Jennifer Aniston stood on the side of the road waiting for the bus a little absent-mindedly, and she couldn't say she was very disappointed with the audition. Because she didn't have much hope in the first place, she graduated from acting school last year, and she has appeared in several stage plays one after another. By chance, she heard the news that the film was recruiting actresses, and tried to submit her resume, but she did not expect to get an audition.
Just as she was about to flag down a taxi, she heard someone calling her name behind her, and turned around to see the strange boy in the audition room staring at her fiercely.
"Hello, you're the one..." Jennifer Aniston waved her hand subconsciously and gestured twice, only to realize that she didn't know the other person's name.
Eric stretched out his hand and said, "Miss Aniston, hello, my name is Eric, Eric Williams."
Jennifer Aniston extended her small hand and smiled politely, "Hi, Williams...Mr."
Eric looked at Aniston's sweet smiling face from a close distance, and was slightly absent-minded. He even forgot to let go of Aniston's hand.
"Mr. Williams, you..." Aniston struggled slightly, feeling the warmth from that big hand, feeling a little embarrassed, and glared at Eric reproachfully.
"Oh, I'm sorry, just call me Eric, Miss Aniston, can I call you Annie?" Eric withdrew his hand, scratched his head in embarrassment, thinking that although he was not counted as a daughter in his previous life, he was still I have traversed the flowers, why do I look like a kid now, it must be the hormones in this body that are causing trouble, um, it must be so.
Aniston was puzzled and slightly guarded: "Okay, Eric, but we don't seem to know each other?"
Eric put away his thoughts and said with a smile: "I know you now, all friends are strangers at first. Annie, it's already noon, can I invite you to lunch?"
"This is too abrupt, Eric, we have only spoken a few words." Aniston refused.
"Then I'll take you home." Eric made the best choice.
"Uh... alright." Aniston froze for a moment, having already rejected the other party once, Aniston, who has always been bad at rejecting others, subconsciously agreed. In fact, Eric just used a small communication trick. If he asked to send the girl home from the beginning, what should he do if he was rejected
The two got into Eric's car together, asked for the address, and Eric started the car and drove to the destination.
Aniston couldn't bear the curiosity in his heart, and asked first: "Eric, are you a staff member of "Return to Seventeen"?"
Eric held the steering wheel, nodded and said: "Yes, I am the screenwriter and leading actor of this movie."
"Wow, that's amazing. You should be my age, and I'm only doing small parts in a few plays now."
Eric smiled and said, "It's just luck. By the way, you just said that you are acting in a stage play?"
"Oh, yes." When it came to the things he was interested in, Aniston immediately opened the chatter box and introduced it endlessly. Eric inserted a few words from time to time, which made Aniston giggle.
A nineteen-year-old girl who has just stepped into the society for less than a year, how is Eric's opponent who hides the soul of the uncle in her bones. Under Eric's subtle guidance, Aniston gradually let go of her mind as the conversation progressed, and even began to introduce her current life in Los Angeles.
"Although working in a convenience store is tiring and I have to stand for at least eight hours a day, I now feel that I am living a fulfilling life. From time to time, I can participate in some stage plays and participate in some auditions. Responsible father, I too will be successful one day."
Although Eric knew that in his previous life, Aniston finally entered the TV circle under the introduction of his father, but in the parallel time and space, it was already two years later.
In memory, Jennifer Aniston in her previous life resented her father for abandoning her and her mother when she was a child, and she refused her father's help for more than two years, and wasted more than two years of good time in Hollywood because of this. In the end, Aniston's father, John Aniston, took the initiative to do some actions to ease the relationship between father and daughter, so that the stubborn Aniston accepted his help. Aniston was already 25 years old when she won the role in "Friends". In Hollywood, once an actress turns 30, if her career does not improve, it will be difficult to make a big progress. I have to say that Aniston is still very lucky.
At this time, Eric heard Aniston's words and encouraged him: "I believe this too. When you auditioned just now, you performed very well. There are not many traces of stage play, and it seems very natural. Well, You know, when there was a girl auditioning in the first place, that kind of theatrical style, it almost brought me in."
When it came to the audition just now, Aniston suddenly fell silent, and asked softly after a while: "Eric, was Maggie's role already decided before my audition?"
"I have to say, Annie, your eyesight is really sharp."
"I find that you are all a little absent-minded, maybe you are just going through the motions."
Eric didn't go around the corner, and said directly: "If nothing else happens, Maggie may be played by Drew Barrymore. She performed very well in the audition."
"Drew Barrymore, that cute little girl in "et"? After all, she should be only thirteen years old now. Isn't Maggie a high school student who is about to enter university?"
Eric asked curiously: "Why, Annie, didn't you see Drew while you were waiting for the audition? She is already a big girl now, although...well, she is indeed only thirteen years old."
Aniston said with some embarrassment: "Well, for today's audition, I transferred shifts with my colleagues last night and stayed on duty until twelve o'clock, so I came a bit late."
"It's okay, actually, I don't know if I should tell you..."
Aniston looked up curiously and asked, "What is it?"
"After you left, they all saw that I... like you."
Aniston's small mouth grew wide, a little surprised by Eric's directness, and he said in a dull voice: "Then...then?"
"James, the producer of this movie, told me that there are so many people, and some good girls are hard to find once you miss them, so he encouraged me to chase them out. He also said that if I do, I will give you one Role, create more opportunities for us to get along." Eric sold James out in one breath, and secretly said sorry to James Brooks, thinking that it was not easy for him to pick up a girl.
"Ah, that, I... I, I..." Facing Eric's confession-like words, Aniston seemed a little flustered, and at the same time there was a little sweetness in his heart.
Eric saw Aniston's panic, and quickly said: "No, you don't need to have any burdens, Anne. We are friends now, aren't we? It's normal for friends to help each other. In fact, that role is nothing , just one of Maggie's three friends, a few minutes of the scene. But if you accept it, it will provide you with a qualification for auditioning in the future, and I believe that my film will definitely achieve good results."
"Thank you, Eric, I really don't know what to say."
The car drove for another ten minutes, and when it arrived at a community in Burbank, Aniston pointed to an intersection ahead and said, "Eric, I'm here, just park there."
The car stopped at a somewhat narrow alley, and the two of them were silent for a few seconds at the same time. Aniston did not intend to get out of the car. Of course, Eric would not be so stupid as to ask Aniston to get out of the car. After sitting quietly for a while, the atmosphere in the carriage gradually became a little ambiguous.
Finally, Aniston plucked up the courage to speak: "Why don't I treat you to lunch, Eric, there is a small restaurant in front, and I often eat there."
Eric said with a sigh of relief: "How about it, Anne, it's not a decent thing to let a girl treat you, of course I pay the bill. Let's go, you show the way."
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Aniston finally accepted the role. During the preparation period for the next film, the two of them talked on the phone almost every day, and the chat content was very scattered. For example, someone stole things in the convenience store where Annie worked. I was almost late, and I found a few Xiaoqiang in my closet.
Eric also talked about the trivial things in his life from time to time, and at the same time comforted the loneliness of the girl who was alone in a foreign land. Although Aniston had contact with many people, he did not have many close friends. Inside, it seems to have become the sustenance of her soul. Eric knew that as long as he confessed, Aniston would definitely agree to be his girlfriend, because the girl had already started acting like a baby to him on the phone occasionally.
However, Eric was not in a hurry to do this. He didn't want Aniston to have any bad associations between that movie role and being his girlfriend. Therefore, at least until the filming of "Returning to Seventeen" is over, anyway, this little girl can't escape from her hands no matter what. So Eric just needs to wait for everything to fall into place.
During this period, another matter also took shape, that is, the publication of "Jurassic Park". After signing with Michael Krause for more than half a month, he finally got the sample book of "Jurassic Park". It is a huge Tyrannosaurus Rex chasing a running off-road vehicle, quite a sci-fi idea. This inspiration comes from the movie "Jurassic Park" in memory. Michael Klaus thinks it is great. Ancient dinosaurs are connected with modern off-road vehicles. Just the cover sets up a huge suspense for readers.
Eric asked for an extra copy and gave it to Aniston. Over the past few days, Eric has unknowingly branded the image of a gentle and considerate boyfriend in Aniston's heart, which is extremely damaging to Aniston, who lacked fatherly love since childhood.
After receiving "Jurassic Park", Aniston, who had always admired Eric's screenwriting and acting skills, suddenly had a little admiration in her eyes. Naturally, she made Eric a genius in her heart. Label.
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The preparations for "Return to Seventeen" are still underway. During this period, Eric participated in the preparation work of the crew several times, and also met with other actors in the crew. Regarding the role of Mike's son, the crew did not Choosing Brad Pitt, of course, did not choose the thin boy named Blake Quinn, but another eighteen-year-old boy who was slightly stronger.
For this point, Eric did not complain, because he met Aniston later, because of a certain position, Eric suddenly lost favor with Peter who abandoned Aniston in his previous life. Even, Eric wondered viciously, if he became a big director in the future, would he let the superstar couple Pitt and Jolie in his previous life play soy sauce together in his movie, um, Aniston as the leading role, absolutely!
Everything went smoothly. On August 16, 1988, after Eric was reborn, the first movie that carried the ideals of the previous life and the present life was officially launched.