To Angela's surprise, a few days later, the meeting with the Knightleys was also very smooth, and they had a good chat with each other. The Knightleys did not express that Keira wanted to live with Angela, um, cohabitation. any objection. It's not surprising when you think about it, Kayla publicly announced that she was in love with Angela a few years ago, and even if they didn't accept the problem, it was solved at that time. In fact, they were very shocked at the beginning. After all, Angela didn't respond when Kayla publicly showed her love, and no one thought they would come together.
After a harmonious and warm afternoon, the visit to Kayla's house came to a successful conclusion, and the smiles on the faces of the Knightleys showed that the visit was a success - who knows Kay better than them. pulled? Since it is useless to oppose it, it is better to simply express support generously, but I don't know how they will react when they find out the truth.
Like visiting Judy, Angela didn't say anything about her other lover, not because she didn't want to but because she didn't know how to say it. Oh, I want your daughter to be my partner, but my legal partner isn't her? Just kidding, if the Knightleys would accept it would be a ghost. And what if they reveal it because they are too angry? Even if they don't do this, it is inevitable that there are more people who know about it. Although no matter how much public opinion opposes it, it will not affect the things that have been decided, but it does not conform to her plan.
Fortunately, neither Kate nor Keira said much, although they knew why she did it.
"I have already told them that some things are not easy to explain to them now, but I will not change my decision no matter what." Kayla said to Angela after being a guest at Kayla's house.
"Frankly, Kayla, I don't know how to describe my mood." Angela said with some guilt.
"It's nothing," Kayla waved her hand nonchalantly, "I have conditions to do this, although I will raise the conditions after I have done it, but I believe that Miss Angel's character should not refuse, right? "
"There are conditions..." Angela muttered and rolled her eyes in her heart, but she still kept a smile on the surface: "Well, if it's not too much, I can agree."
"Meaning that there is still a possibility of not agreeing?" Keira narrowed her eyes and looked at her murderously with one hand on her cheek.
"Okay, okay, no matter what the conditions are, I will agree." Angela swallowed her saliva in the stare and said with a smile. No matter how much, she couldn't let herself take off her clothes and go for a run outside Buckingham Palace anyway. .
"It's very simple," Kayla moved her fingers slowly, "I want to see a cardboard box about the height of one person in the hotel suite tonight, delivered by… no matter which courier company it came from!"
Angela's face suddenly darkened, and Kayla, who had a panoramic view, spread her hands out: "What? Even such a simple request will not work?"
"Do you think it's simple?" Angela's eyes jumped, and she suddenly jumped up, "I'll tell you what simplicity is!"
"Hey! You guy... actually attacked! Don't think you can win like this, let's see how I deal with you!"
The sound of slapstick sounded in the hotel suite immediately.
The meet-and-greet event in London is over, but the whole thing is not over, because there is one more in Los Angeles and three in New York to visit in turn. Liv and Scarlett are fine, but the Heathleggers are in trouble. Although there are so many Jewish denominations that recognize homosexuality, unfortunately they are the relatively conservative faction.
In this regard, Angela has nothing to do, but it is impossible to avoid talking about it, after all, she still has to propose to Natalie. Marriage is certainly a matter of two people, but it is always the happiest and most important thing for children to get the blessings of their parents.
Let’s talk first, if it doesn’t work, I’ll have to ask my grandfather. Angela had such an idea. Although her grandfather kept her homosexuality by default, it is difficult to say whether she would accept same-sex marriage. You have to try it. When my father ran away from home and converted to Christianity, I didn't see them fighting, right? And... maybe there are reinforcements
"You mean... you want to get married? With your same-sex partner... get married?" Sitting on a chair with a cane, the grandfather looked at Angela with wide eyes, as if he had eaten a piece of expired cheese.
"Yes," Angela tried to make her expression seem sincere and lovely, "In fact, you are the first in the family to know, and I haven't even told my parents yet."
Grandpa raised his eyebrows, thought for a few seconds, and then used his cane to smash the pestle on the ground: "I never thought that Jedi and Mary would disagree on this issue, so who do you want to get support from me to fight against? "
Angela smiled embarrassingly: "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, I was just a little worried... Grandpa. You know, although he is not conservative, and he acquiesced to my sexual orientation like you, but... "
Grandpa laughed: "Then, why do you think I'll support you in marrying the same sex, Chris? You should know that being together and getting married are two different things, and I have to consider this issue from a family perspective."
"Because of Mom," Angela said confidently, "I believe that when Mom and Dad eloped to the United States, other people talked about it, but you didn't care that you forgave Mom in the end, did you? As for the public opinion environment, the United Kingdom They already allow gays and lesbians to register for marriage, and even California can't do that, so you don't care either."
Grandpa didn't speak any more. After watching Angela for a long time, he smiled and shook his head: "When you get old, you can't help but recall the past, and you always feel that you were just a naughty and cute little girl the day before. The next day, she was already a big and unique girl, and now she is about to get married, the feeling of dislocation is... indescribable."
"I understand how you feel, grandpa, if it's another 20 years, I will also feel the beauty of my childhood, the kind of communication without the slightest impurities..." Angela was a little lost, but she quickly adjusted and continued to smile. looking at his grandfather.
The old man saw that he did not continue talking on this topic, and after thinking for a few minutes, he asked again: "Although I don't have much interaction with your grandfather, I also know that since he acquiesced to your choice Then I won't be too opposed to your marriage, so... What is your main purpose, Chris?"
Angela couldn't help but sighed, as expected of her grandfather, she could easily see her own thoughts.
"Actually—" Angela hesitated, "I mainly hope that Grandpa can help convince... the parents of the other party."
"So, you chose that Jewish girl?" Grandpa immediately raised his eyebrows.
"Well... Yes." Angela hesitated, nodded, and then complimented in disguise: "Your thinking is really quick, grandpa, you don't look like an old man at all."
"You want me to come forward to persuade Chrysler and let him agree to help you persuade your girlfriend's parents... This circle is really big." Grandpa laughed, "Since there is something that Miss Angel can't do, then reluctantly help She's fine."
"It's great! Thank you, Grandpa!" Angela, who was overjoyed, rushed over immediately, hugged Grandpa and gave him a firm kiss, making the unprepared old man burst into laughter.
"Some things must be made clear first. I can help, but I can't guarantee how much I can do," the grandfather added.
"No problem, as long as you are willing to help, I will take care of the rest!" Angel waved her hands, as if she had already done everything.
"By the way," Grandpa suddenly thought of something, "If possible, can you tell me the approximate timetable? Besides, are you going to hold it in a big way or in private and low-key?"
"Well..." Angela giggled, "you will naturally know when the time comes."
With the win over my grandfather, several major things in London have basically achieved the expected results. Of course, she still didn't say everything, at this point Angela decided to make the facts first. The next target is of course New York, but Angela has a lot of time to prepare because she will be in London for a while.
In addition to meeting her parents, her main job is to participate in the filming of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", which has about two weeks to play. Although Lexus had a lot of scenes in the novel, but after being adapted into a movie, it was deleted a lot. Who made Harry the protagonist? Just like Sirius still had a lot of scenes in "The Goblet of Fire", but in the end, there was no other shot except CG for an effect. After all, no matter how long the movie was, it was only over 100 minutes long.
Therefore, the last "Deathly Hallows" is still unavoidable to be divided into two episodes. Taking advantage of the last chance to make money is a factor, and it is also a factor to dedicate an original movie with basically no changes to book fans. Of course, Angela will continue to be ridiculed by Rowling because of this, and it is expected that the level of ridicule will gradually increase after this year.
"From this point of view, you are really like a man. Generally speaking, men think about hugging from left to right." Listening to Magic Mom's jokes, it's really... quite sharp.
"It's too one-sided to say that, Joe, don't women also have the idea of both sides?" Angela had to refute a few words, but after thinking of herself, the refutation was a bit lacking.
"Don't forget, there is a 'general situation' in my words, dear. Yes, yes, there are such people among women, but you have to admit that such people are in the minority in the whole group of women, just It's like in the entire male group, there are very few people who don't have the idea of hugging each other." The magic mother said calmly.
Angela could only stare blankly, and sighed after a while: "Do you mean that I should have sex reassignment surgery?"
"Hey, I didn't mean that, Angie," Rowling hurriedly raised her finger and shook it, "Speak responsibly, if your fans find out about this, the saliva alone will drown me. ."
"Do you think anyone would believe what you said?" Angela snorted softly.
"That's true," Rowling said with a smile on her lips, "and I don't think you are suitable for sex reassignment surgery. Even if you take a few testosterone injections, I'm afraid it's just a little more masculine, so just be your woman honestly. ."
Angela's mouth twitched, is this still the magical mother who wrote the "Harry Potter" series? No matter how you look at it, it's a character like Auntie. At this moment, a hand was placed on her shoulder, followed by a heavy slap on the buttocks.
"Xia... Emma!" Angela turned her head sharply, growling and looking at the girl who appeared from behind with cannibal eyes.
"What's wrong?" Xia Xia, who was smiling, asked unconsciously.
"You..." Angela just said half a word and swallowed it back abruptly. Xia Xia's timing was always very good, neither Rowling nor the staff around her definitely saw it, so why bother Ask yourself out of curiosity.
"What's the matter, Emma?" Angela asked calmly. As Xia Xia grew up, it was no longer suitable to call her by a nickname in public. Of course, how to call her in private or whatever.
"Mr. Director wants you to start preparing, it's your part soon." Xia Xia shrugged.
"It should be Lily's responsibility to notify this kind of thing." Angela couldn't help but curled her lips.
"Could it be... Can't I come over to inform you? Or are you tired of me and don't like me anymore?" Xia Xia pretended to be pitiful and resentful, and the magic mother next to her couldn't help laughing.
Angela glared at Rowling, then looked at Xia Xia who was about to speak, her eyes widened a lot before she opened her mouth, because Xia Xia's hand stretched out unwittingly on her buttocks. Pinch it. Angela glared at her for a long while without speaking. Xia Xia had done this many times during this time. She had used all kinds of tricks, such as chest attack, waist pinching, and spanking, regardless of the occasion! Of course, you need to be more secretive in public places, all by hugging or calling someone out like this, but you will be much more arrogant in private, especially when the two are alone, often teasing Angela .
And when Angela asked her what she wanted to do, she said something generously: "Of course it's sexual harassment, otherwise what am I doing? Or do you want to sue me for sexual harassment?"
Looking at her innocent and pitiful expression, Angela, who knew she was pretending, rolled her eyes.
"Okay, okay, I'll go right now, okay?!" Angela took a step back and said so after pulling away. Then he greeted Rowling and walked quickly towards the director. Xia Xia pouted and spread her hands helplessly towards Rowling, then followed after, looking at the magic mother in her eyes, in addition to shrugging her shoulders and shaking her head with laughter, she also did nothing.
Xia Xia's thoughts, Angela guessed a little bit, but unfortunately can only turn a blind eye now, after all, it is different now.
She also knew that Xia Xia would definitely not give up. It can be seen from some of Xia Xia's bold behaviors when the two were alone before. As expected of a child born in the 1990s, she still tried her best to avoid something.
It's hateful that Kate and Kayla, who come to visit the cast of "Harry Potter" from time to time, just came to see the show. They didn't pay attention to everything between Angela and Xia Xia. If you go wrong, you can do it yourself.
Angela was depressed but had no other choice. Fortunately, "The Mist" was released in the UK at this time. Although the British film critics were quite different about the film's debate - they thought it was good that the structure was clever and the suspense was set just right. The performance of the actors is also in place, it is a typical bad novel meeting a good director; and those who feel bad think that the plot is old-fashioned, and you can guess the end after reading the beginning, except that the picture is as good as ever and the actors' performances are not bad. , other places are very mediocre, and the tone is almost exactly the same as that of their American counterparts. It really makes people suspect that they took it directly and modified a few sentences and then published it.
The most interesting and paradoxical thing is that people who think it's good think it fully demonstrates that female directors can make movies that are very logical, while people who think it's bad think it fully proves that even Angela can't make a movie. Excellent logically tight movies come. The viewpoints are so completely opposite that it makes me laugh and cry.
For ordinary movie fans, such a view will only increase their interest in the film, not to mention that Angela has a lot of diehard fans in the UK, so she won the box office of nearly 7 million pounds in the first week, which can be said to be very impressive. outstanding.
It's no wonder that Angela is very aware of how important a good story is to a movie. There must be suspense, turning points and basic logic, so when making a production, the first consideration is how to tell a good story rather than what point of view you want to express. This is the biggest difference between her and some "artistic" directors.
Any good movie must first have a good script. Although there are examples of directors turning bad scripts into good movies, such directors are rare after all. There are always more good screenwriters than good directors. It is a pity that the status of screenwriters is not high. Big-name directors and big-name actors have the right to revise the script, and their income is not comparable to that of directors and actors. Therefore, there was a screenwriter strike in early 2008.
Angela was lying in the hospital at the time, so she escaped a public statement, otherwise she really didn't know what to say, and deep down Angela was in favor of giving the writers a raise - in fact, in the Pixar film department Although the working screenwriters meet the Hollywood regulations in terms of salary, their benefits are much better than those of other companies. Therefore, even if the screenwriters of the film department also participated in the general strike, they are still secretly working for the film department. Therefore, the impact of the strike at Pixar is far less than that of other film companies. However, Angela is still a member of the Producers Union after all, otherwise she would not use benefits to improve the status of screenwriters in disguise. So it's good to stay in the hospital.
Well, these are all digressions. Because of the popularity of "The Mist", there are more paparazzi and movie fans outside the "Harry Potter" crew, and Xia Xia does not dare to be too reckless. In addition to being interviewed and being followed by paparazzi all day, Angela naturally had an excuse to reject Xia Xia, so she finally breathed a sigh of relief. For the first time, she found the paparazzi somewhat useful.