On the way home, Norton was finally relieved to introduce Theolod to the script he had been admiring, so the two kept talking on the phone until they got home and started cooking. Originally, Theorod was going to prepare his own dinner today, but it turned out that this preparation was soaked, and Maggie couldn't do without the TV for the time being, so the cooking work fell to Nattel, who was supposed to go home after helping to buy groceries.

Naturally, Natel would not refuse the opportunity to continue to tempt Theorod with food, he wished he could stay at Maggie's house, and at this moment, he didn't even need Theorod to say anything, he took the initiative to go into the kitchen and process the ingredients.

To put it simply, Norton is going to make a light comedy, dedicated to his mother, who died of cancer in 1997, because this is the kind of romantic comedy she loved most in her life, for which he has been preparing for two years, and now he has finally accumulated a certain fame, and he can try to make a debut film- You must know that he is one of the nominees for Best Actor at the 71st Oscar this year, and the sensation caused at that time was not as small as when Theorod was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, but this year's Oscars did not have anything to do with Theorod, and he just called Guò to bless Norton a few words.

Closer to home, this romantic comedy is titled "As Always", which tells the story of a cliché love triangle, but the two men in it are Catholic priests and the other are Jewish godfathers, and the priests can't get married, and the godfathers can't be non-Juda, which adds a bit of refreshing color to this bloody love triangle.

However, Theorod, who has long been an old fritter, also knows that once any film involves religion, it is no longer so easy to succeed, not to mention that this film is not only about Catholicism, but also about Judaism, which corresponds to it and has been with it for a long time, and the two religions together can cause a lot of disputes and friction at any time.

It's not easy to make a movie that satisfies both parties, and you have to make it less preachy, and it's even more difficult to get closer to comedy, and it's easy to get fishy if you don't handle it well.

This is also the reason why senior directors generally don't like to associate religion with comedy, and now the director who has the courage to break through the narrow vision of the world and rebel and try the new is still an actor who has just made a name for himself in Hollywood, and the other party has not even made a life DVD before. If it is an ordinary actor, even if he has a good relationship with the other party, he will apologetically refuse at this moment, after all, no one wants to joke about his future, even if he refuses, it will not affect the friendship between the two parties, but he nodded, if the movie fails, it will outweigh the losses.

However, Theolod is not an ordinary person, and who cares about the future? He has long been tired of looking at those little golden men that others can't dream of, and now, it's good to be happy.

Seeing that Theorod still agreed to play after listening to his specific explanation, Norton was so happy that he said several words of "I love you", obviously he was very happy, he didn't have much hope - he thought that Theorod had never had much enthusiasm for romantic comedies, and his true love was a cool drama - but he didn't expect the other party to agree, and agreed so naturally.

"Well, I love you too. When the other party happily confided his "heart" to Theorod for the fourth time, he responded softly with a smile on his face, and then, only heard a "bang" sound from the kitchen, Theorod probed slightly, and the first thing that caught his eye was a bright boning knife inserted / on the cutting board, and then the back of Natel, who was standing in front of the stove and was busy casually.

Although Theolod had already understood Nattel's thoughts, this was the first time he realized that this guy's vinegar was actually quite powerful. Looking at his knife throwing posture just now, he directly startled the two puppies who were surrounding him and looked at him expecting him to get some food, and ran quickly to Theorod's feet with his tail between his legs, and the little Doberman jumped up and pounced on Theorod's legs.

Its pitiful appearance made Theolod cry and laugh, and he had to say to Norton on the other side: "My Norton director, it suddenly occurred to me now, is it a bit unruly for the director to skip the agent and go directly to the actor to negotiate the film contract? I think you should talk to Marshall next." But I'll build yì you, when you look for him, don't make a few phone calls in a row like this time to explain your intentions, he is a person who has a girlfriend. Okay, my Nati is coquettish with me, I've got to rub his hair and rub his belly, we can talk about other things later, I'll be in New York next week, remember?"

Nattel, who was in the kitchen, stiffened, and for some reason he always felt that the ridicule in Theolod's tone when he called "Nati" just now seemed to mean something else.

Norton didn't know what was going on, he laughed and suggested that Theolod should have a cat like he did, so that every time it was spoiled, he would feel like he was blessed with grace and not helpless, and hung up.

Theolod threw the phone aside, squatted down and rubbed Nati's dog head, and Nati lay down, revealing her soft belly. Hittite, who was standing beside it, saw that his little friend said that he would lie down, and he also fell to the ground wisely, learning the posture of Nati who was willing to get up after falling and asking his master to rub his belly.

Without saying a word, their owners stood up, stepped over their bodies, and walked into the kitchen without looking back.

"Wang qaq?" the two puppies rolled and farted and followed.

Natel was skillfully stewing minced meat and tomato sauce, and Theolod had rarely seen Natel cook in person before, and he had rarely eaten Natel's own cooking, except for the few times when the two of them had a small gathering in the villa on the eve of his twenty-first birthday, but by then Natel had already prepared most of the dishes.

Theorod, who somehow thought of that experience, shook his head, and quickly kept that memory in his mind. He stepped forward, glanced at the slightly messy hair on Nattel's head, and naturally reached out his hand...... I brushed his hair and said very naturally, "Is there anything you need help with?"

Nattel took a big step back in an exaggerated manner and stared at Theorod with wide eyes - sure enough! Sure enough, what you said earlier was about him! Who the is spoiled with you! Are you supposed to be your stupid dog!

The two stupid dogs, sitting side by side, tilted their heads at the same time - so their master didn't rub their bellies because he had to go to the other's hair.

"What's wrong?" the initiator Theorod blinked innocently and pretended to be stupid, "By the way, pay attention to your pot, the ketchup soup is almost dry." ”

“…… Don't touch my head......" Natle muttered a little frustrated, quickly turning off the fire. How did he remember that he seemed to have said something like that to Theorod a long time ago...... Forget it, just touch it, at least the previous Theolod would not treat him like this, which shows that there are still changes.

Thinking of this, Nattle's mood was much happier again. Next, he and Theorod prepared dinner together before calling Maggie to eat with him. At the dinner table, Maggie also excitedly tells Theolod and Natel about the latest episode of Will and Grace.

As a sitcom, the most unusual thing about "Will and Grace" is that one of its protagonists, Will, is a homosexual, and in the late nineties, people's perception and first impression of homosexuality in the United States was not good, but at this time, there was such a TV series that dared to break through the world's stereotypes and put a sitcom about homosexuality on the big screen in the United States for the first time.

Theolod was a little surprised when he first learned about this drama, because in his world, even in the 21st century, there are very few gay-themed film and television works, and even if there is a response, it is not very good. But he was relieved to think that people in this world have a much more relaxed attitude towards homosexuals.

However, he didn't expect Maggie to be able to say that kind of thing - "Theo, after watching this TV series, I finally understand that the gay community is not a plague that people can't avoid, they are all ordinary people, just like us." Look at you, I haven't had a girlfriend since I entered Hollywood, and to be honest, if you decide to come out with a man one day, I won't care, grandma will always support you. ”

"Zila-" Theolod was startled and the knife that was cutting the fish steak slashed hard against the plate, making a screeching sound.

"Puff cough cough ......" Natel was also so frightened that he choked directly on the mushroom soup.

"What's your reaction? Are you homophobes, or are you two going to come out together?" Maggie said in a joking tone at the end, but Natel found that his palms were already nervous and sweaty, and he quietly looked at Theorod who was sitting next to Maggie, his eyes lowering and slowly handling the fish steak, his expression was too natural, as if he was not the one who made that mental pollution noise before.

"No, how could it be?" Theorod said helplessly, "Dear grandma, I know what you want to say, you want me to find a girlfriend, but, you have to understand, I'm not in a relationship yet, I can stir up some scandals, but I must not establish a relationship." Besides, I'm so busy every day, I don't have enough time to spend with you, how can I be willing to squeeze out another time from the time I spend with you to spend with my girlfriend. ”

"Okay, I know you're not available, but I've got to try, don't I, and I want to see my great-grandson when I get the chance. In the past few years, your mouth has become sweeter and sweeter, and I can't even talk about you. Maggie sighed in compromise.

Theorod was completely silent because of the word "great-grandson".

After the meal, while Theorod was washing the dishes, Natel came to him, took a dry rag, and with Theorod, one washed the dishes and the other dried the dishes and put them in the cupboard. After a moment of silence, Natel said softly: "Actually, you don't have to pay too much attention to Maggie's words, you know that she loves you, and she cares more about your happiness and happiness than her great-grandson." ”

“…… I know, but ...... "This is what Maggie wanted to see most before she died, she wanted to see him happily enter the marriage hall with his lover, get married and have children, but he didn't do any of them, whether it was spiritual happiness or physical children." He is married to acting, and his children are his films.

“…… It is said that the group of scientists who have nothing to do are working on same-sex childbearing technology, so maybe ...... Well. Nattle remembered the news he had seen at some point.

Although Natl was indeed comforting, for some reason Theorod always felt that something was wrong, and he thought about it and decided to put the question in the back of his mind.

A week later, Theolod flew to New York to record The Daily Show with Norton and Finch, who they hadn't seen for a long time.