[US Entertainment] 1994

Josh stared at his blushing face in a daze for a while, then slowly got up, washed his face, brushed his teeth, and put on his clothes. After completing this set of procedures, his consciousness finally returned to reality from the dream.

Josh squinted his eyes comfortably, did a little exercise, and went next door to knock on Ryan Phoenix's door.The other party probably hadn't woken up yet. Josh knocked for a long time without any response. He was really hungry. Josh didn't intend to wait any longer, so he put away the key card and went downstairs.

"Uh... are you all awake?" As soon as he walked into the restaurant, Josh saw Phoenix and his assistant who were eating hard. They were probably hungry too, and the food piled up in front of them was bigger than the star recipe Josh imagined. A lot.

Phoenix nodded at Josh: "We guess you're still sleeping, so I didn't bother you, so I went downstairs first."

"It's easy to get tired after driving for so long." Josh smiled back, picked some food he liked from the plate, and sat down quietly to eat.

He could clearly feel the alienation of River Phoenix, and he understood it very well. After all, the two were not familiar with each other, and it had been rumored in the industry that Phoenix had a quiet and silent personality, and he might be more willful in front of friends. Not really a friend yet, so it's not uncommon for him to be a little cold.

In fact, Josh has no intention of being friends with each other—in essence, young people who have developed in Hollywood and have clear plans for their careers are all similar. They show different faces of gentleness, arrogance, and low-key to the outside world, but Hidden deep in their hearts is a deep pride. They are full of confidence in themselves and regard any homosexual who threatens their career and status as competitors, even among friends. There is also fierce competition.

Josh is this kind of person, and he believes that Rui Fan is also.

Even though Rui Fan is not attached to Hollywood, his achievements have made him unknowingly the imaginary enemy of many young male stars. Josh is the same age as him, and has never left any mark in Hollywood before, but has become One of the two male protagonists in "The Unruly Sky", this is why Rui Fan put on an unapproachable appearance.

After all, the other party doesn't know anything about him, and what Hollywood lacks most is new stars who step on the top of their predecessors.

After lunch, Josh continued to go back to his room to rest, when Gus Van Sant suddenly called.

"Josh, how are you getting along? He's a great guy, very gentle and shy, you must have a good time getting along?"

"Yes, Mr. Director."

"Don't be so official, Josh, just call me Gus." Gus Van Sant's voice became brighter. Although this director is not well-known at the moment, he has already opened the door of Hollywood by making short films. Since then, works such as "Good Will Hunting" and "Elephant" have been quite influential in North America and Europe, and he is a director who is very popular with major awards.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Gus Van Sant is particularly paranoid about gay films is that the director himself is also gay. In addition to this "Uninhibited Sky", more than 10 years later he also directed the gay biopic "Mirr Gram, starring Sean Penn, helped Sean Penn win another Oscar.

"I'm looking forward to your performance. Are you still living in a hotel? I have a house in Portland, and you can live there when the film officially starts."

"Thanks, Gus. Honestly, I'm looking forward to my performance, too."

"It's good to have confidence."

After hanging up the phone, Josh flipped through the script. He didn't plan to go out this afternoon, so he stayed in the hotel to read the script.

The plot and lines of this movie are not difficult, but Josh does not intend to be perfunctory in acting.He patiently looked at, drew and ticked off the first line of the first page, and seemed to have depicted the scene in his mind——Josh didn't know how River Phoenix planned to interpret Mike , but he will imagine how he will perform if he takes over Mike.

This kind of emotional film that is partial to literature and art has never been easy to act. If there is no way to really invest in it and make the audience immersive, all the performances of the actors will float on the surface, and it will be broken with a poke.

Josh wants to be a great actor, and great actors never have bad performances.

Of course, now Josh envisions more tasks arranged by the system, the damn Golden Globe nomination task - Josh silently regretted it more than a hundred times, he shouldn't be so greedy in the first place, the existence of the system is a The trap lures the young and ignorant him to complete one task after another like a mule, but he just fell for it.

Only the reward of playing against Anthony Hopkins can give him a little comfort, Josh sighed silently, although the task gave him more headaches.After all, everything is clear. In the movie "Uninhibited Sky", the character of Mike is more brilliant than Scott. River Phoenix was crowned the Best Actor of Venice with the former. The role of Scott itself is not brilliant enough. The homosexual nature is destined to make it difficult for it to win favor in popular awards like the Golden Globes, so Josh is almost in a dilemma now, but he has no choice but to bite the bullet.

After reading a few pages of the script, Josh's notebook was densely filled with handwriting.

It was getting late, Josh closed the script and rubbed his eyes lightly.

After thinking for a long time, he still knocked on River Phoenix's door.

Phoenix probably just took a shower, his hair was still wet, and there was steam on his neck.He was a little surprised when he saw Josh, but he didn't let Josh in immediately, but leaned against the door and asked him, "What's the matter?"

Josh explained: "I want to ask you, what are you going to do tomorrow? Do it alone or with me?"

"It's all right, if you want to be together, we will be together." Phoenix's expression was flat, "I have asked Finney to find out, and after we ask, we will go directly to the red light district."

After that, he glanced at Josh suspiciously: "Can you adapt to that kind of place?"

Rui Fan Phoenix has a pair of unreliable parents who used to believe in cults. As the eldest son of the family, Rui Fan was displaced and wandered around since he was a child. On the way of wandering, he saw red light districts all over the world, and even lived there many times.

Smoking, strangely dressed women, wanton shouts... A smile appeared on the corner of River Phoenix's mouth, perhaps they were also one of the reasons for his precocity.

As for Josh Walter—

No matter from which angle you look at him, he is a top-notch boy who is out of tune with the red-light district from top to bottom. Phoenix even suspects that the other party came here to make a good impression on Gus Van Sant.

Josh sighed: “It’s work, isn’t it?”

"I hope you can get used to it." River Phoenix held the door frame with one hand, "Is there only this one thing, I'm going to close the door if there's nothing else."

Josh shook his head: "There is nothing else, except—"

"What?" River Phoenix frowned slightly.

"Except for the shampoo on your hair that hasn't been rinsed off, everything is perfect." Josh spread his hands, and strode back to his room in a very embarrassing manner.

River Phoenix swears that even though the door was closed, and even though the hotel claimed to have the best soundproofing in Portland, he could still hear the insane laughter from next door.

What an embarrassing guy!

Josh said that it was really exciting to play with people and so on.

Early the next morning, Phoenix's assistant, Finney, came to call Josh. Before dawn, Josh thought he was sleepwalking when he was woken up, but since the work had already started, Josh didn't complain. He got in the car, dozed off, and watched the car drive into a dilapidated neighborhood with half-opened eyes.

He glanced at his watch, it was 5:48 in the morning.

The whole city is asleep, but most of the houses here are lit.

I don’t know where Finney found a local. Not only is he familiar with the location and structure of the entire street, he even knows which block’s red sign is very clear. He led the three of them around twice on the road, and the car stopped at The door of one of the houses.

Josh silently cast a glance at River Phoenix.

"Only at this time they are still working, men and women." Walking in the silence, Phoenix could not help lowering his voice, "If it is daytime, it will be difficult for you to find someone here, they work on night shift."

Josh raised his eyes, indicating that he understood, and Phoenix stopped talking. The locals walked in the front and knocked on the door for them. After a sound of complaints, the door opened.

It's a man.

"One of the people you are looking for." The local smiled and spread his hands, "It's agreed, 50 yuan."

Finney took one from his wallet and handed it to him.

"come in."

The man who spoke didn't mean to hide his identity at all, he didn't even cover his neck, and the bruises fell into the eyes of Josh and Phoenix without reservation.

"$300, it's all yours today." The man winked at the two of them, and the corner of Josh's mouth twitched imperceptibly. Phoenix's expression looked a little more natural. The money was handed over, and the other party happily identified the authenticity, and then asked naturally: "What position do you like? Horizontal, up and down, or both together?"

Josh rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Stop joking, you should know the purpose of our visit today."

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