Birth of an actor

But isn't everyone watching GOTMILK?After the ad for Milky, Lance Roderick decided he didn't want to see another drop of the bloody white fishy liquid for at least the next month.

Danny Bourne had something to say about it: "Will actually wore underwear! I swear!"

Anyone who hears Danny Byrne's words probably thinks wrong, but the truth is much purer.

Well, maybe not so pure: William's GOTMILK for BodyByMilk?Public service announcements include TV commercials and promotional posters. The 1-minute TV commercial is not very obvious because the camera is either aimed at William’s upper body or at the side of his running figure. After the promotional posters came out, the problem came.

William on the poster looks too alluring, sitting on a white marble throne in a Greek robe, like a king, but the lazy look and the milk mustache on the upper lip are greatly spoiled. The majesty of the whole shape is a little more provocative.

And the photographer definitely did it on purpose. He chose the shooting angle. The light hit William's body just in the lower abdomen, leaving a shadow, and because the fabric was too thin and close-fitting, even the line below the waist was exposed. Clear, smooth abdominal muscles, suddenly protruding from the lower abdomen, and then outline the strong thigh muscles.

Although the exact lines cannot be seen, the general shape and size can still be guessed. Once this poster was published in a magazine, it immediately caused a sensation in the United States—of course, the fashion magazines that exclusively released the poster were also sold out. God knows if they are. The photo was chosen on purpose for the sake of sales—unscrupulous tabloids such as the National Enquirer and the New York Post even featured the "Surprising Size!"The title of William Bradley's new ad "Lu Dong" is hyped up, and some tabloids even match it with GOTMILK?The screenshot of the enlarged version of the poster, in which the shadow of William's lower abdomen is highlighted with a brush, and the lower limit of the "New York Sun" is directly lowered to the bottom. Their news headline is-"Is he wearing underwear?" "

Now, people all over the United States know the shape and size of William, and there are still lively discussions in various small circles about whether William wore underwear under the soft Greek robe when he was shooting commercials.No wonder Lance was furious.

——In fact, Amon Goffman and William himself felt cheated after seeing the official version of the poster. Who knew that the advertisers were so insidious when they asked him to wear the seemingly conservative robe that could cover the whole body What are you going to do?It is also possible that the photographer did it on purpose, but now that the facts are established, who cares about the truth.The only consolation is that GOTMILK was filmed for BodyByMilk?Among the countless celebrities in the advertisement, William was not the only one who was cheated. Many athletes with outstanding looks and proud figures were also asked to take off their shirts when shooting this advertisement, and their shorts were stripped to reveal the complete mermaid line and even the hair on their lower abdomen. Almost exposed.The reason why the photographers hired by the American Dairy Association shot the ad in such a provocative way is not because housewives and teenagers are the favorites of this hormonal ad, after all, they are the main group of milk consumers.

Danny Bourne repeatedly emphasized that he followed William throughout the commercial shooting, and he was sure that no one had taken advantage of him, so he almost swore that he saw William wearing underwear with his own eyes.

It’s not the first time that Danny Bourne has reported William’s work and private life in this way. In fact, Lance Roderick didn’t really buy him with money. The only thing he did was to buy Dan The audio-visual chain store opened by Ni's father was on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management. Old Bourne, who had reached the retirement age, was freed from low-level negotiations with the bank. Now he is happily traveling around the world with his old wife. The above is a kind deed, and the rest, Lance has not threatened Danny, but Danny Byrne dared not say anything if he knew it. He admitted that he was a little afraid of Lance Roderick.

Lance declined to comment.

He really wanted to tear off the poster in his hand, but after hesitating again and again, he still couldn't bear it.

"Nowadays, advertisers have no lower limit. No matter how serious a product is, they will have evil thoughts in their hearts. They have completely lost the simple spirit of milk as a necessary healthy drink for human beings. How good are the milk advertisements in the past? , are looking for a bunch of housewives and rosy-faced children to advertise, and now Americans are more and more fond of star halo. Vulgar, depraved, corrupt."

Danny Byrne couldn't do much except nod his head and say a bunch of words of approval: "Actually, I heard that they originally had two plans, one was the idea of ​​the ancient Greek Olympic Games that had already been photographed, The other is to have Will sit in the pasture and milk the cows like a real milkman—”

"That sounds pretty good."

"The hair is messy, the upper body is bare, showing beautiful muscles, and the hands are stroking and squeezing the udder of the cow..."

"It's terrible." Lance doesn't allow anyone to take a picture of William like this for the world to see. If there is, maybe he will shoot someone and blow up the room where the film is stored.

Danny Byrne fell silent immediately.By the way, I swallowed the sentence "I want to see this more" in my stomach.

As for Lance, he's not going to tell Danny Bourne that he kind of wants to watch it, too, but he just wants to watch it by himself.

I got the information I wanted from Danny Bourne. Five minutes later, when Lance and William were talking on the phone, he pretended not to know anything, talking to the other party about the company's affairs, life and studies.

And William, also to GOTMILK?Don't talk about the commercials, he naively thought that the commercials he shot for the American Dairy Association would not spread to Europe at all.

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GOTMILK?The advertisement of "The Truman Show" was so popular that the publicity and hype before the release of "The Truman Show" did not overshadow the impact of the advertisement.

Paramount also made a big publicity campaign. The main selling point is of course William, saying that he contributed a "breakthrough performance" in this movie, but fans who saw these descriptions thought it was wrong-" The Truman Show and Gattaca are both sci-fi movies. It is well known that William starred in the nude scene in "Gaita". Their thinking was wrong, they were wondering if William had a larger-scale performance in "The Truman Show"?There are also quite a few movie fans who want to go to the cinema to see it just for this reason.

However, it is not necessary for "The Truman Show" to use PG13, which can be called a rating suitable for all ages, to break the fantasies of these fans. Many film critics who participated in the preview have already released the first wave of film reviews, and this film It is defined as a serious science fiction film with a realism theme that is not lacking in black humor——

"A surrealist film, an art film with profound connotations, and at the same time highly entertaining as a commercial film. The theme of the film coincides with the American spirit: freedom is above all else!" AO Scott of The New York Times A full score was given.

"Every character's name in the movie has a deep meaning. The protagonist Truman Burbank, Truman (Truman) means a real person. Burbank directly points to California's 'World Media Capital', and everything in the movie The behind-the-scenes Christ, his name (Christof) is only one more of than Christ's name Christ. What an ironic and meaningful movie, a commercial film that is not like a commercial film." Roger J. Ebert also scored three and a half stars. This is the first time he has given such a high score this year. The disaster film "Godzilla" released last month only received one and a half stars.

"In fact, each of us is Truman, and each of us is manipulated. Although there are no cameras around us, TV and newspapers affect our views, the eyes of others affect our behavior, and the swaying of material and freedom affects us. Isn't this another kind of "regulation" of life?" "Los Angeles Times" film critic Kenneth Turan made a meaningful comment, but he refused to spoil the plot of the film, which aroused even more fan interest.

"The Truman Show" received almost one-sided praise in the first wave of reviews from film critics. This is also the only film among all the films that William has made that received zero negative reviews after the test screening, especially "The Truman Show". Todd McCarthy, a film critic of Variety, commented: "The script of "The Truman Show" has been circulated in Hollywood on a small scale, and I have the honor to read it. It doesn't fit very well, Jim Carrey's image is too comical, and William Bradley is too young, people can't help but worry whether his experience and acting skills can support Truman, a role with rich connotations and a rough fate , but now, all worries are gone, and William Bradley's performance has never been better." It made Paramount full of confidence in the prospects of the film.

Paramount temporarily decided to add 2500 premiere theaters, and optimistically estimated the premiere box office to be between $3000 million and $[-] million.

This expectation made William feel pressured. In William's opinion, "The Truman Show" is a film whose artistic value is higher than commercial value, but now Paramount directly treats it with the publicity and box office expectations of commercial films. It, and among the supporting actors of "The Truman Show", it can be said that apart from William himself, none of them are highly recognized by the public, and Paramount directly puts the hope of exerting star power on William alone. , which made William a little worried about whether his box office appeal was really that strong.

"Will, what brand of milk do you drink?" A reporter asked coldly: "Do you know the GOTMILK you shot? Did the advertisement directly increase the sales of milk in the United States within a month? And milk manufacturers recently A surge in orders to dairy farms over the past few weeks has put dairy farms across the U.S. under excessive production pressure and perhaps having to import some of their milk from Europe?"

William couldn't help being stunned for a moment, looking at the director Peter Weir who was walking not far in front of him, he reminded the reporter: "The Truman Show is premiering today, shouldn't we ask some questions about the movie? "

William doesn't know whether the sales of milk in the United States have increased, and how much it has increased. What he knows is that Amon Goffman has recently invited a lot of advertising invitations for milk brands, such as a well-known family farm milk brand in the United States. Organic Valley (Oignic Valley) offered a high price of 2000 million U.S. dollars. They didn’t even need to shoot TV commercials. They only asked William to shoot a set of print ads for them to be used for display at sales points in shopping malls in various states, and if William If they are willing to drink only Organic Valley milk in any public place within three years, they can add an additional 1000 million US dollars in advertising fees.

However, William directly rejected these invitations, and only drank milk in all public places within three years?God, this is really going to kill him, not to mention he's not really that big of a dairy drinker, but he's going to be clinging to a milk carton in all public places and he'll be damned Lance Leo and Toby laughed to death.

The reporter blinked slyly and asked: "Okay, it's about the movie, so why didn't you invite your female companion to accompany you to the premiere today, Will?"

William shrugged: "Of course it's because Laura and Natasha have companions." Laura Linney and Natasha McElhone played the roles of Truman's wife and first love respectively in the film.

"Come on, Will, you know what I want to ask."

The surrounding reporters were also booing: "Yes, Will, tell us about your latest relationship progress, even if you only reveal a little bit!"

William looked at the group of reporters in front of him who seemed to be refusing to give up if they couldn't catch up with a piece of news. He smiled, and suddenly asked the reporter who was the loudest just now, "Excuse me, are you single?"

The reporter who was questioned was stunned for a moment, and said truthfully: "Yes, I am single."

William's tone was melancholy: "Then you should be very clear about how a bachelor feels when he is asked why he is still a bachelor?"

The reporter was taken aback by William, and suddenly nodded empathetically, showing a miserable expression.

But some media still insisted: "You mean you already have someone you like, but the other party is not interested in you, Will?"

"Well——" William made a mysterious expression, and his tone was very similar to the tone of the host of the lottery prize show when he was about to announce the winning numbers.

All the reporters immediately stretched their necks, with expectant expressions on their faces. Some of them held the cameras with trembling hands. They were waiting for the birth of a big news. Maybe in the next few weeks, they don’t have to worry about what to write tomorrow. the kind of big news.

"I won't tell you."

Amidst the media's expressions of "Oh, I was molested", "I thought there was big news, I'm disappointed!" Went to the theater.

Among all the cast and crew of "The Truman Show", William has the best relationship with the producer Andrew Nicholl, because the two have worked together on "Gait Shot" before, so when he walked into the screening hall, he immediately The position next to Andrew Nicol was chosen.

Andrew Nicoll, who seemed to have been thinking about things, welcomed William's presence when he sat next to him and greeted him, but quickly put on a preoccupied expression.

William thought that the other party was worried about the box office of "The Truman Show", so he comforted: "Look around, Andrew, the auditorium is full of people, almost no seat is empty, and the evaluation of the film in the newspaper It's also very high, I don't think you need to worry too much about the box office."

Andrew Nicole shook his head: "I'm not worried about this film, I'm worried about my friend Peter, he's been in a bad state these days."

"Peter? Director?" William looked around, and soon found director Peter Weir, who was sitting in the back two rows, chatting and laughing with a senior executive of Paramount: "He looks very happy, It doesn't look like there's a problem."

Andrew Nico came back to his senses and explained: "Ah, no, I'm not talking about this Peter, but another New Zealand director Peter, Peter Jackson. We are about the same age, and we almost came to Hollywood to work hard. It has been going well, but I love to make sci-fi movies. He is more good at low-budget comedies and horror movies. In the past two years, Peter has been busy with a dream movie project, a series that he has been thinking about for more than ten years. I put a lot of energy into this, and even I helped him a lot, now that the film has completed the preliminary preparations and is about to start shooting, the plan has been aborted again—"

William's heartbeat suddenly accelerated two beats, and he wanted to ask Andrew Nicole, is the movie Peter Jackson is preparing called "The Lord of the Rings"?And, what kind of accident happened to this movie before it was aborted?

But before William could ask the question, the theater suddenly went dark, and the movie was about to start showing.

Although Andrew Nicole has been worrying about his friends, "The Truman Show" is his own work. When the movie started to be shown on the big screen, he quickly cleared up his chaotic emotions and concentrated on watching it. video.

Seeing Andrew Nicole's appearance at this time, William also swallowed the question, because he suddenly thought of a better person to ask.