The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

"My soul weeps in pain. On this horrible night, my heart is hard to calm. Time flies. If she doesn't return, there will be no dawn and no sunshine." An ancient Sicilian ballad is sung like this.

In the elegant and magnificent Teatro Massimo, when the godfather Michael Corleone, his ex-wife Kay, and daughter Mary watched the opera performance of the eldest son Anthony together, countless bloody murders were being staged one after another——

With Mike facing the danger of assassination, the Corleone family set off a comprehensive purge against multiple enemies, including the Italian political and business oligarchs and the Vatican archbishop.

But this was not an overwhelming battle. Many powerful subordinates of the Corleone family were also killed by their opponents.Even the new Pope of the Vatican, who supported the Corleone family, was murdered for this.

In the Massimo Theater, the grand and agitated Sicilian opera finally came to an end, but it seemed to be playing the finale for this grand bloody murder.

******

In front of the opera house, which combines neoclassicalism and Greek temple style, the old stone steps are broad and deep. Mike Corleone walked out of the opera house, admiring the talent of his eldest son Anthony, "the Corleone family will become famous in the singing industry in the future. .”

After countless murders have been staged one after another, he is still strategizing, majestic and cold.

At this moment, how could Mike Corleone predict that after only a moment, he would lose all hope and end up at the end of the road.

Outside the opera house, hundreds of spectators left the venue, full of noisy conversations, and even on the side of the stairs, there were some street performers playing musical instruments and singing.

And Mike heard the soft voice of a young woman coming from behind, "Dad—"

Hearing the voice of his daughter Mary, Mike Corleone immediately stopped and looked in the direction of the voice.

She had just walked out of the opera house and was looking at him from the crowd. Since the distance between the two was a little far, in order to catch up with him as soon as possible, she had to lift the hem of the luxurious dress on her body and speed up her pace towards her father.

These days, because Mike Corleone repeatedly asked Mary to separate from his cousin Vincent, the originally very harmonious and close relationship between Corleone and his daughter has caused some estrangement.Therefore, at this moment, Mary looked at her father with a slightly embarrassed expression.

But she didn't slow down as she approached her father. She tried her best to straighten her shoulders, and took a small deep breath to keep calm and ease her emotions. The detailed expression on her face was a bit funny.

Her performance made people smile knowingly, she looked like an embarrassed little girl who didn't know how to reconcile after quarreling with her parents.So she had no choice but to hold up her skirt and try to catch up with her father who was in front of her.

Among hundreds of spectators dressed in black, the girl in a shining golden dress was really eye-catching.

Her complexion is fair, clean and bright, and her expression is a little nervous because she is worried that she will not be able to restore her closeness with her father, which makes her look even younger and childish.

She stood in front of her father, "Dad, we—"

"Boom-boom-"

In an instant, there was loud gunfire outside the opera house, and Mike Corleone was shot in the shoulder. The crowd screamed and howled, and ran away like frightened birds.

The impact of the gunshot caused Mike's body to fall backwards due to the deflection of the impact, and he staggered to stand still. Fortunately, the gunshot did not cause serious injuries to him.

And the next moment, the Sicilian professional killer who shot was shot and killed by Vincent Corleone who was chasing him in time.

Outside the opera house, the originally noisy crowd had fallen into deadly fear, and the crowd that had surrounded Michael Corleone before had all fled or fell to the ground trembling.

When Mike's calm consciousness was barely recovered from the impact of being shot, only his daughter was left standing in front of him——

His Mary, shaking as if her body was weak, looked at him intently and helplessly. The golden dress in front of her was already wet with bright red blood, and they continued to infiltrate outwards, so dazzling that Mike Corleone almost My eyes are about to split.

The fatal shot that was meant to be aimed at him stood in front of him and shot Mary in the heart.

She didn't seem to be aware of what happened. Following her father's gaze and looking down, she began to be unable to maintain a standing position. Her knees softened and she fell to the ground, but she was still working hard. Father.

In the night, the girl's young and clean face actually showed a sense of holiness in the darkness.

And her eyes looked so helpless, she could only look at her trusting and beloved father, trying to solve all this, calling him softly, "Dad—"

But she didn't give her father time to answer, and before Mike Corleone broke down and rushed forward to hug her daughter, she had already lost her last breath of life and fell on the icy steps.

"No-no-" The godfather, who is always calm and majestic, lost his expression, and touched his daughter's face and body with his hands in despair, but she still didn't respond. Mike repeatedly confirmed everything in front of him, and he couldn't believe it anyway. This is a fact.

In his ears, it was all the crying and screaming of his ex-wife Kay and Vincent, but Mike Corleone kept whispering to his daughter, "No, Mary, no—"

He spent his whole life, forcing himself to be cold-blooded and cruel, just to try his best to protect his loved ones.Mary was his favorite daughter, no, how could she die tragically before his eyes, it was impossible, God couldn't treat him like this.

"Oh my God! Don't!" Mike Corleone broke down completely, he cried bitterly and hugged his daughter, falling into heart-piercing pain.The godfather's cold majesty, strategizing, disappeared without a trace at this moment, "No—"

The extreme grief made Mike Corleone despair. He opened his mouth wide and let out a heart-piercing cry, so long that it seemed to consume his entire life.

Until his body fell back, his face drooped, as if he had died.

******

——"Goodtake!" Director Coppola yelled praises to Pacino and Erica after this complex and critical long shot.

Because of the crying just now, Al Pacino seemed to have exhausted all his strength, so Erika ignored the fake plasma flowing on her body, and first cooperated with the extras on the side to lift Pacino, who was over 50 years old, from Get up on the cold ground.

At the same time, she couldn't hold back her admiration, "Your performance will last forever in film history, and it will be an eternal classic scene."

In Erica's view, Al Pacino is completely a screen legend in American movies, but he still has not won the Oscar for best actor, and all five nominations have failed.

After breaking away from the dramatic atmosphere just now, Pacino regained his strength. He and Erica walked towards the actor's trailer. The filming had just finished. When facing Erica, Pacino still had a little bit of the deep father-daughter relationship in the movie Therefore, he said to her with full approval, "This includes your excellent performance. You express your emotions accurately, delicately, full and powerfully, which enables me to respond more quickly and clearly."

After Pacino's voice fell, he had a puzzled look on his face, "But what puzzles me is that this is almost the first scene between you and me, but when you performed with me, you didn't have the usual unfamiliarity. Or a sense of conflict."

"Maybe it's because I'm a fan of your movie, and I often watch some dramas starring you." Erica pressed a clean towel on the fake plasma in front of her to make them look less invasive.

After hearing Erica's answer, Pacino showed more friendship. He had already recognized Erica's acting skills, and now he knew that the other party was his fan, so he would naturally feel closer. "Which movie do you like best? The two predecessors to 'The Godfather' or 'Scarface'?"

The three movies Pacino mentioned are his most popular works in recent years, but Erica's answer is not among them.

She smiled apologetically, "These films are excellent, but my favorites are your Broadway plays Julius Caesar and Richard III and, of course, the Tony Award-winning play Paloham." Basic Training."

“I live in New York, so I can go to the theater and see these extraordinary works from time to time,” Erica added.

Al Pacino looked at her in surprise, "I never imagined that a young man under the age of 20 would watch my Broadway play more than once."

"When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Broadway actress," Erica said honestly.

And Erica's speech made Pacino feel more and more familiar, because it was very similar to his experience-born in an Italian immigrant family in New York, he loved drama since childhood, had enough talent, and looked forward to becoming an actress. Broadway actor.

The similar background made Pacino pay more attention to Erica's talent. He encouraged, "And now, you still have the opportunity to appear on Broadway."

Pacino continued, "If you are willing, when the crew returns to New York for filming, I can introduce you to several well-known Broadway theaters. I think your talent is enough to knock on the door of any theater."

Erica showed an excited look, "Of course I would—I mean, that's Broadway, she is the eternal charm of the world's theater arts!"

"You remind me of myself when I was 20," Pacino couldn't help smiling at her, "saying goodbye to school, chasing drama, willing to give everything for my dream."

There is a definite smile in Erica's green eyes, and her quiet voice makes her words very convincing, "I can't wait for many years to come, and I, like you, can be called an 'actor's actor' ’, ‘The Icon of American Cinema’.”

"I think, as long as you are willing to keep chasing your dreams," Pacino looked at the young girl in front of him, and expressed undisguised approval to Erica, "you have definitely locked in extraordinary achievements."