"How could I not remember, Angela, the genius lady of Hollywood." Sophie smiled and shook hands with Angela, "If I remember correctly, we should meet for the second time."
"It should be the third time for me," Angela replied with the same smile, "I saw you at George's fashion show when I traveled to Milan in 1996 with my friends. You say hi, but because there was another friend of mine in the model at the time, so..." She gestured, "I'm sorry."
It took Sophie about two seconds to understand what "George's fashion show" meant, and she shrugged after recalling the scene, "I'm sorry I didn't notice you were there, sorry. "
"It's okay, don't we meet again now?" Angela said, blinking a little naughty suddenly, "I think, at least tonight you shouldn't criticize me, right?"
Sophie immediately understood and couldn't help laughing a little, of course she didn't laugh out loud, she just shook her head: "You know, Angie - can I call you that? Thank you. Frankly speaking, I'm not like Nicole. I know you, so it seems impossible to me to direct a subject like the Holocaust at your age. Of course, this is just my personal opinion and does not represent anyone else's, I hope you can understand."
"I understand," Angela said with a smile, "everyone knows that Sophie Marceau never swerves, she just says what she thinks in her heart. For me, answering those doubts with facts That's what you should do."
"Then I'll wait for you to refute it with facts." Sophie nodded gracefully.
"See, Nami, how about when we try to flatter each other like this?" Nicole said solemnly to Naomi next to her, who just covered her mouth and chuckled.
"Nicole!" Angela and Sophie couldn't help whispering in unison, and the almost identical tone made the women present stunned, and then chuckled again.
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce the move," Sophie remembered that there was a female companion beside her, "This is..."
"If I'm not mistaken," Angela had already stretched out her hand to the beautiful woman beside Sophie, "this should be Miss Monica Bellucci, and... I remember the fashion show in Milan. She used to sit beside you."
"Miss Angela, has anyone said that you have an excellent memory." Monica shook her hand calmly.
"Actually, I remembered it because you appeared in front of me." Angela shrugged, looking cute.
"It really surprises me, Angie also knows Monica." Sophie asked curiously at this time.
"I sometimes watch some European movies. I remembered Monica's appearance and name by accident, but the funny thing is that I forgot the name of the movie." Angela said and looked at Sophie, "How about you, how did you meet?"
"Monica came to the French film industry to develop in early 1996. We became friends at that time, and sometimes it was really strange how the two of us talked about it like this." Sophie said with Moni. Ka looked at each other and smiled, "She used to come to visit the class when filming "Dark Sun Crisis" before, and this time she was with me during the post-dubbing process."
The corners of Angela's eyes jumped involuntarily, and the feeling that something was wrong before came back, but the object changed from Nicole and Naomi to Sophie and Monica, what's going on
"So, has Monica considered breaking into Hollywood?" Angela simply changed the subject.
"In fact, Mr. Stephen Hopkins has invited me to participate in his upcoming movie." Monica said with a smile.
"If I invite you, will you agree?" Angela asked suddenly.
The four women around looked at her in surprise, and after a long while Monica coughed softly: "Excuse me, Miss Angela - well, Angie, may I know what kind of story it is?"
"The last two "The Matrix"," Angela said with a smile, "remember Keanu once said that you two worked together in "Four Hundred Years", have you considered the possibility of cooperating again?"
"You mean... now?" Monica asked in disbelief.
"Of course not," Angela couldn't help sighing when it came to this, "that old man Ridley is now going to director "Gladiator" for Universal, because it was a contract signed a long time ago, so I can only When he's done working and resting enough, he can start the machine."
Listening to her complaining tone, Sophie and the others couldn't help but chuckle.
"Anyway, it probably won't start until the second half of the millennium. I think you should have a schedule at that time, right?" The topic immediately returned.
"I think it should be fine." Monica nodded with a smile after thinking for a few seconds.
After a few more chats with each other, a voice suddenly interjected: "Sorry, ladies, excuse me."
An old guy with half a hundred hair and a beard appeared in front of him, and his always squinted eyes fell on Angela: "If possible, can I borrow Miss Genius?"
"Of course no problem, but please remember to return it, Mr. Lucas." Nico said jokingly.
"Don't treat me as your personal belongings, Nicole, or someone will be angry." Angela jokingly warned, and then nodded to Naomi and Sophie, and went to another corner with Lucas. .
"To be honest, George, I didn't expect you to come to the premiere." Angela said while looking at Lucas.
"Because I sold Pixar to Jobs in the first place?" Lucas laughed. "Am I the stingy kind of person?"
"In a sense... yes," Angela folded her arms and raised the corners of her mouth, "I remember that after a conflict with the Directors Guild because of the 'title design code', not only did they quit the guild and swore for 20 years Not a director."
"But you have to admit that it was my approach that made the current movie play better at the title!" Lucas, whose old face was a little unsettled, immediately retorted.
"Of course, we are very grateful to you, very grateful," Angela patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "so it's really nice of you to come, and we're very honored from the bottom of our hearts."
Lucas shook his head helplessly: "Okay, let's talk about something else, I attended the premiere for two reasons, the first is to see how well your CG is doing, whether it can match our special effects. A perfect match."
Angela rolled her eyes immediately. Although Pixar has its own unique side in CG, CG is only part of the special effects of the movie, so many things in "The Mummy" are still being done by Industrial Light and Magic. Lucas said this is clearly true In revenge for the arrow of revenge just now.
However, his words changed immediately, and the next content surprised Angela: "Also, I hope you can play an important role in the next "Star Wars"!"
"You mean... play an important role in "Star Wars Episode 2"?" Angela couldn't help but open her mouth and then quickly closed her mouth, looking at Lucas with a suspicious look: "Are you kidding?!"
"Don't look at me like this, Angie?" Lucas pretended to sigh, with a very hurt expression.
"Okay, then please tell me in detail." Angela simply made a request, but in the end she couldn't hold back and asked: "Don't tell me, you plan to change someone Play Queen Amidala."
"Of course not, that girl Natalie played very well, why should I replace her?" Lucas shrugged disapprovingly, obviously not hearing the difference. He thought for a few minutes before speaking again: "Simply put, I want you to play a female Jedi Master."
"Female Jedi Master?" Angela's eyes twitched, "If I'm not mistaken..."
"That's because I haven't found a suitable candidate, and I have to hold back this idea."
"Why do you think I'm so..."
"I remember when you were filming "The Phantom Menace", you came to visit the class and played a very interesting set of swordsmanship. I think you have more potential than most female stars in this regard at least."
"This doesn't mean anything, every time I play swordsmanship and Jedi masters..."
"Essentially the same, of course, I admit you were still a little young, until last year when I saw your performance beyond your age in Death Comes, and then I learned that you auditioned for The Lord of the Rings and was about to Playing the elf archer of Legolas—the news is no secret among many."
"... well, that's the problem, you see I have to spend my time on..."
"It doesn't matter, filming won't start until 2001 anyway. My crew and I can wait for you."
Lucas smiled and refuted the doubts and sophistry one by one, and in the end Angela was speechless.
"It seems... it seems... I can't refuse." Angela replied with a wry smile after a long while.
It is impossible to say that she is not interested. You must know that the earliest trilogy of "Star Wars" is an epoch-making significance in the history of movies. Look at the long queues outside major cinemas when "The Phantom Menace" was released in May. , you can know what the name "Star Wars" means in people's minds. What's more, this role is quite meaningful in the entire "Star Wars" series, and Lucas even said that the crew can wait for you, which indirectly shows his determination.
"Very good, this way, the characters can be more perfect." Lucas said with a bright face.
"But I want to remind you, George, that I don't have enough time." Angela still decided to give him a vaccination first.
"It doesn't matter, we will have enough time to negotiate, right?" Lucas patted her shoulder with a smile.
I learned a lot this evening. I learned about the company's recent situation. I had a good chat with Nicole and Naomi. I met Sophie Marceau again and invited Monica Bellucci to participate in "Hackers Lead the Country 2" ... Of course, the biggest reward was agreeing to appear in "The Clone Wars."
But Angela is not so sure. After all, she doesn't have much time, and "The Lord of the Rings" doesn't know why the start time has been delayed until the end of October. If I go, I'm afraid I have to give up "Star Wars".
Of course, we still don't know what will happen, but we must let Sparrow explain it clearly during the negotiation.
But compared to these, some gains are not what Angela wants, such as—
"I've seen the demos when I was in the film department, and personally I prefer your performance in The Mummy to Titanic," Angela said to the woman sitting next to her.
Rachel, who was at the premiere tonight, had an intellectual air, especially when she smiled faintly.
"Actually, I think so too. Evelyn is first a scholar and then an explorer. I like this trait of her very much," Rachel said with a little emotion. "Or because I took history as an elective in the sword sedan chair."
"This is also very good. If you don't become an actor in the future, maybe you can become an archaeologist." Angela said easily.
"Maybe..." Rachel replied, her eyes on Angela suddenly narrowed.
The strange feeling came to Angela's heart again. I don't know why this feeling hasn't disappeared since she sat next to Rachel, but she couldn't tell what it was. Somewhat familiar.
Maybe I shouldn't be sitting here? Angela glanced at Rachel beside her. They have reconciled, haven't they? As for the words just now... Just a few minutes ago, Rachel reminded her to spend more time with Kate, and she also gave an example of her experience of secretly going to a lesbian bar with Kate.
If there was anything, Rachel couldn't be stupid enough to bring it up in front of her, and Kate had also told her, so Angela didn't take it to heart. Just what did she mean by saying this? Want to tell yourself something
Well, the person who arranged the seats is an idiot. Angela thought dully. If she could, she really wanted to be normal friends with Rachel, but some things weren't easy to let go.
Finally, the lights dimmed at this time, the preview was about to start, and Rachel sat up and looked at the big screen. Angela sighed in relief and adjusted her clothes, then... She stopped.
She finally remembered why the odd feeling felt familiar, Rachel saw her the same way when she was in her hotel room on Oscar night in '97! Angela didn't think that what happened that night would happen again, but her intuition told her that there was something special in Rachel's eyes. That feeling came up again, and it was a little stuffy in her chest. She seemed to be grabbing something, but she didn't seem to be grabbing anything...
As a commercial film, "The Mummy" is still remarkable. Sommers has mixed elements of adventure, horror, comedy, action, etc. together, which is really suitable for pastime.
It is precisely because this film is so commercial that it has to be criticized by film critics for saying something like a complete popcorn movie. However, they also admitted that "The Mummy" has done a very good job in visual effects. Although the loopholes in the story are obvious, at least it makes sense, so this is at least a good movie.
But no matter what, the focus of the night of the premiere was still focused on other aspects, just like Shimizu Takashi when he went to the United States to promote after the release of "The Grudge" was asked how he felt about working with Miss Genius, Somo At the press conference, he was also questioned by many media how he felt about Angela, and some people also dug up the conflict between him and Angela at the beginning.
However, Sommers is not as answerable as Shimizu Chong, who cooperated a few times at the beginning and waved his hand directly after arriving: Questions not related to this movie will not be answered!
Although nothing could be found in Sommers, Angela, who rarely left the premiere theater in public, gave them a chance to write a book.
"I know what you want to ask, and I also know that you like exaggeration, so I still say that, I will answer all questions with facts, just wait and see." Facing the media who surrounded him , Angela said.
So the next day, reports such as "Miss Genius was outrageous", "Angela made a provocation", "Angela dismissed the questioning rhetoric" and the like were immediately freshly released. Although the attitude of the mainstream media is relatively cautious, it is undeniable that the public has a lot more talk after dinner.
Of course, the paparazzi outside the Mason family villa were temporarily reduced, and Angela, who had worked so hard to create such a situation, could finally do what she had to do.
"Welcome." A waiter walked over immediately after a ding-dong sound was heard at the door.
The man in front of him is still well-dressed, but his hair is messy and his eyes are swollen and his neck is always shrunken. Even if he stands up straight, he still gives a wretched feeling. Even so, the waiter asked politely, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"I have an appointment with... a young lady at table 7." The man laughed.
The waiter frowned slightly, then resumed his professional smile: "Please go this way, the innermost position in the third row."
The man nodded and quickly walked in the designated direction. It was the afternoon time and there were not many people in the clubhouse. He quickly came to the front of the round table. After looking around, I pulled out the chair and sat down. After straightening my clothes, I let out a breath to calm myself, and then coughed lightly, "I'm here, Miss Angela."
The woman on the opposite side put down the newspaper in her hand with a snort. She wore a long and straight black wig, a pair of wide black-framed flat glasses on the bridge of her nose, and a women's suit that made her look quite attractive. The intellectual aura, but the pair of emerald green eyes behind the lens, which were not disguised as usual, showed a sharp light.
"You're late, Mr. Michael Lohan!" she said coldly.