Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 743 Situation

The pier scene that was originally planned to be completed within half a month, because Angela was not in a hurry, had been shooting slowly. Even the simplest shots had to be shot several times before it was over, so it was not finished until the end of the month.

"At least every shot achieves the effect I want, and this alone is worth it." Angela said.

Regarding this statement, the crew was basically noncommittal, only Will Smith said that it was standing and talking without back pain.

"You don't need to stand in front of the camera and repeat it over and over again until your face cramps," he said.

"You are just jealous. I am jealous that I can sit here and direct you to walk around. I am jealous that I can stop at random. I am jealous that I have fewer scenes. I am jealous that I don't have to repeat myself with cramps." Angela responded with a smile. Will He gave her a big white eye, and if she wasn't a woman, maybe she would get a middle finger.

But Natalie, who is her best and closest friend—in the eyes of those around her—has always kept a low profile, rarely speaks, and just sits on the side drinking water silently during breaks.

"It's okay, she's just a little too involved in the drama and needs to be adjusted." Angela explained.

What is the actual situation, Angela is actually not very clear, she is a little busy during this time.For example, Xia Xia's birthday party in the middle of the month, and Jessica's birthday party at the end of the month, although she doesn't need to organize it, but as someone who is close to them, they have to be busy.

In addition, she had to deal with various questions from her lover.

As for the cause, of course it was the blurry photo of Angela thrushing Natalie that was published in the tabloids after the machine was turned on.While she blogged about the photos and explained why, lovers thought otherwise.

Keira's reaction was probably the biggest among all of them. After all, Angela was the one who "seduced" her when she directed "True Love Actually", so she tossed Angela hard and stroked her smooth back Tastefully said: "I thought I was the only one whose eyebrows were drawn by you."

Of course, Angela, who was so tortured to death, couldn't answer, and she might not even hear it at all.But Keira didn't repeat it again, she just hugged her tightly and refused to let go, even though both of their arms were numb after getting up the next day.

The reactions of the others were similar. Kate directly announced that Angela would be responsible for her makeup in the future; Jessica softly hoped that Angela would do her makeup; Liv was very interested in asking Angela to show her more Makeup skills; Avril Lavigne expressed that she wanted Angela to paint herself with smoky makeup for a long time; only Scarlett was slightly better.

"Don't worry, I won't ask you to do my makeup like they did." Scarlett said so, with a charming smile on her face, but her words changed immediately: "In the future, you can let me do your makeup for you."

Soon others learned of Scarlett's approach from an assistant—on purpose?Unintentional?Who knows - as for poor Angela becoming a Barbie.Although she has been cooperating with Natalie on a new movie during this period, the rules of taking turns staying in the villa have not changed, after all, it is still a few months away.

It's not that Angela has resisted, such as at Xia Xia's birthday party.She was forced by lovers to dress up as one of Mattel's newest Barbie dolls.It was amazing, and Xia Xia even coaxed Kate or someone to take her to a ballroom dance or something, but considering that there were many men at the party, she finally gave up.

"Don't you think this is boring? I'm not a real Barbie doll!" Angela protested so loudly when she was caught by her lover and forced to change into different clothes.

"No? How is it possible? Is this fake?" Keira held a Barbie doll in the image of Angela that she found somewhere and dangled in front of her, and Avril rolled up her sleeves straightforwardly: "Shut up for me, sit there honestly, you have the right to remain silent, every word you say is useless!"

Resisting was futile. In order to avoid recruiting more "torturous" Angela, she could only swallow her anger. Anyway... they can always find a way to repair themselves. Instead of stopping them and letting them dig out new ideas, it is better to let them continue like this Go on, at least she is mentally prepared.Of course, as for whether there is still the factor of pain and happiness... then I don't know.

Therefore, she temporarily ignored Natalie's feelings. Anyway, she told her that it was nothing, but that she was a little too involved in the drama, and it would be fine to adjust it a little.In addition, Angela herself had this experience when she was filming "The End of Happiness", and she had comforted Natalie more than once before, so she didn't take it to heart.

The time slipped to May of 2007, and Los Angeles has begun to slowly enter the summer.

The progress of the new movie has sped up somewhat. Although the media has lowered their enthusiasm, various reports still continue, and the resentment of the fans is still the same as before.Only time, only 4 months left.

"I need you to turn your attention to this side. The smuggling case is temporarily handed over to Group B." In the spacious office, the gray-haired old man sitting behind the desk expressed no expression to the two people sitting in front of him. Said the capable general.

"I have objections, Mr. Cooper." The frowning young woman raised her hand. Although she tried her best to suppress her emotions, the dissatisfaction in her eyes was very clear. It was too late for the black partner around her to stop her .

"No objection, Catherine." Cooper didn't give Catherine a chance to speak, and his tone was unusually severe, "I hope you do what you should do! Instead of thinking wildly! That's it!"

Catherine wanted to refute, but Lanard spoke first: "We know, Mr. Cooper."

Then she dragged the unwilling female detective and quickly left the office. After the two walked a long way, Catherine looked at her partner angrily: "Do you know what you're doing, Ranald?!"

"I should ask you this question, Catherine!" The black partner showed a hint of annoyance, "If I hadn't stopped you just now, did you want to tell Cooper your deduction? Deduce and tell Cooper?!"

"Please pay attention to your words, Ranald! It's just that there is no solid evidence. My intuition tells me that the other party must be a woman, otherwise I wouldn't use such meticulous methods!" Catherine said excitedly, and she turned around in the aisle Turning around, "Damn it, just give me a little more time... I can definitely get her out! Damn it!"

Lanard shook his head, sighed, and tried to comfort him in a calm tone: "Okay, Catherine, since Cooper has already handed over the case to the team, let them do it, it's no big deal."

"What do you know, Ranald, you have no idea what this means to me, you..." Catherine was about to curse when she looked up into furious Catherine, but she looked into Ranald's eyes abruptly. He swallowed back the words that followed, after all, the other party stopped her impulsive behavior on the pier not long ago and saved her from the brink of committing a crime.

"Cut!" A voice yelled at this moment, and the two of them paused for a few seconds, then took a long breath and relaxed their bodies at the same time, and the noisy sounds around them suddenly began to ring out.

"What's the matter? Is there still a problem?" Will pulled his collar and walked over.

"Yes," Angela, who was looking at the monitor, nodded, "Your work is alright, you did a good job, but..."

As she spoke, she turned her head and looked at Natalie, who was silently drinking water beside her. Will followed her gaze and looked over, then shrugged and spread his hands, indicating that there was nothing he could do to help.

"Rest for 10 minutes now." Angela asked the assistant director to announce the matter, and then walked towards Natalie after carefully considering the words in her heart.

"Hi, Nat." Angela greeted and sat down in front of her.

"Hi, Angie," Natalie glanced at her and continued to drink her water, "Do you want to change the filming plan?"

"Hmm...well." Angela coughed softly, "But I want to talk about another thing."

She looked at Natalie, but the other party didn't have any special reaction, so Angela had no choice but to continue: "Don't you think your performance is a bit... too hard?"

"Are you saying that my acting is not good?" Natalie raised her eyebrows immediately, and then stood up without waiting for Angela to explain, "Then retake it, and retake it now."

She didn't realize that her voice was a little too loud, Angela rolled her eyes with a wry smile, got up and raised her hands in comfort and waved: "Okay, Nat, I'm not saying your performance is bad, I mean... ..."

"You said," Natalie interrupted her unceremoniously, "Although I didn't say it obviously, I know what you mean. If that's the case, why don't you shoot again, as long as I know where the problem is, I can definitely Fix it."

"That's not what I meant, I just want to discuss it for a while." Angela couldn't help frowning, and glanced around, those who looked over immediately looked back.

"Don't comfort me, I know what I'm doing, if it's not good, do it again, it's very simple, every movie is shot like this, isn't it?!" Natalie waved her hands anxiously.

"Keep calm, Nat!" Angela said with some headaches and worries. This situation had happened more than once, and every time she mentioned something bad about Natalie, it would touch her nerves.

The worst part was a few days ago, when filming the scene where the heroine and the behind-the-scenes BOSS confronted each other in the interrogation room, she and Natalie almost had a quarrel.This shot is the most critical part of the whole movie, and Angela deliberately used several cameras to shoot at the same time.In her conception, the finished product of this section should be that the camera is constantly moving clockwise, using this method to switch the expressions of the two people, the light is dim, there are not many props around, and it is accompanied by a tense and slightly weird scene. Music, this clash of sign language and spoken language is sure to be fascinating.

Yes, a clash of sign language and spoken language!In Angela's script, the behind-the-scenes BOSS is not only a woman, but also a disabled person who cannot speak, but it is this mute woman who plots actions that make Karina, a capable and excellent FBI agent, ashamed time after time!

Such a role has high requirements on the acting skills of the actors, and they cannot speak, and all emotions must be expressed with eyes and body language. It is precisely because of this that Ed and the others persuade Angela to take this role.What could be more suitable for this role than her three-time Best Supporting Actress or the author of the script?

Although Angela agreed to the role after various persuasions, it does not mean that she did not do enough homework. Not only did she take the time to read a lot of books about deaf-mute people, but she even invited a teacher to teach sign language.In addition, she wrote the script and knows the role best, so she played very well for the first time.

In this scene, the heroine Catherine has to look dignified, as if she is facing an enemy, pressing her words step by step to get out all the information, while Susan, the boss behind the scenes, is careless, gesticulating fluently as if everything is happening. under control.

Although there are only more than 20 shots in this scene, Angela has very high requirements for each shot. Even if there are no mistakes, each shot has to be shot several times to pass.As a result, after an NG, Natalie kept chasing Angela, who was analyzing the camera, nagging about whether there was something wrong with her, and Angela just happened to be annoyed by her poor state, and the situation of not talking speculatively quickly became The argument ended, and the scene would have nearly spiraled out of control had it not been for Will's timely intervention.

Then, Angela noticed that Natalie's situation didn't seem to be very good, but except for the occasional emotional worry about her acting skills in the middle of the filming, she was usually relatively silent and seldom spoke.So Angela didn't know what to do, so she had to try her best to comfort and talk to Natalie during the rest.

"I... I... At this time, Natalie finally realized that she had lost her composure. After shaking her body and covering her forehead with her hands, she forced a wry smile and sat down with a little dejection.

"I'm sorry, Angie." Natalie said softly with her head down.

"It's nothing." Angela shook her head secretly relieved, "Why don't we pause for a while today and shoot the scenes of Will and a few supporting roles first."

"No, no, I can." Natalie vetoed the proposal.

"Listen to me, Nat, this way you can relax and look at it from another angle..." Angela reassured.

"I can!" Nata Wan raised her head and interrupted her, her brown eyes were full of stubbornness.

Angela sighed with a wry smile, and finally agreed after much hesitation.

When the sun went down, the filming of today's scene was considered over. After briefly instructing the assistant director and the director's assistant to confirm tomorrow's work, Angela and Natalie left the studio.

"Remember to fasten your seat belt. If something happens, it will be bad." Angela said to Natalie, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, while fastening her seat belt in the cab.

Natalie just gave a faint "hmm" and pulled out the seat belt casually.Seeing it, Angela had no choice but to sigh in her heart. If it was before, she would definitely say "you don't need to say that".

Although Angela seldom drives in person since 95, it does not mean that she will not drive without taking a driver's license. In the United States, the driver's license is often used as an ID card. For example, the janitor at a bar usually asks to show Driver's license to determine whether the other party is 21 years old.If at this time Angela can't get a driver's license and can only report a social welfare number, that would be a fun thing, especially for someone like her.

So Angela re-examined her driver's license. Even though she seldom drives on the streets, she still drives a few laps at a special racing track in the suburbs, where she can hone her skills.

There was no words along the way, Angela focused on the traffic, while Natalie leaned half sideways in the seat, put her head on the backrest and looked outside in a daze, and didn't react until the car returned to the villa.

"Shouldn't you send me back? Why did you come to your villa?" Natalie looked at Angela and asked strangely.

"Liv has an announcement to return to New York." Angela explained briefly, and then parked the car at the door of the house.

"But that should also be..."

"Okay, Nat, come down." Angela got out of the car and opened the door for her, smiling and making a gesture of please.

Natalie moved her lips, but still got out of the car.

"I specially asked Annie and the others to prepare the vegetarian food you like," Angela said as she walked inside, "However, to be honest, I don't think it's a big problem for you to eat some meat once in a while, and so is animal protein. It is one of the things the human body needs, and it is good to take a little bit properly."

"Even if you need to consume animal protein, you don't have to eat meat." Natalie replied.

"Well, you always have a reason anyway." Angela shrugged.

All night, Angela picked on Natalie's words from time to time. Although Natalie would still be in a daze frequently, she would occasionally answer one or two questions.

"At least it's better than the previous few days. In those days, it was as if I was immersed in my own world, turning a deaf ear to the things around me." Angela sighed while looking at Annie who was cleaning up the restaurant while holding a glass.

"I think she might have something else on her mind." Alizee, who was helping Annie, said suddenly.

"Oh?" Angela raised her eyebrows.

"I've seen the situation where you entered the play but couldn't get out. You are somewhat similar and somewhat different. I can't tell you the specifics." Alizee shrugged.

Angela turned her head and thought for a while, then shook her head, then put the cup on the table: "Okay, that's it, I'm going back to my room, and I will have a good talk with her if I have a chance. Also, thank you , Lily, helped me call Annie. Thank you, Annie, for making such a sumptuous dinner."

"As long as you like it." Annie gave her a smile.

"Good night, then." Angela nodded, suddenly thought of something smirk and leaned over to kiss Annie's cheek, and before Alizee could react, she hugged her and kissed her firmly on her cheek a mouthful.

Alizee twitched her lips unhappily but didn't say anything. She only raised her voice when Angela walked to the door triumphantly: "By the way, maybe you guys have a strenuous bed exercise tonight. reward."

Angela slipped, staggered and almost fell.