Chapter 9: Persuasion
Due to Ryan's intelligence and precociousness, Nicole has rarely intervened directly in his affairs unless necessary, and this is the first time in history that Nicole has directly refused on his behalf.
Harvey? Weinstein didn't stalk him, after all, this is Hollywood, and anyone can have fun without it, and of course he didn't have a dead heart, and left a sentence before leaving, "You can contact me at any time if you change your mind."
In any case, Nicole is his guardian, and Ryan knows very well that as long as she keeps opposing it, there is almost no room for maneuver in this matter, and he also knows that Nicole is doing this just to protect him more and let him have a full childhood and grow up happily.
However, I have been planning for more than three years, and I have spent almost all my time and energy on this, and now the opportunity is in front of me, if I miss it like this, it is really time to go to Southampton to take the Titanic.
"Ryan, what do you think?" It was the agent lady who was questioning, and unlike Nicole who was blind, she could more or less guess some of the boy's thoughts.
Instead of answering, Ryan went back to his room, took the envelope containing the manuscript, and handed it to Kingsley, "Pat, this is my latest work, and ......"
He glanced at Nicole, who was sitting on the other side without saying a word, leaned into her ear and said, "Can you go back first, I'm going to talk to Nicole alone." ”
"Okay then." Although she couldn't help but want to say a few words, Kinsley thought about it for a moment and left.
Silence returned to the living room, and neither the boy nor the girl sitting across from each other wanted to speak, so you looked at me and I looked at you, but the two pairs of blue eyes, staring at each other's pupils, seemed to be doing something that only they could understand.
"Ryan, do you really want to be an actor?" Maybe it's been a few minutes, maybe it's been a long time, Nicole? Kidman was the first to speak, "Don't deny it, I can feel your heart fluttering. ”
After all, they had been dependent on each other for years, and it was not surprising that Ni might have seen what was going on in his heart for a short time, Ryan smiled first, then nodded slowly but resolutely.
There's no need to deny it, is there? This script was carefully selected by him, not only for himself, but also for Nicole, since in his previous life, another Australian woman could get praise for this role at the age of twenty-six, then Nicole is not inferior in his eyes? Kidman weishenme can't do this?
Yes, Nicole is younger than the woman and has a standard vase look, but through makeup and post-production, her appearance can be completely made less attractive, and to play a strong and independent single mother across ages, once successful, the praise she will receive can be imagined.
As for failure, of course, there is that possibility, but Ryan is convinced that as long as he stands in front of Nicole, will the feelings that this character wants to express still be a problem?
In some ways, Ryan is still a person with a conscience, since Nicole took him in when he was in his most difficult and darkest time, and doted on him, then he naturally has to reciprocate, maybe he can't help her too much in other aspects, and even can only add to the chaos, but there are still some possibilities to push her to a higher position than in his previous life in a faster way.
"Ryan, you know, when I saw the stories that you wrote, I thought that in the future you would become a great writer, and when you could speak Chinese and French fluently, I thought it would be good for you to be a diplomat in the future, and when you made your first piece on your own last year, I said to myself, Ryan might be able to become a musician."
Nicole sighed and began to analyze for the boy, "You are precocious, intelligent, far more sensible than ordinary children, although you are a little withdrawn, you hardly socialize with your peers, and you will make trouble from time to time, but in my heart, you have always been the best one." ”
"Yes, as you write more and more works, sooner or later you will be exposed to the spotlight, but that definitely shouldn't be now, you have to know that actors and writers are two completely different professions, even if you just become an ordinary actor, with your achievements in writing, those reporters and paparazzi will definitely turn out everything in your past and look at it one by one under a magnifying glass, public figures have no private life."
"Although I can't give you a complete home, I can't give you enough love, but at least I can give you a complete childhood, Hollywood is not as simple as you think, and becoming famous at a young age is not a good thing."
"I see what you mean, Nicole." Since it is an equal dialogue, Ryan certainly has the right to express his opinion, "In Hollywood, young adulthood often means the beginning of depravity, but here is not just a depraved Drew? Barrymore, and Judy? Not everyone is a role model like Foster who will lose themselves in this Vanity Fair. ”
"Alright, I'll ask you, Ryan." Nicole thought for a moment and asked, "Can you adapt to the chase of the tabloid reporters and the paparazzi and not get angry in the face of their bottomless harassment and problems?" Can you adapt to a life without privacy and insecurity? Can you handle complex interpersonal relationships and be sophisticated in this circle? Can you be distracted in the face of overwhelming criticism and scolding? ”
"Maybe I can't do it all right now, but after a while of getting used to it, it's not a problem for me." Ryan looked extremely confident, "You should know that I have the ability and wisdom to face all of this. ”
Although such conversations have happened many times, Nicole? Kidman had the illusion that she was not talking to a child or an independent-minded child, but to a peer.
God, what the hell, maybe I should go and test Ryan's IQ. Nicole thought subconsciously, but still said, "Yes, Ryan, I never doubted how smart you were, and even, I suspected that I was talking to a thirty-year-old man, but that doesn't justify me putting you in that Vanity Fair." ”
Ryan pursed his lips without a trace, of course he didn't think that Nicole suspected him, anyway, his out-of-the-box thinking was normal in Nicole's eyes, but there was a faint hint of looseness in Nicole's words, and he naturally wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue.
"Nicole, don't you think that in life, you should keep trying new things, constantly break through yourself, and pursue your own world and ideals?"
"Ideal? Ideals are often at a distance of the Atlantic from reality. ”
"But if people don't have ideals, what's the difference between them and salted fish." Ryan didn't even think about it, this sentence popped out of his mouth, and Nicole couldn't help but be stunned, "What does the ideal have to do with salted fish?" ”
"Don't talk about that, Nicole. I know what worries you the most, so if I had setbacks and failures, would you still provide me with a warm embrace like you do now? ”
"Of course."
"Do you think a setback or a blow will bring down someone like me?"
"No, it won't."
"Then do you think that after I make achievements, I will become a person who does not know how to check, acts recklessly, carnivals all night long, and does not take you seriously? Or will I be a depraved boy who is an alcoholic, drug-addicted depraved boy? ”
"Nope! I've never thought so. Nicole's face darkened unconsciously, "Oh God." Ryan, where did you learn all this nonsense, don't tell me it's school. ”
"Come on, Nicole." Ryan waved his hand, knowing that he had been a little too pretentious, "What time is it now, there are all these things on TV, newspapers, magazines, and don't forget that the Sun newspaper you subscribed to when you were in London was almost full of gossip and scandals. ”
I have to say that Ryan's ability to beat a rake is really good, and Nicole was blocked by the sentence behind him, and she couldn't ask anymore.
"Alright, Nicole, these things are not a big deal." Seeing Nicole's face getting darker and darker, Ryan hurriedly comforted her.
"Ryan, weishenme I don't feel like you're your sister, and you're more like my brother?" Nicole? Kidman looked up confused.
Isn't it, in the past and present lives combined, I am more than enough to be your brother. Ryan muttered in his heart and quickly changed the subject, "So, Nicole, do you agree with me playing this role?" The mother and child in the script have an extraordinary meaning to me. ”
In order to strengthen her persuasiveness, Ryan had to open her mouth again, but Nicole ate this set the most, as long as she thought of the content of that script, she thought of the strong and independent mother and the lonely and helpless boy, she couldn't help but sigh.
Maybe it won't be as bad as I thought, and it would have been a wise choice to use a movie like this to commemorate the deep friendship between myself and Ryan.
"Okay, Ryan, I agreed, but ......" Before she could finish speaking, the excited boy threw himself into Nicole's arms directly from the opposite side, and kissed him fiercely on that fair and cold face, "I knew, I knew, Nicole you were the most haode to me." ”
Nicole? Kidman reluctantly took the boy into his arms, and the unfinished warning was still spoken, "Ryan, remember what you just said, if one day you become a villain, I will never spare you." ”
"Of course, of course." Ryan nodded busily, patted his chest and promised, "Ryan in the future?" Jenkins will definitely be a five-good young man! ”
Regarding the matter of the two co-starring in "The Sixth Sense", it was decided in this way, and the specific matters are naturally factional? Ms. Kinsley and her lawyer went to talk to Miramax, and all they had to do was wait.