Stimulated by Lin Mingyang's words, Ex formulated a crazy fitness plan for himself. Now in addition to working hours, this guy runs to the gym whenever he is free, so that Lin Mingyang has to go to the gym to find him every time he can't get through on the phone.

"Why should I go to Matthew Perry and you can run on a romantic 'date' with Jennifer Aniston?" Ex, who was sweating on the treadmill, complained loudly to Lin Mingyang in front.

"I'm doing this for your own good, think of my dear Martha, and you'll think I'm so wise in this arrangement. The matter of finding an actor was originally said to be done by you, but now I am risking an affair with Jennifer Aniston to complete this difficult task for you, what are you not satisfied with? Lin Mingyang added 5 kilograms to each side of the 90-kilogram barbell, and he still didn't feel comfortable lifting it, but Exx, who was on the treadmill on the side, was dumbfounded.

"But why did you ask Matthew Perry to play you 20 years later, do you think you'll be like him in the future?" Ex silently accepted this reality, but he still had doubts in his mind.

Matthew Perry played Chandler's witty, somewhat neurotic, humorous and bitter "Two Hundred Five" in "Friends", and is the most hilarious "weak man" character in "Friends". Although it cannot be denied Matthew Perry's classic status in the film "Friends", his own funny and funny style line is not pleasing to women, while Lin Mingyang is the kind of character who can make all women scream loudly as soon as he appears, and the two have completely different styles.

"It's a contrast that makes it more dramatic." Lin Mingyang first explained seriously, and then began to tease the other party: "Actually, I didn't think of Matthew Perry at the beginning, it was you who inspired me." ”

"Me?" Ex was puzzled.

"If I was you in high school, you're Matthew Perry now!" Lin Mingyang thought for a while and added: "To be precise, Matthew Perry in "Friends", he has a lot of scandals in real life, and you can't compare to him!" ”

In Friends, Chandler is not likable to women. But off the screen, Matthew has had a lot of scandals, he had a brief love history with Julia Roberts in 1996, and later had Heather Graham, George Clooney's ex-girlfriend Christa Allen and actor Lauren Graham. can be regarded as a man who is not shallow in Hollywood.

"On the issue of gossip girlfriends, you have something in common!" Ax finally caught the handle that Lin Mingyang accidentally exposed in his words, and sarcastically mocked him.

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"Jennifer, you have to pick one of the scripts sent this time!" The agent Windsor solemnly told his client, ""Friends" is over, and it is impossible to make a sequel, but your acting life is not over, just like in "Fake God", the audience is looking forward to your performance. ”

"I know it's easier to be famous in a movie than in a TV series, but I don't like to just be a beautiful vase in a movie!"

The classic TV comedy "Friends", which has been in theaters for 10 years, has finally come to an end, and Jennifer Aniston, as one of the leading actors, has also fallen into a low point in her life, although the movie "The Imposter" starring her and Jim Carrey beat "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" at the box office in the first week, but her role in the film still did not escape the doom of the vase.

Windsor didn't speak, and as a professional agent, she knew that Jennifer wasn't wrong about her judgment. The film contracts she has received now are all for her fame in "Friends", and the offers are all vase-type roles. Jennifer, who is in her early thirties, is no longer young, and if she does not seek self-breakthrough in the field of film, then the little fame she has accumulated in TV series will soon be consumed. There are many young and beautiful "vases" in Hollywood, and Jennifer cannot open the way to development in the film industry with such a role.

"I have a script here, which I didn't plan to recommend to you, but I've seen the general plot, which involves a lot of heroine scenes, which is very interesting, and it's definitely not a vase character."

"But why didn't you give it to me in the first place?" Jennifer Aniston asked puzzled.

"Because the other party's salary is too low, $3 million is only equivalent to your salary for filming two episodes of "Friends", no matter how you say it, it's a little less!" Windsor explained: "The most unsettling thing for me is the director of the film, he is so young, and although he has made a similar film before, there is no guarantee that he will always have good luck. ”

"And what do you think?" Jennifer Aniston was a little hesitant.

"You can read the script first and then make a decision!" Windsor took out the script that was pressed at the bottom from the desk drawer, "The screenwriter is Felix Lin, this kid has been getting mixed up in Hollywood recently, and his salary ranks first among the new generation of Hollywood actors, and every movie he plays is written by himself, and he won two Emmy Awards some time ago, so he should be regarded as a good guy." ”

"He's going to be a director himself?" Jennifer Aniston is no stranger to Lin Mingyang, so she immediately thought of Lin Mingyang's last directorial work "Cinderella's Glass Hand", a box office dark horse produced by low-budget Reading Power.

"The male protagonist in the script is divided into two stages: middle-aged and young, and it is said that the middle-aged male protagonist is your old friend Matthew Perry, and Lin Mingyang himself plays the role of the young part of the male protagonist in the film. Matthew Perry's role has very few roles in the script, but Lin Mingyang's guy actually offered him a salary of $2 million! Windsor said with some indignation.

"I think the script he wrote and the movies he acted in are very good, can you briefly describe the role he prepared for me in the script?" Jennifer Aniston didn't rush through the script, because this thing can't be finished for a while.

"A housewife who is experiencing a midlife crisis, her husband gave up a crucial basketball game in high school and chose to stay with the already pregnant heroine, and finally lost the opportunity to go to college. 20 years later, their marriage encountered great challenges, because the male protagonist became depressed and often complained about life, so the female protagonist decided to divorce him. ”

Because of an accident, the male protagonist returns to his 17 years old, but the people around him have not changed, he has to face his children at school, and at the same time he has to face his wife who doesn't recognize him at all, and something ridiculous happens in between. In the end, the male protagonist is once again faced with the exact same choice as when he was 17 years old, and in the end he still makes the same decision, and he and his wife reconcile back to middle age in the passage. ”

"That story sounds great!" Jennifer Aniston thought for a moment, "How much does Felix Lin pay herself?" ”

"This film is written, directed and acted by him, where is the salary?"

"So he paid me $3 million, which is already the highest in this film?" Jennifer Aniston came up with this inference.

Windsor did not deny it, but also explained the reason for this situation: "If Lin Mingyang does not insist on being a director, then he can make a lot of money just as a screenwriter and star; But if he insists on being a director himself, the investor will not give him too much budget, and if he pays himself, then the shooting budget will definitely be overrun. In the last film he directed, the shooting fee was out of his own pocket. ”

Jennifer Aniston thought about it seriously and finally wanted to give it a try, "I'm intrigued by this role!" ”

"You don't have to rush to make a decision, you can meet with him first." Windsor suggested.

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Lin Mingyang and Jennifer Aniston's meeting place was arranged in a high-end café in a five-star hotel, and the two arrived at the same time.

"The first time we met, Miss Jennifer was even more beautiful than I expected, which made me feel so excited!" Lin Mingyang's opening remarks are not too new, but with the sunny smile on his handsome face, the lethality to the female surname is almost multiplied, and Jennifer Aniston is certainly not immune.

"Oh?" Jennifer asked curiously, "Can I know why you're excited?" ”

"Because I've finally met Rachel in real life!" Lin Mingyang's undisguised appreciation in his tone further won Jennifer Aniston's favor.

Rachel in "Friends" is a beloved beauty, and she is also the most credible and lovable character in the nine years since the series was launched: from the rich daughter who ran away from marriage in the first episode of the first season, a spoiled silly big sister, to a mature, sweet, and emotionally intelligent woman later. Like this character, Jennifer, who plays Rachel, is also the most popular actress in the entire "Friends" crew.

"When the first season of 'Friends' aired, you should have been a child!" Jennifer quipped.

"Strictly speaking, I'm still a minor!" Lin Mingyang made a very helpless expression, "You know that in every little boy's heart, there will be one or two beautiful figures growing up with them!" ”

"And that includes me?" Jennifer was so surprised that she covered her mouth with her hands.

Lin Mingyang smiled mischievously, "I'm not the only one doing this!" ”

The light-hearted opening removes the sense of distance between the two due to their strangeness to each other, and Jennifer goes on to talk about the script.

"Your script is really wonderful, and Mike is not self-denying, but reaffirms the power and value of faith by going back to the age of 17 and experiencing different eras of school life, and then confirming his choices. Why would you want to write such a story? ”

"Because in reality, everyone has regrets about the past. From the very beginning, the protagonist Mike has a myriad of future paths in front of him, but he gives up all opportunities. So one day, when he didn't fall, he began to think that if he could go back in time, if he had grasped those possible surnames, maybe he wouldn't have ended up in the field where he is today. I mean, if you make a choice that results in a monotonous, dull life for the rest of your life, of course you'll want to go back in time and change all that. Lin Mingyang explained:

"From the very beginning, I abandoned the so-called self-redemption and crisis salvation routine, but continued to superimpose and strengthen the same judgment, and I believe that this attachment will burst out with amazing emotional power! This is still the case for many things to be repeated, and denying oneself does not simply mean enlightenment and repentance, but also confirms the hypocrisy and fickleness of people's surnames. On the other hand, the fleeting time is the most worth recalling, and it is also all the more beautiful and precious because of its absurdity and flaws. ”

"That's true, the past is a feeling, a picture that flashes from time to time, a familiar melody that is heard in impermanence, rather than arguing and slandering oneself." Jennifer's rich life experience has given her a different perspective on the past: "What interests me particularly is that you seem to know a lot about the life of middle-aged people? ”

"Because everyone's life can sometimes seem too ordinary, I can even imagine what I will be like in 20 years without some previous experiences. It may seem precocious to say that, but everybody makes decisions that they regret if you just keep looking backwards and thinking, 'I wish I had done this or that.'" Then you will live in pain forever. My parents' friends, who had the same experience as Mike in the script, were very unhappy with their situation and obviously felt like they were at a dead end. But I think the most important thing for them to learn is how to be grateful for what they have now, and they are the ones who are responsible for all of this. ”

"That's what you're trying to tell people in the film?" Jennifer nodded seriously, "What about me?" ”

"I think it's also a great opportunity for you to take you out of the TV sitcom mode and give you a whole new space to show your talents. Everybody knows how good you are at doing the kind of sitcom that relies on a lot of body language. I think you still have a lot of emotional layers that are worth digging into, but most people don't know about that. You need an emotionally charged character to prove yourself, and the heroine in this play will be a no-brainer! ”

A charming smile tugged at the corner of Jennifer's mouth, "You're confident in yourself?" ”

"It's not me, it's us!"

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