Chapter 245 Do you still remember what I said?

Frankly speaking, it’s no easier to convey feelings in body language than to express expressions and tone, but there’s no more appropriate way for Monica than this.

As I said before, her words of performing with her own expression are relatively poor, but her body language is pretty good. The dance match with Travolta in "Pulp Novel" was when she performed the best.

As long as Monica performs well, Adrian makes appropriate cuts in the later stage to fully demonstrate her strengths, which may not necessarily make her more eye-catching.

Besides, Monica's few scenes in the original "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" are mainly based on body language, and Adrian even increased the content in this regard when he revised the plot.

Revision is necessary, although just a few years ago, Anthony Hopkins won the Oscar for Best Actor with a wonderful performance within 20 minutes, Monica's acting skills are not comparable to him, and she is still a man.

"The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" has inherent flaws in the face of Oscars, so he decided to use this movie to win a little golden man named Adrian for Monica.

Of course, these modifications are all small, such as the age of the hero is modified in addition to adding the plot.

The land area is inversely proportional to the social conservatism level. It’s okay for the 15-year-old male protagonist to peep at women, but he also went to prostitutes and was taken by his father. It doesn’t matter in Italy, but it’s absolutely not OK to gain recognition from mainstream society in the United States. So Adrian raised the age of the male protagonist to 17 years old, and it’s enough not to point it out anyway.

In addition, those too explicit shots have also been modified. Many directors, especially European directors, have a peculiar hobby. They will never give up until the heroine takes off naked in their own movies. They think this is art.

Adrian still remembers a European movie about lesbians that he watched when collecting movie information in his previous life. 80% of the scenes are two heroines rolling on the bed. Some people claim that they are so beautiful, which is really nonsense.

The scene where Jack painted Ruth in "Titanic" is truly beautiful, and the works of some directors, no matter how tricky the camera is, cannot erase the essence of seduction.

Let me tell you what is real seduction.

Adrian once said this when revising the script that he did this in "Mulholland Road". The scale of the passionate scene between Naomi and Nicole was even smaller than the normal range, but under his cutting, it still gave people an extremely tempting feeling, which made many critics highly appreciate it. Spanish newspapers even claimed that this scene was full of implicit and strong passion.

These people always think that the larger the scale, the more they can show human nature, but they don’t know that if they want to resonate with the vast majority of people, they must be based on the cornerstone of society.

Moreover, large scale has never been the standard for good movies. How many directors who can make movies that most people love are showing off their standards in their works?

Adrian wasn't too worried about Monica, he had enough patience to shoot the movie, and most of the scenes were in studios in Los Angeles rather than Italy anyway.

He and Monica have been to Sicily Island of Siracuse, which is indeed the most suitable place to shoot this movie, but Adrian is not Gisaibe Tonadore after all, and he is not an Italian, so it doesn't matter in Sicily.

He has always claimed to be a law-abiding citizen, and MGM was excluded because he had something to do with the Mafia, not to mention that Sicily is still the birthplace.

Even though Adrian is quite powerful in Hollywood, he is not as good as the local tyrants. Some time ago, he heard that the head of a company went to Russia, where there are many gangsters to do business, and was killed after a breakup with some businessmen with gangster backgrounds.

So Adrian decided to minimize shooting in Italy and to maintain good relations with the local government before going there. Although this is a bit of a big deal, the guy who was killed in Russia is not clean himself, but there is no harm in being careful. He always likes to make complete considerations.

Don’t be anxious, take your time and experience her feelings carefully. Let’s take a few more photos, and there is still time.Adrian often comforted Monica on the set like this.

Because of the pursuit of excellence, each shot is taken very slowly, especially those places that Adrian thinks are very important, and they often take pictures forty or fifty times to make it happen.

Although he is not tired, others cannot compare with him. Even if the rest time is arranged reasonably, after all, you will feel bored if you repeat something endlessly.

At this time, Adrian will arrange some easy-to-get shots, such as the protagonist in the movie had several fantasies about Malena, and put himself in the heroes in various movies, such as the gladiator in the Colosseum, or the cowboy galloping in the western United States, and Malena is the heroine.

It is obviously impossible for these shots to use the method of transplanting flowers to find old movies to capture clips, and then stick the faces of the male and female protagonists on it. Then they had to make props and sets in the studio and then shoot them with black and white film.

However, these shots are very short and it is not a problem to make. They can be used to improve everyone's mood, and at the same time, they can also temper Monica and the male lead David Marino.

Marino is a young man who just turned 18 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a little cleverness seems to be in a honest manner. Especially the pair of thick eyebrows, which matches bright eyes, gives people a pure feeling, which is very consistent with the male protagonist in Adrian's heart. So although he has no experience in acting, this outstanding temperament still makes Adrian decide to use him.

I have said that acting in a movie is very interesting. As long as you can devote your feelings to it and ignore us around you, you will find a new world.

Adrian encouraged him more than once.

Yes, sir, I've been doing what you said.Marino always answered shyly and respectfully.

The young man's personality is similar to his appearance. He is smart and shy. The male protagonist has several scenes of opposing Marlena in fantasy. When shooting these scenes, he would be NG because Marino blushed. Many people in the crew like to tease him with this, and even Monica couldn't help doing this several times.

The image is consistent and the personality is honest and good. This is why Adrian chose him. Of course, there is another important reason. He speaks pretty good English. When he first came to Los Angeles, he stuttered when he communicated, but it became smoother in a few days.

The name David is very common, but Marino is a standard Italian surname, yes, he is Italian.

Although the original movie was an Italian dialogue, it would be better to start with the Oscars and change it to an English dialogue.

But considering the quality of the movie, it is best that the starring actors are Italian actors, not Italian Americans. So in order to find a suitable actor, Adrian spent a lot of thoughts. The adult actors are okay, but the male lead really gave him a headache for a long time.

For this reason, he used a lot of relationships and specially visited Martin Scorsese, who had almost nothing to do, hoping that he could recommend it. No matter how tightly surrounded by reporters at the Cannes Film Festival, he also found an opportunity to talk to Scorsese.

Fortunately, he finally found David Marino, a young man. Even if he was not 100% suitable, it was already very good.

However, even if Adrian tried his best to adjust the morale of the crew, sometimes some accidents still happened.

How many more times do I need to emphasize, Monica?How many more times do I need to emphasize?!

Adrian held his hands in front of his chest and looked at Monica extremely seriously. What did I say?This scene is very important. It is the first time that Malena's inner world is fully displayed. You must not only reveal a trace of the most sincere feelings in body language, but not too strong. But how did you do it?!

He quickly walked behind the monitor and asked someone to pour back what he had photographed before: This is the 21st time, look, you are a gyroscope when you turn around so quickly?This is the seventy-third time, and the corners of your mouth are almost on your forehead!The 146th time, this time the corners of my mouth stopped curling, as if I was dancing with a wood in my arms; then the 182th time, I started to circle around quickly... Have you ever thought about it seriously? Tell me, Monica!

Monica lowered her head, her lips pursed into a line, her hands clasped together, and she trembled slightly.

The people around him were so arrogant that they didn’t dare to let out a sip. Everyone knew that it would be 100% of the time to interrupt.

After glaring at Monica for a while, Adrian let out a long sigh, sat back in his seat and waved his hand suddenly: Come again!

Then he bounced up in less than two minutes.

After finishing work, he turned around and walked out without looking back.

Although Adrian has always been calm and rational, the director's job requires more or less passion, especially the script that has undergone surgery by himself, and he also aims at a big goal. However, this scene is the three most critical aspects of the entire movie.

While the male protagonist was peeping, Malena played music, hugged her husband's photo and danced gracefully, with a faint smile, using this method to describe her love for her husband who was far away on the battlefield.

Monica needs to fully display this implicit emotion in this scene, light dancing, a nostalgic expression that wants to talk but stops, and a sweet smile that is invisible all require considerable skills.

Although Adrian was ready, the most important dance scene could not be passed for three days in a row, so it was no wonder that he scolded him so mercilessly.

But Adrian was Adrian after all. He walked to the door of the studio and breathed a sigh of relief. After a breeze blew across his face, he completely calmed down.

After thinking carefully, he quickly turned around and walked to the other side. After a few turns, he came outside the doors of a row of doors. After a few glances, he found the room he was looking for.

At this moment, a staff member walked out of it and looked up and saw Adrian screaming. Fortunately, he made a swearing move in time, and then looked at the other party pointing to the door that had not been pulled up. The staff member quickly understood, nodded immediately, and then quickly left after he waved his hand.

He quietly entered the room, closed the door quietly, looked at the lounge where there was no one at the moment, Adrian walked around a few chairs and walked inside. Before he could reach the front of the room, the choking sound of choking came intermittently.

After sighing in his heart, Adrian walked to the entrance a few steps. Monica was sitting on the sofa, holding her arms, wiping tears on her face from time to time. When she saw him coming in, she screamed and jumped up as if she wanted to escape.

Naturally Adrian would not let her do this. He walked forward two steps and picked up Monica horizontally, then sat on the sofa.

The girl struggled, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not break free from Adrian's restraint. In the end, she had to give up this plan and buried her head between her arms.

Have you calmed down now?Adrian began to soothe her spine.

The girl in her arms had no sound.

Well, I actually... am here to apologize.

He continued, yes, I want to say, sorry, I'm a little impatient.I kept reminding myself from the beginning that this was a difficult task and I had to have enough patience and patience. Unfortunately, this happened... Sorry, Monica, I shouldn't say to you like that, especially in front of so many people...

Monica finally raised her head, and two lines of tears were constantly sliding down her face. Because she had not taken off her makeup, and she had applied several times before, she spent a lot of things.

The expression revealed by the brown eyes was constantly changing, surprised, confused, ashamed, and sad, but eventually turned into anger.

Am I really that unbearable?

She suddenly raised her voice and stared at Adrian hatefully. Have I never tried my best?Am I just dealing with it all the time?!Have I not improved at all?

The more she said that she was angry, the higher she was, and in the end she was so excited that she almost started to struggle again.

Adrian was a little puzzled at first, but soon understood what the problem was, and immediately hugged her tightly in his arms.

Calm, Monica, calm down.He kept saying, no matter how the girl in his arms twisted, he just refused to let go.

Finally, Monica, who had exhausted her strength, her chest softened again, but she still bit her lips and stared at him hatefully.

Can you listen to me now?

Adrian asked at her, and although he received no response, he continued: First of all, I want to say, you did a very good job, Monica, even those actresses who have won numerous awards in this position, can't be better than you. Please listen to me, right?

He showed an extremely serious expression: But in my opinion, this is far from enough. I hope you can do better and do what no one can play this role except you!I want you to surprise everyone, I want you to completely turn the critics’ view of you, I want you to… ascend to the Oscar Best Actress!

Monica's eyes widened, and her original anger disappeared without a trace as Adrian's account.

You mean...you mean... she looked at him blankly and asked in a murmuring tone.

That's right, this is the movie I prepared for you to be able to ascend to the throne of the Best Actress.

Adrian nodded and leaned over to her lips and kissed her, so it wasn't that you weren't doing well enough, but that I've always asked you with very high standards.This is my fault. I set the standard too high and didn't communicate with you, and then I was in front of so many people because of my impatience... Sorry, Monica, please forgive me?

Listening to these gentle words, Monica suddenly became ill.

No, Ed, I... I too... I have... She stuttered and wanted to say something, but the next moment she was blocked by Adrian.

After the long kiss that was not enthusiastic but reminiscent of her long kiss, Adri comforted her face: No, my dear, this is indeed my fault. If I had communicated with you before, it would not have become what I saw.The question is not whether your performance is in place, nor is that I scold you, but that I ignore your feelings.Fortunately, I realize this now, so how about accepting my apology?

He reached out and held Adrian's face, and Monica's eyes suddenly began to turn red again.

Hey, stop crying, your face is already burning, do you want to make it more colorful?Adrian said so in a very serious tone.

Monica burst out laughing and punched him: You are always like this, taking on all the problems on yourself, making people feel ups and downs and downs, and even wanting to hate you.

There was a grudge in his tone, and a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes.

So, have you forgiven me?Adrian asked with a raised eyebrow.

Of course, can I still choose not to forgive me?Monica snorted softly and turned her eyes: But I want to compensate!

compensate?Adrian blinked, a smile emerged from the corner of his mouth.

The creaking sound rang throughout the bedroom. A relatively new bed could make such a sound. You can imagine how intense the movement on the bed was.

This is true. In the faint light, the ups and downs on the bed are unprecedentedly large, coupled with the woman's heart-losing screams, the heavy breathing of men, and the very violent impact. Just listening is enough to make people's heart beat faster.

Finally, a scream that resounded through the sky, as if rising into the clouds, and after the screams filled with incomparable joy, the huge movement finally stopped.

Oh, Ed... you really hate... you put... in again... The tender Monica said intermittently, although her tone was full of anger, she didn't really blame anything.

How about this compensation?Adrian asked with a smile.

I knew... Thinking of what you said in the studio in the afternoon, Monica sighed helplessly, and then asked jokingly: You are so excited today, why are you eating something?

You're insulting me, Monica, do I need that kind of thing?Adrian said dissatisfiedly, "Given your rudeness, I think it is necessary to teach you a profound lesson."

Don't... Monica, who was tortured and soft on the bed, immediately called out.

Adrian chuckled, playing with her particularly plump softness in his hand, and then leaned into her ear: Do you still remember what I said?

Monica first showed a confused look, but then she thought of something, and ecstasy and doubt flashed in her eyes: Are you talking about... child?!