Chapter 10: The Heroine
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"I'm here to interview for your film, can I still interview now?"
The blonde girl looks like she is in her early twenties, because of the height difference, she needs to look up at Wang Yang slightly, she shows a smiling face, and the two sweet dimples give her a unique temperament.
"In principle, yes. Hearing that the girl was here for the interview, Wang Yang smiled a little happily, this girl gave him a very special feeling, and it was very familiar, he knew what it meant, this blonde girl was likely to be a future star.
His thumb bent to the street behind him and said, "But we're going to the fast-food restaurant over there to buy lunch." Come on, go all the way and talk all the way. ”
“ok。 The pretty blonde girl nodded, she glanced at Jessica a little suspiciously, and Jessica explained to her, "No, I'm not the heroine, and I'm not here for an interview." I'm a friend of Jan's, Jessica. The blonde girl nodded "oh".
Sunsettai Street is a very prosperous commercial pedestrian street, there are various clothing stores, restaurants and cafes on both sides of the street, the three of them walk on the street, Wang Yang is in the middle, and the two girls on the left and right are very starry, which makes many tourists frequently look sideways to see if they are which female stars.
"So, do you have a resume?" asked Wang Yang as he walked as he looked at the blonde girl on his left.
The blonde girl shrugged her shoulders, said no, and said, "I just saw your recruitment news on the job board, and the DV movie made me quite interested, so I came over and tried it." ”
Oh yes! Wang Yang remembered that after leaving the actors' union that day, he also went to the neighborhood to print a few recruitment posters, and then pasted one on the recruitment boards everywhere. After all, there are many actors who are non-union members, or members of other trade unions, just trying their luck. He looked at the girl and asked, "So, you're not a member of the Screen Actors Guild?"
"No, I'm a native of Toronto, Canada, and I'm studying drama at York University. The girl laughed, "I came to Los Angeles to do some field research for a dissertation, and then I saw your recruitment today, and then I was here." She briefly described herself and finally added, "Oh, by the way, my name is Rachel McAdams." ”
Rachel-McAdams? Wang Yang couldn't help frowning, looking at the girl's face, with a high nose, a big mouth, and two dimples when she smiled, which was very pure and sweet, making people feel very kind...... The more I look at it, the more familiar it is, who is it? He searched quickly in his head, Rachel McAdams, Rachel...... Then, a poster gradually emerged.
The promotional poster for the movie "Sherlock Holmes", released in 2009, is printed with the look of the heroine of the movie, Erin Adler, with curly hair, a purple noble dress, and a confident smile...... Erin Adler is played by Rachel McAdams!
Finally knew who she was, it turned out to be the heroine of "Sherlock Holmes"! Wang Yang suddenly became interested, because the actors who can become famous are all with extraordinary skills, and they can play the heroine of a movie with an investment of 90 million, which shows that this Rachel McAdams will definitely have a good report card in the future.
Sure enough, after looking at some information about her, Wang Yang confirmed his thoughts.
Rachel was born on November 17, 1978, in Ontario, Canada, to a truck driver father and a nurse mother. Rachel has loved acting in theatre since she was a child, participated in many stage plays at school, and was accepted into the University of York after graduating from high school to study drama. So far, she has not had any fame, and she has not even performed her first act on the screen.
Rachel has made a name for herself in figure skating, showing great potential in figure skating since she was four years old, and has been practising figure skating for several years.
It wasn't until 2002 that Rachel made her mark in the school comedy "Turning into a Spice Girl", and then performed well in "Mean Girl" and "The Notebook", which made her popular and became a youth idol in the United States overnight.
However, although Rachel will become famous in the future and her acting skills are unanimously praised, that is the future, not the present. Now she's just a student at York University, who knows if she's good at acting now? Also, she will almost always appear in comedies and romance films in the future, whether she is suitable for horror movies or not, and I have to see again.
"What's the matter?" Rachel couldn't help but ask suspiciously, seeing Wang Yang staring at her with a frown.
Wang Yang came back to his senses with an "oh", cut off the information in his head, shook his head and smiled: "It's okay." So Rachel, why did you come to the interview all of a sudden, and what made you want to perform?"
"It's very simple, I'm interested, I want to get this role. Rachel laughed as she walked, "Although horror movies are not my favorite genre, what interests me is DV movies." The history of home video cameras is very short, and the first home DV machine was only launched on the market earlier this year, and it is a surprising innovation to make movies with home DVDs. ”
Rachel sighed as if analytical: "I think the emergence of DV movies will become a trend in the future, which allows many young people to make their own movies and show their talents without being bothered by funds." Wow, I don't know why, it makes me feel romantic!"
In the end, she half-jokingly said, "Of course, the $4,000 is one of the reasons I'm interested." ”
This girl speaks in an orderly manner, neither humble nor arrogant, worthy of being a top student at York University, and her sincere tone makes people feel good.
"You're surprising me too!" Wang Yang said excitedly, Rachel's words speaking his mind. Nowadays, there are not many people who can understand DV movies and see the future prospects of DV movies, and people have a more disdainful attitude towards DV movies, and they have never even heard of DV as anything. Finally someone understood him, which made Wang Yang excited and comfortable, and couldn't help but praise: "You are very good, you are very good! I like your words, yes, this is very romantic!"
Rachel pursed her lips and smiled, the two dimples made people look sweeter and sweeter, she shrugged her shoulders and smiled, "I thought you liked the phrase 'very courageous and talented'." ”
"I like that sentence too, haha!" Wang Yang laughed.
Watching Wang Yang and Rachel talking and laughing, talking about DV movies, it seems that they hate to see each other. Jessica, who was walking on the other side, couldn't interject at all, she had a strange feeling in her heart, she was very anxious, she wanted to say something but couldn't say it, she looked at Wang Yang and Rachel a few times, then walked with her head down, and looked at it a few more times......
She remembered that when she just heard Wang Yang say that she wanted to make a movie, and there was only 10,000 production fees, her reaction was incredulous, suspicious, and incomprehensible...... Even now, she still thinks that making a movie like this seems a bit child's play, she just chose to believe Wang Yang, but Yang didn't say that she was "very good".
"So you don't have to go back to Toronto for a while? It's going to take at least a week. Wang Yang has been smiling all the time, and he finally met someone who understands DV movies, and he is in a good mood.
Rachel doesn't care: "A week or two is fine, our university definitely encourages her students to have more acting experience, and acting also helps me write my thesis." She laughed again, showing her humor: "Of course, $4,000 is enough for me to live in Los Angeles for an extra week." ”
"Well, as long as you don't live in the presidential suite. Wang Yang smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
While talking, the three of them had already come to the outside of the fast food restaurant on the street, Wang Yang asked Jessica, "Jessica, do you want a hamburger, what flavor?" Jessica said absentmindedly: "Just do it, you can make up your mind." Wang Yang asked Rachel again: "Do you want to eat?" Rachel nodded: "Okay, I happen to be hungry, let's have a hamburger too." ”
"Okay, but I'm sorry, I won't be treated, haha!" Wang Yang said with a smile and walked into the fast food restaurant.
The two ladies stayed outside, and they sat down on a bench on the side of the street. Rachel sat in her chair, stretched out her hands, then turned her gaze to Jessica next to her and smiled, "Jessica, hello." ”
Jessica also smiled slightly and responded, "Hello, Rachel." ”
"Hollywood is so beautiful!" Rachel looked at the surrounding scenery and took a deep breath, and said with some sighs: "I've been here for a few days, and I haven't visited the whole Hollywood, and it's good everywhere, it seems that as long as you look up, you can see that sign, and the scenery is really great." She smiled: "And the clothing store is full of beautiful clothes, which makes people reluctant to leave." However, it is precisely because of this that I feel very psychedelic and unreal, so for me, a few days of shopping is enough. ”
She looked at the sky, her clear eyes moved with the clouds, and said softly: "I still like the quiet life in Toronto, just ride a bicycle every day when you go out, everyone on the street knows you, they will greet you warmly, which dog baby is born, which garden has a new turf...... Well, that kind of life is very comfortable, and that is suitable for long-term living. ”
She smiled and added, "Of course, it's just my personal hobby." ”
Jessica looked at Rachel's elegant intellectual temperament, and the nature of a woman made her secretly compare herself with Rachel in this regard, and then she found that she had lost, and she had lost completely. She didn't go to college, she didn't understand DV movies, and sometimes she couldn't even understand what Wang Yang was saying......
"By the way, one morning, I must have interviewed quite a few people, right?" Rachel winked playfully at Jessica and booed, "Jessica, give me some hints." I don't want to be eliminated by that young director. ”
"Hmm......" Jessica came back to her senses and suppressed the inexplicable sadness in her heart, she thought about the interview in the morning, and remembered the girl named Annie Darren, as well as several girls behind, all of whom were rejected by Wang Yang for the same reason, she said: "The traces of performance are too heavy, many people have been eliminated because of this, Yang always says to be natural, to live performance." ”
"Lifestyle performance?" Rachel frowned and thought for a moment, and immediately burst into a smile and said, "I know, yes, Jan is right! DV movies, if they are in the first person, are to be life-like performances, and to have the kind of performances that know that they are facing the DV camera, because that is the real thing." ”
"Okay! Well said!" Wang Yang, who was holding three hamburgers, happened to walk out of the fast food restaurant when he heard Rachel's words. As he handed the hamburger to the two ladies, he smiled appreciatively again, "That's what I want to say!"
"Thank you. Hearing Wang Yang's appreciation for Rachel, Jessica's heart was inexplicably tight, and as soon as she took the hamburger handed by Wang Yang, she took a bite and bit away a large piece fiercely.
Rachel also took the hamburger, Wang Yang sat down in a chair, and while eating the hamburger, he said to Rachel: "Then let's start the interview now." Rachel, if you were at home at night and you ran into a ghost, what would be your first reaction?" was the question he had asked Anne Darren in the morning, and it hadn't changed a word.
Rachel smiled without thinking, "Me? Maybe I just fainted." She laughed, and then said seriously: "Seriously, I need to know the script, because the characters have different personalities, and the reactions are different." ”
Wang Yang nodded, Rachel came from the recruitment information, not through the notice of the actors' union, so naturally he didn't get the simple introduction to the script, so he simply told the story: "An ordinary couple moved into a new house, but all kinds of strange things happened, and they decided to investigate clearly. So they always shoot their homes on DVD and try to film the ghosts. ”
"Hmm...... If something strange happens in the house, and they want to take pictures of the ghost, then they should be more interested in the ghost? At least they are not scared when they hear it. Rachel analyzed the character's character from Wang Yang's words, and she immediately grasped the lifeblood of the character, which made Wang Yang nod his head, and when she was sure, he smiled: "In this case, my reaction is to be startled first, and then trembling and scared to ask, 'Oh, God, are you a ghost?'"
It's okay, Wang Yang put a tick in his heart and asked this question, mainly to observe Rachel's ability to understand the script, because only if she can really understand the script and understand what the director wants, she will have a good performance.
Looking at Anne Darren, who also answered this question before, her reaction was only screaming, of course, this is also a "startled" performance, but unfortunately, it is just the first reaction of ordinary people, and she did not understand the character's character, so she did not have Rachel's second reaction, and asked "Are you a ghost?"
Wang Yang asked again: "So if it's late at night, you and your boyfriend are asleep in bed, and you were sleeping very sweetly, but suddenly there is a sound of footsteps, and you are awakened in the corridor outside the bedroom." Please act out how you will look when you wake up. "This acting question was also tested by Anne Darren.
Hearing Wang Yang's question, Jessica, who was biting the hamburger, suddenly came to her senses, looked at Rachel with both eyes, and felt a little nervous, she wanted to know Rachel's performance level, maybe she could win back a game here......
"Hmm...... Wait a minute. Rachel chewed the hamburger in her mouth and swallowed it again, she slowly closed her eyes, suddenly opened them again, handed the hamburger wrapped in oiled paper to Wang Yang, and said with a smile: "Please help me hold this, it will affect my performance." Also, if I can, please help me step on my feet and simulate that kind of footsteps, which will make me better into the play. ”
She smiled again and hugged Jessica next to her, and said, "Oh, I'm Jessica my lover." ”
“ok。 Wang Yang took her hamburger, and when she closed her eyes, she stepped on her feet one by one.
Rachel, who had her eyes closed, frowned, opened her eyes slowly and in a daze, and then blinked vigorously a few times, her face was dumbfounded, and she tilted her ears slightly, as if she was listening to the footsteps outside the bedroom, and with the sound of footsteps, her breathing began to become a little rapid, depressed, her head did not move, but her hand was shaking Jessica next to her.
"good!" Wang Yang couldn't help but light up, and without waiting for her performance to end, she cheered: "That's it, this is the performance I want!"
Unlike Anne Darren, who was influenced by stage plays, which led to a tendency towards body language, Rachel's series of expressions, reactions, and movements are very natural, almost using micro-expressions to perform. She understands the director's intention in arranging this scene, the suppressed breathing sound will make the audience more and more nervous, although the breathing becomes too fast when it becomes short, but considering that this is on the street, not in the scene, she has such skills, it is very rare.
What's more, Rachel's performance swept all the girls who came to the interview in the morning, and with $4,000, could she find the most suitable candidate for the heroine? But now I can find a top student from York University, a professional actor whose performance is still immature, but it is enough to deal with.
Wang Yang knows that the heroine of "Smart-Ghost Shadow" is her, this Canadian girl named Rachel McAdams!
"So, I got the heroine of the movie?" said Rachel, expectantly.
Wang Yang nodded with a smile and said, "It's you." ”
"Awesome!" Rachel shouted excitedly, hugged Jessica, and then hugged Wang Yang, she laughed happily, and said, "Then I'm going to stay in Los Angeles for a while, fortunately, I don't miss Toronto that much for the time being." DV movies? is really fun to try, and seriously, I'm looking forward to it. ”
"I'm looking forward to it too. Wang Yang said excitedly: "Your performance fills me with confidence. ”
The movie has a heroine, and he really let go of a big stone in his heart, because in "Spirit-Ghost Shadow", the heroine is the object possessed by ghosts, and the male protagonist is generally a person holding a DV machine, so the heroine's appearance rate and role are much heavier than the male protagonist, and the heroine's performance directly affects the success or failure of the final movie.
Wang Yang and Rachel were very happy, but no one noticed Jessica, who was sullen on the far right of the chair, with her eyes down, holding a hamburger in both hands, chewing softly in her mouth, not knowing what to think about.
"Let's talk about that character. Wang Yang hurriedly ate the big hamburger in a few bites, and then told the story of the movie with great interest, as well as the personality characteristics of the heroine and so on.
Rachel nodded frequently, and then put forward her own questions and ideas, she studied drama and had a certain understanding of DV movies, so she and Wang Yang had no hindrance in talking, and they had a very relaxed and happy conversation.
"This movie is about psychology, so we need to let the audience scare themselves, which requires a high degree of substitution, and of course this is also the benefit of DV movies in the first person. Think of a dark movie theater, a big screen in front of you, and the audience follows the shot of the male protagonist, as if they are the one holding the DV, and then suddenly ...... Wow! I think the moviegoers are going to roll over in fright. Wang Yang spoke upright, and couldn't help but depict his imagination of the future.
Rachel was stunned this time, and asked curiously, "Movie theater?" I thought it was just your graduation project. ”
Wang Yang shook his head with a smile and said confidently: "No, it's not a graduation work, this is a movie, a movie that can be put on the big screen." I'm sure it's going to be released, and it's going to be good at the box office. ”
"I like your confidence. Think about me suddenly appearing on the big screen in the cinema, oh, what a dream, I don't seem to be ready for it!" Rachel laughed and sighed, "But I didn't know I was going to play the lead actress in a movie before I came to Los Angeles, but I'm going to sign it now." So, what else is impossible?"
She touched Jessica with her arm and asked, "Jessica, what do you think?"
Jessica, who was left out in the cold, suddenly let out an "oh", and seemed to react, when Wang Yang and Rachel were discussing the movie before, she wanted to interject several times, but she swallowed back when the words came to her mouth, because she felt that her words were boring and unlevel;
"I think, I think. Jessica smiled reluctantly.
Wang Yang is now full of movies and visions for the future, where did he notice that Jessica's smile was disguised? He looked at his watch, it was almost a little later, so he stood up and said, "It's almost time, let's go back to the café." He smiled at Rachel again: "My heroine, come with me, I'm going to explain to the agent sent by the actors' union, I found you." ”
“ok。 Rachel nodded.
So, the three of them returned to the "Sweetheart" café, as soon as they sat down, Wang Yang couldn't wait to continue to discuss the movie with Rachel, although Rachel found that Jessica couldn't speak, she consciously pulled the conversation to Jessica's side, but Jessica didn't seem to appreciate it, and every time she said "yes" or "no" casually, she was more and more expressionless.
At one o'clock, Mark Slunt came back on time, and as soon as Wang Yang saw him, he excitedly said, "Hey, Mark, I found the heroine, it's her, Rachel McAdams!" He pointed at Rachel, and half-jokingly, half-gloatingly, "But unfortunately, she's not a member of the Screen Actors Guild, so you can't get her commission." ”
"Hi, there. Rachel politely greeted Mark Langster.
Mark Langster let out an "oh", looked Rachel up and down, and nodded, "Not bad, not bad." But it doesn't look like much, so I took the liberty of asking, Miss McAdams, how old are you?" Rachel smiled and replied, "I'm 20 years old, and I haven't had a birthday yet." Looking at the two dimples that bloomed in her, Mark let out a "wow" and exclaimed, "What a sweet smile! And not very old, in the eyes of me as an agent for so many years, Miss McAdams, you have a very promising future." ”
"Hey, it's just that my commission is out of play" Mark shook his head regretfully, looked at Wang Yang, and said dissatisfied: "Young director, I really can't understand, Miss McAdams and Jessica, they look about the same age, and they are both sweet looks, why don't you choose your girlfriend?" He shrugged: "Oh, of course Rachel is good, but she made me lose my commission, and I hate her." ”
Before Wang Yang could speak, Jessica, who had been silent, suddenly frowned, glared at Mark Longst and shouted loudly: "I said, I'm not his girlfriend! I hate this kind of joke, ok?! Are you girlfriends when we walk together? Why do you men think about these things all day long!?"
Everyone was stunned, Wang Yang didn't expect it, Rachel didn't expect it, and Mark Langster, the initiator, didn't expect it...... Why did Jessica suddenly get so angry?
"Uh...... Uh, sorry, my fault ......" Mark Langst touched his head, and apologized despite feeling inexplicable in his heart.
"Jessica......" Wang Yang muttered, but he didn't know what to say next.
After the tantrum, Jessica herself was also stunned, she lowered her head with an ugly face, did not look at anyone, and said, "Excuse me, I ...... I'll go to the bathroom......" Then she quickly stood up and walked away as if she were running away.
"I'm going to see her. Rachel stood up, gave Wang Yang a reassuring smile, and followed.
"Oh, young director, you're in trouble!" Mark Langster shook his head anxiously for Wang Yang, clasped his hands to his chest, and said in an educational tone: "If it were me, I would definitely choose Jessica as the heroine of the movie." Come on, I don't see the difference between her and Rachel? yes, she looks a few years younger, but who cares? Why make your girlfriend angry about that?"
Is it girlfriends when they walk together? Is this what Jessica thinks? Wang Yang's brows furrowed tightly, and his previous good mood was also disturbed. But why is she so angry? for the sake of the heroine, or just because of Mark Langster's joke?
Damn, it's this guy anyway, talking about things that shouldn't be said all day...... Wang Yang looked at Mark Langst who was leaning on the back of the chair, his teeth itched with hatred, he slapped the coffee table with a "bang", and shouted: "Mark, she is not my girlfriend." I hate this kind of joke too, ok? Is it a girlfriend when people come to help?!"
Mark Langst rolled his eyes, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's my fault, it's all my fault, I'm a sinner." ”