King of Hollywood Chapter 126: Successful persuasion

"Hello, may I ask you..." The door was opened by a young woman in her early thirties, with brown hair and grayish blue eyes. Although she had a simple dress, she had a temperament that could not be ignored. . But after seeing the Adrian holding the child, he was stunned for a while, and he couldn't say anything later.

"Hello, Ms. Thompson, this is Adrian? Kewell, we made an appointment today." Adrian changed Emma from left to right, and said with a smile.

"Um... yes, Mr. Kewell... hello..." Ms. Thompson finally recovered and looked at him and the little girl in his arms curiously: "You seem to be late ."

"Yes, I'm sorry, there was a little problem," Adrian shrugged. "This kid must follow me."

Thompson’s inquisitive expression is even stronger, but she still makes a gesture of asking: "Let’s go first."

Walking through the traditional British style aisle, Ms. Thompson Adrian then came to the living room. The two men sitting in the living room were talking, and when they saw someone coming, they stood up.

"Introduce, this is Adrian? Kewell, the youngest Golden Palm winner who has received the most media attention during this time." Ms. Thompson first introduced Adrian to the two men, then turned her head to point to the left , A man with a square face, looks similar to her age: "This is my husband Kenneth Brenner."

Following to the right, a tall but thin middle-aged man in his forties or more: "This is my agent Paul Wilkinson, you are on the phone."

"I'm sorry, I'm late," shook hands with the two, Adrian said, "I hope I won't keep you waiting."

"It doesn't matter, I think there must be a reason." Kenneth glanced at the little girl in Adrian's arms and said empathically, "Please sit down, Mr. Kewell."

"Thank you, please call me Adrian or Ed." Adrian nodded, sat down on the couch, and put the little guy in his arms beside him.

"Remember our agreement, Emma?" He hung on the little girl's cute nose.

"Got it." Emma's mouth was flat, her hands flat, and she sat on the sofa in a decent manner.

Ms. Thompson next to "Emma?" suddenly looked surprised.

"Oh, yes, Ms. Emma? Thompson, the little guy has the same name as you," Adrian smiled at the thought immediately. "Even the spelling is the same, it is really a coincidence."

He came to visit today is the British actress Emma Thompson who won the best actress in the 65th Oscar with "Howard Manor", just like the "Scent of a Woman" ​​with Pasino, Adrian used " The original class of people "reproduced the film almost perfectly to ensure quality, and then completed their own plans.

"She is your... daughter?" Emma Thompson asked tentatively.

"No, she is... the daughter of a friend of mine." Adrian said a gesture, then turned back and smiled and patted Emma's head. The little girl raised her head and gave him a sweet smile, then leaned back towards him, and got closer to him.

The three people in their eyes exchanged thoughtful eyes, and Thompson coughed dryly: "Okay, Adrian, let's talk about business, I'm curious, why did you invite me to star in "Howard Estate" ?"

"Because in my opinion, you are the most suitable person." Adrian shrugged. "No matter from temperament or appearance, you are very suitable for the role of Margaret."

"Um...thanks." Thompson accepted his compliment with a smile, and she realized that she had asked the wrong question.

Seeing her a little embarrassed, her agent Wilkinson took over the topic: "Forgive me, Mr. Adrian, how do you want to put the novel Howard Manor on the big screen?"

If you want to translate this word, it is: How can you, a director known for cult style, make a whimsical shot of a Victorian British style movie? Are you sure you can make such a movie? How do you prove that you have the ability to make this movie well?

Unfortunately, they don’t want to do so much. If Adrian produced films like Shawshank’s Salvation, which are more partial to the plot, Thompson might have agreed. Throughout his three films, oh, now there are four films, most of them are full of swear words, full of violence and black humor, and the film that got the Golden Palm not long ago took this form to the extreme. If it weren’t for his “Redemption of Shawshank” and a title nominated by Oscar’s youngest and best director, Thompson would probably think it was a joke.

The difference between the two styles is too big to be unimaginable, so in the face of his invitation, Thompson still has doubts. After all, she is now a famous British actor. Only those actors who can’t wait to become famous, or whose popularity is low, and who want to transform, will desperately invest in this experimental movie.

Of course, even if there are so many questions, they will not ask them straight away, otherwise it would be like tearing their faces. In this circle of people and images, this behavior is something everyone will try to avoid of. But as long as Adrian is not a fool, he will not hear the meaning. If he is sincere, then he will naturally explain it.

"This...what should I say?" Adrian smiled. "Sorry, please give me a few minutes to think about it."

After stopping for two or three minutes, he opened his mouth again: "I think you should understand that my grandmother is British. I have not stayed in London when I was a kid. The cultural atmosphere of England-regardless of the upper class It’s the lower class-to a certain extent, it has a great impact on me, so my first work will be made in the UK. Of course, at that time, I didn’t understand what it meant, even in high school. I have read many of Mr. Foster’s novels since then.

Until one day I woke up suddenly-about this, there have been a lot of reports in the media, and I will not go into details. I started as a director, and wanted to express the countless pictures in my head through the camera. Those things are constantly beating here. Thoughts and feelings that I have never had before are sprayed so violently, which makes me impatient. To work hard to describe. Among them, Mr. Foster's works, if not "The Room with a View" were put on the screen in a few years, I will definitely choose this novel. Of course, "Howard Manor" is also an excellent novel, especially after I woke up and had a deeper understanding after rereading, so I bought the adaptation right early.

But you also know that as a newcomer, it is not easy to adapt such a well-known novel into a movie, so I choose to make some lower cost movies first, and I can accumulate while practicing skills. Seniority. Fortunately, my effort is not in vain, and it has been recognized by many people, so I think I can start the action production of "Howard Manor" now, I can definitely control and control this novel"

Actually, if you want to persuade an actor, it’s actually a short answer. First of all, praise the other party’s most proud and favorite things, such as acting skills or local culture; This is the same as the actors always said that this is their best movie. Of course, this degree must be grasped, both to make the other party happy and amazed without being disgusted.

But more importantly, it must have the capital to say so, such as the nomination of Oscar for best director, or the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival. As long as you have these, although the method is very old-fashioned, it definitely works.

"It must be admitted that your speech is very touching, Adrian," Thompson said after a moment of contemplation. As a famous British actress, although a little bit emotional, it does not mean that she will agree, "But I heard that Prior to this, you have already produced a more literary film, and still collaborated with Al Pacino, but you have been refrigerated, can you know why?"

"This involves a publicity work on the movie, especially the promotion of "Pulp Fiction"," Adrian replied avoiding the weight, "Although the media all speculate that I am not satisfied with this movie, I think it is a failure, so It will be refrigerated, but I will tell everyone one day in the second half of the year that they are wrong. I dare not say that this will be my best work, but I can guarantee that this is the best time Al has played."

Thompson fell silent, neither Brenner nor Wilkinson spoke, and Adrian picked up the tea cup with a smile and sipped the black tea gently.

At this time, although sitting side by side, but always restless, Emma looking around looked at the corner: "Ed, I want to go to the bathroom."

"Um..." Adrian looked at the little guy with some embarrassment~IndoMTL.com~ looked at Thompson and Brenner again.

"I will take her." Brenner stood up immediately.

Although Emma was reluctant, she followed Brenner with the persuasion of Adrian.

Thompson in the eyes suddenly said after the little girl left: "She seems to be very attached to you."

"I'm trying to find a way to reduce her attachment, and it's better to return to normal levels." Adrian sighed lightly.

"Oh?" Thompson looked at him with interest.

"Remember a bus accident in London last year?" Adrian no longer concealed, "Emma’s parents were killed that day, and I was at the scene..."

He tried to use short words to tell the whole thing before the little girl came back. Even if it was already very simple, Thompson couldn't help but widen his eyes. After looking at the little Emma who was sitting back to Adrian, and then looking at the Adrian who was joking with Emma, ​​and exchanged glances with the agent, she opened her mouth before asking Adrian: "It looks like this It should be a good choice."()