"Although I said it on the day of the premiere, I'll repeat it here again, if you're going to discuss something with Angela, forget she's an 18-year-old girl in the end!" - Kevin Spacey said so.
"She has two extremes. When she is smart, she is far beyond many experienced middle-aged people, and when she is cute and shy, she looks like a child of only thirteen or four years old." - Annette Bening said.
"I didn't know what my role was when I started, but I agreed without thinking about it, and it wasn't just because I worked on Lola Run before, I trusted her vision." - Mina Sue Wally said so.
"My performance should have been the worst at the beginning of filming. I was the one with the most NGs every day, but she never said anything but warned me that if I couldn't do it once, I would do it a few more times, as long as I could see what my problem was. Then it will always do well, although she is younger than me but sometimes more like a sister." -Sarah Michelle Gellar said.
"You can never imagine what it's like when she yells at you on the phone because she's unhappy with the script, and of course my stubbornness is one of the reasons, but I'd say she's really scary in that situation. But she can really see a lot of different places. I have been thinking after watching the movie. If it was shot according to the original script, I am afraid it would not have such a good effect. You have to admire her." - Ai Len Bob said so.
"Yes, I can understand that feeling, I've spent at least ten hours a day drawing, music, and reading since I was 4, because I like the feeling of being immersed in it. It's full of passion a lot of the time, but the same After a long time, it will be boring. At this time, you must learn to make changes or rediscover. So in a sense, Lester is brave, of course, what he pursues is not the desire for Betty, but to break through the trapped The shackles on all living beings, Alan's script is indeed very good. I have no intention of criticizing or accusing anything, just open it for you to see, because everyone sees, understands, reflects, and reflects on the same and different points. ." - Angela Mason said.
The tidbits of "American Beauty" broadcast on Fox TV were successful in a sense, satisfying the curiosity of the public to a certain extent, even if Angela was very dissatisfied that the topic was focused on herself, but no matter what This really reduces some of the paparazzi outside the villa, and she has more time to do other things that must be done, such as—
"Listen to me, Andrew, I can put you in any position except director," Angela took the phone and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to look at the blue sky outside, rain is probably the most stingy thing in Los Angeles, "I saw you director last year. The "Chronicle", also admitted that it was a good movie, but I still don't think you are suitable for directing "The Truman World". Compared with the film "Virtual Idol" a few years ago, the satire is more pungent and direct. "
She said and walked around the room twice: "Of course I know, but it can be seen from the script that you always want to add a lot of things, so when you make choices as a director, you will inevitably be biased. I don't want to. What's wrong with The Truman World, because this movie, if done well, will go down in the history of cinema."
After a while, Angela slowed down: "Please forgive my directness, I think our conditions are very good, don't you?... No, I will not direct, I will find a more mature director, "Death Poems" How about Peter Weir, the director of "The Society"?… Well, hopefully next time I hear good news from you."
She turned off the phone and Angela shrugged. Anyway, she said what she had to say. If Andrew chose another film company, she had no other choice but to pray that "The Truman World" wouldn't get too bad, especially if Jim Carrey didn't play the lead - Angela always felt that Truman's jerky look was best performed by this guy.
But if you think about it carefully, Andrew is still very likely to hand over the script to the Pixar film department. The reason why he keeps running between major companies, it took him a few months from last year to this year, is to convince the film company Let him be the director, and the directors of the various film companies have the same opinion as Angela.
But among so many film companies, only Angela offered the condition of being an executive producer, and the others just took a fancy to Andrew's script, and the release of "American Beauty" gave Angela a lot of points, so the film department thought The probability of winning the script of "The Truman World" should be the greatest.
Just wait for his call. Angela put the phone back in place. Anyway, she has already planned Pixar's movies for the next few years, not to mention that the film adaptation rights of the "Harry Potter" series are in hand, nor to the future "Matrix" The two-episode sequel and the planned "Pirates of the Caribbean", the film department has negotiated with Hasbro at the end of last year to obtain the film production rights of "Transformers" - Angela's contribution to such a smooth operation, all Hollywood now knows, Miss Genius only started writing the script in order to save money to buy a limited edition Transformers model.
In addition, the film department is in contact with Marvel Comics, the target is "X-Men" and "Iron Man", although Angela really wants to eat a pot, but eating alone is not more welcome, and not all comic heroes are adapted. After a movie is made, it will sell well, and it is enough to have two movies that make money.
Of course, it's not bad to win "The Truman World". In this case, she just used it to try to cooperate with other film companies. "50 First Loves", which is in post-production, was jointly invested by Pixar and Disney, although the cost is only Tens of millions, but Disney will join because Angela has made it clear to major companies that if this model is good, more movies will be produced in the form of joint ventures in the future.
Angela's purpose is very simple, to expand her influence as much as possible before the plan is completed, and make sure that Hollywood studios feel that as long as they cooperate with them, they will definitely make profits, so they will give more or less when needed. face.
Moreover, this kind of joint venture model has been very popular since the large investment and large production model appeared in the 21st century. Angela obviously has to plan for a more distant future. Anyway, the money will never end, and part of the profits will be allocated for the film department. Isn't it good to lay the foundation? She can't close the film department after she completes her plan.
Of course, all kinds of power still have to be in their own hands - otherwise Naomi would not have been so easy to get the heroine of "50 First Dates" - other film companies just need to invest.
The landline phone beeped, and Annie's voice rang: "Angie, Jesse and the others are here."
Angela, who could hear clearly, immediately cheered, cleaned up briefly, and quickly ran out of the door and went straight to the hall, where Jessica was already waiting and talking to Annie, she didn't lift it lightly. When he started to meet Angela's eyes, he was stunned for a moment, and then showed a gentle smile that was so familiar that he couldn't be more familiar.
Angela's footsteps suddenly slowed down, something seemed to be stabbed in her heart, and Jessica seemed to have become thinner than before. She didn't know why she made this judgment, but her intuition told her that the girl who was standing in the middle of the hall smiling softly at her was indeed thin.
Angela, who had ripples in her heart, suddenly increased her speed and wanted to run over to give her a big hug, but she stepped on the ground in the living room on the first floor and a black shadow flew towards her.
"Angie!" Lindsay screamed and hugged Angela, because she was flying towards her with too much force, and at the same time she took Angela around for several laps before stopping.
"Damn it, Lindsay! Do you want to stun me!" Angela yelled angrily, and after she managed to stop, she immediately broke free and was about to hit her on the head, but Lindsay, who was holding her, didn't. He didn't mean to let go, he just shrank his head and looked up at Angela with an aggrieved look.
That cute appearance made Angela's heart soften for a while. After going to Harvard, she hadn't seen Lindsay and Jessica again. She usually contacted by phone, email and occasional letter, so her hand dropped. After that, it finally changed from knocking to pinching—a fierce squeeze on the girl's face.
"It looks like it's going to hurt."
"Sister is cruel."
Willie and Ike, who had been with Lindsay before, stood beside them and tutted, and after Angela glared at them, they hurriedly ran away laughing.
"Are you going to continue holding me like this for the rest of your life, Lindsay?" Angela then looked down at the girl in her arms again.
Lindsay stuck out her tongue, then let go with reluctance. "I just missed you, Angie."
Angela shook her head gently, touched her head and walked towards Jessica: "It's nice to see you, Jesse."
"Me too." Jessica's smile didn't change, and she opened her arms at the same time.
The two embraced gently and then separated, although it only lasted for a few seconds, Angela still felt Jessica's feeling of not wanting to let go of her, especially when her hand was on her back.
"I hope you were not hindered by anything when you came here." Angela tried her best to hold back the sudden turmoil in her heart, and said with a smile while maintaining her apparent calmness.
"If you don't count the reporters in twos and threes outside the villa, we are indeed going well." Jessica shrugged playfully, staring at Angela without blinking, and her brown eyes seemed to be burning at any moment.
"By the way, Jess, go upstairs with me first, I have something to show you." Angela suddenly said this, then took Jessica's hand and walked upstairs.
"Wait, I'm going too." Linzhai cried and wanted to follow.
"No, dear, this is a private topic, we will come down soon." Angela simply rejected the little girl who wanted to follow, and pulled Jessica straight back to the bedroom.
After entering the room and closing the door, she turned around and was about to say something, when Angela was pressed against the door and slammed, followed by two wet lips blocking her mouth.