Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 458 Negotiations

"How could you not remember, Angela, the talented lady in Hollywood." Sophie smiled and shook hands with Angela, "If I remember correctly, we should have met for the second time."

"It should be the third time for me," Angela replied with the same smile. "When I traveled to Milan with my friends in 96, I saw you at George's fashion show. I really wanted to come and meet you." Say hello, but because there was another friend of mine in the model at the time, so..." She gestured, "I'm very sorry."

It took Sophie about two seconds to understand what "George's fashion show" meant, and after recalling the scene at that time, she shrugged: "I'm sorry, I didn't notice that you were there at that time, it's really a pity. "

"It's okay, haven't we met again now?" Angela said, blinking her eyes mischievously, "I think, at least you won't criticize me tonight, right?"

Sophie immediately understood and couldn't help laughing. Of course, she didn't laugh out loud, but just shook her head: "You know, Angie—can I call you that? Thank you. Frankly speaking, I'm not like Nicole Knowing you that way, it seems to me that it is impossible to direct a subject like the Holocaust at your age. Of course, this is just my personal opinion and does not represent others, I hope you can understand.”

"I understand," Angela said with a smile, "everyone knows that Sophie Marceau never beats around the bush when she speaks, she just says what she thinks in her heart. For me, responding to those doubts with facts That’s what you should do.”

"Then I'll wait for you to refute with facts." Sophie nodded gracefully.

"See, Naomi, how about we try to flatter each other like this sometime?" Nicole said solemnly to Naomi beside her, who just covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Nicole!" Angela and Sophie couldn't help but whispered in unison. The almost identical tone made the women present stunned, and then chuckled again.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce the move," Sophie remembered that she had a female companion by her side, "This is..."

"If I'm not mistaken," Angela has already reached out her hand to the beautiful woman beside Sophie, "this should be Miss Monica Bellucci, and... I remember the fashion show in Milan She sat next to you at the meeting."

"Miss Angela, has anyone ever told you that you have an excellent memory?" Monica shook hands with her calmly.

"Actually, I only remembered it because you appeared in front of me." Angela shrugged, looking very cute.

"To my surprise, Angie also knows Monica." Sophie asked curiously at this time.

"I sometimes watch some European movies, and once in a while I remembered Monica's appearance and name, but what's interesting is that I forgot the name of that movie." Angela said and looked towards Sophie, "What about you, how did you meet?"

"At the beginning of 96, Monica came to the French film industry to develop, and we became friends at that time. Sometimes I really feel very strange why the two of us talked like this." Sophie said to Moni Ka Xiang looked at each other with a smile, "She often came to visit the set when filming "Dark Crisis" before, and this time she also accompanied me during the post-dubbing."

The corners of Angela's eyes twitched involuntarily, and the feeling that something was wrong came back, but the object changed from Nicole and Naomi to Sophie and Monica. What's going on?

"So, has Monica considered breaking into Hollywood?" Angela simply changed the subject.

"In fact, Mr. Stephen Hopkins has invited me to participate in his upcoming movie." Monica said with a smile.

"If I invite you, will you agree?" Angela asked suddenly.

The four women around her looked at her in surprise. After a while, Monica coughed softly: "Excuse me, Miss Angela——Okay, Angie, may I know what kind of story it is?"

"The next two parts of "The Matrix," Angela said with a smile, "I remember Keanu once said that you have worked together in "400 Years of Surprise", have you considered the possibility of working together again?"

"You mean...now?" Monica asked in disbelief.

"Of course not." Speaking of this, Angela couldn't help sighing, "The old man Ridley is now going to direct "Gladiator" for Universal, because the contract has been signed long ago, so I can only It may not be turned on until he has finished his work and rested enough."

Listening to her complaining tone, Sophie and the others couldn't help chuckling.

"Anyway, it probably won't be possible until the second half of the millennium. I think you should have a schedule at that time, right?" The topic then changed back.

"I think it should be fine." Monica nodded with a smile after thinking for a few seconds.

After several people chatted with each other for a few more words, a voice suddenly broke in: "Sorry, ladies, excuse me."

An old guy with half-century hair and beard appeared in front of him, and his eyes that were always slightly squinted immediately fell on Angela: "If possible, can I borrow Miss Genius?"

"Of course no problem, but please remember to return it, Mr. Lucas." Nicole said jokingly.

"Don't treat me as your personal item, Nicole, or someone will be angry." Angela warned jokingly, then nodded to Naomi and Sophie, and walked to another corner with Lucas .

"To be honest, George, I never thought you would come to the premiere." Angela looked at Lucas and said.

"Because I sold Pixar to Jobs in the first place?" Lucas laughed. "Am I that mean?"

"In a sense... yes," Angela folded her arms and raised the corners of her mouth, "I remember that after someone conflicted with the directors' association because of the 'title design specification', they not only withdrew from the association and swore for 20 years I'm not a director here."

"But you have to admit that it's what I did that made the current movie play better in the opening credits!" Lucas, who was a little old-faced, retorted immediately.

"Of course, of course, we are very grateful to you, very grateful," Angela patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "So, it's great that you can come, and we feel honored from the bottom of our hearts."

Lucas shook his head helplessly: "Okay, let's talk about something else. I participated in the premiere for two reasons. The first is to see how your CG is doing and whether it can match our special effects. A perfect match together."

Angela immediately rolled her eyes. Although Pixar has its own unique side in CG, CG is only part of the film's special effects, so many things in "The Mummy" are still handed over to Industrial Light and Magic. Lucas's statement is clearly I'm avenging just now.

But he changed the subject immediately, and the following content surprised Angela: "Also, I hope you can play an important role in the next "Star Wars"!"

"You mean... to play an important role in "Star Wars Episode 2?" Angela couldn't help opening her mouth wide and then quickly closed it, looking at Lucas suspiciously: "Are you kidding me?!"

"Don't look at me like that, can you, Angie?" Lucas sighed pretendingly, with a hurt expression on his face.

"Okay, then please tell me in detail quickly." Angela simply asked, but in the end she couldn't hold back and asked: "Don't tell me, you plan to change someone Play Queen Amidala."

"Of course not, that girl Natalie played very well, why should I replace her?" Lucas shrugged disapprovingly, obviously not hearing the different taste in it.He pondered for a few minutes before speaking again: "Simply put, I hope you can play a female Jedi master."

"Female Jedi Master?" Angela's eyes twitched involuntarily, "If I'm not wrong..."

"That's because I haven't found a suitable candidate, so I have to suppress this idea."

"Why do you think I'm so..."

"I remember that when you were filming "The Phantom Menace", you came to visit the set and played a very interesting set of swordsmanship. I think that at least in this respect, you have more potential than most female stars."

"This doesn't explain anything, every time I play swordsmanship and Jedi masters..."

"Essentially the same, of course, I admit you're still a little young, until I saw your age-beyond performance in Death Comes last year, and then I learned that you auditioned for The Lord of the Rings and were about to Playing Legolas as the elf archer—it's no secret among many."

"...well, that's the problem, you see, I have to spend my time on..."

"It doesn't matter, the filming won't start until 01 anyway, my crew and I can wait for you."

Lucas smiled and refuted the doubts and sophistry one by one, and in the end Angela was speechless.

"It seems...it seems...I can't refuse." Angela replied with a wry smile after a while.

It is impossible to say that she is not tempted. You must know that the earliest trilogy of "Star Wars" has epoch-making significance in the history of movies. Look at the long queues outside the major movie theaters when "The Phantom Menace" was released in May. , you can know what the name "Star Wars" means in people's minds.What's more, this role is quite meaningful in the entire "Star Wars" series. Lucas even said that the crew can wait for you, which indirectly shows his determination.

"Great, this way the characters will be more perfect." Lucas said happily.

"But I want to remind you, George, I don't have much time." Angela decided to vaccinate him first.

"It doesn't matter, we will have enough time to negotiate, right?" Lucas smiled and patted her on the shoulder.

I learned a lot this evening. I learned about the recent situation of the company. I had a good chat with Nicole and Naomi. I met Sophie Marceau again and invited Monica Bellucci to participate in "Hackers 2" ...Of course, the biggest harvest is agreeing to star in "The Clone Wars".

But Angela is not too sure, after all, I don't have much time, and I don't know why the start time of "The Lord of the Rings" was postponed to the end of October. If you go, I'm afraid you have to give up "Star Wars".

Of course, I don't know what will happen now, but Sparrow must make it clear during the negotiation.

But compared to these, some gains are not what Angela wants, such as——

"I've already seen the sample when I was in the film department. Personally, I prefer your performance in "The Mummy" to "Titanic." Angela said this to the woman sitting next to her.

There's something intellectual about Rachel at tonight's premiere, especially when she's smiling lightly.

"In fact, I also think so. Evelyn is a scholar first and then an explorer. I like her very much." Rachel said with a little emotion, "Maybe it's because I took history as an elective in the sword sedan chair."

"This is also very good. If you don't want to be an actor in the future, maybe you can become an archaeologist." Angela said relaxedly.

"Maybe..." Rachel replied, her eyes on Angela's body suddenly narrowed.

A strange feeling flooded Angela's heart again. I don't know why this feeling hasn't disappeared since she sat next to Rachel, but she couldn't tell what it was. Anyway, it made people feel uneasy and at the same time Still a little familiar.

Maybe I shouldn't be sitting here?Angela glanced at Rachel beside her.There's a reconciliation between them, isn't it?As for the words just now... just a few minutes ago, Rachel reminded her to spend more time with Kate when she was free, and she also mentioned the experience of going to a lesbian bar secretly with Kate.

If there was something, Rachel couldn't be stupid enough to bring it up in front of her, and Kate had told her about it, so Angela didn't take it to heart.But what did she mean by saying this?Want to tell yourself something?

Well, the guy who arranged the seating was an idiot.Angela thought dully.If possible, she really wanted to become ordinary friends with Rachel, but there were some things that were not easy to let go.

Finally, the lights dimmed at this time, and the test screening was about to start, and Rachel also sat upright and looked at the big screen.Angela breathed a sigh of relief and straightened her clothes, then...she stopped.

She finally remembered why that weird feeling was familiar, Rachel looked at her like that when she was in the hotel room on Oscar night in 97!Angela didn't think that what happened that night would happen again, but her intuition told her that there was something special in Rachel's eyes.That feeling surged up again and stuck in her chest, a little tight, as if she had grasped something and seemed to have grasped nothing...

As a commercial movie, "The Mummy" is still remarkable. Sommers kneaded adventure, horror, comedy, action and other elements together very well, and it is really suitable for entertainment.

It is precisely because this film is so commercial that it is unavoidable to be criticized by film critics for saying it is a complete popcorn movie.However, they also admitted that "The Mummy" did a very good job in visual effects. Although the loopholes in the story are obvious, at least it makes sense, so at least this is a good movie.

But no matter what, the focus of the premiere night was still focused on other aspects, just like Takashi Shimizu when he went to the United States to promote "The Grudge" after it was released, and was asked how he felt about working with Miss Genius. At the press conference, Si was also questioned by many media about how he felt about Angela. Some people even dug up the conflict between him and Angela.

However, Sommers is not like Takashi Shimizu who answers all questions. At the beginning, he cooperated with him a few times and waved his hand at the back: "I will not answer any questions that have nothing to do with this movie!"

Although there was nothing to be dug out of Sommers, Angela's rare public departure from the premiere theater gave them a chance to write something special.

"I know what you want to ask, and I also know that you like to exaggerate, so it's still the same sentence, I will answer all questions with facts, just wait and see." Facing the media that surrounded him , Angela said so.

So the next day, reports such as "Miss Genius is outrageous", "Angela made a provocation", "Angela dismissed the questioning words" were immediately released.Although the attitude of the mainstream media is relatively cautious, it is undeniable that the public has a lot more to talk about after dinner.

Of course, the number of paparazzi outside the Mason's villa has temporarily decreased, and Angela, who has painstakingly created this situation, can finally do something that must be done.

"Welcome." A waiter walked over immediately after the door made a ding-dong sound.

The man in front of him was well-dressed, but his hair was messy, his eyes were swollen, his eyes were swollen, and his neck was always shrunk. Even when he stood up straight, he still gave off an obscene feeling.Even so, the waiter asked politely, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"I have an agreement with...a lady, at table 7." The man chuckled.

The waiter frowned slightly, and then returned to a professional smile: "Please go this way, the innermost position in the third row."

The man nodded and quickly walked in the designated direction. It was now afternoon and there were not many people in the clubhouse, so he quickly came to the round table.After looking around, he pulled out the chair and sat down. After adjusting his clothes, he let out a breath to calm himself down, and then coughed lightly: "I'm already here, Miss Angela."

The woman on the opposite side put down the newspaper in her hand with a slap. She wore a long and straight black wig, and a pair of wide black-rimmed plain glasses on the bridge of her nose. She looked quite handsome with a suit of women's. Intellectual breath, but the pair of emerald green eyes behind the lens, which are not concealed as usual, are shining sharply.

"You're late, Mr. Michael Lohan!" she said coldly.