King of Hollywood

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Adrian shouldn't have come to the premiere of "War of the Worlds", the leading actor in the film is Tom Cruise, even though it was more than half a month ago when he returned to the hotel arm in arm with Nicole in Cannes , and his subsequent remarks on European filmmakers diverted most of the attention, but there was always someone staring at it.

After all, there was a lot of trouble between him, Nicole and Cruise at the beginning, and the rumors about Adrian hooking up with Nicole because he directed "Eyes Wide Shut" have never stopped, and they have been circulating on the Internet from time to time. . If he appeared on the red carpet for the premiere of the movie starring Cruise at this time, or even met Cruise, it would definitely cause huge waves in the media, and the scandal that had cooled down before would return. In the public eye, this is definitely not a good thing.

Of course, with Tom Cruise's attitude towards Adrian, if they meet on the red carpet, they must be out of their minds. There are only two situations that can allow him to do this, either to show his favor to Adrian and use the current state of attention to get some positive attention for himself, or to use this method to add trouble to Adrian and Nicole. Of course, with Cruise's character and wisdom, the former would not be used even if he thought about it, but the latter...he couldn't think of it at all.

So Adrian's participation in the premiere of "War of the Worlds" this time is very low-key. His main purpose is to test the reaction of Hollywood Jews to "The Pianist" through Spielberg. Although it is more convenient to go through Weinstein, there is no such rush. But Spielberg, who has directed "Schindler's List", is undoubtedly the most suitable, and the sooner he prepares, the better. After all, he has another goal. Anyway, he does not appear on the red carpet, and he does not meet Cruise. .

In fact, this goal was basically achieved. Even though the two were a little unclear, the meaning was quite clear, and Adrian also took this opportunity to say that he was influenced by Spielberg when he made "The Pianist". This is very important. If you want to achieve your goals, it is necessary to obtain the support of the Jewish group. In any case, Jewish money plays a big part in Hollywood.

In a sense, he is playing a game among several parties, so as long as it is beneficial, he should fight for it. Of course, the speed should also be grasped, as long as it can be controlled properly. The steel wire is still very stable.

To be honest, Adrian really never thought of directing "The Pianist" himself. Although he was the one who sent Spellman to re-release "Dead City", it was just up for sale. Selling favors to Polanski or Jewish groups. So when Polanski approached someone to buy the adaptation rights, Adrian almost agreed, but after thinking about it carefully, he completed his plan and pushed it to a higher peak. It was included in the list, and the current situation came into being.

So. That's it for now, let's start the movie. After chatting with Spielberg and greeting a few acquaintances, Adrian was ready to leave. He came here secretly, and there were not many people to guide him. Naturally, there was no need to go to the screening hall to watch the screening of "War of the Worlds". Cruise certainly didn't like to see him before the movie started or ended.

but. When he was about to leave through the side door, a little girl's voice stopped him: "Mr. Cowell."

"Hannah?" Turning around, I saw Dakota Fanning chasing after her out of breath.

"I'm so sorry...Mr. Cowell." The little girl who stopped gasped and smiled, "I hope I didn't disturb you."

"Oh, of course not, I'm just leaving. Also, just call me Adrian or Ed." Adrian looked at her curiously, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"No, it's nothing," Dakota quickly explained, "I just wanted to... thank you."

"Thank you?" Adrian raised his eyebrows.

"Yes," the little girl nodded, showing a cute and somewhat shy smile, "I know, you have always taken care of me and recommended many excellent characters to me. I am very grateful, very grateful, so... ...So I always wanted to thank you in person, Cowell...Ed. Originally, I wanted to look for opportunities in the future, but just now I heard Mr. Spielberg said that you were coming, so I couldn't hold back for a while...So I looked for it Come here...I didn't see you, so I guess you definitely don't want too many people to know, so I found this way, I didn't...wanted to disturb you on purpose..."

She stammered a bit, her little face was red, and her eyes moved around, as if she was afraid to look at him because of shyness, which made her look extraordinarily cute.

Adrian raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, and then put on a gentle smile: "It's nothing, you are a girl with great potential, and I should recommend you, so you don't need to come here to thank me."

"No," the little girl's tone became firm, "Maybe Ed thinks it's not necessary, but I know that without Ed's guidance, I wouldn't be able to get the honor I am today so easily..."

As she spoke, she puffed up her chest as if mustering courage, and looked at him with wide-open blue eyes: "Can you guide me more in the future?"

Raising his eyebrows subtly again, Adrian suddenly leaned over, leaned in front of her, and rubbed her blonde hair with his hand: "Of course, as I said, you are a girl with great potential."

"Thank you." Dakota smiled brightly, stood on tiptoe and pecked him lightly on the face with lightning speed, and then quickly ran away.

Another goblin, huh? Adrian, who watched her back and slowly straightened up, hummed softly in his heart. No, more than that, she was a little smaller than the goblin back then, tsk tsk, who can escape the temptation of Vanity Fair? Especially for girls who are very precocious, is it lucky or unfortunate to have such a precocious child?

The question was thrown to the back of his mind, no matter what Dakota might insinuate, she was too young now. So, even if the current waves have not subsided. There are still quarrels on both sides of the Atlantic, and Adrian is still being watched by many people, and the promotion of "The Pianist" has continued, and he soon invested in the shooting of the new movie "Out of Control".

"It's a very simple shot, you just go from here to there, no extra body language. But it's also a complex shot. The focus of the shot will be on your face, and you need at least Express more than two emotions." In the huge studio, Adrian said this to Natalie.

"There is no clear regulation?" Natalie pursed her lips and said.

"No," Adrian nodded, "It's up to you to decide what kind of relationship you want. Although it can be done through montage in the later stage, I still hope that it can be done by you."

After speaking, he began to call the lighting engineer and prop artist to prepare, and when everyone was in position, he signaled to start shooting.

There are not many scenes in "Out of Control", the most important ones are at home and in the company, and there are also a small number of outdoor scenes, so 80% of the content can be completed in the studio. As for the remaining 20%. There are too many suitable locations outside the studio, even if they are not suitable, as long as Adrian is willing to invest, the curtains around the surroundings will be drawn, and the background will be moved up during post-production.

So even though the current schedule is hot and the movie is attracting attention, and Adrian is always completely in front of the screen because of Cannes, it is still very easy to block people's sight of the new work, easier than "The Pianist"—— At least until "The Pianist" has a full release, news like a new movie from the Marvel director is best kept under wraps.

certainly. The reason for this is mainly due to the relatively simple storyline of the script. This script can be regarded as a semi-original work by Adrian. It mainly describes a deformed family. Because a single mother raised her daughter independently, she has a kind of perverted control over her.

Since the daughter grew up, everything in life was taken care of by her mother, so she could only passively accept it. Have no opinion of their own. This situation changed after the company where the daughter worked transferred a new supervisor. The new supervisor was a playboy. For some reason, the relatively rustic daughter came into his eyes, so the supervisor tried to hook her up.

The daughter who has no opinion has no idea what to do about this kind of thing, but the company needs to promote a group of people at this time. She was lucky to be among them, so she had to deal with the supervisor as a last resort, and her daughter's only friend was there to advise her. Everything was going well at first, although she needed to have a false relationship with the supervisor, but her daughter's long-closed heart slowly began to unravel, until one day she accidentally saw her only friend talking intimately with the supervisor, and then began to doubt gradually. Breeding in her heart, she slowly began to be suspicious.

In addition, the mother at home is still strict with her, and she hardly listens to her heart, but only asks her to follow her instructions, and insists that she must strive for promotion, and the conflict between mother and daughter has faintly become acute.

All these things are intertwined, and she is already very sensitive, and her sense of security is seriously lacking. It's just that the daughter who is usually suppressed by her mother begins to become a little nervous. Especially when she found out that her only friend was also on the list of possible promotions, this nervousness became more intense, and later, under all kinds of suffering, she began to hallucinate, as if someone was trying to kill her, and her originally orderly life was completely messed up , finally finally broke out, everything was out of control, and everyone was hurt.

The plot looks familiar, right? and a ballet movie. In fact, Adrian did borrow some things from that ballet movie when he wrote the script, but he borrowed more from other movies. Aside from those expressions, similar plots abound in American movies. For example, this kind of mother strictly controls her daughter, and the daughter resists because of a series of things, and finally causes a catastrophe. It can be traced back to the 1970s. Carrie the Witch.

The key lies in the way of expression, such as the super power in "Carrie", such as the ballet in the ballet movie. As long as the way of expression can resonate with the audience, no matter how bloody the plot is, it will only add icing on the cake, just like using ballet to express the change of mood of the heroine, it is indeed very innovative.

However, Adrian left this far without careful consideration. He said a long time ago that in movies about dance, ballet is the most difficult to shoot, or the most difficult to let the protagonist perform in person of. As long as ordinary dances have been practiced for a certain period of time, actors can basically dance decently. Then edit it later, and the effect will come out.

But ballet is different. Ballet has very high requirements on the body, so most ballerinas start training from an early age, and those who are unqualified are eliminated early. Coupled with those delicate techniques, delicate movements that express various tensions are required. It is not that an inexperienced actor can make up for it through half a year or even a year of training.

Of course, there is also montage. Excellent post-editing can always achieve the desired effect, making it impossible to tell whether it is an actor or a stand-in dancing in front of the camera, especially now that cg technology is advancing rapidly. Back in Gladiator. The technology of changing heads has already been used, let alone now.

But here comes the problem again. Although this is convenient, don't forget what Adrian's goal is for doing this! Generally speaking, unless the protagonist can perform 80% to 90% of the actions in a movie like this with dancing, the academy will not consider it. Audrey Hepburn was for this reason. Because most of the singing and dancing in "My Fair Lady" were done by stand-ins, so I didn't even get nominations in the end.

Adrian may use various methods, such as taking more shots of her dancing herself, and then claiming that most of the shots in the edit are hers, and the entire crew can testify for her, and it is possible to succeed at other times Sex is very high. However, now is not an ordinary time. Hollywood does not know how many pairs of eyes are staring at Adrian. Once he is caught by the other party, it may affect the whole plan. Even if he still has a backhand.

It is the bottom line not to affect the plan. Besides, the more you are in this situation, the more you have to be upright and upright, and you can't give up on others, although judging from his final plan for Natalie, the previous method seems to be more in line with interests.

Adrian believed it too. With my current control ability, it is definitely not difficult to direct such a movie. Anyway, all I need is to show Natalie's acting skills, and the whole movie should serve this point. In fact, the script is set. The way to express these bloody plots is acting!

That's why Adrian repeatedly emphasized acting skills before and asked Natalie to break through by herself, so earlier he took her to meet those teenagers who had been troubled by the same problem, hoping to inspire her.

But it was still a difficult shoot. The first shot took a whole day to complete, and everyone looked exhausted when the work was done. Doing the same thing dozens of times, even a person made of steel will inevitably feel tired.

"We will continue tomorrow." Adrian announced with a frown, then sat in the director's chair and closed his eyes to think for a few minutes, then got up and walked to Natalie and whispered a few words to her, and then returned to where he was. Office here.

Because the media bought Universal Pictures, Universal Studios naturally became its own property, so he set his office at the foot of the mountain, away from the famous office at No. 5171, which is located on the tour route of the studio, so as not to be known Bothered by tourists from all over.

"Come in." Adrian yelled after closing his eyes and meditating after hearing the knock on the door.

Natalie, who had already packed up, walked in and made it to the desk in silence.

"Do you know where your problem is?" Adrian asked as he opened his eyes and looked at her.

"Too much emotion to try?" Natalie asked tentatively in an uncertain tone.

"Of course not," Adrian waved his hand fiercely, "What are you worried about? What are you hesitating about? I can clearly feel that you have done it several times, and with a little breakthrough, you can perfectly achieve the desired effect , but every time you reach the last point, you always choose to back down."

He stood up, propped his hands on the table, leaned forward and looked at her condescendingly: "Tell me, Nada, what are you hesitating about?!"

"...It's nothing." Natalie said after pursing her lips for a while.

"Nothing?" Adrian sneered, "Worried about failure? Worried that I won't let you go? Worried about being exposed? Worried about falling from the clouds?"

Natalie turned her head aside without saying a word. Seeing that the base of her ears blushed a lot from shame and anger, she knew that these words were right. Adrian didn't speak any more, just looked at her coldly, walked around from behind the desk after a long time, went straight to the door and locked it.

Realizing what he wanted to do, Natalie stood up in a hurry, before Adrian grabbed her wrist and turned over before she could speak, and then slammed down on the desk.

"You hurt me." Natalie cried out in pain.

But Adrian didn't mean to be sympathetic at all. He reached out and untied her belt, and then pulled off the trousers.

"Stop it, stop it! Or I will..." Natalie shouted angrily, but what answered her was a strong sting, like stuffing a sausage between two slices of bread without jam, making her I couldn't help but let out a scream.

"Remember! What did I tell you! She was angry! She was unwilling! She wanted to get rid of her control! She wanted to decide her own life! But! She was confused! She was afraid! She hesitated! Because She never tried! She didn't have the guts to try! She looked strong but was weak! She looked smart but was stupid! She thought she got rid of everything! Actually got nothing! Yes! That's right! That's how you feel now! It's how your body reacts! That's it! Just keep it in my mind! You hear that, Natalie! Keep it in my mind! If you can't do it, I'll do it to you once a day! Get it!"

The man's roar echoed in the room, accompanied by the girl's mournful sobs.