusion, but when Salvi pronounced this word, it could almost be said that she used too much force. Following his words, the photographer who was squatting by the bed straightened up, picked up the camera and walked to the other side of the bed—it was Colin's turn to take the corresponding close-up shots.
With many times of practice and familiarity, Jenny seems to have formed a conditioned reflex. After hearing "good", Marilyn's self-awareness faded from her mind, and what remained was the golden finger of quitting empathy The same heavy aftertaste, the few memories used to enter the role before flashed in her mind, like pieces of lonely pictures, she didn't know which puzzle to choose to enter, the reporter was slapping the car window, shouting This raises an uncomfortable question—should this correspond to the memory of Marilyn leaving the street in a Rolls-Royce, or the memory of Jenny entering the set in a nanny van this morning? Does it arouse Marilyn's willful and ecstatic vanity, or Jenny's helplessness and irritability, which self does it belong to, Jenny or Marilyn?
Walking out of the filming location with a blank expression, and passing Simon, Jenny was really powerless and indifferent to her own popularity. She almost snatched the phone from Mary's hand and squeezed After picking up the angular Rubik's Cube mobile phone chain, the familiar slight pain made her seem to have found a connection with reality at once, and as it continued to roll in the palm of her hand, and she kept repeating the words "today is March 2" in her heart. Today, I'm Jenny Jefferson, I'm Chen Zhen, I ate grapefruit juice and bacon scrambled eggs this morning'—reality resurfaced amidst the chaotic emotions, the timeline is simple and clear: eat, go to film The factory, the make-up, the acting—and most importantly, the acting.
If it was the past, the aftertaste of Marilyn would haunt her for a long time, even before she went to bed, the feeling of being out of control in her mind still did not fade away. Falling asleep and having nightmares is nothing short of normal. And Maggie taught her some small skills to solve this problem by prescribing the right medicine. This short ceremony with key props as the fulcrum is of great help in "confirming self-identity". The more Jenny remembers the details of her life, The more, the easier it is to distinguish reality from fiction. Jenny tried to practice a few times when she was reading the script before, and the effect was very good. What made her happy was that the effect of this move in actual combat did not weaken much.
When she loosened the mobile phone chain and opened her eyes again, Jenny was almost as energetic as when she came to the studio this morning. Little Rubik's Cube, while thinking about the change of Marilyn's mentality in the next shot - and when Salvi's eyes accidentally met hers, she didn't feel guilty and short of breath as before, making it difficult to look at him, Instead, she nodded at him frankly and smiled slightly: Maggie also pointed out her "Salvi knot", she did not comment on the right or wrong of Jenny's decision of "not wanting to fall in love", but told Jenny, The empathy phenomenon of method actors is very common in practice. It is very common to feel that you are in love with the director or your partner during filming. Sometimes, with the end of the performance, this chemical reaction will naturally be cleaned out along with the process of cleaning out the character's personality.
No one will convict this kind of throbbing caused by acting, otherwise married method actors will not be able to seriously perform love scenes, so there is no need for Jenny to be burdened by it. If Salvi is professional enough, As a director, he should help her deal with this side effect of acting. If Salvi is also confused, then frank communication is also a good way. In fact, Maggie believes that frank communication is a good way to solve many problems.
Adhering to Cesare's advice has always been proven to be the right decision, and this time was no exception. Jenny even complained to Cesare a little bit—if he had sent her to see a psychiatrist earlier, maybe she wouldn't have been at all. There will be no symptoms such as nightmares and insomnia. This is also a shortcoming of Chen Zhenzhen. Chen Zhen has no idea about psychological counseling. Accept, as for Jenny, her understanding of this aspect is also very weak, because it is obvious that her life class does not have access to any good psychiatrists, even if a friend has done psychological counseling, the results are not convincing, so Jenny I really don't know how quickly a good therapist and a cooperative patient can solve some very disturbing problems. ——It was only during the communication with Maggie that she realized that she did not need to project the guilt caused by breaking up with Chris to her relationship with Salvi.
If Salvi also has a crush on her, he will always pursue her, and it will not be too late to tell him that he does not plan to fall in love. Of course, if this is an illusion, she does not need to doubt herself more because of it mental state, because it is very common for her to feel a deviation in emotional feedback when she enters the play, just like a drunk man will have double images when watching things, so there is no need to make a fuss about it.
No matter whether what Maggie said makes sense or not, at least Jenny likes this idea, which allows her to straighten her back and deal with the feelings between her and Salvi with confidence. During the process of Monroe, her affection was magnified, and she even sometimes felt that she fell in love with Salvi, ok, this is not something to be ashamed of, and there is nothing to hide, she is just for work, if Salvi feels her love If they have a good impression of each other and have troubles because of this, they can also have a good chat and work together to solve this 'work-related injury' problem.
Looking at Salvi again, Jenny studied him for a while and gave up this idea: It seems that she should have been too involved in the drama some time ago, and she just broke up with Chris, so she was a little suspicious . Regardless of whether the person is British or not, when one person likes another, there will always be some signs, but objectively speaking, Salvi has almost never expressed anything special to her, so she needn't be troublesome.
"Cut," Salvi said, "good, someone put on some foundation for him, rest for five minutes, and we'll move on to the next shot."
He turned his head and looked at Jenny with blue eyes asking, "Are you ready, Jenny? Do you need to rest for a while, after all, you are still adjusting jet lag."
"Five minutes is enough, I'm fine," Jenny gave him a big smile, she stretched, feeling the long-lost sense of relaxation and satisfaction: although maybe her bucket is still full Although she is still crazily spinning around in a full schedule and bears the endless ravages of countless stressors, but—maybe Maggie is right, her character is indeed quite a bit. very tough. Even if she just opens a channel and closes a faucet, her world will be brighter, but at this moment, when the problem has been resolved and the filming is almost completed, looking back at the pain before, everything seems to be It's so insignificant, it can even be said to be worth it, after all-"Believe it or not, Sal, I've been burning for this movie."