[US Entertainment] Superstar

A beautiful female driver always makes people take a second look. It just so happened that she drove down from Beverly Hills again. Many paparazzi thought Eve was a certain female star who deliberately used a broken car to hide her eyes, so she picked up the camera and clicked. Wipe the photo.

But after the shooting, they realized that they didn't know the beautiful and sassy female driver in the car, and they couldn't help cursing, because almost all cameras nowadays are film cameras, and they can't be deleted directly like digital cameras. .

Eve didn't know that she had let a lot of paparazzi waste film, and she had only driven for less than 10 minutes when her phone rang.For the sake of her life, she did not drive while answering the phone, but temporarily parked on the side of the road.

"Hey, it's actually him calling..."

At first Eve thought it was her parents, but Keanu's name suddenly appeared on the caller ID.

She quickly pressed the answer button and said, "Sorry, did my text message disturb your rest?"

Keanu Reeves on the other end of the phone was sitting on his motorcycle, throwing a cigarette butt under his feet, "How can you take a break now that it's past lunch time. I just saw the text message. Do you want to know about rock music?"

He didn't know if Eve really wanted to know about rock and roll, or if he wanted to get closer to him in this way, it would be fine if it was the latter.

Eve readily admitted: "Yes, there is an Olympic film in Columbia called "Almost Famous" that is currently recruiting actors. Although I don't know the specific roles, I am very happy to be able to film with many outstanding actors. Cameron Crowe’s autobiographical film about rock and roll. I wanted to learn as much as possible about it so I could get the part.”

She didn't hide her purpose at all. She didn't like rock and roll, but for acting, so as to save the embarrassment after the deceit was exposed.

Sure enough, Keanu was a little disappointed, but it was actually expected. He thought about the name of the movie in his mind, and it seemed a bit familiar. He must have heard of this movie in preparation somewhere.

"If you want to understand rock systematically, I suggest you start with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and listen to the bands in the British system in chronological order. Listen to the whole album. The birth of each song is related to the social environment, and the most influential style in each era represents the society at that time..."

Keanu is not a particularly talkative person, but he can talk a lot when it comes to rock and roll.

Novices who haven't started listening to rock will naturally feel the classics and accept the influence of good works.

"I bought two books, one is called "Rock Chronicle" and the other is called "Knowing Rock and Roll". I hope it will be useful, but I haven't had time yet."

"The 60s was the world of psychedelic rock and folk rock. In the 70s, it was metal and punk. In the 80s, it became the heavy metal new wave and alternative rock. Now our 90s is the American heavy metal wave. Simply put, it is listening to each era. The most influential album by the most influential band of the genre. I think you should treat this as a pleasure, not a study. Rock isn't literature and doesn't require literary research unless you want to contribute to the Rolling Stones or the Grammys. "

Keanu couldn't help it, so he mentioned it a little bit. He felt that playing music was a very happy thing.

Simply looking at the information does not allow you to understand the charm of rock and roll. You must listen to a large number of songs. Words simply cannot describe the feeling of rock and roll. Only after listening to music repeatedly will you suddenly become enlightened.

Eve sighed: "It sounds very logical. Let me try to summarize the characteristics of bands in each period. Now my mind is full of yesterday's melodies."

The Beatles song is so classic that Eve can hum it now, which shows its charm.

"Listen more and feel more. When your ears like rock and roll, then use your eyes to understand. Believe me, you can tell whether a person likes rock or not. No matter how good your acting skills are, you can't pretend. If you really plan to To be in that movie, you have to love rock and roll, it's not one style, you can always find a genre you like."

"I think I understand. I'll talk to you about rock and roll after I've listened to all the albums I bought."

"That's right, come on, girl!" Keanu rarely encouraged, "If you put in the effort, you will get something. Even if you don't play that role, you can still gain a new hobby."

Eve was not as optimistic as Keanu, she said thanks before hanging up the phone, then took out a tape from the cabinet in front of the passenger seat, put the tape into the car tape machine, accompanied by the sound of drums, Guitars and the voice of Queen's frontman poured down the middle of the driveway.

……

Keanu took the phone in his hand and lit a cigarette again, and now their tour bus is parked in the rest area of ​​​​the highway.

The other two members of the band, as well as the tour manager, bodyguard, and driver all take the bus. Only he likes motorcycles and enjoys the feeling of free riding.Most of the time, I was on the road by bicycle, all the way from New York to the Southwest of the United States, and only occasionally put the motorcycle behind the bus when it rained heavily.

The next stop of the tour is Phoenix, the capital of Arizona. This city will always remind him of his good friend, who is also Phoenix, but it is a pity that he has not been reborn from nirvana.

When the smoke billowed up, Keanu didn't smoke it, letting it burn.

"Almost Famous"

He mumbled the name of the movie to himself, and what appeared in his head was the scene of filming a movie with his friends many years ago. Wasn't fame just around the corner?It was from that movie that the acting career really took off, with a series of good productions.

But things have changed.

Keanu picked up the cigarette in his mouth, found out the number of his manager Evan from the phone, and dialed it.

"Look who called me! Is everything going well with your tour?" Evan Stoff's reaction was exaggerated, as if it was something extraordinary.

"We are going to tour Phoenix soon. The concerts have been very successful. The tour manager has already started planning our next tour."

Evan refused repeatedly after hearing the words: "No, no, this tour is too much, there should be no next tour. You called to stimulate me?"

He has been Keanu's agent from the very beginning, and the two parties already have a family-like bond, which is closer than ordinary agents and actors.

"I suddenly remembered that you showed me some scripts before, and one of them seems to be about rock music?" Keanu didn't know if his memory was wrong, so he wanted to ask for help.

"Rock music? It seems there is." Evan is busy with the preparations for the two films "The Matrix 2" and "The Matrix 3". These two films will be filmed together and released separately, so he is too busy to take care of other things ,"Let me ask."

Evan put down the phone and shouted loudly: "Emma, ​​did you receive the script of rock and roll some time ago?"

Emma, ​​his administrative assistant, was in charge of handling such things, and replied after a few seconds: "Mr. Stoff, there is an invitation from Columbia, the script is called "Almost Famous", and the director of "Mr. Sweetheart" Melen wrote and directed."

"Give me the script information." Evan said quickly.

A few seconds later, Evan Stoff's computer received a new email, and he picked up his phone again: "There is such a movie, and Columbia wants to invite you to play one of the supporting roles, playing the part of the band. guitarist. But it says you turned down the movie over a month ago, and now they're negotiating with Brad Pitt."

Keanu threw the cigarette butt directly on the road, and now he finally remembered.

At that time, he hadn't performed at the Glastonbury Music Festival in the UK, and was rehearsing new songs for the tour. When he received the script, he thought it was ridiculous. He asked himself to be a bass player to play a guitar player, and he was still an indulgent and addicted to life. toxic role.

Since his friend River Phoenix died of an overdose at Depp's Viper House, Keanu has made up his mind not to touch anything related to poison.

Now his mentality has changed, "Then have they signed? If I want this role, can you help me get it? In addition to Phoenix, our tour will end in Houston."

Evan was surprised and delighted. He thought Keanu was going to stop filming and start a band, but now he finally remembered that he was still an actor.

"Of course I didn't sign the contract. I'll call Columbia to ask. As long as you are willing to take this role, they will definitely be willing to break the contract." Evan has such confidence.

Although Brad Pitt is well-known, his box office appeal is very mediocre. Although his acting skills are not slow, they are not necessarily very good. Most of the time, he dominates the front pages of the media with gossip news.

A few years ago, he dated the Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth, and recently, he had a hot fight with the "Friends" actress Jennifer Aniston.

Keanu Reeves is no less popular than Brad Pitt at this time, and even because of the explosion of "The Matrix", there is a faint tendency to become a superstar.

Pete has almost no box office hit movies, but Keanu has "Speed" before him and "The Matrix" after that. He is very popular with the audience and has a background in playing bands.

Columbia set a cost of US$6000 million for "Almost Famous", and it definitely wants to make a profit. The effect of awards season and Oscars alone will be relatively slim. If a superstar can join, it will definitely attract audiences.

This is Evan Stoff's confidence.

Although I don't know why Keanu suddenly remembered this movie, but Evan felt that he should quickly finalize the contract, so as not to change his mind every few days.

"Then you can help me negotiate this role, and send the script to my email by the way." Keanu really wanted to see Eve's expression when the movie started, it must be very interesting.

"I forwarded it to your private mailbox, please keep it confidential and don't disclose it."

This is the difference between superstars and ordinary actors.

Eve didn't know what the story of "Almost Famous" was like, but Keanu made a phone call and got the complete script.

"Thank you, see you back in Los Angeles."

"Be careful when you are touring outside, and don't be surrounded by crazy fans."

Keanu looked at the expressway spreading into the distance, and wished he could get to Phoenix City as soon as possible, so that he could write the story in the hotel and help Eve start a small stove by the way.

As for whether it was fair to the rest of the audition candidates, that was not something he considered.

There is no absolute fairness in the world itself.

I always heard that this girl who wants to be an actress is very talented and lucky. Keanu wants to see her acting skills with his own eyes, preferably with a rival role.

Originally, Keanu planned to rest for half a year after the tour, and then practice martial arts moves, exercise physical fitness, and prepare for the two consecutive movies.

Now he suddenly has the motivation to work.

"Which chick are you calling? Could it be Eve?" Brett whistled and approached teasingly.

Keanu frankly told his friend, "She wants to learn about rock and roll, and I suggest she listen to more music."

Brett rolled his eyes, and said in the tone of an old father: "God, you should invite her to teach at your house, it's so nice of you to tutor in person."

"I live in a hotel, I don't have a home." Keanu added silently.

"Isn't that good? You should make good use of your advantages, man." Brett felt that Keanu was hopeless. Countless American chicks wanted to climb into the bed of this guy, who knew he was so stupid.

Lead singer Rob just came out of the bathroom, only heard half of it, and asked curiously: "What advantage?"

"You remember that Eve? She made an excuse that she wanted to know about rock and roll, and our super big boy actually suggested that she listen to more tapes and vinyl."

"What?" Rob was very surprised, and then said with a smirk: "You can play the bass for her live on the bed. You were not like this when you were in love before. You are in your 30s, not your teens."

"Yes, personal teaching is so romantic, she will definitely like your bass."

As the two friends talked more and more dirty, Keanu couldn't help but interrupted: "Believe me, she's really just for a movie."

"Excuses, everything is an excuse!" Brett was a little paranoid, "This is just an excuse for her to talk to you."

Keanu quickly changed the subject: "Rob, teach me to play the guitar tonight."

He has been in the band for a long time. He is best at bass, but he can also play guitar, but he is not very good at it.

"Why do you suddenly want to play the guitar?"

"I will play a guitar player in the new movie, and I need to be more proficient."

If you still need to find a substitute to play the guitar, Keanu really can't lose this face.

Brett and Rob both laughed at the same time: "Same movie? This is our brother, so fucking romantic!"

"The man who plays the guitar is the most handsome!"

"Take her!"

……

Eve didn't know that a text message of hers would cause such a dramatic butterfly effect.

She didn't know what the cast of "Almost Famous" was like in the original time and space, but after joining in this life, it might have a lasting impact.

In her mind, there was no idea that Keanu would appear in this movie at all, she was just asking for advice.

Catherine and Stephen didn't stay in Los Angeles for too long. The two days of the weekend passed in a flash, and they returned to San Francisco with Enzo.

Now Stephen is just submitting the application for job transfer, but it has not been approved yet, and he must go to work on time every week.

Although Catherine didn't see any celebrities, her yearning for Hollywood has faded a lot, and she finally discovered that not every actor is a superstar.

When Eve was setting her makeup in the morning, almost all the waiters she and her husband met in the coffee shop claimed to be actors. They were all beautiful, but they could only survive by working part-time there.

In comparison, Eve's starting point is much higher, and USC really did not go to waste!

From the very beginning, she directly became the heroine of MVs and commercial films. Where can she find such treatment?

After Eve reluctantly sent her parents away, the staff of AT;T finally opened up the broadband for her, and the computer in the room was no longer a decoration!

"Hello, good evening, Mandy." Eve was peeling an apple. She ate a hamburger during the day and was going to make a bowl of fruit salad by herself at night.

Mandy on the other end of the phone has been busy for a long time, and finally completed the task assigned by the employer, "Miss Campbell, I have finished all the manuscripts that Mr. Cameron Crowe sent to "Rolling Stone" magazine on the phone, and I found him There are many materials interviewed by the media. Will I send you an electronic version now, or print it into a paper version?"

Eve was surprised, "So fast?"

To be honest, she thought it was very difficult to find these materials, but she didn't expect Mandy to be so efficient and get things done in half a day.

"The official website of "Rolling Stone" magazine can find Mr. Crowe's manuscript. I searched for his related interviews on Yahoo Entertainment. I am currently looking for relevant video materials. I will send them to you after I find them." Mandy can feel the satisfaction of the employer, It's not in vain that my eyes are almost blurred, the Internet is really a good thing.

Eve just installed the broadband, so she said, "Please send me your email address. The email address is..."

Now I finally don't have to go to the corner convenience store to rent a computer, which is much more convenient.

A few minutes later, she was sitting in front of the computer monitor with a salad bowl in her hand, and opened her Yahoo mailbox, which contained various information and materials collected by Mandy.

While eating the fruit, while checking the detailed life of Cameron Crowe, Eve gradually had a thread in her heart.

The director's life can be called a legend. At the age of 15, he became a rock music reporter and began to contribute articles to "Rolling Stone" magazine.After serving as an associate editor for a period of time, Cameron resigned resolutely and devoted himself to Hollywood. He initially worked as a film screenwriter and became a director a few years later. He also married Nancy Wilson, the lead singer of the band Hearts. .

Due to his experience as a reporter and editor for Rolling Stone, the most indispensable thing in Cameron's movies is the music element.

What really made him popular was "Mr. Sweetheart" starring Tom Cruise. It not only won a box office of 1.5 million U.S. dollars in North America, but also helped Tom Cruise win the long-lost Golden Globe winner. He also received several Oscar nominations, including Tom Cruise was nominated for best actor and best picture, and finally won the best supporting actor award.

Producer Sony Columbia can be said to earn a lot of money.

With the success of "Mr. Sweetheart", Sony Columbia waited three years until Cameron's new script was written, and gave an investment of 6000 million US dollars, wanting to replicate the success of the previous work!

Of course, Cruise only has one.

"Almost Famous" can't do without a leading star, that's why Columbia will send cooperation invitations to Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt and others.

This type of actor doesn't need to audition at all, unless they really like the role, or the director is more famous than them.

What interested Eve the most was that director Cameron even toured with Led Zeppelin when he was a teenager and forged a friendship.

The global record sales of that band exceeded 3 million, and it is almost a hallowed band in the minds of all rock fans!

Based on what the casting director said, Columbia is looking for amateur actors across the United States, and Eve is 80% sure that the film may center on that young amateur actor.

According to her speculation, the plot of the story should be that the actor contributed to "Rolling Stone" at the age of 15, and then toured with the guitarist played by Brad Pitt.

I just don't know what kind of style the movie will be, whether it is nostalgic for the rock era or exposing the corruption of the rock world.

She didn't rush to check the dozens or hundreds of music reviews and news written by Cameron, but searched for the word flesh and skin on Yahoo.

Eve wants to know about this group.

How others see them, and how they see themselves.

If you don’t search, you don’t know, and when you search, you will be shocked!

It turns out that the flesh and blood phenomenon is too common, not only ordinary girls, but also many supermodels and celebrities are willing to become flesh and blood of rock bands.

In the 70s and [-]s, the flesh and skin were regarded as the pioneers of hippie gorgeous style!

Contrary to what many people imagine, Flesh and Skin does not rely on nudity to attract men's attention, but dresses up, like a peacock, and spends a lot of time combining popular clothes with antique clothes to form a creative fashion.

According to the information Eve found, there are actually many books and photo collections about this aspect, such as the book "Flesh Skin and Other Electronic Ladies", which contains many photos and texts describing this phenomenon.

Not only "Rolling Stone", "Time", "Life" and other magazines have also reported on this special group, and there is even a documentary, which has attracted criticism from the Conservative Party.

Even the famous Carpenter brothers and sisters who sang yesterday's reappearance sang a song called Groupie [Superstar], which directly reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot Singles Chart, letting mainstream culture know the existence of flesh and blood.

What surprised Eve the most was that someone actually published the autobiography "I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Flesh and Skin", and it also became a regular visitor on the New York Times bestseller list.It seems that everyone wants to find out and see what they are thinking!

She silently took out her notebook and wrote down the names of the books, planning to look for them in bookstores in the near future.This autobiography can definitely help me provide a window to understand the past, and understand the feeling of 60s music, culture, and sex center.

What happened two or 30 years ago cannot be viewed from the present perspective.

……

Here Eve is still guessing the plot, while Keanu Reeves has just finished learning guitar with Rob in Phoenix City, which is [-] kilometers away.

It is one thing to be able to play, but another thing to be able to play a piece of music proficiently.If you want to reach the level of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, you don't rely on practice to achieve it, but you need talent!

Keanu was obviously tired after cycling hundreds of kilometers, but he still sat in front of the computer in his room, logged into his private mailbox, and opened the email sent by his agent Evan Stock, which contained "Almost Famous" electronic version of the script.

After he yawned, he clicked on the script and scrolled down page by page.

Not only to look at the role I played, but also to check the role that Eve fancied.

The beginning of the script is the story of William's family. This is a very conservative family. The husband died early. The university professor's mother is very strict with the elder daughter and the younger son. She even lied about her son's age to make him skip a grade.Because of his mother's interference, William missed puberty, but fortunately, his sister left him a box full of rock records before leaving home.

By accident, the music critic Lester saw the talent in Serena William and asked him to do an exclusive interview about the band Black Sabbath.

This is where the story finally begins to get on track.

A good boy from a conservative family stood outside the venue of the Black Sabbath performance with his love of rock and roll music, but unfortunately no one believed him at all, and couldn't even get in the door.

Just when the protagonist William's life was gloomy, the girl named Petunia Lane appeared. She was so beautiful that she seemed to be the focus of the crowd by nature, firmly occupying the center of William's eyes.

At this time, the protagonist of the movie, the Stillwater Band (Stillwater), appeared. They were just a small [-]-line band opening for Black Sabbath.

In this way, the three protagonists in the movie met in the backstage of the performance.The underage trainee reporter William, the guitarist Rossore of the Still Waters band, and the female music fan Penny Lane are each considered to be representative figures. The three of them are pulling and fettering each other.

Under the guidance of music critic Lester, William got the opportunity to write a manuscript for "Rolling Stone", so he toured with Still Water and did follow-up interviews.Penny was one of the band members, the tour manager, and many beautiful young girls on the bus.

Having been in the rock and roll circle for so long, Keanu certainly knows the identities of these young girls. He was pleasantly surprised to find that his character Rosol had enough and abusive scenes with Penny.

Penny Lane fell in love with guitarist Rothall, but was lost to another band by the other party at a bet of fifty dollars and a case of beer.

It's obviously a movie, but the script is written very realistically, including the flesh and blood and the corrupt life of the rock band, including the turbulent undercurrent within the band.

In the whole story, what Keanu likes the most is that Rosol tried to commit suicide after being high, but when he returned to the tour bus, everyone obviously had a thousand words, but finally the contradiction disappeared with the music.

He could tell that the roles of Rosol and Penny were very challenging, and if they were played well, they would indeed have the ability to hit an Oscar.

Especially the role of Petunia Lane, can be said to be the most brilliant one in the whole film, it took too much ink and time to portray, in name it is a supporting actress, but in fact it is completely treated as a heroine, there are too many too There are many shining points, and there is no shortage of post-actor moments.