Birth of an actor

At first, William thought that the drinking game Jude Law mentioned was BeerPong, which was very popular at college parties. Simply put, it was a beer pong game. Two rows of beer were placed at both ends of a ping pong table, usually in the shape of a 4321 pyramid. , Then the participants are divided into two teams, throwing ping-pong balls into the opponent's wine glass at both ends of the table. If the ball successfully falls into the wine glass, the opponent will drink up the glass of beer and remove the glass. Whoever withdraws loses.

But Jude Law's gameplay is much fresher, and it is more suitable for tequila, a spirit rather than beer. Two people sit opposite each other, two dozen tequilas are placed on the table, and the first person drinks a glass first. Ask the second person a question, the second person answers, drinks and asks, the first person answers, drinks, asks again, one question per glass, and so on until all glasses are empty.If the person being questioned doesn't want to answer the question, even drinks two glasses and loses the next opportunity to ask the question, the questioner can ask the second question.

After listening to Jude Law's narration, William felt a little strange. If BeerPong can still be called a drinking game, is it also called a game when two people keep asking each other questions?If so, it feels like a game like this is only for James Bond and his Bond girls, or for...flirting.

'Is Jude trying to flirt with him? Shaking his head, William shook his strange thoughts out of his head, looked at the two rows of tequila, lime slices, Mexican earth salt and ice cubes that had already been placed on the table, and asked Jude Law: "Do you come first or should I come first?" Come?"

"Me first." Jude Law said, then put ice cubes into a glass of wine, raised his head and drank it, and asked slowly: "If you choose the people in the world, who do you want to invite to dinner? ?”

William discovered that Jude Law drank tequila quickly, that is, with ice cubes, and the slower and more traditional way of drinking was actually with lime and sliced ​​salt. The other party drank it so fast, Either very impatient or eager to get drunk quickly, which one is Jude Law?

William was lost in thought.Jude Law didn't actually trap him, but the question asked by the other party, "Who would you like to invite to dinner?" This question really turned William off, because he found that he had no choice, and there was no one he wanted very much.

"Vivien Leigh." William finally replied, and made a joke by the way: "And you."

Then he picked up a piece of soil salt and put it on the tiger's mouth in his left hand, picked up a piece of lime and threw it into his mouth, then lowered his head to lick off the salt on the tiger's mouth, and quickly finished a cup of tequila. After the spicy feeling in his throat faded a little, he asked Said: "What about you, who do you want to invite to dinner?"

——It's a pity that William didn't look up immediately after answering Jude Law's question, otherwise he would find the complicated expression on the other's face frozen for a few seconds.

"Catherine Zeta Jones. We are all British, and we all came to the United States to develop. In fact, I really asked her out, but I was ruthlessly rejected, because she developed better than me in Hollywood at that time." Jude Luo smiled: "It was a bit sad, but it doesn't matter now, because I have changed my taste."

It is not appropriate to say that it is a complete change of taste, because Jude Law is still very interested in seeing beautiful women who meet the aesthetics, but since he finished filming "Gait Shot", he found that the scope of his interest seems to be not only It is limited to women, although there is only one male selected now - he originally lived in the country that is most tolerant of gay culture (UK), and he has been in the circle with the most gays for so long (drama circle), even more so I personally made a same-sex movie ("Oscar Wilde's Man"), gay or straight, there is no difference in Jude Law's mind, but he has liked women for more than 20 years, and now he suddenly finds that he is still interested in men Interested, Jude Law was really a little scared by himself.You know, no matter how complicated the environment he has been in before, how many comrades he has worked with and how much he has been influenced, he has never been affected.

Thinking about it now, maybe he changed a little when he was filming "Wilde's Man", but because he still had a girlfriend at that time, he subconsciously didn't want to accept the fact that he was a little gay, so the change was not big until "Gait Shot" It turned out to be the last straw that broke the camel's back. If there is another gay movie, if you cooperate with William Bradley again, Jude Law doesn't know if he can maintain his respect for women. Interested.

'O Jesus Christ. Jude Law thought with some pain: "Will is really a very, very scary man. He can make a man as straight as a telephone pole start to doubt his own sexuality." '

"I don't accept this answer, Jude, you are very insincere." William raised his eyebrows and complained dissatisfiedly: "You said that you have changed your taste, so Catherine Zeta Jones does not count, you have to answer again."

"It's you, Will." Tonight's Jude Law became very frank because of his drunkenness: "Why, don't you believe me? Well, I'll give up this question, and you can ask another one."

Jude Law's expression made William aware of a subtlety. He licked his lower lip and asked inadvertently, "Tell me the one thing you want to do most now."

"Just find someone who is interested in bed." When William fell into a violent cough because of hearing this sentence, Jude Law looked away from the other party, laughed and said: "Really, I didn't lie to you." Maybe Jude Law will regret his behavior tonight when he wakes up tomorrow, but for him now, he absolutely enjoys this game very, very much.Maybe not just games.

William continued to cough from choking on the drink.

Jude Law rested his chin on his right hand, drank his glass of wine slowly, and thought of a new question: "What kind of day is perfect for you?"

William thought Jude Law was drunk just now, but he didn't expect the other party's next question to become serious again. To be honest, he can't see through the other party's purpose now, but this kind of question and answer is still incidental. The drinking game is quite interesting to play, and William thinks that this game is probably an invention of a pick-up master. See, after a round or two of tequila calls are over, the two get to know each other and get drunk. Much better and more useful than other dating techniques.

"A perfect day..." This question immediately reminded William not of the present, but of the past: "During the two years when I was eight to ten years old, I was strictly guarded by my family, and I would go out with my family except for Christmas and summer vacations." Outside of travel, I can't go out without my family. God, it was a crazy two years. The only consolation is that I was alone under such surveillance, and so was my best friend Lance. Not long after the New Year that year, the newspaper said that the Russian National Circus was going on a global tour, and Coney Island in New York was the only stop in the United States. Parents, they didn't have time and didn't agree with us to go by ourselves. We were so angry that we decided to sneak out. Before dawn, we sneaked out of our own house and started Coney Island Day after meeting at the station. You, although the money we brought was almost spent after buying the circus tickets, and we could only buy one portion for lunch, but it was undoubtedly a very, very happy day, even in the evening when we were surrounded by our families. It's a fond memory of being caught on the island and being taught a tough lesson."

The reason why this memory is perfect in William's mind is that at that time, Jenny Roderick had not died, Edwin Bradley had not committed suicide, and his and Lance's families were intact Well, William will never forget that when he and Lance were found and criticized by their parents on the island, the parents did not take them away immediately, but instead had dinner with them on the island, I also sat on the Ferris wheel to watch the memories of the fireworks.

Jude Law was a little bored, with the alcohol in his system, and he didn't want to see William's attention diverted from him, so after William asked him the question, Jude Law used twelve He concentrated on drinking the glass of tequila in front of him.

When Jude Law focused on licking the salt from the tiger's mouth and drinking a glass of tequila with lime, William was really attracted by the other's lips and the slit on the chin, and maybe the end of the eyes Upturned olive eyes with long gray dove-feather lashes.

'Maybe I'm a little drunk too. thought William fidgeting, 'perhaps it was a mistake to sit down and drink with Jude. ' But these thoughts are just a flash in the mind.

William and Jude Law continued their game. The questions were innocuous at first, like chatting between ordinary friends, but soon became difficult to answer, because these questions had no so-called standard answers at all, and they could not be perfunctory. For example, William just asked Jude Law: "Do you think we have something in common? Try to name three."

"Yes, of course we have." Jude Law replied: "First of all, we are all handsome, secondly, we are all single, and finally, we should not be so straight." After a pause, he asked: " Do you agree with my point of view?"

"I think I agree with all three points." William felt that the alcohol might have started to ferment in his head, because he asked Jude Law very bluntly in the next second: "Are you gay?" It is a very polite question. If William was awake, it would be impossible for William to ask Jude Law that way, because their relationship is not too deep. Ask such a question to Amon Goffman or Dan Nee Boone can do it.

"I guess I'm not, because I'm still interested in pretty women, but I do feel attracted to same-sex people, so maybe I'm a bit bisexual." Downing his throat with the last shot of tequila, Jude Law asked: "What about you, Will, straight or BI (bisexual)? Don't tell me you are GAY, I will be surprised to death."

"Me too... I'm not sure." William looked at the two rows of empty wine glasses on the table, and didn't want to continue the topic: "Should we order another dozen? But I don't think I can drink any more, If you drink any more, you will vomit."

"I still want to save myself the last bit of sanity, so I don't want to drink." Jude Law noticed William's eyes that had become very wet from drinking, and there was obvious blush at the corners of the eyes: "However, we can Give it a try." If it wasn't because it was a bar and the business wasn't deserted, he really wanted to kiss it to see what it tasted like.

William blinked slowly, and realized that Jude Law was approaching him. This was not an illusion, because William could see his own reflection in those clear to almost transparent eyes: "Try what?" He finally asked.

Jude Law subconsciously touched his chest, where it was jumping "bang bang", and he evoked a provocative smile with ease: "On the way here, I saw a hotel not far away. One street away, it only takes about 5 minutes to walk.”

The two were a little too close, and the heat in Jude Law's breath was too hot, which made William feel a little hot and uneasy from his chest to his whole body.But maybe it was alcohol that burned.

Almost half a world later, William heard his own voice: "Okay."

……

Seaside, Florida, early December.

Florida is the southernmost state in the United States, and Seaside is a small town in the south of Florida. It has beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate. It was originally one of the most livable towns in the United States. With architect Andre S. Duani replanned Seaside in 1980, turning it into a new city with complete facilities and completely consistent residential styles. The post office, shops, bookstores, restaurants and schools in the town can all be reached on foot. A town with a socialist concept, clean and beautiful like a paradise, it is not enough to be chosen by the film crew of "The Truman Show" as the place where all the stories take place--Taoyuan Town.

Since the crew of "The Truman Show" settled in Seaside, the filming has been going smoothly until today.

The assistant director wearing a headset came over and asked Danny Byrne, who had been standing by the trailer, "Is Will okay?"

"Still on the phone," Danny Byrne replied.He answered the phone at the beginning, it was an actor that Will worked with before, it seems to be the Englishman Jude Law?Does Will have a good relationship with this Jude Law?It doesn't seem to be a particularly good look, God knows why the two of them can talk for so long, maybe it's a new script or not.

The assistant director looked down at his watch, twenty or ten minutes had passed, why would the phone call take so long?Could it be...

'Did Will lock himself in his car and sulking, like other Hollywood stars like to do? ’ The assistant director couldn’t help but start thinking, “If you really can’t find the status, tell the director that it’s the same to shoot other people’s scenes first. Will really doesn’t need to find excuses to calm down. Since the start of filming, he There are very few NGs. Thanks to him, the shooting was so smooth. The progress was half a month faster than expected. It was too late for everyone to like him. How could he be blamed for his rare absence?These Hollywood stars, no matter how calm they appear, they are still afraid of losing face and dying. '

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that my guess was right, and the assistant director finally said to Danny: "Will should be very tired since filming at seven o'clock in the morning. I didn't even see how much he ate during lunch. How about So, let me talk to Peter, let someone else's scene be filmed first, you let Will sleep for a while and rest, let's continue after dinner, how about it?"

Danny Bourne wanted to agree very much. He also saw that William had been working too hard recently, and his physical strength was probably a little overdrawn. In addition, he had filmed an important scene in the past few days, but William was not in a good spirit. Can't find the right feeling, maybe half a day's rest is also a good choice?

But before Danny Bourne agreed to the assistant director, he heard the sound of the car door being pulled open from behind, "No, you don't have to say sorry, I can understand your decision. I wish you a happy life, bye. Continue to cooperate in the future? Of course I won’t refuse if there is a good script, then, goodbye.” William hung up the phone, half relieved and half sighed in relief, when he looked up and saw the assistant director standing outside the door, he was stunned for a moment and immediately smiled and said: "Peter and the others can't wait any longer? Sorry for wasting everyone's time, I'm ready now, let's continue shooting."

'So it's not an excuse to find the status, but a real phone call? Hearing William's energetic and excellent voice, the assistant director thought a little ashamedly, and immediately started gossiping in the next second: "Such a long phone call, is it for my lover?"