Chapter 433

"Are you sure this is appropriate, Richard?" Adriaan carefully flipped through the script in his hand and thought about it carefully before looking at the middle-aged man sitting in front of him.

The man had very light short hair and wore oval glasses. Although the eyes behind the lenses were a little small, they were very spirited. This man was Richard Curtis, who was responsible for writing the script of "Four Weddings and a Funeral." Mike Neville finally found this well-known British comedy screenwriter to complete the task.

"Yes, this can show the more open side of Americans, which is a contradiction to the previous conservative side. Naturally, it will be more interesting," Richard explained.

What Adriaan was worried about didn't happen. Curtis wrote the script according to the outline that he had set, and the details and humor were very good. At least from the script, the whole story was no less interesting than the original version.

"Okay, that's fine, but Mike has to be a little more restrained during the filming, or I may not be able to convince the female lead," Adriaan said after thinking about it.

"Who are you going to choose as the female lead?" Neville couldn't help but show a curious expression.

Adriaan smiled and changed his posture before continuing, "Regarding the male and female leads, I plan to let the male lead be Denis Knight. Yes, the guy who played an important role in 'Two Smoking Pipes' and 'Pulp Fiction'."

Speaking up to here, he reached out and gestured to Neville, who was about to speak, "Don't worry, Mike, listen to me, okay? First of all, he is also British, I think the gossip reporters are very clear about this. In fact, he played the lead in 'Memory Fragment', so he knows how to act as a lead. Finally, as the person who raised him, I know how much he can change his acting skills. I fully believe that he can do this role. "

After a pause, Adriaan glanced at Neville and then said, "If you still have doubts, Mike, you can arrange an audition."

Neville and Curtis exchanged a look and then nodded, "Okay, I will arrange it."

He knew very well that arranging an audition was already Adriaan's biggest concession. After all, he provided the funds and the script idea, and he had the final say in the casting of the lead.

Hopefully, Denis was really as flexible as he said. Neville thought about this, then looked at Adriaan and asked, "So, who will be the female lead?"

"I plan to ask Julia Roberts to play the role." Adrian smiled. "If you're more observant, you should be able to see that when I made the settings, I referred to the images of the characters that she has acted in before."

Curtis, who was at the side, immediately rolled his eyes. With his settings, no one would be able to tell if he didn't explain.

"You really plan to ask her to play the female lead?" Neville was surprised.

"Pretty Woman" had not only made Julia popular in the United States, but she was also loved by many people internationally. Therefore, Neville was very interested in working with Julia.

"Yes, I plan to go back to Los Angeles after Halloween and personally invite her." Adriaan nodded. "I have enough confidence to convince her to take this role."

"Why not now? There's still at least a week before Halloween, right? " Neville asked without hesitation. Then, he showed an embarrassed expression. This question was obviously a little abrupt.

"You know, the trailer …" Adriaan didn't care. He sighed and shrugged.

Just a few days ago, the trailer of "Know a Woman by Scent" was released on major North American TV stations. Because the broadcast time of the trailer had been revealed through the paper media, the ratings of the major TV stations jumped up a little on that day.

This trailer was actually the second version. The first version had been produced a few months ago, but with the development of things, it wasn't suitable anymore. Therefore, before returning to London for post-production, Adriaan took the time to edit the version again. In the second version, he did a good job of cleaning up the main storyline, making it more concise. It also gave the audience a more intuitive impression of the blind lieutenant colonel, especially in the last two scenes. The lieutenant colonel yelled, "If this was five years ago, I would have brought a flamethrower here!" and "I heard the words' Cradle of Leaders'? Well, if the branch breaks, the cradle will collapse. It has already collapsed here, collapsed! "He was very shocked when he said that.

Even so, the effect of the trailer was still slightly unsatisfactory. Although it attracted a lot of people to watch, the comments were mixed. When the tango clip was first shown, most of the American media still supported him. However, after the trailer, it was only 50% of the original support.

"From the trailer, it can be seen that Adriaan hasn't broken away from the style of his previous movies."

"The trailer is good, but just because the trailer is good doesn't mean that the movie will be good." There was also such a saying.

"I'm very worried that Al might have acted in a thankless role." There was even such a saying.

It was impossible for Adriaan not to be depressed. After thinking for a long time, he realized that it was probably because he wanted to highlight Pacino's character, so the scenes were more flamboyant, and there were more vulgar words. So …

It was really funny, but Adriaan didn't take it to heart. The movie hadn't been released yet. Translator: Lan Editor: Efydatia The British reporters, who had just left, surrounded the studio and the hotel he was staying in. Therefore, Adriaan, who was afraid of trouble, still stayed in the studio. Only today, when he needed to discuss work with Neville, would he avoid the reporters and go somewhere else.

"I understand." Neville, who knew what he was talking about, nodded casually.

"That's it. Anyway, the final draft of the script will be completed in a few days. You can't expect me to impress her with an incomplete script, right?" Adriaan said jokingly. "You can use this time to start preparing. I'll ask someone from the company to help you."

After confirming this, Adriaan immediately left. There wouldn't be any major problems with the early stages of "Four Weddings and a Funeral," as long as Julia agreed to star in the movie. Thinking of this, Adriaan couldn't help but look forward to meeting Julia again. He had waited … a little too long.

Before that, however, there were other things that he had to deal with first. There was only a small part of the post-production of "Howard Manor." It would be best if it could be completed before Halloween. Also, Halloween was coming.

The reason why he chose to go back to Los Angeles after Halloween was because he didn't want to go back and be surrounded by reporters. More importantly, he wanted to spend Halloween with Emma!

"Candy!" The little girl in his arms waved the colorful candy in her hands and giggled excitedly.

She was wearing a white lace dress and a pair of red leather shoes on top of her white socks. There were delicate wings made of paper on her back, and she wore a hair clip with stars on it. She was as cute as a little angel. Although Emma didn't know what Halloween was, it didn't stop her from knocking on other people's doors under Adriaan's lead. Then, she stretched out her hand and said, "Candy!"

Even though she said it so directly, and even skipped the second half of the sentence, "It's a prank." Her obedient look and childish voice made all the families that she knocked on take out the candy.

"Be careful, it's falling." Adriaan quickly caught the candy that fell from Emma's hand, but a few still fell to the ground and disappeared after bouncing.

Emma lowered her head and looked for the candy that had disappeared under the light of the street lamp. Her round eyes turned a few times, as if she had found something new to do. She happily waved a candy in front of Adriaan, and suddenly let go of her hand.

Adriaan, who didn't realize anything, immediately reached out to catch it. Before he could say anything, another two or three candies rolled down.

"Emma!" Although Adriaan still caught them, he immediately glared at the little girl in his arms.

Probably because he was wearing a mask, the little girl didn't show any signs of fear. She continued to giggle and wave the large handful of candy in her hands.

"Alright, put them in here," Adriaan said impatiently as he picked up the bag on his shoulder.

Emma stuck out her tongue and threw the candy in her hand. After being quiet for a few minutes, she giggled and reached out to grab his mask. Adriaan sighed and let her fiddle as he continued to walk on the busy street. Luo Delin and Adam were really at ease. They didn't worry at all and just let him bring the little girl out.

The British celebrated Halloween differently from the Americans. Although the main streets were filled with all kinds of decorations and had a festive atmosphere, and most of the people who came and went were also dressed in strange costumes, the streets weren't that lively.

But once they entered the residential area, it was a different scene. All kinds of strange parties could be held in one's own home, in the nightclubs, or in the surrounding small parks. The revelry didn't lose to the Americans at all.

Even venting had to be limited to a certain area. Could it be that their reserved or sultry nature was ingrained into their bones? Adriaan thought as he walked on a few more streets. Although he was dressed very simply and wore a nondescript Zorro mask, because of Emma's abnormally cute appearance, he still attracted a lot of women to hit on him.

Adriaan wasn't interested in dealing with them. His main job tonight was to make the little girl happy.

"Now, can we go back?" After resting on a bench by the street, Adriaan asked Emma, who was licking her fingers in his arms. She had just finished eating a small cake.

Hearing this, the little girl immediately raised her head and blinked at him without saying anything.

"Don't worry, we'll sleep together tonight." Adriaan, who knew what she meant, sighed. Anyway, this Halloween was centered around her.