King of Hollywood Chapter 12: Smooth progress

Chapter 12 is going well

The yellow leaves spread across the floor, and the cold light sprinkled down, making the quiet woods apparently more desolate, as if nothing existed. The girl squatted on the ground and stared blankly at the sky, before turning back to look at her mother.

"Mom, look at me." She said pleadingly, her eyes gleaming brightly. However, the mentally disturbed middle-aged woman sitting behind her just stared at her in a daze without any response.

"Something happened, I don't know what to do." The girl lowered her head to continue, but she quickly lifted up again and continued to look at her mother, "Can you help me this time, mother?"

However, her mother still did not respond, and the girl’s voice could not help raising a little: "Mom, look at me!"

This time, my mother finally lowered her head, but there was always a daze in those eyes.

“‘Teardrop’ persuaded me to sell this forest, should I sell it?” the girl asked with a trembling tone, and a tear finally slipped from her face.

Unfortunately, my mother continued to remain silent, and the previous response was just conditioned reflex.

"Please, help me this time!" The sadness overwhelmed by the huge pressure could not be restrained from emerging from the young face, she lowered her head and shook: "I don’t know What should I do..."

Tears poured out of my eyes again. Although still silent, the girl’s face was completely wet, leaving a visible trace.

"Very good!" Adrian, who is in charge of himself, called out.

There was a pause of about two or three seconds. The quiet studio suddenly became lively. The lighting engineer, sound engineer, and props holding the reflectors all relaxed. But Natalie squatting on the floor didn't respond. She still hung her head down and didn't get up for a while. The actress playing the mother of a mental patient sitting next to her comfortably grabbed her hand.

It took a few more seconds for Natalie to recover and looked up, smiled at the actress, got up and walked aside, the wet marks on her face were still obvious.

"Good job." Adrian walked over, handed the tissue in front of her, and made a gesture to the assistant next to it.

Natalie said nothing. After wiping her eyes, she passed the assistant's warm towel and covered her face, so she leaned on the chair for a long time before recovering from the breath.

"You did a great job, Natalie." Adrian, who had been sitting next to him, repeated and said, "I am very happy that you have grasped the most important characteristic of the role of Lei?

"Introverted." Natalie replied in a steady voice.

"Yes, restrained." Adrian nodded with approval.

Although Matilda is also restrained, she ignited herself uncontrollably after meeting Lyon, and Dolly, the girl who had to provoke the burden of life, was restrained from beginning to end. . She is always determined and cold, always unsmiling and speechless, so if you want to express her emotions accurately, you must work **** the subtle changes in body language and expressions, so that the character can be weak. It's tough.

That's why Adrian took some relatively ordinary shots first, in order to prevent others from seeing their pressure, and took the mentally ill mother to the woods to confide her to the lens, instead of going one by one. Inquire about the father's whereabouts. This can gradually let Natalie better grasp the mood of the temperament she needs. Anyway, the scenes and props required by this movie are relatively simple, and it is very convenient to convert.

"In short, this kind of restrained tenacity runs through the whole movie. Interpreting this emotion will interpret the entire character," he said a few words, Adrian said, "I can’t give you more Guidance, Natalie, the rest is completely fumbled by yourself-I heard that you seem to intend to study psychology?"

This symptom-free diversion made Natalie stunned, but she nodded immediately, and she was numb to the news of Adrian's well-being.

"If you have time, you can talk to people who have research in this area, maybe you can do better." Adrian smiled, then got up and left.

Nataly opened her mouth and seemed to want to ask something, but hesitated but she didn't say anything, but it all fell into the eyes of Adrian.

"Isn't that what you want, Nada." He lowered his voice suddenly, and changed his title, "You don't want to leak in front of people, of course I will alienate you, don't you?"

He smiled again and walked away quickly. Although his eyes were always on him, Natalie kept restraining herself and did not show any extra emotions on her face, not even small gestures such as biting her lips. , Even if my heart was blocked by the sentence just now.

She has requirements, and should naturally satisfy her. Adrian is willing to meet all her reasonable requirements, such as making her look a bit different from other women. This is not difficult, as it is a good practice to keep a distance from her in front of the crew like this. Many people know that he hardly covers his relationship with women in front of the crew. Although the crew is strictly controlled, occasionally Missed a trace of news.

This may not be able to hide forever, but it’s okay for a few years. Natalie will actively cooperate if she still remembers her ideas. And more than that, Adrian has other arrangements, such as -

"The name of Missouri is derived from the language of the Su people, which means canoe. The Missouri River and the Mississippi River flow through the Western and Eastern borders, respectively, which can be outlined in the mind. Indians paddling alone hundreds of years ago The canoe went down the river, fishing fish from the river to prepare food for the winter." Standing on the edge of a small original pond, Adrian said to Jessica.

"If you want, we can come here next summer and try to practice canoeing." He continued, reaching for the girl's hair.

Jessica smiled and took a deep breath with open arms: "It's really cold here, even the air is so cold."

It is true that the coldest time in Missouri is January, which is only about 25 degrees Fahrenheit (-4 degrees Celsius). Even though the temperature rose a lot in March, the average temperature in Missouri is only 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 Celsius) how high can it be. Of course, in two months, the temperature will still rise to the level that summer should be. All Adrian chooses to make "Bone in Winter" first is the correct way.

"Did you remember anything?" Adrian raised her eyebrows in surprise. "I remember you lived in Mississippi before the age of four."

"Biloxi is a port city and is located in the Gulf of Mexico. Winter is not so cold." Jessica shrugged.

"Okay," Adrian laughed. "Don't talk about this anymore. They are ready. I'm going to pass."

He pointed to the other side of the pond. The props team had prepared the boat, ready to film the plot where the heroine saw the hands of the father’s body sinking into the pond under the leadership of several middle-aged women. Take the sawed hands to the police station to prove that the father has been killed, thus keeping his house.

"I will accompany you to visit Kansas City after the work is finished, okay?" he said, and then came over. Although Jessica narrowed her neck, she kissed him.

The shooting process was very smooth. Natalie controlled the role very well. She almost merged with Lei Dolly, playing the actor nicknamed "Teardrop", the actor’s father’s younger brother, and John Hax. Standing endlessly.

"It's hard to imagine that a girl who grew up in a metropolis like New York can perform the restrained wild temperament of a country girl." The old actor from Minnesota said so.

That's true. When shooting the scene of beating the scene, Natalie's blood-stained face confronted a group of dangerous adults. The calm and even cold indomitable appearance was very impressive. Matilda, who also suffered from nosebleeds due to beating, felt stubborn and weak, but Dolly, whose one tooth was removed, carried a tenacious and tenacious rooted in the bone marrow. For people like Hucks who grew up in the interior, they feel very sensitive to this temperament. They all praise Natalie in such a way, and one can imagine how good she is.

As Hucks said, a girl who grew up in a big city can perform such a feeling, it is indeed a remarkable thing. Adrian didn't care too much about this. Natalie could do this, in addition to having a series of arrangements to continuously sharpen her shooting progress and her own efforts, there are some more complicated. The reasons for this will not be mentioned here.

"It's really a strong girl, and I really want to play such a role." Jessica, who read through the script, said with emotion and envy.

Although because she was pregnant and still so young, the original liveliness and like to express her personality has converged a lot, but the natural maternal breath that has shown her naturally has earned her a good popularity in the crew. Dakota likes her very much, and the number of chats with her is the most after Adrian. Of course, this is also possible thanks to Jessica’s lower abdomen and the unabashed intimacy of Adrian.

He did not evade showing his relationship with Jessica in front of the script members, and often hugged Jessica in front of Natalie. Everyone who has worked with Adrian knows that every time he makes a movie, if he is not related to the heroine or the woman who is related will come to the crew to study, so this method is used to distinguish his relationship with Natalie. It couldn't be more appropriate. After all, everyone knows that he is tightly blocked in this respect, but he is very casual in the crew. How many people will think that he will do the same in the crew after getting used to it?

However, there is a reason other than this. Don’t look at Natalie pretending to be indifferent, but her mental state can be inferred from her small movements and part of the tone of the conversation. Although she is very smart, and even though she is quite resistant to herself now, the woman is so strange in this respect. Even if she understands this, she still can't resist some subconscious behaviors, which is interesting.

Jessica didn’t stay too long. After being played by Adrian for three days, he returned to Los Angeles after playing around in Kansas City. After a month, her lower abdomen will be very obvious. At that time, it is better to move to the whole Los Angeles County, and to reduce the number of homes gradually, so let her come out now to relax, and Adrian also agreed. Will invite her to come to the Missouri studio to see.

Unfortunately, the second season of "Dark Angel" has already been filmed, otherwise it would be nice to let her live in Canada for a few months, which is not good. It is better to buy another house in Orange County.

As for what to do in the future, Adrian has no worries at all. Even if Mark Alba is a soldier or a Catholic, he can only admit the fact of being ready, and he still has many very flexible methods. But Jessica's future development path will also be in trouble. Characters like Lei Dolly are almost impossible. In a sense, she and Liv Tyler are the most suitable to be a vase.

Let’s talk, it’s not good, then it’s good to take the line of romantic comedy. Although this kind of comedy began to decline after 2000, it is not without good works. Adrian thought so.

The shooting continues because Natalie is in a state of progress and the progress is progressing quite quickly. Adrian estimates that if it continues to do so, even all the shots can be completed in only five weeks. After all, the whole story is actually very simple. The key lies in the interpretation of the heroine and how to shoot the details that fully show the theme. Coupled with the Adrian's rich "experience", it is very possible to shorten the cycle.

So, on the weekend of the second week of shooting, Adrian flew back to Los Angeles, and by the way brought Dakota and her mother who completed their part---

"Okay, mom, I'm leaving, or I'll be late." Sarah greeted her mother while packing up.

"Aren’t you going to have dinner at home, Sarah?" The head of a middle-aged man stretched out in the kitchen. "I made my specialty deliberately."

"Sorry, Ronnie, there is a party I must attend." Sarah shrugged with a smile.

"That's a shame." The middle-aged man named Ronnie sighed.

"Next time, next time I promise to have dinner at home." Sarah said to apologize to her mother again: "Sorry, mother, I should accompany you."

"It doesn't matter, you have your own work and life." Roseland said with a smile, and took her daughter to the door.

"Ronnie is a good person, and you will be happy with him, mother." Sarah and her mother hugged each other.

In the past few years, Roseland has also passed the meeting with several men, but it was not very long. It was not stable until he met Ronnie Raymond. The other party is a doctor and he cares a lot.

"Yes, I know." When referring to his current boyfriend, Roseland smiled, but quickly put it away, hesitated, then stared at her daughter and asked, "What about you, Sarah?" "

"Me?" Sarah seemed to shrug indifferently, "I don't have to be so anxious, mom, I'm now in a career ascent..."

But Roselan interrupted her words: "You are dating Adrian, right?"

Sarah suddenly lost her voice and looked at her mother in a panic, not knowing what to say.

"I'm not a fool, Sarah, I already knew, not to mention that the rumors about Adrian are not a secret," Roseland sighed, "I haven't said anything, I want to see you in Happy expression after the performance, I am very happy to see you become an excellent actor, Sarah, you are my greatest pride, but I don’t want you so... I know that man helped me a lot, but... …"

"No, mom," this time changed Sarah to interrupt her mother. "Not like that, I love him, mom, I love Ed."

She looked directly at her mother’s eyes: “I know it might be strange to say this, in fact I feel strange sometimes when I think about it carefully, but... I just love him, mom. Ed gave me... never before Things, that kind of warm and safe... never felt before... sorry, mom, but I really love him."

Roslan was not talking, staring at her daughter for a long while, and finally sighed.

"I just hope you are happy, dear," she said, "Promise me, don't hurt yourself, will you?"

"I promise you, mother, don't worry," Sarah hugged her mother, "I love you."

The mother and daughter hugged for a moment before they separated, and Sarah got into her car and waved goodbye to her mother.

Exhaled, Sarah felt relieved for a while. Although she knew that her mother must have known it already, it was still awkward and awkward to speak in person. Fortunately, although her mother did not support it, she did not oppose it, which made her very happy and made her look forward to the next party.

The party was organized by Sarah, and the place was naturally at her home. Many friends were invited. The members of the crew of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" are even more influential~IndoMTL.com~The invitation for someone was sent out early. And got a positive answer.

"Sorry, I'm out of company." Saying hello to friends around her, Sarah walked aside. The party was very lively, and she was also very happy, but a guy who promised to attend never showed up, which made her a little angry and worried. After all, this guy never made appointments and was late, and she glanced out just now, and seemed to see When the familiar figure passed by, she hadn't seen the other person coming over to say hello for a long time, and she couldn't help but find her past.

Then, after walking around the aisle, Sarah found nothing, looked at no one around, and listened to the joyous voice outside. She couldn't help but feel discouraged. Was she wrong?

Sarah turned around and walked back. When passing by a room, the door suddenly opened, two hands extended from the inside, one covering her mouth and the other holding her waist, instantly Drag her in.

"Ha, Miss Buffy Ann Summers, you are now in my hand." After pressing her against the wall, the other party sneered in a low voice.

Despite the darkness in the room, Sarah’s tense body relaxed immediately, and then punched under the opponent’s ribs, a dissatisfied blazing voice blamed, "Ed!"