Chapter 23: Birthday Calls and Gaining Popularity

In the days that followed, Theolod participated in magazine interviews while cooperating with the publicity work of "First Degree Fear", and on the other hand, he listened to Marshall's advice and began to exercise.

In the previous life, his good body supported him to work hard for performance, but this life is different, at this time last year, he was still a skinny bone who had just gotten rid of the troubles of drugs. Not long after his body was raised, he had to lose weight for the role of Rabbit Boy, and his face was not very good during this time.

So for the sake of future development, Theolod must take care of his body, but in order to save money, he did not go to the gym, but made a plan for himself to exercise, run regularly, do some yoga, buy some barbells and practice slowly at home. Fortunately, with the foundation of the previous life, there is no need for a professional coach to tailor it, and Theolod knows what is the right workout for him.

Soon, as the end of January approached, Theolod received gifts from many friends he had made last year on his birthday. In particular, Richard, the only wealthy big brand Theorod knew, gave him a valuable Omega watch without having to look it up online, and Theorod also knew that the watch cost more than a thousand dollars.

So can he sell this watch for money?

Then Richard might kill him, forget it.

And Marshall, the guy who picked the door, gave him an extraordinarily sumptuous dinner on his birthday—which he made himself—and it seems that he had fully understood that he could get the price of a five-star restaurant even if he invited Theolod to McDonald's.

"This is the first time I've cooked for someone else, and even Amanda doesn't have this kind of treatment, so be content. Marshall was still proudly puffed out at Theorod's contemptuous gaze, "Besides, I don't tell him that my cooking skills are better than those Michelin-starred chefs." ”

"Well, then I'll reluctantly accept your kindness. Theolod nodded "reluctantly".

In fact, he knew how good Marshall's cooking skills were, and he knew it in his previous life. In the few quarrels they had, Marshall would always make Theorod happy by inviting him to his house for dinner, and when he was not too busy at work, Marshall would make some bento for Theorod.

Of course, his level is not as good as that of a Michelin-starred chef, but in Theorod's opinion, Marshall's cooking is the best.

It's the same in this life, and even the lighter taste hasn't changed.

When he got home, Theolod looked at the dark cabin, which had become even narrower with a few gifts, and the smile on his face that had just said goodbye to Marshall, who had sent him home, faded away. He lay on the bed with a pillow blindfolded over his eyes, and it wasn't long before his cell phone, which had been thrown on the bedside table, rang.

Theolod touched it for a long time before he touched the vibrating mobile phone in his hand, and he glanced at the call reminder that it was Maggie.

"Hey, grandma, what's the matter with calling me so late? Didn't you call me in the morning to wish me a happy birthday?" said Theorod, lying on the bed, trying to keep his tone as normal as possible.

‘…… Have you been wronged?'

On the other side was a man's voice, the one he hadn't heard in nearly a year, slightly hoarse and awkward.

“…… Natel?!" Theorod was completely surprised, he sat up from the bed with a pout, he didn't expect Natel, who had been keeping his distance from him, to contact him on Maggie's phone, "I mean, I really didn't expect you to call me." ”

'Your voice sounds like someone is bothering you. On the other side, Natel's tone was still a little stiff and awkward, and after nearly a year of the Cold War, he seemed a little embarrassed to talk to Theolod, probably unable to pull this face.

But even after a year, he who has no connection with Theorod can still hear how he feels from Theorod's voice.

The smile on Theolod's face froze, not knowing if it was because of Nattel's acumen or because of Nattel's words. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and even Marshall, who had known him well in his previous life, could not see his truest side from his perfectly disguised tone and demeanor.

"No, there is no ......" Theolod's reaction was quite fast, he was not silent for long, he immediately spoke, but before he could finish the whole sentence, he was interrupted by Natel again-

'Do you need me to find someone to clean up the people who are bothering you?'

“…… No, you don't need it

It seems that there is still the person who upsets you. ’

“……”

‘……’

Theorod was silent, and so was the other, neither of them seemed to know how to take the topic.

‘…… Happy birthday. ’

Five seconds later, Nattel's voice rang out again, and without giving Theorrod a chance to react, he handed the microphone to Maggie: 'Hey, Theo, I met Nattel on the street at night after I finished working at the mall, and I knew he would never call you, so I pulled him home and asked him to say happy birthday to you." How's that, did he say it? You guys seem to have been talking for a while...... Wait, Nattell, why are you going?'

Theorod listened quietly to the sound on the other side of the microphone, and he heard the door closing.

Somehow, he burst out laughing.

A few days later, it was the day of the February issue of Empire magazine.

As a movie enthusiast, Jerry, as usual, bought a copy of Empire magazine on the first day of its arrival at the newsstand, took it to the company, and took advantage of his spare time to read it. In the middle of the magazine, he saw a feature of a new movie.

"A Different Kind of Fear - A Fear of the First Degree" feature, edited by Katherine Donner. ”

"Level 1 Fear"? Or was it written by Catherine, the housekeeping editor of "Empire"?, Jerry muttered to himself, it sounded familiar...... Oh, isn't that the trailer movie he saw when he went to the cinema with his buddy and his buddy's girlfriend to watch "The Seven Deadly Sins" in November?

Jerry reminisced about the past at that time, and opened the feature with a smile, intending to see what was different about this movie. Although he is a movie enthusiast, this does not mean that he will pay too much attention to movies that he is not interested in, and before today, "First Class Fear" was such a movie.

The front is the section that introduces the content of the movie. Catherine's style of writing is coherent and engaging, humorous when it should be humorous, and it can also make the reader feel great when it should be sensational, so judging from this content introduction, Jerry found that this legal movie is not so unsightly.

When Will is at a loss, he discovers that there is another side to his client that no one knows...... The other side?" Seeing the sentence at the end of the introduction, Jerry thought of the gloomy look that flashed in the trailer...... This is the other side of the supporting actor, the dual personality?

So when I auditioned for supporting actors, I also sent invitations to Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Wheaton, it turned out that I wanted to play split personality in the movie. Jerry thinks that the difficulty of the role of split personality is how to make the two personalities of the same person distinct and concrete, and the newcomer who is often difficult to fully interpret the role of a split personality actually plays the role of split personality?

Jerry shook his head with a smile and skipped some behind-the-scenes articles to see the final creator interview. What surprised him was that although Allen was only played by a supporting actor, Catherine seemed to give him the same length as Richard? Jerry continued to watch, saw the interesting story of the interview, saw Theolod Lecht's interpretation of the dream, and saw the screenwriter's evaluation of this newcomer, and couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

Could it be that those film critics and his inertial perception are wrong, and this newcomer with a somewhat long name is really outstanding?

Jerry also saw Catherine's assessment of Theorod at the end: "When he sits quietly, you can hardly believe that he will be the cowardly and innocent child in the movie, or the murderous and brutal terrorist." And when he smiles at you, you will feel the arrival of spring. Who is Theolod Recht? Maybe he's a madman crazy about acting, but in my eyes he's just a modest, polite, and warm boy. ”

Jerry looked at the photo next to the interview article, wearing a simple British sweater and jeans, canvas shoes, sitting sideways on the armrest of the sofa, smiling and looking at the camera, he looked like a warm sun, even Jerry, who is a man who doesn't pay much attention to men's appearance, only pays attention to actor man, has to admit that this guy is so good-looking, and it is by no means the kind of sissy good-looking.

He could imagine how many women would fall madly in love with him by then.

Compared with the cute blue-eyed boy with a weak body and clear eyes in the stills, and the photo of the green-eyed boy who was as cold as a snake at the moment when he raised his eyes, Jerry suddenly felt that maybe this kid's acting skills were really good......

Wait, how can his eyes change color? Oh, it says the director used different lighting techniques......

Before he knew it, Jerry had read the feature twice, and when he closed the magazine, he felt like he was looking forward to the April movie.

There are also many fans like him, and there are many people who have learned about Theorod for the first time, his character, and his role with the help of "Empire" magazine. Even fans who didn't know anything about "First Degree Fear" and Theorod turned on their computers to search for more information about Theorod after reading this issue.

As a result, they were surprised to find that there was nothing, his resume was blank, his profile was zero, and he didn't even have a personal homepage and fan forum!

Who the hell is Theolod Recht? Where did he come from? What kind of acting school did he go to? Why didn't he even have a height, weight, or age?

The Internet exploded all of a sudden, and Marshall, who had aroused the curiosity of fans, only updated his profile and blog homepage about Theolod on the Internet the next day, and people had an understanding of this newcomer who appeared out of thin air.

What? He's only eighteen years old this year? And he was only seventeen when he acted in this movie? A seventeen-year-old kid who has never acted in anything and has not received systematic learning can play opposite Richard Gere as soon as he goes out and tries out, and the role is quite heavy?

And for the first time in the newspaper, there were more positive comments about Theolod - judging from the behind-the-scenes set shots, it looks pretty good? After all, you can't be too harsh on people when you're a newcomer, right?

In any case, Theolod's fan forum was quietly established, and the small vacuum, which had not been paid much attention to, came to the public for the first time.