With the makeup artist fiddling with her face, Angela's mind has already flown to the upcoming performance, and she is still a little excited. This feeling has not appeared in a while, after all, this is her first time acting. TV series, but also "Friends"!
Lindsay or Jessica would have laughed at me if they knew about it - Jessica maybe not, but Lindsay definitely would - I've made several movies and won a lot of golden statuettes, but I'm still nervous ! The girls pouted, of course they didn't know what this TV series meant. After all, "Friends" is still just a hit series, and it will take a few years for what it represents to slowly emerge.
Thinking of this, Angela suddenly thanked God for not letting the butterfly wings fly around indiscriminately. If these six people hadn't come together to make this TV series, even if there is no one who can't be replaced, even if the replacement is better than them, the girls will still be allowed to play. Unacceptable, habit or preconceived ideas can sometimes be powerful.
Well, let's think about how I'm going to play with them later. The girl's mind turned back again. She had read the script of this episode and the role she was going to play many times. In general, it was both simple and difficult, because her role was a "mouthless" similar to Ling Bo Li. Heartless and expressionless" Three No Girls!
It has to be said that the TV writers at Warners and NBC are excellent, and because of Angela's butterfly effect, the content of many episodes of "Friends" has changed - of course, some classic scenes still exist, such as the New York blackout Chandler was killed Trapped in the ATM self-service hall, or Rachel and Monica swapped identities after seeing a doctor without insurance, etc. Compared with what the girl can recall, the difference is at least about 50%!
After all, TV dramas are different from movies. Not only are the screenwriters different for each episode, but they are also greatly influenced by the audience, and may be revised at any time due to the opinions of the audience. For example, "Band of Brothers" has a complete script at the beginning, and only It's almost impossible to find a second one for a season of TV series. However, even so, "Friends" has maintained a high level, otherwise how could it still be so enthusiastically sought after.
In the episode that was about to be filmed, the screenwriter arranged for Phoebe to accidentally bump into Celia, played by Angela, who ran away from home with a guitar on her back and was wandering alone on the street. Out of sympathy and the same love for music, she was brought to the scene. In Monica's apartment, she was arranged to stay temporarily, because Celia's attitude of hiding her feelings in her heart and appearing indifferent on the surface no matter what happened, triggered a series of incidents.
There are still plenty of humorous bits and pieces that run through Friends throughout, especially the obscure sexual topics, like in one of them, Chandler comes into Monica's apartment after get off work and just happens to be sitting at the counter looking after himself. Celia, who wrote the song, couldn't help but leaned on her cheek with one hand: "Hey, how are you, beautiful lady, can you tell me my name?"
As a result, Celia raised her head, glanced at him, and said without expression, "I'm just 15 years old!"
Chandler suddenly slipped his elbow and almost fell on the counter, then walked away embarrassedly, came behind Monica, who was busy in front of the oven, and asked in a low voice in surprise in his characteristic exaggerated tone: "Children these days are all Are you so mature?"
Thinking back on the script, Angela couldn't help curling up the corners of her mouth, weaving Matthew's classic expression in her head, but then she thought of her role again, and couldn't help frowning, just as she said, she had to deal with it. This role is actually very simple, but it is not easy to handle it well to get the audience's approval.
The simple way is to shoot with a face, and let those humorous and witty dialogues become the focus to attract the attention of the audience; but to perform well, then you have to hide those who hide behind the expressionless mask. Find a way to express your feelings. Yes, eyes and a few small gestures! It's not easy. Although similar roles have been experienced as early as in "Hide and Seek", they are not completely three-no-girls, not to mention that the shooting of indoor sitcoms is different from that of movies!
"Cut!" With the director's shout, Angela raised her hand with a wry smile amid the whispers in the stands: "Sorry, Mr. Allen, it's my problem."
The director of this episode, Allen, discussed with the assistant director and a few people around him, and finally came over: "Miss Angela, or you can take a rest and relax first."
"Well, it seems that it can only be like this." The girl shrugged helplessly. From the beginning to now, I have only shot five or six shots, but NG has no less than twenty times, which makes Angela very depressed.
"What? Will Miss Genius keep NG?" Jennifer, who had no camera to shoot for a while, sat down beside the girl and said with a smile. Hearing this, Angela pouted and looked at her unhappily.
"Okay, okay, then let's not talk about this. In fact, it's nothing. Actors will always be out of state. Once I lose my feeling for a while, the number of NGs will not be less than yours." Jennifer patted the girl lightly. Looking at her slightly aggrieved face, she couldn't help laughing again: "Did anyone tell you, Angie, you look really cute like this."
Seeing Jennifer's expression of wanting to pinch her cheek, Angela couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Actually, Jane, although my role is not easy to play, but if NG doesn't have any experience so many times, then It's too inappropriate, it's just at the same time as the show—"
The girl suddenly sighed and looked at the auditorium outside the stage, which was full of people. At this time, she was engrossed in watching Matthew, David, and Courteney who were performing, and from time to time they made big noises because of those humorous conversations. laughter.
"Is there a problem?" Jennifer followed her gaze, puzzled.
"Most of the audience in the auditorium are friends or family members of actors and crew members, and there are very few outsiders, so you don't have to worry about it. Did you see that girl? That's my high school classmate Susan, so you don't have to worry about it. I'm worried that someone I don't like will come in." Jennifer, who thought the girl was worried, waved to her classmate while explaining.
"No, no, Jane, I don't want to say this, I-" Angela made a few gestures, thought for a long time with a wry smile, and finally put it next to Jennifer's ear and said softly: "Those audiences over there make me feel A little uncomfortable!"
The hot air that the girl blew into her ears made Jennifer feel numb for no reason, but the words that followed surprised her.
"It seems... not what a professional actor who has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress should say." Her surprised expression was not fake.
"Of course I know, but in fact I do feel that way." Angela spread her hands, looking helpless.
The girl thought about it carefully and decided to start from the beginning: "Actually, to be precise, I don't like acting on stage!"
"But..." Jennifer just wanted to say what this has to do with the stage play, but she immediately understood after her eyes fell on the audience, but she then fell into tears and greater doubts.
"Dear Angie, don't you want to tell me that you feel uncomfortable because the audience is watching?" Jennifer, who looked at the girl, twitched the corners of her mouth and didn't know what to do.
"Actually... yes." Angela scratched her head and sighed, "I never liked stage plays, because once on stage you can't make mistakes, especially big mistakes, otherwise it will be a disaster, I I don't like this feeling, it's my own feeling that created the disaster, and it's still in front of everyone's eyes! So, except for being forced to perform a few plays at the Christmas party when I was in elementary school, I never accepted any stage play invitations. "
"But..." The other party thought for a while before saying, "When you're shooting a movie, wouldn't there be a lot of people watching it?"
"At least that won't ruin the whole movie." Angela immediately replied.
Jennifer laughed suddenly: "Look, isn't the filming of TV series the same?"
"So I need time to adjust, but the adjustment time is a little longer." The girl seemed a little helpless, there was a little bit of confidence in it, but more of it was a desire to control everything in her own hands. Once you find that you can't control your desire, don't touch it!
"You know, before the filming of "Friends", I was a fat girl who weighed 200 pounds," Jennifer suddenly said about herself, "At that time, I was very low self-esteem, and it was so easy to find me in the crowd. , that bloated and clumsy guy is, I love acting, but I can only play some simple roles on stage.
In the end, extreme inferiority turned into extreme self-esteem, and I would not allow anyone to say that I was fat, even if it was the truth! Because of this, my agent was very worried, and finally, together with my father and godfather, persuaded me to lose weight. At the time, I didn’t take it seriously. I tried to lose weight before, but it never worked. I thought it would be the same this time.
However, when I seriously insisted on a reasonable diet and moderate exercise for half a month, I suddenly found that I really lost 3 pounds. At that time, the ecstasy in my heart was really indescribable! "
Speaking of this, Jennifer suddenly stopped the topic, tilted her head slightly in a trance, until a pair of slender hands touched her face, making her startled, she turned her head to look, Angela was withdrawing her hand in a panic .
"Sorry, I just..." She explained nervously, gesturing, but her mouth was open for a long time and she was speechless.
Jennifer laughed and shook her head gently in her heart. She is really very cute, and she always gives people a feeling that she needs to be cared for, just like a child, there is no genius at all.
"Yes," she knew what the girl wanted to say, and nodded immediately, "I can see from my face with a little baby fat now, how miserable I looked at that time."
After a pause, Jennifer said again: "Later I lost 70 pounds and finally passed the audition for "Friends". So what I want to say is that some things you think are difficult, but when you really take it seriously When you do it, you will find that it is actually quite simple.”
She looked at the girl with her azure blue eyes, with an encouraging smile.