Frankly speaking, when Angela told Lindsay to bring her sister over for the audition, she didn't think she would actually hand Ellie Lohan the role of the little girl in "Crash". In addition to some miscellaneous factors, the reason why Ellie was asked to audition was more for efficiency. Although the script and actors of "Crash" are ready to wait for the start, it is only a few main characters such as the prosecutor and his wife, the black director and his wife, and the white police and black detectives and so on. Others, such as the old Persian man and his daughter, the Mexican locksmith and her daughter, have yet to be identified.
In fact, if you really want to set all the actors, it is impossible to complete the shooting by the end of February. After all, there are more than ten important roles in this movie. Faced with this situation, Angela decided to select actors while filming after thinking for a long time. Anyway, the roles with the most scenes have already been decided.
It's just that it's impossible for her to spend too much time carefully selecting roles, basically relying on everyone to recommend actors based on the characteristics of the roles and then quickly audition. If they feel good, join the crew. Because there were a few actors who had been selected in this way before and they all performed well, so I continued.
But I ran into trouble when choosing the role of the little girl. Although there are a lot of Hollywood child stars, the assistants should be familiar with good acting skills, and they can audition immediately after receiving the notice. Not many can work. So after reading the list, Angela simply called and asked Lindsay to bring her sister over to make up the number the next day.
At first, Angela planned to let Dakota play this little girl. After all, she had worked with her before and knew a lot about her, and she had acting skills and schedules. However, what surprised Angela was that Ellie Lohan, who had almost no acting experience, performed quite well. Think of the cheerful voice of the other party when she called Lindsay the night before, and the way she looked at her sister intently during the audition. , which made Angela think of letting Ellie try.
Although the role of the little girl in "Crash" is not very touching, Dakota does not have to have this role - "Little Miss Sunshine" has already begun preparations. So it's not a big deal to let Ellie try, and Angela has been paying attention to the situation at Lindsay's house.
"I will report to the crew in two days. I will let the assistant deliver the contract tonight, and I will inform you of the location by the way." Angela said to the two sisters in her own office.
"No problem, I promise Ellie will show up on time!" Lindsay waved her arms carelessly, her eyes full of mischievous smiles. Angela knew what she was thinking, but she had already taken the time to clean up and find her way back, so now she just glared at her, and then looked at Ellie.
"Ellie, I want to remind you that I won't relax the conditions just because you are someone's sister, understand?" Angela said earnestly, watching the little girl. Ellie shrank her neck but then straightened her chest again. Although her relationship with Angela was not as close as her sister's, she also had a good impression of Angela.
"I see." The little girl nodded with the same serious expression.
"Very good," the girl reached out and touched her head, "don't worry, I don't have any temper on the set. As long as I do my best, it doesn't matter if I don't meet the requirements—doesn't it, Lindsay?"
"Yeah, Miss Angel, then we won't bother you." Lindsay grimaced and pulled her sister away. Angela hesitated for a few seconds, but still stopped her.
"Is your sister's manager also served by your parents like you?" the girl asked in a low voice.
Lindsay bit her lip and nodded as an admission. Angela pinched her fingers for a while before letting out a breath: "I think... you can find a professional agent... Of course, I'm not saying... "
"I understand, Angie, I understand." Lindsay suddenly hugged Angela, "Although I'm not as smart as you, and although I haven't learned that much, I can still tell who is helping me and who is helping me. I'm good."
That smile was just like the one Angela had when she first met her, although she didn't have the cunning and naughty at that time, she still did not leave. The girl didn't say anything, just grabbed Lindsay's reddish-brown hair and rubbed it lightly.
"By the way," Lindsay suddenly said with a little playfulness in her ear, "It seems that you haven't seen Jesse when you're back in Los Angeles? I warn you, Angie, don't do anything that's sorry for Jesse!"
Angela rolled her eyes with a wry smile, and pressed her head hard: "We don't need you to take care of our affairs!"
Lindsay's eyes suddenly lit up, and a smile burst into a smile, obviously saying "You finally admit it". Angela snorted softly, reached out and pinched her face: "Don't talk nonsense to me."
After a while, she said again, "If you're on the weekend, invite Jesse, Weiwei and the others over, I'm moving to a new house."
"No problem, Her Royal Highness." Lindsay grimaced, giggled, pulled her sister up and ran away.
Most of the time it's a little guy. Although Angela said so in her heart, her mouth was always smiling. In this way, she always maintains an innocent Lindsay, which is the Lindsay she wants to see.
It didn't take long for the smile on his face to turn into a contradictory expression, and Jessica's appearance unconsciously appeared in his mind. Angela suddenly wanted to take a long sigh, as Lindsay said she had not seen Jessica since she returned from New Year's in London - although there was a lot of phone calls. Although Jessica's tone was calmer than it was a few months ago, Angela could still feel the trace of anxiety hidden in it. Jessica seemed to be expecting something but couldn't explain it clearly.
However, when Angela told her that she planned to finish the film to be directed this year early, and then rented a small island to invite everyone to play for half a month during the summer vacation, Jessica's tone was obviously a little excited.
Every time she recalled it, the girl couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart. Because she also told the other party over the phone, Natalie fell silent after a surprised "Oh", and only said lightly that she knew after a long while. She could more or less guess what Kate and Jessica were thinking, but she couldn't read Natalie's mind anyway.
Forget it, let's talk about summer vacation. Angela can only temporarily put it aside as before. She planned to use the previous time to bring all the people who invited Lindsay, Weiwei, and Manny to sea, hoping that even if they remained neutral, they would say a few good words for themselves, and they could Consider inviting Liv too...
"Crash" has been launched for two weeks, and various news emerge one after another. Although both actors and staff signed a very strict confidentiality agreement, the filming location was in Los Angeles after all. Not to mention the shots shot in the studio in the room, but can the shots shot on the street avoid the cameras of the paparazzi
Don't know what the script is about? Just look at the pictures and talk. But then, the related news has become bizarre. For example, after Angela filmed the robbery of the prosecutor and his wife at night, the next day the newspaper would publish the words "Miss Angel's new movie is suspected of being an action movie"; and in the daytime, after filming a white policeman rescuing a black woman and then bursting into flames, the next day's Newspapers published news such as "Miss Angel's new film turns to commercial".
Angela didn't care about them, anyway, she was filming her own movie wholeheartedly, and even when updating her blog, she would at most mention a few words like "the filming is good so far".
"Since they are making things up, why should I respond? Doesn't that make them more reckless and do whatever they want?" Angela often said to the staff. One thing she didn't say, though, was that, as long as it wasn't some malicious speculation, then the reports would amount to free publicity for the movie, like "The Pianist" and "Brokeback Mountain."
The shoot was mostly smooth, except that the shots of the Mexican locksmith and his daughter took a little longer. In any case, it was Ellie's first time appearing in a movie, so nervousness was inevitable. But everyone was very tolerant of her, so as the filming continued, her condition got better and better, and Angela couldn't help but want to go back and re-shoot the previous one.
When the scene ended, everyone present couldn't help but applaud. Most of the cast and crew live in Los Angeles, so the story in Crash is really something they all lived through. A lighting engineer said in a chat that he once had lunch in a small restaurant and was shot in the head within a few steps of going out. Fortunately, he only lost some money. Therefore, several actors who have been resonated with are willing to reduce their salaries to appear in this film.
Similarly, although Angela has never had such an experience—the North Hollywood fire incident or 9/11 can no longer be regarded as a collision between ordinary people—with such actors and various assistants, it is naturally very easy to direct. But in addition to directing, she will also find time to do other things, such as—
"Hey, Z, we agreed, you can't do this." Angela in a blue women's suit took two steps and stopped in front of the bearded man in a black suit.
"Oh, I said that I've already applied for the alien guarantee quota for the two of you. Don't worry, it will pass." The bearded man said in a leisurely manner, and continued to move forward after bypassing Angela.
"Wait, Z, that's not what you said when you asked him to negotiate with the Zora star and I went to communicate with the Morai star." Angela hurriedly stopped in front of the beard again.
"I know I know, don't be so nervous." The bearded man continued to walk forward and waved at the same time, and two guys in the same black suit came over and stopped Angela who wanted to catch up.
"Damn, can't you let us, or let me try?" Angela, who was blocked, waved and shouted.
At this moment, the director's voice sounded: "OK, very good, everyone!"
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly relaxed, and all kinds of noisy sounds also rang. This huge studio is silver-gray as a whole, and all kinds of streamlined props and equipment are full of futuristic atmosphere, plus the strange makeup around and the octopus "abnormal" in the transparent room not far away "Die, which is clearly a sci-fi movie.
"It's really great, she deserves to be the best supporting actress at the Oscars." A big black man walked over with a smile and clapped his hands.
"Come on, Will, it's just a few shots, I don't even think I'm inferior to MJ." Angela shrugged and looked at another figure walking by.
"Excuse me, are you talking about me?" Michael Jackson appeared in front of the two with a smile.
"Have you finished filming?" Angela asked rhetorically.
"Oh, yes, just read a few lines to the camera, it's very simple." MJ spread his hands, "You know, I'm not like you are a professional actor, but I don't dare to compete with the best supporting actress Oscar."
Both Angela and Will Smith couldn't help laughing, but one was embarrassed and the other was joking.
"Okay, my shot is over, so I want to take a step first and see you later." MJ said, hugging Angela and Will respectively, waving his hand and walking out with his assistant.
"To be honest, when I first saw MJ's moonwalk, I really thought he was an alien." Will suddenly said this as he watched Michael leave.
"So you asked him to make a cameo," Angela looked at Will with a smile, "it's really suitable."
"You're a good fit too, aren't you?" Will suddenly turned his head.
"Oh?"
"I can't think of any reason other than you're an alien that could have done such an amazing feat at such a young age."
Hearing Will say such words in an extremely serious tone, Angela smiled and shook her head. "Men in Black 2" or "Black SWAT 2", that's the name of the sci-fi movie that's being filmed. That's right, the very interesting sci-fi movie starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith together a few years ago about New York being populated by aliens.
The reason why Angela came to make a cameo in "Black Super SWAT 2" is mainly because of MJ. After 9/11, the girl took the lead in holding a charity party and invited MJ, and then was asked to participate in the recording of new songs to encourage the people. Later, they also met occasionally at various charity fund-raising conferences, so MJ once said during a small chat about preparing for the In the "Black Super SWAT 2", he intends to invite him to make a cameo role as an alien, and he also asked Angela if he wanted to try it.
The girl originally thought he was joking, so she agreed with a smile. Unexpectedly, the crew actually came to the door at the beginning of the month, and Will Smith also called to lobby. Since it was just a cameo, two or three shots would be finished, and Angela agreed, so there were those just now.
"If a slightly better person might be an alien, then there are too many aliens on the earth." Angela said with a smile with her arms folded.
"Of course, Tommy and I are also aliens. We came to Earth for vacation but fell in love with it, so we just stayed for a long time. So in order to live, we had to part-time in our current job." Will sternly said.
Looking at his serious look, Angela couldn't help laughing, and then suddenly moved in her heart.
"By the way, Will, are you interested in trying inspirational movies?" Angela asked suddenly.
"Inspirational movies?" Will rubbed his chin. "How about it depends on the script, you know, if this kind of movie doesn't have a good story..."
Having said this, he suddenly came back to his senses and stared at Angela with wide eyes. The girl smiled slightly: "Don't be so nervous, it's just an idea. Moreover, I think I can wait for Jaden to grow up a few years later and act with you."
"Wait, you mean... you mean..." Will suddenly didn't know what to say.
Angela raised her hand and pressed it down: "That's it, when I visited the godfather in New York for Christmas, I met a black investment expert named Chris Gardner in his office..."
It was the day before she was about to leave New York for London, and she went to the godfather's office as usual. After arriving, the godfather happened to be receiving a very interesting black investment expert. She was discovered by the godfather when she was eavesdropping like before, so she simply came in and listened openly.
Angela sat next to them and listened to them without talking or moving. The godfather, who looked so obedient, had no choice but to ignore her temporarily. And this black investment expert is also very interesting. Not only did he seize this opportunity to exchange business cards with Angela, but he was quite good at talking. Although no deal was reached, the godfather praised him for his charisma and recommended him to the CEO of another company.
"Thank you, Mr. Benjamin, when I was a medical supplies salesman 20 years ago, I told myself that when you have a goal, you must go all out," Chris Gardner said as he prepared to leave. .
It was this sentence that made Angela prick up her ears. Originally, she was completely uninterested in the financial discussions between the two - even if she concentrated on listening, she would quickly become distracted - the reason why she sat in was completely. Wanting to see what her godfather would be like here, she still had a fresh memory of the ruthless appearance of her godfather a few years ago.
However, with the praise of the godfather, she turned her attention to Chris, who knows that there are not many people who can be praised by the godfather. So when Chris said that sentence, Angela suddenly connected one thing.
The key word is not "you must go all out when you have a goal" but "20 years ago I was a salesman of medical supplies"! So Angela immediately interjected and asked, "Can I hear about your experience, Mr. Gardner? I know it might be a little abrupt, but I think your experience might be a good fit for a movie!"
The two men present were slightly taken aback, but thinking about Miss Angel's intuition that was exaggerated by the tabloids, Chris also told his past completely after the godfather agreed.