Chapter 253: Bright Flowers

"It's coming, it's coming. www.starter oh dear"

For London, the weather in March is still not warm, people still prefer to spend less time outside, after all, the cold wind is not pleasant, but outside a studio in the suburbs of London, no less than 20 paparazzi gathered on the open field, they are like stray animals with nowhere to go, crowded together one by one, erected the collar of their coats to block the cold wind, constantly stamping their feet to dispel the cold, chatting vaguely through their scarves, until a car shadow appeared on the road in the distance, Only then did they get excited and squeeze towards the gate, just to get a better camera angle.

The paparazzi were a little disappointed when they saw that it was a black Mercedes-Benz sedan instead of the Ford SUV they were expecting, but they still didn't put down their cameras, still through the glass, capturing Salvi. Toozi's expression, and as he slowed down in front of the studio gate, they crowded forward and shouted through the window.

"Salvi, will Jennifer come today?"

"What do you think of her Oscar?"

"Tell us, are the rumors true, is she really in a relationship with the Emirati royal family? Eon, Salvi, he's your classmate! ”

Salvi's countenance did not fluctuate in the slightest, he seemed to be unaware of the noisy problems, and his attitude towards the paparazzi was a bit cold, as soon as the studio door opened, he slowly accelerated, and even forced several paparazzi to back away before they made way for him - and once he found a gap, he stepped on the gas pedal and rushed into the studio, leaving no chance for the paparazzi.

"Damn, he's not Christopher. Hanks," a couple of paparazzi nearly got hit, and they were so stunned that they cursed a few swear words, "wait for the court summons." ”

"I advise you to make less trouble for yourself." His colleague lit a cigarette and looked at the beginning of the branch, gossiping, "Don't you see the notice at the gate, vehicles enter and exit, please do not linger in front of the gate...... You won't be able to take advantage of going to court, and you may be countersued - I've heard about Shef, right? ”

"Of course." Several paparazzi gathered, "Any new news?" ”

For the paparazzi in the UK, their life has not been easy in recent years, they have been allowed to run rampant, and the political and economic circles that are helpless to them seem to have lost patience, and more and more signs show that the paparazzi's lawless good days are running out: if it was in the past, the news published by the Daily Mirror would not have caused them much trouble at all, after all, on the bright side, they just reprinted a piece of news on the Internet, although a discerning person can easily see the connection between the two sides. But in the absence of direct evidence, the toddler and bloated Scotland Yard had no intention of taking matters into its own hands, at most it could be traced back to breaking into Jennifer. The thug at Jefferson's residence, give him a few days in prison, and the matter is over. Even Jennifer. Jefferson took the Daily Mirror to court, and painstakingly proved the connection between the two, and the matter was not in their favor - the judge awarded thousands of pounds at most, and the Daily Mirror would certainly benefit in the tens of millions.

However, this time things turned out unexpectedly, perhaps because the incident involved American superstar Jennifer . Jefferson, the British tabloids and police stations were attacked and ridiculed by their American counterparts for this, the former became a representative of the madness, and the latter's slight delay in solving the case would attract ridicule and ridicule from American gossip websites, and this seems to have aroused the dissatisfaction of the British police circles, who solved the case with great speed, and have quickly locked down the unlucky guy who broke the door, and, according to the paparazzi's internal information, in the case of several private detectives who came all the way from the United States. With help, Scotland Yard has managed to find a chain of evidence that could lock the Daily Mirror in the dock, and even the free press card is not so good this time. There are even rumors that this incident will be the last straw on the camel's back, and will become a big excuse for British politics to tighten media control, along with the "News of the World" eavesdropping scandal that broke out the year before last.

"Sheff is in big trouble this time," the well-informed paparazzi grimaced, "I've heard that he, like Gurman, could be sentenced to four to six years." ”

There was a low buzz all around, and many paparazzi were ignited with a strong sense of crisis: although Sheff did too much, but these paparazzi can't guarantee that they haven't played a similar sidekick, for the sake of news, they used to do everything unscrupulously, and rarely think that they will be punished one day, after the outbreak of the royal eavesdropping case in 06, some paparazzi changed to the entertainment line, to be honest, if they have Shef's creativity and connections, no one dares to guarantee that they will not do the same thing as him, To Jennifer. Jefferson, they kind of bullied the alien population. - A star, an American, and the royal family, of course, she is a soft persimmon, and no one thought that it was this soft persimmon that made Sheff plant it. Although the latter's movement was indeed a little too noisy, it still made them feel cold.

"William, is Sheff going to admit it?" William, the paparazzi of the Daily Mirror, became the target of questioning, "He has no other plans?" ”

"Why not? Colleagues can't reach him anymore. William leaned over and took a deep puff on his cigarette, "He hasn't heard from him since a few days ago, and we guess he must have figured it out - who knows, he worked for the Mirror for so long, maybe they didn't want him to go to court, and simply gave him a sum of money and sent him away." ”

Evaporate from the world for a sentence of 4 to 6 years? Wouldn't that be too expensive? Even if none of the paparazzi wanted to go in, they were stunned when they heard the words, but before they could ask in detail, someone exclaimed, "Nanny car!" - Jennifer is here! ”

The unlucky Schef was suddenly forgotten by everyone, and the paparazzi raised their cameras one after another and rushed to the favorable terrain, and many people were already shouting, "Jennifer, Jennifer, hey! Tell us about your thoughts on winning the Oscar! ”

"You and Said. Is Al Nahyan dating? Why didn't you go to the Oscars with him? Jennifer? ”

The nanny had a baffle in the car, and the glass was all blackened, so they couldn't take any photos, but the paparazzi weren't discouraged and still banged on the windows and yelled, hoping to get a little response: after she won her third Oscar at the age of 27, Jennifer. Jefferson is back in the headlines of major plates, and the demand for her recent photos has increased again, and the paparazzi have long made up their minds to stay here for a day and try their best to take her photos on the set.

With the intervention of the security guards, the car drove into the iron gate with difficulty, and the paparazzi immediately leaned down in front of the railing and set up a telephoto lens: here you can get a picture of Jennifer getting out of the car, even if it is very blurry, but for the hungry tabloids, such a picture is enough to satisfy their appetite temporarily......

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"Welcome back, Jennifer."

"Congratulations on your third Oscar, Jennifer."

"Congratulations, Jennifer, you were so beautiful at the ceremony."

Although there is no clear evidence, but as far as Jenny's own feelings are concerned, her popularity in the crew of "Monroe" should be relatively the worst, although in the process of her walking all the way into the studio, many staff members congratulated her briskly, but this is nothing more than work etiquette, after she won the Oscar, "Avatar", "Prada", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Fifth Sally" crew members have called and sent emails to congratulate, in addition to the director, screenwriter, producer and other big names, lighting, The field staff and even the costume designer and makeup artist have sent emails, although this is not without flattery, but at least for these people, Jenny is still worth pleasing - but the crew of "Monroe" is now working with her, but except for Simon who sent her a text message, even Salvi is silent, and as for the other staff, they dare not disturb her. This also shows that her emotional problems during the filming have been perceived by the staff, and even affected her socialization.

"I'm glad to be back, thank you, Jeff, you're very handsome today." Responding to her colleagues with rare energy, Jenny walked into the arranged scene while playing with the phone chain, and the assistant director stepped forward to demonstrate the curled up posture for Jenny, "We started shooting from this scene today, and if it goes well, we may be able to finish shooting all the close-up shots in the room." ”

"A Week with Monroe" has been filmed for three months, and in the two weeks that Jenny left, Simon and the rest of the crew completed a lot of scenes, and Salvi also led the team to shoot some exterior locations, and in the current shooting schedule, only the last part of the studio scene has not been filmed - this is also the most important part of the movie: Monroe's mental problems and the crew can not continue filming, she returns to the manor to recuperate, and Colin is handpicked by her, lives in the manor, and spends a happy week with her. During the week, Monroe and Colin fell in love briefly but passionately, and at the end of the week, the filming of the film ended. Miller returned to England, and the relationship between Colin and Monroe naturally came to an end.

"I don't think it's going to be too difficult," Salvi commented at last night's filming session, "if we have done the foreshadowing part of the film well, yes, it's not too hard, the relationship between Colin and Monroe has been brewed and accumulated repeatedly, and all we have to do is let them burst out naturally at this stage, let them naturally display these emotions in front of the camera, and be witnessed and recorded by others." ”

Jenny also agrees with this, she feels that Salvi is a very capable director, because he is very good at communicating and mining the emotions of the actors. Cameron is often angry that the actor can't give him the feeling he wants, and at the same time, the actor is also upset because he can't tell what the director wants. In every shooting scene of "Monroe", the director and the actors can understand what kind of feeling they are after, and because the performance is basically advancing in chronological order, the actors' emotional development is naturally brewing, and it is relatively easy to enter the play. Although she herself has some psychological problems because of filming, but generally speaking, the crew's filming work has not encountered bottlenecks, whether it is the director, actors or those staff with basic appreciation ability, they are quite satisfied with the crew's work status and shooting materials, it can be said that since the start of filming, the biggest suspense encountered by the crew is today - Jenny because of her personal schedule, the first time she left the crew for two weeks after joining the group, Simon filmed some of the location scenes arranged at the end of the movie during this period, And Jenny herself is also very busy, and she can't say that she can maintain the performance at all, whether the two can quickly enter the plot and find the previous chemistry, this is indeed no one can pack a ticket.

"We'll start with a close-up of the two of you hugging each other, where you and Colin wake up after a hugging nap and look at each other and smile at the tip of your nose in the afternoon sun." After getting a good pose, the assistant director began to explain their movements to Jenny and Simon, this scene is only a short sentence in the script, how to translate the script of the split shots, how to schedule the cast on the spot, that is the work of the film crew, "Then we will shoot some close-ups separately and rehearse with Simon, shall we, Jennifer?" We can also look for the angle of photography. ”

"Of course, no problem." Jenny shrugged her shoulders, handed the phone to Mary, who had been with her, unbuttoned her morning robe, opened her hand to Simon, and jokingly said, "Come on, dear." ”

This is an intimate scene, although there is no radical scene, but because Jenny and Simon are dressed lightly, the scene is also cleared, leaving only the necessary staff, but even so, there are still seven or eight staff members such as gaffers and photographers watching the shooting, after two weeks of busyness, the moment she took off her morning gown and revealed her nightdress, Jenny was indeed a little at a loss, as if Monroe's feeling had left her in the past ten days and would never come back. And the conversation with Maggie also affected her mood to a certain extent: 'If I had to say, every time the Methodist enters the play, it destroys her self-knowledge......

She felt that Maggie had a point, and this recognition prevented her from wholeheartedly trying to find a fit between Monroe and her - after realizing this, entering Monroe was like jumping down from the roof of a building, and the instinct to survive and protect oneself would make people restrain oneself and instinctively repel actions that would hurt oneself.

"Uh," Simon said, gesturing, and Jenny found herself standing still for a while, and Simon was strained by her wandering mind, "Jennifer, shouldn't we go to bed?" ”

He stuttered a little, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the wide neckline of his nightgown, but quickly moved away - this shyness was almost the same as Colin's, he had some previous experience, of course, but this experience did not allow him to resist Marilyn. Monroe or Jennifer. Jefferson's level of beauty, in front of them, he seemed very sensitive, and always felt that his performance was a little inappropriate.

And this crampedness is undoubtedly extraordinary-but-love---

The reporter who slapped the car window, dodged and walked quickly into the studio under the sound of the shutter, dressed in light clothes, trying to relax in front of the camera, showing the most beautiful side of the calculation, and in the pure eyes of the young man, the vanity of women was greatly satisfied......

After a period of excavation, Monroe and her common denominators are constantly multiplying, she is getting into the play faster and faster, but it is getting harder and harder to get out of the play, which once worried Jenny, but now, she enjoys the feeling of being in the play, after years of self-control, so wanton to sway her feminine charm, which is really pleasant, she lazily raised her eyebrows and handed Colin a wink, "We really should, shouldn't we?" ”

Colin swallowed visibly, and he stammered, as if he didn't believe he had such good fortune, "su...... sure。 ”

The assistant director turned on a light and let it shine into the middle of the set, which was more cost- and time-saving than live-action shooting: in London in March, it was a fool's dream to shoot a sunny afternoon, and the "Monroe" crew didn't have enough budget to rent a mansion abroad and wait for the right time and place on the expensive lawn. Studio shooting is undoubtedly the most attractive option, as it allows the crew to take several more takes at once, push and pull the camera more freely, and then knead the two pieces of footage together easily through special effects. The crew of "Monroe" used a large number of similar techniques to avoid location shooting, and the audience couldn't tell the truth from the fake just by watching the movie.

"Hmm......" Monroe, who had found a place on the bed, frowned and made an unhappy sound, she turned over childishly and hid her head on Colin's shoulder, while Colin who was napping was woken up by her, opened her eyes in confusion, and looked at Monroe with some confusion - his eyes quickly widened, and his pupils quickly glanced at the decoration of the room, and after a while, his shoulders relaxed, and Colin turned around and lay on his side to shield Monroe from the disturbing sun, looking affectionately, even incredulously, at the peerless beauty in his arms, and Monroe, her eyelashes trembled a few times, and she slowly opened them, her pale lips showed a childish smile, looking at Colin happily and innocently, as if looking at a kind stranger - an angel, their strangeness to each other was clear at a glance, this was Colin and Monroe's first intimate contact, but the attraction and trust were so natural, Monroe trusted Colin wholeheartedly, admired Colin, she didn't want to conquer him, she would never move this idea in front of him, She didn't even use her beauty as a weapon, and Colin, he wasn't admiring Monroe's beauty, it wasn't, it was two souls—two souls who were attracted to each other looking at each other, feeling the joy and peace that naturally welled up on their lips.

"Very good," Salvi walked into the venue at some point, his familiar voice coming through the headset, as professional and cautious as ever, "I see you've found that feeling, Colin, you move a few centimeters out, Monroe maintains the original position, the lights are slightly turned up, the angle is too low now." Who's going to adjust the angle of the pot of flowers so that the ornamentation is completely visible in the shot...... Let's start the first scene shoot of the day, 3, 2, 1, a! ”

"Hmm......" Monroe frowned again and turned in Colin's direction—

"Cut," Salvi shouted, "Monroe's sheet is looser, be careful when you turn over, don't break the folds of the sheets." ”

After a few NGs, the first shot was successfully completed, and they took a close-up without a break - the camera took Colin's place, and Monroe smiled into the camera with a lazy and quiet smile, with some sleepiness in her smile - the smile in this close-up was exactly what the two of them had 'seen' from Colin's eyes when they had just looked at each other and smiled.

"It's a little deeper," this is a shot that doesn't have a clear starting point in time and doesn't need to capture sound, so Salvi directs Jenny's performance directly to help her get deeper into the state, "just put aside all self-control and reveal your heart, what he has given you-"

His voice was low, and it seemed so eloquent in the silence of the studio that it was almost like a whisper in his ear, "What is in your heart attracted to him, the emotions you have not expressed, but which you cannot ignore—"

The familiar sweetness gushed out from her heart again, Jenny, part of her in Monroe's body, as if she had drunk too much wine, and remained relatively awake in the haze, she realized that this wave of love was surging, but at this moment she had no intention of self-control, in this place, there was a person who attracted her, and was attracted to her, they did not say it, but she never ignored it, she could feel the emotion he transmitted through the camera, this seems to be restrained, but it reveals an endless hunger of love, Through his intonation, his voice, and his eyes, rolling and rubbing and lingering on her skin, and she couldn't help but shine through the camera, in his eyes, with her smile and eyes—to convey the unspoken affection, the attraction, the love, the longing, the longing, the need, from the soul -

“…… cut,good! I don't know if it was her delusion, but Salvi's pronunciation of the word was almost a bit too forceful. With his words, the photographer who had been squatting on the edge of the bed also straightened up, picked up the camera and walked to the other side of the bed - it was Colin's turn to shoot the corresponding close-up.

With many times of practice and familiarity, Jenny seems to have formed a conditioned reflex, after hearing the 'good', Marilyn's self-knowledge faded from her mind, leaving behind the same heavy aftertaste as when she quit the empathy golden finger, several memories used to enter the role before flickering in her mind, as if it was a lonely picture, I don't know which puzzle to choose to enter, the reporter is banging on the car window, shouting unpleasant questions - this should correspond to Marilyn's memories of leaving the street in a Rolls-Royce, Or the memories of Jenny entering the set in a nanny car this morning? Does it cause Marilyn's willful and snickering vanity, or Jenny's helplessness and irritability, which self does it belong to, Jenny or Marilyn?

Walking out of the shooting venue with a blank face, and Simon passed by, Jenny will indeed be powerless and unwilling to consider her own popularity, she almost snatched the mobile phone in Mary's hand, pinched the angular Rubik's Cube mobile phone chain, this familiar slight sting made her seem to find a connection with reality at once, and with its continuous rolling in the palm of her hand, and the silent chanting in her heart kept repeating 'Today is March 2nd, I am Jenny. Jefferson, I'm Chen Zhen, I had grapefruit juice and bacon scrambled eggs this morning' – reality resurfaces in the chaos of emotions, and the timeline is simple and straightforward: eating, rushing to the studio, putting on makeup, getting into the play - and most importantly, going out into the play.

If it were in the past, the aftertaste of Marilyn would haunt her for a long time, even all the way to her. Before going to bed, the feeling of being out of control in my mind has not faded, and it is normal to have nightmares when I fall asleep in this mental state. Maggie has taught her some tricks to solve this problem, and this short ritual with key props as the fulcrum is extremely helpful in 'confirming one's identity', and the more details Jenny remembers about her life, the easier it will be to distinguish between the real and the unreal. Jenny had tried to practice it a few times before when she was reading the script, and the effect was very good, and to her delight, the effect of this trick in actual combat had not diminished much.

When she let go of the phone chain and opened her eyes again, Jenny was almost as energetic as she had been when she came to the studio this morning, happily holding her cheeks, staring at Simon's performance, kneading the little Rubik's cube while thinking about Marilyn's change of mind in the next shot - and when Salvi's eyes inadvertently met her, she did not feel as weak as before, and it was difficult to look at him, but nodded at him calmly, and smiled slightly: For her's Salvi's heart knot', Maggie also pointed out, she did not comment on the right or wrong of Jenny's decision to "not want to fall in love", but told Jenny that the empathy phenomenon of method actors is very common in practice, and it is very common to feel that they are in love with the director and their partners during filming, and sometimes, actors will start a relationship with a fake relationship, but more often, as the performance ends, this chemistry will naturally be swept away with the process of cleaning away the character's personality.

No one would condemn this kind of throbbing because of the performance, otherwise a married method actor would not be able to perform a love scene seriously at all, so Jenny has no need to be burdened by this, if Salvi is professional enough, as a director he should help her deal with this kind of acting side effects, if Salvi is also confused, then honest communication is also a good way, in fact, Maggie believes that honest communication is a good solution to many problems.

Following Cesare's advice, it has always been proven to be the right decision, and this time is no exception, Jenny even faintly complained about Cesare - if he had let her see a psychiatrist earlier, maybe she would not have nightmares and insomnia at all, which can be regarded as a shortcoming of Chen Zhen + Jenny, Chen Zhen has no concept of psychological counseling at all, after all, the domestic industry has just developed, and the Chinese people are more shy about it, and they don't really accept it, as for Jenny, she has a weak understanding of this aspect, Because it is obvious that her life class does not have access to any good psychiatrist, and even if a friend has done psychological counseling, the effect is not convincing, so Jenny really does not know how a good psychologist and a cooperative patient can immediately solve some very annoying problems. - It was only in her communication with Maggie that she realized that she didn't need to project the guilt she felt about her breakup with Chris onto her relationship with Salvi.

If Salvi also has a crush on her, he will always pursue it, and then tell him that he is not going to fall in love, of course, if this is a delusion, she does not need to doubt her psychological state more, because it is very common for her emotional feedback to be deviated in the play, just like a drunk man will have a double vision when he sees things, there is no need to make a fuss about it.

Regardless of whether Maggie has a point in saying it or not, at least Jenny likes this idea, which allows her to straighten her waist and deal with the feelings between her and Salvi with confidence, she has a good impression of Salvi, and in the process of entering Monroe, the good feeling is magnified, and she even sometimes feels that she is in love with Salvi, ok, it's not something to be ashamed of, there's nothing to hide, she's just for work, if Salvi feels her good feelings, and it's troubled because of it, they can also have a good chat and solve this together' Work Injury' Problem.

Glancing at Salvi again, Jenny studied him for a while and gave up the idea: now it seems that she should have been too deep in the drama some time ago, and she had just broken up with Chris, so she was a little suspicious. Whether the person is British or not, there are always signs that one likes another, and objectively speaking, Salvi almost never has any special indication about her, so she doesn't have to worry much.

"Cut," Salvi said, "good, somebody touches up some foundation, rests for five minutes, and we'll shoot the next shot." ”

He turned his head and looked at Jenny inquiringly, "Are you ready, Jenny?" Do you need to take a break for a while, after all, you're still adjusting to jet lag. ”

"Five minutes is enough, I'm fine," Jenny gave him a big smile, and she stretched, feeling the relief and satisfaction she hadn't felt in a long time: though perhaps her bucket was still full of pressure, though she was still spinning wildly around the full schedule, suffering the endless ravages of countless stressors. But—maybe Maggie was right, she did have a bit of a tough personality. Even if she just opens a passage and closes a dragon head, her world will be bright, and at this moment, when the problem has been solved, and now that the filming is almost complete, and looking back at the previous pain, everything seems so insignificant, and it can even be said that it is worth it, after all- "Believe it or not, Sal, for this movie, I would have been on fire a long time ago." ”

The author has something to say: it's updated, sorry for being a little late ha~

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