Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 766 Big List

Angela didn't understand this matter after many years. Why did such a stubborn and tough person change his mind after talking with grandpa a few times?Is grandpa's aura so powerful?And according to Natalie, who had overheard part of the content, there was nothing special about their conversation. Grandpa just spoke from his own point of view, while Evner remained noncommittal.If that's the case, there's no reason for Evner to change his mind so quickly, right? !

"My dad finally let go, don't you want him to go back on his word again." Natalie persuaded.

Thinking about it, even though Angela was still very strange, she didn't ask any more questions.She didn't know that Natalie knew the reason. Evner's change of mouth had nothing to do with Natalie's toughness, but the main reason was that Natalie's change of words had nothing to do with the night after Angela's grandpa visited for the second time. Tully called her father into the bedroom and handed him the painting.

In the beginning, Evner didn't believe this set of rhetoric at all, and instead accused Natalie and Angela of colluding. Unfortunately, there are some things that can't be denied simply by saying "colluded".When Evner called Shirley, who had worked in a gallery, to study it carefully, she was only stunned, and no one could explain what this kind of idealism meant.So, when the old man came to visit again, Efner, who had hesitated for a long time, finally let go.

So, when Angela was allowed to visit Natalie and left, Evner's face was still not very good-looking and his attitude was not cold, that's why Natalie persuaded her like that.She didn't intend to tell Angela what she had done. As for the reason... It can only be said that feelings are a complicated matter.

In any case, meeting the parents is basically done.Oh, and the Alba couple in Los Angeles, but there is nothing to worry about. Jessica told her mother about herself and Angela during the most painful period after the breakup, and then passed it to her father. .Surprisingly, they didn't criticize her, especially her father, who was always serious. This probably had something to do with his service in the army.

In short, they knew about Jessica and Angela's reunion, and they knew to some extent what their daughter was fighting for, so Angela didn't have to worry about anything at all, otherwise how could she put Los Angeles in the end with her approach?However, I don't know if the parents who gave away their daughters will want to kill Angela after the matter is completely revealed in the end?

Around the end of August, Angela brought Natalie back to Los Angeles. Unfortunately, one of her prophecies came true, and Natalie became the last person to move in.

No way, whoever asked her to participate in the promotional activities had to deal with her stubborn father, and at the same time, she had to worry about so many things.

"I don't care too much about anything! I just remind someone that if you don't give a time limit, it doesn't mean you can procrastinate infinitely!" Facing Angela's teasing, Natalie retorted a little annoyed, "Don't think you really put I'm on a leash!"

It's a pity that the confidence in the last sentence is really not very strong, even she herself doesn't believe it.But Angela didn't expose it, but hugged her and said seriously: "Okay, I understand, don't worry, I'm already preparing. There is still a little more than half a year, and you will definitely be satisfied."

"Really, if I'm not satisfied, I will refuse." Natalie said half-jokingly after being appeased.

"You might as well try it." Angela said threateningly, and then started to move.

Then, several other people suddenly rushed into the room and pulled the two of them into a conversation, clearly to disrupt the situation.Then, Angela began to have a headache about how to arrange everyone's time reasonably and fairly. Things really have two sides.

Although she really wants to handle this matter well, and she also believes that she can handle it well, the problem is that no one gives her a chance to speak, simply put...

"Don't be hesitant, tell me directly, do you agree or disagree, if you agree, it's settled, if you don't agree, we will take it back and discuss it." Kate said to her with a smile on her arms, and she had to disagree if she disagreed. agree.

I am not a humanoid stamp!Angela thought aggrieved and resentful.Wasn't she the one who made arrangements when everyone took turns living in?Besides, isn't it just right for exactly 7 people?Of course, she definitely couldn't say these words directly, even Annie didn't dare to tell them. God knows if Annie would tell Alizee casually, and then Alizee would tell other people, and then she would be "suppressed" by them "Are.

In this case, Angela simply let go of it and spent time in the movie department busy with new movies.The new movie was naturally the script that was inspired by "The Man From Earth" when he was recuperating in the hospital. Angela gave Ed and the others a long list of actors for this, and seemed to intend to cast Hollywood's big names Catch them all.But it is precisely because of this that there is now a small problem with this.

"We have already had initial contact with them. Except for a few people who said that there is no problem, most of the answers are rather ambiguous. Of course, they did not completely refuse." In McKinley's office, the supervisor gave Angela explain the current situation.His recent work has been excellent. It is no secret internally that the film department may be separated to become a subsidiary of Pixar. The CEO of a company is two different concepts.

"I think they probably want to see the specific script rather than the outline of the story, even with you." McKinley continued to explain, "But I think it may have something to do with this list."

"Oh?" Angela, who was looking at the list, was a little surprised, "You mean, they already know that I plan to call so many people?"

"In Hollywood, things like this are not a secret." McKinley said with a smile, and then explained: "Usually we don't hide this kind of situation in private, so that it will be convenient for the other party to make an accurate judgment."

"I think..." Angela rubbed her chin, "You mean, this movie invited a little more stars."

"Yes," McKinley did not deny after being exposed, "The reason why we invite big-name stars to star in the movie is because of the guarantee of acting skills and popularity, but if there are too many stars in a movie, it is likely to be shared. The point is, audiences focus on the star and ignore the whole story."

Angela nodded after thinking for a few minutes: "You're right, McKinley, I really didn't think about it. So that's it for the time being, just as I have to revise the script, and I'll come back after that I made a list for you."

Al must be retained, so Robert De Niro must also be invited; Will may have to give up, but who will partner with Morgan Freeman?Angela began to think after coming out of McKinley's office.She looked at the door of that office again. McKinley's ability is still good, and it's not a big deal to support him.Of course, it depends on Ed's opinion, after all, I only have a vague idea of ​​a qualified CEO.

After returning to her office, Angela immediately called up the document and began to revise it.In fact, the main structure of the script has been completely settled, and the scenes are not complicated. What she wanted at the beginning was to make a film like "[-] Angry Men" and "The Man From Earth". Dialogue drives the plot forward.

But this kind of movie is easy to be thankless, and it is easy to go to extremes in evaluation. I like it very much and hate it very much. If the earliest version of "50 Angry Men" was not released in the golden age of Hollywood in the [-]s, Now I am afraid that I can only follow the route of releasing DVDs, and then be sought after by those I like and scolded by those I hate.

This kind of movie has the highest requirements for the script, so Angela will write down whenever she has inspiration, even if some parts may not be used, so such minor revisions are common.And this time the inspiration came from the stubbornness shown by Avner in New York. The script originally told the story of a big family chatting at a party, and it showed the characters of each character, some lively, some stubborn, some Some are flamboyant, some are dull, and there are all kinds of characters. This is a movie that is close to life, and the inspiration from life is naturally very important.

"That's it for the time being, but when handing over the script to them, it must be noted that this is not the final version." Angela murmured after reading it again after revision.

After stretching, Angela got up and walked around the office, thinking again about how to arrange the actors.At the beginning, the big list she gave to Ed included many outstanding actors. Needless to say, Al and De Niro, the two of them played against each other in "The Wire" was really brilliant, and now she wants to bring them together. Pull it in and play the opposite role again.But this time it's not about fighting and killing, but two father-in-law and son-in-law who can be regarded as enemies. Come on, Angela intends to let him play the son-in-law and Al play the father-in-law this time. I believe the duel between the two will be very exciting.

In addition, there are a large number of first-line stars such as Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, etc. If Hanks is willing to reduce the price to perform, she is also happy to place a role for him— —Although Angela is not short of money, she is still in a financial crisis after all, so there is no need to waste it too much.

And now McKinley brings up something she had overlooked before, which is that too many big-name actors—especially when they appear on camera at the same time—dilute the attention of the audience.Unless the story is extremely compelling and the direction is extremely good, it is bound to be a mediocre star-studded film.

Even Kubrick may not be able to control this kind of thing well, let alone Angela, a half-tone director-she always thinks she is only half-tone, which allows her to maintain a small and cautious habit so as not to make mistakes.Therefore, it is certain to delete the names of actors. As for which ones to delete and which ones to keep, it needs to be carefully considered.

Al and De Niro must be retained, regardless of the story of the script or the popularity of the box office. Streep must also be on the list.Counting it, Aunt May can really call it "cheap and beautiful". When she starred in "John Rabe", she only paid 500 million yuan in salary.Liam is between keeping and deleting, Angela has long wanted to cooperate with him, but this time he has prepared two characters for him, one is gay and the other is a cowardly and honest person, I don’t know if he would like to Unwilling to challenge myself.As for Julianne Moore, it seems to have to be deleted, and Will Smith can only be excluded. If no one can be found to partner with Morgan Freeman, the old Morgan has to be excluded, but in this way there will be no black people in the movie characters, and as such, is the film representative of the American experience?

Angela suddenly scratched her head and sighed, why did she become so troublesome all of a sudden? !

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Angela was taken aback, then sat back in her seat and called, "Please come in."

"Ha, you look pretty laid back." Kate pushed the door open and walked in. She raised her eyebrows with an inexplicable smile.

Before the stunned Angela could react, Jessica walked in. She smiled and waved to Angela: "Hi, Angie, we're here to see you."

Then, Avril Lavigne, Scarlett, Liv, Keira also walked in, and finally Natalie.

"Employee said you were revising the script. What script? The one you mentioned earlier?"

"I'm curious, your "Mist" has not been offline yet, why are you starting to prepare a new movie?"

"That's right, don't you still work besides work? We originally planned to go shopping together today."

"Perhaps she has such a bit of masochism in her heart, always thinking that only by pushing herself to the extreme can she be fulfilled."

"You mean, if we have time, we can tie her up and hang her in the air for slow torture?"

Looking at the noisy lovers, Angela's head jumped, especially when the phrase "tie up and hang in the air" came from Natalie, she really wanted to roll her eyes and fall to the ground. The urge to get up.

Of course, Angela didn't do that, otherwise she would be tied up and hung in the air to torture her, so she just moaned weakly: "Aren't you afraid of being photographed by reporters when you come here with such great fanfare?"

"So what if the reporter caught it?" Scarlett shrugged, "Do you think everyone would guess that you have such good luck, and that so many people are willing to sacrifice for you?"

Angela immediately laughed: "Of course... no, I just..."

"Don't worry, it was planned when we came together. Even if the insiders here have guessed it, they will only think that we specially escorted someone to date you." Kate immediately took over the conversation, her tone The taste in Li was obvious, but the others didn't show that Kate was being rude.

Angela didn't realize it for a while, and asked a little puzzled: "Escort someone over to date me, escort who?"

The other six people all cast their eyes on Natalie who was leaning against the bookshelf. Natalie, who snorted softly, spread her hands helplessly.Angela laughed even harder, scratching her face and not knowing what to say.

She probably guessed the reason why they came here. During this time, due to various reasons, Angela had been sleeping alone. Annoyed and depressed, she moved out under the pretext of preparing a new movie.Originally, she planned to live in the company. Anyway, the office had a single room for rest, but Angela, who was already used to a certain life in the face of the simple washing facilities, had to go to the hotel with a sigh.It's a pity that they came to the door after only a few days, and a few words gave her no reason to be awkward.

"What is this?" Fortunately, Jessica changed the subject aloud at this time. Although the others were a little dissatisfied, they all showed understanding at the same time. Otherwise, it wouldn't be Jessica.

"Cast list, I'm picking a cast list for a new movie." Angela explained after giving her a grateful look.

"Wow, what kind of movie needs so many actors?" Scarlett moved over first, and then exclaimed even more: "God, Angie, are you going to include all the first-line actors in Hollywood?!"

Hearing this sentence, other people also gathered around, and after scanning the list for a few times, they all looked at Angela with surprised eyes.

"Well... this is a group play, and it needs a lot of people to perform—about twenty or so," Angela explained with a dry cough, "so I just wanted to bring together all the outstanding actors in this movie Come. But now it's gone, and I'm planning to delete most of the characters."

"Delete? Why?" Kate asked, "Because they declined your invitation? Seems impossible."

"No, no, I will delete it because I don't want the audience to enter the movie theater with the mentality of 'going to see a celebrity party'." Angela gestured, "After all, the most important thing about a movie is to tell a story."

"I have a question, Angie." Looking at the list, Kayla raised her hand.

"Excuse me." Angela made a gesture of please.

"Why—" Keira asked deliberately in her cadenced British accent, "we're not on the list? Do you think our acting skills are bad? Or do you not want to work with us?"

"How is that possible!" Angela quickly denied it. If this statement is true, if you go back tonight—you must go back, you don’t need to think about other things—there will be no good fruit.

"I don't consider you because there are many other factors that will affect my judgment when facing you. If there is only one, such as the "Mist" that I starred with Nat before, I don't care about it, but if everyone starred together It will..." Angela sighed softly at this point, "I don't want you to be embarrassed or have conflicts because of it... There will be opportunities in the future, but I won't think about it before then."

The room fell silent, and everyone didn't say anything, but looked at her with tender eyes.Angela smiled casually, then took back the list from Jessica and nodded: "Since you rarely come to see me together, why don't you give me a reference on how to choose?"