Chapter 52: Dancing with the Devil
The beautiful and tidy campus is silent, a white school building stands in the middle of the campus, and a high flagpole is erected in front of the building, and the Star-Spangled Banner and the bear flag representing California flutter up and down in the wind.
On the window seat of a classroom, Carey Mulligan subconsciously turned the ballpoint pen with his right hand, held up his chin with his left hand, and looked at the flagpole through the glass in a daze, as if the big brown bear on the state flag was more attractive than the handsome male teacher on the podium.
"It's boring." She muttered to herself, "I don't know what's going on with Murphy." ”
Leaving the crew, Carey Mulligan feels like a caged bird again, and freedom and dreams are once again gone from her.
When will Murphy save himself? The thought could not help but pop through Kerry Mulligan's mind.
In an instant, the pattern on the state flag she was staring at changed, and the brown bear turned into a human being, with short stubble, hard facial contours, deep eyes, and a tall and muscular body...... Oh, and a few faint scars on his face, which made him look so different.
What's more, he is empathetic, passionate, and always able to solve all obstacles and problems.
For some reason, Carey Mulligan felt like he wanted to fly to the northern basin of the San Fernando Valley, even if it was to take a look and come back.
"Carey Mulligan ......" The male teacher noticed her abnormality, "Kerry Mulligan! ”
The girl was reveling in her own fantasies, how could she hear the voices outside.
The male teacher screamed several times in a row, and a girl in the back stretched out her foot and kicked her chair hard, and Kerry Mulligan came to his senses and quickly stood up.
"Uh......" Carey Mulligan looked east and west, overwhelmed.
"Carey Mulligan," the teacher said, "could you tell me about the origin of the California flag." ”
As an Englishman, how could she care about the origin of the California state flag, her lips rolled twice, and she could only say helplessly, "I'm sorry." ”
Although the male teacher did not embarrass her, after sitting down, Carey Mulligan's face collapsed again, and he poked the textbook with a ballpoint pen hatefully, hating the school that bound her freedom to the extreme.
"I'm going to go crazy if I keep going like this!"
She shook her head and looked down at her desk, painfully waiting for the end of class to come.
The bell finally rang, and the male teacher had just left the classroom, when the girl who reminded her stood up and asked curiously, "Kerry, what are you thinking?" I've been wandering my mind today. ”
Carey Mulligan threw the ballpoint pen on the table and said angrily, "Nothing." ”
The girl seemed to have a good relationship with her, and suddenly changed to a gossip tone, "Could it be...... It's your first love, right? ”
Carey Mulligan was stunned.
Seeing her expression, the girl's gossip heart became even stronger, grabbed her hand, and hurriedly asked, "Who is he?" How does first love feel? Where are you at this point? Have you ever slept together? ”
This series of questions made Carey Mulligan not know how to answer, but fortunately, another classmate's voice sounded at the door of the classroom, "Carey, someone is looking for you!" ”
Carey Mulligan quickly broke free of the girl's hand and ran out, where agent Bill Rothes was waiting in the hallway outside the classroom.
When she saw her agent, she hurriedly asked in the first sentence, "When can we go to the crew." ”
"I've taken a leave of absence for you." Bill Rothes pointed to the classroom behind her, "Go back and pack your things, I'll be waiting for you outside campus." ”
The dying Carey Mulligan instantly came back to life, screamed excitedly, turned around and rushed back to the classroom.
The crew is the life she wants, there are her characters, her soul, and a Murphy who is very, very good to her.
With Carey Mulligan back on set, Murphy's work is back on track, and in the days before, he's done all the James Franco solo shots, and the rest is now Hayley and Jeff rivalry.
The crew is running more and more smoothly, although there are problems of one kind or another, but the film's extremely small scale is placed here, and Murphy can always find a suitable solution, even if the set designer and gaffer are mediocre, it is still possible to act as his assistant temporarily.
I have to say that James Franco, he is still very young now, and his acting skills are far from reaching the level of the future, but it is enough to deal with such a B-grade film, and he can even be said to be the most stable part of the entire crew during the filming process.
And after Carey Mulligan returned to the crew, James Franco always avoided her intentionally or unintentionally except for working hours, and it seems that the last incident left a psychological shadow.
The whole filming process was tortuous, but with the incentive of the salary, everyone was able to revolve around Murphy and work forward together.
Murphy is also looking at his employees, and although the success or failure of the film is unknown, he is also preparing for the next step of possible zài, and forming a relatively stable team is an essential part of every director's growth.
The gaffers and set designers are so average that Murphy would not have been able to use them if it weren't for the limited time and lack of options, and these two people were not in the ranks of his re-collaboration.
To be exact, with the exception of makeup artist Jake Watson and hard-working intern Paul Wilson, where the others came from and where they will return.
Unlike others who continue to stay in Hollywood, Jessica Chastain plans to take a break from her internship and return to New York to complete her final studies at the Juilliard School.
After months of preparation and shooting, she has also accumulated some experience in film production, especially Murphy, who sees many mistakes and constantly corrects himself, and truly understands that it is not easy to succeed in this industry.
The crew ushered in the filming of the final scene, and everyone else was cheering, but Jessica Chastain stood calmly in the corner, watching the blood-covered James Franco being tortured by the equally blood-soaked Carey Mulligan for the last time.
Originally, she also had a role in filming, but it was canceled by Murphy on a temporary basis.
The bright eyes hidden under the red bangs turned to Murphy, who was filming with a camera, and there was a little complication in it, and Jessica Chastain also had a hard time explaining her feelings.
In order to succeed, this person will do whatever it takes to do so, as long as he does not cross the boundaries of the law.
Even, she felt that she was affected by something.
Fortunately, she will leave when she gets her salary, and there should be no cooperation in the future.
Dancing with demons has always felt heavy for her, but fortunately, this qiē is finally coming to an end.