[US Entertainment] Superstar

"Is it finally over?"

Eve laughed with relief, she thought she was hallucinating when she heard the director's applause.

That old guy who has been refusing to talk about the problem actually applauds, I'm afraid it's not a fake director!

"Girl, you performed so well in this scene!" Whoopi Goldberg praised, "I believe you will be even better in the following performances."

"It turns out that this is the true level of your acting skills. Congratulations, Eve."

"After the movie is released, Daisy will definitely make everyone remember deeply!"

"It was really good."

"awesome!"

Eve was a little overwhelmed by this posture. She obviously delayed everyone's time for the whole morning and failed to shoot, but now it was their turn to comfort her.

I am very clear about how much I have, and I am not dazzled by these compliments.

James Mangold said: "You have to remember this feeling of filming, and we see Daisy from you as a real character."

"Thank you director, I have figured it out a little bit." Eve realized for the first time what it means to return to the basics and lift weights lightly. This continuous NG is definitely a major breakthrough in her acting skills!

However, now is not the time for her to be happy casually. The reason why James Mangold spent so much time polishing her acting skills is so that Eve can handle this role well and perform better when the three play against each other. .

In his opinion, Winona's performance was a bit monotonous and dull, and even the director could only see a trace of confusion from the beauty's external expression, and couldn't see what was going on in her heart at all.

Although Winona has always said that she can understand Susanna's state of mind and feelings, it is obviously not convincing from the performance point of view.In the current filming, Susanna played by Winona Ryder is more like a witness than a participant.

He didn't know if it would be better after the filming. If it didn't change, not only would Lisa steal the limelight, but Daisy would even steal the attention.

James Mangold wanted Winona to hone and hone like Eve, but as a result, she was both a first-line actress and a producer, so she just shook her face and rested for an hour, leaving him with nothing to do.

In the final analysis, Hollywood is a producer-centered system. If Georgia is here, it is okay, but if Georgia is not here, the biggest boss of the crew is Winona.

In other words, James Mangold can only torture newcomers like Eve who are not popular and have no background, and give full play to the potential of these actors.

As for Angelina Jolie, there is no need for the director to worry about it. This sexy, rebellious actress has shown delicate and varied acting skills, switching between rebellious and fragile, which has great appeal With explosive power, emotional transformation is exceptionally smooth and persuasive.

The two supporting actresses are making progress. If the heroine doesn't make progress, the vase will be broken when the movie is released.

Eve didn't know what the director was thinking, she just wanted to find a place to sit down and rest, the outburst just now took too much strength from her.

Anyway, the next scene is to shoot Suzanne chatting with her mother on the phone. It only needs Winona Ryder to act with a fake phone call. Later, the mother's lines will be edited together to form a conversation with back and forth.

Keri didn't know what to do, and there were only Eve and Mandy left in the lounge, and they finally showed a smile that survived the catastrophe.

If you continue to NG, I'm afraid the rest of the staff will stare at each other.

"You acted really well, not inferior to them at all!" As an assistant, Mandy also felt honored on her face, and even had a promising future.

The same is the assistant, the assistant of the first-line star will obviously have more status and salary than the assistant of Little Transparent, even if he leaves, it is a very good qualification.

Eve waved her hand, "I didn't know what was going on just now, I have to experience this feeling for myself. Mandy, I'll close my eyes and sleep for a while, wake me up if it's my turn to film."

Once the tense nerves are relaxed, sleepiness immediately surges up.

Mandy was about to take out the earplugs and blindfold, but Eve shook her head, leaned back on the chair and closed her eyes.

This is probably the biggest crisis Eve has encountered since making two films. Fortunately, she crossed this mountain, otherwise the filming time of the crew would be delayed.

……

After an unknown amount of time, Eve felt someone pushing her shoulder.

She woke up in a daze, squinting her eyes to avoid light stimulation, "Are you going to start shooting?"

Who knew that Mandy shook her head, "Now there is a call, I guess this call is very important."

In order not to affect the filming of the crew, Eve's mobile phone was set to vibrate mode, so no sound could be heard.

She sat up straight from the chair, took a look at the phone, and saw Keanu's name written on the caller ID, no wonder Mandy said that the phone is very important.

Although some were curious about the relationship between the employer and the big star, Mandy was very professional and did not gossip or ask, anyway, sooner or later she would find out.

Keri and her assistant were still in the lounge. Eve picked up the phone and stood up naturally. After answering the call, she walked towards the door, "Sorry, can you wait for me for a few seconds?"

Keanu on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "Did I bother you? Or call back later?"

Eve walked from the stairs to the garden on the first floor. At this time, the autumn sun shone on her body and felt warm, and the withered yellow leaves were flying. She sat on the bench and replied, "Of course not. Happy. By the way, is your tour over yet?"

"Our tour only selected ten cities on a small scale, and we just returned to Los Angeles the day before yesterday. Next, I will prepare for the album recording and film preparation. Fortunately, these two things do not conflict."

Keanu gave a small hint, but he hoped that Eve would guess.

The Sirius band itself was established by playing tickets between friends. It happened that Keanu was about to play the guitarist in "Almost Famous" and needed to practice, so he just took advantage of the opportunity of the album recording to practice his guitar.

The band's original guitarist and lead singer Rob had no choice but to change careers and became a bass player and lead singer.

Keanu, who just returned to Hollywood, signed an actor contract with Sony Columbia yesterday under the management of his agent Evan Stoff. As a supporting actor, he actually got a contract of 800 million US dollars and 5% of the global box office dividend.

It is not easy to get such a high salary and dividends in a literary film, and it is only a large studio like Sony Columbia that can get it.

Not only that, Keanu also won a welfare package for Sirius.

In the "Almost Famous" movie, all the songs performed by the Stillwater band will be performed by the Sirius band. They will sing part of the original music in the soundtrack, and this part of the music will be included in the new Sirius album.

Although Brett and Rob can't participate in the filming, but with the popularity of the film, maybe their band's new album can create a small miracle.

Sony is a global entertainment empire. There are not only studios like Sony Columbia, but also Sony Music Entertainment. There are many well-known artists under its umbrella, such as Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Maria Kay Lee, Bob Dylan, Westlife, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez.

It is precisely because of this relationship that singers like Bob Dylan may be invited to guest stars in movies.

For the film effect, Sony Columbia also promised to invite top songwriters to help Stillwaters write songs, and use top lineups to create the original soundtrack.

At the same time, Keanu also has an additional master. Sony specially invited Peter Frampton, a rock and roll genius in the 70s, to help train the actors of Still Water.It's just that only one guitarist, Keanu, has been finalized so far, and the other drummers, vocalists, and bass players have not started auditioning yet.

Faced with Keanu's hint, Eve didn't notice it. She didn't know that Keanu's new job would be related to music. "It sounds like you are very busy. Don't you take a good rest before filming the sequel of "The Matrix"?"

After the rehearsals, I go on tour, and after the tour, I make a new album and shoot a new movie. It seems that I really don't have much leisure time.

"For me, playing music is rest." Keanu changed the subject and said, "How are you shooting now? I heard that James is a bit difficult."

Keanu didn't know why he cared about Eve. Today, when Winona called him to tell him about the status of the set, she wished she could hurry to Philadelphia and give her a good encouragement.

The whole crew is waiting for an actor to come out of the NG state, the pressure on the actors can be imagined!

Maybe he can't do anything, but he can encourage her so that she won't be so desperate.

Although Eve finished filming that scene, she still has lingering fears when she recalls it, and she just couldn’t find anyone to complain about, "The director is very good, but the method is not right. In order to make me act out angry, angry, and desperate expressions, he actually made me I NGed all morning and didn't tell the reason. If he had told me earlier, I could have found other emotions to replace. But the effect is very good, everyone thinks that I am acting better now."

"It sounds a bit miserable, but do you want to hear what happened to me?"

"I think you are definitely not as embarrassed as I am."

Keanu held his mobile phone and said: "I don't know if you know that I once collaborated with the famous Al Pacino in a movie called "The Devil's Advocate". There were several scenes in it, and I was stuck for two days without filming. It’s over, but no one criticizes me, they all encourage me to be better next time. In fact, at that time, I really hoped that they could criticize me, so that I would feel better. Maybe you don’t know, Al is filming his own monologue. Time has been repeated more than ten times.”

Keanu is not considered an acting school. Almost all the roles he plays have their own characteristics, and there are no particularly eye-catching personal characteristics. They can be integrated with the plot of the movie without appearing abrupt.

After hearing what happened to Keanu, Eve immediately became more balanced. Every actor has experienced such a moment. This scene is like a hurdle. Overcoming the past can widen the gap with ordinary actors!

Even Oscar winners have encountered similar things, not to mention that I have only entered the industry not long ago.

"I feel much better, and maybe I don't need to think too much about it when I continue shooting later." Eve picked up a leaf on the bench, pinched the veins with her nails, and played with it in her hands.

Keanu didn't know why he cared more and more about this girl. She seemed to have a mysterious quality that attracted him. She was young and had a happy family, but for some reason, Keanu always felt that Eve There is a layer of atmosphere that does not belong to this world, quite similar to himself.

It's because I have experienced too much since I was a child, and I have seen everything in the world, and I don't know why she has a layer of estrangement from the world.

He was silent for a few seconds before asking, "Are you still listening to rock music?"

"Of course I'm listening, I've grown to love this kind of music, especially folk and pop rock."

The music of U2 and Bon Jovi is more positive and has a strong sense of rhythm. I have listened to the vinyl disc brought by Eve twice.

"Just like it. Rock music can make us feel alive and have a real spirit." Keanu changed the subject, "But there are some bad things in rock music. Some time ago, I met a friend who The formed band was about to become famous, and a music magazine just arranged for a young reporter to interview them, so we toured and played together..."

He originally wanted to wait, and didn't want to spoil Eve so soon, but he really couldn't find any chance, and if he didn't say anything else, he wouldn't have much time to digest it.

Because he learned from Sony Columbia that the actor William has been finalized, and the casting director is about to return to Los Angeles.

Auditions for various supporting roles may be organized in the next week, and Eve must know this in advance.

However, she is currently immersed in the sadomasochistic relationship between the guitarist and the fans, and she never thought that this would be the plot of the next movie.In her previous life, Eve had watched a lot of movies, but there were still many that slipped through the net, just like she didn't know the plot of "Almost Famous".

"Did your friend finally meet that lady fan? Did she really go to Morocco?" Eve sighed and said, "So don't fall in love with or marry a rock musician, almost every musician will meet These fans."

Keanu clarified again and again: "Not necessarily, it mainly depends on the person. If the nature is someone who likes to have fun and cheat, it will be like this no matter what profession you do."

The boundaries must be drawn clearly so as not to be accidentally injured.

"Is he still human to exchange her for fifty dollars and a case of beer?" Eve said indignantly, "Where is love for her? I just treat her as a dispensable thing, even if it is a The cat has been raised for so long and is reluctant to give it to others.”

She also knew that she was a fan on the surface, but she was probably just flesh and blood.

Rock musicians simply look down on flesh and blood, so they exchange them easily. It is really impossible to fall in love with this kind of person.

"It sounds true. He went too far. Later, when he finally figured it out, when he wanted to find the girl, he realized that it was too late."

"This ending is quite good, so he should feel disappointed." Eve commented.

When she was about to continue chatting, Mandy trotted down all the way and said in a low voice: "The next scene is you and Winona, Angelina and the other scenes, the director asked you to get ready."

Eve gave her an OK gesture to express her understanding, and then explained to the phone: "I'm sorry, I have to go up to film, and now it's my turn again. It's a pleasure chatting with you. If I go back to Los Angeles, I will Invite you to dinner, thank you for your help in rock music and gossip in the rock circle."

"I look forward to seeing you again, bye."

In fact, Eve also knows why Keanu wants to talk about this gossip with him, maybe because he said before that he wants to prepare for the movie, so he gave a real case.

To be honest, the story just now is actually very realistic. Julie herself has been half of such a person, and there are more ordinary girls.

She didn't go any further, but hurried back upstairs and started filming.

……

The filming of "The Girl Who Moved the Soul" became more and more smooth. Every actor in the crew performed well. Only the protagonist Winona was a little annoyed. She seemed to help someone else make a wedding dress.

She doesn't even need the movie to be released, just by the state of shooting, she knows that Julie's performance is very eye-catching, and her outward acting skills are really overwhelming.

Eve, whom she had placed high hopes on, finally completed the mission of balance, taking away a little of the light from Julie, so that she would not stand out from the crowd.

And Eve found that her roles were actually much more than described in the script. Although she spent most of her time as a moving background or a member of the group, the roles were still quite good and would leave a deep impression on the audience. impression.

Right now she is going to shoot the part of the whole story that the audience will forget the most, but she is playing a corpse.

When Eve watched "The Girl Who Moved Soul", what impressed her most was not Suzanne and Lisa, but Daisy who committed suicide at the end.

With the help of a special effects makeup artist, she made up her arms and face to look like a corpse. The prop artist even tied a small blood bag on her forearm, and the wound on her wrist was also vivid. Compared with the original audition Drawing with lipstick is much more realistic.

"You must not move for a while. We will put you down after the camera takes a close-up of you, and then take a half-length shot." James Mangold looked at Eve's current appearance, which was a little funny. The tidbits have been arranged.

Eve found this experience very novel, like becoming a zombie.

The whole body is wrapped in a spacious nightgown, and she doesn't know what mechanisms are hidden. She is actually wearing a vest with a hanging wire, and there is a hook behind the vest, which is where the weight of the body is borne.

The rope above the neck is completely pretending, and there is no other feeling except chest tightness.

Eve was pulled up into the air little by little, and she was even in the mood to make a rock and roll gesture to the camera recorded in the sideshow, looking like she was about to be relieved.

This is her last scene in the story, but there are still some scenes in the filming, such as the content of the audition, which was not filmed, and the filming did not follow the sequence of the story development.

The staff bent down to put the vinyl disc in the old-fashioned record player, and the song "The end of world" flowed out, which made people feel desperate, which can be regarded as a suicide comedy.

Countless singers have sung this song, and the most famous version in China is Deng Ziqi's "There Will Be No Date".

The song fits seamlessly with the film, creating a classic scene together.

The staff did not speak rashly, but let the songs flow from the phonograph over and over again, covering the whole warm princess room with a broken atmosphere of doom.

The camera followed Winona's footsteps up little by little, and the blood bag on Eve's wrist was punctured ahead of time and began to drip on the floor.

First, he cut his wrist to let the blood flow freely, and then stepped on a stool and hanged himself in the room. The music played over and over again made the atmosphere of the room extremely strange.

Winona had never seen Eve's death appearance before, and now when she pushed the door open with anxiety, her expression of horror and fear was very real, and she wanted to scream but her throat was stuck.

Julie, who heard the noise, also went upstairs after hearing the news, but her performance was much calmer. The two formed a complete contrast. They were indifferent to Daisy's death and even took money from the pocket of Daisy's nightgown.

Suzanne wasn't sick, she was just cowardly and didn't want to contradict reality.Lisa has become insensitive, and does not take a person's life seriously.

The director didn't expect the performance to be so smooth. He thought he would retake it several times, but the two actors performed just right, and even the hanged Eve didn't make any mistakes.

"Quick, put her down!" the director said quickly, while sitting back behind the monitor to replay the video to make sure that every little detail was correct.

After being reminded, Eve opened her double doors and waved at the two actors over there, diluting the sad atmosphere at once, only adding a bit of weirdness.

Winona took a step back subconsciously, not wanting to approach the livid Eve at all.

On the contrary, Angelina Jolie looked around with great interest, and asked curiously, "How does it feel to play a corpse?"

"Very comfortable?" Eve gave an unexpected answer.

"Won't this blood be sticky?" Winona finally confirmed that Eve was indeed a living person before walking up. She really didn't know why it felt comfortable, and the feeling of being strangled must be uncomfortable.

"To play a corpse, you only need to close your eyes and keep your body drooping naturally. You don't have to worry about lines, expressions and positioning. It seems that only darkness and sound are left in the whole world."

Eve didn't die in the last movie, but she died under a few words from others, which can be described as murderous!

Director James Mangold said at this time: "The scene just now is fine. Eve, you continue to be the background, and Winona, you and Angelina continue to perform. Be sure to pay attention to the contrast, the feeling of collapse."

"Ok."

Eve stood on the stool obediently and asked the staff to continue to hang the hooks on the back. There must be no mistakes in this process.She was just filming the hanging scene, and didn't want any accidents.

After the two scenes were filmed, Eve finished filming her own ending ahead of time. As for the scene where the police came to pretend to be the corpse, she directly found a plastic model to put it in, not even a dummy.

The cost of that thing may be ten dollars, and a realistic fake will cost tens of thousands of dollars!

Next, Winona and Julie have to film their rivalry scenes in this small house, and Eve can slip away and go to the hotel to wash off the special effects makeup and fake plasma on her body.

Dressed up like this, she can go directly to a horror movie. She scared the Mexican-American aunt who was cleaning up in the hotel corridor, and almost sacrificed the cross hanging on the necklace!

It was difficult to clean the special effect makeup. Eve spent an hour washing under the shower head to wash off the cyan pigment. Her fair skin was flushed red by the hot water, making her look crystal clear.

After she put on her bathrobe, she wrapped her hair in a towel. Earlier, Mandy knocked on the door and said that her agent had something important to tell.

"Hi, Robert, long time no see, I thought you forgot about me." Eve jokingly said on the phone, she had indeed not received a call from her agent for some days.

Robert on the other end of the phone was a little helpless, "Of course you don't need me to care about you every day when you are filming. I called you today because of two things. The first thing is that New Line held an internal meeting for "Death Comes" today. Screening."

"How's the reputation?"

Eve is very concerned about this matter, it's been a long time since the show started!

"I was also invited as your agent. The overall impression of the movie is very good. To be honest, I have never seen this type of movie. You are very eye-catching in the movie. I dare say that after the movie is released, many audiences will like it." You!" Robert's tone was a little excited, and the shock in his heart could not be suppressed at all.

"Do you know how much New Line Pictures intends to increase its publicity costs? The global publicity will add another 1000 million US dollars! Whether it is the producer, director, or New Line executives, they all like this movie very much and think it is very interesting. Box-office potential. I think the film is definitely going to be profitable."

"What did the critics say?"

Robert couldn't help laughing after hearing the layman's speech: "My dear, this is an internal screening. The editing and soundtrack have not been completely completed. The director thinks that 1 hour and 40 minutes is the most suitable time. At present, we are still planning to re-screen the film. Cut it short. This is a horror thriller, and the media and film critics are inherently not on the same channel."

No horror movie is willing to ask film critics to watch a test screening. It is one thing whether they are willing to come or not.

Speaking of which, the internal screening is equivalent to the internal testing of games and software. It is to see the overall effect of the film and see if there are any major loopholes.

"After director Huang Yiyu edits the final film, New Line Films will find representatives from the theaters to watch the film. Many horror movies will be released in the week before Halloween, and the film needs to be supported by the theaters in advance. I heard that the new line Cable has a high degree of support for movies, and it is estimated that there will be 2000 theaters showing them at the same time.”

Horror films are different from other commercial films, and if they can be screened in 2000 theaters at the same time, it is definitely considered a large-scale release.

Now that it is not far away from the release, it is estimated that Huang Yiyu and the others will have to stay up all night to edit the film and try to compress the time as much as possible.

Both the theater and the producer hope that the film time will be kept at about 10 minutes, so that a few more films can be lined up in a day, and at the same time, the audience's bladder will not be too stressed.

Unless it is a particularly confident film, if the time is too long, it will definitely reduce the audience's viewing experience.