Going on like this is flirting. Eric brought the teacup to his mouth, intending to buffer the ambiguous atmosphere.
Noticing Eric's reaction, Natasha Henstridge's pretty face had a smile on her face, and she deliberately stretched out her long legs, posing in a more coquettish pose. All the angels in the Victoria's Secret Legion We all know that Eric has a tendency to control his legs.
In fact, even if Eric came over and pressed her on the sofa now, she would not resist.
Before getting this role, Natasha Henstridge's status in the Victoria's Secret Army was not outstanding. But she really felt the huge change that the title of Victoria's Secret Angel brought to her life.
She debuted at the age of 14 and is 24 years old this year. In the world of fashion where the elimination rate is very high, it is usually the age when a model has not reached the heights of supermodels such as Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista, and their career is about to start. It's gone downhill.
But now, even if they are not the group of supermodels that Victoria's Secret focuses on, but because of the blessing of the angel halo, they can still easily get various endorsements, announcements, catwalk opportunities, and their annual income is the same as before the Victoria's Secret show The first-line models are almost the same. And all of this originated from the man in front of him who was lazily leaning on the sofa.
The power of a person never lies in how much wealth they have, but in his influence on a circle, an industry or even a country.
Having personally created the Victoria's Secret show known as the 'Super Bowl in the fashion industry', coupled with the fact that he controls the resources of the entire Firefly system, Eric's influence on this circle is definitely far greater than that of Anna Wintour , Karl Lagerfeld, these superficially beautiful fashion giants.
Eric's ban on Victoria's Secret Angels not being in love with Li Zi was slightly evil at the beginning, although he got the nickname of 'Jealous-Daddy', but so far, there is no one in the Angel Legion Dare to challenge this ban, even several major model agencies secretly told their contracted models not to contact Leonardo.
In the process of getting along with each other in the first few months of the first Victoria's Secret show, Eric left a deep impression on the first generation of Victoria's Secret angels. The attitude of all Victoria's Secret angels towards Eric is basically awe and admiration.
Facing this man whom she could only look up to forever, even if she didn't have any purpose of seeking, Natasha Henstridge still had some expectation in her heart about what could happen to him.
Eric didn't speak for a while, but leaned on the armrest of the sofa with his legs crossed, staring at the golf course outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the black tea in his hand gradually lost any heat.
Natasha Henstridge naturally didn't know that when Eric was used to being alone, he suddenly let himself go without thinking about anything, and enjoyed a daze for a while. She just felt that Eric seemed to be isolated from the whole world at this time, and seemed a little lonely with the delicate thoughts unique to women.
Instinctively wanting to pull the other party out of this state, Natasha Henstridge called softly: "Eric?"
Eric was not unhappy when he was interrupted while in a daze, and turned to look at her: "Huh?"
Seeing Eric come back to his senses, Natasha suddenly and inexplicably regretted speaking, her eyes flickered, she found a topic at random, and said, "Why do you want to play Tony Stark yourself? "
"The audition results of other people are not very good," Eric explained: "The only price guy I am satisfied with has been in Los Angeles prison and rehab for the past few years. I will reform myself, so I can only come in person.”
"But," Natasha Henstridge raised her hand and made a meaningless gesture, "You have so much money now, is it necessary to do these things yourself?"
"That's what I do. Whether it's a director or an actor, these are the things I'm really good at. Others, I will only hand over to more professional people. Moreover, the Marvel superhero movie involves Firefly It’s a big layout, and it’s actually not bad for me to come and see it in person.”
Eric explained, put down the cold tea in his hand, and said, "It's almost time, let's play against each other."
Natasha Henstridge sat up straight and said, "Are you really going to play against each other?"
"This is what you asked for," Eric stood up with a smile, and said, "So, if you don't satisfy me later, I will teach you well. How do you remember the lines?"
Natasha Henstridge followed Eric to his feet, and said, "It's very proficient. You don't need a script at all. Eric, where are you going?"
"Find a DV to use as a monitor, so that you can see your performance more intuitively. I have watched your audition video, and it can only be regarded as a pass, far from perfect."
Natasha Henstridge suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.
She remembered how Eric often mercilessly trained the Victoria's Secret angels who had made mistakes until they cried during the rehearsal of the first Victoria's Secret show a few years ago. The awe of Eric from the bottom of his heart was also cultivated at that time.
Of course, many Victoria's Secret angels have developed another 'skill' that can cry at any time, because when Eric gets angry, their tears are definitely the best fire extinguishing agent. As long as the tears fall, Eric's tone It will also soften.
The memories that came to mind made Natasha Henstridge forget to put on her shoes. Seeing Eric leave the living room, she subconsciously followed him on tiptoe like a cat, while not forgetting that little I slowly brewed my emotions, blinked, and felt that my eye sockets were wet, and then I was relieved.
Fortunately, the skills are still there.
My female assistant just lost her temper and left without introducing Eric to the interior layout of the villa.
This luxury villa covering an area of 1,500 square meters has four halls, two kitchens, six bedrooms and nine bathrooms. Including the study, gym, screening room, storage room and other supporting facilities, there are a total of 33 rooms. Eric can only grope for them. The location of the study, and the things he needs every day, Caroline and her daughter will basically help him put them in the study.
After a while, Eric came out of the study with a tripod on his shoulders. Behind him, Natasha was holding a notebook, a DV player, and a complete script of "Iron Man".
Back in the living room just now, after installing the tripod and connecting the DV player to the laptop, Eric sat down on the sofa with the script, pointed to the opposite side, and said, "Hey, tell me about you first. understanding of the role."
Natasha Henstridge thought for a while, gestured with some confidence, and said, "I think Kristen Everhart is, um, a bit bitter character."
As soon as Natasha spoke, Eric couldn't help shaking his head and said: "No, no, it's definitely not bitter, she doesn't have menopausal syndrome, if you play her as a mean middle-aged woman, I will Kick you back to New York immediately."
Natasha Henstridge immediately shrank her neck. Although she had memorized her lines in advance, as a rookie who just entered Hollywood, she really didn't know how to understand this role more deeply. . When Eric asked, she could only act on the spot according to her own feelings.
Seeing Natasha's reaction, Eric also realized that something was wrong with his attitude.
"Vanity Fair" female reporter Christine Everhart is a very domineering character. If I am too harsh and scold Natasha, it is basically not good if I want to pinch her spirit in the short term. Possibly, but the scene about her will be filmed the day after tomorrow.
In the original time and space, Natasha Henstridge is well-known in Hollywood through the "Alien" series. However, although there are many later works and she has cooperated with big names such as Bruce Willis, she basically All the commercial movies are on the vase route, so I shouldn't have too many expectations for her background.
After calming down his emotions, Eric said softly: "Hey, let's take it slowly. First of all, you need to build such a character from the bottom of your heart. Christine Everhart, a reporter from "Vanity Fair", graduated from Brown University, an Ivy League school, belongs to the favored child of heaven and the social elite. Because of this background identity setting, she is confident, competitive, energetic, likes to question everything, dares to challenge authority, and is used to tit for tat. All the plots and lines about her in the script The settings are inseparable from these characteristics of her character."
Natasha Henstridge listened carefully to Eric's narration, and she knew that this kind of opportunity was once in a lifetime for her, perhaps only once in this life.
However, when Eric finished speaking, the girl raised her right hand lightly.
Eric was helpless, but he didn't emphasize his tone this time, but with some encouragement, he said: "Don't joke with me, okay, put your hands down, be more confident, from now on, you will treat yourself as Chris Tin Everhart, if you have any doubts, ask directly."
Natasha Henstridge really straightened her waist, and said: "Eric, according to Christine's proud and confident personality, I don't think he will meet Tony at the first meeting. Stark to bed."
"The sentence you just said is very good. It is not an interrogative sentence, but a very confident affirmative sentence, which fits Christine's character very well."
Eric did not immediately answer Natasha's doubts, but nodded in approval, and then said: "Then, the paragraph about going to bed. First of all, Tony Stark is both a billionaire and a genius scientist , although he is arrogant, he is generous, witty and personable, all of which can form a strong attraction to women.
Secondly, although Tony Stark took the initiative to tease, Christine Everhart was not passive. She was also a hunter, and would even insist on holding Tony Stark under her body in bed, fighting for initiative. From this point of view, she is also a feminist, and does not think that ONS is a patent for men. In the subsequent rival scenes, although the two had sex, Christine's attitude towards Tony did not change at all, which can prove the above point. "
Natasha Henstridge nodded, Eric's thorough understanding of the script made her feel a little embarrassed, but, remembering Eric's exhortation just now, she did not show any guilty expression, and maintained as much as possible Looking at the Christian Everhart mentality that he had just brewed, he said, "Eric, I didn't see the description in the script for the sex scene you mentioned?"
"This episode will only cut one scene, and of course there will be no special description," Eric shook his head and said, "Are there any other doubts?"
"there is none left."
"Okay, let's try acting out first, let me see how you are preparing for this?"
Eric said, got up and turned on the DV player, and handed the TV remote control next to Natasha as a recorder, then clapped his hands and said, "OK, let's start with the scene outside the casino, don't be nervous, we have a lot of time Gotta be."
An image of Christine Everhart was somewhat built up in her heart, and Eric's extraordinary patience just now also made Natasha Henstridge relax. She exhaled softly, walked outside the living room, Under Eric's gesture, he stepped forward calmly, handed the 'recording pen' to Eric, and got straight to the point.
"Mr. Stark, some people say that you are a contemporary Da Vinci, what do you think?"
"It's nonsense, and I don't paint."
"..."
"..."
"Haven't you ever suffered from insomnia in your line of work?"
"I'd love to have a few sleepless nights with you."
Watching Natasha Henstridge slowly put away his expression, Eric clapped his hands lightly to signify the end.
Faced with the audition for the first time, Natasha didn't get stuck at all during the whole process, which shows that she really put a lot of thought into it in private. Eric was very satisfied with this, and said: "Very good, let's see the effect first."
The two walked to the notebook together, Eric clicked on playback, and went through the performance of the two just now. After all, it was the first time to play against each other, and the effect was mediocre. Natasha was basically reciting lines in a well-regulated manner.
"First of all, I can be sure that your lines are absolutely fine," Eric said to Natasha next to him after seeing the scene just now: "However, your expression changes need to be richer, and, speaking of There is no need to be so strict with the lines. The lines are too precise, which means that you are not actually in the play, and you don’t really think of yourself as Kristen Everhart. In order to change this, I will play some lines freely later. You need Play it by ear, do that, and you're pretty much in the game."
After simply giving a general analysis, Eric began to explain to Natasha the details that needed to be adjusted.
Soon, the two entered the second performance.
The following whole afternoon, in this villa in the country club, the two were repeatedly polishing several scenes between Tony Stark and Kristen Everhart, and Eric later reversed the scene. I bought a handful of peppers and rehearsed the tit-for-tat scene between Christine and Pepper Potts a few times.
It wasn't until dusk fell that the two finally stopped rehearsing.
Natasha Henstridge took the initiative to run to prepare dinner, and Eric took the time to turn on his work cell phone, which was turned off in the afternoon, and returned some missed calls.
Not long after, in the brand new restaurant of the villa, Natasha prepared dinner. Eric opened a bottle of red wine, poured it into two glasses and handed Natasha a glass. He sat down in his seat and watched Looking at the girl with a little tired look on her face, she said, "Do you think it's not worth spending so much effort on such a small role?"
"of course not."
Natasha Everhart shook her head. She had seen the difference between her last rehearsal in the afternoon and her initial performance.
In the very first shot, she felt like she was completely a piece of wood. The whole person gave the audience the feeling that she was performing, and it was a very blunt performance. There was not much expression on her face, and her fluent lines seemed to be endorsing .
But in the end, after Eric patiently pointed out every word, every line, and every little action, the reporter from Vanity Fair that he played in the camera came to life completely, and the interaction between the two seemed very natural. Nata Sha even felt that she now had another soul named Kristen Everhart in her heart.
Eric nodded: "Since you don't have such thoughts, then let's continue tomorrow."
"ah?"
Natasha, who had just picked up the red wine, immediately slumped, and looked at Eric with some pity.
She felt that after an afternoon of hard work, her performance was already very good, and she really didn't want to continue this boring repetition.
Eric ignored Natasha's pitiful expression and said instead: "Do you remember what you said about Larry at noon?"
Natasha Henstridge nodded, she naturally remembered the joke she made to Larry Ellison.
"Look, Larry Ellison, as Happy Hogan, has about the same role in this movie as you, almost a cameo. However, during the luncheon, he mostly took the trouble to I asked Joss and the others for advice on how to play this small role well. Moreover, Larry only received a salary of 1 dollar, and I even cheated me of 5 million dollars in sponsorship fees. It is impossible for him to develop in Hollywood in the future, but he There is no intention to perfuse this role at all, but to play him as well as possible, why do you think this is?"
Natasha really couldn't think of what Larry Ellison was thinking, but she tactfully took the initiative to 'surrender' and stretched out her red wine towards Eric: "Okay, Eric, let's continue tomorrow .”
Eric raised his glass to the girl, took a sip of the red wine, and continued with a smile: "There is a kind of people in this world, they will instinctively do the best in everything they encounter, so they often You are a successful person in the eyes of ordinary people. I don’t have such high requirements for you beautiful babies, but this role is a very good opportunity for you. Although you don’t have many roles, this role is still very good. It is easy to shine, if you can leave a deep impression on the audience, it will not only increase your reputation in the world, but also allow you to get a key to Hollywood. This kind of opportunity, most actors who have worked in Hollywood for a lifetime It might be hard to come by.”
Natasha Henstridge rubbed the red wine glass, put her cheek on the other hand and looked across the table, listened carefully to Eric, with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Eric, why are you doing this to us?" OK?"
"Because I also want to achieve the ultimate in everything I do. You are created by me, so I hope that each of you can stand as high as possible."
Natasha Henstridge suddenly understood, her smile became brighter, and she said, "We stand higher, so people can't touch it, right?"
"That's right."
"Hehe, I suddenly realized that Linda's nickname for you is really appropriate."
"I also suddenly felt that for giving me a nickname, next time I go to New York, I should 'reward' Linda."
Natasha Henstridge smiled and didn't speak any more. She just moved the red wine glass to her lips and took another sip, and then began to eat dinner slowly.
After dinner, Natasha tidied up the tableware graciously, and Eric came to the living room upstairs again, turned on the TV, and then leaned on the large sofa with the laptop in his hand, and began to check today's electronic mail.
After a while, Natasha Henstridge also went upstairs, went straight to the French windows, drew the sky blue curtains, then turned and walked towards Eric.
Feeling the girl's long legs dangling in the corner of his vision, Eric didn't look up, and continued typing on the keyboard and said casually: "Sleep here tonight, it's much more comfortable than a hotel, don't want to be attacked by me at night , just lock the door..."
Before finishing these words, the laptop in his arms was taken away by a pair of bare hands and thrown aside. Eric raised his head, and Natasha had already bullied her, pushing Eric down on the sofa and riding on him. She reached out her waist and grabbed the shirt collar and pulled it violently, but she didn't know whether it was because she was too weak or Eric's shirt was too strong, but she couldn't tear it open.
Eric looked at the pretty face covered by the blond hair directly above him, and he didn't resist. He stretched out his arms and put his arms around the girl's slender waist, and said with a smile, "Well, your way of unbuttoning is wrong. I've seen someone You can use your tongue to unbutton the button. But, can you explain first, what is your mental state now?"
Natasha Henstridge didn't pull off Eric's collar, without any embarrassment, straightened up and grabbed it, took off the close-fitting bottoming sweater, and flung her beautiful blond hair flirtatiously. He said condescendingly: "Mr. Williams, you have been teasing me non-stop for an entire afternoon today, and it happened once just now. So, I think I need to take revenge."
Eric slid his hands up the girl's slender waist, got into the gap of the BRA, felt the amazing touch of nephrite in his palm, and said: "I thought you were going to rehearse your performance in "Iron Man" first." What about the second act?"
"Of course, Mr. Stark." Although the girl's face was already rosy, she changed her temperament instantly, and proudly pulled Eric's two salty pig hands out of her bra, pressed them on top of his head, and leaned over Eric's neck Jian bit wildly a few times, and said: "So, you can resist as much as you want." (To be continued.)