Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 59 Heroine

The taxi car stopped, Luc Besson and Jean Renault got out of the car one by one, and looked at the villa, it should be here.

"This is really a crazy thing, isn't it, Jean, I actually obeyed the command of a little girl and ran here from Paris eagerly." Besson said with emotion.

"But, Luc, you are a lunatic. Aren't geniuses all lunatics? Maybe this little girl is also a lunatic?" Uncle Renault shrugged leisurely.

"I hope the heroine she mentioned won't disappoint me." Besson laughed, and strode in. There was already an old housekeeper waiting in front of the house.

"Mr. Luc Besson and Mr. Jean Renault?" asked the old butler.

"Yes." Besson and Renault nodded politely.

"Come in, Miss has been waiting for you for a long time." The old housekeeper opened the door for them.

Miss?As he walked, Besson pretended to be careless and looked at the surrounding environment, beautiful gardens, gorgeous villas, as well as the housekeeper and the lady. It seemed that the rumors were true, but I hope it was not difficult to serve.

"Hi, Mr. Luc Besson, and Mr. Jean Renault." An old man was already waiting for them in the living room, and beside him was a well-mannered middle-aged man.

"Hello, are you old Mr. Mason?" Besson said, and sat down with Renault.

"Yes, but the whole thing has nothing to do with me," the old man smiled and waved his hand, then pointed to the middle-aged man beside him: "This is Mr. Jack Sparrow, who just came over from Los Angeles yesterday, and belongs to my granddaughter." Manager, he is in charge of negotiating with you, so I won't bother you."

After the old man went inside, Sparrow stood up and shook hands with Besson. Besson coughed dryly and wanted to speak, but a girl's voice came from above his head: "Is it Besson and Mr. Reynolds?"

Besson and Renault looked up, and saw a cute and beautiful girl with a smile coming down the stairs. She obviously looked immature, but vaguely gave off a sense of maturity, especially the pair of emerald green eyes. As if he could speak, there was a hint of confusion and sadness in his innocence.

She is Matilda, she is Matilda!Besson immediately forgot what the little girl said during the phone call yesterday. In his opinion, this girl is definitely the best choice for the heroine.

The girl walked up to Besson and held out her hand: "I'm glad you can come, I'm Angela Mason."

"Of course I have to come, otherwise I will be accused of copyright infringement." Besson shrugged.

"I think you should be fully prepared." Angela said with a smile.

Although I said this on the phone yesterday, Besson couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. After all, there was something wrong with starting the preparatory work with great fanfare without the authorization of the original author.

"You know, when you sent the script to Jean, you didn't write the address or anything, and we couldn't contact you." Besson explained with a wry smile, what is this?Since you sent the script to Renault without giving the address, what do you mean?If Roger hadn't discovered you, if Reynolds hadn't just watched "A Couple Made For You", if Amanda hadn't just happened to know that there was a talented girl in Hollywood, then would you have to wait for the movie to be released before suing us for copyright infringement?Is this trying to trick us or what?

"Okay, I'm joking, this script was sent by accident, I haven't finished it, I think you should have seen it, the second third of the part is written in the form of a novel, so if so I apologize for causing trouble to you." Angela said sincerely, after finding Natalie, her heart was relieved.

Besson originally wanted to ask why you didn’t write a letter to ask for it back since you knew Renault’s address, but after thinking about it, let’s forget about the incident, so he returned to the normal topic: “We won’t talk about this now, we are negotiating May I ask you the original intention of creating this script before, Miss Mason?"

Sure enough, age is a big issue.Angela sighed in her stomach, but she had already thought of her words: "I just want to write a fairy tale, a fairy tale about killers, I didn't think that much, but after watching too many movies about killers, I am very curious about their lives, so I wanted to write a story about a very simple killer. As for the heroine, I didn’t have one, because I don’t know what kind of person a killer or a lover of a very simple killer should be. It wasn't until I watched "Lolita" that such a heroine appeared, because I thought it was very interesting, and that's about it."

"I have to say, Miss Mason, you read a lot." Besson was a little surprised.

"It's not surprising. My favorite things to do are painting, music, reading and creation. Everyone says I am very precocious." The little girl said with a smile.

"Then," Besson glanced at Renault beside him, and said again: "We can see from your several paintings that the character of Leon is Jean, why do you think he is suitable for this role? By the way , your painting is beautiful."

"It feels like, after "Blue Sea and Blue Sky", I think that Mr. Reynolds is very suitable for such a character who looks dull but has a delicate mind. By the way, Mr. Reynolds' nose is better than the one in the movie. It looks more distinctive." Angela made a joke with a smile, and handed over the pen and notebook that had been prepared while Renault laughed.

"Trouble you, Mr. Renault." The little girl blinked, making Besson next to him chuckle.

"You are so cute, Miss Mason." Reynolds took it with a smile, just like other people's signatures on the previous pages, he first wrote a paragraph and then signed his own name.

"Okay, then shall we discuss the relevant terms in detail with Mr. Sparrow?" Besson asked with a smile.

"Of course, but can I read the complete script before then?" Angela asked.

"Oh, no problem." Besson took out the bound script from his briefcase and handed it over, "I already had a script idea about the killer before, so I added it in when I revised it, I think it should be nothing Big problem."

Hearing this, Angela was taken aback in her heart. The accident happened at the right time, and she immediately focused on the script in her hand.It didn't take long for her to read them all, and the whole script basically didn't change much. After all, the version she remembered was already the best and most popular, but Besson added a lot to the emotional scene between Lyon and Matilda. One of the few details is the famous cut out passage.

The deleted paragraph refers to the previous life "Leon the Killer", in which Besson had conceived such a scene to express the intimate relationship between the two: Matilda was taking a bath in the bathroom, and then Leon came in naturally to give She handed over the clothes, and Matilda took them naturally without avoiding them at all.However, this scene was opposed by the Portmans, so it was not filmed, so it was called a deleted section, and now Angela did not intend to let this scene appear, so with a swipe of a pen, this scene was removed from the script Go, and handed it back: "Except for this lens, basically there is no problem."

Besson looked at the section that was crossed out, and just about to speak, Angela said first: "Mr. Besson, the protagonist is just a little girl over 10 years old."

"Okay, you are the screenwriter." Besson shrugged, but immediately said: "Then can I invite you to play this role, Miss Mason?"

The little girl frowned and put away her smile: "Mr. Besson, I remember I should have made it clear in the phone call yesterday afternoon."

"I don't want to offend you, Miss Mason, but in my opinion, you are the perfect candidate for Matilda. Maybe you don't think so, but what I want to say is, please trust my vision as a director." Besson Very sincerely.

Angela was silent for a moment before saying, "Did you bring my painting?"

Besson immediately took out a few pages of sketches that were sandwiched in the script and put them on the coffee table. Angela took out the one where the girl was sitting by the window, glanced at Luc Besson, and walked to the At the gate, Besson got up knowingly and followed her.

"In a certain sense, this script was written for her." Angela opened the drawing, looked at the girl on it and said quietly, even after so many years, she can still draw an octagonal figure based on her memory.

"Wait, Miss Mason, do you remember what you said just now that in the original script there was no..."

"These sketches were drawn after I had fully finalized them," Angela did not explain, but held the painting in front of him, pointed to the lower right corner and said, "This is the date of drawing."

Besson leaned over to take a closer look. It was difficult to see clearly among the colored pencil lines. The date was October 89. He looked at the little girl suspiciously: "Then?"

"I just met her in person yesterday." Angela replied softly, with imperceptible confusion flashing across her green eyes.

It took Besson several seconds to understand, and immediately lost his voice: "Impossible!"

The voice surprised Sparrow and Renault who were sitting on the sofa talking.

"I'm telling the truth," the little girl said quietly, her eyes full of menacing gazes, "I can arrange the soundtrack and theme song of the whole movie—don't doubt my ability—and it's free."

Besson naturally understands the meaning behind it. If you can’t do what she said, then nothing will be discussed. To be honest, he can be regarded as a great director. Not to mention the screenwriter, even the producer dare not ask him so strongly. He had walked away long ago.

But this time, his curiosity was really aroused, and he has never met but can draw the appearance of the other party?This was totally unbelievable, and he could hear that Angela's remark was indeed from the heart.

He sighed, and finally said: "Well, let her try the mirror, okay?"

Angela sighed after a moment of silence: "Okay."