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

"The change of roles in "The Godfather 3" is attracting attention again. Coppola uses the new actress Erica Parker, saying that it broadens the boundaries of the film's text and makes everything eye-catching and real." - "Hollywood Reporter"

"Hollywood's focus of this week is Erica Parker, who is this fledgling lucky person who already holds a $[-] million ticket to the North American film market?" —— "Variety"

"Her debut performance has been locked in the best American film of the year, and Hollywood has staged another fantastic opening. Pacino praised her for bringing infinite possibilities to the film industry." - "Los Angeles Times"

"The filming of "The Godfather 3" has not yet completed halfway, and Erica Parker, the 'lucky guy' who has attracted the attention of the world's media, when the film is officially released, it is still unknown whether it will be heaven or hell."— —Chicago Sun-Times

"Hollywood Spotlight Newcomer? Close relationship with super rich Stark, Wayne?" - New York Daily News

"During the first month of the 90s, Erica Parker was probably one of the most talked-about figures in America, and New Yorkers were so excited to chase after her personal information." - "The New Yorker"

Since the beginning of the filming of "The Godfather 3", it has received persistent and frenzied news reports in the media circles. All major and small movie events have crazily occupied the headlines of various newspapers and periodicals.

And now, Erica has undoubtedly become the new focus of attention.

Just when her news was reaching its peak, Vanity Fair, which was originally supposed to be published at the end of the month, was rarely published in mid-January, triggering a new round of waves in the media world——

"Erica Parker, the next generation of sex appeal at the end of the century."

And the cover of this issue of the monthly magazine is exactly what Erica shot for Vanity Fair, that heart-wrenching, subtle and naked image of a Hitchcockian femme fatale.

As a veteran high-end magazine, "Vanity Fair" is different from the solemnity and staidness of other serious publications. She can always present the most flashy star charm——

Whether it's Marilyn Monroe's nude photos or Elizabeth Taylor's love history, or Demi Moore's naked pregnancy photos, Stallone's naked muscular portraits.

All taboo topics, under the artistic display of "Vanity Fair", will always make it extremely classic charm.

As for the four groups of themed portraits with different styles that Erica took for Vanity Fair, both the editor-in-chief Tina Brown and the chief photographer Annie Leibovitz obviously have great confidence in them.

In order to launch this monthly magazine two weeks earlier, the entire magazine is busy catching up with the production cycle, from manuscript review, editing and perfection, to design and production, and has undergone multiple revisions.Finally, in mid-January, the printing and delivery of the magazine was completed, allowing it to enter post offices and newsstands in New York and even across the United States.

And the many days of exhaustion at the "Vanity Fair" magazine was not in vain——

At the moment when Erica has become a hot news due to her role in "The Godfather 3", "Vanity Fair" with her as the cover character and an exclusive interview, ignited a wave of panic buying that lasted for several weeks, becoming the most popular and best-selling in the social circles of New York and Hollywood 'star' magazine.

With the upsurge of "Vanity Fair" selling up and reprinting, Erica was once again regarded as the focus of the media circle.

Even the attention she received in Hollywood, due to the continuous heated discussions in the media, Erica quickly advanced from the status of "no one found" to "active reputation" in several giant film companies.

For example, at this moment, in MGM Pictures, one of the eight major film industries in Hollywood, and Samsung Pictures, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, Erica is divided into new audition candidates for two films.

they are, respectively--

The mid-to-mid-budget female road adventure movie "Thelma and Louise" will be produced and distributed by MGM.

Due to many problems such as preparation and casting, "Thelma & Louise" has been postponed for many years, and the studio executives who have always disliked female films are increasingly disliked by this film.

As for the other one, it is the R-rated thriller erotic film "Basic Instinct" that Columbia Tristar Pictures plans to shoot next year.

Director Paul Verhoeven is trying to create a modern version of the Hitchcockian thriller, but in order to boost the box office, in the script he and the screenwriter created, it seems that the sexually explicit scenes are deliberately overplayed.

It is precisely because of the extreme nudity of "Basic Instinct", more than ten actresses including Kim Basinger, Michelle Pfeiffer, Julia Roberts, Emma Thompson, and Meg Ryan have already Has refused to play the heroine.

Apparently, no up-and-coming and well-known actress would want to pose nude for a thriller.

The reason why Erica became a new audition candidate for "Basic Instinct" was a clear request from director Paul Verhoeven——

When he took the latest release of "Vanity Fair" to the Columbia Tristar Pictures headquarters on West Washington Avenue, Paul Verhoeven showed the cover of "Vanity Fair" to the studio executive, "I need her to audition, she Totally Hitchcockian, blonde femme fatale, grim, distant, bewildered."

Verhoeven opened this flashy magazine, "Just a few portraits taken for "Vanity Fair", she has fully interpreted beauty, retro, danger, sexiness, evil, and pride. Driving between the sexes, both men and women They are all attracted by it, and their blood is excited for her."

Paul Verhoeven eventually concluded, "Right now, she's my go-to actor for 'Basic Instinct'."

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At the end of January, Erica followed the crew of "The Godfather 3" and finished filming in multiple cities in Italy, returned to Rome from Sicily, and took a flight back to New York.

She successfully arrived at JFK International Airport during the night, and will temporarily get a short vacation - the studio Paramount and director Coppola provided a three-day short rest for the cast and crew.

After two weeks of panic buying, "Vanity Fair" has set a historical bestseller record in one fell swoop, and the sales of the month's magazine exceeded one million, making Erica famous again.

Perhaps we should be thankful that the crew of "The Godfather 3" kept strict confidentiality measures for the non-public itinerary, so that when she arrived in New York tonight, she was not chased and discussed by the media.

Erica walked out of the airport wearing a wide-brimmed hat, holding a bouquet of Italian daisies and Roman rhododendrons, which she bought for Aunt May from Piazza di Spagna before leaving Rome.

Aunt May has always liked "Roman Holiday" very much, and the florist selling this bouquet of daisies and azaleas is the one that appeared in "Roman Holiday" and made Princess Anna, played by Ms. Audrey Hepburn, linger in the room flower shop.

Leaving the terminal, Erica flagged down a taxi and sat in the back row. She quickly read the script of "The Godfather 3" again.

This is a new script rewritten by director Coppola and Mario Puzo. Some changes in the development of details make "The Godfather 3" more in line with the original restrained and heavy temperament of the previous film.

Among them, Erica was involved, that is, Mary Corleone and her cousin Vincent, and the original two kissing scenes were cancelled.

Erica is happy with the script changes—

As an actor should have the professionalism, she will not refuse to shoot intimate scenes.But in "The Godfather 3", the logic of the existence of these two kissing scenes is indeed dispensable, and it is somewhat incompatible with the overall temperament of the movie.

Four or 10 minutes later, when the taxi arrived downstairs at Parker's apartment, it was almost midnight.

In the dark winter night, the roadsides in the Forest Mountain neighborhood are covered with snow, and the cold wind makes people shiver.It is for this reason that Erica did not reveal to Peter and Aunt May in advance that her flight will land in New York tonight.

But now that she suddenly appeared in a 'surprise', it is estimated that she will be 'disciplined' by the two of them for a few days.

Especially Peter, who is a small talker, I am afraid that he will talk to her endlessly, and then Aunt Mei will help her find countless reasons to get out of the siege.Thinking of this, Erika couldn't help smiling.

With a bouquet in her arms and a suitcase in her arms, she quickened her pace and entered the half-old apartment building.Erica was standing in front of the apartment door, and when she was about to use the key to open the door, she heard the sound of a TV series playing in the room, so she put away the key, and turned her fingers to ring the door.

As the half-old apartment door was pushed open from the inside, Aunt Mei's exclamation soon came out, "Rika—"

"Mrs. Parker, look, you are still so beautiful." Before Aunt May could respond, Erica had already stuffed the bouquet she was holding into Aunt May's arms, "It comes from the house where Princess Anna stayed in "Roman Holiday" flower shop."

Erica deliberately imitated the "Roman Holiday", the florist's sales to Princess Anna, "Flowers are worthy of beauty, she is really suitable for you, madam."

Aunt May couldn't help smiling at her funny performance, but Peter's voice came from behind at this moment, "Erica, you—"

When Peter Parker found Erica standing outside his house, he was full of surprises at the first moment, but the next moment, he naturally thought that Erica deliberately did not inform him that she would take a flight back to New York tonight.Just to prevent him and Aunt Mei from going out to the airport to wait for her in the middle of the snowy winter night.

Erica didn't intend to give Xiao Hua a chance to nag her, so she specifically asked Peter, "Petey, bring my suitcase in."

Not to mention knowing Erica better, Peter could tell that she was deliberately looking for something for him to do, but he still picked up the suitcase obediently, and after closing the door of the apartment, he couldn't help but put his other hand on Erica Arm, "You always say life on set is good when you talk to me and Aunt May, but I think you look a lot thinner. I mean, you don't look like you stayed in New York at all. .besides--"

"I bought you a present, don't you want to see it?" Erica skillfully interrupted him in time, and then asked, "Or don't nag, just tell me, what do you want to say?"

Peter Parker frowned. He was now about three inches taller than Erica, so he had to lower his eyes a little to meet her gaze. Those beautiful light brown eyes watched her carefully for a while before he couldn't help it. Wishing to say, "I just wanted to say—"

"Li Ka, I miss you very much, this month is really long."