"Look, who's here?" Peter Jackson started shouting from a distance away, causing the people around him to look at him, "Miss Genius is here, we are really honored!"
"It's a special welcome speech, I think I'll remember it very well." Angela smiled and looked at Peter, who walked a few steps in front of her. His unkempt hair and a large circle of beard were still very eye-catching, but he was wearing a plaid village shirt. And fat shorts are more like being on vacation than directing a movie.
"Me too." Peter raised his eyebrows, dissatisfaction written all over his face. He also looked up and down Angela, and hummed softly: "The clothes are good, relaxed and comfortable, and they set off your beauty and figure perfectly."
Although Boston in the northern hemisphere was full of snow at this time, Wellington in the southern hemisphere was a hot summer day. Angela had already changed into relatively thin clothes on the plane, but when she arrived at the destination, she found that the local temperature was higher than expected. even higher. Luckily, when Annie packed her luggage, she packed a few summer clothes so that she wouldn't have to rush to the clothing store when she got off the plane.
In the end, it became like this, with a straw hat, short-sleeved T-shirt and knee-length shorts. Peter's praise is very pertinent if it is understood literally.
"Okay, I'll just treat you as complimenting me." Angela waved her hand quite generously, looking like she didn't care about you.
Peter glared at her for a while, then sighed: "I'm afraid it would be my worst decision to invite you to play Legolas."
"It's a pity you can't prove it now." Angela grinned, clearly saying that she was going to piss you off.
"Okay, okay, I'm not bickering with you, and I've never bickering with women," Peter raised his hands, "I'm filming Isenger right now, you can chat with the other actors first, and—Parker !"
"Yes, Mr. Director, what can I do for you?" A young assistant about 25 years old ran over from the crowd at this time, with a round face and slender eyes, giving a feeling of always smiling.
"This is Parker Baldry, one of the assistants. He will be in charge of showing you and explaining about the shooting progress, venue, etc.," Peter introduced Angela, "I will arrange another person to introduce you to your specific scenes. , I need you to have a general understanding of the current situation during the test shooting in the afternoon, so that you can basically put it into it. Is there anything else you want to ask?"
"Not yet." Angela smiled and spread her hands.
Peter nodded and turned to the young assistant: "Parker, this is our talented lady who is about to play the Elf Prince. Take her around the set and introduce her to the other actors by the way."
"Angela Mason?" Parker's slender eyes suddenly glowed with fiery light, and he reached out to the girl excitedly: "Nice to meet you, Miss Angela, this is so surprising, you are so beautiful!"
"Nice to meet you too, Parker." Angela shook his hand politely.
"You know, I love listening to you sing, it's so beautiful, whether it's the theme song "My Heart Will Go On" from "Titanic" or the latest EP's "Above the Clear Sky" and "stop stop stop" Sounds good..." The other party clasped Angela's hand and chatted, making her a little dumbfounded and having a lot of goosebumps, whether it was because of his own radar reaction or the kind words in his mouth.
Fortunately, Peter next to him interrupted him: "Parker, now is working time, not a fan meeting!"
"Ah? Oh, yes, Mr. Peter, I'm really sorry." The startled Parker quickly apologized, and then made a gesture of invitation to Angela with a smile on his face: "Then, please come with me, Miss Angela."
The filming location of the "Lord of the Rings" crew is not limited to the outskirts of Wellington. The surrounding towns and islands like a chessboard have scenery selected. The rainforests, mountains and grasslands that can be seen everywhere in New Zealand are very suitable for shooting this kind of scene. What's more, there is Peter Jackson, a local snake.
The entire crew is like Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, where houses and cars can be seen everywhere. Trailers of various types are parked everywhere, and there are many props in the empty space, which looks a bit messy. .
There are also a lot of cars used for living. After all, it is impossible to return to the hotel in the town every day to live in the suburbs for a long time. Besides, the house cars prepared by the crew are also very comfortable.
Most of the actors have also reported to the crew, basically what Angela knows, such as Elijah Wood who plays Frodo, of course, he is definitely not that short and he is a year younger than Angela. years old; or Viggo Mortensen who played Aragon. The crew originally looked for Irish actor Stuart Townsend, but fortunately, Peter thought he was too tender and passed him a few days before filming.
In addition to this, there are several acquaintances of Angela, and King Elon "Agent Smith" is one of them. Even after going to the fantasy world from the future, he still looks good after makeup. But what made Angela happiest was seeing Liv.
"God, you didn't even say hello until you left New York!" The girl shouted and ran over, jumping into her arms before the other party could react. Liv screamed in surprise and hugged Angela, took a few steps back, and turned around a few times before the impact was relieved: "Angel, are you finally here?"
"If you don't come again, someone will go crazy." Angela pouted and glanced at the director who was filming in the distance.
Liv followed her gaze and touched her ears, thinking of something, and then she became a little panicked: "Oh, my ears are gone again, and Peter will be angry again if it's like last time."
"Ears? What ears?" Angela asked in confusion.
"It's like this." Liv pointed to her left ear and hurriedly looked around. Her left ear is obviously taller and sharper than the one on the side. It should be the elf ear for props.
"It probably fell off when you jumped on me, which sucks," Liv complained.
Angela rolled her eyes and helped find it on the ground without saying a word.
She is not angry. After a few years of getting along with her, Liv's character of saying what she thinks with a little confusion has long been understood. Even if she can basically spell her name, she will occasionally call her Angel. Like just now.
"Is it this thing?" Angela finally found a triangular-like thing on a nearby square table, which was soft and brocade similar to a person's skin color.
"It's great, that's it." Liv happily took the prop ear from her hand, and patted her chest with some exaggeration: "I accidentally dropped my ear in the car when I came to the crew for the first shoot. When I found it, it had melted because of the high temperature, and finally the shooting time was delayed, and Peter was angry."
"This is too bad. No one can guarantee that there will be no accidents. How can he be so angry?! If Peter dares to do this again, don't worry, I will be on your side!" Angela pretended to be filled with righteous indignation.
Following her, she rolled her eyes, pinched her chin and looked at Liv with interest: "By the way, how are you going to explain the previous question?"
"The previous question?" Liv blinked her azure blue eyes, her dazed expression definitely not pretending.
"Let me think about it," Angela waved her hand seriously, "if I broke your prop ear when I jumped over, then it most likely fell on the ground instead of the table! Even if it fell on the table It can't fall on a place where there is nothing around. Because the biggest possibility is that your ears fly out when you hold me in a circle, so unless it hits something, it won't stop its flying motion. To sum up, there is only one truth! Your prop ears were not lost because of me, but you forgot them on the table!"
Angela shook her head and said this, and suddenly clapped her hands and changed her tone of admiration: "I can actually find the real answer from such a complex problem, it's really smart, I really am a genius! In the future! Please call me Angela Sherlock Holmes Mason!"
Liv pouted and thought about it for a long time before she said reluctantly, "Okay, Miss Angel Charlotte Holmes Messue, do you want me to apologize?"
"So what do you think, Miss Liv Tyne?" Angela gritted her teeth, expressing her dissatisfaction that Liv didn't know whether it was intentional or deliberately vague.
"Okay, I apologize, I misunderstood you, I'm sorry." Liv still pouted, suddenly thought of something, and quickly came over with a smile and kissed Angela's face.
Angela, who was suddenly attacked, couldn't help opening her mouth, especially the one who kissed herself was a confused prospective princess who often talked about finding a girlfriend in private, but never saw any action.
"This apology should be very sincere, right?" Liv said happily, bending her beautiful eyes.
"Yeah, very sincere." Angela sighed suddenly, "I suddenly thought of the first time we met."
"First meeting?" Liv tilted her head to recall carefully.
"You were the heroine in the MV shooting of "An Angel", we had a good talk in the trailer, and then you kissed my cheek..." said here Angela looked around, people's attention was not on them, And the chattering assistant Parker was dismissed by her and hasn't come back, "Remember how I responded?"
Before Liv could answer, Angela quickly touched her red lips with her tiptoes: "That's it!"
As if stunned by her actions, Liv didn't say anything for a while, touched her lips and a complicated look flashed in her eyes before sighing: "But it doesn't feel the same anymore."
"That's for sure, after all, you were only 16 years old at the time." Angela waved her hand indifferently, "Okay, let's go and see how the big director, Mr. Peter Jackson, made this movie."
"Great director?" Liv couldn't help laughing, returning to her previous playfulness, "To be honest, Angel, who can be called a great director better than you in this place? Well, a great director arrives It's fun to play a character in someone else's movie."
In fact, most of the crew, including Elijah, Viggo, and Sean Bean as Boromo and John Rhys-Davies as Gimli, are also very strange. Why did Angela Mason, the youngest director-nominated director in Oscar history, cast a role in The Lord of the Rings? If it's because I like this novel very much, why would I play a male character instead
"Because I dressed myself up as Legolas during last year's Halloween parade," Angela smiled and spread her hands in the face of these questions, "and Peter just saw it, he thought it was very suitable and sent it out. An invitation to audition, and then... I passed the audition."
"I can't believe that Peter chose you to play Legolas." Viggo touched his chin and seemed not to know what to say. "Of course, I don't mean disrespect, just a little surprised."
"I can understand, after all, I don't look like a man." Angela shrugged, the self-deprecation in her tone was well concealed.
"Anyway, this does show that you won't give up your acting career, right?" Ilya looked a little excited, he was almost one of Angela's fans, but fortunately, he wasn't as nagging as Parker.
"Of course, as long as there are characters I am interested in, I will definitely not let them go." Angela replied with a smile. Vigo's directness and Ilya's baby face made her feel good.
"Then, I want to ask, just ask..." Ilya suddenly hesitated, he flickered his eyes and looked left and right before summoning up his courage - yes, he mustered the courage to ask: "Why... you didn't Thought about directing... um... directing the movie version of The Lord of the Rings?"
Following him, he defended impatiently: "I'm just asking, nothing else."
"I understand," Angela nodded amusingly, "I thought about it before, but Peter took over the adaptation rights of The Lord of the Rings early, and my directing skills still need to be improved. You see, the first half of the year The controversy that has arisen has not subsided until now.”
"But Peter doesn't seem to..." Elijah was still muttering, and Peter's voice suddenly rang out: "Do you think I have any problems with the director, Mr. Elijah?"
"No, no, no, nothing, Mr. Director!" Ilya jumped up immediately, like a frightened bunny, causing the crowd watching the fun to chuckle.
"I'm just curious. I want to know what it would be like to have someone else direct. I'm just curious, nothing else." Ilya waved his hands to defend himself.
"Okay, I get it." Peter adjusted his glasses, the sun shone on the lenses but didn't say much. However, he then turned his head to Alex Cope who was following him: "Alex, remember to remind me in the future, never to ask those who look like actors but are actually directors to play roles again!"
He said it in a serious manner, and made the people around him laugh again. Even Vigo, who was still a gentleman, couldn't help but turn around and cover his mouth. Only Ilya's crying was neither laughing nor laughing. expression.
"I've never seen such a dignified director," Angela didn't bother to talk to Peter. "Ilya is just curious to ask. I won't really grab the guide tube from you, but I just want to look stingy."
Peter rolled his eyes, raised his finger and shook it and said again, "I don't argue with women. I just came here to ask how your archery is doing. You can guarantee that you will achieve what you want."
"If I can't do it, are you going to change someone?" Although she said so, Angela still looked at Alex behind Peter: "Alex, can you find me a bow?"
Soon, a short bow was delivered to her hand. Angela tried it and found that the prop bow was looser than the ordinary bow. Of course, it was not too loose, otherwise it would affect the shooting effect. For a beginner like Angela who has only been practicing for about two months, this bow is just right.
"How's it going?" After posing for an arrow and drawing the bow in one breath, Angela raised her eyebrows at Peter slightly proudly, and followed to aim at a big tree not far away: "I want to shoot the one it sticks out. A branch!"
As soon as he finished speaking, with a thud, the long arrow that didn't strike hit the branch and bounced off.
"Wow, you shot really well!" Ilya couldn't help applauding, but Angela was a little embarrassed: "Actually... I was going to shoot the bottom of it."
"So, you admit that you are still a little unqualified?" Peter finally couldn't hold back.
"Or, are you planning to find an Olympian to play Legolas?" Angela immediately hummed and asked.
"If his acting is good, I will definitely consider it." Peter was quite tit for tat.
"I don't understand, why Sir McKellen can report next year, but I have to this year?" Angela immediately changed the subject, "Don't tell me you respect the old and love the young, Peter."
"Sorry to tell you, Miss Angela, Sir Ian has no schedule at the moment. He is making another movie, and that movie happens to be produced by your company." Peter said rudely.
"Oh, yes, that's right, "X-Men", I'm really sorry to grab his slot, but..." Angela stared at him with her hands on her hips: "Do you think I have enough slots?"
The two of them stared at each other like a cockfight, which made the people watching the fun roll their eyes, and at the same time tried their best to hold back their laughter, and finally Alex stood up: "Okay, two, what is the end of today? Let's talk about work. Peter, it's time for a break; and Angie, you should get dressed up."
"Okay, I'll go now." Angela was the first to give up this "hostile" state, "I always have to come up with something convincing, right?"
"I would love to see it right away," Peter immediately gave in. "There will be a holiday at most half a month after Thanksgiving. If you are in a hurry, you can leave a few days earlier."
"Thank you." Angela shrugged, turned and followed Alex to the trailer, which was a complete end to the dispute.