[US Entertainment] Actor

"Ebert, turn around, let me see your profile, hold for 1 minute...perfect!"

The streets of Milan.On a street corner with mottled walls and a strong historical atmosphere, Ebert stared at the ground with a condensed expression, his blue eyes turned pale gray under the lens, and he turned his head away without hesitation in the next second, leaving only A delicate and flawless profile of this world.

This is part of the shooting screen of the Armani advertising blockbuster.The shooting location was moved to Milan, Italy. Under the lens of Italian photographer Michelangelo Battista, Ebert and the female model he cooperated with became the modern version of Romeo and Juliet, but this version of Romeo is ambitious , with a wild and unruly charm, Juliet is more like a puppet he manipulates.

Ebert was wearing a black leather jacket and washed jeans, his chin was slightly raised, his eyes were not focused on a certain place, in the narrow and cramped streets, his sight seemed to have broken through the limitations of time and space, and reached a certain place. a void that doesn't exist.

The photographer is constantly changing lenses.In the eyes of this famous fashion photographer, Ebert undoubtedly belongs to the category of people who have a strong sense of the lens. He hardly needs any guidance to make the movements and expressions that the photographer is most satisfied with. Keen lens sense.However, when Mr. Photographer turned on the camera to check each frame, he found that the so-called sense of lens was just a talent—Ebert had a face that adapted to the screen very well, no matter whether he was shooting a front face, profile face or Just a back view, the pictures in the camera are too beautiful to describe in words.

"If you were taller, you could be a model," said the Italian photographer, who speaks not-so-fluent English.He is a very famous fashion photographer in Italy. He has taken photos for many luxury brands and big-name magazines.

Ebert slowed down: "My interest is not in the modeling business, Mr. Batista."

Ebert's current height is 181 centimeters, which is 1 centimeter taller than last year. This height is not bad for ordinary men, but it is really not enough for the male model world with a threshold of 180 centimeters.What's more, contrary to Hollywood, the top spot in the modeling industry has always been dominated by female models. From Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss to Gisele Bündchen, their fame and income are almost as high as Hollywood's first-line stars On the same level, under this trend, it is difficult for top male models to be compared with top female models.

Unless one day the main force of luxury consumption becomes men, this situation will be fundamentally improved.

"That's a pity."

After the short film was shot, Ebert and his co-models needed to take a group of dozens of photos for Armani, and the brand needed to pick a few of them and display them in the store as posters.Ebert was lucky enough to wear a new style that hadn't been released yet. He put on one set and then changed another one. He took a few photos of each set of clothes and left them for the brand to choose slowly.

After a set of photos was taken, Ebert changed seven or eight sets of clothes.The posters in the store are a test of the facial expressions of the characters. Ebert can only change his emotions constantly. Fortunately, the attention to detail in shooting the posters cannot match the big screen, and Ebert can barely cope with the professional skills of an actor.

"I like this one the most." Michelangelo Battista pointed to one of them and said to Ebert.

Ebert leaned over to take a look, and his ears turned red.In this photo, Ebert's upper body is naked, and his lower body is only wearing a pair of light blue jeans. The pants are loose, and it is easy to see the thin and textured abdominal muscles at the waist and the perfection of the upper body comparable to the model. Lines, in the photo, his eyes are green, but his expression is a bit decadent. The photographer used soft lighting to render a quiet and warm environment.

"I want to call it 'Touch', which is a very appropriate name." Mr. Photographer whispered, "After shooting, you need to retouch the film, your performance is perfect, the character itself does not need any changes , you only need to adjust the external light."

Ebert also thought it was an appropriate name. Even he himself rarely saw the youthful and melancholic appearance of the boy in the photo, like a slightly sour fruit, always attracting people to approach.

Putting the camera away, Mr. Michelangelo Battista, with a serious attitude at work, finally recovered his Italian joking nature: "Ebert, you are the most expressive actor I have ever photographed, Even better than the top models in some ways, the male actors sometimes can't let go, or show too complicated... Do you have a boyfriend?"

Ebert has been listening carefully to what Mr. Photographer said. He was still smiling for the first half of the time. When he heard the last sentence, he simply stopped and stood still, staring at the photographer who was over half a century old. Teacher: "Mr. Batista, what do you mean?"

Michelangelo Battista's face suddenly became a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I just want to say that you are really cute. I forgot your identity as an actor and took you as a model. I'm really sorry."

Ebert is not straight, but he has no habit of revealing his privacy to the public.He also faced this kind of temptation in his previous life. He always used the most correct expression to dispel other people's doubts. As time passed, no one would hype his sexuality.Ebert's own idea is that if he has someone he likes, he is willing to disclose their relationship to the world, but he doesn't, he doesn't want any possibility of his privacy being leaked.

If he could, he would even be willing to be the only old bachelor in Hollywood in his life.

"Mr. Batista, this falls under the category of personal privacy."

"Ebert, I sincerely express my apologies to you. I have crossed the line. I hope my words have not affected your emotions." As a senior photographer, Michelangelo Battista has come into contact with countless Men and women in the modeling industry and the entertainment industry are so experienced that they seem to have a sexual orientation detection radar in their bodies. He smells a hint of homosexuality in Ebert, but since Ebert is unwilling to disclose, he will never reveal the slightest bit .

It was just a simple temptation, and Batista didn't have any malicious intentions. When talking with new male models, this sentence is often his opening sentence, and no one will take it as an offensive sentence.

Even so, in the process of subsequent exchanges, Ebert's attitude towards Batista was obviously not as warm as before, which made Batista regret his talkativeness—seeing Ebert's exaggerated After expressiveness, Batista hoped to invite him to take a group photo, but obviously, everything was screwed up by him.

He even realized that he had lost his job as a photographer. The job of a photographer is to shoot the perfect work, not to chase other people's privacy like a tabloid.

So the last link of the whole cooperation almost ended with Batista constantly apologizing to Ebert. The Italian's English pronunciation is very substandard, and the speed of speech is so fast that it sounds like a quarrel in Ebert's ears. of.Ebert had to strain his ears to pick out the exact meaning of every word in Batista's mouth, over and over, and he had to say over and over again that he accepted Batista's apology "sincerely" , in order to reduce this verbal torture.

The picture of an apology and another understanding is a bit funny to say, and it doesn't sound like a dialogue between the photographer and the spokesperson. Affected by this weird atmosphere, the style of the Giorgio Armani brand is lost in Ebert's heart. It fell a lot.

"I swear, I never want to work with this Mr. Michelangelo Battista again." Taking a sip of ice cream, Ebert complained, "Very, very embarrassing, compared to the scene where he apologized, he Asking me doesn't even sound like an offense."

Lynn, who followed Ebert to Milan, took a sip of herbal tea, wiped his mouth and said, "That's not necessarily the case, this guy is very famous in the European and American photography circles, Fendi, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana... these native Italians Brands tend to favor photographers from their own countries, and the fashion circle is too small, you can’t avoid him forever. Besides, he just mentioned it casually, and you’re not…”

Lynn turned his head and spoke casually.

Ebert pursed his lips and looked directly at Lynn. Although he was silent, the expression on his face was strange.

A strange atmosphere gradually filled the dessert shop, and time seemed to freeze.

until--

Lynn stood up abruptly, with various expressions intertwined on his face, giving Ebert the illusion of seeing a kaleidoscope: "What do you mean? It can't be what I guessed, right?"

"Sit down." Ebert reminded him with a wave.

It was only then that Lin En realized that his reaction was a little exaggerated. Today is different. Ebert came to Milan to shoot a fashion blockbuster this time, and many reporters followed him.So he suppressed his voice and asked in a voice that only two people could hear: "Are you?"

He pretended to be relaxed, but Ebert clearly heard the sound of his back molars rattling.

Ebert grinned and nodded: "I am."

"How is it possible?!" Hearing this answer, which seemed like a verdict, Lin En patted his head as if discouraged, with a confused expression: "How could it be? Didn't the media report at that time that you were provoking those little girls in nightclubs? Shouldn't you be as straight as possible? Oh, oh, I can't believe this question is fucking naive."

After taking over Ebert, Lynn hardly worried about him. Ebert could complete 200% of the work he arranged, and the rate of popularity far exceeded Lynn's expectations. The media in the mud now also changed their tone and called him "the star of hope in Hollywood". All these changes made Lynn so happy that he could laugh out loud at night.

"I was really happy too early." Lynn murmured.He thought that he had found an honest entertainer who would not cause trouble. Who knew that Ebert was usually obedient and would not move, and threw a huge bomb as soon as he moved, and Lynn almost fainted from the explosion.

Finally, he breathed out weakly: "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Ebert shook his head.

"Have you ever had a boyfriend?"

Ebert shook his head.

"Are you a virgin?"

Ebert nodded. It turned out that Ebert liked going to nightclubs to meet hot girls, but he had no experience in that area. He could be sure that this body was still a baby.

"Then why are you emphasizing this? A virgin who doesn't know anything is not even qualified to announce his sexuality!" Lynn was going crazy!