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

"Since I moved to New York for many years, I have not been seen often. I am concerned that I have been awarded a medal for my charity work. I hope you can come to watch the ceremony." With the invitation letter written by Mike Corleone for his children, "The Godfather 3" The grand story officially kicked off.

In the early morning, on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the simple and elegant St. Patrick's Cathedral stands solemnly.

And in the magnificent interior of this Catholic Gothic building, the "Godfather 3" crew is about to start filming the beginning of the film's narrative sequence - Mike Corleone was awarded a medal by the bishop.

And this is also the first appearance of Mary Corleone played by Erica. Although there is no dialogue, only the face is recorded in the movie.

For this reason, the makeup artist and costume artist obviously went through a lot of hard work and said to Erica, "We have to make 'Mary Corleone' the focus of the crowd. This is your first appearance in the movie."

Its importance is self-evident, and for Erica, this is almost the official start of her film career, isn't it?

After a month of getting along, Erica and her stylists have become familiar enough.The benefit of such a change is that she is treated more sparingly and without perfunctory.

And Sofia Coppola is undoubtedly closer to Erica. She once again held the camera and took pictures of her friend with exquisite makeup and modern and elegant clothes. laurels."

So in order to be more in line with the church scene, Erika was asked to wear a gold chain with a cross pendant, and on her head, she was covered with a dark gold mass veil of the same color as the long skirt, which looked very holy and elegant.

"The shape of the mass scarf is very suitable for the role of Mary. Italy is usually more traditional in terms of religious customs." Erica took pictures with Sofia, and praised the meticulous and thoughtful shape.

You see, she almost always gets everything done when she wants to.

Shortly after the modeling was completed, Erica was quickly asked to leave the trailer and enter the interior of the church to wait for the shooting.Sophia walked into St. Patrick's Cathedral side by side with her, talking intimately.

During this process, Erica did not notice that a dark limousine was parked on the side of the church block.

Lex Luthor sat among them, watching Erica surrounded by staff——

Who is that intimate young woman next to her?New date?Anyway, she was always surrounded by countless men and women.

When Luther once again speculated that Erica had an affair with someone else, inside the grand and elegant church, Erica was talking to Sophia about her next career and academic arrangements.

Unlike her nervousness and busyness, Sophia is as gentle and soothing as ever, with a kind of easy-going unique to an artist, "I plan to become a photographer temporarily, and try to become a director after I have advanced photography skills."

In the past month, Sophia has followed the crew of "The Godfather 3" for a long time, acting as an extra in a few shows from time to time.And most of the time, she took Erica along with her and carefully learned the film language from Director Coppola.

The two young girls have been praised by director Coppola many times, believing that they have profound film talents.

Sophia has always been very willing to encourage others. She looked at Erica and said to her, "Rika, have you ever imagined that you will also have the opportunity to become a director in the future? When you create characters, you can always use her to inject your own thoughts and consciousness." You know, to some extent, you already have the organizational and leadership skills for the film.”

"Director?" Obviously, Erica had never thought about this before, and she showed surprise.

Sophia's expression was still gentle and humble, but she seemed very determined, "Yes, I think you have unlimited talents—"

"Sofia, Erica—" Sophia's voice was interrupted, and the assistant director said to them over the extras, "Come here, the photography needs to be tested and rehearsed for the time being."

The two girls had to temporarily suspend their conversation, obey the assistant director's request, and cooperate with the audition.

After confirming that there was no problem with the space within the lens, director Coppola directed the tube and started shooting.

In this scene, only Michael Corleone, played by Pacino, is an important actor. Erika is basically just a background actor, but she does not let up.

When the camera was on her for a close-up shot of just three seconds, Erika showed a great demeanor——

The black blouse seems to reflect her snow-skinned red lips, her expression is beautiful and agile, showing a dazzling dramatic expression, and her pair of gray-toned green eyes stare at the camera, making the witnesses have the illusion of being electrocuted.

"Good——" Director Coppola said to the actors.

When the hour hand was about to point to noon, the filming of this church award scene finally ended.

But today's filming didn't end there. The crew needed to rush to the boulevard, also located in Manhattan, to film the celebration held by the Corleone family after the award.

And when Erica took the crew trailer to the high-end single-family building set as Corleone's mansion, she still didn't notice that a limousine owned by Lex Luthor was following her everywhere.

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In the single-family mansion, Erica sat in the waiting area, waiting for the shooting process.She was eating vegetable salad, and she could hear the rehearsal sound of the band performing at the party celebration, "This Cuban Rhapsody is really beautiful."

"I think it's even better if you eat a few pieces of cheese pizza." Sofia looked at the green salad in Erika's hand with disapproval, they looked really pitiful.

And Erica, who had already taken off the mass scarf, could only helplessly explain to her, "Look at the top on my body that fits tightly around my waist."

She went on to explain, "Waiting for a while to shoot, not only includes Mary's first conversation with her cousin Vincent, but I also have to become the honorary chairman of the Corleone Foundation, donate [-] million US dollars to the bishop, and—"

"We will be filming an important dance between Corleone's father and daughter with Al." Erica looked at the delicious pizza in front of her, took a deep breath, and finally had no choice but to refuse.

"During this process, I have to ensure that the stomach and lower abdomen are completely flat. After all, I am more of a vase in the movie, right? In this case, I have to make sure to make a beautiful and impeccable vase. "

In "The Godfather 3", the upcoming father-daughter dance will also appear at the end of the film.By means of montage, the dance scenes of Michael Corleone and his two wives in the previous work are connected in series.

Before his death, the gangster emperor who was once powerful and owned a capital empire, what he recalled was not his power, wealth, conspiracy and violence, but the three women he loved in his life and lost completely.

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In the afternoon in a luxurious mansion in Manhattan, a Sicilian-style waltz was played, and Al Pacino and Erica danced together in the center of the crowd, creating an image of an infinitely loving father and daughter.

Erica, while maintaining her impeccable performance, has to make sure her dance moves are flawless and graceful.

Fortunately, although she is not an excellent Broadway dancer, she is still good at ballroom dancing at daily banquets.

Erica danced with the music, and in the interweaving and rotation, every detail of the movement tended to be exquisite, showing a very moving beauty of posture and sense of rhythm. In this joyous celebration, she was the unsurprising crowd focus.

"Good—"

After several hours of filming, Erica's filming work for today was finally over with director Coppola's passing, and night fell outside the window.

She went back to the actor trailer to change her costumes, and finally she was able to relax a little bit. For the next week of filming, she was not arranged for any related scenes.

"I'm afraid we won't meet again until next week," Erica said, putting on her wide-brimmed hat, waving goodbye to Sofia, her assistants, and her stylists. "See you next week."

Instead of staying in a hotel with the crew, she opted to live at home in Queens.

However, due to the variability of the location of the filming schedule, Erica could not choose to drive by herself today. She stepped out of the actor's trailer, stood on the street and waved, trying to stop a taxi to go home.

But what stopped in front of her was not the bright yellow Ford taxi in New York City, but a black and elegant Lincoln limousine.

The car window was lowered, and Erica could clearly see the very familiar male face, not very handsome, but hard to ignore.

Lex Luthor seemed uneasy, touched his lower lip, his gray blue clear eyes were looking at her.

His expression seemed bewildered and restrained, but he was conceited and aggressive, scheming, "Li Ka, long time no see."