Birth of an actor

"Did you really tell him that?" Lance said with an obvious smile.

William felt inspired, and he described the scene more exaggeratedly: "Ben Affleck's face was terrible at the time, he played a famous theater actor in the movie, wearing costumes and hanging on his body. It is full of metal ornaments, and there is a long sword hanging on the waist! Although it is an unsharp sword, it still hurts when poked on the body. As for me, I am not even fully dressed, and there are no usable weapons on my body. No, so I just had to be honest with him, and I said, 'Is Paltrow your girlfriend, Affleck? Sorry I really don't know.'”

In this cross-ocean phone call, William told Lance about a series of things that happened after filming his intimate scene with Gwyneth Paltrow yesterday, which was really a bit oolong:

Ben Affleck is the same age as Gwyneth Paltrow. He debuted as a child actor. Because of his handsome looks and a height of nearly six feet four inches (192cm), he has been developing smoothly since he dropped out of college and went to Los Angeles. Last year, "Good Will Hunting", which he wrote and acted with his friend Matt Damon, won the Best Original Screenplay Award at the 70th Oscar.

Because he is not a playboy-like personality and his style is a bit low-key, there are not many scandals about Ben Affleck, but the most famous scandal that happened to him recently is that "Entertainment Weekly" released news that he was filming "Shakespeare in Love" snatched William Bradley's girlfriend in the play, and had a hot fight with Gwyneth Paltrow. The news occupied most of the page, and they even matched a few An outdoor photo of Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow talking intimately, and also vowed that Gwyneth Paltrow abandoned Brad Pitt for Ben Affleck .

Unfortunately, William subscribed to many newspapers and publications, but they were not comprehensive newspapers such as "New York Times" and "Wall Street Journal", or professional film magazines such as "New Yorker" and "Movie Review". Most of them are read by Danny Bourne, and William basically doesn't read them (unless there are some interesting rumors about him in those newspapers, such as "Merry William sleeps all over Harvard"), so he doesn't know Ben There is an affair between Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Ben Affleck still seemed jealous, and didn't quite believe William's words: "Really? But I saw that you were so happy to hug Gwen and kiss. Be careful with your behavior, Bradley, if If I find out that you deliberately NG in order to kiss Gwen more times—"

"I'll make you pay!" While speaking, Ben Affleck actually pulled out the prop sword from his waist and swung it at William a few times threateningly.

"I swear I will never do that!" William raised his right hand dumbfoundingly to show his sincerity, and expressed his true inner thoughts: "Actually, when I kissed Paltrow during the filming, I regarded her as—"

"For what?" Ben Affleck demanded.

William swallowed the two words on the edge of his throat and replaced them with: "Burrito."

"Huh?" Ben Affleck freezes.

William was sure his eyes were genuine: "The human love of food is endless. I was starving. A pretty girl never appealed to me as much as a burrito, and we're professional actors, Aff Lake, I can love and crave donuts if I have to."

"Gwen," Ben Affleck said.

Subtly sensing something wrong with the air behind him, William blinked, and slowly turned around, almost horrified to find that Gwyneth Paltrow was standing two meters away.

"Hi, Pat—" He licked his dry lips and greeted awkwardly.

"I heard everything." Gwyneth Paltrow said blankly: "I saw Ben swinging his sword at you and ran over in a hurry. Should come over. Tacos? Huh, that's the best compliment I've ever received." She added the accent on the word "best" that was absolutely impossible to ignore.

' Well done Will for pissing off the co-actress on the first day of filming. ’ William thought bitterly after Gwyneth Paltrow gave William a hard look and turned away.

"You're kind of out of luck, man, and you're dead for saying she's not even worth a burrito to Gwen's face. Gwen's got a lot of ego and she'll never have a crush on you. "Ben Fleck patted William on the back comfortingly, hugged his shoulder affectionately, with an uncontrollable smile on his face: "But I like you very much now, just call me by my name, I Maybe I can call you Will too? I think we can be friends."

William shakes Ben Affleck's arm off him: 'Is your girlfriend vengeful?'

"It seems a little heavy?"

"...I hate you, Ben." If Ben Affleck hadn't been dazzled by jealousy, William wouldn't have offended Gwyneth Paltrow by accidentally saying the wrong thing because he wanted the other party to eliminate the jealousy of.

"I'm liking you more and more, Will, don't worry, if Gwen tells me anything about her plan to retaliate against you, I will let you know in advance."

"Can't you just stop your girlfriend, man?"

Ben Affleck had a silly smile on his face: "Oh Will, you don't know Gwen, she's like a queen, once she makes up her mind, I can't stop it."

William: "..."

……

"Ben Affleck said he liked you?"

Lance's tone sounded very calm, but for some reason, William heard the threat from it, and he explained intuitively: "I think it's just a word of comfort, knowing that he yelled at me a few minutes ago. Shoutout, after Paltrow glared at me, I immediately liked it, and it was obvious that Affleck was obsessed with love."

Lance was silent for some reason.

William waited for five seconds and asked strangely, "Lance?"

"I'm a little scared, Will."

William's tone immediately became anxious: "Scared? Are you starting to have nightmares again?"

Lance answered with a slight smile this time: "If I said yes, would you still sneak into my bedroom in the middle of the night to sleep with me, just like when we were ten years old?"

When Jenny Roderick just passed away, Lance had nightmares almost every day. William didn't know this at first, but later found clues through his friend's thick dark circles and tight mental state like strings. After asking for a second time but not getting a positive answer from Lance, William called Lance's bedroom directly at midnight that day, and Lance muttered in a sleepy voice, "I'm so sleepy, Will, I'll talk about it tomorrow if I have anything to do. "And hung up the phone.

But William didn't believe Lance's words. Who would fall asleep and pick up the phone as soon as it rang?William impulsively decided to visit Lance. Fortunately, Taylor Roderick temporarily cast a shadow on Roderick's mansion because of his wife's death. The father and son temporarily lived in the Upper East Side of New York, so William only rode for 10 minutes. The bicycle arrived outside the apartment building where Lance lived. After knocking on the door softly, he ran into Lance's bedroom with the help of the old housekeeper. As expected, Lance was not asleep, and was sitting curled up on the ground facing Leaning against the bed in a daze by the window, Lance was pleasantly surprised and surprised by William's arrival. The two sat together silently by the bedside for a while and then started yawning one after another. I don't know why they fell asleep afterwards. Anyway, they woke up the next day. Lance's head rested on William's stomach, and William's arm rested on Lance's waist.

Then, William began to stay at Lance's house often, and basically sneaked into Lance's bedroom every night to sleep with his friends. When Lance suffered from insomnia, he accompanied him to sleep together. , he provided some cuddling services. After about a few months, Lance stopped having nightmares. After the two of them entered the seventh grade, they stopped sleeping in the same bed so often, but occasionally, William Never saw Lance having a nightmare again.

Thinking of this, William joked, "Maybe I can buy you a teddy bear to sleep with you." Now that he thinks about it, William feels that he used to be quite like a teddy.

"Will, did you forget I have a room full of teddy bears?"

Maybe Lance was too cute when he was a child, but his personality was too uncute. Jenny Roderick would buy a lot of teddy bears for her son every year, trying to make him cute, but waiting for more teddy bears would be fine. A collection room has been piled up, and Lance's personality has not changed as lively as other children.

"That's different." William coughed lightly, showing off in his tone imperceptibly: "Steiff Company has decided to produce a series of limited edition teddy bears for "Titanic", and the fur color will be chosen according to the actor's hair color Also, even the costumes are custom-made according to the original movie, there are Jack Teddy, Ruth Teddy and Karl Teddy, Carl Teddy's bookings are so high, there probably won't be a few left for the mall window-wait, I remember you seem to have an 'Othello Teddy'?"

"Othello Teddy" is the world's largest and most collectible teddy bear manufacturer Steiff Company. When the Titanic sank in 1912, it was specially made to mourn the catastrophe, so it also has a nickname called "Mourning" "Teddy", "Othello Teddy" is different from ordinary teddy bears. Its hair is made of pure black wool, and its brown glass eyes show a gentle color. It brings great comfort to people. Since "Othello Teddy" is very commemorative, there were only 1912 rare when it was manufactured in 494, so the collection value has increased year by year, and now it has been sold to 9 pounds. high price.

Thinking of this, William really began to think that the room in Roderick's mansion where Lance's old toys were stored could be called a collection room, or even a toy museum. After all, if Jenny Roderick Even the real original "Othello Teddy" can be bought for her son, so what rare toy can she not find?Maybe some of the humble toys that William has played with are treasures with great collection value and high prices.

Lance understood what William meant: "Even if I have an Othello Teddy, Will, I still want your 'Carl Teddy'."

William smiled happily.

"But no, Will, I won't sleep with it." After a pause, Lance added: "After ten years old, the closest thing to a pillow on my bed is you, Will .”

It's a good thing it wasn't face-to-face, otherwise William would have to figure out why he was blushing. "So, you didn't have a nightmare, did you?" William asked with a sigh of relief, "Then what are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid that one day, you'll be like Affleck's Paltrow obsessed with a girl, and then—" Lance's words stopped suddenly.

"And then get caught up in family life and leave your best brother behind?" William waited, holding his breath.

Lance hesitated for a few seconds before answering, "Yes, but why are you?"

"Why do you understand your mood so well? Because that's what I'm most worried about, my friend." Finally speaking these words, William heaved a sigh of relief.

Lance had never had a girlfriend who could introduce her to William, sit down to dinner with three, or have a foursome date, so William never thought of "Lance's girlfriend" before. That kind of thing, but not now, after mistaking Gwyneth Paltrow for Lance on set and delivering one of the best performances I've ever seen—director John Madden used no fewer than ten "Perfect!" "Unbelievable!" and words like it sum up the abundance of emotion William displayed in that scene—William just knew he had ulterior motives for his best friend.

Anxiety came over almost overnight, questions that William had never considered before now popped up: Does Lance have a girlfriend in England?What kind of person is she?Do you want to tell Lance about your sexual orientation?Confession or forget it?Although Lance should not discriminate against homosexuals, it would also make William feel uncomfortable if he had to keep a distance from him because he confessed his sexual orientation.

A long time ago, before William moved to Los Angeles, he imagined that if the two became business partners in the future, they would live not far from each other after they got married, and the two families would gather and have parties every weekend. A good life, but now William is afraid that such a "dream" will come true - even every time he thinks of this idea, William feels as if there is a fat cat sitting on his chest, and he has difficulty breathing.

And now, knowing that Lance had thoughts similar to his, the fat cat suddenly moved away from William's chest, breathing more easily than ever.

A bold guess appeared in William's mind, and he even became short of breath for this unprecedented thought: Why does Lance have such worries, doesn't he?But William couldn't ask in the end, because he was too worried about ruining his friendship with Lance, and lacked the courage to desperately.

At both ends of the transoceanic phone call, William and Lance fell silent like never before.

In the end, it was William who broke the silence first: "So if you have a girlfriend, you will definitely let me know first, right? Also, make an appointment that we won't forget about sex?"

"What's the stake?"

"Let me believe, um, let the other party handle it?" William thought he would never lose this bet.

"Deal." Lance's chuckle implied more meanings. For example, even if William really met a girl worthy of engagement, he would probably, no, he would definitely mess it up with his own hands.

……

The filming of William in "Shakespeare in Love" started from the love affair between Shakespeare and Viola. At the beginning, no one could have imagined that William would be so compatible with Gwyneth Paltrow's performance, no, or that , no one could have imagined that William would actually fully express Shakespeare's love for Viola to Gwyneth Paltrow.

Or it would be more appropriate to describe it as fanaticism like fire.

With such affectionate eyes and such a gentle voice, William even added a lot of small gestures between lovers to the scene when Shakespeare and Viola get along. For example, Shakespeare has a special liking for Viola's blond hair. It was the blond hair, and the lingering love almost gushed out from his gestures.

Director John Madden was so excited that he wanted to keep the camera on William 24 hours a day. He even said while looking at the material on the screen while reorganizing the film clips shot that day with the editor. : "Shakespeare's love for Viola, Will acted like Shakespeare in the script is reborn, if Shakespeare's love for drama and pursuit of art can also perform seven or eight points, even if it is only seven points , are worthy of an Oscar nomination."

So it's no wonder that William and Gwyneth Paltrow's love affair with William and Gwyneth Paltrow was very turbulent in the crew for a while, because many people also know that Gwyneth Paltrow and another actor in the crew, Ben Affleck seems to be a couple in private, so some actors in the crew even secretly made a bet on whether Gwyneth Paltrow would step on two boats, and whether Ben Affleck and William would Fight for her.

But people who were waiting to see the good show not only did not wait for their long-awaited duel scene, but were shocked to drop a lot of jaws in the next few days-Ben Affleck and his rumored rival every day William talked and laughed, and the two often had dinner together, obviously they became friends, but William and Gwyneth Paltrow, who were at the center of the scandal, were not as ambiguous as rumored, and they were also first-class directors Shouting "CUT" to end the shooting, the smile disappeared immediately and ignored the other party.

Everyone in the crew of "Shakespeare in Love" couldn't figure out what was going on. William and Gwyneth, who were most in love because of the drama, ignored each other outside the filming. The intimate scene between the two was obviously so popular. This is simply unscientific! ), and William, who is a "rival in love" on and off the screen, seems to have a good relationship with Ben. People think this is simply mysterious-something very interesting must have happened between the three!It's a pity that no one knows the truth except the person involved. For a while, countless staff members of the "Shakespeare in Love" crew were tortured by curiosity every day. The three of Affleck tried to find some clues.

However, before they found their trace, William had to ask for leave to temporarily leave the crew. This time, it was not for the filming of "Blood Together", but "Meeting Joe Black". The film has been screened in the United States, and Universal Pictures is going to hold an internal trial screening. Only the middle and high-level executives of Universal and the main creators of the film crew will participate, without the presence of film critics and media. William, the protagonist, will be invited to watch it together.