Angela was stunned as soon as she entered the gate of the villa. There were two little girls in the vestibule who were jokingly running around and playing games. One of them had red hair and freckles on her face. She was very lively, about 12 or 3 years old. The other one had very cute blond brown hair, and looked like he was about 6 years old.
"Ellie?" Angela tried to call, who knew that the two girls looked back at the same time: "Who called me?"
This unanimous question made Angela stunned for several seconds, and after noticing the red-haired girl frowning, she quickly took off her sunglasses and wide-brimmed hat and shook her blond hair with a smile: "Hi, Ellie, how are you? ?"
"Angie?!" The red-haired girl cried out in surprise, followed by laughing and rushed over into her arms, "I didn't expect to see you here, I'm so happy."
"Okay, my dear, you are still so enthusiastic." Angela smiled and hugged the other person, taking a few steps back to be able to stand firm.
"That's because I haven't seen you for a long time." Ellie wrapped around Angela's waist coquettishly and shook it, then she became unhappy again: "You haven't seen me for a long time, and my sister."
Angela couldn't help being a little ridiculous, you changed your face really fast.
"That's because I have something to do. Didn't I come here now?" After pressing on her head affectionately, and looking at the little girl standing beside her, Angela hurriedly changed the subject: "By the way. , you haven't introduced your friend yet."
"By the way, this is my friend Elle, Elle Fanning." Elle suddenly pulled the little girl over.
"Hello, Ellie." Angie stretched out her hand and shook hands with the little girl. No wonder they both answered when they called Ellie just now, but according to the red-haired Ellie's pronunciation, there seems to be a difference in spelling.
"Hello, are you... Really Angela Mason?" The little girl's eyes widened, and she looked up and down at Angela with surprise and suspicion while holding her hands.
Without waiting for Angela to answer, the red-haired Ellie asked in a teasing tone: "Why, your sister has often mentioned Anji in front of you, and you have a lot of Barbie dolls in the image of Anji alone. Now The real person appeared in front of you, why did you become timid?"
As she said that, she deliberately leaned in front of Angela and lowered her voice: "As long as her sister is not at home, she will sleep with the Barbie doll every day, otherwise she will not be able to sleep and feel uncomfortable."
Although she lowered her voice, the little girl next to her could still hear her clearly, her fleshy face immediately flushed red, and her face was annoyed that her privacy had been revealed, she raised her fist and hit Ellie: "I don't have it. !"
Ellie giggled and avoided Angela, and the angry little girl chased after him. Angela, who was shaken by the pulling, was a little confused for a while, so she simply grabbed the necklines of the two and brought them to both sides to stabilize: "Okay you two, now be quiet for me!"
Although the red-haired Ellie grimaced at the blond Ellie from time to time, and the blond Ellie still glared at the red-haired Ellie angrily, the two obediently stopped.
"Well... so, Ellie... I mean you, your..." Angela was going to ask the blonde Ellie "who is your sister", but she suddenly thought that the red-haired Ellie had called her Ellie Fanning, there is only one girl named Fanning among the people Angela knows, if the spelling is correct...
"Are you Dakota's sister?" Angela asked tentatively.
"Yes, yes." Ellie nodded excitedly, as if she was proud of her sister.
Although one problem was solved, more questions popped up, how could Dakota's sister play with Lindsay's sister? The puzzled Angela looked at the red-haired Allie: "Allie, how could your sister... Well, I mean she's at home? Is Dakota here too?"
"Yes, I haven't seen Ellie for a long time, and I specially asked my sister to ask Dakota to take her with her when she came over." Ellie nodded, followed by showing dissatisfaction: "But they seem to be discussing something important. , kicked us out."
"Discuss important matters? What is it?" Angela raised her eyebrows. It sounded as if Lindsay and Dakota were already very good friends, but why didn't she know anything about it
"I don't know, it seems to be from the movie." Ellie shrugged, Ellie on the other side (in the future, Lindsay's sister will be named Ellie, and Dakota's sister will be named Ellie, so that it is easy to distinguish): "Yes Sister's new movie."
"New movie?" Angela's teeth were rubbed on her lips, well, there was one more thing she didn't know. Of course, her relationship with Dakota hasn't reached the level of intimacy with Lindsay, so it's normal to not know, compared to Lindsay, this guy is really not very authentic.
"Then I'll go take a look first, will you stay here for a while?" Angela asked after thinking for a few seconds. After the two girls agreed, she strode to the door of the villa, raised her hand to knock on the door, but suddenly thought of something and put it down, reached out and grabbed the door handle and twisted it slightly.
very good. Angela nodded with satisfaction, slowly twisted the door handle with the smallest amplitude possible, and then gently pushed the door in. As soon as she stuck her head out, she was stunned again. The two people in the living room were sitting face to face, looking at each other with arms folded and lips pressed together.
"It seems that the third world war is about to break out." Angela said jokingly.
The sudden voice startled both of them, but after seeing the person clearly, it turned into a surprise immediately. However, Lindsay immediately wanted to look unhappy, but she couldn't take back the surprise she had shown before, so the expression on her face became very strange; and Dakota didn't think about it so much, and jumped to Angie. Ra's side gave a big hug.
"Look, look, some people are worse than guests," Angela said, hugging Dakota and squinting at Lindsay. "Obviously, she doesn't welcome me here."
"I was just thinking, how did you come to me?" Lindsay snorted as she looked at her with her arms crossed.
"Because I want to know why some people don't know anything, but they don't know the so-called team up with others to make fun of me, and as a result, things almost got out of control." Angela hummed much harder than her.
"Out of control? What happened?!" Lindsay hurriedly asked, her nervousness written all over her face, "Lily also told me that something was wrong... But then she said hello... What happened? "
Seeing her anxiously thinking about coming over but not daring to come over, Angela, who originally wanted to run her a few words, just shook her head: "Forget it, it's all over, fortunately, there was no real big mistake."
"Really... Really?" Lindsay bit her lip and squeezed them together. "When Lily asked me to cooperate, I just wanted to..."
"Okay, Lindsay," Angela put up her hand to stop her from speaking, "I know you're really trying to help me, since you came to London specifically to find me, it's just that I got into It's pointless and you're not doing it right."
Although you want to help me, you have done a lot of bad things with good intentions. Of course, Angela did not say this sentence. Lindsay grinned and wanted to say something, and Dakota next to her interjected: "Are you guessing riddles?"
"By the way, Angie, you came just in time, can you help me persuade her?" Lindsay thought of something and said quickly.
"Persuade her?" Angela blinked at Lindsay, then turned to Dakota next to her.
"I said this is my business, I know what I'm doing!" Dakota immediately retorted unceremoniously.
"You know what you're doing? Come on, Dakota, you're playing a 12-year-old girl who's been assaulted!" Lindsay waved angrily.
"It's just a movie. It would be stupid to think that what is in the movie is what it is in the shooting." Dakota folded his arms and snorted heavily at Lindsay.
"But the problem is that some people just don't think so! They don't care so much, they only see what they want to see, and an image you've worked so hard to build will be ruined." Said Said angrily.
Looking at these two guys who were arguing like enemies, Angela, who was so amused, suddenly felt like she wanted to laugh. When did they become so good? However, Lindsay is clearly at the disadvantage in the argument, although she is not stupid but relatively simple, Dakota is more mature than her in some respects.
"Okay, wait, sit down and wait for me to understand the general situation?" Angela raised her hands and said.
The two girls stared at each other angrily for a few seconds before they nodded in unison.
The three sat down immediately. In Lindsay's description, Angela quickly understood the whole story. Simply put, there was an independent film that invited Dakota to play the heroine. The content of the film was about a precocious man born in a poor family. The story of the little girl who escaped the unfortunate family and the pressure of life by singing Elvis' "The Hound", and finally saved herself after experiencing a lot of pain. The name of the movie is "The Hound". .
There's nothing wrong with the story itself, but one of the episodes involves the rape of young children. Elvis is coming to the town to hold a concert. The little girl wants to get tickets for the concert, so she sings and dances for a young man, but in return, the young man violated her. The director wanted Dakota to perform the entire time, and that's what Lindsay objected to.
"First of all, what Dakota said before is not wrong, this is just a movie, what you see on the screen is not the same as in the filming, I believe Ms. Kampumei dare not violate the minor protection law in the filming The terms of 'pornography,'" Angela said after a moment's thought, then raised her hand before Lindsay could argue.
"But Lindsay's worries are not without purpose, Dakota, I want to ask, what kind of reaction do you think the public will have after the film is made." Angela said and turned her head to Dakota.
"They're going to think it's terrible and they're going to lash out and make a big fuss about raping young children," Dakota responded quickly, but then defended: "But I'm sure when they see the movie they will understand."
"Fine, obviously you've thought about it, but—not enough!" Angela stared into her eyes. "Let me tell you how the public will react, Dakota. First of all, the movie The front page of the meeting is not because of the self-rescue of a girl that the film focuses on, but because of the scenes of raping a young girl; secondly, the public criticism will far exceed your imagination, from the crew to the director to the actors. Slamming, even involving your family, various non-profit organizations will ask the court to investigate the crew. In the end, the film will be difficult to give birth, even if it is released in a stumble, it will not get much praise, as for the box office Needless to say."
"But..." Dakota, who frowned, wanted to say something, and Angela immediately raised her hand to stop her.
"I know what you're trying to say, Dakota, but you have to understand that a script and a movie are two different things, and the text feels different than the picture, the lines, and the soundtrack combined. Going back to the public On the topic of reaction, once the voice of doubt has formed a large-scale administrative agency will inevitably intervene, and Ms. Kampumei will inevitably make a compromise, and finally the film will keep changing. The constant modification in the intervention of the people is the most deadly, so in the end, it must be silent in the accusation." Angela said that she spread her hands here, "I think my experience is qualified to make such a judgment."
Dakota bit her lip and fell silent. After all, Angela has been surrounded by various controversies since she was nominated for best director, and she has absolutely enough knowledge about the public.
"Actually, I can roughly guess what you are thinking, Dakota," Angela said again at this time, "I don't want to judge this, after all, it is normal to have such thoughts, but it seems to me that it is gradual Always the best way."
Dakota's face suddenly turned red, and she lowered her head a little embarrassedly, her face full of embarrassment that her mind had been dismantled. But Lindsay asked inexplicably, "What are you talking about, Angie?"
"Don't you think for yourself? Or do you think it's not your head that grows on your shoulders." Angela glared at her.
"I'm too lazy to think about it." Lindsay said roguely.
"So you're suggesting I don't play?" Dakota's voice rang out again.
"This decision should be made by you, my dear, I just put the pros and cons out," Angela shook her head, "Although I haven't read the script, I believe that with your precocious psychology and excellent acting skills, you can definitely be in it. Once again in the spotlight, it's going to be a great show. But you don't get anything but that."
Dakota began to ponder, Lindsay didn't know what to say next to him, Angela looked at this and then at that, and suddenly laughed: "By the way, Lindsay, when did you become My friend, why don't I know?"