[US Entertainment] 1994

"Good morning, Josh, how are you feeling today?"

Early in the morning, a call from Arnold woke Josh from his sleep. He closed his eyes and yawned with impatience in his voice: "If you don't come to disturb me, today will be a very pleasant day."

"I'm expressing my concern for you." The manager let out a long sigh of relief, "The troublesome things are finally over."

"It bothers you, Arnold."

"I'm your manager, Josh." Mr. Manager laughed happily, "I'm also your friend."

After extensive publicity by the media, the incident of Bryan Singer harassing Josh completely became a big event that shocked the entire Hollywood.

The prospect of "The Usual Suspects" is bleak. Professionals are not optimistic about the final box office of the film. After a boycott of the film emerged, the producers gave up on saving the film altogether.

"Propaganda is to obtain greater returns. Since the film is doomed to have no return, no amount of investment is just a waste." Arnold made an analogy, "A film company that invests 100 million in publicity wants to get at least 1000 million. income, but when it comes to "The Usual Suspects", the investment of 1 million US dollars is of no use."

"Bryan Singer is really famous in Hollywood now."

Josh sneered: "Isn't this exactly what he hoped for?"

Josh had no sympathy for Bryan Singer at all.In fact, what Bryan Singer has done is not enough to bear such a heavy price, but one must pay for his actions. Although Singer's ideas have not really been implemented, but one failure will Next time, someone else will bear his bullying, so Josh will only applaud.

Today is a rest day, and the crew is on vacation. Josh changed his look and went to the street to buy some food and daily necessities.

The discussions about him and Bryan Singer in Hollywood gradually subsided, and Josh didn't pay much attention to it. He put on a black sweatshirt and went out. Unexpectedly, he was blocked by a bunch of microphones before he reached the entrance of the supermarket. Living.

Josh quickly raised his hand in a gesture of surrender: "Can I do the interview after I finish shopping?"

The gentlemen of the press were completely unimpressed.

Josh sighed and raised his hand: “It’s over in 10 minutes, okay?”

"Ask me what I think of Bryan Singer?" Josh smiled lightly, "Disgust, hate...you can make up any words, but don't like it anyway."

"The Screen Actors Union protests against the weak position of actors in the film and television industry and tries to change the unequal relationship between producers and actors. What are your thoughts?"

Josh lowered his eyes and thought for a while: "I think this situation does exist, but it is not absolute. After all, there should not be too many unlucky guys like me in Hollywood. Actors are indeed a disadvantaged group, but I am not optimistic about actors The relationship with the producer has changed a lot, because the producer is the role that controls the overall situation. They have more experience and are better at dealing with various groups, while the actors are more responsible for the task of shooting movies. The actors Too aggressive may interfere with the normal shooting of the movie."

"As a victim of this incident, I think no matter which side is strong, some bad things are inevitable. In the industry of directors and producers, Steven should be considered a strong character, but "Snyder Le's List" has never had such a thing, so I think it's a matter of morality, which cannot be controlled by the system or the law. Some people are born bitches, it's as simple as that."

"10 minutes is up, can I go?"

Josh shrugged, turned around and was about to leave, but the reporter behind him shouted "Josh! Josh! Wait a minute!" as if he had suddenly reacted, and ran after Josh.

While observing behind him, Josh gave full play to his long-distance running skills, and the reporters who were chasing him made a circle. After two circles like this, Josh finally couldn't take it anymore. He sighed helplessly and protested. : "Obviously it's only 10 minutes, why don't you want to?"

The middle-aged reporter of "Entertainment Weekly" said loudly: "That's just your idea, Josh, we didn't agree!"

"You are the most difficult male star to interview in Hollywood. How can 10 minutes be enough, at least an hour!"

"That's it!" "That's right!"

Josh frowned: "Okay."

The group sat down at the McDonald's on the side of the street. The reporters held up their microphones, and Josh sat in the center, listening patiently to the reporters' questions like a primary school student in training.

In the ears are the voices of customers with surprise and even horror.

"Is that Josh Walter?"

"So many reporters, of course!"

"Josh Walter!"

"My God, Josh!"

A group of customers quickly surrounded the reporters. They all raised their mobile phones and took pictures of Josh vigorously. The scrawny, malnourished reporter of "Star Weekly" happened to be standing behind an obviously overweight lady. The width of the lady's thigh was equal to the width of the reporter's two legs, and seeing Josh obviously made the reporter The lady was very happy, so——

The seat of the "Weekly Star" reporter shook violently.

That's not enough, the next second, Mr. reporter stared back with a constipated expression on his face: "Let me go, ma'am, my leg bones are about to break!"

The lady said nonchalantly: "That doesn't matter, as long as your penis is not broken."

"Pfft——" Josh, who was about to take a sip of Coke, almost spat out. The faces of other reporters were also full of weird smiles. His fighting strength was not comparable to that of the lady behind him, and no one at the scene would help him, so he could only sit down resentfully, allowing his body to be constantly bumped.

Probably because of the notification, more and more customers gathered in McDonald's, and soon the whole store was crowded. The restaurant manager quickly called the security guards to maintain order. Seeing that the whole store was full of people, Josh just Can discuss with the manager to temporarily close the store to prevent more people from flooding into the store.

"Everyone's consumption is paid by me."

The restaurant manager was immediately encouraged, and he announced the good news to the customers in the store through the microphone, which soon aroused cheers.

Josh sat in the middle and looked at the reporters: "Gentlemen, can our interview begin?"

"Josh, can you talk about the movie The Usual Suspects?"

Josh smiled slightly: "Although the filming process was not pleasant, I can assure you that "The Usual Suspects" is an excellent movie. The role I played is very different from the previous ones. Singer's prejudice to face this movie, you will find it really good."

"Because it's your movie?" one reporter joked.

Josh nodded solemnly: "That's right, no actor would admit that his movie is bad, right? In fact, if "The Usual Suspects" was bad, I wouldn't choose to take part in it at all. So you guys Remember to brag about the film when you post the story, I declined to be part of its promotion because of Bryan Singer, but I don't want it to end that badly."

"What do you have to say about Richard Gere criticizing you during your denial of publicity?"

Josh blinked: "If you don't mention it, I can hardly remember who Richard Gere is, this is not a joke. Well, from your words, I know how much Richard Gere is to me I love it, no matter when he never forgot me, but I just forgot him, this is really a sad story."

"It turns out that Richard Gere has always been biased against me. Prejudice often affects a person's thinking and judgment. I advise Richard Gere to keep a peaceful mind. The world is a good place. I am not his friend, but it is not necessarily true. He is his enemy. The most important thing for an actor is acting, if you are distracted too much by external things, it will be difficult to succeed in this industry."

"Is there anything you want to say to Bryan Singer?"

Josh glanced at the Mr. reporter, chuckled and said, "What do you think I should say to him?"

"I have nothing to say to Singer, I don't even want to mention his name. The most disgusting thing about him is not everything he did to me in the crew. Except for making me NG over and over again, he The harassment didn't work. What disgusted me was how he acted after that, as if he was the real victim and I was the one who committed the crime against him, he must be mentally twisted to a certain level to act like that Vomiting look."

"The perpetrator has turned into a victim, and there are many people cheering for him. This is what I find most disgusting and funny."

"There is one more thing that I think is very funny." Josh paused, not hiding the smile in his eyes, "I never thought that it would be the "National Enquirer" who helped me clean up my grievances. When people tell me about it, I almost laugh like a fool."

"..."

It was almost noon when he walked out of McDonald's, and Josh received a message from Carlos on the way. The other party was rushing from home to the hotel where Josh was staying, and the time should be almost here.

Sure enough, not long after arriving at the hotel, there was a knock on the door. Josh pushed the door open, and Carlos' tall figure squeezed in. It was a little messy, and Josh couldn't help being curious: "What have you been up to lately?"

Carlos said nonchalantly, "I beat up Bryan Singer."

Josh: "..."

"Why didn't I know you were so impulsive?"

Carlos tilted his head and kissed Josh's face: "You can understand slowly."