Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 651 Progress

Full of self-confidence did not let her lose her cautiousness during the shooting. As the shooting progressed, Angela became more and more strict. The arrangement of scenes between different roles made her dance back and forth between several steel wires.

"At this time, Rabe is not unwilling to save more people, but considering that 10 people are already the limit that the safe zone can accommodate, he must first protect the survival of these people, and he is not very clear about the Japanese outside. Human brutality. I hope you can act out this feeling, Heinz, this feeling of anxiety.” When filming Rabe’s debate about whether to continue to accept refugees, Angela said this for Heinz.

Then she turned to Steve: "Dr. Wilson is one of the main reasons for changing his opinion. Dr. Wilson works in the hospital, plus he has also supported the Chinese soldiers before disarming and surrendering to the Japanese, so he is more aware of what is going on outside. errands, and lashed out at Rabe for what he did. I wish you were more explicit about your Nazi distaste when interpreting that sentiment, Steve."

"Rabe's Diary" is different from "The Pianist", and its influence is far less than "The Pianist" or "Schindler's List", so proper artistic processing and dramatization are necessary to produce conflict and tension, just like Schindler's List glorifies Oskar Schindler the same way.

Of course, this speed must also be grasped well, just like although Schindler saved so many people, Spielberg did not cover up his shortcomings such as drinking, lust, and luxurious life.Even "The Pianist" has been artistically embellished in many places, such as the encounter between Spielman and Hawthorne Field.

Therefore, since Angela made arrangements later, and Rabe tore up the plot of the summoning order in front of the returning Nazi officers who came to recruit him, it is necessary to make an explanation and arrangement that everyone can agree with.Neither pretentious nor lack of convincing, these are the test of her level.

"Remember, you only need to show a little bit of intolerance, because you are executing an order, even if this order violates international conventions, you must continue to implement it. This is the mental state of Japanese soldiers at that time." Angela Talking about a play for a Japanese actor, "If you don't feel emotional, you can try to lower your head or close your eyes."

After the translator translated the words, she talked for a few more words before she came to Kagawa Teruyuki again. Kagawa's English is not bad, so as to avoid the trouble of speaking with ducks: "Kagawa, we have already discussed the image of Hatohiko Asaka. Many times, cold, proud, cruel, Chinese people are not human to him. Frankly speaking, I admire you for playing this role."

"You have to face up to that period of history." Kagawa, who was dressed in the Japanese military uniform of World War II, smiled and didn't say much.

What is being shot now is the scene of the Chinese army being massacred by the Japanese after they surrendered.Although Angela also arranged for a Japanese officer to raise objections to the decision made by Hatohiko Asaka, she still compromised and carried it out under pressure, but showed a little bit of intolerance during the massacre.

It is enough for Angela to have such a little bit of reluctance. You must know that she did not consider arranging such a plot at all at first. Even though many veterans said in their memoirs how reluctant they were, can anyone prove it?Of course, Angela made adjustments in the end—but that's all, so the tears should be avoided.

This also needs to be handled with care, although the feelings of the Japanese can be ignored-after hearing that Miss Angel in Hollywood is going to cast "Rabe's Diary", many Japanese protested in various ways.As a dumping ground for American culture, the Japanese have fallen apart from animation and TV dramas, and everything else has fallen, so there are many fans of Angela.Especially after Angela served as the screenwriter of two "The Grudge", her popularity in Japan has increased a lot, and she has even been praised by ordinary people as one of the Westerners who know Japan best.

Now, this woman who has huge influence in the world actually wants to put "Rabe's Diary" on the screen, and it also involves the undecided "Nanjing Incident", and even finds someone to play a prince, which is too much!

However, even if they leave a message on Angela's blog, even if they send an email to the public mailbox or appeal in the newspaper, there is no response at all.The disappointed Japanese then pointed their finger at Teruyuki Kagawa, who played Hatohiko Asaka, and the Japanese actors of the crew. This kind of pressure is not trivial. It is said that Kagawa's family has been threatened more than once.But Kagawa was not moved, that's why Angela said that she admired him before.

It's just that although you don't need to care about the feelings of the Japanese, you still have to worry about the image of the Japanese in the hearts of Westerners. From this point of view, their public relations skills are quite good.In short, it is necessary to ensure relative fairness and objectivity, and some compromises must be made to achieve this.

"You're wrong, you're wrong, Angela, if I said it, I would have stood up and questioned." After two weeks of filming, Jiang Wen had an argument with Angela for the first time.

"But you're not Han Xianglin after all, are you?" Angela replied calmly.

"You don't understand Chinese people. If he can't stand up and ask questions in this situation, he is not a man!" Jiang Wen said sullenly, with one hand on his waist and the other waving wildly .

"Unfortunately, I know more about China than most Westerners." Angela spread her hands, "Chinese people should be the most tolerant people, especially when the national crisis is in the face of the crisis and you want to save more lives. To be frank, it is difficult for Chinese people today to understand the mental state of people at that time, just as they do not understand why there are such insensitive people. Besides, according to the biography of Mr. Han, it is very strange that he would keep silent at this time. possible."

After a few seconds of silence, Jiang Wen scratched his head and finally sighed: "Well, you are the director, so I can only listen to you."

Angela also breathed a sigh of relief. In this movie, she did not avoid the numbness of the Chinese people at that time. Even though the Japanese drove them together and killed them, there were many shots. After all, this is the truth.Besides, there are numb crowds everywhere. Aren't the Jews in "The Pianist" queuing up to be slaughtered?So there is no need to be jealous.

But at the same time, she wanted to use the role of Han Xianglin to subvert some people's inherent perception of Chinese people at that time. She wanted to show the role of this role without making Westerners disgusted. She had no choice but to make Han Xianglin more cautious.Fortunately, there are well-documented records of his being Rabe's assistant and his appointment as a food committee member, otherwise...

In addition, there are many troublesome things, such as extras and reporters from all over the world.

Extras are always a headache, no matter where they are, but Angela was too demanding this time.Those seconded soldiers from the military region are fine, as long as they follow the director's order meticulously and keep serious—except for some complaints about playing Japanese soldiers—and Angela rarely closes them up.

But those refugees were different. Angela hoped that they could still show a little numbness when they panicked, but this was an almost impossible task. Few of the temporary extras could meet her requirements.Although Angela was very angry, there was nothing she could do. Many of these extras were survivors who were rescued by Rabe back then. They even didn't want to be paid for participating in the show, and they only hoped to repay Rabe in this way.

Faced with this situation, Angela had no choice but to redesign the lens with the photographer, and then found a few experienced professional tricks to barely pass.

Although those reporters were completely blocked from the set, they never stayed idle. I don't know what method they used to dig out Angela's personal sponsorship of Alice's documentary.You know, Angela's original agreement with Alice was that unless she agreed, Alice could not disclose this matter to anyone.

After the news was disclosed, Angela's popularity in China, especially among young people, suddenly increased a lot, and more people waited outside the set every day to see if she could get an extra and ask for an autograph.Interestingly, CCTV also organized an "Angela Movie Week" on the movie channel, and selected several movies related to her for broadcast.

The Japanese went silent for the time being. From this news, it was clear that Angela would not give up filming. Since she chose to ignore them, and Kagawa and other actors were unmoved, they had no choice but to pretend to ignore this matter— — Even a few reporters who were on the set were withdrawn.

The United States is still in a calm state. Many people watched this documentary because of this news, and there was an uproar.Many people left messages on the website saying "Is this true", "Has such a terrible thing happened in China", "This is too cruel", so that those who accused Angela of supporting the enemy country shut their mouths Instead, there are various analyzes of the documentary, some say it is not rigorous, some say the source of the material is wrong, and those previous remarks that questioned Alice's identity qualifications have also emerged.However, none of these can reverse the overflowing sympathy of Americans. Sparrow has performed very well, and Angela's accumulated influence over the years has been slowly revealed.

So when she received Alice's apology call, Angela didn't blame her at all. After all, she knew that someone else sponsored the documentary, and the timing of the leak was just right.

However, even though there were many such reactions outside, Angela also put them all behind her, and rejected all kinds of invitations—whether interviews or receptions—she was completely immersed in making movies, except for eating, drinking and sleeping. Cast and crew discuss issues.Even Alizee answered most of Keira's calls.This kind of concentration and seriousness is the first time in more than ten years.

The high degree of concentration and the extremely cooperative actors naturally kept the quality of the shots at a very high level, and the progress was much slower.The scene that was supposed to end at the end of April was delayed by at least a week.

"That's good, at least I can observe your directing style from the side - this is the first time we have worked together - and then try to figure out the character of the character according to the actual situation." Meryl Streep said .

Although Angela had informed her that she could come back in a few days due to the schedule, she still arrived in Shanghai at the end of April according to the original regulations. Anyway, the role of the crew there had already been completed.

"I look forward to your perfect performance." Angela nodded, and then set her sights on another beautiful girl who was talking to Alizee, Scarlett who came to Shanghai with Meryl.The movie that Meryl participated in before was "The Devil Wears Podala" specially modified by Angela for Scarlett.

"To be honest, I was surprised that you and Meryl came to China together." After returning to the hotel after filming, Angela, who was half lying on the sofa, became a little lazy.

"I... just want to come and see you." Scarlett said in a low voice, serving her a cup of tea.She sat on the chair with her head lowered slightly, and her folded hands twisted from time to time, "Lily answered the phone calls to you, and you didn't reply to your emails. Your blog may not have been updated for a long time, Lily said. ..."

Speaking of this, there was a sudden silence, and Angela couldn't help but raised her head: "What did she say?"

"She said..." Scarlett raised her head, her expression was slightly worried and jealous, "Your condition is not very good, although you didn't show it, but as someone who is always by your side, she... knows very well your situation."

"Really..." Angela didn't deny it, but didn't speak after muttering something like this.

Just like on the set of "Schindler's List" and "The Pianist", when facing these kinds of things, people will always have a lot of negative emotions, especially when there are many bloody massacre scenes.Even knowing it was fake, Angela still felt pain.But she can't lose her temper on the set and must try her best to keep calm and rational, so she has to suppress those negative emotions in her heart, and she will inevitably become trance or even a little nervous when resting for a long time.

"You always make this kind of movie...Of course it will be hard." Scarlett's gray-green eyes became a little complicated. Although her hair was dyed brown because of the need, it did not damage her pure and sexy image.

"I don't have to always..." Angela murmured, she suddenly stretched out her hand: "Manny, come here."

Scarlett hesitated for a moment, and still sat beside her, but before she could sit still, Angela pulled her into her arms.

"What are you doing?" Scarlett fell into her arms in a panic but obediently.

"Let me hug you." Angela whispered with her eyes closed, hugging Scarlett tightly from behind as if she wanted some warmth.Scarlett leaned on her and said nothing, but held her arm tightly with both hands.

The silent room fell into a weird atmosphere. Although they all noticed it, no one broke it. After a long time, Angela whispered in Scarlett's ear: "Sleep with me tonight, okay?" ?"

Sleeping together has many meanings, and sometimes what you think does not match the actual situation. Scarlett, who agrees by mistake, has a deep understanding of this.She thought Angela wanted her, but in fact Angela really just hugged her to sleep, and she was so ashamed of it.

However, the problem is that the two young bodies are so intimately attached to everything, and the absurdity of the past makes them quite familiar with each other's bodies, so they will inevitably comfort each other subconsciously.Fortunately, both of them were able to restrain their impulses and avoid some sensitive places, so they slept soundly.

As if knowing the essence of taste, Scarlett and Angela still embraced and fell asleep for the next few days, even though Angela didn't ask for it.As the number of times increases, there are more and more intimate behaviors between each other. Except for no kissing and no further actions, each other has touched each other's body all over.

Scarlett endured very hard, but she couldn't do it if she wanted to leave.She thought that after that absurdity, she could let go of everything and just be friends with Angela, but every time she met Angela, it would only make her sadder.Especially when she guessed that she was dating Keira or when Angela teased Liv in front of her, this feeling was even stronger, and it was constantly tormenting her.

Every time Scarlett reminded "we agreed" every time Angela teased herself, she was reminding herself.

After agreeing to Angela's request by accident that day, it was as if a small gap had been opened in the embankment of her heart, and she was crumbling under the daily impact.Especially after learning from the American staff of the crew that Angela was on the verge of collapse after she had a rare smile these days.

"I should say sorry to you, Manny." In the steaming bath, Angela said casually while rubbing Scarlett's back.

"Why?" Scarlett turned her head.

"You've been in Shanghai for seven days, but I haven't even gone out with you once." Angela sighed, "You've been waiting on the set for me to start and end, and you've become almost like Lily."

"It doesn't matter. There are cities like this everywhere in China. Even if you don't visit, you don't have any regrets." Scarlett shrugged, and then looked at her with a smile: "Besides, I came to see you, not this city. city."

"It sounds like someone treats me like a spectacle?" Angela stopped her hands and raised her eyebrows.

"Aren't you?" Scarlett teased.

The bathroom was quiet for a while, followed by screams, splashing water, and laughter.After fighting for a while, Angela finally pressed Scarlett against the wall of the bathtub.

"This is what happens when you tease me." She said viciously.

Or because of the water vapor, both of their faces were blushing, and their chests rose and fell slightly.Staring at each other for a while, the two got closer and closer, and the four red lips were slowly sticking together.

"No." Scarlett suddenly murmured, tensed her body and turned her head to one side, "We...we agreed..."

"I regret it!" Angela immediately replied in a low voice, and then pressed tightly against her graceful body.After a few seconds, Scarlett's tense body began to slowly relax, and finally completely softened.