Bringing the girl home is a technical job, it needs to be considered in the long run, and the plan is not constant, maybe Sean now said that Katie is the most suitable, but in the end he took Jordana or even Naomi home. Of course, it's also possible that Sean will never take a girl home, who can tell this kind of thing, he's a playboy, and he made a few girls come to the door to ask for answers when he was in high school, so let's talk about it later.

After Christmas Eve, Sean left San Francisco and returned to Los Angeles, not because he didn't want to stay longer, but mainly because the premiere of "Cold Mountain" was scheduled for Christmas Day, and he must be present as the leading actor.

For this movie, relying on Sean's scandal with Nicole, Miramax hyped up the momentum a lot, in addition to general publicity techniques, such as trailers and posters or something, like "Jean Nicole? Kidman and Sean? Don's sparkling movie" and "the heroes and heroines are really doing fake plays" were circulated everywhere under Weinstein's arrangement. Although Minghella didn't like it, he had little say in the distribution and could only turn a blind eye.

Under this kind of momentum, there will naturally be many people who like gossip who want to see the true face of the movie, especially the guy who was very curious about the scandal in the first half of the year, and very much wants to know what contributed to Nicole and Sean. They are not the only ones who have this idea, but their respective fans are also full of curiosity and doubts, whether they think they should be together or not, so the movie has not yet been released, but it is quite popular.

But it's different if it's a critic, many film critics who participated in the test screening didn't give "Cold Mountain" a high rating.

"The pace was as slow as ever, and although it was a lot bigger, Minghella didn't get out of his own way." So says one film critic.

"Minghella wants to show the cruelty of war, but all the audience can see is the emotional entanglement of the hero and heroine." That's how a journalist sees it.

"It's too long, and although there are a few good paragraphs, it doesn't make me have enough patience to read it." An ordinary person who attended the test screening but left halfway through thinks so.

Of course, there are also people who think it's good, such as Roger, who deliberately participated in the test screening in Weinstein's face? Albert feels that although the plot is indeed a bit lengthy, the overall quality is still very high, not only Sean and Nicole's acting skills are remarkable, but many supporting roles have eye-catching places.

"Although I can't reveal too much of the plot, as a literary genre film, Minghella still did his duty, the cruelty of war, the beauty of human nature, and the yearning for his hometown or hope are all vividly expressed. And Sean and Nicole's performances are also very exciting, especially Sean, you can't feel it at all, he is a 22-year-old young man. But the flat rhythm, as one of Mingla's old problems, has not been properly solved in this film, and the parallel description of the two lines of the male and female protagonists is not novel, which must be said to be a great pity. Albert wrote so in his own article, and eventually gave it a three-and-a-half-star rating.

In fact, his comments are quite pertinent, and the public opinion after participating in the test screening can be regarded as praising and belittling them, but the media that mainly attract attention are not interested in maintaining an objective position when reporting, even if it is relatively objective.

"As much as many people look forward to Cold Mountain, I have to remind them that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, Anthony? Although Minghella's "The English Patient" and "The Genius Ripley" have achieved remarkable results, it does not mean that "Cold Mountain" can do the same. The film, which cost nearly $80 million, was Miramax's largest investment since its founding, and it took four months to travel around Virginia, Canada and Romania, but it's hard to say what the end result would be. Minghella is too obsessed with real-life scenes and big-name stars, according to reliable sources, Miramax spent 15 million to invite Nicole to play the heroine of "Cold Mountain", although Sean's salary does not have a specific figure, it should not be much lower, and his best movie, "The English Patient", the global box office is only 2. 300 million, and the last "Genius Ripley" was at least 100 million less, and if "Cold Mountain" did not make changes that would attract audiences, it was very likely to fail. "One newspaper was quite pessimistic.

It's all good, although the argument is a bit far-fetched, at least there is something to say, and some unscrupulous tabloids are making a big fuss: "From inviting Sean? From the beginning of Don's role as the leading actor, the film inevitably failed, maybe he is a talented actor, even if he succeeds in playing Tom? Ripley, however, Inman and Ripley have an essential difference, and this essential difference is destined for Sean to not be able to control this kind of role. ”

The so-called essential difference is nothing more than that Inman is older than Ripley, as for why the older Inman is more difficult to play than Ripley, it's just a matter of.

"Inman's inner world is richer."

"Inman fought in the war."

"Inman has seen more ugliness."

Wait, anyway, as long as you want to, you can always get involved, and the imagination of journalists has a qualitative leap in this. So in the back, even the reason "Inman loves Ida deeply" came out, because Sean is a playboy, and he can't know how to love a woman deeply......

In short, in a word, Minghella's blind use of Sean was a huge mistake, and this huge mistake would ruin the movie "Cold Mountain".

"That is, Martin? Scorsese was also blind. Sean grunted.

"What are you talking about?" The reporter holding the microphone outside the fence immediately asked loudly.

"I'll say again," Sean, who was slightly distracted, immediately restrained his emotions and showed a smile that was specially used on the red carpet and premieres, "Tony is a great director, I am very happy to work with him again, and this film will definitely be a wonderful work again." ”

He originally wanted to say that this movie may have some flaws, but it will still be a wonderful work, but after thinking about it, if he really said that, these guys might distort it into the fact that the actor is not optimistic about the movie starring him.

This is a very offensive thing, although he is really not very optimistic in his heart, but it must be stupid to say it directly. These guys can even make up the reason that he is a playboy, so it is impossible to play the role of an affectionate man, who knows how they will play it after they catch this sentence?

What's more, not long ago, he managed to clean up the "New York Post" a little, although the other party temporarily died down, but God knows whether they will be ready to seize the opportunity to be ruthless to themselves.

At that time, even if you explain it to Minghella, the other party will inevitably have a pimple in their hearts, so it is better not to give them a chance from the beginning.

However, although Sean is not good at movies and sings praises vigorously, it doesn't mean that reporters can't do anything.

"Mr. Tang, why didn't you bring your girlfriend to participate?" A reporter asked coldly.

Sean couldn't help but pause, and replied, and the latter asked continuously: "Is it because you're worried that Nicole will be in a bad mood when she sees it?" Or is it because you guys had a fight before? Or maybe you and Nicole didn't break up, and everything that came before, including dating Jessica, was just a smokescreen? ”

The surrounding reporters couldn't help but glance at the person who asked the question with disdain, what kind of problem is this, and smoke bombs, is there such a smoke bomb? And a good opportunity was wasted like this, so straightforward, without a little skill, really think that others are fools?

Sean was a little surprised, this guy's imagination is really rich, although the characters are reversed. Of course, you can't get his words like this, but it's not okay not to speak or deny it directly, your own look, these guys must be in their eyes.

"This gentleman's mind is really out of the box," he smiled, with a clear hint of teasing, and then made a mysterious look, "As for the answer......

The group immediately craned their necks.

"Take your time and guess." Sean laughed, and immediately turned around and walked into the theater.

With this sentence, coupled with the previous sentence of "thinking out", it is equivalent to nailing their unexpected look to this, and no matter how they play in the future, it will seem unconvincing.

"Hey, Sean, why are you here now?" When they entered the theater and found Minghella, Weinstein immediately laughed and slapped him on the shoulder.

"I'm sorry I was pestered by a couple of reporters." Sean smiled and responded, "Honestly, Harvey, they don't like this movie so much, can't you think of a way?" ”

"When a movie is released, there will always be different voices, do we have to suppress these different voices for the sake of publicity?" Weinstein said it quite righteously, and for a while Sean had the urge to open his fat body to see if someone else was hidden inside.

Of course, the fat man immediately returned to normal: "Don't forget, this is also a form of propaganda, they all ...... anyway"

"Focus all the fire on me, huh?" Sean snorted, "You actually planned this, Harvey?" ”

"Who made you such a good target, Sean? Okay, I'm kidding, don't worry, it's easy to deal with these guys. Weinstein laughed, then glanced not far away, "Besides, you can't ...... it."

He didn't finish, but Sean knew what he meant, because Nicole and Rachel were laughing with others not far away.

"Well, there's always a privilege for ladies." Sean sighed, then greeted Minghella, "Hey, Tony, how have you been?" ”

Then he frowned slightly: "You don't seem to be in a good mood?" ”

"It's nothing," Minghella, who was obviously thinking about things, came back to his senses and smiled a little perfunctorily, "Anyway, it's going to be officially released soon, and we'll know how it will happen soon." ”

There is no doubt that those not very good comments have affected him, Sean didn't know what to say for a while, and Minghella didn't express it clearly, plus he didn't participate in the test screening, the specific situation is not very clear, so he can only vaguely comfort him.

"By the way, there's something I'd like to ask you, Sean." Weinstein whispered a greeting, his eyes twinkling at something.