Wang Yang followed Natalie into the café, there are not many customers in this small café now, and no one notices or recognizes them, one of them is the "phenomenal director" Magic Young, and the other is the "Star Wars Queen" Natalie. The two sat down in a relatively secluded corner, ordered two cups of coffee from the waiter, and looked at each other in a somewhat silent silence.

"Your forehead is bleeding. Natalie looked at him calmly, his forehead cracked wide, and blood poured out, staining his brow. A not-so-fierce contest? She was interested to know what was going on, but she didn't want to ask.

"Oh......" Wang Yang also felt it, it was hot and hot, it should be the high-speed running just now, which caused the wound to crack again, he wiped it: "It's okay, just press it for a while." Looking left and right, he picked up the blue striped napkin on the coffee table, wiped the blood on his face, then rolled it up and pressed the wound, shook his head with a smile and said, "I haven't hung the color for a long time, this time it's really careless." ”

Natalie was noncommittal, but muttered in her heart, does this guy often fight? It seems that he was expelled from USC before, and it was because of the fight that he was wronged. She glanced at Wang Yang again and said secretly: "What a violent maniac." But she had some strange yearning, as if a voice was saying, I really wanted to hit my head and bleed!

Wang Yang pressed the wound on his forehead with his left hand, opened the black briefcase with his right hand, took out a large stack of staple paper from it, and said to Natalie: "Miss Portman, this is the script of "Juno". ”

“ok。 Natalie took the script with great interest, the reason why she came here and waited for Wang Yang for an hour before leaving was to see the script. She is very interested in the subject of teenage pregnancy, in fact, just a few days ago, she received another invitation, Fox is going to shoot a movie called "Sweetheart Iren", which is also about teenage pregnancy, 17-year-old girl Novali was pregnant for a long time, eloped with her boyfriend to California, but was ruthlessly abandoned by her boyfriend in Oklahoma on the way, and the strong Novali gave birth to a child in a Walmart store...... That story was very interesting and touched her heart, it was a completely different life experience.

So when Natalie heard Wang Yang introduce the story of "Juno" on the phone, she felt very interesting, and two movies about teenage pregnancy and childbirth came to her before and after, and it seemed to be fate.

Opening the script of "Juno", Natalie looked at it with a serious face, slowly turning page by page, and she soon became a little fascinated by it, so much so that she didn't notice that the waiter brought the coffee.

Wang Yang waited quietly, took a sip of slightly bitter coffee, looked at Natalie's face, and thought a little bored: "This guy seems to be so big all of a sudden, but now he is not as handsome as Matilda in "Killer Leon......" He looked away, held his forehead and yawned, he was actually a little drowsy, not because of physical tiredness, but purely because he felt very bored. He took another sip of coffee, but it didn't seem to have a refreshing effect, and the more he drank, the more sleepy he became...... The lines are interesting, and Juno's character is even more appealing...... The more Natalie looks, the more interested she becomes, the story and style of "Juno" are completely different from "Sweetheart Iren", the main story content of "Sweetheart Iren" is focused on Novali after giving birth to a child, the theme of the story is probably the strength of women, courage, respect and love for life, discovering the beauty and happiness around her, etc., and this "Juno", its story focuses on the entire pregnancy process, and it is also a growth process of Juno.

What fascinates Natalie even more is the character of Juno, compared to the strong, kind and beautiful Novali, Juno is so different, she loves bloody horror movies, loves rock and roll, she walks recklessly, she is big, and she doesn't care about other people's eyes...... Her words and deeds are very interesting, and they all have a very special charm, which seems to be a new screen image. This is something that Natalie has never been exposed to before, and it makes her want to try it.

"Mr. Wang, what do you mean, how should Juno act?" Natalie looked up at Wang Yang opposite, but was stunned, only to see him holding his head and closing his eyes, and he was dozing. She watched in silence for a while, and when she saw that he was still sleeping quite sweetly, she shouted again, "Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang." Wang Yang shook his head, opened his eyes and said, "Oh, what? Natalie said a little funny, "Mr. Wang, did you come to New York to sleep?"

"I'm just thinking. Wang Yang smiled and shook his head, he was just watching "Black Swan" in his head, he took a big sip of coffee, and asked energetically: "It's a little too engrossed, what did you just say?" Natalie asked again, Wang Yang explained: "Well, Juno is a very interesting girl, speak in a rough tone, but not too much; she is the kind of person who has a very hard mouth, but a very soft heart......" He said some understanding, but felt that he was not clear enough, so he simply said: "I'll demonstrate, you can see." ”

Wang Yang coughed, showed his hands, and said in a sharp voice: "The baby already has nails, nails!" Although he has worked hard, his acting skills are still so bad, let alone playing a different girl, so the effect can be imagined.

Natalie on the other side listened very carefully and watched very carefully, but seeing his funny appearance, she wanted to laugh a little, but also understood the effect he probably wanted. When he finished acting, Natalie nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give it a try." She flipped back to the first page of the script, read a line, frowned, and performed with an annoyed expression, "Hell, Banana, can you keep your mouth shut?"

"No, it's not enough. Wang Yang shook his head and said: "The expression is still a little quiet; the tone should be a little more impatient, but not irritable, be rude, be a little more honest......" He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Release the other side of you!" This is also a reason for him to consider Natalie, he knows that this girl has a quiet side, but there is also a crazy side, and it will slowly show in the future, just like in "V Word Vendetta", she shaved her head, this is just one of the examples.

Anyway, what he needs to see is the other side of this Gemini girl, not the Natalie Portman of the past. But it doesn't need to be much, it doesn't need to reach madness, just a suitable level.

Natalie's heart jumped, as if she was being seen through, she glanced at Wang Yang silently, and wanted to ask, "What is the other side of me?" She thought for a while, and then performed again, her face was full of impatience and annoyance, and her voice seemed to be angry and scolded: "Hell, Banana, can you keep your mouth shut!?"

Seeing her rich expression, Wang Yang nodded and said, "That's almost the feeling, you just need to let go a little more......" Natalie then performed two more times, and then adjusted to the effect he wanted, and then she said a few lines in the same context, all of which were very feeling, making him a little emotional, "worthy of being a genius actor".

"That's right. Just when Natalie was in high spirits to continue the audition, Wang Yang suddenly remembered something, he picked up the briefcase next to him and opened it, and took out an unopened plastic pipe from it, which is an important prop that shows Juno's character. Wang Yang handed the pipe to Natalie, who was a little puzzled on the other side, and said, "Give it a try, Juno likes to hold a pipe in her mouth, although she doesn't smoke." ”

Natalie nodded and took the pipe, tore open the package, fiddled with it and took the pipe in her mouth, biting down with interest, acting out a nonchalant expression.

It feels pretty good, with her own unique taste. Wang Yang looked at her, as if to encourage her: "Scold a foul mouth, well, it's that indecent word, you know, it's very ...... to describe women" Natalie said directly and lightly: "Bitch." Wang Yang stretched out his hand: "Yes." Natalie held the pipe in her mouth with one hand, looked at Wang Yang, and said in a nonchalant tone: "You are such a nasty bitch." ”

"Oh, thank you. Wang Yang smiled innocently, and said seriously: "Try the part where Juno told her parents that she was pregnant?" Natalie seemed to be playing Juno all along, holding a pipe in her hand, flipping the script on the table with a casual face, and saying OK.

Since Wang Yang was an hour late, they talked for a while, and the time came to lunchtime, and the two went to a restaurant on the same street for lunch, and talked for a long time in the café in the afternoon before ending the meeting. Nothing came of it, Natalie Portman went home with the script for "Juno," and Wang Yang returned to the hotel where she was staying.

As for whether Natalie is suitable to play Juno, Wang Yang will say that she is suitable, of course, her acting style is different from Alan Peggy, but he has never had the idea of "finding a copy of Alan Peggy", the charm of an excellent actor lies in this, it cannot be copied, there is only one Alan Peggy, and there is only one Natalie Portman, which is like two directors to shoot the same script and two editors to edit the same movie, and the effect will never be exactly the same.

If you take Alan Page to proofread, no one will be suitable, and the comparison can only be the ability to act, and the understanding of the role. In just half a day, Natalie showed the best among the thousands of girls he interviewed, in terms of performance, she easily understood what effect he wanted, and in terms of Juno's understanding, she was particularly convincing, she put forward a lot of her own ideas and opinions, and did not fully agree with his suggestions, maybe this is the essence of a good actor.

Anyway, Wang Yang didn't dare to deny that among the actresses he had worked with, Natalie was the most powerful. Rachel is poor at acting, and Jessica ...... It's a bit of a wonder that in 2011, Natalie won an Oscar for Best Actress, while Jessica won a Golden Sour Plum for Best Supporting Actress. Wang Yang shook his head, interrupted his train of thought, and said to himself: "My sweetheart is still young, as long as she doesn't take bad movies, just keep making progress slowly!"

After taking a hot shower and changing into clean and comfortable clothes, Wang Yang took out the potion he had just purchased to treat the wound, and when he disinfected it, he grinned in pain, and kept scolding: "Damn Cole, bastard, scum......" Not long after treating the wound, he received a call from Mark Slent.

Standing on the balcony and looking at the street scene outside, it was close to nightfall, and there were many more pedestrians on the street. Hearing Mark Slant ask about the result, Wang Yang leaned on the railing and said to the mobile phone: "It's okay, she is not the most ideal Juno in my heart, but she is already the ideal Juno, she has her own style and understanding." He suddenly felt strange and asked, "Mark, what are you so nervous about, and you don't get Natalie's commission." ”

"Haha. Mark Slunt over there laughed and said, "Actually, my wife and I are both fans of Natalie Portman, and we love this girl, ha, she played so well in "Star Wars Prequel." ”

"So you admire Natalie so much?" Wang Yang couldn't help but roll his eyes, and pretended to be serious: "Mark, don't bring personal preferences into your work. ”

"Boss, you wronged me, isn't Natalie a good actor?" Mark Slunt denied this with a smile, and he said a little narrowly: "Actually, there is one more important reason, boss, you and Natalie have an affair, which is a good thing for the publicity work of "Juno". Natalie plays Juno, and we don't have to worry about not having attention. ”

Hearing this word, Wang Yang's mood changed a little, and he said in a deep voice: "Declare in advance, no matter who plays Juno, I will not create scandals to hype up the movie, this is the most boring way of publicity!" After a pause, he added: "This method will never, never appear in any of my film's publicity plans." But he understands that if Natalie plays Juno, the scandal does not need to be created, and the media will naturally make up a decent one.

Under the same night sky in New York, in a beautiful neighborhood on Long Island, the Hirshlag family (Natalie's original name was Hershlag, Portman is her grandmother's surname), Natalie sat at the desk in the room, she held the plastic pipe in her mouth, and frowned at the two scripts on the desk, one for "Sweetie I" and the other for "Juno."

Now for her, the script of "Juno" is more attractive to her and more interesting; "Sweetheart" is also an excellent script, but the character and image of the heroine Novali seem to be so ordinary, kind, strong, optimistic, etc., gathering a lot of good hearts in one sweetheart, but suffering from bad things, and finally finding happiness The story of Juno is very fresh, Juno's casual walking and speaking style make her eager to try.

But Natalie knows one thing very well, and her agent has told her many times, that the script is only one aspect, this thing is very deceptive, and many times, a script that looks good and a good character becomes a super bad movie after it becomes a movie, and a script that looks bland and unsurprising can sometimes become a good movie.

The reason is very simple, a movie is not equal to a script, not a paragraph of text, not a matter of a few sentences. Including the shooting of the shot, the performance of the actors, the improvisation of the scene, the post-editing, the soundtrack...... Everything affects the movie, and sometimes the script is so pale. Therefore, whether it is a good script or a bad script, there are mountains of film companies in the studio, and the same script can make two completely different movies.

In the end, it depends on who is the director and the director's ability.

Looking at the paragraphs of text on the script of "Juno", Natalie bit her pipe hard, and the young face full of blood faintly appeared in front of her eyes, Wang Yang, the Chinese director who is only more than a year older than her, is capable enough to transform this script into a good movie? She remembered "Youth Musical", although the content story of that movie is very boring, and the actors are average, but the style of the whole movie is consistent, very sunny and comfortable, and the shooting is very good...... Natalie remembered the advice given to her by her agent: "Wang Yang is a very talented young man, he is very popular now, with his age, even if the movie fails, no one will really blame him, let alone count it on your head." But with your current fame, you can get some more secure film appointments. Participating in a magical Yang movie is neither beneficial nor harmful to your career, it's up to you to choose. But I want to remind you that you have an affair with Magic Young, and if you play "Juno", the scandal will be endless. ”

"Scandal? boring ......" Natalie had a disdainful expression, she didn't pay attention to any scandal, it was purely a boring thing, she wouldn't add "scruples about scandals" to the factor of considering starring in movies, and she didn't care about this, she didn't even know if she would be in the acting industry for a long time, she had too many things she wanted to do.

Of course, her favorite thing now is acting, she likes good, interesting stories, and she is eager to participate in these good stories. If there's a role she really wants to play, but someone else steals it in the end, she's going crazy. Besides, the university is about to start, and she didn't want to take on any more roles, and the reason for taking over the filming will only be "interest".

Natalie, with her chin propped up, stared unblinkingly at the two scripts on the table, apparently fascinated by teenage pregnancy and more interested in Juno.

What if she took "Juno"? Natalie suddenly thought that it was also important for her to get along with the director of the film, so that she didn't want to be called at by someone she hated. In fact, she starred in another 50-year-old Chinese director Wayne Wang (Wang Ying) in the film "The End of the World" this year, and it was a pleasure to work with, Wang Ying is like her father, but the two don't seem to have anything to do with each other, and she and Chinese directors can get along?

Natalie thought back to her contact with Wang Yang today, being late, violent, rude to women, and falling asleep...... A lot of bad impressions, but why did she feel a little funny, as if a voice was echoing in her ears, "Release the other side of you!", she muttered, "The other side of me? Juno......

In the hotel, Wang Yang was lying comfortably on the bed, covered with a quilt, holding the bedside telephone microphone in his hand, and the dialogue microphone smiled a little proudly: "Jessica, I had a fight today." Jessica's surprised voice suddenly came from there: "What?!Yang, are you okay??, how can you fight?" Wang Yang laughed nonchalantly, and said, "Ha, it's a long story, I'll tell you slowly, but you can guess who I hit first? It's Cole!"

Speaking of it now, he felt a burst of relief, and said, "That bitch raised him, I knocked out at least three of his teeth, haha!" Jessica said worriedly: "Yang, did you do it first?" Wang Yang was silent for a while, and said with a slow "um", "Don't worry, we don't have to be afraid of him." Jessica, the situation today is so infuriating, if I were given a chance to do it all over again, I would knock out five of his teeth......"

Early the next morning, Wang Yang got up as usual, after exercising, he came to a newsstand on the street, looking at all kinds of magazines and newspapers, really dazzled, he casually flipped through the latest entertainment daily newspapers, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, there was no news about him. Wang Yang bought a few movies and magazines and returned to the hotel.

All morning, Wang Yang was working on the storyboard script of "Juno", which also made him forget the time, and soon it was afternoon, just as he continued to design the picture selflessly, the mobile phone rang. Wang Yang took out his mobile phone and saw that it was Natalie Portman's phone, and he answered the channel: "Hello, Miss Portman." ”

"Hello, Mr. Wang, I think I have made a decision. Natalie's voice was resolute and confident, and she said, "I'd like to play Juno." Hearing this reply, Wang Yang couldn't help but smile, stood up and walked to the balcony, and said with a smile: "Oh, that's good!" Natalie then said: "But Mr. Wang, you know, I'm going to college at the end of the month, and I don't want to miss classes, so I hope the filming of "Juno" can be scheduled for June next year." ”

"What?" Wang Yang stopped and frowned tightly, he will only have time to shoot during the summer vacation in June next year? He muttered, "Well, Miss Portman...... That's a pity. ”

Natalie, on Long Island, frowned at once, and there was a hint of nervousness in her heart, from the moment she made the decision, she found herself desperately eager to play the role of "Juno", but she wanted to postpone the filming not just because of school. She said in a slow tone: "Mr. Wang, you listen to me first, I hope to shoot in June next year, there is a more important reason, I need time to study the character of Juno." She's special, but it's also challenging, and I want to be the best I can be. ”

Natalie's voice was very sincere, Wang Yang also thought about it seriously, and heard Natalie say again: "But seriously, Juno's personality, psychology, her whole mentality changes, her words and deeds, etc., I have to analyze and study these; in this half a year, I will let myself try to play this role in my daily life, I believe that after half a year, I will be Juno." ”

In the end, she said confidently, "So, I want to get this role, and I am confident that I can control her completely." ”

Wang Yang was silent, but Natalie's words reminded him of something, why did he interview so many actresses and couldn't find the most ideal Juno? The reason is probably this, Juno is too challenging, it is not a matter of a day or two to play her well, it is not a matter of a few words from him. Even Ellen Peggy, she has been preparing for nearly half a year, during which she has been talking to those pregnant girls for friends, imitating and learning their walking postures, etc., and she is almost pregnant.

Damn! Wang Yang couldn't help frowning and thought to himself, had he taken it for granted before? "Juno" is not a DV movie that can be done in a week like "Ghost Shadow", nor is it an idol movie like "Youth Musical" that does not emphasize acting skills. The movie "Juno" needs Juno's support too much, but the actresses who play her must be young, and their experience and acting skills are immature, even if they are genius actors, they must have enough time to feel this role.

If you rush to shoot, even if Allen Page comes to play, she may not be able to act, right? Thinking of this, Wang Yang is a little hesitant, is it really 9 months later to shoot "Juno"?

(To be continued)