Hollywood Rhapsody

Chapter 21 Are you going to fire me?

Speaking of Sarah’s most surprising achievement after participating in the Oscars, apart from the rocket-like sales of her novels, she received an invitation from "Friends" before going back to film "Age of Love".

At the shooting scene of the fourth season of this classic American drama, Sarah wore a white veil dress and dressed up as an angel with two small wings on her back. Obviously, the screenwriter used her "Oscar Little Angel" stalk.Sarah will be in the final two episodes of this season, Ross's Wedding (Part [-]/[-]) - Ross is getting married, but Rachel realizes she still loves Ross so much, she decides to focus on shopping to divert attention, pregnant Pregnant Phoebe also wants to help her get over Ross, and that's when Sarah shows up.

Although Sarah is not an absolute acting school, she is still capable of playing a role that does not require any acting skills at all, especially since this is one of her favorite American dramas, how could she miss it!

Rachel is hesitating whether to stop Ross's wedding, while Angel and Phoebe are constantly persuading her.

The little angel made a tangled expression together with Rachel, touched her fingers and said: "My sisters and I support you, everything can be forgiven for love, but you will commit the crime of ruining a holy wedding, love God, a vengeful fellow, may plant thorns on your path of love...Ah! What did I just say! I hope Lord Cupid was just taking a nap, I don’t want to be targeted by him.”

Watching Rachel choose the dress, Sarah couldn't help tugging at the angel dress on her body, and complained with her cute puckered mouth: "This dress is so beautiful, if God allows, I really want to change into work clothes."

When Ross mispronounced the bride's name, the little angel's mouth turned into an O shape, Rachel was also dumbfounded, and the fourth season ended here.

That's right, Sarah didn't have many shots in total, but Sarah happily got the signature of the main creator of Friends. She decided to treasure it and keep it for more than ten or twenty years, maybe it can be auctioned!

After returning from the set of Friends, Sarah went to school again to gain a sense of presence, met with all the teachers, visited the principal Mrs. Freeman, and used eloquent talks and perfect test papers to prove that she did not waste her studies because of acting. She is still a talented girl who aims at the ivy League.Then, after every teacher got a copy of her signed novel, she waved her hand and boarded the plane carrying another suitcase of new books.

The first season of "Age of Love" has come to an end, and after being suspended for two weeks due to Oscar and other reasons, its ratings have climbed to a new high. They can wake up with a smile, of course they know the reason for this popularity, if possible, they are even willing to give Sarah a reward red envelope, who said she is an Oscar angel?No, she is a real ratings angel, okay?

However, Kevin, the screenwriter who should be most happy for the TV series, smiled a little reluctantly, struggling with the script of the second season.

The few leading actors seemed not in the mood to cheer for the ratings, and the atmosphere of the four was no longer as harmonious and loving as before, with ups and downs, great joy and great sadness. After enjoying the grand Oscar, Sarah finally encountered her coming into this world first quarrel.

"What? Can you say it again? I don't quite understand what you mean." Sarah tried her best to keep smiling, but a sense of irritability still came to her heart more and more intensely, "As an actor, I dare say that in this movie My performance in the show got an A, and the next direction of the story didn't seem to be decided by me when I was only 17 years old."

"Yes, you are right, you are innocent, but the reality is right in front of you, because of your damn fame, my role will be reduced, even the strong-willed Kevin has to face up to the ratings you bring , the audience is not watching the show for me, not for Joshua, not for James, they are all for you, ha, Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! As long as Sarah is enough! So for The ratings are great, and in order to make more money, Kevin finally decided to revise the script for the second season.” Katie yelled and cursed in the room while tearing up the signed Leonardo poster that Sarah gave her. , and even stomped hard with his feet.

Sarah stood up abruptly, but seeing Katie's crazy behavior, she didn't rush to save the poster in the end. She looked at the girl who was completely driven mad by jealousy in front of her with cold eyes, and sneered: "There is a question that seems to say It doesn't make sense, I haven't even got the script for the finale of the first season, how did you see the script for the second season?"

The two boys who had been watching silently sat up straight at this time, and looked at Katie intently—yes, they obviously didn't get the script, and it stands to reason that the second season has just been confirmed to continue, and the book should still be released. In the creation, where did Katie's accusations against Sarah come from?How did she know that the script had been revised!

"I...I overheard Kevin's phone call...just last night..." Under the skeptical eyes of the three friends, Katie struggled to speak the truth, and then She buried her face in her arms and cried, "It's not fair, obviously my performance is better, obviously Kevin said that I am the story and the first heroine, obviously you have got James Cameron's role in the movie, but he still wants to compete with me for the limelight of the TV series, why, it's not fair! It's not fair..."

"..." Sarah couldn't see others crying, she was already a little shaken, and wanted to step forward to comfort her, but when Katie cried and yelled that it was unfair, she suddenly felt extremely bored, and the little girl's vanity cares were completely gone. Regardless of the value of any consideration, to be fair to her in Hollywood?Sarah's lips moved, and she almost laughed out loud on the spot.

Sure enough, where there are people, there is competition, and sooner or later there will be conflicts in the crew. Although she has tried her best to prevent and avoid it, when her own interests are threatened, the boat of friendship will capsize!No matter how thoughtful the Christmas gift, no matter how wonderful the prophecy is, adding a hundred more signed posters of Leonardo is doomed to be in vain. Sarah looked at the Leonardo posters that were torn into pieces on the carpet, her eyes seemed to be shattered. A sharp thorn pierced deeply. Blood came.

She squatted down without saying a word, carefully picked up the fragments of posters one by one under the stunned eyes of the two boys and even Katie, then stood up and looked down at Katie, mockingly: "It's too ridiculous, You want to be fair in Hollywood?"

She turned around and opened the door, and couldn't help laughing at herself sadly: "No, I'm even more ridiculous, expecting your friendship!"

With a "bang", the door of the room was slammed hard by Sarah without hesitation, and Katie, who was so shaken at the foot of the bed, couldn't help shivering, but Sarah's last words were like a spell, and the three of them in the room As the sound echoed in their ears, Joshua and James glanced at each other, and both understood what the other meant. They got up and walked towards the door under Katie's sad and pleading eyes.

"Are you even going to leave me?" Katie's voice was still crying, sounding pitiful.

But Joshua and James didn't show any sympathy. The door opened again, and James had already walked out. Joshua held the doorknob and paused hesitantly: "To be honest, Sarah didn't feel sorry for you, if It would be really unfair to ignore her appeal to the ratings!"

Kevin's room is next door, so Sarah was not surprised when she saw Kevin standing in the corridor for an unknown amount of time.

"You have always been mature and calm far beyond your peers. I saw you slamming the door today...I want to say that this is really beyond my expectations." Kevin and Sarah walked in the night, making no secret of their secrets. Listen to the truth, "You're right, it's ridiculous to expect friendship in Hollywood, especially between two beautiful women."

"Hmph, I thought you would agree with me more about the word fairness." Sarah snorted softly, but her mood had already calmed down. After all, she is 30 years old, so she won't be haggling with a little girl .

"No, on the contrary, I don't agree. What is fairness?" Kevin shook his head with a smile, and counted on his fingers. It’s more important than the first three, so in my opinion Hollywood has always been fair, Katie hasn’t really understood the rules of this world yet.”

"Thank you, although I know you are just expressing an objective fact and not supporting me, but I still want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart." Sarah chuckled softly, and the depression in her heart completely dissipated. She observed Kevin's face by the moonlight, and asked tentatively, "So you are going to change the script? Give in to the ratings? Increase my role?"

"Why do you ask? Maybe my original plan was to let you shine in the second part?" Kevin was silent for two seconds, with some stubborn emotions in his tone.

"Hey, I'm not little Katie, you should be more honest with me, a good writer puts his or her soul into a script, and you're clearly one of them, so I've tasted yours through this show Thoughts, whether it’s Katie or me, what our four protagonists represent is only a part of your understanding of life, a part of your soul.” Sarah didn’t need to deliberately activate the social habits of her previous life, and she praised three times when she met. Sharing is a good habit that can travel all over the world, and Kevin laughed after the compliment.

"Oh? Do you think so?" Kevin stopped unexpectedly and asked with interest, "Then what do you think your character Jane represents?"

"Rebellious? Crazy? Impulsive?" Sarah said a few words, then shrugged. "You know it's not something that can be accurately summed up in a sentence or two, it's just a feeling, like the obvious Spielberg-obsessed in Dawson. Traits, Joy's struggle against fate, and my Jane seems to be more negative, her spirit is not suitable for carrying forward, but it is likely to be a negative teaching material for all teenagers to show, just like I almost died of dystocia, now It was used by many media and parents as a negative teaching material for their children."

While speaking, Sarah rolled her eyes in the air, as if she was demonstrating against an invisible opponent, she waved her fist in the air, and said angrily: "Let them talk, I don't care, who didn't How many mistakes have I made? The dark history they are always talking about will sooner or later become a great turning point in my legendary life. What will they say in a few decades? I am looking forward to it!"

"I'm also looking forward to it." Kevin nodded with a smile, "I believe that day will not be too far away."

"So, will you use me as the prototype to modify the story direction of the second season?" Sarah did not forget the theme of this conversation, how will the second season of "Age of Love" develop?Will it change because of her butterfly effect?Will there be no classic version of the previous life because of this?

There was no immediate answer from Kevin, and Sarah's hand hanging by her side tightened slightly. While observing the changes in Kevin's expression, she explained softly: "I heard Katie's cry, and you are preparing for the next script. Distressed, so forgive me for guessing, my Jane is not the first heroine in the original setting of the story, at least not as much as Katie. What will be the fate of Jane in the end? You will let her fall? You will let her start A bad relationship? Or will you let her die? Poor Jane should go farther and farther on the road of rebellion in your writing, right?"

"Uh... I have to say that you are very smart... You not only guessed my future plans, but even guessed Jane's final ending. Yes, in my original story, Jane will eventually die of illness, but now because of your relationship, I am Hesitating whether to pull her out of the quagmire? Or end her life early and add a new character!" Kevin took a deep breath, it seemed that it took a lot of courage to say this, he was like a nervous The tightly closed clam was finally pried open under Sarah's constant push.

And once it started, the following conversation became much smoother. Kevin pointed to a bench not far away, motioning for them to sit down and talk slowly: "Okay, let's talk about the second season, talk about your Character Jen, to be honest, I am embarrassed to talk about this topic with you, you are not wrong, your acting is on point, you even brought amazing ratings to the TV series...”

"But you plan to end my role? Are you going to arrange her death in the second season?" Sarah was stunned by the news. She thought Kevin was going to add a play to herself, and she thought that her butterfly effect would make Jane surpass her. The original drama became the number one heroine, but Kevin's words seemed like a bucket of cold water poured down his head. Why!In the original show, Jane died, but that was in the sixth season, the last episode of the end of the show!

"Why? What did I do wrong? Did I disgust you?" Sarah frowned slightly, and was written to death in the second season?Did she offend Kevin somewhere?

"No, of course I don't hate you. The whole crew can see how much I appreciate you. In fact, I'm just worried that "Age of Love" won't keep you. You've attracted so much attention and you've been invited to a movie. You probably signed a contract with Cameron to make a movie before the second season started shooting." Kevin waved his hands up and down his side imitating wings, watched Sarah shook his head and said, "You will fly away, Fly to a wider sky, and the small cage of American dramas can’t hold you.”

"..." Sarah stared at Kevin. Even though he was praising her, she still couldn't be happy. After a long time, she said in a daze, "So you have made up your mind? Are you going to fire me?"

"No, no, don't be like this. I'm just sharing my struggling mental journey with you. How to arrange it in the end is still up to me. I also hope to ask for your advice." Kevin shook his head quickly, gestured meaninglessly with his hands a few times , as if organizing his language, and after a few seconds of thinking, he finished the draft and gave Sarah an apologetic smile, "In fact, the direction of my script depends on your future plans. If I'm selfish, of course I I am happy to increase your role and tie you up with this drama, I have the confidence to push this drama to the top, it will become another "Growing Pains" and become a classic of teen TV dramas."

"But?" Sarah took the initiative to pick up the turning point.

Kevin also nodded happily: "That's right, but... But you are likely to be stereotyped because of the TV series. Judging from the current results, it is not a problem for this show to run for another four seasons or even six seasons. This also means that you have to be in the TV series. Believe me, it takes at least four years to create a character that is enough for the audience to stereotype you, just like Jennifer Aniston in "Friends". When you see her, you will think of Rachel. She has a wealthy family and a strong personality. Cheerful American sweetheart, the whole America likes her. But! Her acting is also severely limited, let her play a single mother struggling in a poor life? Let her play a drug-addicted and murderous gangster chick? Forget it, audience I won't accept such a setting, she can't play other roles anymore."

"And you, Sarah, would you like to be the second Aniston?" Before Sarah could answer, Kevin had already given her the answer: "No, of course not, any actor who has a dream would not want to Only play one type of role, and no director likes actors with low plasticity."

"And you think I have high plasticity?" Sarah asked uncertainly, and she was even a little flattered when she saw Kevin nodding.No way, compared to the confidence she had when she founded Prophecy.com, she always lacked confidence in acting.

"In other words, I think you are ready to act in a movie." Kevin thinks this statement is more intuitive, "As we all know, in Hollywood, movies are better than TV dramas, and movie stars have a higher status than TV drama stars. And in Hollywood In my knowledge, there are very few people who have successfully transitioned from TV dramas to movies. Jozhi Clooney? He is probably the only one left? In short, go ask those successful TV drama stars. They have a lot of fans. In reality, they are all trying to break out of their original roles, trying to make a successful movie, even after repeated failures, they are still working hard. It’s a pity that they were stereotyped, they missed the golden development period, and they have no chance.”

Kevin heaved a long sigh, as if he felt sorry for those outstanding TV actors, and then he turned his gaze to Sarah, with a very serious expression, and even his voice was an octave lower: "Do you remember what I said before?" ?Looks, acting skills, talent, connections, scheming, luck, when you have these elements at the same time, your showtime is not far away, and the opportunity is fleeting. So now, Sarah, please allow me to ask a question , are you going to act in a movie? If it is convenient, can you tell me about your plan for the next two years?"

"I..." Sarah's throat was a little dry, and she realized that what she said to Leonardo seemed too naive—as long as "Age of Love" is really enough?Her abacus is crackling, and with the help of the age of love, she can not only hone her acting skills but also gain popularity, and then gradually choose a movie that suits her.But don't those actors who have been trapped in American dramas for a lifetime have no acting skills?Why do most of them start to go downhill at the end of the show?Why so few American TV stars can successfully transform? Only 1 girls in American dramas can produce one Michelle Williamson, and can Sarah, like Michelle, become that one in ten thousand?

"In fact, Cameron's next movie is still out of the picture. His words at the Oscars are just a blank check for excitement." Sarah smiled bitterly. A bad check envies her, and where is that excellent movie that deserved her giving up "Age of Love" now?

When Sarah was in a daze, Joshua's excited shout pierced the night sky, and the restless young man almost jumped and flew in front of Sarah.

"Hey! Sarah, your phone number!" Joshua looked at Sarah meaningfully while gasping for breath, "Are you really not that kind of relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio?"

"What?" Sarah looked confused, what the hell was Joshua's gossiping expression?

"Hurry up and answer the phone! That's an international call from Leonardo DiCaprio!" Joshua lifted Sarah from the seat, and while pulling her back, Still muttering dissatisfiedly, "Sarah, you're so mean, you're still hiding it from me! I knew you must have a problem. Tell me honestly, is he really little Noah's father?"

"Ha! I'm running with DiCaprio's girlfriend on my arm!"

"Ouch! Sarah, you kicked me!"

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