Seven Hundred and Thirty-Five - Something Interesting Is Coming

Hollywood Drawing Los Angeles 1990735 - Here comes the fun. In public perception, the biggest characteristics of Hollywood actors are their extravagant life, chaotic private life, and endless spending money.

Although everyone knows that these perceptions of ordinary people are not wrong at all. But in Wayne's view, describing Hollywood actors in this way is still a bit biased. No one can deny that most of the actors who can become famous have a hard-working side.

In this circle, if you want to become a big star that everyone envies, if you want to live a life of luxury, if you want to maintain a brilliant career, opportunities are indeed very important, but more importantly, you have to work hard for yourself. keep trying.

Just like people only see the scenery of Tom Cruise and pay attention to his eccentricities, but whether he likes to wander around in "thongs" on the set, it cannot be denied that this Hollywood star in the 1990s level of professionalism.

You know, Tom Cruise's reputation in the film industry has always been that he is dedicated and hardworking. Obviously, even though he has become a superstar, he still clearly knows what his foundation is.

It can be said that every big star who can become famous has a side that the public cannot see. Just like the little girl named Amanda Seyfried in front of Wayne, although she is only 13 years old, she has already grown up early. Know the importance of hard work.

This "effort" doesn't just refer to filming. From the first day she joined the crew, she would consciously or unconsciously look for opportunities to get close to Wayne. Then he acted like a little adult and kept looking for topics that he could talk about with Wayne.

"Go ahead, Amanda, I look forward to your wonderful performance."

Looking at the little girl in front of him amused, Wayne waved his hand and pointed at the camera that was about to start filming and the white horse being comforted by the staff. Said: "As you just said to me, since you have learned how to ride a horse, show it to me? OK?"

"Yep, this is not a problem for me." The little girl looked up at the man in front of her and replied crisply: "I will definitely try my best to do my best. This time, I will let you pass at most ng3 times." !Want a bet? Wayne.”

Picking up the director's notebook and flipping through it, Wayne smiled and asked, "Ha, what do you want to bet on?"

"If my performance is good, I will pass this horse riding shot within three times."

As if by magic, Amanda Seyfried took out a copy of Time Magazine and a pen from her small costume, and looked at the man with eyes filled with admiration. "Then you're going to sign it for me so I can go back to school and show off to my classmates that I have Wayne Greenberg's autograph."

"Okay, that's it, go ahead and behave well."

After hearing his words, the little girl clenched her fists and waved them vigorously in front of him a few times before turning and walking towards the white horse.

Unlike the average 13 or 14-year-old girl in North America, most girls at this age already look like a big girl, but Amanda Seyfried looks three or four years younger than her actual age. This is undoubtedly a small advantage in the circle.

For young actors, this is the most embarrassing and difficult age to receive roles, but she can rely on this advantage to continue to receive roles younger than her actual age.

Looking at the back of the little girl, Nina kept marveling in her heart. She looked at her boss and asked in a low voice: "Boss, if you say no one taught her this, I definitely don't believe it."

"Whether her mother taught her, her agent taught her, or she simply came up with it on her own because she was precocious." Looking up at the assistant, Wayne smiled and shook his head. "It all shows that this is an extremely smart and hard-working kid."

Nina shrugged. "Her efforts are very effective, aren't they?"

I saw my boss just smiled and waved, lowered his head to light a cigarette, and continued to write and draw in the director's notebook without saying anything else. The assistant lady understood that Wayne did not hate the little girl's flattery with a hint of childlike innocence.

Don't worry about whether this trace of childlike innocence is fake or not. Anyway, it has indeed worked. The little girl has successfully gained the favor of this big shot in the industry.

All the actors in the entire crew, including the extras from CAA, knew the meaning of pleasing the crew leader. But those things that adults couldn't do were accomplished by a little girl who had just been here for a few days.

Since the crew started filming, countless actors have tried their best to get close to Wayne. Their idea is very simple, even if they don't get the other person's attention, they still want to be familiar with each other, right?

In recent years, Nina has long been accustomed to similar scenes. After all, this is the norm in the industry. It's just that more than 90% of the actors who were around Wayne were stopped by her. But Amanda Seyfried’s age and lovable image have successfully broken through the defense line of her personal assistant. She can’t be allowed to stop children too, right?

What's even more unexpected is that this little girl tried hard to pretend to be a little adult, tried to imitate the way adults talk, and inadvertently showed a trace of innocence, which really won Wayne's favor.

It's very important. Wayne's favor is undoubtedly important to young actors like them. Nina is now sure that in the future projects invested by Wayne, projects shot by herself, or simply projects produced by Warner Bros., as long as there is a scene suitable for that little girl, her boss will think of her immediately and contact her. agent.

In this way, Amanda Seyfried has a huge advantage compared to a large number of her peers who are in an awkward age period.

"This child is very smart, very extraordinary..."

Hearing the assistant's muttering, Wayne closed the book in his hand and stood up from the director's seat with a cigarette in his mouth. He said casually: "Nina, do you think a girl who started running her own social network at the age of thirteen would be unsmart? I like actors who work hard."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the shooting scene where final preparations were being made.

The scene that is about to be shot is not difficult, at least not for well-trained adult actors. It is just that Diana Prince is riding a white horse on the grass as a child, and it is still shot with a long shot.

But if all this is put on a young actor, no one can say how many times it will be filmed. Gilmour's proposal was to use a stand-in and then have the little girl appear in the close-up shots that required her face to be revealed.

However, Amanda Seyfried's agent and she both said that they had learned to ride horses and could compete on their own, so Wayne simply agreed.

When this little girl joined the set, he was actually prepared for a headache. As we all know, there are only two most uncontrollable factors in a Hollywood set, one is children and the other is animals.

But in most cases, there are far more uncontrollable factors for children than animal actors. After all, the trained animal actors are always following the instructions of the trainer. Children are not so easy to talk to. As long as they get emotional, the adults will all be paralyzed.

What people didn't expect was that this little girl's performance was unexpectedly good. At least her mood was very stable. Even in the face of constant camera shots, she could adjust herself according to Gilmore's requirements over and over again.

"Wonder Woman Scene 47, Act 1, Begin!"

With a click, as the scorer hit the clapperboard, filming officially began. Everyone was looking at the little girl on the horse until the shot, which lasted less than ten seconds, was completed.

Wayne stared at the director's monitor and nodded secretly. Just like what the other party said in a childish voice, she had indeed learned to ride a horse, and she was quite good at riding it. At least it was more than enough for filming.

"Gilmore."

Waving to his assistant director, Wayne rubbed his chin with one hand, stared at the little girl running back, and whispered: "Do it again, let Robert's main camera zoom in a little further. Going a little further, I want a clearer scene.”

"Okay, I understand." Gilmore nodded immediately and turned to communicate with the camera supervisor and the young actors.

Diana Prince's childhood scenes are not many, but they are very important, especially many scenes involving action or horseback riding. Originally, given Wayne's character, he would definitely use a body double wherever he could, and he used a body double in everything.

"The First Cause of All Realms"

After all, as long as it involves such a shot, bumps and bumps are definitely unavoidable. Not to mention a child, even an adult actor still faces the risk of injury when performing action scenes and horse riding scenes.

But after seeing the performance of this little girl, he was not in a hurry to use a stunt double. If the actor could complete those actions on his own, the effect would definitely be more natural than using a stunt double in the early stage and then splicing it together through editing in the later stage.

"Cut! This shot is fine, rest."

It only took two attempts before Wayne spoke into the loudspeaker to announce passage. Amanda Seyfried seemed very excited. When she walked to the director's seat, she raised her little head proudly.

In the end, she got what she wanted and got Wayne's autograph, which was signed on the cover of Time Magazine. Along the way, he continued to show off to other actors in the crew in front of Wayne.

"A carefully and rigorously designed show." Gilmore stood next to the director's seat, stared at the little girl who left happily, shook his head and said: "She is using this magazine signed with your name to remind everyone on the crew. Her status in the crew. F**k, I don’t know who taught her this, this circle is so dirty!”

"Hey, hey, hey, Gilmore."

Picking up his director's notebook, Wayne stood up and prepared to return to the director's trailer. He smiled and patted his assistant director on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "If she didn't have the awareness to use all available resources at any time, she wouldn't be able to leave. Go further, don’t think too much, this has always been the case in this circle.”

Shaking his head gently, Gilmore still sighed at how shrewd this little girl was. He had just seen clearly that the "Times" signed by Wayne had a photo of Wayne on the cover wearing a smart suit, with his arms folded on his chest and looking down at the camera. The first impression he felt was that This is a domineering and powerful successful person.

And around this photo, there are hundreds of media icons, large and small! Yes, it was the most special edition of Time Magazine in 1996.

In this special edition of Time Magazine, Wayne, together with all the media in North America, was called "the man who moved the times in 1996."

The fact that she deliberately chose this "Times Magazine" fully demonstrates the degree of care of the little girl. If there was no help from adults behind this, even Gilmore would not believe it. As we all know, the entire period from the end of 1996 to the beginning of 1997 was Wayne's most glorious time and the most praised by the media.

Since everyone knows that that year he received the Congressional Gold Medal, followed by the Oscar for Best Statue, and then a great film like "The Dark Knight" was released, then why wouldn't others think of starting from this aspect? To gain favor with Wayne?

This is what surprised Gilmour, and that's why he said it was a well-choreographed show. At least from his point of view, all the goals of this little girl were achieved. Not only did she gain Wayne's favor, she also invisibly improved her status within the crew.

Even Gilmore dares to swear to God now that in less than two weeks, the gossip tabloids in Los Angeles will publish interesting stories about this little girl and Wayne's crew.

Someone who can carefully plan this drama will never let go of the opportunity to create hype. He also knew that his crew leader never cared about reports in tabloids or even entertainment newspapers, and he never explained or clarified.

"It seems that I'm not the only one who noticed that Amanda was carefully "acting", huh?" Back at the director's trailer, Nina teased softly as she opened the prepared lunch in front of Wayne.

"You should know me, Nina." Wayne was not surprised at all, but still smiled and said: "I admire such actors from the bottom of my heart, and will use all available connections to work hard to move forward. Look, this child He will become a big star in the future.”

Nina curled her lips without any trace, and did not continue teasing. After working closely together for so many years, she certainly understands her boss. In the eyes of her boss, she has always appreciated such "efforts" because she knows better than anyone else that her boss is also such a person.

"Dingling bell~"

The phone rang. Nina stopped what she was doing, picked up her handbag and took out her mobile phone. At the same time, she glanced at Wayne, who was lowering his head to eat, and frowned slightly.

The mobile phone that rang was Wayne's personal number, and that was important. You know, this number is generally only known to the closest people. Even the "Wonder Woman" outside and the "Monica Bellucci" waiting in the hotel have never gotten it.

"I hope nothing happened..."

He mumbled something in a voice that only he could hear, and habitually covered his mouth with one hand and pressed the answer button, followed by more than a minute of silence. It wasn't until she hung up the phone that she gently said "I know" into the phone.

"Boss, something interesting is coming..."

With a thoughtful expression on her face, Nina sat next to Wayne. While watching him keep stuffing food into his mouth, she slowly said in a weird tone: "Just this morning, a woman came to Random House." "I want to buy the film and television adaptation rights of two short stories they published in 1988!"

Hearing what the assistant said, Wayne was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What do you mean?"

"The author of those two short stories is your mother, Anna Greenberg." Without further gossip, Nina continued: "One of them is called "Three Billboards"!"

"Aha, that's interesting. "

Putting down the food in his hand, Wayne slowly moved his upper body closer to the chair, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

This matter itself is strange. You know, some of the short stories back then were created by his mother under his "prompts" and "inspiration". And at that time, although these were published by Random House, they did not make any splash in the market.

It's been so many years and it's obviously not normal to be targeted now. It would make sense to say that it was targeted by film companies back then. After all, it had just been published at that time. Qia Qia film companies have been eyeing various publishing houses, but they are eyeing the bestseller list.

"Nina, call and ask mom, this is really interesting..."

Wayne was now curious as to who was eyeing these things. He was just curious, but not worried at all. The reason is very simple. The copyright of all publications signed by Anna Greenberg is in the hands of her mother, so contacting the publisher is a fool's errand.

As long as his mother didn't nod, no one could take these things away. Now he was very curious as to who would be interested in the unknown place of publication ten years ago!