Birth of an actor

"Thanks, Tom, yes I just got off the plane. I've seen Eyes Wide Shut in Venice, it's Stanley Kubrick's posthumous work, and you and Nicole are of course fantastic. Tonight's party? No problem, the address is... well, I've written it down, and I'll be there on time."

"What's it like being a regular college student at Harvard, Natalie?"

"Great to hear from you, Steven, thanks for the congratulations, have you been in LA lately? Great, the script for Philosopher's Stone has been finalized, casting auditions are almost done, we have to find Time to meet and talk about it. Yes, you may need to fly to London to confirm the progress of various tasks, after all, the filming location is there.”

"I taught you in New Zealand. I won't be able to go back until next month. Did you guys watch the TV live broadcast of the awards ceremony in Wellington? Thank you, Peter, to convey my thanks to Ilya and Orlando."

"This is not only my honor but also the honor of [-]th Century Fox. Of course, I will take the trophy with me."

"Hello? It's you buddy. No, it's not that you got a different phone to get in, Leo, it's my phone that's about to blow up, and there's only a few seconds left until just now—wait, Is that Toby's voice? Who else? Let me guess, Ben Affleck, Chris Evans, Paul Walker, Reese Witherspoon, all of them? A celebratory party? Eh? Got it, I shouldn't act like I knew in advance, well, I'll pretend I don't know."

From the moment he got off the plane from Rome, Italy to Los Angeles, William's mobile phone has been ringing non-stop. Almost everyone who knew his private phone number called to congratulate him on winning the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival. Those who couldn't get in the phone also sent text messages. While accepting these congratulations, William also inevitably agreed to many party invitations. The number is definitely so large that even a party expert like Leonardo DiCaprio To the point where my tongue hurts.

This is just a call received by William's personal mobile phone. Another well-known work contact number of his is at the Jewish broker. It is hard to imagine how busy the other party's mobile phone was during this day and night.

Soon William knew how busy Amon Goffman was. When the two met in the VIP lounge of the airport, the Jewish agent's eyes were bloodshot, his shirt collar was drenched with sweat, and his expression But there was a hint of excitement in the exhaustion.

"Your flight information has been leaked, and now it's full of media outside, probably hundreds of people, and everyone is staring at the only exit with greedy wolf eyes. God, Will, I came in such a hurry You didn’t even bring security, if you knew this earlier, you should have chartered a flight back, at least that way there is no risk of the itinerary being leaked.”

William flew directly from New Zealand to Venice at the strong request of [-]th Century Fox - "Fight Club" is the opening film of this year's Venice Film Festival, and he will start his award ceremony journey for the next year from Watertown. Showing up is a respect for the film festival—William was only going to attend the opening ceremony, so he only brought his manager, Danny Byrne, without hiring a bodyguard, let alone greeting the media, and the return ticket was bought in advance, but, who Can you imagine taking home a trophy?

"Which media are at the airport now?"

"All the media you can think of, including several major TV stations, are here, and the number is still increasing. I have notified the airport security to help maintain order, but I am worried that when you show up, there will still be a commotion, like "Us Weekly" ’ or the paparazzi of the National Enquirer, they won’t rest until they get a picture of you, after all, Will you kind of come back from Europe with honor.”

Although Americans value Oscars the most, and Hollywood has become the most important and influential film industry base in the world, films originated in Europe after all. The most important movement and change in the history of film for more than 100 years also began in Europe. Even Hollywood’s The birth and development are also inseparable from the influence and help of Europe—without the French "New Wave" movement, the "New German Cinema" movement in the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Italian Neorealist film movement, there would be no "New Hollywood Cinema" in the United States. "Movement, Hollywood would not be the Hollywood it is now. Perhaps it has been completely sluggish under the double blow of the impact of television on the film production industry and the decline of commercial film production. For the past century, European films have been high-end, romantic and , the synonym of art, no matter how proud Americans are of the globalization of Hollywood and the influence of Oscars, the status of the three major film festivals in Europe cannot be ignored. If the film can achieve certain honors in Europe, it will be of great help to the film's final box office in the United States, and even its Oscar and Golden Globe results.

Moreover, if an American actor has only been recognized domestically but has not been recognized by European awards, he/she still cannot be called a super A superstar with international influence.Even if there is, it is just a compliment to the star's popularity, or the word "idol" should be added before the superstar.

"Fight Club," now apparently "gilded," is back, though the movie didn't win a Golden Lion or a Silver Lion -- both of which went to China this year, and the Golden Lion for best picture went to Zhang Yimou "No One Less", the Silver Lion Award symbolizing the best director was awarded to Zhang Yuan's "Homecoming for Chinese New Year". After the awards were announced, William went to the two directors to express his congratulations. His proficiency in Mandarin was as expected. There were two surprised faces in the film. After chatting, William happily exchanged contact information with some directors and heads of film companies from China-but the best actor is also a very important award of the film festival.

Moreover, William’s award this time is different from the past. It is very rare for an A-list superstar who is highly sought after in the United States to be recognized in Europe at the same time. The taste is similar. The connection between the two places was very close at that time. The Hollywood actor Jack Lemmon in the 60s was not only a box office superstar in the United States, but also the first in history to gather the best actor in the three major film festivals of Cannes, Berlin and Venice. The legendary actor with the title of Oscar winner, but in the past 30 or 20 years, the cultural gap between art-oriented Europe and business-oriented Hollywood has become more and more serious, and it is becoming more and more difficult to agree with the actors. To give the most typical example, West Eun Penn has collected the titles of the three major European film festivals, but in the United States, the first name that people think of him is still "Madonna's ex-husband" or "Madonna's ex-husband who likes to beat the paparazzi". Throughout his past [-] years Years of acting career, only one Oscar nomination for best actor.

Sean Penn's situation seems to indicate that the road of European and Hollywood films is drifting away. Last year, when Sean Penn collected honors from the three major film festivals, the American media's enthusiasm for reporting was not as high as that of the European media. After a while, he returned to his marriage with Madonna, and apart from literary films, there were not many commercial films that wanted him to star in, and the salary did not double because of this-but this year, the taste has always been the most artistic The Venice Film Festival actually chose "Fight Club" as the opening film of the film festival, and also awarded the best actor to William Bradley, who is in full swing in Hollywood. What does this mean?

Venice, like Cannes, has begun to compromise with business and Hollywood!Some European newspapers and American media reported this as soon as the news of William's award came out. Some of them accused satire and some were complacent.However, most of the media still prefer that "Fight Club" is an accident at this year's film festival. He did not take the initiative to choose well-known Hollywood stars for promotion, and no other films received preferential treatment at the screening. Except for William Bradley's Best Actor, no Hollywood film won another award. , Venice is still the same Venice as before, nothing has changed.

The actor of the three major European film festivals, for actors who are not very well-known, may not have as much help in their development in Hollywood as an Oscar nomination, but for William, the favorite of Hollywood, it is undoubtedly Another bundle of firewood was added under the already raging flames. William was called "the successor of River Phoenix" by some media two years ago. Now, he does not bear the name of anyone else. The shadow of the former has been completely removed, and William Bradley is William Bradley, who embodies the name himself.

But now, the newly-promoted Venice film star listened to the commotion coming from the waiting hall outside, and stroked his hair in annoyance: "Maybe when we return to IAA, holding a press conference can satisfy the media's excess curiosity." , but the immediate question is—"

"How to escape from the airport safely. Don't look at me like this. I used the word 'escape' correctly. You haven't appeared in the United States for several months, and your current image is very different. So eye-catching, you don't know how crazy the media want you, Will, I doubt their desire will lead to excesses, media excesses are like a nightmare for stars, no matter who is wrong in the first place, There is always a pot of dirty water to be poured on the star himself - don't forget how bad Sean Penn's reputation became due to fighting with reporters during the years of his marriage and divorce with Madonna, and now there are not many media outlets Willing to report positive news about him, this is something that even a few European film stars can't wash away."

Amon Goffman continued: "I've already thought about this for you. Let's go to the bathroom to change clothes. Anyway, you have extra hats and sunglasses in your suitcase, don't you? As long as I attract the attention of reporters When you're strong enough, you can run out of the airport quickly enough, and I have asked Danny to wait outside in the car. Your Porsche is very recognizable."

William hesitated to spit out his own question: "But you are more than an inch shorter than me..."

"...I could stuff two extra pairs of socks in the shoes. Increase height."

"You're fatter than me—"

"Even if I have to hold my breath all the time, I will stuff myself into your clothes!" The Jewish manager roared unbearably.

William looked at his manager with innocent pleading eyes, which made Armon Goffman very satisfied, but the words uttered from those red lips like roses were not cute at all.Not only is it not cute, but it is also like a sharp sword piercing into the heart of the Jewish broker.

"Then please be careful, Amy, don't blow the buttons, this is my favorite shirt."

"..."

For a moment, the Jewish manager impulsively wanted to grab the guy in front of him and throw him into the mouths of the hungry reporters with their mouths wide open, so that they would gnaw all the bones out of him.

But in the end, the hard-spoken and soft-hearted Jewish broker could only pray to God with tears in his heart: "Is it my fault of being ungodly that you sent such torture?"If I abide by the religious rules and believe in you devoutly, will I be able to return the well-behaved and obedient boy I used to be? '

……

Before the non-stop flight from Rome, Italy to Los Angeles, the Italian colleagues waiting at the Los Angeles Airport had already taken photos of William Bradley boarding the plane. In the information age, such information is only available across thousands of miles , the reporters waiting in the airport hall have long been familiar with William Bradley's clothes - the well-fitting dark green shirt outlines the clear lines of the back, and sets off the pair of eyes of the same color even deeper, the sleeves are rolled up It is more suitable for hot weather and more stylish. The classic light gray cropped pants and refreshing high-style monk shoes. The LoroPiana gentleman hat covers most of the hair, leaving only a part of light blonde hair that cannot be covered. The presence of Mykita pilot glasses steadily brought out an uninhibited but romantic atmosphere-and since the flight landed, they have opened their eyes wide and observed, not letting go of any person who is suspected of the other party.

That's right, blonde hair has become one of William Bradley's signatures recently.

The whole world knew that William Bradley was going to play the blonde Glorfindel in The Lord of the Rings, but a few weeks ago, when the American reporter who checked the HSO website every day posted another "Lord of the Rings" When a behind-the-scenes photo released by the crew of "The King" found a real blond semi-long hair, but suspected William Bradley's profile, almost all the media went crazy: William Bradley dyed his hair Also got a new hairstyle? !

——Any A-lister worthy of the name, or the kind who has already surpassed the popularity of the A-lister, can become the subject of endless reports in entertainment newspapers when they go out to take out the trash in the morning or go to the West Hollywood Book Soup to buy a book, let alone It's such an attractive news about a change of look that it can be hyped for weeks from hairstyle to color to implication until it starts to become a new trend in Hollywood or across the United States.

Because of the strong attention from the United States, the "Lord of the Rings" crew made a brief statement shortly after the stills were exposed, saying that William Bradley did dye his hair light blond because he played the Lord of Jinhua. Glorfindel's style is almost waist-length golden hair. Originally, a wig can solve all the problems, but the headgear needs to be coated with a lot of glue to fix it on the head, and the makeup artist found that William Bradley's skin It is a more sensitive type. If you apply too much glue for too long, you will have an allergic reaction, so in desperation, William can only choose to dye his hair, and then use hair extensions to complete the styling.

William has dyed his hair blond before, when he was filming Gattaca and Meet Joe Black, but both times it was a darker blonde, and because of the tone of the movie, it looked nothing like brown most of the time Different, but this time is different, Glorfindel's hair is more dazzling than gold, even if he is very stingy in describing the beauty of the elves, the appearance words for the elf prince Legolas' father, the jungle elf king Thranduil, are only "blonde hair "A description of Tolkien has emphasized that Glorfindel has beautiful long golden hair. It is conceivable how William dyed it into a shiny golden color-in fact, this golden color is also the makeup artist of the crew. After more than ten times of blending, the gold that was successfully blended was exactly the same as the wig headgear, a color that was lighter than gold but shinier.Because old man Tolkien has said that Glorfindel, who returned from the Temple of Mandos, comes with the holy light of fairyland.

Maybe because he knew that his current hair color was too eye-catching, William suddenly had a lot of hats in his suitcase, such as line caps, baseball caps, gentleman hats and deerstalker hats. In the few days in Venice, except for formal attire at the awards ceremony, there was nothing Apart from wearing a hat, his new hairstyle is always covered tightly when he goes out. Occasionally, only one or two disobedient strands of blond hair are exposed, and every time he is captured by the Italian media.

Probably this is the reason why American journalists gathered so many and quickly this time. They first spent a few weeks in New Zealand as if they were secluded from the world, and then went to Venice for a week under the flashing lights of their foreign counterparts. William Bradley , has not appeared under the lens of the Hollywood media for too long, and the reporters' cameras are already hungry.

The media who had waited for too long in the terminal hall were a little uneasy, and a young reporter from "USA Today" couldn't stay still: "Is the information we got really correct? Could it be that William Brand Leigh wasn't on this flight?"

The surrounding journalists were unimpressed with the typical rookie panic, and only one good-natured THR reporter replied, "Some of us have been informed from inside the airport that there was nothing wrong with the flight, William Bradley. He has already got off the plane, and he is probably only tens of meters away from us."

"But what if he's already taken another exit and we don't see it?"

This time, even the kindest reporter didn't answer the rookie's concerns, because their attention was all focused on the exit because of the "he appeared!" shouted by their colleagues.

A man wearing a dark green shirt, light gray trousers, a gentleman's hat and a pair of aviator glasses hanging on the bridge of his nose, was hurrying out of the aisle with his head down, pulling a black suitcase, and walking quickly towards the exit of the airport hall.The man's full suit was exactly the same as the Italian reporter photographed before William Bradley got on the plane, so just took a look, and the media in the airport went crazy. They raised their cameras and kept talking. Press the shutter, while scrambling to run towards the man.

Although for a moment, the reporter of "Hollywood Reporter" felt that the man's height and shape were a bit wrong, and the shirt and pants were a little too tight, but the turbulent crowd brought no photo of William Bradley = Editor-in-Chief Getting angry = the panic of losing this month's bonus quickly stopped his thoughts, and the reporter quickly joined the army of rubbing shoulders.

"William Bradley" seemed to feel threats from all directions. He unconsciously pressed his hat with one hand and pulled the box with the other and walked faster, almost running.

However, no matter how desperately "William Bradley" ran, he was not as fast as the paparazzi who have been fighting guerrilla wars with celebrities all year round. Soon, he was surrounded by the front, back, left, and right sides, and the flashing lights kept flashing, "William Bradley Landry" subconsciously raised his palm to cover his face to prevent the media from photographing him, but this action caused some of the hair on the back of his head to come out of the hat, and immediately a reporter shouted: "It's not William Brandley !It's a brunette!"

"what?!"

The media were extremely shocked. They couldn’t believe that they had been tricked. The reporter from the “National Enquirer” was quite bold, even daring to sneak into the celebrity’s villa to secretly take pictures, so they took the lead in uncovering the “William Brand Lee" hat, and the surrounding reporters were stunned to see a Jewish face appearing under the hat.

"Damn it, it's Amon Goffman!"

"The two exchanged clothes, and William has already run away!"

Now that he has been discovered, Amon Goffman no longer hides himself. He tidied up his messy clothes from being pushed by the reporters, coughed, and said, "Why don't you come and interview me? I can tell you Will The next work dynamics." While smiling and treating the group of reporters in front of him politely, the Jewish manager was actually full of disgust, because apart from the very impolite behavior of being kicked off his hat, he was not found out just now. When Will, in fact, he was pulled by some, no, some shameless people in this group of media, his shirt was touched, his waist was touched, and his butt was pinched.

Thinking of the salty behavior Will would suffer if they found him, Amon Goffman wished to permanently put a transparent glass between Will and the media, so that they could see it forever, but couldn't touch it.

But only a few people are willing to make do to interview William Bradley's agent, the vast majority of people still want to find the deity - William Bradley's Beverly Hills villa is built like an iron barrel , even a helicopter can only take a few bird's-eye views of the villas. Hollywood stars don't like to go out for shopping. Every opportunity to take pictures of real people is precious. Ambitious entertainment reporters will not let take any chance.

"Since the clothes were exchanged, does anyone remember what Goffman was wearing today?" a reporter in the crowd asked.

The reporter of "Hollywood Reporter" thought for a while: "I noticed when he came in. He was wearing a blue suit, but I can't remember whether it was dark blue or navy blue."

"Guys, get tall guys in dark blue or navy blue suits! Don't let William Bradley and his agent play us all!"

"Look! There's a man in a blue suit and a hat running outside!"

Under the scanning of hundreds of pairs of eyes, even the crowded airport hall could not withstand such a search, and soon someone found suspicious traces.

Amon Goffman couldn't help but change his face when he saw the direction the media were chasing again like a tide.

……

William walked briskly in the airport hall, while not forgetting to pay attention to the situation around him.

Sensing the loud noise on the other side of the hall, William couldn't help but glanced there. When he saw the brown hair of the Jewish broker surrounded by the crowd, he knew that the cover-up had been exposed. , so he quickly picked up the pace.

When passing a few reporters holding cameras from a few meters away, William lowered his head and felt as exciting as making a movie while passing by. Maybe it is from life.

'If I'm caught and there's a chase or a car chase, it's really like a movie. ' thought William.

A second later, he began to resent his crow's mouth.

"William Bradley!"

"There he is!"

Someone shouted behind him, and the voice seemed to approach from far away.

William's footsteps became stiff, and he hesitated for a second whether to run wildly or stand still and turn around to admit his fate to be entangled by the media, but before he could make a choice, he felt a rumble of footsteps coming from behind, almost Ten journalists carrying various equipment caught up to William from behind, then wiped his arm... and ran past.

William was almost staggered by the wind.

ran over? !

When he saw that the target of the crowd was a tall, slender man with dazzling blond hair and an aqua blue suit, he understood why the media ignored him because they mistook him for him.

Simply delighted.

Although the back of the head looks familiar.

……

"Are we filming "Notting Hill"?" After the heavy blow was digested, some reporters couldn't help complaining.

——"Notting Hill" is a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant released in May this year. In the love story between Hugh Grant, an ordinary man who runs a small bookstore, there are many scenes in the movie where Julia Roberts was entangled by the media and successfully escaped.

And the scene that just happened at the airport is very similar to many scenes in the movie.

Reporters chase "William Bradley," who turns out to be "Amon Goffman," and they chase a blond man in a blue suit, who turns out to be Lance Roderick...

No one would think that it was a coincidence that Lance Roderick also appeared at Los Angeles International Airport on the day William Bradley's cross-border flight arrived. They clearly knew that Roderick's heir's behavior just now was for Friends act as umbrellas.

Wearing the same suit, the same blond hair, and pretending to be guilty when the media approached, walking fast or something, tsk tsk.

Are they that scary?Dodge them like this!Could it be that the camera, microphone, and camera can eat people? ! ——The reporters at the scene roared collectively in their hearts, but completely forgot that there were hundreds of them, and most of them came from the notorious gossip tabloids. Such a battle, without security guards, It's something any star should be shy about.

In fact, as Roderick's heir, he is also a hidden billionaire according to the legend. Lance Roderick, who has a playful elf photo that has attracted countless fans, his own news The value is also extremely high, but I don't know why, after the media stopped him and found out that it was not William Bradley, they didn't dare to pester little Roderick, and even under the cold eyes of the other party, Just like Moses dividing the sea, he automatically gave way and let the other party leave.

I don't know which reporter compared what just happened to the plot in the movie "Notting Hill". Many media colleagues around were amused, but some people laughed at themselves: "Yes, William Bradley is like Aren't the clever and witty Julia Roberts in the movie, and us, very similar to the group of stupid journalists who let big stars slip by?"

The reporters let out a helpless sigh for the thousand and first time: "William Bradley, people really love and hate."

"Yes."

"That's right." All around echoed.

Yes, love and hate, this is how the media feels about William Bradley at this time-he never lacks topics, such as the materials he exploded when he participated in the talk show, which made fans go to the root He likes to talk about it. For example, the HSO website, which has a very close relationship with him, has become one of the key websites for many media to follow the latest trends in Hollywood. As for his company’s filming, it is even the focus of attention. William Brand Leigh seems to be connected to the entertainment nerves of Hollywood by a single hair. If he wants to, he can stir up the entertainment carnival of the whole United States at any time.

However, the most hateful thing about the new Venice film star is that his thoughts and behaviors are always full of uncertainty. Very cold and ruthless, just like just now, the media did not see his real trace at all.

"Why don't we interview Roderick Jr., or follow him out? He and William Bradley are bound to meet up, and maybe they're in the same car right now." USA TODAY "The young reporter suggested unwillingly.

"Lance Roderick is not a Hollywood star, he's just, uh, a businessman, and we shouldn't cover him like any other star, but with due respect." Colleague at the New York Daily News Obscure reminder.

"There are also many wealthy businessmen in the Upper East Side of New York who are social celebrities. Why don't you see them and give them respect, and stop reporting their divorce lawsuits and equity disputes? I read that half of the New York newspapers rely on reporting on the private lives of celebrities on the Upper East Side. Survival."

"You know that the Roderick Group has hired a whole team of lawyers and has been suing those who have published photos of Taylor Roderick and Lance Roderick's life without their consent and revealed their privacy for the past ten years. media?" The reporter of "New York Daily News" sneered: "That team has some of the best lawyers in the United States who specialize in reputation and privacy lawsuits. The newspapers were sued in court. Although the newspapers are protected by the constitution, the Roderick Group won't win many lawsuits, but their original purpose is to prolong the litigation period, because the lawyer's fees brought by the long lawsuits are enough for the small newspapers. They went bankrupt. The year Lance Roderick was kidnapped, after he was freed, several newspapers took pictures of a terrified little Roderick, or ridiculed the kidnapping as Roderick. Derek was a disaster because he was too rich, and those newspapers, without exception, were all sued for bankruptcy. We've been careful with Roderick ever since, ok to take a few innocuous pictures, play around the edges, but never get too hung up on them unless they want to."

The young reporter of "USA Today" seemed to have heard something unbelievable, he couldn't understand or accept it: "We didn't break into his home and took his nude photos, we just followed up and interviewed, we exercised the US Constitution to empower the media The right to freedom of the press!

"You can try, young man." Several old reporters exchanged a "he is hopeless" look, and finally warned: "If you bring a lawsuit to your newspaper, don't say we didn't warn you .”

……

When Lance opened the car door and got in, William finally understood why Danny Byrne hadn't started the car for so long.

"I just said that the back of the head looks like you!" William looked at Lance Roderick's full-body outfit with surprised eyes: "No wonder the reporters ran towards you, my friend, you came to pick me up specially , rescued me?"

The heir of Roderick took off the hat on William's head, and his lake blue eyes, which were the same color as the suit, looked quietly but sharply at his friend who hadn't seen him for a long time, and then nodded slightly, saying, "The color is good." With his hair Colors are very similar.For some unknown reason, Lance's hair is very strange, the longer it gets, the lighter it is. When he was a teenager, there was a little bit of brown gold in his hair, but now there is no variegation at all, as if he had found the most brilliant tone. The colorist dyed the same, but in fact, only those who are close to him know that Lance Roderick is the real natural blonde and blue eyes.

William looked at Lance, then at his hair that was about to fall to his shoulders, as if he had discovered that the color was so close to his friend's for the first time, he suddenly put his arms around the other's shoulders, and rubbed their heads together: "We The style of painting is finally the same, my friend."

"Couple hair color/couple outfit, huh." Danny Byrne sat in the front and muttered softly, stepping on the gas pedal.