Birth of an actor

"I really didn't expect you to come here! Lance, I thought you would spend Christmas in London." William sat down next to Lance, and drove away the real owner of this seat, Danny Byrne. He took his own position in the front row, and then looked at him reproachfully: "If I hadn't discovered you, would you really have to wait until the premiere is over before rushing out to give me a fright?"

When the tickets for the premiere of "Scream" were allotted, William called Lance. He thought that the premiere of the movie was approaching Christmas, and Lance might come back to the United States, but Lance replied at the time that things around him were too complicated. He was stumped, and it may not be resolved before Christmas. William felt very sorry, but still sent a ticket to Lance by international express, "Anyway, I don't have any more tickets in my hand. You can save it for me, or use it as a bookmark." He said to Lance on the phone at that time.

Although Lance didn't promise to come, he finally came. God knows that when he was looking around boredly on the red carpet, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Lance. For a moment, William thought he was hallucinating.

"Isn't it a surprise?" Lance asked rhetorically, and then explained: "I wanted to go to the normal audience and wait in line to enter the arena, but was informed by the security that the red carpet tickets can only be entered from the red carpet, so I had to hurry up Came in looking for a place to hide. You know I'm sick of being photographed by the media."

It's true, among the group of peers on the Upper East Side, many people enjoy the aura brought by their parents, especially when they grow up, too many people like to hang out with Hollywood star singers and models, enjoy The most important thing is the feeling of being sought after by the public after being photographed by the media and then revealing their identity. Many "socialites" have achieved their fame in this way.But Lance is definitely one of the people who dislikes all of this the most. Although Lance is absolutely capable when he has to contact the media sometimes, once the interview is over and he returns to his own territory, his face will stink. Go to bed for a long time.

"My fault." William raised his right hand: "I just want you to accompany me to a premiere, just like I promised you when I decided to be a model or an actor. Unnamed."

"I'm not blaming you, Will, those flashing lights don't bother me much." Lance pressed William's right hand back and said with a smile: "And, actually, I still support you for turning the group of journalist fans around Looks like when you got those seniors crazy at Calgate."

"Don't mention that." William put his palm on his forehead, with a look of unbearable expression on his face: "That was my nightmare."

"Nightmare? But in my opinion, although embarrassment is a bit embarrassing, your Scarlett will definitely leave a name in the history of Calgate school. I bet that those who watched that performance will never forget it for the rest of their lives, just Like Takio, who Abbasensha couldn't forget at first sight—maybe it's a bit inappropriate to compare this."

"It's very inappropriate." William resisted the urge to roll his eyes in public: "In my opinion, "Death in Venice" is the gay version of "Lolita", but you call me like Burne Anderson. Much better than saying I'm Scarlett—and don't forget who I was forced to wear in the first place."

The word "because of whom" was deliberately bolded by William.

"Of course it's because of me." Lance said, looking sideways at William, his eyes softened by the memory of the past.

William joined the drama club when he was in the fifth grade, and Lance also joined for the convenience of commuting to and from school together. Although he didn't perform any plays, he was only responsible for helping William to provide sponsorship for lines or providing venues, providing chefs, organizing parties, etc. Well-known alumni came back to visit the school on the seventh grade school anniversary, and the drama club needed to produce a show. Because of the lack of time, everyone decided to play "Gone with the Wind"-because this is a play written by an American author, and the actors don't need to recite the big show. Long stretches of Old English would have saved a lot of time in rehearsals for a Shakespeare play—but Calgate was an all-boys school, so the question arose: Who would play Scarlett?

The boys in the drama club of Calgate School fought hard for the role of Rhett. Even the roles of Scarlett’s first love Ashley and her first husband Charles had many people vying to play, but Scarlett Li and Melanie, the two important female roles, were ignored, especially Scarlett—students who were good-looking and had passed the acting skills did not dare to act, fearing that the shadow of the role would accompany them throughout their school career. The student drama club with poor performance and poor acting skills does not agree with them to perform, otherwise, on the school anniversary, the program presented in front of the whole school will become a farce and a laughing stock.

William was of course the first to be pushed out because of his appearance, but he resolutely refused, so the whole drama club pushed together the clubs with outstanding looks in the public election and asked them to draw lots. It turned out that Lance caught S. Carrie... In the end, who else could it be if it wasn't William who stepped up to play the role!

"I always thought it was a design for you to draw Scarlett."

"I always feel that I was designed to draw Scarlett."

William and Lance suddenly said in unison, glanced at each other, and laughed in unison.

"Who do you think it is?" Lance asked.

"Jasper Bloom?" William recalled, with a touch of disgust in his tone.

Although several classmates who had played pranks on me suddenly popped up in my mind, after thinking about it carefully, it was Jasper Bloom, who was four grades older than William and Lance, and was once the deputy director of the Calgate Drama Club. The president is the most likely person. At that time, there were often rumors in the school that Bloom took some junior student back to the dormitory for the night, and William always felt that the way he looked at him was disgusting, although the other party never really What have you done to him—fortunately, this guy is only a nominal vice president, and William also respects the sincere and dramatic president, otherwise the existence of Bloom will definitely kill William's interest in drama Love it, maybe William will quit the company because of this.

"I was thinking of him too." Lance's mood suddenly became a little gloomy: "I heard that Bloom is also in Harvard Law School now, and his father became a member of Congress the second year after you transferred to another school. Bloom is probably also playing law school for a few years as a lawyer before going into politics."

"Why do you know his current situation, Lance? We have nothing to do with him a long time ago." William looked at his friend a little strangely: "And the Harvard campus is big, we don't have a college, and he is several years older than me. It's impossible for us to take the same class, and maybe I won't see him until I graduate. Besides, it won't matter if we meet again, Bloom is just too gloomy and has a bit of a bad reputation. It's not good either...well, he just has no merit in my heart, but it's also true that he didn't really do anything disgusting to us."

Lance rolled his eyes in his mind—he really wanted to tell William that Jasper Bloom didn't really do anything, not because he didn't want to do it, but because he couldn't do it.Because of him, Bloom's father needed Roderick's family to provide political donations when he ran for the senator, and he would not have the courage to touch the best friend of the Roderick family's heir.

The more he grows up, the more Lance feels the importance of power, especially the power in his own hands, rather than the shade or charity of others.

The role of power was not obvious when I was a child, especially before puberty. Lance could not be more popular at school because his surname was Roderick. On the contrary, William loved sports and was gentle and considerate since he was a child. A popular star on campus, he often beats down those bad boys who don't provoke him on the surface but always secretly make troubles for Lance. It is not too much to say that William was once Lance's knight and his patron saint.

But after puberty comes, teenagers who are extremely sensitive and curious about the world gradually grow up, and a large part of them become more and more realistic and shrewd because of the influence of family and environment, and pure force can no longer scare them at this time , especially in a place like Calgate, where power is the best use, and of course money is also good, rich kids with money and IQ can still get along like fish in water, but people who have nothing but money and nothing else will only be regarded as The fat pig was slaughtered.For example, those rich men in the school who were doing business in the west, but sent a son who never got an A to the east to go to school, look at the smiles at the parent week at that time, I am afraid they have always thought that their children Have a good time at school.ha.

So when Edwin Bradley died and William didn't even have a rich family background, he proposed to drop out of Calgate. After being deeply distressed for a while, Lance still admitted that William chose to leave Calgate. Gate was the right decision - if William had nothing at that time but hadn't dropped out of Calgate, those who were once covered by his light and blessed him with hatred, jealousy, hate, and unruly people would all emerge Come on, do everything possible to trouble him.Although Lance is confident that William will not be really bullied as his best friend, the ugly rumors will definitely not be erased. Lance does not hope that William, who is always cheerful and confident, will be sad and distressed by the rumors. It's not fair anymore.

But no matter how much he thought about it, Lance didn't say anything to William. He just told him, "Anyway, if you meet him at school, tell me."

"Yes, Sister Roderick." William shrugged, and replied indifferently: "Any other orders, Sister?"

"There's a lady with blond hair staring at you on the front right. Why is she staring at you?"

William glanced sideways to the front right and cautiously: "That's Drew Barrymore, the seat next to her, the one Danny is sitting on, was originally mine, er, I think, Danny is probably too attentive Annoyed her?"

Lance raised his eyebrows slightly: "You can also switch back to your own position and please this lady to calm her anger."

"No." William curled his lips: "There are at least a dozen reporters sitting in this room, and there are always people who are not paying attention to the movie. I would be happy to be the headline of the "San Francisco Chronicle", but "News of the World"? Never. "

The "San Francisco Chronicle" is one of the daily newspapers with the largest circulation in Northern California. On the west coast, only the "Los Angeles Times" has a higher sales volume than it. The "News of the World" is the American version of the British newspaper of the same name and belongs to Murdoch. News Corp. is one of the most notorious tabloids.

At this time, the lights in the theater were turned off, and it was plunged into darkness, while light gradually rose on the screen.

"The movie is about to start," William said.

Lance heard a trace of tension in his tone: "Are you worried?"

"A little bit." William said truthfully, and then joked to himself: "Maybe after ten or eight times, I will be able to face any of my movies calmly."

Lance touched William's palm, which was a little cold and wet. He took out a square scarf from his pocket, wrapped it around his hand, and then went to hold William's. "It won't fail." Lance said, paused, and added, "I'll be with you."

William moved his fingers, feeling a little uncomfortable - Freud's psychological research showed that "everyone in society has a latent bisexual tendency", which William used to scoff at, but the filming of "Gatta Call" ended In the end, he was not sure, because he really felt the attraction from the same sex.During the day, he tried to avoid thinking about these things, but at quiet nights, especially when he was idle, he always thought about whether the attraction was sexual or non-sexual.If it's the latter, no problem, but if it's the former, he's in big trouble.

Before fully figuring this out, William consciously avoided any overly intimate contact with the same sex. To be honest, Lance’s current behavior is already a bit too intimate—two men shaking hands in a theater with hundreds of people ?Come on, it's because it's so dark that no one will see it that makes it look more weird and suspicious-but after thinking about it, he and Lance even missed each other's swimming trunks before, and he was relieved.

……

"Jingle bells - tinkle bells -"

Kathy, a pretty blond high school girl, is at home with videotapes and popcorn ready for a night out with her boyfriend, Steven, but a strange man keeps calling. Xi was a little wary at first, but under the relentless provocation of the man, she quickly let go of her guard and began to flirt with strange men.

The midnight premiere of "Scream" has already started for 3 minutes, but it's all about Kathy talking about horror movies with a strange man on the phone. They are all bad", which made Roger Ebert of Chicago Cinemas smile knowingly——"A Nightmare on Elm Street" is one of the most famous horror film series in the United States. There are seven films in total, five of which are directed by Wes Craven is also the director of "Scream". This is Wes Craven's witty and humorous ridicule of the old work in his new work.

But there are still not many people who can understand this little joke in an instant and smile knowingly, especially for those fans who just watch movies as entertainment, they only think of what they see in their eyes:

"Ha, you can still flirt with a guy you don't know while waiting for your boyfriend, this Kathy is a bitch!"

"Bitch to bitch, Drew Barrymore is still beautiful, blonde hair suits her well."

"The strange man asked Kathy if she had a boyfriend, and she said no! Based on my experience of reading horror movies, the strange man has bad intentions, and she will definitely be in trouble next time."

Many of them had their premonitions right. The strange man asked Casey what her name was, and Casey originally replied with a smile: "Why do you ask my name? Do you want to date me?" But the strange man said: "I ask you Name, because I want to know who I'm looking at right now." Kathy was instantly taken aback.

Kathy's home is a single-family house, surrounded by swimming pools, green plants and paths, but there are no neighbors, but men know her every move, and even know that she is blonde!

Kathy was terrified, she kept hanging up the phone, but the man kept calling in, and threatened Kathy to play a game of guessing horror movies with him, or he would kill her like a fish!After her own life was threatened and she saw her strong boyfriend Steven being tied up in the swimming pool with a bloody head, and his fate would be determined by the game, Casey agreed in horror.

The strange man asked Casey what was the name of the killer in the horror movie "NO. 13 Friday", and Casey gave the correct answer Jason, but the strange man said that she gave the wrong answer, and brutally beat Steve in front of Casey. Husband killed!

The gory scene of Steve being disemboweled sparked a great deal of murmur in the theater.

"The killer in "No.13 Friday" is indeed Jason. Why did the man on the phone kill Casey's boyfriend?"

"That's right, it's Jason. I've watched that movie seven or eight times."

"Even if there are two killers in "No.13 Friday", Jason is also one of them. Casey's answer is correct."

"Is it because this man just wants to kill?"

"It's really abnormal to make the rules of the game by yourself, but not allow others to win."

After killing Steve, the strange man didn't let Kathy go. He deliberately played a game of cat and mouse with Kathy around the house, frightened her to tears, and cut her off when Kathy's parents returned. Opening her throat, making her unable to call for help, and then slowly killing Casey and hanging on the tree... This scene completely made movie fans give the strange man the title of "Mask Killer" in their hearts. .