Chapter 17: First Acquaintance
"Good, that's it." After carefully comparing the image in and out of the mirror, the director nodded to the makeup artist with satisfaction, he is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a circle of beard, and some of his appearance is not good-looking, but the latest season of "Friends" has been broadcast in September, and several episodes have been directed by him.
"Are you ready?" He then looked back at Sean.
"Yes, sir." Sean, who was sitting firmly in his chair, nodded and said in a very affirmative tone.
"Very good, I'm looking forward to your performance." He laughed and patted him on the shoulder before leaving the makeup trailer.
Sean then let out a sigh and made a relaxed look, and then the makeup artist who was doing the finishing work on his face laughed: "Don't be nervous, although this is your first official role, as long as you keep a normal heart, you will definitely be able to do haode." ”
"Xiexie you, Chase I, I will." Sean smiled slightly.
There are no producers who disagree with each other and quarrel, the atmosphere of the crew is not bad, there is no inexplicable hostility and disgust, and Sean is easy to fit in. It's a very simple thing for him, as he said before that he is very good at taking care of people, and when he was in high school, the basketball coach asked him to join the team as a guard temporarily, and those five big and three rough players were quite unfriendly to him at first, but after a few training sessions, he changed his attitude.
Of course, this has something to do with the fact that he was a little celebrity at school at the time, but if he wasn't good at dealing with people, he wouldn't have gotten their friendship so easily. is like the previous two crews, despite the messy things before and after, most people still have a very good impression of him.
But even so, some gossip is inevitable, curiosity or jealousy, which is normal, Sean doesn't need to care, as long as he has a good relationship with key people such as makeup artists, lighting artists, directors, and leading actors.
I don't know what the leading actors are like in reality. Sean, who sat patiently in an exclusive chair and waited patiently for the start, continued to read the script while thinking. Although he had heard a brief introduction from his agent about the six leading actors, it was to tell him not to confuse them with their characters, so he still didn't know what kind of people they actually were.
Although Sean is now an official actor, with his own exclusive seat on set and sharing a lounge with another supporting actor, he is not yet to the point of having his own trailer, which is the treatment only that leading actors have. Naturally, Sean didn't have the opportunity to take the initiative to contact, not to mention that the six leading actors of "Friends" each have a trailer, which is unique among TV actors.
There's no way, the producers definitely don't want to, but who made this TV series extremely popular? Not to mention anything else, this is one of the few American dramas that Sean can recall now. This sitcom is actually very simple, mainly about six good friends, Ross, Chandler, Joey, Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, living in New York, showing the bits and pieces of ordinary life, although there are also exaggerations for the sake of the story, but those small paragraphs close to life are easy to resonate with people.
Therefore, whether in the past life or in this life, this TV series is quite popular, and it has been in the limelight as soon as it was broadcast, and it has been on the top of the ratings several times. Although it has been on the air for more than four years now, and the ratings have declined, it is still one of the most popular TV series in the United States, and several leading actors have also become famous.
Although it is a sitcom, there is still a main plot, that is, the feelings between each other, friendship, family affection, aiqing, etc., especially the division and integration between Ross and Rachel, which has always affected the hearts of the audience. You must know that at the beginning of the TV series, Rose, who found out that his wife who had been married for seven years was gay and finally had to divorce, accepted the comfort of his friends in the central café.
"I just want to ...... Get married again. After being teased by her friends, Rose said this, and Rachel, who had just escaped from the wedding, rushed into the café in her wedding dress.
"And I just want $1 million!" Chandler said this immediately, but unfortunately there was no more bank clerk carrying a cash box outside the door.
In short, the beginning of the TV series foreshadows that there will be an entanglement between Ross and Rachel, and in fact, it is also advanced in this way, and the separation and union between the two will always affect the hearts of the audience. The main plot currently being filmed focuses on Ross and Rachel, who got together in previous seasons but broke up for various reasons, and then remarried to his newfound British girlfriend at the end of the fourth season.
Still, the writers kept a little tail, and at the wedding, both Rose and Rachel realized that they still had feelings for each other.
In fact, after the broadcast of the last season of Zuihou, many viewers said in media interviews that they still hope that Ross and Rachel will be together. So, at the beginning of the season, Rose's second wife, Emily, accidentally saw Rose and Rachel hugging at the airport when she was about to go on her honeymoon with her husband.
After that, Emily didn't say it, but she always couldn't help but have a few arguments with Rose during her honeymoon. And with Rose's honest character, not only can he only bear it, but he also changes his ways to please her, and after returning to New York, he was forced to show a gesture of love and affection in front of Rachel. Rachel is naturally angry, so she goes out to find a man to date, and when Zuihou and Phoebe are picking out clothes in the mall, they meet a young man of Italian descent.
That's right, this is Sean's character, I have to say that he is lucky, this character is David, the founder of this TV series? Crane personally designed the need for actors who were both young and acting, as well as fluent in Italian. The sum of many conditions has led to the fact that suitable actors cannot be negotiated, but relatively cheap actors are not suitable.
Crane originally thought that it would be easy to solve, so he started filming while casting, but he didn't expect that everyone else had filmed half of it, and the actors still couldn't settle down. In desperation, he was ready to give up, and then summoned the screenwriter to revise the story to save the scene, but he didn't expect to say it to Eric at the party? Reece listened, and the latter strongly recommended Sean to star.
Even so, if it weren't for Sean's own certain acting skills, Crane wouldn't necessarily fancy him - his acting skills are a little jerky, but his overall quality is good, this is Crane's original words. Similarly, if he hadn't stood firmly on Reese's side in the previous turmoil, Reese would not necessarily recommend him, and sometimes the gains and losses are so difficult to say.
"I don't know if there will be a kiss scene in the next episode." After reviewing his own content in his mind again, Sean suddenly had such an idea.
Then, he laughed dumbly, well, anyone who has watched and liked this TV series will think so, after all, he is Rachel's little boyfriend.
The most popular of the six leading actors is to play Rachel? Jennifer Greene? Aniston, with delicate facial features and long brown blonde hair, as well as a face with a little baby fat, smiles very charmingly, making her the dream lover of many men. Not only that, but she is also very good at dressing herself, often on the cover of fashion magazines, and many women also compete to dress up in her hairstyle, so Jennifer has the nickname "American sweetheart".
Therefore, it is understandable that Sean is thinking at the moment.
"Hi, how are you?" At this moment, a voice came from the side, and Sean turned his head to look at it, and then froze in his chair.
“Hello?” After waiting for several seconds, he didn't see any more reactions, and the other party had to reach out and wave twice in front of him.
Sean finally reacted and immediately bounced off his chair, seemingly embarrassed: "Oh, I'm so sorry, Aniston...... Lady. ”
That's right, the sexy and sweet woman in front of her, who is about 5 feet 5 inches tall, has long brown and blonde hair, has a pair of rather beautiful light and blue eyes, and has a little baby fat on her face, is exactly the person Sean just expected to have a kiss scene, playing Rachel? Jennifer Greene? Aniston!
What could be more embarrassing than being sexually intriguing about someone and the other person appearing in front of you? So Sean immediately jumped up nervously, and in order to show his respect, he deliberately used the title "lady".
However, the other party was obviously not very satisfied: "Ma'am? I look like the kind of woman who can't tell her age or whether she's married or not. ”
"Of course not, Miss Aniston." Sean immediately changed his words, so quickly that Jennifer? Aniston was a little surprised.
"Don't be so nervous, you're ...... Sean, right? She laughed, as sweet as in the TV series.
"Yes, Sean? Don, I'll play Casapa? Mawson. Sean said with a smile, straightening up, "Is there anything I can do for you?" ”
"Wow, so formal?" Jennifer blinked, the corners of her mouth slightly curled, as if she thought it was funny.
"Sorry, I don't know how...... Express yourself," Sean coughed dryly, spreading his hands, "I never thought before yesterday that I would play a role in my favorite TV series, and I would play with my favorite actress. ”
"You like this TV series?" Jennifer was a little surprised, "I've read your profile, you're only 18 years old, right?" ”
Generally speaking, viewers in the age group of 18 to 49 are the most important in the ratings of TV dramas, because they have the highest purchasing power, and advertisers will also decide their bids based on the ratings of this age group. Then, viewers over the age of 49 are more likely to win over than viewers under the age of 18, and the elderly don't have much to do, spend most of their time at home, and have enough time and energy to pick out what TV they want to watch.
But it's not the same with young people, young people under the age of 18 are a bunch of energetic guys, and most of them are addicted to parties, games, and exciting sports at this time, preferring to watch fast-paced movies rather than slightly lukewarm TV series, so Aniston will be surprised.
"I have a sister who is much older than me, and she likes this TV series very much, so I often watch a few episodes along with it, and I like this TV series as soon as I come and go." Sean immediately pulled his sister out as a shield.
"Really? So......" Jennifer accepted the answer, and her eyes lit up as she looked at him with hope in her eyes.
This made Sean a little baffled, and Ben swallowed back the compliment that came to his mouth, and then the two didn't say anything, just looked at each other. The strange sight lasted for a few seconds, Jennifer began to become a little anxious, she waved her hands, as if to remind him to do something, and then a voice rang out: "It's time, you've lost!" ”