[US Entertainment] Superstar

David Lynch stood aside with a cigarette in his mouth and a pair of Sony headphones hanging around his neck. He did not directly turn on the monitor to shoot the effect, but stared at the live performance of Eve and others.

The blond girl walks slowly towards the camera with an older woman.When the girl's face fills the entire camera lens, the lens moves slowly with her movements.

With a cheerful expression on her face, her eyes looked around, and she could hardly believe that she had come to Los Angeles, the city of dreams.

The other camera follows Eve's gaze, looking at the advertising billboard hanging in front, which reads: Welcome to Los Angeles.

After filming five or six times, even the extras are a little impatient, but Eve still maintains a super high level, clearly showing Betty's state when she first arrived in Hollywood.

If you look at it in conjunction with the plot of the story, perhaps the audience will feel particularly sorry for Betty with this expression when they watch the movie for the second time.A good girl turned into a devil in Hollywood's dye vat.

This time David Lynch did not re-shoot, Eve has successfully fulfilled his request, and even surpassed it!

Such a sunny, beautiful and sincere girl will definitely be loved by the audience.

The better the depiction in the early stage and the more pleasing the character image is, the more impressive it will be when it is destroyed later.Who would have thought that such a beautiful person would actually have sex in reality!

This unexpected effect is what David wanted!

"Good job. Take a break, we will continue to shoot the later scenes, and try to finish the filming as soon as possible." He said to all the actors, and the extras will need to continue later, so we can't be tired.

Eve returned to her seat, and she said to Mandy on the side: "When is the delivery from the mall expected to arrive? How about you help me go home to collect the goods later?"

"I ordered it to be delivered at [-]:[-] p.m., I will call later to inquire, and I will go there after confirming the time."

The new home needs a lot of things, and Eve's credit card is about to explode. She only hopes to pay off the debt as soon as possible.

I clearly said before that I didn't want to be in debt and didn't want to be in debt, but now I'm doing as the Romans do. I owe so much on the mortgage, and I paid tens of thousands of dollars on my credit card.

The most terrible thing is that there will be the clothing and accessories for the awards season, which depends on whether I can borrow clothing and jewelry from the brand. It will be very stressful to buy them all by myself.

Tomorrow night, "The Girl Who Moved Soul" will have its premiere in Los Angeles, and a total of 9 theaters in six cities including Los Angeles, New York, and Miami will conduct small-scale screenings.

If word of mouth is good, the scale of release will be gradually expanded.This unhurried release pace helps the film gain the support of audiences and film critics, and it is the most common method of screening films during the awards season.

Eve doesn't have time to go to those brands to try clothes at all, so she plans to wear the Versace outfit she previously photographed on the inside of the magazine on the red carpet.It just so happens that I haven't worn that dress out since I bought it, so this time I can save a lot of time.

If there is a public relations arrangement or an award ceremony in the future, then she must have finished filming "Mulholland Drive" and has time to choose clothes slowly.

In fact, it doesn't matter even if she has a low celebrity status, the agency CAA, the film producer, and the distributor will all find ways to help the leading actors contact clothing brands.

There are not too many scenes in the pilot episode, and it can be liberated by filming a few more scenes, and the rest depends on whether ABC TV stations make reservations.

Because she is going to attend the premiere tomorrow, her agent Robert took half a day off early. After the filming was completed in the morning, she went to the hairdressing salon for hair and make-up, making sure to be at the premiere of a film full of female characters. Will not be oppressed.

Winona Ryder herself is a world-renowned beauty, and Angelina Jolie is famous for her sexy charm. I don't expect Eve to get more attention, at least not to be used as a background board.

The public relations managers of each brand are also the type to praise the high and depress the low. If the actor's role in the movie is very brilliant, and if he hopes to win in various award ceremonies, various brands will also compete for sponsorship.

In fact, everyone can understand this kind of behavior. As a big brand, of course, it hopes that the actors it sponsors can have high exposure. The more photos of actors are circulated, the better the advertising effect of the clothes she wears.

This time, only the director, distributor, and a few producers had seen the finished film of "The Girl Who Moved the Soul", and actors like Eve had no idea what the filming turned out to be like.

At the party at Keanu's villa earlier, Winona, as a producer, didn't know what the final edit would look like.But since Columbia has the confidence to engage in media screenings, the quality of the finished film will definitely not be bad!

"Death is Coming" is a horror movie produced and distributed by a small company, basically no film critics are invited, and not many people care about film reviews. "The Girl Who Moved Soul" is produced by Columbia, one of the six major Hollywood film companies, and it is aimed at the awards season, so it will naturally need the help of film critics.

Every year during the awards season, it is also the busiest time for film critics. There are too many movies waiting to be reviewed.

They can accept public relations, but they can't write scribbles against their conscience, otherwise they won't be able to get a job at all after their authority is reduced!

Eve is a little confident in her acting skills, and she doesn't have much use in "Death Comes". She hopes to show her acting skills to people in the industry through "The Girl Who Moved Soul", so that maybe she can get more awards. Play appointments and scripts.

She opened the thermos, took a sip of warm water, and then the makeup artist quickly came over to touch up her makeup and arrange her hair.

Just when Eve was about to stand up and take a walk, a staff member walked up to her and whispered, "Miss Campbell, there is an employee of a flower shop over there who wants to find you."

"Florist?" Eve was puzzled, "I don't seem to have ordered anything from a flower shop."

As she spoke, she followed the staff to the side of the production isolation belt, where a young man in a black coat stood curiously in the corner, holding a bunch of fully packaged flowers in his hand.

"Hi, I'm Eve Campbell, are you looking for me?"

The young man's coat had the words Katie Flowers written on it. Although he had never seen Eve, such a beautiful girl was rare in the airport, so he handed over the bouquet in his hand, "This is These are your flowers, please check."

Eve took the flowers in a daze. She didn't know when she had an extra suitor, so she asked, "Can you tell me who sent it?"

"Sorry, I'm just the person in charge of the delivery. The other party asked to send flowers to Ms. Eve Campbell, who was shooting a movie at the arrival area of ​​Los Angeles Airport. It is not clear who placed the order."

After the little brother finished speaking, he smiled back, then turned and walked outside. The car delivering flowers should not stop for too long.

I have to say that the bouquet of flowers in my hand looks very beautiful. It is not just as simple as nineteen champagne roses, but also with pink lisianthus, white chrysanthemums and some valentine grass.

And there was a card in the middle of the rose, with some handwritten words on it, Eve took it off and took a serious look.

"Before I met you, I didn't know what love is. I didn't realize that you are my love until I saw you."

The last place where the name was left did not reveal any information, only a capital K.

Combining the text on the card and the final signature, Eve guessed the identity of the flower giver directly, and that K is the first letter of Keanu's name!

After writing it like this, no one knows who it is except the person involved.If Keanu Reeves' full name was really written on it, maybe the flower shop owner and the flower delivery workers would directly expose the news, and those big newspapers and tabloids wouldn't have to worry about half a month's performance.

The doubts in her heart have been solved, and with a smile on her face, she returned to the rest area with a card and a bouquet in her hand.

The rest of the staff looked at Eve gossipingly, wanting to know who picked a flower from the crew!The news that Eve had a boyfriend never spread, and everyone didn't know who could win this actress who was beautiful, talented, and usually unassuming.

"Is she in love?"

"It must be flowers from my boyfriend, you smile so sweetly!"

"Do you know who Eve's boyfriend is?"

"I thought the person who just took the flowers was her boyfriend."

"It's obviously for sending flowers. Why don't you go and ask Mandy?"

Gossip is the primary productive force, curiosity about the love life of celebrities regardless of nationality.The staff gathered together and chatted, their eyes glanced over Eve from time to time, but they quickly moved away, for fear of being discovered.

But Eve placed the bouquet in front of her very seriously, and the few times in her life she received flowers all came from the same person!

"Did he send it?" Mandy was equally curious.

She is used to seeing Hollywood star couples on and off, and she is not very optimistic about Eve's way of keeping a low profile about the relationship. She just hopes that both parties will not get hurt, and the breakup will be too ugly to be good for both parties.

Eve nodded, then took out her mobile phone and made a call, preparing to tell her.

At this time, Keanu had just come out of the Warner Bros. studio, and his agent, Evan Stoff, stood in the elevator and said in a low voice: "We only got 1000 million US dollars and 10% of the box office dividend for the first movie. This time they shoot two movies together, your salary becomes 1500 million, and the sharing contract has also increased to 15%, which is a huge improvement for us. As long as the box office of the sequel of "The Matrix" remains the same, this will be The biggest deal in Hollywood history!"

Hollywood has already entered the age of superstars, Schwarzenegger, Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis and many other top Hollywood actors have already arrived at the rumored 2000 million In the dollar club, some actors even demand a top-level contract of 20+20, which means not only a salary of 2000 US dollars, but also a 20% box office dividend.

Such harsh conditions, but the film studios have to endure, because the names of these superstars have a magical effect.With them joining, investors are willing to spend money on filming, and audiences are willing to buy tickets to enter the cinema, which is completely regulated by the market.

Previously, Evan Storf was only discussing cooperation intentions, but now the contract has been formally signed. The script has been confirmed, and the actor and director are waiting for the schedule.

Evan Stoff never thought that he would become one of the most powerful agents in Hollywood. Since the movies were filmed back to back, that means Keanu would be able to get a salary of 3000 million US dollars directly!

Not only is the film salary so high, but the box office dividend is also very attractive.

The previous work created a hacker frenzy all over the world, and anticipation for the sequel is already overwhelming.According to Warner Bros.' estimates, if the quality remains the same, the box office will definitely be higher than the $4.6 million of the first part of "The Matrix"!

When Keanu thought that he would go to Australia to film after filming "Almost Famous", according to the plan, it would take one year and three months to film, because the director had many crazy plans, such as building a one-kilometer highway by himself Came here specifically for filming.

Not long after confirming the relationship, I will be away from North America to shoot movies, and there are almost no good results for long-distance love.

Keanu knew that it was impossible for him to ask Eve to go to Australia to accompany him. She also had her own career to be busy and was unwilling to become a vassal.What's more, once Eve loses his self-identity, Keanu doesn't know whether his love can be maintained, and it may change.

Acting time is tight, it is impossible to have time to fly back to Los Angeles every week, the flight time is too long!

Fortunately, there are still several months to go, and he will talk about this topic when there is a suitable opportunity in the middle. He doesn't want this matter to spoil the relationship between the two that has just begun to heat up.

Perhaps buying a private jet is a good choice.Keanu was suddenly very lucky, thankful that he still made a lot of money filming, at least he could think about taking vacations and private jets, so he didn't have to be troubled by money.

Evan Stoff is still excited about Keanu's treatment, and has even started planning what films he should take after the "Matrix" series.

When Keanu heard the phone ringing, he said sorry to the agent next to him, then connected the phone and said, "It's great to hear your voice, I sent you a bouquet of flowers at the flower shop today, I don't know Have you received it?"

"I just received it. I was taking a break after shooting this one, and an employee of the flower shop brought me a bouquet of flowers. This bouquet of flowers is very beautiful, and I like it very much." Eve couldn't help showing a trace of Sweet smile, "I really didn't expect you to send flowers."

Keanu replied jokingly: "I could even drive you over to pick you up from get off work if you want."

He really wanted to introduce Eve to his friends and the world, and he didn't want to hide it.Who would have thought that in this relationship, only oneself most wanted to announce the relationship!

"You can come here, but can I choose which car to take?" Eve also knows that she can't accommodate herself in everything, and occasionally she has to let Keanu feel the support of love.

But recently, she has been busy with work, and even if she wants to be a considerate girlfriend, the two of them rarely have the opportunity to date together.

When Keanu heard the words, he immediately regained his energy. He was obviously just going to pick up someone, but as if he had made some great progress, he hurriedly asked: "Really? What kind of car do you want to take? The president's car can't be obtained, but I can get a Cadillac of the same model."

Eve lowered her voice, unwilling to be heard by the rest of the staff, "Why don't you ride your favorite Harley motorcycle? I just need a helmet."

She knows that Keanu enjoys riding motorcycles, but recently he has been driving for himself and rarely uses those motorcycles.It just so happens that there is still the last shot left for my own shooting today. If possible, I would also like to experience the feeling of running with the wind.

As long as both of them wear helmets, they should be able to mix with other motorcycles without being too conspicuous.

To be jealous with a motorcycle, Eve felt like she was going too far.

On the contrary, Keanu was very pleasantly surprised. He replied: "No problem, I will come to you on a motorcycle. But are you sure you are in the arrival area of ​​Los Angeles Airport? There are reporters squatting there for a long time, just to shoot celebrities. Photos and videos of us before and after we got off the plane.”

"Then let's change places. I'll wait for you in front of the airport road after I finish work."

Eve felt that she had turned her relationship into a spy movie, and she was afraid that others would find out that this invisible pressure made her a little uncomfortable. At the same time, she was also a little motivated. She wished she could make more movies and spread her name.

"Sounds good, shall we meet at five?"

"No problem. Let's talk later, David has put me in place, and the filming will continue immediately."

"Bye, love you."

Keanu put the phone back into his bag with a smile on his face, while the manager next to him was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.

Evan Stoff didn't know about Keanu's love affair at all, so he asked cautiously: "Are you in love?"

"That's right, I found the feeling of being in love. It's good to love someone, and it's also good to be loved by others."

Keanu knew that Eve wanted to sit on the back seat of the motorcycle purely for his own sake. If he had known that sending flowers would be able to solve this little conflict, he could just buy a flower shop and send a bouquet every day!

Evan was a little relieved and a little frustrated at the same time. He basically guessed the identity of his girlfriend from Keanu's expression and itinerary, and there was no one else except Eve.

It is not easy for Keanu, a weak actor, to break free from the embrace of music and recall the profession of acting.

"I hope she can be worthy of your love." Evan was still a little uneasy, and planned to ask Eve to meet when he planned to talk about it frankly.

"Don't get me wrong, she is really a good girl."

Eve, who was unknowingly sent a good person card by Keanu, put her mobile phone in her bag, handed it to Mandy to install it, and then hurried to the shooting area, listened to the director's explanation, and talked with the cameraman before shooting. , lighting engineer and sound engineer.

Some scenes will use simultaneous sound, and some scenes need post-dubbing due to radio reasons.

The automatic sensing glass door of the airport opened, and Betty, played by Eve, came out with two boxes in her hand. She said goodbye to the kind old man she met on the plane. It was extremely exciting for her to have a chat with someone familiar with Los Angeles in a state of excitement and tension. wonderful thing.

"Remember, I will wait for you to appear on the big screen." The old lady held Eve's hand and said kindly and encouragingly, her expression looked extremely sincere.

"Okay, Erin, I hope that day will come sooner."

The old lady used her real name directly in the movie. She hugged Eve, patted Eve's back with her wrinkled hands, and said emotionally, "Good luck, Betty, and take good care of yourself."

Eve nodded, promised, "Yes, I will, thank you."

The old gentleman who was with Irene thanked Eve and left, while Eve smiled and watched the two old people go away.

When she turned around, she found that her luggage was gone, and her smiling face instantly became serious.It turned out that a taxi driver had picked up her luggage and was about to put it in the trunk.

The solemn expression just now melted away immediately, showing a sunny smile, and was amazed by the enthusiastic service of the Los Angeles taxi driver.

The changes in the facial expressions of the two times were very rapid, and they looked very real, not at all artificial, without any deliberate elements.

Ordinary people would react in this way when they encounter such a situation, but it is much more difficult for actors to perform.

David Lynch was once again amazed by Eve's acting skills, and the scheduling of the various staff, actors, and extras was very reasonable. After checking the monitor playback twice, he announced in surprise: "OK, our One shot is complete, thank you for your cooperation!"

Eve originally thought that this was just the first test shoot, so she walked up to David and asked, "Is it all right to shoot this time? Is there any room for improvement or change in my performance?"

"You acted very well, you have to have enough confidence in yourself." David Lynch clapped his hands and asked the staff to start packing up the tools, and the extras were all so happy that they were most afraid of prolonging the shooting time.

Who would have thought it would be the first time!

If it is domestic, if the content of the day is filmed so early, the shooting plan for tomorrow will definitely be moved to continue shooting.But on the Hollywood side, David Lynch stopped filming directly, and tomorrow's plan remains the same.

This made Eve a little helpless. She told Keanu to pick her up at [-] o'clock, but now she finishes work before [-] o'clock. Could it be that she has to wait here for an hour?

After much deliberation, she decided to tell Keanu the truth, and chose the meeting place downstairs in her apartment, just in time to take this bouquet of flowers back and put it away.

The filming of "Mulholland Drive" is getting better and better. After contacting other actors, staff and even the director for a long time, Eve became familiar with each other's habits and requirements. Some mistakes and NGs that should not have happened were avoided, and the efficiency was greatly improved.

The shooting task tomorrow morning is very easy, and Eve will ask for leave in the afternoon, so most of the employees will not come to work tomorrow. It is considered a short weekend, and everyone seems very happy.