At 11 o'clock in the morning, walking out of a cinema showing the same movie for the fifth time, Rachel Weisz felt a little stupid.
Still like this, I ran to watch a movie in the morning.
However, since I received an invitation last week, I couldn't help but want to know more about a man who stands at the top of the Hollywood pyramid. "This Man from Earth" happens to be his latest work, and it's not a DC movie yet. A commercial film like the universe.
The imagination is free.
If you understand Chinese, this is probably Rachel Weisz's most intuitive feeling about "The Man from Earth".
I also watched Simon Westeros's earliest "Run Lola Run". At that time, I heard that it was just a movie made by an 18-year-old boy. I thought it was incredible. She had been fond of drama since she was a child, and she still had some admiration for it.
Later, Simon Westeros quickly rose in Hollywood, giving no one much time to react, and further became the richest man in the world. Even though he started acting at the age of 15, Rachel still felt that this was a A legendary figure who is unlikely to cross paths with him in this life.
However, things in the world are always so wonderful.
Just last week, her agent suddenly called her with an excited tone and told her to rush to the CAA headquarters in Century City as soon as possible.
Last year I tried to enter Hollywood. Because I had accumulated good qualifications in the British entertainment industry and had a Cambridge University diploma that was very popular in the 'uneducated' Hollywood, I easily signed a contract with CAA.
Arrive at the agent's office and learn that Simon Westeros wants to date her.
Being in this circle, Rachel Weisz has heard a lot of rumors about Westeros, and of course she understands what 'dating' here means.
She has been independent and even rebellious since she was a child, and she is not a casual woman.
However, the invitation from Simon Westeros, with her clever mind graduated from Cambridge University, certainly knew what it meant.
Being in the entertainment industry, there are all kinds of gossip everywhere. Rachel Weisz knows very well that most of the new actresses in Hollywood in recent years have various differences with Simon Westeros. Related, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Courteney Cox, Famke Janssen, Julia Roberts, Valerie Golino, Meg Ryan Etc., etc.
Therefore, if you agree to the other party's 'date', you will hopefully become the next Westeros girl.
It just so happened that Daenerys Entertainment was preparing a series of blockbuster projects during this time, such as "Charlie's Angels", "The Mummy", "Jumanji", etc. There seemed to be roles suitable for her to try, and her agent had already Submit her resume, but before that, neither she nor her agent had any expectations.
Now, here's the clear opportunity.
The kind of opportunity to step into heaven.
However, there is no lack of pride in his bones. If the two parties can meet at the party, if he can be patient and talk to her first, Rachel feels that she will not be too resistant.
However, what is this now
Call girl
When she had this idea, she was about to blurt out and refuse directly. But seeing the enthusiastic expression on the agent's face, Rachel felt that if she refused on the spot, she would probably be strangled to death by the other party. She seemed to have found an excuse for herself in her heart. , so he said he needed to think about it.
The agent had absolutely no intention of getting a positive answer from her, and he said it was no problem in a nice way. In the next few days, he directly helped her start organizing the matter.
Even CAA president Michael Ovitz took the time to have lunch with her.
It is difficult to keep any secrets in this circle, and the news will inevitably leak out some ambiguous rumors. Faced with a bunch of looks that are either flattering or jealous, Rachel Weisz has simply stopped appearing at any gatherings in recent days, even at the CAA headquarters. Never been there again.
Moreover, an actor who was pursuing her suddenly disappeared from her life.
He roughly guessed something, but didn't ask anything.
It's nothing more than being warned or sent away. CAA can't kill people and silence them.
In fact, I also understand that not refusing is actually equivalent to acquiescing.
In just a few days, I received another news.
A few days ago, she successfully auditioned for a role in Italian film master Bernardo Bertolucci's new film "Stealing Beauty". When her agent informed her, her tone was obviously disapproving. They had gone through a lot of trouble to get this role in Qixin's film, but now they said it was a bit of a loss to let her play such a small role that was not even the second female lead.
However, after all, it is Bertolucci's film, so it should be regarded as accumulating qualifications.
Still gossiping on the phone.
It is said that the heroine of "Stealing Beauty" has previously been selected by ICM's Liv Tyler. She is the daughter of Steven Tyler, the lead singer of the famous band Aerosmith. In terms of resources and connections, no one can cut her off.
Then something unexpected happened.
The heroine suddenly switched to Mia Kirshner, the actress who won this Oscar's Best Actress nomination for last year's "Little Women".
Although Mia Kirshner's chances of winning the statuette are almost zero, a girl who is just 20 years old has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress. If not the youngest Best Actress nominee in Oscar history, she is already A qualification that many Hollywood actresses will find difficult to achieve in their lifetime.
How could such a girl with no background from a Russian immigrant family in Canada be able to do this
The key is, yes, Simon Westeros.
You must know that "Stealing Beauty" is not a project under Daenerys Entertainment, but a movie invested by Fox Pictures. Simon Westeros just made a phone call to make Fox give up the originally selected heroine.
At the end of the gossip, the agent said in a bewitching way that as long as she could climb the towering tree of Simon Westeros, she would one day be able to snatch roles from whomever she wanted.
Rachel felt that the agent was too excited and couldn't help but refute what if she wanted to steal Mia Kirshner's role? The agent's words, "It all depends on your own abilities," made her realize that she had dug a hole for herself, and some thoughts that she couldn't suppress in her mind bothered her for several days.
However, after the excitement wore off, things seemed to change again.
She received an invitation on March 2nd, and today was already March 10th. During this period, she was very unhappy and was taken to a private hospital in Malibu for a physical examination. As a result, Westeros had been There was no movement.
Was the 'date' suddenly cancelled
Whenever I have this thought, I don't know whether I am happy or disappointed.
It was approaching noon, and the street in West Hollywood was busy with traffic. Rachel Weisz stood at the door of the theater and thought about the plot of the movie for a moment, then walked to the nearby parking lot, got into her Buick car, and looked around through the car window. Look, just as I was about to find a place to have lunch, my phone suddenly rang.
As soon as she pressed the button to connect, the manager's excited voice came from the phone. Rachel realized something and her heartbeat began to accelerate.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Santa Monica Airport is located in downtown Santa Monica.
Rachel Weisz, who was carefully dressed up and put on a Versace suit sent from Westeros, was accompanied by her agent Todd Winterbottom to the airport. There was already a Gulfstream here. V-shaped private jet waiting on the runway.
After finally listening to the agent's instructions, Rachel confirmed her identity with the two uniformed girls by the gangway, and entered the cabin carrying a Gucci satchel that was also sent from Westeros.
Then, Rachel quickly stood stunned in the aisle of the cabin.
In the luxuriously decorated Gulfstream V cabin, another beautiful girl in the same dress was already sitting, and she was also looking at her suspiciously.
The flight attendant who just introduced herself as Nikki Dennis seemed not to notice the abnormality between the two of them, and took the initiative to help introduce: "Ms. Weisz, this is Kate Beckinsale. Miss Beckinsale, this is It’s Rachel Weisz.”
After Nikki's introduction, Rachel Weisz felt that it was rude not to greet the other party, so she took the initiative to step forward and stretched out her hand to the girl named Kate Beckinsale. She still vaguely felt in her mind that she seemed to have seen her before. other side. When Kate Beckinsale spoke, her typical British accent immediately reminded Rachel of a thriller she had seen in China a few years ago.
This is my hometown.
During the greeting process, Kate Beckinsale apparently also discovered the fact that Rachel was from the UK, but she didn't say much for a while.
There is some inexplicable weird atmosphere floating in the air.
After saying hello, Rachel originally wanted to sit on the other side of the cabin, but Nicky made a gesture of invitation intentionally or unintentionally. After all, this was her first time flying on a private jet, so Rachel was too embarrassed to refuse. Follow the other party's guidance and sit down opposite Kate Beckinsale.
Then there was silence.
Nikki briefly introduced some precautions, confirmed that the two of them had no other questions, and left temporarily.
The Gulfstream V soon began gliding down the runway at Santa Monica Airport.
When the private plane stopped shaking completely, and outside the window was a clear blue sky held up by the clouds, Kate, who was sitting opposite, fumbled to open her seat belt, and Rachel quickly lowered her head and followed the same pattern.
After a moment, the two women looked up again.
Eye to eye.
Finally, Kate Beckinsale suddenly showed a smile that was no longer disguised, and whispered to her in a low voice: "What a bastard."
Rachel naturally knew who the asshole Kate was talking about, and also understood why the other party said that.
It's obvious.
Some guy, this is trying to, um, um.
In response to the same smile, Rachel whispered: "Indeed, asshole."
After the two women said this, they were inexplicably closer to each other. They both subconsciously turned their gazes slightly in the direction of the aisle. They were a little worried that their secret slander would be heard by Nikki, who was obviously not a full-time flight attendant on this plane. , should be those female maids of the legendary Westeros family. From Nikki's appearance and behavior, Rachel felt that the female maids were more likely.
Nikki soon reappeared with a decent smile on her face and asked the two women if they wanted anything to drink.
Rachel originally wanted to order a cup of coffee, but Kate took the initiative to ask what was on the plane. After listening to Nikki's introduction, she took it upon herself to order a bottle of red wine for them.
Nikki left briefly and soon returned with another girl, each holding a tray, one with red wine, and some nut snacks.
After carefully opening red wine for the two women and asking some more questions, Nikki was about to leave with her companions. Rachel finally remembered something, stopped Nikki and asked, "Where are we going?"
Nikki stopped and replied, "Seattle."
Kate, who had been secretly looking at the bottle of red wine from Chateau Latour, also reacted and raised her head in confusion: "Going to the West... Why are you going to Seattle?"
Nikki was very patient and explained: "Microsoft is headquartered in Seattle. Today is the day when Microsoft releases the Windows 95 operating system. The boss was invited to attend the press conference."
Only then did I understand.
Both women have moved to North America from the UK in the past two years and have spent most of their time in Los Angeles. However, they have never had the opportunity to go to Seattle. Their impression of this city is probably from the movie Tom Hanks and Meg in the summer two years ago. "Sleepless in Seattle" starring Ryan.
Without further questioning, when Nikki left again, Kate Beckinsale took the initiative to talk about "Sleepless in Seattle".
I happen to have seen this movie.
However, Rachel liked it, but Kate thought the story was too idealistic.
As the communication deepened, the two women got to know each other better, and then they were surprised to find that Rachel Weisz was a top student at Cambridge and Kate Beckinsale had studied at Oxford. The difference is that Rachel got her degree, while Kate chose to take a break during her junior year to focus on acting.
But no matter what, both women are at the level of the proud women of heaven.
After drinking red wine and chatting slowly for more than half an hour, making sure that Nikki and the two girls would not come over and disturb her, Kate suddenly asked Rachel: "What do you think we can get after tonight?"
With such an explicit topic, Rachel could only pretend to be stupid: "Huh?"
Kate Beckinsale smiled and said: "I think you must have heard that Simon Westeros is very generous and often gives mansions to the women around him, like Yasmin Gay. Ray and Nadja Allman.”
The two women's families are both considered wealthy, but they are only slightly better than the middle class. Their luxury houses, yachts, and private planes are far away from them. They came to Hollywood to make a living, so they can only rent a house for the time being.
Rachel Weisz fantasized about owning a mansion in Beverly Hills. She was inexplicably looking forward to it, but asked instead: "If he gave it to you, would you want it?"
Kate nodded without hesitation: "Yes, why not."
Rachel paused and said, "But you have to know that pie does not fall in the sky. If you take something from Simon Westeros, you will definitely be his woman for a long time in the future."
Kate seemed to have known this for a long time. She leaned her head slightly and said in a low voice: "I have inquired about it. Westeros is a very nice man. If we get a mansion, we only need to stay with him for a year or two." If you can leave, he won’t stop you.”
Rachel looked at Kate and said, "But don't you think this is very inappropriate?"
Kate shrugged: "I just think that even if we get a good opportunity soon after tonight, it will take four to five years to buy a mansion worth two to three million dollars in Beverly Hills, even , if you are unlucky, you will never be able to afford it. Moreover, this is Simon Westeros. The affairs between him and the two waist and legs are basically public. Have you seen anyone laughing at them? Anyway, I only see a lot of people who are envious to death. Not to mention the house, maybe you have heard of Instagram. Westeros randomly gave them two some shares. I saw it in a magazine recently. Guess what? How much is it worth now?”
Rachel shook her head.
Kate stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Rachel: "It's 50 million U.S. dollars. Tsk, if I could have such a sum of money, I wouldn't need to do anything. I would just enjoy life from now on."
When Rachel heard what Kate said, her mind was a little confused for a moment.
Kate sighed with longing in her eyes, took another sip of the red wine in front of her, relaxed on the back of the chair, tilted her head slightly to look at Rachel, and said with a smile: "Anyway, even if there is nothing else, , Simon Westeros is also a good lover, handsome, talented, well, he must have great physical strength."
Rachel's cheeks warmed slightly because of Kate's last sentence, and she said, "But, you have to know that Westeros is already married."
Kate said confidently: "What's the matter? Maybe I can snatch him over."
With that said, Kate became interested again, and half-jokingly said to Rachel: "Let's try to snatch him over together, just like waist cum and leg cum, well, I am waist cum, you... um... leg cum It’s also mine.”
Seeing that Kate was getting more and more arrogant, Rachel wanted to stop, but when she heard that she had taken all of her waist, semen, and legs, she was dissatisfied and said, "What do you mean, the waist, semen, and legs are all yours?"
Kate looked at Rachel carefully and said, "You are very beautiful, Rachel, but, well, don't blame me for being too upright, you'd better control your figure."
Women often find it hard to tolerate men dictating their bodies.
However, what is even more unbearable than this is probably a woman dictating her own figure.
Rachel simply rolled her eyes and decided not to have these ridiculous conversations with Kate again.
Kate didn't mind either. She quietly sipped the red wine for a while, and seemed to feel that the atmosphere was almost brewing, so she spoke again.
Chatting randomly, the flight of less than two hours passed quickly.
When the Gulfstream V landed at the city airport on the south side of Lake Washington in downtown Seattle, looking out the window at the sky with drizzles of rain, Rachel had a thought that was indeed the same as in "Sleepless in Seattle".
Subconsciously, I also realized that these scattered thoughts were probably an instinct to cover up my inner tension.
After leaving the airport, they took a speedboat directly on the shores of Lake Washington to Mercer Island in the middle of the lake, and entered a mansion hidden by green trees and mist at the southern end of the island. There were already people waiting for them here.
Still not Simon Westeros.
Not seeing that man for the first time, both women couldn't help but feel some feelings of relaxation and loss, as well as a faint expectation hidden deep in their hearts that they would never admit. This continued until late at night that day. The man finally returned.