In the luxurious suite on the top floor of the Hyatt Hotel, on the morning of a new day, Eric sat by the floor-to-ceiling window and casually looked at the manuscript of "Home Alone" that he had taken last night, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, he still remembered the complacent mood when he typed this script in front of the old-fashioned typewriter, and before he knew it, it had been five years.

After a rush of water in the bathroom, Kelly Hu walked out wearing a simple bathrobe, stared curiously at Eric's back for a while, and couldn't help but lean forward, knelt down on the thick carpet next to Eric, and leaned on the man's knee to look at the script in Eric's hand.

Eric glanced at the woman's posture at this time, reached out and stroked the girl's face, and asked, "Have you been to Japan?"

Kelly tilted her head and rubbed her face against Eric's palm: "I went there with a good friend six years ago. ”

Eric felt the memory and yearning in Hu Kaili's tone, and said, "It seems that you have a good impression of Japan." ”

Women's minds are always very sharp, and Hu Kaili could hear the coldness in Eric's tone, and said, "It's okay, they are all ...... Very polite. ”

"Go get dressed, and we'll have breakfast together," Eric commanded, no further interested in the subject, pinching the woman's delicate chin.

There was a hint of hesitation in Kelly Hu's movements, from last night to now, everything that should have happened has happened, but Eric never mentioned the matter of that character again, she was very worried that after breakfast for a while, Eric would directly ask her to leave.

Seeing that Kelly Hu didn't move, Eric guessed the girl's thoughts. took out a personal business card from his pocket and handed it to Kelly Hu, and said, "Resident Evil will probably start preparations next year, and you have more than four months to prepare." I'll personally arrange an interview for you when you're preparing for the project next year, and if your performance meets my requirements, I'll give you the role of Ada Wang, so make the most of this time and figure out the character's personality traits. In addition, it is better to apply for a short-term acting training course. ”

Hu Kaili took Eric's business card and asked with a somewhat apprehensive expression, "What ......about it?" What if I don't perform up to your expectations?"

"Ida Wang, if he plays it well. It will be very brilliant, just like the character of Brooke Smalls in "Dark War" a few years ago, appearing for only a few minutes, but it can leave a deep impression on the audience with non-parameters. But if your performance is not up to par. Then not only will it ruin the film. It won't help you personally with your acting career either. However, even if you can't pass the audition, I can help you arrange for some other opportunities. ”

When Hu Kaili heard Eric's words without any promise at all, an expression of disappointment that could not be concealed immediately appeared on her face.

Eric picked up the girl's chin with some dissatisfaction: "Do you regard me as one of those low-end little directors who are used to tricking women into bed with big words and then turn their faces and deny their accounts?"

"Mr. Williams, I didn't," Kelly's eyes flickered.

"It doesn't matter if there is. Since your agent arranged for you to approach me last night, tell him what I said, and I think he will understand what I just said. If he can't. Then take the business card in your hand and go to UTA and change to a new agent. They knew what to do when they saw my business card. ”

"Well, I see," Kelly whispered, avoiding Eric's gaze.

Eric slipped his fingers, untied the loose bathrobe on Hu Kaili's body, admired the girl's delicate body, and said undoubtedly: "Now, go get dressed." ”

……

In the Hellkitchen district of central Manhattan, a large container truck is parked outside an old house next to the street, and a lot of camera equipment is piled up around it. This is the filming site of "Killer Leon".

When Eric arrived here from the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the crew was filming, and Luc Besson, who was not fat and a little handsome, was talking to the two protagonists, and Eric had no intention of interfering at all, just standing quietly and watching like passers-by.

Lolita is indeed not the same Lolita anymore.

Although the male protagonist is still Jean Reno, the heroine in front of him is replaced by a sixteen-year-old girl named Melissa Grinte.

However, this heroine is not as precocious as many American girls, she is small, only 1.5 meters long, giving people a feeling of stunted growth, although Luc Besson did not use the original Lolita, but the actor found still gives people a feeling of being more Lolita than Lolita.

Today is the third day of filming, and the villain Gary Oldman has not yet joined the group, and the classic dialogue scene when Matilda and Leon meet at the top of the staircase is filmed.

The shooting of this shot went smoothly, and it was just a simple NG of five or six lines, and it passed.

Although the performance of the girl named Melissa Grint is different from the style of Natalie Portman in memory, her acting skills are not inferior to the other party, but when she plays Matilda with a burning cigarette and asks Leon if his life is only as painful as childhood, or if it has always been painful, the girl vividly expresses the heroine's adolescent loss, confusion and disgust with life at this time, so that Eric who is watching can't help but secretly applaud.

Perhaps, Hollywood is really like this, and no one is irreplaceable.

Without the twelve-year-old Lolita, "Killer Leon" will definitely cause much less controversy in the future, and maybe it can break through the limitations of the original time and space, and maybe get a few Oscar nominations.

At lunchtime, a group of creators chose a nearby restaurant to invite Eric to dinner, and the sixteen-year-old pseudo-Lori also chatted with Eric with great interest about her thoughts on Matilda's character. Eric and Luc Besson also talked about some issues about script writing, and Eric also revealed some plot ideas in the style of "Hurricane Rescue" to Luc Besson, Luc Besson was originally very good at the creation of this type of film, it can be said that "Killer Leon" is completely an outlier in Luc Besson's works, and the two met late. Luc Besson immediately said that he would create a script according to Eric's ideas as soon as possible.

The afternoon shoot was still going very well at the beginning, but just over an hour later. It has been noticed that Melissa Grint always frowns slightly during filming.

Melissa Grint originally said that there was nothing wrong, maybe she had eaten something unclean at noon, but during a staircase climb, Melissa Grint directly fell into a weak leg and rolled down the stairs.

The whole crew was in a commotion, and the doctor arrived more than ten minutes later and checked it out. The problem is not serious, just acute appendicitis.

While the crew breathed a sigh of relief, they quickly became embarrassed.

Because news came from the hospital very quickly. The girl needed immediate surgery. Although appendicitis surgery does not take too long, it is certainly not possible to recuperate without a week or two. And the crew, which burns money every day, can't wait for a heroine for two weeks.

The only consolation is that the crew only started filming for three days, and there was not much loss from restarting filming. Actresses can be changed immediately.

Although I'm sympathetic to a certain pseudo-Lori.。 But Eric was slightly excited, he had planned to return to East Hampton, and when this happened, he offered to watch the video of the original actress audition.

Luc Besson did not object, and everyone returned to the hotel where the crew was staying, and the assistant director quickly found all the audition tapes of the girls who had participated in the last few rounds of auditions.

There were forty or fifty young actors in possession of the tapes, and Eric looked through them all with some anticipation, but found not a single girl named Natalie Portman.

Then Eric was no longer interested in continuing to read. He soon said goodbye to Luc Besson.

……

On the road back to East Hampton, Carter Moen, Eric's bodyguard and chauffeur who had been following Eric for several years, passed through the rearview mirror. Seeing Eric's expression, he took the initiative to ask, "Boss, are you in a bad mood?"

Eric shook his head, "Occasionally, I feel a little depressed for a few days. ”

Carter made a joke: "Every month?"

“Fackyou!”

"Haha......"

was interrupted by Carter, Eric also relieved, no longer entangled in these little things, picked up the "Home Alone" script that was placed next to him and continued to read it with amusement.

The black Toyota sedan was speeding down the Long Island Highway, and Eric was absentmindedly flipping through the script in his hand, just thinking about something else, only to hear the sedan jolt a few times and stop with a low click.

"What's wrong?" asked Eric, looking up.

Carter patted on the steering wheel, turned his head and said, "It's broken, I'll go down and take a look." ”

Eric also walked out of the car with Carter.

Carter lifted the hood, and a puff of smoke immediately puffed out of it, and Carter waved his hand to disperse the smoke before carefully examining it.

Eric crouched down on the side of the road, pulled a cigarette out of his pocket, and asked, "Carter, will you fix it?"

Carter Moen shook his head lightly and smiled, "Actually, I'm better at repairing tanks. ”

"Alright," Eric smiled, feeling that the lighter was about to be lit, Carter looked up and said, "Boss, we need to push the car to the side of the road first." ”

Eric had to put away his cigarette and lighter for the time being, and the two walked to the back of the car together, pushing the black Toyota slowly and forcefully towards the side of the road.

Eric exerted his strength and laughed at himself, "I'm a billionaire, I used to ride in a car, but now I'm reduced to pushing a cart myself......"

Carter showed no weakness: "I'm a Marine, I used to fly Black Hawk helicopters, but now I'm reduced to driving Japanese cars......"

Eric laughed, "I suddenly found out that you are a good talk show host. ”

"I can't talk for twenty minutes at a time, so forget it. ”

The two pushed the Toyota sedan to the side of the road, and Carter walked towards the engine again, and Eric, knowing that he couldn't help much, came to the side of the road again and crouched down.

Carter checked for a moment, looked up and said, "Boss, it's not a big problem, but I don't have the tools." ”

Eric looked around and asked, "What is this place?"

"To the north is Jericho City," Carter looked up.

The two were discussing whether to call the shipping company directly or go to the neighborhood to find some repair tools, when a passing white Chevrolet stopped beside the two, and a black-haired woman in her thirties poked her head out: "Gentlemen, are you in trouble and need help?"

"Yes, ma'am, if you may," Carter stepped forward, and Eric stood up.

The black-haired woman hadn't noticed Eric who was blocked by a vehicle, but when Eric got up, the woman said, "You're Eric Williams?"

"Yes, ma'am," Eric held out his hand to the other.

Before the middle-aged woman could reply, the back door of the white Chevrolet suddenly opened, and a little girl jumped out of the car and walked towards Eric with a surprised face: "Wow, it's really Eric Williams, Mr. Williams, hello, my name is Natalie Hirschler, you can call me Nat." ”

Eric's expression was a little strange and let the little girl hold his hand and shake it vigorously, until the middle-aged woman opened her mouth to relieve her: "Nat, let go of Mr. Williams, don't be so rude." ”

"Okay Mom," the girl let go of Eric's hand, but still looked at Eric with a curious expression, "Mr. Williams, are you going to pick an actor on Long Island, what do you think of me?"

"Oh this, I was just passing by......"

"And what are you going to do in your next movie, and is there a role that suits me?" said the girl, making a cute face.

The girl's mother didn't pay attention to the little girl's chatter and chatted with Carter for a few words, and then said that she had the tools she needed at home: "Mr. Williams, my house is nearby, maybe Mr. Carter can go back with me to get some tools." ”

"No problem, I'll trouble you," Eric nodded to the woman.

Since it was Eric who had met, the woman was not wary of the two, and warmly invited Carter to sit in the passenger seat, and then called out to her daughter: "Nat, get in the car, we are going back." ”

"Mom, you're going to be back later, aren't you, can I stay and talk to Mr. Williams?"

The woman glanced at Eric, who nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, ma'am, I'll take care of Nat." ”

"As long as Mr. Williams doesn't bother, Nat, don't be too naughty. ”

"I won't," Natalie Portman said immediately, glancing at Eric as if Eric would define her as a naughty girl. (To be continued.) )