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Film critic Owen Gilberman of "Entertainment Weekly" also came to attend the premiere of "Romeo and Juliet".

He is curious about Rhea Nolen, who became famous with Lolita. Owen looks forward to seeing a different look of this actress, and is also curious to see how she will play Juliet.

Owen has a special feeling for Lolita, who he discovered before other film critics. He feels that he was the first to bring Rhea to the public's attention, so he bears some responsibility for her subsequent acting career.

This girl is still a new face in Hollywood, not only the critics are new to her, but the audience is eager to see more of her, which can explain the reason why "The Tonight Show" has such a high rating.

Before her, no one would have thought that "Lolita" could create such a topical effect.

As for the leading actor, Owen is also looking forward to it. He has watched "A Different Sky" starring Leonardo and Johnny Depp together, and he has also watched "Total Eclipse" about the poet Rimbaud. .

The young actor undoubtedly has the same outstanding acting talent, and his performances are often eye-catching.

Beautiful men, beautiful women, Shakespearean romance, even if the movie is bad, this combination is always loved by the audience, Irving is not too worried about the box office, he just hopes that this version of Romeo and Juliet movie will be a little new .

When the lights dimmed, the movie began to play on the screen. The opening editing technique and soundtrack attracted Owen's attention. Director Baz Luhrmann was obviously good at pictures and music. It has been verified in "Heroes of the Country".

And in "Romeo and Juliet", he has mastered it even more.

Several main actors were framed at the beginning by a comic-style split frame, and their identities were introduced one by one. Compared with this special way of cutscenes, the shootout on the streets of Mexico at the beginning of the film is not strange.

Owen was surprised by Luhrmann's boldness. He thought that the so-called postmodern "Romeo and Juliet" should be a modern version of Shakespeare's love story, but Luhrmann directly changed the background to modern times. The way of speaking is still Old English in theatrical style.

This idea may appear too modern and avant-garde, and the audience may not be able to accept this shooting method.

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I looked around, and so far I haven't found any audience who are too uncomfortable. The movie just started, and the audience still has a lot of patience, so the current tolerance is very tolerant.

Although the director's shooting techniques and ideas are very novel and interesting, this story is an old story after all, so Owen doesn't need to immerse himself in the plot too seriously. He can completely draft his film review in his mind while watching the movie.

When Leonardo DiCaprio's Romeo came on stage, Owen could hear gasps from the theater, mostly from the female audience.

A handsome and beautiful actor has such an advantage. If his acting skills are bad, he can be a vase. If his acting skills are good, it is easier to get the opportunity to star on the screen. Leonardo belongs to the latter.

His blond hair fell a few strands on his forehead, and was illuminated by the setting sun with a hazy and dreamy brilliance, but compared with his melancholy and charming blue eyes, the street scene at dusk was nothing.He is not the appearance that Shakespeare imagined when he described Romeo, and maybe he is not the Romeo that the audience thinks. Leonardo is thin and gloomy, but when he puts on a black suit and looks over in the sun, he Will be the Romeo people want to see.

Luhrmann makes the good-looking actor so glamorous that his oddly uncontemporary Old English accent becomes romantic and elegant.

At least female audiences have been able to substitute into the plot.

The person sitting next to Owen sat up straight. He had been leaning there before, looking strangely undisciplined. He didn't even greet Owen until the movie started. Owen thought he was an audience.

Not paying too much attention to other people, Owen quickly turned his attention back to movies, drug use, masquerade parties, drag racing, young people's parties... This is indeed full of postmodern passion.

Younger viewers are definitely more receptive, and even enjoy the film.

After more than 20 minutes, Juliet, the heroine of the movie, finally showed her face.

Her first shot was underwater.

Porcelain white bathtub, transparent water, and long golden hair scattered in the water, the eye-catching gold must be the first color that the audience notices, just like the stars and moons in Van Gogh's paintings were crushed Sprinkle it on the surface of the water, so the water without impurities becomes shiny and crystal clear.

Unlike Lolita's reddish chestnut hair, Juliet has waist-length blond hair, which seems to be Rhea's natural hair color, undyed.

So is it because of the hair color? Owen found himself unexpectedly

There is absolutely no trace of Lolita in this Juliet.

The red maroon is deeper and more occupying the picture, and the golden color brightens the lens.

She opened her eyes in the water, so those azure eyes seemed to have been washed away from all blemishes, clear and clear, like perfectly cut blue diamonds.

She does not have the strong aggressiveness of Lolita nor the slightest primitive wild temptation. Juliet is pure and docile. When describing this character, Shakespeare used almost all the beautiful words. He chose to let those praises pass through. Romeo's mouth to make the audience aware.

When this beautiful girl emerged from the water, Owen wanted to admire Luhrmann's shooting method. He took this picture like a Venus born on the sea.

Then the scene changed, and when she was in front of her mother, Juliet would cleverly cover up her delay, so she became sly and clever again, breaking away from a single, fixed and beautiful image, and appearing more and more agile.

If Owen hadn't been sure that this face was Lolita's, he would have felt that they were two completely different people.

Leonardo is also very good at acting, but Owen can still find a faint trace of the same in his Arnie, his Rimbaud and his Romeo.This does not prove that the actor is not good at acting, it is just that when the same actor performs different roles in a short span of time, these traces will be unconsciously revealed in the performance.

Audiences can't spot it, but professional filmmakers can.

But Owen can't see the similarities between Lolita and Juliet. This may be unfair to Leonardo. After all, Lolita and Juliet are too different, but Rimbaud has many similarities with Romeo.

But the greater the role gap, the heavier the actor's performance traces should be.

How did she make the perfect transition from Lolita to Juliet? Owen stared at the blond girl dressed as an angel with wide eyes, hoping to find a gap, a mistake.

The reason why Rhea can completely become Lolita is because she has the same life experience as Lolita, but she is definitely not Juliet, so she can only act.

When focusing on the heroine, Owen felt emotional, leaving the complex plot and background of "Lolita". When Rhea is only acting in a love tragedy, the audience does not need to think too much. It is enough to appreciate the story and characters of the movie.

And "Romeo and Juliet" met a director who is very good at shooting characters, so everything is perfect

Meihuan, let alone whether the movie has artistry and depth, at least as a love movie, Luhrmann's filming is absolutely qualified, this can be regarded as a fan movie to give back to fans.

So the beauty of the two young actors was fully displayed. Owen is a normal man, and he pays more attention to Rhea, so he inevitably pays more attention to Juliet.

When she smiles, she will appear gentle and shy, and she will appear innocent and cute when she breaks through her reserve and boldly responds to her love, when she sheds tears, she is so pitiful and endearing, all the modal actions are only made by Juliet, her alertness and Bravery is innate, but those are also filtered through a layer of noble origin, so the rebellion for love is also delicate and soft.

Owen couldn't find anything to blame Rhea. He couldn't help but fall into the role with the plot. Young and normal love is good. Once the hormones are released, passion will completely overwhelm reason.

Romeo meets Juliet, the knight in silver armor meets the angel in white. They make people believe that they will fall in love not only because Shakespeare and the director arranged for them to fall in love, but also because they are indeed soul mates who belong to each other.

Across the blue-toned water and colorful tropical fish, the eyes of the boy and the girl meet for the first time. The glass magnifies the exquisite facial features and the sudden love. Old-fashioned and vulgar.

Rhea was really beautiful in this incredibly fleeting but beautiful teenage period, she was more tender in Lolita, with a little baby fat on her face, and Juliet morphed into a little bit more mature.

Although Owen has always disliked judging the appearance of actors, he thinks that is too vulgar and superficial, but he has to admit that Luhrmann has left the most beautiful silhouette of her girlhood.

If she declines in the future, Owen hopes that won't happen, but if it happens, at least Hollywood has a "Lolita" that inspired her acting skills, and a "Romeo and Juliet" that burned her youthful beauty.

He had a hunch that the box office of this movie would not be bad, and the audience's reaction proved this point. After adapting to the lines of the stage play, they quickly entered the play. When they saw Romeo and Juliet marry secretly in the church, The audience sighed with emotion.

Of course, since it is the story of Romeo and Juliet, the ending is naturally that dramatic tragedy.

Juliet's confession before suicide pulls the whole movie from romance to tragedy

, The appearance of her crying is really beautiful and blurred. Owen won't be out of breath like those little girls, but he still sighed in his heart.

This movie is enough to prove that she is an actor who is not afraid of the role type, not a niche talent who can only be fixed in a specific role. Owen doesn’t think highly of this movie. Even if it is novel to put the story in modern times, he still He thinks romantic movies are too clichéd, but he is willing to give high marks to the two leading actors who performed well.

While sorting out his thoughts in his mind, Owen heard the man next to him mutter: "They look like a destined couple."

The movie has already ended, and talking at this time will not affect anything, so he decided to talk to the other party, "Yeah, these two people can collide with each other very well."

Fortunately, the other party replied without embarrassing Owen, "Then if they acted in a rivalry scene again, would you still want to watch it?"

Hearing this question, Owen thought for a while. He understood the mentality of movie fans. When people like a pair of actors and partners, they will hope that they will continue to co-star. This is how the classic screen CP comes out.

Like Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman, or Meg Ryan and Billy Christopher in When Harry Met Sally.

In order to satisfy the psychology of the audience and the box office, the producers will also try to promote the re-cooperation of classic couples, and even make a series of movies altogether.

But if actors want to develop better, they are often unwilling to be limited to a fixed role image, and even avoid cooperating partner actors in order to avoid being remembered as a role by the audience.

Just like "Lolita", people have never seen Jeremy Irons and Rhea in the same frame since then, just because of their scruples.

"Maybe." Thinking of the effect of the movie, Owen answered this question vaguely. He felt that the effect of Rhea and Leonardo partnering was very good and fresh, "As long as it is not "Romeo and Juliet 2". "

This sentence made the person next to him laugh. Although the other party did not laugh out loud, Owen could feel that the emotional atmosphere had changed.

When the lights came on again, Owen Gilberman was shocked, because he finally recognized who this man was, and Owen was not yet unable to recognize the great Hollywood director.

He lowered his voice and exclaimed, "You're James Cameron!"

"I'm just here to watch a movie." Compared with his reaction, the man was much calmer, "I think it should be nothing."

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Owen understood the meaning of Cameron's words and nodded. No matter what the reason, the other party came quietly and did not disturb the media. He definitely didn't want to spread it.

Owen is a film critic and not a reporter. Of course, he doesn't need to be entangled with this news that can earn a page. Anyway, his mission is to watch "Romeo and Juliet".

Cameron had already seen that Irving was a film critic, so he asked a question: "How would you rate this movie?"

Unable to guess what the director who was supposed to be preparing for "Titanic" meant, Owen thought about it and said his answer: "68 points."

"I can understand Luhrmann's thoughts, but I still feel that the era background of the film and the way of lines cannot be connected, which greatly reduces the viewing experience. The director should take this into consideration."

"Baz Luhrmann is a very creative director, much better than those who copy the story." Cameron commented, he seems to think this score is a bit low.

But he wasn't mad about it either, and off-set the famously irascible director wasn't always so pissed off.

He nodded to Owen: "I hope I can get higher scores from you in the future."

After saying this, he got up from his seat, apparently not going to wait for the premiere to end, and he probably wasn't interested in the speeches of the director and leading actors afterwards.

Watching the director come in and leave without a sound, Irving still couldn't figure out what Cameron was doing at the premiere of "Romeo and Juliet"; did he come to "Titanic" because he was in trouble? Watching other movies to relax and find new inspiration?

By the way, "Titanic"!

This movie has not yet chosen a leading role!

Finally realizing why Cameron asked him that question, Owen had to start struggling. It was news that Cameron went to watch a movie, but that was all, but Cameron deliberately chose Leonardo and Rhea to come. It's big news to be the hero and heroine of a new play.

If "Entertainment Weekly" missed this big event, even if Irving is an excellent movie critic, the editor-in-chief of the magazine must have strangled Irving's neck and fired him.

Feeling guilty and struggling to watch the director Baz Luhrmann walk to the front desk, Owen silently adjusted the movie score in his heart, and he decided to add two points to the movie.

Then his heart became a little hot again. Owen never expected that Rhea would have such a good opportunity, even though he had never had any interaction with her

However, Owen still sincerely hopes that Rhea can seize this opportunity.

Rhea Nolen, who is striving for this opportunity, is still feeling the film: "I think I can save the act of taking commemorative photos."

This is an activity of the Parker family. May Parker wants to stay in Rhea every year. The puberty of Europeans and Americans is too short, and they grow up all at once, so Mei cherishes the time of these few years, let alone her I have to film and can't stay at home all the time.

"Do you want to play this kind of plot again after watching it?" Leonardo asked her, "Don't you think it will be reflected in reality if you always play a love tragedy?"

Rhea ignored him: "No, don't blame it on the movie, the reason why you can't talk about the relationship is entirely on you or the other party."

While she wasn't curious at all, Rhea knew that Leonardo was in a relationship, and if that counted as a relationship, she snatched Claire Danes' Juliet, and that girl didn't get the chance to act with Leonardo , but they still hooked up at an inner circle party.

Rhea would really have rolled her eyes at Leonardo if she didn't know that the relationship was over. Claire was only 17, and Leonardo was 22.

The other party is a real underage girl, damn Hollywood.

The view on love is different. Rhea has nothing to say to Leonardo on this, and it probably doesn't make sense, so she changed the subject: "Do you think James will hire us both at the same time?"

Leonardo shrugged. "Unless he's an idiot—and I'm still debating whether to accept it or not."

He was really confident, he didn't think James Cameron would reject him at all, and this confidence even extended to Rhea, Leonardo had no doubts that Cameron would sign with her.

Then he asked the question that scared Rhea the most: "You really like this movie, you think I should follow it, don't you?"

She is always wary of making a promise with others, and Rhea doesn't know if there will be any accidents if Ruth is replaced by her. Of course, she hopes that Leonardo will play Jack, but this kind of entanglement makes her unable to do anything. Make decisions for the other person.

After hesitating for a long time, Rhea still answered Leonardo: "I hope you will take it."

She replaced what should be, and Leonardo heard it.

Seeing the smile on the other party's face, Rhea quickly added: "Of course, you still have to make your own decision."

"No, I didn't mean that, I just felt—"

"OK OK

,I know. Leonardo pushed her onto the stage, "Let's deal with our current movie first, Juliet." "

Damn, she hated herself.

But Malloy loves her, "I really admire myself, how could I have dug you out of a group of magazine models with such discernment? Ha, "Romeo and Juliet" won the box office first week champion!"

It was screened in 1276 theaters in North America at the same time, and the box office broke 500 million US dollars on the first day. This achievement obviously encouraged [-]th Century Fox. They began to think that it was not so unreasonable for Cameron to recruit Leonardo and Rhea to act. .

As Leonardo said, Cameron finally decided to let them play Jack and Rose, and invited them to play without changing any of them.

Rhea sighed to her manager: "I admire you!"

She is now in training sessions, and costumer Deborah Scott has measured her body, and the costumes have been designed before starting production, which means that it is almost impossible to change actors, because the 20s The production and design of aristocratic women's clothes will definitely require a huge cost, and it is impossible to redo it after changing the actors.

But Rhea still hasn't signed on, because Malloy is still battling Cameron, and yes, her agent is battling the director's tyrant.

Rhea witnessed it once at the scene, and since then she never dared to meet Cameron with Malloy, she was afraid that Cameron would turn his anger on her.

"Damn it, you Jew who fell for the money, it's film art, so what's the matter with nudity? Jack's a nude painter, are you going to ask him to paint Ruth in oil? Use your Think about it, this is a sacrifice for the movie, if you think this is dirty, it is entirely your own problem!"

Cameron was almost growling, whoever violated his bottom line would die, "Ask Rhea herself, wouldn't she be willing?"

"I--"

"Shut up!" Malloy scolded Rhea, and then he turned his head to look at Cameron, "Don't you know that she is your fan? You have the heart to use her admiration for you to mislead her to do this James, please, she's only 16 years old, you have to take into account Rhea's trauma, she can't take this, you can't let her take this!"

"You just want more money!"

"It's not a matter of money. If you are willing to change this scene, we are willing to regress on the salary." Malloy calmly responded to Cameron's anger, "James, you have to

Understand our concerns, even if it is to achieve film art, you must respect the personality of the actor, and the American Motion Picture Association will not agree with you to do so. "

Rhea wanted to cut in, "Actually I—"

"Shut up!" It was Cameron who said this time, and he was in a fight with Malloy.

In the end, Rhea was a vase for an hour without saying a word, and she swore at that time that she would never appear on the occasion where Cameron and Malloy were at the same time again.

In fact, she hadn't even planned to fight for it, but Malloy was very insistent.Even knowing that the movie's box office figures are terribly high, Rhea never thought about sharing it. After all, the status of actors in Hollywood is still at a low level. Hollywood's hierarchy is studio-producer-director-actor-screenwriter-field crew , unless it is a very big A-list, and you have to invest in your own shares, otherwise getting a share is simply a dream.

Even if the box office of "Titanic" hit the street, Fox would not give the share to an actor like Rhea, not to mention that she might not be able to participate in the audition if Fox hadn't recommended her.

And Rhea still has another headache. She didn't know that after going through such a big circle, the troubles caused in England back then would still find her.

In addition to hiring an etiquette instructor on the crew, Cameron ordered her to train in the UK for two weeks.

She received a letter from the female teacher who trained her. The problem is, the signature on the letter is William.

Damn it, Rhea felt that Cameron was avenging her for what happened to Malloy, and she stared in astonishment at the etiquette instructor who was said to have taught members of the royal family.

But Rhea's first thought was, "Excuse me, but I really want to know how much it cost James to have you mentor me?"

"...The person who hired me was not your director, Miss Nolen." The elderly but still elegant lady answered her with a cold smile. The smile seemed impersonal because it was too standard. Rhea suspected that the other party said Maybe actually hate her terribly.

Because she is undoubtedly a nuisance to this lady.

But it's not fair at all, she didn't even provoke this trouble on her own initiative!

The author has something to say:

Ahh I'm late again, I'm crying like a storm, please forgive me

After filming "Luo Zhu", the two protagonists did talk for a while, but it didn't work out|At that time, Kate also trained in the UK for a period of time, and she had to continue to learn etiquette while filming.

Two more before zero o'clock, I'm going to start to play the essence of my Su Wen writer, be careful haha_(:з」∠)_