Chapter 768

Adriaan had always adhered to this principle when making movies. Therefore, apart from the female lead, as long as there were suitable roles, they would be played by his women. For example, Sophie in The Matrix. Blanchett, Gwyneth, and Liv didn't count. They were all the main characters in The Lord of the Rings. Or now, Amanda.

However, there weren't many opportunities like this. In the past few years, other than the two series of movies he had directed, he had basically sent women to the throne of Best Actress. Only Brokeback Mountain had slightly more female characters.

If there was a chance in the future, well, he felt that it would be good to make a movie like Eight Beauties. Well, Adriaan had to admit that he just wanted to enrich his collection. Think about it, all the women in the same movie, and …

Well, let's get back to the topic at hand. Even so, not all his women could play a role in his movies. For example, Amanda would play the eldest daughter in Ernest's third stage. Her age and acting skills were very suitable. Although she was still a long way from being a great actress, after the experience she had in the previous movies, it was a piece of cake for her to play such a role.

Originally, there was another female role in the movie. It was a girl that Ernest met in a bar after his divorce. She took the initiative to pursue him, and he didn't reject her. Of course, she still failed in the end. It was a role that was worth playing, and she could interact with little Alma. Adriaan originally wanted Jessica to try out for the role, but after the private audition, he gave up on the idea. Although Fantastic Four was going to be released this year, and Jessica's acting skills had more or less improved because of the series of roles she had played, it would still take a long time for her to play such a role.

To be honest, Adriaan wanted to make her into a literary vase like Liv. Together with Megan, it would be great. As for the girl's role, there would always be a suitable one.

"Very good, Sarah. Your 'Has your father ever thought about starting a family?' was very good." Adriaan praised Amanda. Of course, he didn't forget about Amanda. "Amanda did a good job too. Let's do it again."

Sarah was the most contented of all his women. Even Kate couldn't help but get excited when she was nominated for an Oscar. However, after Sarah said that she wasn't interested in such honors, she had kept her promise. Over the past few years, she had mostly been in romantic comedies. As a result, Adrian naturally took pity on her. The movies he arranged for her were basically all high-grossing movies, and there was one this year. With these high-grossing romantic comedies, Sarah also took over the title of America's Sweetheart after Buffy.

More importantly, although Sarah had only acted in light comedies, she had acting skills. Film critics had also praised her, so Adrian had asked her to play this role.

"Do you like it?" Adriaan asked as he walked around town with Sarah after work. "There aren't many scenes for this role, and I think you're very suitable, so …"

"No, Eide, I think it's a good role. If I wanted to turn it down, I would have done so long ago." Sarah interrupted him with a smile and hugged his arm tighter. "I'm just wondering when you'll be satisfied, or how much you'll have to do to be satisfied."

Adriaan immediately raised his eyebrows. Their chemistry was second only to that of Kate and Charlize, so of course he knew what she was talking about. Of course, Sarah wasn't complaining. As she had said before, after being by his side for so many years, she had accepted everything. So she just wanted to give him a little reminder.

This wasn't too surprising to Adriaan. After all, Sarah had been by his side for many years, so she was naturally sensitive to this kind of situation. However, Adriaan didn't have any other thoughts, at least for now.

In the movie, Ernest had two daughters, and the older daughter had three stages. Other than Amanda, who played the role of the 19-year-old daughter, there was also the time when she was around ten and two or three years old. However, the latter two stages didn't appear much, so there wasn't a need to deliberately choose the role, even though Adriaan really wanted Dakota to play the second stage. The second daughter also had two stages, when she was a baby and when she was around seven or eight years old. She also had a few lines, such as when she was at a dinner with her father during Thanksgiving, when her sister hinted to change the topic and ask about Ernest's work.

Adriaan chose Colo Moretz, who had played the role of the youngest daughter, Piaf. After La Vie en Rose, the cute little girl started her career as an actress under Adriaan's guidance. Since last year, she had guest roles in many TV shows. This year, she would also play a supporting role in a horror movie directed by Bosworth. She was perfect for this role.

In fact, she did very well, so Adriaan suggested to her mother, who had accompanied her, that she maintain her current status, which was very beneficial for Colo.

"Children who become famous at a young age will face many temptations, and they'll be under more pressure when they grow up. Critics are very tolerant of children, but they're very harsh on adults. Let her slowly accumulate experience in all kinds of supporting roles, hone her acting skills, and then amaze the world at the right time. I have high hopes for Colo. She's a very smart child, and my judgment is rarely wrong. "That was what Adriaan said to Colo's mother, Duke.

That was his honest opinion at the moment. After all, Colo was even younger than Lily. However, it was hard for Sarah not to think that way. Adriaan had a lot of bad records. Other than her, there were a few others, and Kirsten was one of them. Also, Colo loved Pretty Woman. It was rare for him to meet the female lead on the set, and they were both acting in the same movie. Naturally, he would talk to Sarah from time to time.

Sarah quickly fell in love with the little girl, and when she saw her talking to Adriaan intimately — although Colo and Adriaan had only worked together in one movie, and they hadn't been on screen for long, the little girl, whose interest in acting was aroused, soon began to worship him after hearing about the miracle director's deeds. Therefore, when she joined Brokeback Mountain in high spirits, she would often ask Adriaan about this and that, and it was inevitable that Sarah would think of something in that direction.

"Fine!" Adriaan grumbled. "I knew I shouldn't have arranged for you to act with Amanda."

Usually, when he made such a gesture, Sarah would choose to stop asking questions, but today, she put on a persevering look. "So, you don't want to answer me?"

"Hmm … Alright, Sarah, instead of arguing about this, why don't you think about how you can beat Chichi?" Adriaan continued to change the topic, and added, "Didn't you notice the look in her eyes? When I said I would accompany you tonight, she was very unhappy."

"I was more concerned about the look in the staff's eyes." Although Sarah said so, her voice lowered, and her eyes began to wander. Seeing this, Adriaan could not help but feel proud.

Sarah's character had a total of three important scenes. The first was when she got to know Ernest, the second was when she talked to his eldest daughter, and the third was when she could not accept Ernest's half-cold attitude and cried when they broke up. There was no doubt that the third scene was the most testing of acting skills. Before this, Kirsten had already performed perfectly in the scene where she quarreled with Rui Fan and cried silently, which won her a lot of applause.

The scene was the scene where Kirsten and Adriaan went through their lines. Alma, who had divorced and found a new man to start a new family, invited Ernest over for Thanksgiving. After dinner, the two talked in the kitchen. Alma finally revealed everything and angrily blamed Ernest. Although Ernest did not allow her to blame Jack, he had deeply hurt Alma, so he could only raise his fist and walk away in pain.

Kirsten's performance in this scene was extremely wonderful. Her calm narration became more and more intense, more and more painful, and more and more desperate. The huge change in her emotions was clearly shown, and many people applauded before Adriaan even finished shouting.

Although Sarah was not present at the scene, she had watched the recording from Adriaan. Although she had performed well in the first two scenes, it was basically impossible for her to surpass Kirsten in the third scene. Moreover, her character was not as good as Alma's.

There was no doubt that Kirsten, who wanted to compete for Ernest's favor, would not let go of this opportunity. She would not provoke Sarah. She knew that Adriaan did not like it, but she could not hide her pride. And Sarah was not completely indifferent to this. So … Adriaan successfully diverted her attention.

"Okay, don't think so much, dear. Let's go back and prepare a little. Even if we can't surpass her, we can't be at a disadvantage." Adriaan held Sarah's arm and was about to return to the hotel. He casually added, "I can help you with your lines."

Not to mention how Adriaan "practiced lines" with Sarah that night, when they were filming the next day, she had already built up her emotions and completed the scene in one take. The effect was quite good, especially when there was only one tear rolling down her face. The character's sadness and disappointment were very well portrayed.

"You performed very well, Sarah. You actually thought of using only one tear to express the character's mood," Adriaan praised.

"Thank you. Whenever I think about what kind of sadness I will encounter if I don't perform well, I feel that way," Sarah said with a shrug.

Adriaan couldn't help but laugh. Kirsten pursed her lips and Amanda snickered. As for the crew members, they turned a blind eye to it — including Rui Fan. Anyway, this was not the first time this had happened. Compared to the eight or nine people on the red carpet at the Oscars, this was just child's play.

After this scene was completed, it was time for Adriaan to leave. It was not because the filming was finished. It had only been about four weeks. Even if the situation was good, it would still take two to three weeks to complete. Besides, Jack's life had not yet started filming.

Adriaan always had a lot of things to do. Since the late 1990s, he had basically never finished a movie from start to finish. Every time, he had to leave for a few days. How could "Brokeback Mountain" be an exception? What's more, the next thing was very important. If he missed the appointment, the consequences would be very serious.

After returning to Los Angeles, he specially went to the studio of "Transformers" to inquire about the progress. Cameron had finally finished filming, but the post-production had not started. He made it very clear that in order to ensure the quality of the movie, there was no need to think about releasing it this year. Well, that was indeed Cameron's style. According to the news from the finance department, there was a slight possibility that the budget had already been exceeded.

"You really know how to spend money, James." Adriaan could only tease him like this.

After that, he lingered with Megan for a while before Adriaan embarked on a trip to England. There were also many things to do there. Although the first three Harry Potter movies had entered a break after the release of the first three movies, and the release date of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was set for next year, the preparations had already begun. The most important thing was to publicly cast Cedric Diggory, Hibiscus Dracul, and Wickidor Krum, just like the previous few times. At the same time, it was also to promote the movie. He had to ask about all these things one by one.

"I only have one request. The age limit can be slightly loosened. It doesn't have to be the same age as the characters in the novel. That way, we can have more room for maneuver." After participating in the meeting, Adriaan only made this suggestion. There was no other meaning to it. He only hoped that when the time came, the actors selected would be more pleasing to the eye.

In addition, since he had come to London, he also had to pamper the women here, such as Liu Yifei and her daughter. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" would be released in the mainland in January. They and Eric, who played the role of Harry, went to promote the movie. After receiving repeated reminders from him, Liu Xiaoli did not say anything unnecessary. Everything was handled by her agent, and the effect was naturally surprisingly good.

Not to mention the other things, the one-sided praise on the Internet. If it were not for the fact that the title of goddess had not completely become popular yet, Liu Yifei would have been the one to be praised. Even if some people sourly said that she was already a foreigner, it could not stop the enthusiasm of the young people on the Internet. After all, she did not emigrate after becoming famous, and this was also a way for the Chinese to be recognized by the world. It was also because of this that "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" received a high box office in the mainland, which far exceeded the previous two movies — close to 9 million, of course, in US dollars.

"It's a pity that I can't return to Jiangcheng. Otherwise, it would be particularly interesting to see the expressions on some people's faces." Although Liu Xiaoli's tone was not without regret, the proud expression between her eyebrows could not be concealed. There was no doubt that even if she did not return to her hometown, some people who knew her would call to curry favor.

"Look at how happy your mother is, Qianqian. This is just the beginning." Adriaan smiled and said to Liu Yifei, who was in his arms.

"It's a good thing that Mom is happy. I'm very happy too." Liu Yifei said coquettishly. She was becoming more and more obedient, and Liu Xiaoli had completely accepted this fact. Then, she served her even more diligently in bed.

In addition to them, there was also Richel, who could not be satisfied unless he threw her on the bed, tore off her clothes, and forced himself on her. She had just finished the post-production of a movie that Adriaan had prepared for her last year, and was returning to London to rest as per her habit. Naturally, Adriaan would not let her go. It had to be said that after Richel was obsessed with mild abuse for so long, he also began to become more and more obsessed with this kind of mild abuse. Of course, it was only limited to Richel.

"Do you know how the latest issue of People described you, Richel?" Adriaan asked with a chuckle as he hugged her on the messy floor and stroked her naked body.

"I don't know …" The woman buried her head in his chest said in a mosquito-like voice.

"In the eyes of many intellectuals, you are a sexy goddess." Adriaan laughed, "That's true. You are so beautiful, have such a temperament, and are also a top student at Cambridge University. Unfortunately, they do not know what is hidden under this elegant appearance, and what this beautiful woman really needs. So, they can only watch from afar and cannot take it. "

"… This is all because of you." Richel raised his head and looked at him bitterly.

Well, it could be said that way. After all, Adriaan did not want to collect her back then. She should be the most unfortunate woman around him. If he had not slept with her again, and if he had not aroused his curiosity to further violate and control her, she would definitely not be like this now.

However, no matter how strange their relationship was, it could not be more strange than another girl.

As they panted, their lips sucked together, and their tongues intertwined. The sound of rustling was endless. The girl riding on Adriaan's body trembled and tried her best to stick to him until she moaned and tightened her body.

"Oh … Eide … Oh …" Kyla breathed heavily and finally relaxed her body. There were fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and she giggled and continued to kiss Adriaan warmly.

"You seem to have a lot more than before." Adriaan raised his wet hand and said with a smirk.

"You are the same." Kyla immediately raised her sticky hand, and the two of them could not help but laugh.

Until today, the two of them still did not have a physical relationship. Kyla was still obsessed with his fingers, and she used her hands to help him solve his problems in exchange. Although they would kiss each other passionately, she did not allow him to kiss her below her neck. As for other areas, she could not even cross the line.

"We have a deal, Eide. Don't think of using that thing to poke into my body, or we will be finished." When Adriaan finished cleaning up and hinted again, Kyla said with a slight threat and confidence, "Don't you think this is good? We are both satisfied, and there will be no conflict. "

Although he was the one who created Kyla's twisted personality, and he was satisfied that she maintained it, he was still a little depressed.

"Oh yeah, Emma's birthday is coming soon. Are you going?" Adriaan changed the topic. Yes, this was the most important reason he came to London, to celebrate Emma's birthday.