Thanks to the help of Goldfinger, Jenny has always had more advantages than her peers in the play and out of the play, for example, the role of Monroe, she needs a lot less time to enter the play than Daniel, and it only takes more than half a month to fully enter the role. But the advantage that Goldfinger gave her ended there, when she was still performing on Goldfinger, the impact of the role on her was relatively slight. Andy in "Prada", Sally in "Sally", echo her emotionally weakly, Karen in "Michael" is more like a cathartic channel, Jenny draws positive energy from the role, and objectively speaking, after Salvi's point, her fit with Monroe is higher than that with Karen. This brings about the problem she must face now, and of course the problem that any of her peers must face: distinguish between reality and illusion, and find an anchor in the impact of the character.

This is probably the advantage of the years, and at this time, recalling Meryl's advice, Jenny's admiration for her is at a new high. Of course, although Meryl is not like Salvi who has a clear insight into the changes in her acting skills, from the perspective of the methodological trend she shows in "Prada", it is natural for Meryl to make such advice from herself, because this is indeed a common problem of methodist actors, and it is also a paradox: the more accomplished and deeply involved the methodist actor, the harder it is to anchor reality and self, and if you can't succeed' Lost in your own role, then obviously, your achievements can't be too high.

In between the make-up shoots, Jenny had been distracted by this issue, and she decided to call Meryl later - although they were not the kind of friends who kept in touch frequently, Jenny would not lose her closeness and trust in Meryl because of this, and as she went farther and higher on the road of performance, Jenny gradually felt the real 'sympathy' between outstanding artists, which is a feeling that does not exist in Vanity Fair such as the business and media world, which is full of deceit, and is full of games. But in the realm of art, the echo of the two souls is so real and pure. Jenny and Robert. Egger's connection is quite close, but she will never trust Egger as much as she trusts Meryl, she didn't even think of showing weakness in front of Egger, but turning to Meryl for help was a very natural decision: this sudden, almost uncontrolled state of entry into the play was too dangerous for her, she couldn't control and restrain it, then it would be a bad show, but if she let it go, the consequences would be unimaginable. Fortunately this time, it's just a little electricity, and it's not illegal at all, a beautiful woman happily flirts with the people around her, which doesn't hurt. But what if she takes on some criminal-like roles in the future? The consequences that may arise after entering the play will be too serious.

The filming budget of the crew of "Monroe" is not high or low, Big Dream has prepared a budget of 25 million for it, Jenny, as the producer and starring, just took 5 million of the package salary, as for the profit share after that, she will take a part of it with Little Dream Studio, because she is the core character of this movie, Cesare and Disney do not have much opinion on her share. And the remaining 20 million after paying Salvi's 500,000, Simon's 250,000 and Britain's relatively cheap labor, there is still quite a lot of money left for the filming of the film itself. But even so, Salvi has been looking for ways to save money for the crew — a quality that a good director must have, and in that sense he has the initial strength to make it to Hollywood.

For example, in terms of costumes, Simon's Colin is from an aristocratic background, thanks to Simon's background and the dress style that has not changed in public school for decades, most of his costumes are basically brought by himself, so that the crew has money to play Kenneth Lawrence for another important role. Branagh comes with a made-to-order suit. These two British gentlemen from noble backgrounds must have been tailor-made suits from Gao Fu Shuai Street, and the details in this regard are crucial, because the suit is indeed a penny of clothing, and it is impossible to fool around.

As for the female characters, their costumes must be customized, and the costumer has already obtained Jenny's size before, and has created a number of sets for her according to the script, including special ones for the play within a play "Dragon and Phoenix", nightgowns for a nap, and casual casual clothes for private wear...... It is worth mentioning that people even turned out in the studio that Lawrence in "The Dragon and the Phoenix". The original costume worn by Oliver, properly maintained and restored, Kenneth . Branah didn't have any clothes to wear.

After spending a long time on the set, trying on the costumes one by one, and asking the costumer to mark out the areas that needed to be changed, the day's work was completely over. The movie can be officially launched in a few days, of course, this also means that Jenny's secluded life for half a month has officially come to an end, but she is still relatively optimistic about the current situation: the survival period of a scandal will generally not exceed 100 days in the absence of new progress, it has been nearly two months since they broke up, and there is a screenwriter strike in Hollywood, plus the Brad Angelina pair has a new trend: Angelina is pregnant again, and legend has it that she is pregnant with twins this time, The focus has shifted quite a bit. I believe that reporters in this area of London, even if they have the motivation to chase her, will not be too crazy. Coupled with the fact that the bodyguards she hired are also in office from today, it should be unlikely that the media will disturb her life.

- However, when she walked out of the studio and came to her trailer, Jenny knew she was wrong: Mary and some bodyguards were arguing about something around a skinny middle-aged man, and she vaguely heard Mary say, "Listen, I know we met last time, but don't talk to me, you shouldn't be here, you don't have a pass, it's trespass, all the photos you took can't be saved." What about security? Go call the security guards, their security work is too flawed......"

The paparazzi are really fast...... Jenny reluctantly shrank back and went back to the studio: she wasn't going out to add fuel to the fire at this time, and it was better to let Mary handle it, which was also one of her jobs. If the paparazzi photographed her makeup style, this would be an unexpected loss.

After about ten minutes, Jenny finally got a quiet environment and returned to the trailer to wash and change, but when her Rolls-Royce drove out of the studio, several private cars followed without hesitation, obviously the paparazzi's car, it seems that unless they can stage a big car chase on the congested London streets, it is already a fact that they are caught by the paparazzi.

"That man has a really good memory." Mary looked apprehensive, "We met at the airport, you know, the day I pretended to be you. He actually recognized me - he didn't understand that this was our ploy until just now, he was so angry that he took a big close-up of me, saying that he wanted me to know how serious the consequences of messing with the paparazzi were - I had to ask the security guard to take his memory card away. Hopefully he won't hate me even more for that. ”

"I think even if he didn't hate you that much, he would definitely do his best to secretly film us." Jenny said matter-of-factly, "Since we're about to be exposed, we can only raise our vigilance, use less landlines in the house, and try not to draw the curtains - Salvi said that the street is very strictly managed, and hopes that the community property will drive away these idlers, etc., and if it doesn't work, we will have to stay in a hotel." ”

Dealing with the paparazzi is the daily work of the whole team, but in the previous period, Jenny was either in New Zealand, where there were almost no paparazzi, or lived in Malibu, where the paparazzi could not break through, so she temporarily escaped the trouble of being followed. Although I am annoyed now, I can only accept this fact, after all, it is impossible to delay my normal work in order to hide from the paparazzi.

Sure enough, although the driver also made some attempts, but without violating traffic rules, he couldn't get rid of the paparazzi's vehicle at all, Jenny finally reluctantly exposed her borrowed place, but, fortunately, although this small house is not large according to the current standards of Jenny and others, it is actually a luxury house in London, it is covered by high hedges and brick walls, and the yard is enough to park a Rolls-Royce, although the paparazzi followed the car to the front of the house, But I still couldn't take a picture of her, when Jenny was in the car, the car was very tightly guarded, and when she got out of the car, she had already entered the yard, as long as she was not stupid enough to stand at the window on the side of the street, the paparazzi couldn't take a picture.

Realizing this, the paparazzi did not dwell on it for long, and only waited at the door for an hour or two before gradually leaving one by one, which also made several residents breathe a sigh of relief. Mary led the bodyguards who came from Los Angeles to do a security test for the house, while Jenny rested for a while, calculated that Meryl should get up in New York, picked up her personal phone, found the number and dialed it.

"Meryl ......" in front of this New Year's friend who is also a teacher and friend, her attitude unconsciously has a feeling of coquettishness, "Didn't bother you, right?" I heard you just finished a film recently......"

Although the two sides have not been in direct contact for a long time, through the media, they are quite aware of each other's movements, Meryl was a little surprised, "Aren't you in London?" Or have you already returned to Los Angeles? - Some newspapers even say that you have fallen into a nervous breakdown and have attempted suicide several times, don't tell me they are true. ”

A little rustiness faded through her teasing, and Jenny laughed, "Don't, don't tell me you're doing what they think, blaming Chris, thinking of me as an innocent girl, deceived by him or something." ”

"Isn't that so?" Meryl laughed.

"Oh, of course not, the media is talking nonsense, in fact, I feel a little sorry for Chris......" Jenny shook her head, "Don't talk about that, Meryl, in fact, I called today for help." ”

"Oh?" Meryl still had a smile in her voice, "You say, I'm listening." ”

"It's about acting, you know, I've been working on 'My Week with Monroe' lately." Jenny described her troubles in general, "It's a new problem, and you know it's like inspiration, and you can't control it when it comes and goes. And I feel like I'm getting a little out of control, if you know what I mean......"

"Yes, of course I do." Meryl's tone also became serious, "This is exactly the problem I have been emphasizing with you, it belongs to the most prominent problem of methodology, in order to enter the role, sometimes we need to reach an almost hypnotic state of mind, but how to smoothly get out of this state and distinguish between reality and drama is a problem for each of us." If you encounter some of the more difficult characters, you will find that this kind of thing is almost unavoidable. Even for relatively simple characters, a slight loss of control isn't all that uncommon. ”

She talked about her relationship in "The Devil Wears Prada", "Miranda is not too difficult to play, so most of the time I can clearly distinguish between the play and the play, but even so, at the breakfast before we started, although I did decide to stimulate you sensibly, in the process of 'acting', I felt myself lose control. If this is a tougher role, or if our relationship is more distant and cold in the play, then I'm afraid I won't be as friendly to you during the shoot, and I might even have kept Miranda in the form of a snarky and distant cold person throughout the shoot. Now you understand, of course, that I'm not sincere, it's just ...... It's hard to help yourself. ”

"Yes, I understand." Jenny said sincerely, "Because this kind of state of being in the play is very rare, it allows us to give a very good performance, and everything else is lower than it." But...... This will also cause us some trouble. ”

She paced back and forth in her study, moaning in anguish. groaned, "Like today, after I entered the role of Monroe, I unconsciously played tricks on the men on the set, and afterwards I felt very bad." Of course, I understand that this is not a crime, but Meryl, Simon, who I work with, is only 21 years old this year, and he is still so young and so young. If he was moved by me and planted his mind on it, it would make me feel bad. ”

Thinking of Salvi's meaningful eyes, she became even more irritated, "And the director, if he is a straight man - then I am really afraid that my signal will be misunderstood by him, what if he doesn't see that I am just too involved in the play?" What if he takes a liking to me? I've never been the kind of person who likes to mess with the mad bees, God testifies that I've got enough to do, and the last thing I need now is to suddenly have a whole bunch of admirers, all of whom think I'm looking the other way to them, or that I'm their goddess or something, and then come and interact with me, and get treated coldly by me in my normal state, and feel hurt by it - it's a cruel toy, it makes me feel like a villain - believe me! I really don't want things to get to this point. ”

Meryl laughed out loud on the other end of the phone, and she laughed breathlessly, "Oh, I'm afraid I'm really blessed to share this trouble, you know, even in my youth, I wasn't a big beauty, people knew me very well, they almost never gave me the role of a big beauty - among all the problems that I had because I was too involved in the play, this kind of problem almost never appeared. ”

Her laughter made Jenny feel a little better, and there was an instinctive sense of vanity and satisfaction, but she quickly suppressed this shallow emotion, and begged, "Meryl, don't laugh at me, can you give me some advice?" ”

"Actually, I don't think it's a serious problem." Meryl said lightly, "Method actors are always a little crazy, who hasn't heard of this in the industry?" Even though in the past, your traces of methodology were not so obvious, but I think after "The Fifth Sally" people should see it very clearly. Generally speaking, method actors are not very good-tempered, most of them are a bit moody, like Daniel, Sean, and you will hear a lot of incidents where they have conflicts with people on set. It's not that they have a bad personality, well, Sean may really have a bad personality, but a lot of times, these conflicts are just because they can't get out of the play quickly. And the crew must find a way to get along with them, and if they can't find it, it's their own problem. ”

She's talking about Sean, she's Sean. Pan, the Oscar-winning actor, the actor of the three major European film festivals, one of the representatives of the methodist school, and the world-famous bad boy.

"Great methodist actors are the soul of the crew, and they have wayward power. Compared to them, the problem with you and me is that we will just sneer at the staff, or as you say, provoke their feelings, which is not even a slice of cake at all. If you are worried that you will release the wrong signal and cause you unnecessary trouble, then it is not difficult to say hello to the director and ask him to communicate with the crew and understand your entry into the play. ”

After dispelling Jenny's concerns and reassuring her mood in a few words, Meryl changed her words, "In my opinion, the most important problem you face now is that you have to find an anchor in real life, as I once said to you, you must distinguish between reality and character, otherwise, sooner or later, your outstanding talent will become your biggest obstacle." ”

"Yes, I understand, I've felt it now, and if I can't find a proper anchor, or even a proper ritual, to make a strict distinction, I'm going to go crazy one day." Jenny didn't hide her worries, "Of course it's not going to be anytime soon, maybe it will start with hallucinations...... But one step at a time, if I can't find a way back, I'll end up with at least a serious mental disorder, which is a very dangerous path - but if I don't want to do some damn commercial movies in the future, I'll have to find a solution. ”

"That's true." Meryl agreed, and she took a sip of water on the other end of the phone, "And as far as I know, your business activities are also very frequent, I'm afraid you can't learn from me, and you can't learn from Daniel." You don't have time to have children, to be a middle-class housewife, or to learn from Daniel and to distinguish between reality and 'illusion' with a very different kind of seclusion. ”

Before Jenny could get frustrated, she came up with a new idea, "I don't know, maybe you can use your business life, your Hollywood-style celebrity life as your anchor, and as unrealistic as it sounds, but maybe you can shoot art films outside of Hollywood, so that whenever you go back to Hollywood, you can feel like you're back in reality, back to your job as a producer." The most important thing about this is that you have to find a boundary for yourself, as long as you can achieve that, the form doesn't matter, you don't have to imitate me or Daniel, everyone's path is different. ”

Jenny has always admired her wisdom and sobriety, and in her conversations, she doesn't have to pretend to be strong, but can let out the uneasiness in her heart to her heart's content, "Maybe that's really possible, but if it doesn't work, what to do...... I'm still young, Meryl, I don't want to go crazy, if you know what I mean, it's not terrible to lose money and power, what's really scary is to be changed in character, to lose myself, to lose myself......"

"It's only been a few months of shooting, and your heart is stronger than you think," Meryl's disapproving tone effectively comforted her, "If you're worried about your end up with Marilyn, you don't have to, you have to be more sober, smarter, and calmer than she is, isn't it?" Marilyn will never worry if she is giving the wrong signal, but you will, you are much kinder than she is. ”

"I wouldn't say she's not kind...... said Jenny, and she couldn't help laughing, "but, yes, Marilyn has always been cruel in the war between men and women, it's like her instinct." ”

"That's true." Meryl said, "Marilyn would never worry about her director falling in love with her, would she? If he doesn't love her, I think she'll be worried. ”

She sensed that Jenny's mood was improving, so she turned the subject to Salvi, "...... I've never heard of his name, where did you find him? Are you sure he has enough experience? Method actors are not easy to control, don't be fooled by his looks. ”

"Indeed, his appearance is enough to confuse many people." Jenny laughed, "But of course I don't like that, I have a lot of confidence in him, and in the eyes of Arthur and Arthur, the producers who recommended him to me, he is a talented man who should be the leader of the next generation of British directors......

chatted with Meryl for more than an hour, although she still didn't find the clue of the 'anchor', Jenny admitted that her mood had eased a lot: although it would be a little embarrassing, but after communicating in advance, she was also benevolent, and if there were still people in the crew who were teased by her in Monroe's state, it would not be her problem. Meryl's words made her feel a lot more confident, indeed, she is the soul of the crew, and people should cooperate with her, not her to cooperate with others. - Jenny doesn't know if it's her own problem, or the difference between Eastern and Western cultures, many times, without the support of others, it is difficult for her to be so 'selfish' and 'self-centered', as an artist with a certain degree of achievement, she has almost no artist temper.

The rest of the heavy mood was dispelled by endorphins after the usual exercise of the day, and after the bath, Jenny fell asleep happily, and not a night since she began to think about Monroe had slept so soundly. She got up the next morning, and after finishing her morning routine, she happily pushed the door open, decided to treat herself to a hearty breakfast, and then plunged into the day's work with great energy.

"Good morning." She said briskly, down the stairs, and into the living room following the voice—but then frowned, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

Mary was still talking on the phone, her brow furrowed, ignoring Jenny's question, and Claudia frowning, staring intently at the computer, and a few bodyguards were busy scribbling around the living room with instruments, moving furniture from time to time - Jenny's heart sank quickly, and she raised her voice, "What's wrong?" Who told me what the hell happened? ”

Mary gestured to Claudia, who sighed and placed a newspaper in front of Jenny.

"We've been wiretapped." Claudia said she looked at Jenny sympathetically, "the paparazzi of the Daily Mirror, the front page headlines. ”

Jenny's gaze fell on the newspaper, and she stared at the bold capital letters, and it took a few seconds to make out its contents. Jefferson poured out his heart: He has long been plagued by mental disorders and may collapse at any time, cheating on the director of the new film is the main reason for the breakup, Christopher has been wronged, but in fact, he has long been overwhelmed by his crazy girlfriend!

The stout exclamation point was like a dancing little man, pestle straight into Jenny's field of vision, and it seemed to be shaking its hands, greeting Jenny and conveying the greeting of the London paparazzi - they had indeed proven themselves, and they were far more powerful than their Hollywood counterparts.