The Greatest Showman - Chapter 223

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Jennifer looked at the bright and light smile at the corner of Renly’s mouth, like a flower that bloomed proudly when she met the first spring/wind. The wind added a bright color to the whole world, and those bright eyes narrowed because of the cheerful smile. It became a slender line, and the faint light revealed the joy after the prank, and the cunning and smug look was like a child. ??

This reminds Jennifer of Renly with a kite in hand the last time she was at Mount Sinai Hospital. It is completely different from the usual mature, steady and polite gentleman. The simple, pure and clean smile is like a child. A five-year-old child is sunny, beautiful and simple.

Renly’s teasing made Drake and the others chuckle. Although they didn’t understand what happened just now, the banter and sarcasm in their words really made people laugh.

Jennifer twitched the corners of her mouth and laughed along with everyone, but the laughter was a little dry. She lowered her eyes in embarrassment, avoiding the bright smile, and there was a heartbeat of “puff, puff” in her chest. She jumped up briskly like a deer, and the unfamiliar feeling made her fingertips seep a little sweat.

Just now Renly was just performing a demonstration, but she was like a high school student who had never seen the world, panicked and at a loss. No, she was originally a high school student. Thinking of this, a ridiculous, funny, shy and speechless smile rang out from the depths of her throat. The fleeting throbbing made Jennifer feel the funnier the more she thought about it. After all, she couldn’t hold back and laughed. I got up and joined everyone, although it was a beat slower.

After finally waiting for the laughter to calm down a little, Jennifer said abruptly, “Smile like a child.”

“What?” Drake and the others asked with question marks.

Jennifer turned her head to look over, “Renly asked me just now why Sam likes Jacob, and I said, a childlike smile.” Then Jennifer turned around again, looked at Renly, and paused for a moment. He continued, “And the lingering melancholy between my brows makes me always want to reach out and smooth it out, and then… see that childlike smile again.”

As she spoke, Jennifer raised her right hand, and under the stunned gazes of everyone, the slender fingertips reached Renly’s brow, as if she wanted to use her fingertips to smooth out the tiny folds. .

Renly wasn’t quite used to it, so he subconsciously leaned back, away from the fingertips that were looking over.

But it was just such a small, conditioned reflex that made the air freeze for a moment. Immediately, Jennifer folded her fingertips, raised her head and laughed loudly, “Hahahaha!” Looking at Renly’s calmness The expression was even more overjoyed, holding his stomach and laughing loudly.

Mischief to mischief, and Jennifer got her revenge.

When Renly saw Jennifer’s fingertips folded, she had already reacted, and when she thought about it carefully, that kind of absurd joy came spontaneously, and then she saw that Jennifer had no baggage, no cover, no image. Laughing out loud, Ren Li couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth, laughing happily.

This time, Drake sat next to him and didn’t join. Looking at Renly and Jennifer who looked at each other and laughed with a helpless expression, Felicity couldn’t help but pursed her lips and laughed, thinking that this scene was really too much. I was overjoyed, but I wasn’t sure if my laughter would be too rude, so I controlled it a little.

“Hey, hey, the two of you.” Drake couldn’t hold back, waved his hand to stop the two in front of him, “You two! Renly, you should communicate with Felicity and brew a spark. , she is your lover, your wife.”

This is a typical director’s perspective, they know almost nothing about the tacit understanding and running-in between the actors, they just patch it up according to their own ideas, like William Wheeler ( I11iam-y1er) directors who know how to train actors are really rare.

Hearing the director’s words, the four actors laughed lightly, and Jennifer even murmured directly, “When is the wedding?”

Drake just used the real names of the two actors, not Jacob and Anna; but generally speaking, in order to distinguish between reality and drama, actors will be very concerned about whether they use the character names in the script, of course, Commercial popcorn movies don’t have such a need.

Jennifer’s teasing once again made the actors laugh even more.

Renly’s eyes fell on Felicity, he nodded friendly, and Felicity nodded quickly in return, and then he looked at the unknown director, “Drake, in In the movie, Anna and I never knew each other, from knowing to falling in love, from falling in love to not distinguishing each other. This exploration process requires us to maintain a certain distance, which is good for performance.”

In other words. First of all, it is to cultivate feelings according to the filming process of the film, so that the reality and the film can be synchronized. However, this method is not universally applicable, and if the film is shot in a way that disrupts the timeline, it will not work.

After finishing speaking, Renly looked at Felicity again, “What we need now is not a spark, but a tacit understanding.”

Renly has found a little bit of Jacob’s feeling, as Drake said, Jacob I like Anna’s eyes, and it just so happens that Felicity also has a pair of moving eyes.

This was the first official communication between Renly and Felicity after meeting today. Although it was just an eye contact, Felicity could read the deep meaning in Renly’s eyes at once, and she nodded. Expressed his affirmation, “I agree with Jennifer’s point of view, smile.”

This is a mindless sentence, Drake obviously did not keep up with the rhythm, and Charlie was also a little confused, but Renly, Jennifer and Felicity Ti and the three exchanged glances, but showed a clear look. What Felicity was talking about was that what made Anna fall in love with Jacob was the smile.

However, Anna and Sam are clearly different. What Sam saw was a smile revealed in the heartbreak; what Anna saw was a bright smile without any reservations, a carefree, shy, ignorant, gentle and restrained smile.

Ren Li spread his hands with a helpless expression, “Looks like I have to minimize my smile in the future, otherwise there will be too many people behind me, which is also a kind of trouble.” There was a hint of self-satisfaction in that complacent look. The childish mischief made both Jennifer and Felicity laugh, the two women exchanged glances, and Qi Qi gave Renly a look of contempt, which made the atmosphere even more joyful.

Drake and Charlie sat next to each other, blank and really sad.

Renly had a lot to gain today. The script written by Drake is actually lacking. It lacks Anna’s psychological foreshadowing, and lacks the branches of the two characters of Sam and Simon. In other words, Drake tells more about himself, which is Jacob. Bu’s psychology, and then from his perspective, from the experience gained from that broken marriage, and some conversations with his ex-wife, to outline the whole picture of the whole story.

Renly believes that Drake must have had a long conversation with his ex-wife, so the film’s description of Anna is also very detailed. However, for Renly, he lacked the two pieces of the puzzle, the self in Anna’s eyes and the self in Sam’s eyes. Now, through dialogue and communication, the puzzle can be filled, which is crucial to the construction of the character.

“So, what’s our next plan?” After the joke, Renly took the initiative to bring the topic back to work. “When are we going to shoot?”

“This afternoon.” Drake gave a neat and tidy answer. The answer is that the independent film crew is like this, there is not much preparation work, and there are not too many cumbersome procedures, and you can directly start shooting anytime, anywhere, “We will finish part of the filming in Los Angeles first, then go to London, and the finale is again. Go back to Los Angeles to shoot. Jennifer’s scenes will be filmed in one go, so you don’t need to follow us to London to toss; as for Charlie, it depends on your own arrangements, if you want to stay here, follow us to London, Or go back early to meet the family and wait for our rendezvous, there is no problem.”

“Why?” The question was Felicity, who showed a puzzled look, “Can’t we finish filming Los Angeles first? Then go to London to shoot? Or is it the other way around?”

“The ending contains the vicissitudes of time brought about by the wasted time. If the filming is completed here in one go, on the one hand, I am worried that it will be more difficult for you to get into emotions. Of course, as a director, I may not be careful enough to capture these delicate scenes; On the one hand, after going to London to shoot, these emotions may also affect your performances, the tossing of the time against the current, more or less still has an impact. I will try my best to follow the time line of the exhibition to complete the shooting. ”

Drake explained the ins and outs very carefully, and the actors nodded slightly to show their understanding, “So, is there any problem?”

Drake’s eyes fell on the four actors in front of him one by one, and no one asked any questions. , everyone exchanged glances with each other, and all smiled, “Very good! Then we are ready to go to work now! Waiting for this day, I really waited too long, and now I finally got Renly to join. , I can’t wait to start work!”

After speaking, Drake stood up, rubbed his hands together, and seemed ready to roll up his sleeves and have a blast at any moment.

Charlie was also about to stand up, but looked at the three colleagues next to him, all three of them were sitting firmly on Mount Tai, he hesitated for a while, but he still didn’t stand up, and then he heard Renly’s voice with a faint tone. A smile rang out, “Drake, aren’t you going to start work after lunch? Or, we’re going to shoot dinner for our first scene today?”

Jacob and Anna’s first date , is to meet in a coffee shop, it can barely be regarded as a part of dinner.

Drake was stunned for a while, then he reacted, scratched his head, and laughed dryly, “Eat, eat first, of course eat first. I’m starving.” He quickly sat down again. 8

[End of this Chapter]