"Wonder Young's third film, the mysterious Juno!"

The latest issue of the "Los Angeles Times" entertainment section published such a news, and then within a day, all the people who follow the movie dynamics, Wang Yang's fans and fans knew about it, and he was going to make a movie again!

The Los Angeles Times reported: "When we thought that Fantastic Young would take a year or a few years off before redirecting, he suddenly announced his plans for a new film! Other than that, they didn't reveal much more, but at the pace at which a campus movie is being made, maybe we'll be able to see it early next year. ”

"Personally, I'm looking forward to whether this movie will set off a campus craze again, but at the same time, I'm very worried, Magic Young is a movie in half a year, at such an amazing speed, he is also the screenwriter of "Youth Musical" Will "Juno" be a masterpiece? Will Magic Young continue to be magical?" The editor of the "Los Angeles Times" finally said: "His first two films proved themselves in doubt, and this time, I believe many people are very much looking forward to it, and I hope he will not let us down!"

Indeed, fans and fans have expressed their anticipation, and they kept leaving messages on the official website of Flame Movie, asking Flame to reveal more information about the movie. Judging from the name alone, I can't tell what the plot content is. But Wang Yang and Flame Movies did not agree to their request, and with his current popularity, the new work maintains a sense of mystery, and the attention and expectations it has aroused will only increase.

This strategy has worked, and many fans are discussing in various forums, what kind of plot will it be for a campus drama? Most people tend that the plot should be a girl's love story, and it will be very romantic or touching in the style of "Youth Musical", and some people think that "Juno" will be a light-hearted and funny movie, and the plot is how she made a mess of the school.

In addition to discussing the plot, they also discussed who the starring role of "Juno" will be? The most vocal is naturally Jessica, she and Wang Yang are a couple in love, and now she is very popular, and she has the momentum to become the most popular actress in campus movies, not who she plays? There are not a few people who say that Rachel will play it, and her popularity is also very high, she and Wang Yang have worked together twice, of course, it is also all two in the list of their works, and fans feel that they will continue to work together in the third part.

But many people don't think so, because Jessica and Rachel are both filming "Youth Musical" 2, and there will be a conflict with "Juno" in terms of time. So who is the heroine of "Juno"? Everyone has a different guess, and almost all the young female stars in Hollywood are talking about it all over again.

"Daddy, Mommy......" A chubby baby in a cute pink outfit sits on the floor, with two round black eyes full of curiosity. Wang Yang and Jessica squatted in front of them, both smiling happily, clapping their hands together and saying, "Juno, come here, come here Dad and Mommy!" The baby moved, and she tried to crawl towards them on the floor.

But she climbed and climbed, but she couldn't climb up, and the distance never changed. Wang Yang couldn't help but be startled, realizing that something was wrong, his head suddenly went into a trance, he opened his eyes, and when he saw the snow-white ceiling, it was already early in the morning when he looked out of the window, it turned out to be a dream!

Wang Yang sat up with his eyes wiped and exhaled a long breath, if Jessica was really pregnant, then the picture in the dream just now would also be true...... He thought back to the appearance of "Juno" in his dream, vaguely, only remembering the baby's clear eyes, a little like Jessica, but also a little like himself. Wang Yang suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, he was suffering from the "want to be a father" syndrome.

The human psyche is really strange, before you are mentally prepared, you are afraid, confused, and evasive, but when you really make up your mind and are ready, you suddenly say no, but your heart is empty.

"Interesting!" Wang Yang shouted, and got up to start a new day.

It's been almost a week since the "Pregnancy Oolong Incident", Wang Yang has also ended his vacation, and he spends most of his time at work every day, writing the script of "Juno", and the script of "Youth Musicet 2", as early as the past "summer vacation", he wrote a little bit every day, and it has been almost completed, "Song and Dance Youth 2" will not be a resort plot, and the story continues to take place in Eastern High School.

And the story of "Juno" is probably about a 16-year-old high school student named Juno, who is a very "different" girl, with sharp teeth, a big grin, and a ghost...... One day, this unique girl makes a decision that Paulie, a humble, "cool" boy from the school track and field team, gets a taste of the forbidden fruit, and then she gets pregnant.

Juno, who was unexpectedly pregnant, initially wanted to have an abortion after discussing it with her friend Leah, but after some psychological changes, she decided to give birth to the child and began to look for adoptive parents for the child. Juno told her father and stepmother about her pregnancy, and they didn't blame Juno too much, but still gave her warm support and prepared for the arrival of the child.

At the same time, accompanied by her father, Juno identified the child's adoptive family, which was a wealthy and elegant couple. But as Juno's delivery date is getting closer and closer, the long-accumulated contradictions of the child's prospective adoptive parents finally break out, and they are about to divorce, Juno is very painful, but in the end he still faces it with an optimistic and positive attitude, telling the mother in the adoptive parents "You continue, I will continue." ”

Then Juno gave birth to a child, and the adoptive mother Vanessa cried with joy, and Juno returned to a normal life and "fell in love after giving birth" to Paulie.

This is the story of the original "Juno", but Wang Yang does not intend to be like this, if it was before "Pregnancy Oolong", he would not have any special feelings about this story, but now, he does not like the whole story. Because he doesn't think that Juno's abortion, giving birth to the child, giving the child to the adoptive parents is a kind of redemption, a kind of victory, after this oolong with Jessica, he feels a lot, giving the child to someone else? is it still a divorced single mother? he feels that this is disrespectful to the child, this is not a victory, this is not cool, this is an escape.

It's like saying "I'm still young, I can't take care of it, I don't have the ability, you're an adult, you can come." Then as soon as the child was sent, the whole person was relieved and returned to normal life. Isn't this cool, not cool at all, what is cool? Juno and Poly really take responsibility and raise their children together, no matter what difficulties and hardships lie ahead, they face it together as a family.

On the other hand, Wang Yang feels that the male protagonist Poly is like a vase in the movie, useless, and that Poly is just a coward, from beginning to end;

Maybe this is because the plot focus of the original story is the interaction between Juno and the adoptive couple, but what Wang Yang wants to film is the interaction between her and Pauli, and he wants to film the change in the mentality of these two young people, Juno goes from having an abortion, to giving birth, to raising herself; When Juno and Paulie play guitar in front of their house while the baby sleeps quietly in the bassinet next to them, it's a victory.

If the original theme of "Juno" was "respect for life, tolerance and understanding of family, etc.", in addition to these, he also wanted to explore "responsibility." Teenagers and young people face sudden changes and different views of the people around them, and their mentality changes along the way, and finally have the courage and courage to take responsibility. "That's what he wants to make.

So in order to highlight this theme, the content of the movie will add more campus plots and life plots, and greatly reduce the interaction between Juno and the adoptive couple.

The plot of campus and life revolves around "change" and "face", and the original "Juno" did a very simple job in this regard, even evasively, but Wang Yang wanted to write this content, he wanted to strengthen the difficulties and strange views that Juno suffered, of course, she would face it with a very optimistic attitude, and it would also be shown in a sunny and interesting way when shooting.

Wang Yang will also strengthen the role of the male protagonist Poly, pregnancy is a matter for both men and women, Poly can no longer be like a wooden man, he wants to become a man.

Of course, the focus of the story is still Juno, and this movie needs Juno's charm, her sharp teeth, her ghostly spirit, and endearing. Because only under her charm, the serious and heavy theme of "teenage pregnancy" will have a sunny and relaxed feeling, and a youthful atmosphere.

Therefore, the performance of the heroine of "Juno" is very, very important, and it is no exaggeration to say that she is "showing" many times in the movie.

What is "Juno"? In appearance, she should look like a 16-year-old high school student, not too tall and immature, and in temperament, she must have the feeling of being smart and ghostly.

These are just the basic requirements, the most important thing is that she can perform! This is different from the simple performance of "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth", Juno's tone of speech, expression and posture, and even the pace and posture of walking, all have very high requirements, it can be said that the performance of this role must be integrated into the gestures! Looking at the basic requirements in front, she must be young, which requires a genius-level actress.

In fact, no one is better suited than Ellen Peggy, but she's only 12 years old now, and it's obviously impossible to cast it. So, who will "Juno" be?

Jessica was the first person who knew that Wang Yang was going to make "Juno", and at that time she asked Wang Yang if she was suitable to act? Whether it was the story of a teenage pregnancy, or if she wanted to continue to make movies with Wang Yang, she desperately wanted to play "Juno". Wang Yang pretended to think for a long time before shaking his head and vetoing her, the first reason is that Jessica is too tall and too sweet, and she doesn't have the feeling of a clever little girl.

And the more important second reason is that with her current acting skills, it is impossible to play Juno. On the other hand, even if you have to let Jessica act, it will not be good for her, if you are not a talented actor with amazing talent, then the progress of your acting skills should be slow, make more good movies that are suitable for your acting skills at this stage, and maintain confidence and thinking, then one day, your acting skills will suddenly explode. On the contrary, the result of pulling out the seedlings is the loss of self-confidence and direction, and the acting skills are stagnant, or even worse. There is no better place for her to play than "Youth Musical" 2.

For Wang Yang's words, although Jessica felt very regretful, she also understood it in her heart.

Sitting at the desk in the study, Wang Yang looked at the script text of "Juno" on the computer screen, frowning and thinking about Juno's candidate, he asked himself softly: "Rachel?" He thought about it seriously, then shook his head and said: "Her acting skills are not enough." ”

The current Rachel is actually the most suitable for playing the kind of exaggerated style, the feeling of "bad girl", probably because she is a drama major, and she is influenced by the performance style of stage plays. So in "Ghost Shadow", Rachel's performance is decent, and Wang Yang is often required to give him hard guidance, but in "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth", she plays the role of Xia Pei, which is handy, and it is simply vivid, and the shots are basically passed once or twice.

But if she is asked to play Juno, it will be the wrong way, and in appearance, she looks a little mature, suitable for playing the school girl and cheerleader, but not for Juno.

Wang Yang thought back to the girls who auditioned for "Youth Musical" last time, like Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Eliza Dushku, Jordana Brewster and others...... Soon he shook his head, all of them were no. How can there be so many genius-level actresses?

After thinking about the current famous young actresses in Hollywood for a while, Wang Yang still didn't have a clue, he picked up his mobile phone, called a number, and said: "Sandy, help me contact those agencies, I need a heroine." Tell them that there is no upper limit on the salary of the recommended candidates, as long as it is 'Juno'! As for the casting requirements, I have already sent them to your mailbox. ”

After hanging up the phone, Wang Yang prayed silently, hoping that he could find "Juno" smoothly this time. So let's think about the choice of the actor Poly first? His script has added a lot of difficulty to the acting requirements of the actor, not only to calm his face and speak quietly like the original, but also to have a certain ability to perform inner drama, so that he can play a change in mentality.

If you simply consider the appearance, Wang Yang has a candidate in his heart, not Tom Welling, he is too tall and strong, nor Zachary, his temperament is a little simple, it is Michael Pitt, his temperament can be very decadent, and when he smokes, he looks like the leader of a youth rock band, but when his expression is gentle, there are no dark circles, and he can also be very sunny.

In the basketball hall dance at the end of "Youth Musical", after being fiddled by the makeup artist, Michael Pitt becomes a youthful and sunny beautiful boy, and he can be cool sometimes.

After thinking for a while, Wang Yang pressed a number, stood up and walked to the window, looked at the green lawn outside, and as soon as the phone was connected, he said: "Hey, Michael, my new plan "Juno", you know, right?" Michael Pitt over there said: "Of course, Young, is there a role that suits me?" Wang Yang smiled and said, "Yes, come to my house in the afternoon and try the male lead." Michael Pitt froze, breathing a little heavier, and said, "Actor?"

"Actor, of course you can try it if you want to. Wang Yang laughed again and commanded: "Tidy yourself up as sunny as possible, a humble and cool boy, you know?" Michael Pitt agreed: "I know, I will." ”

Putting down the phone, Wang Yang walked back to the computer and continued to write the script for "Juno".

Towards the end of the evening, Michael Pitt came to the door of Wang Yang's house, and he spent an afternoon tidying himself up, getting a haircut, choosing clothes, and showing his sunniest side. He took a deep breath, rang the doorbell, and after a while the door opened, it was Jessica wearing a kitchen apron, and Michael greeted with a smile, "Hello, Jessica." ”

"Hi Michael. Jessica said hello and let Michael Pitt in as the room shouted, "Jan, here comes Michael." She smiled at Michael and pointed to the kitchen, "I'll go cook first." ”

Since Wang Yang moved here, Jessica has often come to take charge of the kitchen, and after the "Pregnancy Oolong Incident", she has come over every day to cook dinner, like a virtuous wife.

At this time, Wang Yang walked down from the upstairs study, he smiled at Jessica who walked to the kitchen, looked at Michael Pitt again, walked over and hugged him, looked at Michael, and said with a smile: "Hey, sunny boy!" Michael Pitt smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, right?" Wang Yang nodded and praised: "Very good." ”

The two came to the sofa in the living room and sat down, Wang Yang continued to look at Michael Pitt, and said, "Michael, I am very satisfied with your appearance and temperament." The only problem is your acting skills. Michael Pitt nodded and said, "What should I do?" Wang Yang picked up the few pages of the script that had been prepared on the coffee table a long time ago, handed him and said, "You take a look at this first." ”

Michael Pitt took the script and read it seriously. Quietly waiting for him to finish reading, Wang Yang explained to him: "This character, Poly, he is a guy who has never been in love, he is still a virgin, but just that once, something happened." Wang Yang laughed, and Michael Pitt also laughed, because he had never been in a relationship either. This is also one of the reasons why Wang Yang considers Michael, when an actor and a character have a lot in common, then he can act better and more charming.

Wang Yang smiled again: "Michael, think about it, you have a girl you like." Michael Pitt shrugged his shoulders, and Wang Yang continued: "She suddenly took the initiative to have sex with you, and then a month later, she suddenly told you that I was pregnant. Act out this, the first page of the script. ”

"Okay. Michael Pitt read the script, and his face began to act, with a dull expression, pursing his lips unnaturally, and opening his mouth again and again, before saying the words: "I know, so what should we do?"

Watching his performance, Wang Yang remained silent, but praised it in his heart, I have to say that Michael Pitt has a certain acting talent, and he easily grasps the character of the character, so his performance is completely correct in the general direction. Michael Pitt performed to himself for a while, and Wang Yang said again: "Ok, Michael, in the next paragraph, you saw Juno walking on campus, she had a big belly, but her books fell to the ground, she couldn't bend down to pick them up, and the classmates next to her were laughing, you wanted to go up and care about her, but you just fell out with her, and you were hesitating in your heart." Put on a show. ”

Since Paulie is not as agile as Juno, he is a very quiet young man, so his performance is basically focused on the face.

Michael Pitt answered, thought for a moment, and then frowned slightly, his eyes fixed into the distance, as if Juno was there.

"Not bad. Wang Yang nodded, and then continued to test Michael Pitt for a few performances, almost the whole process of the actor Paulie's mentality changed, from the beginning of the fear, simply don't want to care, to want to care about Juno, but Juno doesn't care much about him, he is also hesitating, and then to the later to take responsibility and face it with Juno, his positivity also touched Juno...... Michael Pitt's performance is within the framework and expresses the character's mentality very well, only with some small details that are a little green, but that makes him look more like a high school student and doesn't feel too mature.

"Dude. Wang Yang winked at Michael and said with a smile: "I think it's you." Michael Pitt was stunned, there was no sound of breathing, and it took a long time before he exhaled a long breath and said, "Am I the male protagonist?" Wang Yang nodded and smiled: "Yes, there are a lot of lines and a lot of shots this time." ”

Michael Pitt seemed to be a little at a loss, kept changing his sitting position, put his right hand into his pocket, looked at Wang Yang and asked, "I want to smoke a cigarette, okay?"

Wang Yang shook his finger and said, "No, from now on, you have to quit smoking until the filming of "Juno" ends." All I want to see in you is the sunny side, and put away your decadent side. ”

"Oh, okay. Michael Pitt's right hand stretched out, and he suddenly laughed, smiling happily, with a face full of sunshine, and said jokingly: "For the sake of dreams, I quit." ”

Wang Yang also laughed a few times, and he was equally happy in his heart, he remembered when he was in New York, Michael Pitt was emaciated and about to die, and remembered Michael shouting madly in the street...... Keep pursuing, never give up, and you'll always get something, won't you?" he smiled and patted Michael Pitt on the shoulder and said, "Michael, get ready, Juno is a tough guy." ”

"Jan, who played that?" asked Michael Pitt curiously. Wang Yang suddenly shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly and said, "You come and tell me." ”

(To be continued)