[US Entertainment] Actor

Chapter 17 Illness

"Ebert, pay attention to your expression, your expression is very wrong!" Christopher Nolan raised his horn and yelled at Ebert in the venue.

Ebert pursed his lips slightly, and the expression on his face was definitely not good-looking. He suppressed his emotions and apologized to Nolan and the opposite Al Pacino. Realizing that his attitude just now was a bit too irritable, he gave Ebert half an hour to think about how to perform this scene.

This situation has lasted for half a day, and Ebert NGed 4 times.In the previous scenes, Ebert performed very well, not only keeping up with Al Pacino's rhythm, but even faintly becoming an evenly matched situation. Christopher Nolan couldn't be more satisfied with him.But just today, Ebert, who has always performed well, got stuck somewhere. His performance cannot be said to be bad, and he has even reached the level of a top actor in some aspects. But in Nolan's view, Ebert There is something wrong with his performance.

"Honey, you're getting a little excited." Emma Thomas glanced at the young man with his head bowed and expressionless, surrounded by silence, and softly persuaded her husband, "I'm a performer. Layman, since you think there is something wrong with Ebert's performance, you must be right. It's only 4 times of NG, you were not so harsh before, we should be more patient with young people."

Christopher Nolan is also reflecting on himself: "Ebert's previous performance always made me ignore his age. You are right, I should be more tolerant to him."

With a towel on his shoulders, Ebert stared blankly at the thin script, subconsciously wiping the sweat off his cheeks with his fingers.Although it was a severe cold weather, he was sweating profusely because of his several mistakes.Unlike other actors, he came to the production alone, without an agent or assistant by his side. After reading the script for a while, he felt that the font on it was a little fuzzy, crooked like a distorted spell.

"Bang!" There was a sound, and Al Pacino, who was still studying the script, turned his head and glanced, and saw the little guy who was still smiling and greeting everyone this morning fell to the ground with his head smashed on the ground. There was a crisp sound on the ground.

Al hurriedly jumped up to check Ebert's situation. He first helped Ebert up against the corner of the table, and when he looked carefully, he finally found something was wrong.Ebert's whole body seemed to be rolling through the water, with wet hair sticking to his forehead, his brows were frowned, and there was an occasional murmur from his mouth, and the whole person seemed to have lost consciousness.

The doctor who followed the crew quickly came to check his body: "It's the symptoms of a cold. He sweated a lot and blew a cool breeze. He must rest for two days."

Christopher Nolan suddenly came back to his senses: "Okay, let's shoot the 21st scene first." At this moment, Mr. Director was recalling what he did, whether he was really too harsh on Ebert and caused this young man to rape him. Enduring discomfort and performing repetitive plots over and over again, or is it just because Ebert is too demanding of himself?

In any case, Nolan secretly decided to be more patient with Ebert when shooting the next scene. Ebert had given him so many surprises before, and he believed that Ebert would not let him down.

On the other side, rumors about a gold-selling cave hidden somewhere in Alaska are also intensifying in Hollywood. Top-ranked gossip tabloids such as "National Inquirer", "Star Weekly", "World News Weekly" and so on even sent a motorcade Visit the so-called truth in real time, trying to expose the true colors of some sanctimonious male stars with a keen sense of smell.

The tabloids lacking financial strength assigned tasks to all reporters, and those reporters who were unable to conduct on-the-spot investigations could only make up colorful stories based on the photos sent by their colleagues and combined with their own imagination.

In any case, the people who are full of prying desires about the bizarre Hollywood world are feasting their eyes. They are excited to read every detail, and then retell it to their friends, as if they know some great secrets .

As the lucky guy who was lucky enough to fly with Leonardo DiCaprio on the same plane, Ebert has also become the target of gossip tabloids, but for most newspapers, he is just reporters describing Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio, Charlie Sheen, and the others are just extras for the lack of space, and compared with the rest of the people who have read a thousand sails, the 20-year-old Ebert looks like a newly fledged chicken.

He might be good at fighting, but forget about playing with women!

Ebert knew nothing about this. Of course, even if he had heard about it, he would not be grateful for the extra kindness these reporters gave him. After all, this is a matter of man's dignity, even if Ebert's sexuality is different from others , He also does not admit that his abilities in certain areas are inferior to those of others.

Perhaps the only person who feels depressed about this matter is Leonardo, who is curled up in his friend's villa and unable to go out. He just wants to go skiing, and such a simple idea cannot be achieved.Thinking of this, he simply picked up the stack of newspapers brought in by his friend, and when he was about to tear them up one by one, his eyes fell on a young man with a handsome face in the corner of the newspaper.

"Ebert Dawson." Leonardo said softly, his impression of this boy only stayed on that chance encounter on the plane and the bag of beef jerky he took out, but he couldn't stand the media's bombardment After several days of bombing, he finally became impressed with the name.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Ebert sneezed several times in a row, and his nose was extremely uncomfortable.He simply tore off the tissue stuffed in his nostril, and took another one to wipe his nose.He woke up after taking a nap and taking a little rest. The reality that he had a cold and couldn't go to filming made him just stay in the hotel and watch TV. The director ruthlessly deprived Ebert of the opportunity to watch the filming on set. He even sent Abel, the hotel owner, as a weapon to monitor Ebert. Once Ebert tried to sneak out, he would usher in Nolan's storm...like roar.

Ebert complained secretly in his heart. He had watched so many Nolan movies, but he never knew that such a fierce soul was hidden in the heart of this dark director.

Sure enough, people can't be seen!

It’s all about complaining, but Ebert can only squat in the room and watch TV alone. He knows very well that if the cold doesn’t get better soon, I’m afraid Nolan won’t let him go on stage for the time being. This obviously has nothing to do with Ebert. My plans are against it.Thinking of this, Ebert could only wrap the quilt tightly around his body, asked Boss Abel to buy a thick down jacket in a local clothing store, and silently prayed that his cold would be cured one day sooner.

"At this critical moment, you actually caught a cold. Both Bligh and I find it incredible." Ebert took a bite of the apple, silently staring at the laughter in "Friends", and stopped to read Mark's reply, "But It's not something that manpower can stop, all you can do is rest well and strive to return to the set as soon as possible."

"Eber, after you return to Los Angeles, you have to prepare for your agent. It is unimaginable for other stars to go to such a far place without an assistant. The agent and assistant are here to support the star. To solve your worries, you can tell me everything now, I feel like I have become your manager."

"Compared to a professional agent, you are still far behind!" Ebert's fingers fluttered, his eyes were surprisingly bright, "I don't plan to use you as an agent, but at least we are friends, and you have great respect for everyone. This kind of news is so sensitive, I'm just borrowing from you temporarily."

"The career of screenwriting is more suitable for me." Mark replied, "If you have anything to do, you can contact me at any time. If you can't reach me, you can find Bligh. We have time recently. Poor Ebert, I can already imagine you as one." The mental journey of a person staying alone in a dark place watching boring American dramas."

"I have to correct you, it's not dark here, the 24-hour continuous daylight bombardment will definitely blind your eyes!"

"You don't need to repeat your luck to me again, Eb, I'm not jealous at all. By the way, I have to warn you in advance that you have to be careful when flying back to Los Angeles. Reporters all over the United States are very careful. Curious what you and Leonardo DiCaprio were doing in Alaska."

Ebert rolled his eyes fiercely, and wrapped the quilt tightly around his body again.

Ebert was so disappointed in killing time in the hotel that he spent a day watching the first season of "Friends" until Abel's boss reminded him that watching it would be of no use and that his recovery would even give him Bring burden to stop.Although Ebert loves to watch movies, he has no interest in TV dramas. On the one hand, the complex relationship between various characters in American TV dramas makes it difficult for Ebert, who is a Chinese core. Movies are too busy to enjoy this "expensive" pastime that only housewives can enjoy.

Two days passed quickly.After Ebert listened to all the songs stored in his mobile phone and slept soundly for two more episodes, after being diagnosed by the crew doctor, his body has recovered a lot.What excites him the most is that Nolan has approved him to return to the set. Ebert yelled, thinking about the scene of the previous NG4 times, and slowly made a plan in his heart.

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