"Hi, dear Angie, it's great to see you." Al opened his arms, laughed and hugged Angela.
"Me too, Mr. Al, um, I'm going to call you dad again." The girl patted the charming old man on the back and said with a smile, "After all, this is the first time."
"The third time," Al counted with his fingers, ""Hide and Seek," "The Wire," and this time, "Virtual Idol", to be honest, it feels really strange. At the beginning of the year, you were my adopted daughter, and now you are again became my daughter."
"So, do you like an adopted daughter or a daughter?" Angela spread her hands with a smile.
"Daughter!" Al gave her an affirmative answer, and then remembered something: "By the way, dear, if Julie is free to visit my class, then..."
"Of course, of course, I promised." The girl nodded immediately. Al's daughter Julie Marie was also her fan. Although she got a lot of Angela's autographs through her father, the two never met. face, that's why Al speaks like this.
At this time, Al's assistant Jeffrey and Sparrow came over together and interrupted the conversation between the old and the young. The crew needed them to start makeup, and the shooting was about to start.
Universal's Studio 23 is huge, tens of feet high and hundreds of square miles in area, making it look empty, as if any set could fit inside.
In Angela's view, such a large studio is not needed at all, because the content to be shot in the studio does not require too many sets, and the only props are already placed in the middle, a large LCD monitor— in the present era. I believe it cost a lot of money, and of course, there are other equipment to indicate that it is a more advanced computer.
After the girl entered the studio, Al was already sitting in front of the computer and began to pretend to debug—it always takes a little longer for girls to put on makeup—the director Albert Taylor was by his side, communicating with him from time to time, The rest of the crew are busy and preparing.
"It's a pity that you didn't take charge of the guide cylinder." Angela took the time to walk to a middle-aged man who was looking at the center of the field and wrote a few strokes in the notebook he carried with him from time to time.
"Ah, it's Miss Angela, how are you?" Andrew Nicole hurriedly put away the notebook and shook hands with the girl.
"It's not surprising, the film company always has their own considerations," he explained, "I never thought that I could actually direct this movie. I made such a request, and it would be a good thing if they agreed. If they don't agree, then I'll try harder, I'm the executive screenwriter anyway, right?"
"Your mentality is so good, it may be a loss for Universal not to let you be a director." The girl shrugged. She really regretted that although the Andrew she knew did not have many works, but every movie had something to be commended. She really wanted to know what Andrew could have achieved if he had been a director from the beginning. What is the difference between it and the original "Virtual Idol", which may be a good reference for her.
"Actually we think Mr. Andrew is very talented. But not everyone is James Cameron." Then came a tall, thin man, about 45 years old, in a neat suit, Universal's production manager Gaumont Geller.
"So, Andrew should also learn from Mr. Cameron and sell this script to the world at a price of $1." Angela looked at Andrew next to him teasingly, and the other party smiled.
"We have given Mr. Andrew a long-term contract for the screenwriting job, and with Andrew's ability, it won't take too long to take the lead." Gao Meng shook hands with the girl, always smiling, "Hello, Angie Miss La, we finally cooperated once."
"Actually, I am very happy to cooperate with Universal, and I believe that I will continue to cooperate in the future." The girl responded with a smile.
To be honest, Angela never thought that Universal would win the script in the end. After confirming that the author of the novel is her, many companies have become interested. Although the competition is not fierce, it will definitely cost a lot. effort.
However, it now seems that Universal's winning this script should have the taste of buying a horse with a lot of money. However, just buy it, why would you choose such a director to direct
It's not that the girl has any opinion on Albert Taylor, she doesn't know the director - at least in her memory, there is no impression of this person. Of course, there are countless directors in Hollywood, and it's not surprising that she doesn't know.
Judging from the other party's information, Mr. Taylor has directed a lot of MTV, and was also responsible for the shooting of some short dramas and some TV series of FOX TV. But is it appropriate to hand the film to a director who has no experience directing films
Well, she admits that she is suspected of being discriminatory. David Fincher started as director of MTV, and so did Michael Bay, so Angela cares about it, but she has not heard of this director.
Forget it, forget it, the girl said to herself. Anyway, it's okay, the film company can't promote her in the name of the original author, and she is a supporting role, as long as she plays her role well, even if she loses at the box office, no one can say anything about her.
At this moment, in the busy crowd in the distance, a tall and tall figure suddenly appeared in Angela's line of sight, causing the girl to raise her eyebrows involuntarily.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Gao Meng, I'm sorry." Angela said to Gao Meng, who was talking with Andrew, and the other party made a gesture of invitation very graceful.
As far as Angela can remember, there are only two actors in "Virtual Idol" who are the same as the original, Al Pacino, who plays the male lead, and Winona Ryder, who plays the big-name female star. For the latter, Universal originally planned to invite her to play the role of a female producer, Al's ex-wife, Angela's mother, but Winona was reading the script, but became interested in the role of a big-name female star, not at all. Listen to the agent's advice, to come down. So after going around in circles, the character that was originally her has returned to its original point.
However, other roles have changed drastically. For example, the role of the female producer I mentioned just now falls into the hands of Ann Heche. She is an excellent TV actress who won the Emmy Award in 1991. in the development of film. Angela always felt as though she had heard this woman's name, but couldn't remember it.
However, what surprised the girl the most among these characters was the role of the virtual character Simone. Although in the movie, Simone was synthesized by computer, but it still needs actors to play the role during the shooting, and then use the computer to process it in post-production.
The original cast of Simone was the famous Canadian model Rachel Roberts, and now the crew is still selecting actors from the models because they want to make a national idol. Naturally, the more beautiful the actor, the better, and the hotter the figure, the better. Angela naturally knew this, but she didn't expect that the woman would be the one who played the role in the end!
An assistant director was talking to the girl at this time, and the girl kept nodding in agreement.
She is about 6 feet 2 inches tall, with slender legs, graceful curves, a standard devil figure, with blond hair hanging down from her shoulders, and her delicate facial features, which are enough to make any man dream!
"Hello, Miss Theron." Angela interjected when the assistant director ended the conversation, and the woman who turned back was a little surprised, then smiled: "Hello, Miss Mason, you can call me Charlize, or Charlie."
Charming but with a different affinity, this is Angela's first impression. It is really very beautiful, and it is worthy of the name of South African diamonds. The girl's eyes narrowed slightly, her tongue flashed from the corner of her mouth unconsciously, and no one noticed, not even herself. Immediately, the girl showed the same charming and bright smile: "Okay, Charlie, you can also call me Angela or Angie."
"I have to say, you're so beautiful, Charlie. Ever since I received the script, I've been thinking about who would play this perfect woman, and I didn't expect them to find one." Angela's expression was mixed with surprise and admiration And a little bit of envy, anyone would think her words came from the heart.
Sure enough, Charlize began to feel a little embarrassed. She was used to listening to this kind of words, and every man would say it to her, but now it came out of a girl's mouth, and it had a different taste, which made her very comfortable.
"You really can talk, Angie," she smiled softly. "It's my luck to get this part."
After a pause, she shrugged self-deprecatingly: "But they said that some retouching of my face will be done in post-processing, so when the movie is released, I'm afraid it won't be me who will appear in front of the audience."
"It's impossible, you are so beautiful, you won't have too much grooming, you underestimate your own charm." Angela said seriously.
"I have to say it again, you are very good at talking, Angie." Charlize also said sincerely.
"I heard that you are South African?" The girl changed the subject at an unexpected time.
"Yes, I came to America at 16..."
The two attractive women began to chat, and the staff present couldn't help but look at them. Under Angela's intentional or unintentional guidance, the two soon became intimate.
"Miss Angela, Mr. Taylor needs you to come down." A staff member ran over at this time.
"Are you going to start? Well, I'll come." Angela nodded and turned to Charlize again, "I'm sorry, Charlie, it was a pleasure chatting with you, let's continue when we have time."
"Me too."
After the two nodded to each other, the girl walked over to the set, and the scene of Ardi was temporarily finished, and then it was changed to her and Anne Heche, who played her mother.
However, when Angela was about to reach the center, she suddenly slowed down, and a kind of doubt emerged from her heart. When she was talking to Charlize just now, she obviously felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. .
She seems to be a little nervous, the girl thought soothingly, looking at the center of the venue, and at the same time she began to think about how to play in a while. What Angela didn't know was that her every move, from the moment she chatted with Charlize, fell into the eyes of someone, Anne Heche, who played her mother!