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Looking at Hugo's confused expression, Rob and Nora, who are almost a hundred years old together, laughed happily, obviously very happy that they could deceive Hugo. This made all the other bystanders laugh and cry.

Rob and Hugo were still more familiar, so he was the first to restrain his smile, turned his head and said to his partner, "Nora, we should give him the script, otherwise he would not be able to film in this state. ." Then he turned to look at Hugo, "You forgot? This is a story that connects two people through the radio, so the hero and heroine have never met."

Only then did Hugo react. He didn't think about it at all just now. At this time, after Rob reminded him, he understood.

The story of "Sleepless in Seattle" is very special. It is explained in two main lines, one is the hero Sam and the other is the heroine Annie. Sam originally lived in Chicago in the middle of the United States, and then moved to Seattle on the west coast after his wife died. Sam has his own life line. The actors Hugo sees today are obviously the surrounding characters of Sam's line. On the other hand, Annie lives in Baltimore on the east coast of the United States. She also has her own circle of life, a circle that has no intersection with the west coast. Those actors have no intersection with Hugo.

So, when the movie was filming, Nora also planned to shoot in two parts, first filming Hugo's part independently, then filming the part where Hugo and Meg cooperated, and finally filming the part of Meg independently. After all the shooting is over, the whole film is put together through post-production.

In fact, when conditions permit, it would be great if the male and female protagonists can play for each other in person. For example, in "Sleepless in Seattle", Sam and Annie murmured to themselves on the radio. In the scene, the voices of the two people are overlapped by radio waves, and the actor will personally go into battle to help the actor in the play.

However, due to Meg's special circumstances, Nora had to give up this idea and shoot the two main lines of Hugo and Meg completely independently.

The casting process for "Sleepless in Seattle" was extremely bumpy. Simply put, no one wanted to take over the hot potato. Michelle Pfeiffer, Kim Basinger, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts The others were all candidates, but unfortunately all of them were rejected, and Meg agreed to play at the last moment. But the problem is that Meg is filming another work at this time, and she has no way to join the "Sleepless in Seattle" crew right away.

Meg is filming "Flesh. And. Bone" with her husband Dennis Quaid, directed by Steven. Kloves. The film was originally scheduled to be completed in early February. If it could be completed as planned, then Meg would be able to join the crew of "Sleepless in Seattle" immediately, but something went wrong with the filming, which led to the delay, and director Stephen There is no way to determine the completion time, and it is likely to be delayed until the end of February.

But the problem is that the story of "Sleepless in Seattle" starts on Christmas Eve and ends on Valentine's Day, so it is most appropriate to start the film before March. As a last resort, Nora can only let the crew start first, Waiting for Meg while filming the Hugo part. In other words, Hugo must be the first to start the game alone without the heroine. Fortunately, the particularity of the movie "Sleepless in Seattle" made this idea possible, otherwise the crew would have to delay and continue to wait for the heroine to be in place.

After understanding the cause and effect, Hugo didn't have any special ideas. Anyway, whether Meg appeared on the set or not, his shooting must be carried out. On the contrary, getting along with the child actors made Hugo even more worried.

"So, this is your rival actor." Nora rubbed the child standing next to her and smiled at Hugo.

Although Hugo had long known that the character of Sam was a widower and had an eight-year-old child, when he actually met the child actor, Hugo was still a little worried about playing against the child. There has always been a saying in Hollywood, "Don't shoot animals and children", because animals and children are characters that are difficult to control. Once animals and children are added to the movie, the burden on the crew will increase exponentially. The so-called burden here Not only money, but also manpower, filming time, etc.

Hugo looked at the small but calm child in front of him, squatted down and kept his eyes parallel with the child, this is the most basic respect an adult shows to a child, "I'm Hugo when we meet for the first time. -Lancaster. Nice to meet you." Hugo smiled and stretched out his right hand.

The child looked at Hugo earnestly, with a look of vigilance and measure, as if he wanted to see the sincerity in Hugo's sight, which reminded Hugo of a saying about children in the folk, "Children are the most sensitive, They are sensitive to the kindness and ill will of others towards him."

Sure enough, the child looked at Hugo's warm smile, and then the kid nodded, "You are a kind man. Nice to meet you. My name is Ross. Malinger."

Rose's pretentious smile made Hugo burst out laughing, "I can tell that you are no stranger to acting." This can be seen from the child's boldness and directness when facing strangers.

"Of course. This is my fourth film, and I've also shot two episodes." Ross said with his hands on his hips, with a seasoned look, puffing out his chest.

"Then I'm relieved. I have no experience working with children before, and I'm always worried that I'm not doing well. Now it seems that maybe you can help me a lot." Hugo's honesty made everyone around him exposed. surprised expression.

In fact, in Hugo's view, lying to children is unnecessary and unwise. Maybe they can't see through your lies, but they can feel the abnormality of things, which will make them feel excluded from you. As for Hugo, he will play a father and son with Ross in the movie. Hugo is a man who has never really become a father, and his understanding of the relationship between father and son is also very bad, so if he can't get Ross's If you cooperate, the performance presented will not be convincing. So, Hugo chose to be honest.

Under the surprised eyes of everyone, Hugo leaned into Ross's ear and whispered, "Also, I have never been a father in my life. I really have no experience in how to become a father. Can you help me?"

Ross waited for those innocent eyes to look at Hugo. He didn't seem to understand why Hugo said this to himself, but Hugo showed a gentle smile and looked at Ross firmly. Afterwards, Hugo saw Ross burst into a big smile, then hugged Hugo's neck and whispered in Hugo's ear, "Don't worry, leave it to me."

Listening to Rose's tender voice, he vowed to express his determination, and the jagged teeth made his speech leaky, adding a lot of joy. But Hugo didn't laugh because it was funny, but looked at Ross seriously and said softly, "Thank you!"

Then Hugo stood up and stretched out his right hand to Ross, "So, partner, can we go upstairs?" Ross looked up at the tall Hugo, and then looked back at a smiling man The woman—this should be his mother—with permission, Ross put his little hand in Hugo's broad palm.

Nora watched this scene and patted Hugo lightly on the shoulder, "It seems that you made good progress on the first day you arrived on the set." Hugo smiled back, and then held Ross's hand Go towards the elevator.

After arriving in Seattle, the crew didn't start running right away, because Hugo hadn't read the script yet, so he got the script and started reading it that day, in addition to spending most of the time playing with Rose. Hugo seems to be very childish, and in less than two days, he talked and laughed with Ross, and they got along very well. Even Ross fell asleep on Hugo's bed one night, and Hugo hugged him. As Ross returned to his mother's house, he carefully placed Ross, who was still asleep, on the bed.

After this incident, everyone in the crew joked that Hugo would be a good dad. Just don't know if it's just for Ross, or if it's true for all kids. But obviously, the very comfortable sunshine smell on Hugo is indeed very attractive to children. The most important thing is that Hugo himself is willing to play with children, and he does what he says, which makes Ross and Hugo quickly become good friend.

Originally, Hugo thought it would take time to take care of his hair and set the look, but he didn't expect Nora to say it directly, "Just follow the style of your father in your imagination, and your own conception of the style of your father shall prevail. The crew did not Prepare any outfit, and you don't need to have makeup set on you."

Hugo looked at Nora, who was the shopkeeper in front of him, wondering whether to laugh or cry, "Is there not enough funding for the crew? Otherwise, we can't do nothing." Of course, this was just a joke by Hugo, he knew what Nora meant.

Sam was originally a widower. After losing his wife, he was devastated, so his hair and life were not planned and taken care of, and he fell into a more chaotic situation, which is normal. That's what Hugo did in the first audition, and now Nora has brought Hugo's ideas to the big screen.

"The only requirement is that you don't cut your hair." Nora pointed to Hugo's hair that was about to reach her brows.

In this regard, Hugo can only have a wry smile on his face.

If Hugo's current hair is cut short, it can't be seen, but it is actually a little natural curl. Although it is not obvious, it can be seen when it is long. When the hair grows to the length of the eyebrows, the hair will automatically outline an arc, and then if you don't pay attention, it will become a bird's nest. This reminded Hugo easily of Robert Pattinson's messy hairstyle. Hugo expressed helplessness about this, but at the same time he had to be thankful that his hairstyle was not "Justin Timberlake" (Justin. Timberlake) "That little curl.