"At this year's Oscars, although "The Talented Ripley" received six nominations, the most important Best Director and Best Picture were not among them, what do you think of this?"

"Sean? Don and Jude? Lowe was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively, who do you think is more likely to win? ”

"Are you already preparing for your next work?"

On the long red carpet, several reporters stood behind a fence around the corner, trying to hand the microphone to a middle-aged man with a bare head. Next to him stood two men and a woman, the men were very handsome, one blonde and one black, they were very handsome in suits, and the women were very beautiful, with blonde hair hanging down from one side, with a light-colored long-tail evening dress, with an indescribable temperament.

"I'm very happy with the film 'The Talented Ripley', although it was a small regret that I was not nominated for Best Director and Best Film, but it was not a big deal. At least, the nominations of Sean and Jude show that everyone still recognizes this movie, right? "Anthony? Minghella answered the reporter's questions with a smile on his face, although he was quite bored.

These topics have often been asked as Oscar approaches during this time, and he doesn't know how many times he has replied, but these people still ask over and over again, will they suddenly give the opposite answer with a nervous heart?

Finally, a reporter ran to Jude at this time: "Do you think you can win a prize, Jude?" ”

"If I could, I would really like the Academy of Film to give me a statuette, and of course, it's normal if they have other considerations." Jude replied very tactfully, and pulled the person next to him over, "But the most regrettable thing is that Jack was not nominated, otherwise we would have two nominations for Best Supporting Actor." ”

Unsuspecting Jack? Davenport was pushed to the media by him, and then answered the question with a wry smile. Similarly, on the other side of Minghella, Gwyneth also kept posing and asked the reporters to press the shutter at will, they are all representatives of the film, and getting together on the red carpet at this time is also a unique scenery before the awards ceremony, of course, it would be better if the actor Sean was there.

From the moment Minghella stepped on the red carpet, he was looking for Sean without opinion, and the most proud thing about this movie was that it found such a newcomer, which made him even more proud than the film was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture at the Oscars. He has already won the Oscar for Best Director once, but he didn't expect to win it a second time so quickly, as for the best film, it is indeed a pity, but that is also a headache for Weinstein, and discovering Sean has won him countless praises.

At the beginning, many people were not optimistic about Minghella's decision, not to mention the dispute with Weinstein, even within the crew, there were many people who privately discussed it. Although with the filming of the movie, these discussions decreased a lot, but when the publicity began, the media began to talk about it again.

What "Minghella is gambling", what "this is the biggest scandal in the history of Hollywood", a thousand words boil down to one sentence, Minghella uses such a rookie actor who has been in the industry for less than a year as the leading actor, either crazy or has an ulterior relationship with the other party.

However, when the movie was released, those questioning guys seemed to be slapped in the face, and Sean won unanimous praise from film critics for his wonderful performance, and those questioning voices suddenly disappeared without a trace. Later, Sean's age was exposed, which caused a wave of surprise and admiration, so much so that such a literary and artistic work actually topped the North American box office list.

As a result, Minghella has become synonymous with vision, people say that only he sees Sean's potential, and only he dares to use Sean against public opinion, for a director, what is more worthy of praise than this kind of praise?

Far away in England John? Harrington couldn't help but take the initiative to call Minghella and specifically ask about Sean. Of course, as before, refuse Minghella's offer to tell Sean his address.

"There's no need for this, I'm just pointing him out a little bit of something, let alone recommending it, if you haven't considered his conditions, even if I recommend him, you won't necessarily choose him." Harrington said, "I'll talk about it later, although he asked you for my address several times, if it was possible, it would be zaijian." ”

So, at this time, on the red carpet before the Oscars, maybe Minghella didn't feel anything at first, but when Jude, Davenport and Gwyneth came to his side one after another, he suddenly hoped that Sean would do the same.

It's just that since Minghella stepped on the red carpet, they haven't seen him until now, and they haven't seen Jude either, and they don't know if they have already entered or not.

Well, this is his first time at the Oscars, and he will probably be a little scrambling and should be late. Minghella said this in his heart.

Immediately, he was about to beckon them into the auditorium, but at this moment, a small commotion suddenly began in the group of reporters at the entrance, and everyone looked over involuntarily for a while. Soon, a tall, tall figure appeared in Minghella's sight, smiling and modest, and at the same time with a maturity that did not match his age, greeting the reporters outside the fence and walking inside.

After a few steps in front of Minghella, the other man stopped, then stretched out his hands and hugged him: "It's good to see you here, Anthony." ”

Minghella was a little caught off guard, and he was hugged for a long time before he reacted, but then he smiled and hugged the other party tightly, and he could feel the respect from the other party's heart. Serious, hard-working, modest, cautious, although he will play tricks when necessary, but this does not damage his good image, Minghella will like Sean, but not just because he discovered him-

Stepping into the vestibule of the Holy Auditorium, Sean couldn't help but take a deep breath, he had been here twice before today.

The first time was as a tourist, when he had just arrived in Los Angeles and had been looking for work and shopping. As one of the well-known buildings in Los Angeles, the Sacred Auditorium has hosted several Oscars, and the musical fountain outside is also one of the must-see attractions for tourists.

The second time is as an actor or Oscar nominee for Best Actor, and the organizer's film school will conduct a rehearsal before the official awards ceremony, and invite both nominees and award presenters to participate.

Invitees can participate or not, after all, this is just a dress rehearsal, and many people do have something to do. If you don't participate, the organizer will find a person who is about the same size as the invitee to replace the position, and if it is a singer who wants to sing on stage, it will also deliberately sing on behalf of a young singer with good singing skills.

At this time, the little singers who are selected as substitute singers will try their best to express themselves, hoping to be favored, and there are indeed many young singers who have been discovered on this occasion. Of course, it's not good to sing too well, and it is said that during the rehearsal last year, Whitney couldn't be there for a while, so the organizers found a young female singer and Maria? Kelly sang a duet, and as a result, the young female singer played even better than Whitney, so the queen was furious and found someone to ban the female singer (note).

In short, fame comes at a price, so Sean came over for a dress rehearsal. He's a rising star, but he's not a big name yet, and even if he is, he can't completely ignore certain rules, so come to rehearsals to make a good impression on the film school and get to know some characters along the way.

He really talked to some people, such as Sam, the director of "American Beauty"? Mendes, who had met but didn't communicate at the Ballon d'Or before. Or Russell, the actor of "Inside Story"? Chloe, and from where did he hear a gossip that it is said that among the nominations for Best Actor, there should have been Sean, the actor of "Sweet and Humble"? Pan's, it's just that the judges had a problem with communication and ended up writing Sean? Don, after the list was announced, a mistake was discovered, but it was too late to revise it, so he had to mistake it to Sean? Don became the third-youngest candidate in Oscar history for Best Actor nomination.

Nice joke, at least Sean was stunned for a long time after hearing it, this is actually impossible, although the two of them have the same name, their surnames are completely different, if the film school staff gets this wrong, then it's better to quit as soon as possible. However, with this topic, he won over his relationship with Russell and others, and said hello on the red carpet just now.

Sean should have stopped to talk to them, made intimate gestures with them in front of reporters, and made himself look like he had many friends, all of which Frederick had taught him. Unfortunately, Minghella was not far ahead, so he chose to walk over quickly and hug his director.

Yes, it makes him appear humble and grateful, and Sean does have the idea, but it's not the main reason. Sean is truly grateful to Minghella, if it weren't for this bald old man, he wouldn't know when he would have to wait for the opportunity to appear on the big screen, so no matter how much he expressed his gratitude, it would not be too much.

Similarly, he was grateful for Harrington who recommended him to Minghella, so he asked Minghella several times for his address in the UK, but unfortunately he never told him.

Just now, Minghella chuckled and patted him on the shoulder: "It's up to you, Sean, if God arranges for you to meet, then you will definitely find him." ”

Although he wanted to complain that he was not looking for true love, Sean finally shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile.

"Hey, what are you doing, let's get inside." Jude slapped him on the shoulder, and Davenport and Minghella walked to the front.

"Why, can't I take a closer look?"

"You mean you won't be able to come here anymore?"

"Don't think it's an awards show that I won't dare touch you, Jude."

"Aha, then come on."

Then the two of them laughed, and then walked inside together, well, they didn't behave well outside, they came in after meeting Minghella, but it would be nice to be able to deepen the relationship with Jude and them.