"I bet Nicole would be angry about this." Sean said in a slugging voice while holding the newspaper.

"You're talking nonsense, any actor wouldn't be happy in this situation, Sean." Sanders, who was concentrating on his steak, said without raising his head, and Galen, who was playing with the lobster, didn't say a word.

"Is it okay not to eat without patronizing?" Sean let go of his hand and sighed.

Galen and Sanders finally stopped and looked at each other, and then Galen shrugged his shoulders first: "Sorry, I need to taste the lobster carefully before I can try to replicate it in the kitchen, so ......"

Sanders simply said bluntly: "Okay, Sean, what is Nicole's mood, what does it have to do with us, maybe she is in a good mood when she sees this, or not." ”

"Okay, okay," Sean said, holding up his hands, "I see, it's rare for us to go out for lunch together, so let's enjoy it, you're welcome." ”

This was said rather sadly, but unfortunately Galen and Sanders were indifferent, and continued to fight with their own food, not bothering to pay attention to him.

Fortunately, a familiar voice came into my ears from the side: "Hey, Sean, are you going to surrender to someone like this?" ”

"Mark?" Sean turned his head, Mark? Wahlberg came into view, along with a tall girl and a stroller with a cute few months old lying inside.

"Are you going out shopping with your family on a sunny afternoon?" Sean immediately got up and slapped Wahlberg with a smile, and then with his **** girlfriend Rhea? Durham said hello and waved to the little one in the stroller.

The little guy is very cute and chubby, and his eyes are wide open, looking at Sean motionless.

"Looks like Ella likes you." Wahlberg said with a smile, "Usually at this time, you are either asleep, or you are moving around in the car, without stopping, and it is rare to have such a quiet time." ”

"I remember...... It's been four months, right? Sean thought about it, this little one was born in September '03, and now it's January '04, there may be a few days of error, but four months should be about the same.

"That's right, it's just over a week and 4 months, which is pretty cute, right?" Wahlberg said proudly, and then sighed with emotion: "Rhea was shocked when he told me that I was going to be a father, but now it seems that being a father is also quite good." ”

Then Rhea coughed lightly next to him, his girlfriend is a model, and he also worked as a catwalk model in Victoria's Secret in 01, and Sean had met a few times before. She is a very discerning, observant woman, and knows how to forbear, and is good at supplementing, which is a good match for Wahlberg.

It can be seen from this action now, firstly, it is to warn Wahlberg not to bring the family affairs here, and secondly, it is also a reminder, reminding him of what time it is.

"Okay, I just saw you, come over and say hello." Wahlberg reacted immediately.

"Haven't eaten lunch? How about I ask the waiter to find a few chairs. Sean said retentively.

But Wahlberg looked at his girlfriend, who shook his head slightly, then at the stroller, and at Sean's small round table, and then politely declined his offer.

"I just didn't expect to see you here again and wanted to come over and say hello." Wahlberg said.

"You forgot, you recommended this restaurant to me." Sean smiled with his hands outstretched.

"Of course, it tastes good," Wahlberg looked delighted, then squeezed his eyes again, "but aren't you worried about being photographed by reporters sitting at the open-air table so swaggering?" You know, after the release of "Cold Mountain", many reporters want to dig into your private life. ”

"It's okay, I'm sure even if they block me here, they won't be able to dig up what they want." Sean waved his hand indifferently.

At this time, Rhea urged and whispered, "Mark." ”

"Alright, man, I'm leaving, I'll talk about it later." Wahlberg slapped him, then thought of something and added, "By the way, I have a project in the pipeline, maybe you can give me some advice then." ”

Sean wanted to ask what it was, but seeing his eagerness to leave, he didn't say much, just nodded: "No problem, just come on." ”

But he immediately thought of something and added, "By the way, Mark, remember to give me an invitation when you have a wedding - it should be soon, right?" Little ones grow up quickly. ”

"Got it." Wahlberg's tone was obviously perfunctory, but Rhea smiled in the corner of her eyes and gave Sean a friendly look.

Seeing them leave, Sean officially started the knife and fork again, but look at Galen and Sanders, they are actually enjoying dessert.

"It's a pity, I don't know how to translate the word 'foodie' accurately, otherwise I can perfectly describe you now." Sean sighed.

"He's sarcastically mocking us in Chinese again." Galen said immediately.

"It's okay, most people don't understand it anyway, just ignore it," Sanders said disapprehantly, "It's just that we don't cooperate." ”

"How come," Sean snorted, "why don't you cooperate, anyway, to attract reporters, it's mainly up to me, you're just a foil, aren't you?" ”

That's right, the reason why he came here, to have lunch at a restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, and he didn't dress up at all, not even sunglasses, in order to attract reporters.

Although "Cold Mountain" received mixed reviews after its release, it was still praised in general, and movies that were more artistic were still more favored by critics after all.

Although Minghella's work has many problems, and the slow pace is more obvious, and this time it is even a little more intense, but after all, it is not as ignorant as European directors. There is a main line, a plot, a human nature, a connotation, and it is advanced layer by layer, and the technique is skillful, and the picture scroll of the American countryside in the nineteenth century is also very beautiful, of course, it should be praised.

"If you don't praise it, then you either have a ghost in your heart or you have prejudice in your heart." That's what Sean said.

It's a pity that he didn't know that after the release of this movie in his previous life, the word-of-mouth was polarized and quite different, and even those who praised Minghella had to admit that he was just repeating himself.

After that, the good reputation also relied on the accumulation of various reasons.

But now, because of Sean's eye-catching performance, plus the shocking ending about Sara that was also retained because of his advice, the current "Cold Mountain" has been raised by at least one notch, so it has become mostly praised.

Of course, he didn't know the best, otherwise maybe his tail would have gone up to the sky.

As a result, even though Miramax only pulled down 2,000 theaters for release because of the subject matter, it still achieved a weekend box office of 18 million, ranking third on the list.

This is a very good result, and it must be that the family carnival type of movies is more popular during Christmas, such as "Cold Mountain", which is ranked second on the list, and "A Basket of Children", which was also released on Christmas Day, has an additional box office of almost 10 million.

As for the ones at the top of the list, needless to say, Peter? The final installment of Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, no one can compete with it.

Even so, the sci-fi film "Memory Rift," which also released on December 25, and the latest version of "Peter Pan," which is also a family carnival genre, have been trampled underfoot, and they have been released in many more theaters than "Cold Mountain" - in fact, if "A Basket of Children" is not half the number of theaters, it is not certain who will die in the second place.

In short, in this case, coupled with the fact that most critics are positive about Sean's performance in it, the average entertainment media doesn't seem to know how to report it.

After all, many tabloids were ashamed to declare that Sean would ruin the movie, but now that the movie is released, people have been quite praised, how can they be embarrassed to talk nonsense?

Of course, if they really think so, then there will be no gossip in the world, in fact, it is impossible for them to feel ashamed and embarrassed, and that thing cannot be eaten.

However, because of public opinion, it is impossible to attack his acting skills and the movie "Cold Mountain" for the time being, so they began to dig up his scandals and his private life. So during this period of time, as long as you look for information related to "Cold Mountain" in the media, you will find an interesting phenomenon, all the media with a good reputation basically focus on the plot of the movie and various reviews, and the tabloids are basically related to Sean.

Either "Sean and Nicole appeared at the premiere together, suspected of rekindling old love", or "Sean and Nicole appeared at the premiere together, looking at each other coldly", and slightly neutral headlines like "Sean didn't bring his girlfriend to the premiere of "Cold Mountain" are difficult to see, and sometimes you can even find two completely different statements in a newspaper.

So, someone said on the Internet that they didn't know Sean before? How could Don have the title of playboy, although he had dated many women, but now it seems that this title is really right.

Sean is very depressed, why do so many people target him? Well, I'm really a suitable object, plus I've created too many topics before, who are you looking for if you don't look for yourself? In this case, Sean naturally has to find a countermeasure, and he can't always be in this state of fire, right?

After consulting with Frederick and PR Richard, Sanders suggested that he simply take this opportunity to hype himself, anyway, the momentum is already big, it is better to make it bigger, and then try to create a positive image, and the first step is not to appear with any women, to create a single appearance, and wait for the reporters to take the bait and then go out with Jessica.

It's just that I don't know what Wahlberg's expression would be if Wahlberg, who was kind enough to remind him just now, knew his intentions.