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In the villa's reception room, Murphy saw the religious figure he had met at the wedding of James Franco and Lily Collins.

Gal Gadot also greeted the Márquez Costello priest quite politely, and then had tea brought in.

Fr. Márquez Costello sat on the couch next to Murphy and said with a smile, "I came to Beverly Hills this morning to meet an old friend, but I didn't expect him to have something to do for him, and he happened to pass by your house, remembering that pleasant meeting in the Caribbean, so I came to see you." ”

"It's our pleasure." Murphy exchanged a look with Gal Gadot without a trace.

This kind of nonsense, those who believe in piety may believe it, but they just listen to it, this Márquez-Costello is the Catholic regional archbishop in Southern California, busy with religious affairs, it is said that as soon as the term of office is up, it is likely to return to the Vatican to be promoted to cardinal archbishop, how can he have leisure to pass by the wave estate?

"I walked all the way from the gate of the manor...... "Father Márquez-Costello," always smiled kindly, "and I didn't see any signs related to religion. ”

"Huh?" Murphy thought for a moment and said, "The manor was renovated by a foreign company, maybe they ignored it." ”

In fact, the decoration of the Wave Manor was completely done according to the meaning of Gal Gadot, who believed in Judaism, but she knew that Murphy did not believe in religion or other ethereal things at all, so she did not put any facilities or decorations related to Judaism in the manor.

The corners of Father Márquez-Costello's mouth turned up slightly, and he said, "Mr. Stanton, if this dwelling could be bathed in the Lord's ......"

"Ahem!" Gal Gadot suddenly let out a cough and continued, "Sorry, I may have caught a cold lately. ”

Murphy remained silent, looked at the teacup on the coffee table next to Father Márquez-Costello's sofa, and made a gesture of please, "Father, this is the best Longjing tea imported from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it is said that the annual output is not even ten pounds, and I entrusted a lot of connections to buy it." ”

Hearing Murphy say this, Father Márquez Costello had no choice but to pick up the teacup, take a sip, and then nod in approval, "It's really good tea." ”

"It's a pity that there are so few of them." Murphy deliberately diluted the subject, "If the priest is interested, you can bring some back and drink slowly." ”

Father Márquez Costello hurriedly raised his hand and shook it, "I'm still more used to drinking black tea. ”

As he spoke, his brows furrowed slightly, just like the previous meeting, the big director opposite obviously had no interest in talking about religious beliefs, and he didn't seem to be very interested in believing in Catholicism.

But he wasn't here for religious reasons.

Taking another sip from his teacup, Father Márquez Costello asked tentatively, "I heard that Mr. Stanton's new film is about to be released?" ”

"yes." Murphy immediately raised his vigilance, "It will be screened in a handful of theaters in Los Angeles and New York starting next month." ”

Fr. Márquez-Costello bowed slightly, "I recently heard a few friends from Hollywood mention that there is something about Catholicism in your film? ”

Although the film has not yet been fully produced and no outsiders have seen it, it is impossible to keep it completely secret, not to mention that the crew had filmed the exterior in an abandoned Catholic church at that time.

Murphy believes that Father Márquez-Costello may have received some uncertain or troublesome news and wanted to come over and make a stop, otherwise he would not have been so polite.

"There's part of the Catholic stuff in downtown Los Angeles in the '80s." Murphy was telling the truth, "There's not a lot of content, and the theme of the film is not religion, but crime." ”

Hearing these words, Father Márquez Costello glanced at Murphy and felt that Murphy should be telling the truth, and his smile became even kinder, "Mr. Stanton, if you shoot subjects related to Catholicism in the future, you can say hello to the Church, and we will do our best to assist you." ”

"Oh?" Murphy didn't seem convinced.

Father Márquez-Costello added, "We are also happy to work with a great director like you. ”

Murphy nodded, "I'll let the priest know if I shoot any more subjects." ”

"I'll do my best." Father Márquez Costello relieved himself and stood up to take his leave,"

Oh, I'll check out the old friend again, he should be back. ”

"Then I won't keep it." Murphy doesn't say any hypocritical polite words either.

He also stood up and walked with Gal Gadot to the outside of the villa with Father Márquez Costello, who, anyway, were guests, and the basic etiquette was still present for the two of them.

As for what Father Márquez Costello said about greeting the Catholic Church, he naturally threw it aside, even if he filmed subjects about this kind of religion, he would not trouble these people, and to greet them would not be a big pair of scissors on his head?

Coming to the door of the villa, the driver of Father Márquez Costello had already driven the car, he walked out of the villa and was about to get into the car when he suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Father Márquez Costello stop, Gal Gadot, who was following Murphy, walked up to him, stopped, frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "Is there anything else with him?" ”

Murphy shook his head, "Who knows." ”

Father Márquez-Costello is the archbishop of the region after all, and if he doesn't leave, Murphy, as the master, can't blast him out, right?

"Mr. Stanton." Father Márquez Costello turned his head, looked at Murphy, and asked, "Do you believe in heaven?" ”

Despite not knowing what Father Márquez-Costello meant by asking, Murphy told the truth, "I don't believe in heaven. ”

Father Márquez Costello was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?" ”

"Because my life is a hundred times better now than in heaven." Murphy looked to the side, "For me, where there is Gail, there is heaven. ”

He spread his hands, "I am now living in a realistic paradise, why should I believe in the paradise of nothingness anymore?" ”

Gal Gadot quietly reached out his right hand and squeezed Murphy's left hand hard.

With his eyes moving slightly, Father Márquez Costello glanced at Gal Gadot, as if he couldn't believe that a Hollywood director could be so obsessed with a woman.

After a pause, Fr. Márquez-Costello asked, "Do you believe in God?" ”

"It doesn't matter if we believe in God or not...... Murphy said unabashedly, "because God never believes in us." ”

Listening to Murphy say this, Father Márquez Costello gradually understood something, and knew that the possibility of developing this Hollywood director to become a Catholic believer was probably very low.

This is simply a typical atheist.

Father Márquez Costello did not stop any longer, turned to get into the car, and under the watchful eyes of Murphy and Gal Gadot, the car went around the fountain and drove out of the Wave Estate along the road facing the villa.

"He seems to have heard something." Gal Gadot retracted his gaze and said, "I just don't know exactly what it is. ”

"Leave him alone." Murphy knew that after the film was released, it would definitely attract a lot of criticism like the original "Child Abuse Suspicion", and the criticism and the voice of the Catholic Church may be even louder, after all, his current fame and status are much greater than John Patrick Stanley, he took the lead in turning back to the villa, and said to Gal Gadot who followed up, "Hollywood has the freedom to make films, this is the most basic rule in the circle, if the voice of the Catholic Church is too loud, it will also be good for me." ”

Are there still fewer controversial films made in Hollywood? There are not two scandals about Catholicism, and if Catholicism really attacks him, then he will definitely become the object of support from the entire Hollywood circle.

This is the United States, it's California, not the Northeast and European countries like Italy.

After returning to the room and changing clothes, Murphy and Gal Gadot drove to the Fox Building and Stanton Studios respectively, and Murphy had handed over the day-to-day affairs of Stanton Studios to Gal Gadot so that he could spare most of his energy to focus on the filming and production of the film.

A director, if he is involved in too many things, will definitely affect the quality of the work.

Murphy mainly deals with the dubbing and compositing, after all the dialogue and selected music are completed, let the sound editors dub the film with a variety of different sound effects, so that the sound part of "Diego Rose" is all ready, and there is another process to add the pre- and post-subtitles to the film.

After completing this, Murphy made two more copies of the final cut version of the film, one was a digital copy, which was used for DVD pressing, on-demand download on online platforms, and TV broadcasts. The other was a copy of the film, which was immediately sent to the printing house after it reached Twentieth Century Fox and was ready to be printed for theatrical screening.

By Sunday night, all the post-production of "Diego Rose" was completed, and Murphy got the planned work done on time, although the process was a bit rushed and the pressure was greater, but he finally didn't miss the screening scheduled for December.

Before the screening, the film had to be sent to the MPAA for rating, and there was basically no problem with this film being rated R, Twentieth Century Fox itself had enough influence within the MPAA, and the overall scale of the film was not particularly large, not as good as Murphy's previous "The Wolf of Wall Street".

In this way, all that remains for Murphy is to cooperate with Twentieth Century Fox to promote the film, and then wait for the screening to start before Christmas.

The weekend before Thanksgiving has passed, and "The End of the World" has also delivered a good answer. (To be continued.) )