Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 581 Cameo in Directing

Frankly speaking, when Angela told Lindsay to bring her sister to audition, she didn't think that she would actually hand over the role of the little girl in "Crash" to Elle Lohan.The reason why Ellie came to the audition was more for efficiency besides some miscellaneous factors.Although the script and actors of "Crash" are ready and just waiting to be turned on, there are only a few main characters such as the prosecutor and his wife, the black director and his wife, the white policeman and the black detective, and so on.Other characters, such as the Persian old man and his daughter, and the Mexican locksmith and her daughter, have not yet been determined.

In fact, if all the actors are really decided, it is impossible to complete the filming by the end of February. After all, there are more than ten important roles in this movie.Faced with this situation, Angela decided to choose actors while filming after thinking for a long time. Anyway, the roles with the most scenes have been decided.

It's just that in this way, she can't spend too much time carefully selecting roles. Basically, everyone recommends actors based on the characteristics of the characters and then auditions quickly. If they think they are good, they will join the crew.Because several actors selected in this way performed well before, so I continued.

But I ran into trouble when choosing the role of the little girl. Although there are a lot of child actors in Hollywood, the assistants are familiar with those who have good acting skills, and they can audition immediately when they are notified. There are not many who can start working.So after reading the list, Angela simply called and asked Lindsay to bring her sister to come over the next day to make up the number.

At first, Angela planned to let Dakota play the role of this little girl. After all, she knew a lot about her from the previous cooperation, and she had acting skills and schedule.However, what surprised Angela was that Ellie Lohan, who had almost no acting experience, performed pretty well. Think about the joyful voice when she called Lindsay the night before, and the way she stared at her sister intently during the audition , It made Angela think of letting Ellie try.

Although the role of the little girl in "Crash" is not very touching, and Dakota doesn't have to have this role--"Little Miss Sunshine" has already begun preparations.So it's not a big deal for Ellie to try, and Angela has been paying attention to the situation at Lindsay's house.

"I will report to the crew in two days. I will ask my assistant to send over the contract tonight, and I will also inform you of the location." In her office, Angela said this to the two sisters.

"No problem, I promise Ellie will show up on time!" Lindsay waved her arms carelessly, her eyes full of teasing smiles.Angela knew what she was thinking, but she had already taken the time to clean up her and recovered the situation, so now she just glared at her, and then looked at Ellie again.

"Ai Li, I want to remind you that I won't relax the conditions just because you are someone's sister, understand?" Angela looked at the little girl and said seriously.Ellie shrinks her neck but straightens her chest out again. Although her relationship with Angela is not as close as her sister's, she still has a good impression of Angela.

"I see." The little girl nodded with the same serious expression.

"Very good," the girl reached out and touched her head, "Don't worry, I don't have any temper on the set, as long as I try my best, it doesn't matter if I don't meet the requirements—is it, Lindsay?"

"Yes, Miss Angel, then we won't bother you." Lindsay made a grimace, and pulled her sister to leave.But Angela hesitated for a few seconds before calling her to stop.

"Is your sister's manager also held concurrently by your parents?" the girl asked in a low voice.

Lindsay bit her lip and nodded as an admission. Angela squeezed her fingers for a long time before she breathed out: "I think...you can find a professional agent...Of course, I'm not saying... ..."

"I understand, Angie, I understand." Lindsay hugged Angela suddenly, "Although I'm not as smart as you, and although I haven't learned so many things, I can still tell who is helping me and who is helping me." I'm good."

That smile was just like when Angela first met her. Although she didn't have the cunning and naughtiness at that time, the innocence still didn't leave.The girl didn't say anything, just grabbed Lindsay's red-brown hair and rubbed it gently.

"By the way," Lindsay suddenly said jokingly in her ear, "You seem to have not visited Jesse when you returned to Los Angeles, right? I warn you, Angie, don't do anything to offend Jesse!"

Angela rolled her eyes with a wry smile, and pressed hard on her head: "You don't need to take care of our affairs!"

Lindsay's eyes lit up immediately, and a smile suddenly rippled, obviously saying "you finally admitted it."Angela snorted softly, reached out and pinched her face: "Don't talk nonsense to me."

After a pause, she said again: "For the weekend, invite Jessie and Weiwei to come over. I'm moving to a new house."

"No problem, Your Royal Highness." Lindsay made a face, giggled, pulled her sister up and ran away.

Most of the time is a little guy.Although Angela said so in her heart, there was always a smile on her mouth.This way of always maintaining a pure Lindsay is the Lindsay she wants to see.

It didn't take long for the smile on his face to turn into a contradictory expression, and Jessica's appearance unconsciously appeared in his mind.Angela suddenly wanted to heave a long sigh. As Lindsay said, she hadn't met Jessica since she came back from New Year's Eve in London—although she talked a lot on the phone.Although Jessica's tone was calmer than a few months ago, Angela could still feel the anxiety hidden in it. Jessica seemed to be looking forward to something but couldn't say it clearly.

But when Angela told her that she planned to finish the movie she was going to direct this year early, and then rent a small island to invite everyone to play for half a month during the summer vacation, Jessica's tone was obviously a little excited.

Every time I think about it, the girl can't help but smile bitterly in her heart.Because she also told the other party over the phone, Natalie fell silent after a surprised "Oh", and only said a little to understand after a long while.She could somewhat guess what Kate and Jessica were thinking, but she couldn't see through Natalie's mind anyway.

Forget it, let's talk about it in summer vacation.Angela can only be temporarily put aside like those before.She planned to use the time before to draw Lindsay, Weiwei, Manny and all the people who invited to go to sea to her side. She hoped that even if they maintained a neutral attitude, they would say a few good things for herself, and it was okay. Consider inviting Liv too...

"Crash" has been launched for two weeks, and various news are emerging one after another.Although both the actors and the staff have signed a very strict non-disclosure contract, the shooting location is in Los Angeles after all.Not to mention the shots shot in the studio in the room, but can the shots shot on the street escape the cameras of the paparazzi?

Don't know the content of the script?The pictures can't speak for themselves.But in this way, the relevant news becomes strange.For example, after Angela filmed the prosecutor couple being robbed at night, the newspaper would publish the words "Miss Angel's new movie is suspected of being an action movie" the next day; Newspapers published the news that "Miss Angel's new movie is turning into a commercial movie".

Angela didn't care about them. Anyway, she focused on shooting her own movie. Even when updating her blog, she would at most mention a few words such as "the filming is not bad so far".

"Since they are making things up, why should I respond? Doesn't that make them more unscrupulous and free to do whatever they want?" Angela often said to the staff like this.But there's one thing she didn't say, as long as it's not malicious speculation, then these reports are tantamount to free publicity for the movie, just like "The Pianist" and "Brokeback Mountain."

Shooting basically went well, except that the Mexican locksmith and his daughter took a little longer.In any case, Elle is acting in a movie for the first time, so nervousness is inevitable.But everyone was very tolerant to her, so as the filming continued, her condition got better and better. At the end, Angela couldn't help but want to go back and re-shoot the previous ones.

When the scene ended, everyone present couldn't help applauding.Most of the cast and crew live in Los Angeles, so the story in "Crash" is indeed what they have all experienced.A lighting engineer said in a chat that he once had lunch in a small restaurant and was pointed at the head by a gun within a few steps of going out. Fortunately, he only lost some money.Therefore, several actors who were resonated were willing to reduce their pay to appear in this movie.

Similarly, although Angela has never had such an experience—the firefight in North Hollywood or 911 is no longer a collision between ordinary people—but with such actors and various assistants, directing is naturally very smooth.But in addition to directing, she will also find time to do other things, such as——

"Hey, Z, we agreed, you can't do this." Angela, who was wearing a blue women's suit, took two quick steps and stopped in front of the bearded man in a black suit.

"Oh, I said that I have already applied for the alien protection quota for the two of you, don't worry, it will be approved." The bearded man said calmly, and then moved on after bypassing Angela.

"Wait, Z, that's not what you said when you asked him to negotiate with the Zora star and I went to communicate with the Molai star." Angela hurriedly stopped in front of the bearded man again.

"I know, I know, don't be so nervous." The bearded man continued to walk forward and waved at the same time. Two guys in the same black suit came over and stopped Angela who wanted to catch up.

"Damn it, can't you let us, or let me try?" Angela, who was blocked, waved and shouted.

At this moment, the director's voice sounded: "OK, very good, everyone!"

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly relaxed, and at the same time, various noisy voices rang out.This huge studio has a silver-gray tone as a whole, and all kinds of streamlined props and equipment are full of futuristic atmosphere. In addition to the surrounding costumes with strange makeup and the "alien-shaped octopus" in the transparent room not far away "Die, this is obviously shooting a sci-fi movie.

"It's really great. It's worthy of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress." A big black man came over with a smile clapping his hands.

"Come on, Will, it's just a few shots. I even think I'm not as good as MJ." Angela shrugged and looked at another figure walking by.

"Excuse me, are you talking about me?" Michael Jackson smiled and appeared in front of the two.

"Have you finished shooting your shots?" Angela asked back.

"Oh, yes, just read a few lines to the camera, it's very simple." MJ spread his hands, "You know, I'm not a professional actor like you, and I don't dare to compare my acting skills with Oscar's Best Supporting Actress."

Both Angela and Will Smith couldn't help laughing, but one was embarrassed and the other was teasing.

"Okay, my shot is over, so I want to take a step first, see you later." MJ said, hugged Angela and Will respectively, waved his hands and walked out with his assistant.

"Frankly speaking, the first time I saw MJ's moon walk, I really thought he was an alien." Looking at Michael's leaving back, Will suddenly said so.

"So you asked him to play a cameo," Angela looked at Will with a smile, "It's really suitable."

"You are also very suitable, aren't you?" Will suddenly turned his head.

"Oh?"

"Besides that you are an alien, I can't think of any other reason to explain such an amazing achievement at such an age."

Hearing Will say such words in an extremely serious tone, Angela shook her head with a smile. "Men in Black 2" or "Black Super SWAT 2", this is the name of the science fiction movie that is being filmed.Yep, that fun sci-fi movie from a few years ago about New York City infested with aliens, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.

The reason why Angela came to guest star in "Black Super SWAT 2" is mainly because of MJ.After 911/2, the girl took the lead in holding a charity gala and invited MJ, and then was invited to participate in the recording of a new song to encourage the public, and later met at various charity fundraising events, so during a chat, MJ once said preparations In "Black Super SWAT Team [-]", he intends to invite him to play the role of an alien, and asked Angela if she wants to try it too.

The girl originally thought he was joking, so she agreed with a smile.Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the month, the crew actually came to the door, and then Will Smith also called to lobby.Since it was just a cameo, two or three shots would be enough, and Angela agreed, so there were those just now.

"If a slightly better person could be an alien, then there are too many aliens on Earth." Angela folded her arms and said with a smile.

"Of course, Tommy and I are also aliens. We came to Earth for vacation but fell in love with it, so we decided to stay here for a long time. So in order to make a living, we had to work part-time at our current jobs." Will said seriously Said.

Seeing his serious appearance, Angela couldn't help laughing, and then her heart suddenly moved.

"By the way, Will, are you interested in trying inspirational movies?" Angela asked suddenly.

"Inspirational movies?" Will touched his chin, "How about depending on the script, you know, if this kind of movie doesn't have a good story..."

Having said that, he suddenly came back to his senses, and stared at Angela with wide eyes.The girl smiled slightly: "Don't be so nervous, it's just an idea. Besides, I think I can act with you when Jaden is a few years older."

"Wait, you mean...you mean..." Will suddenly didn't know what to say.

Angela raised her hand and pressed down: "That's right, when I visited the godfather in New York on Christmas, I met a black investment expert named Chris Gardner in his office..."

It was the day before she was going to leave New York for London, and she went to the godfather's office as usual.After arriving, the godfather just happened to be receiving an interesting black investment expert. She was discovered by the godfather when she was eavesdropping like before, so she simply came in and listened openly.

Angela didn't speak or move much, just sat beside them and listened to their speech. She looked obedient and the godfather had no choice but to ignore her temporarily.And this black investment expert is also very interesting, not only seized this opportunity to exchange business cards with Angela, but also is quite good at talking.Although no agreement was reached in the end, the godfather also praised him as attractive and recommended him to the CEO of another company.

"Thank you, Mr. Benjamin. When I was a salesman of medical supplies 20 years ago, I told myself that I must go all out when I have a goal." Chris Gardner said this when he was about to leave .

It was this sentence that made Angela prick up her ears. Originally, she was completely not interested in the financial discussions between the two—even if she focused on listening, she would quickly be distracted—the reason why she sat in She just wanted to see what her godfather would look like when she was here. She still had a fresh memory of the cold appearance of his godfather a few years ago.

However, following the godfather's praise, she turned her attention to Chris. You must know that there are not many people who can be praised by the godfather.So when Chris said that sentence, Angela suddenly connected one thing.

The key word is not "If you have a goal, you must go all out" but "I was a salesman of medical supplies 20 years ago"!So Angela immediately interjected and asked, "Can I hear your experience, Mr. Gardner? I know this may be a bit abrupt, but I think your experience may be very suitable for adaptation into a movie!"

The two men present were slightly taken aback, but thinking about Ms. Angel's intuition that was exaggerated by the tabloids, Chris also fully told his past after the godfather agreed.