151 Awkward confrontation
Natalie's mood was a little impetuous, and it was difficult to think calmly in a short period of time..
“"Black Swan" had its official world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last week and received a lot of praise from the media, especially the two female leads Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. After all, Fox Searchlight, which is responsible for the distribution, believes that this work is very promising for the two protagonists to be nominated during the awards season and even win awards, so they have initially formulated a public relations plan..
A press release has been issued about Natalie. The manuscript mentioned that Natalie spent a year and a half getting into shape and spent seven months studying ballet. It was not just about awakening her childhood. The memory of ballet is to strengthen professional skills. The purpose is to be able to perform in the movie in person and show true ballet skills. It is arduous and painful. This spirit coincides with the heroine in the movie..
The following publicity will take this as the core, emphasizing that Natalie "can't live without being crazy" and cannot tell the difference between movies and reality. All the scenes are performed in person, so that people can truly feel the shock of her acting skills..
But in fact, all real professionals know that professional ballet requires years of accumulation, and only seven months is not enough. Natalie's year and a half of shaping was mainly to fit the body shape of a dance double. , to ensure that the shots can be consistent during the performance. During the filming process, the difficult movements were completed by professional dance stand-ins, and she was responsible for the performance and posing.
It is foreseeable that professionals will inevitably question Natalie's professional standards. At that time, they will not only need the dance stand-ins in the crew to shut up, but also need all members of the crew to stand on Natalie's side, so as to guarantee the award Season promotion went smoothly.
Once it is revealed that most of Natalie's ballet performances are performed by stand-ins, it will not only be dangerous for lying, but more importantly, the publicity method will also be broken, and the consequences are incalculable..
Benjamin Millepied is the choreographer of "Black Swan" and is responsible for the choreography and guidance of all ballets in the play. As a professional consultant to the crew, he leads all backup dancers and stand-in teams. His remarks are undoubtedly an important link. Be able to directly and authoritatively demonstrate Natalie’s “expertise””.
However, during the filming, Natalie and Benjamin had a spark and established a relationship. Once the media learned about it, the credibility of Benjamin's testimony would plummet, which would affect the college's subsequent public relations plans. Of course, even if If it's discovered, it's not the end of the world, but if it can be avoided, why take the risk?？
Therefore, what Natalie is avoiding is not the paparazzi, but the paparazzi discovering her relationship with Benjamin. If they had met at the ticket window fifteen minutes ago according to the plan, and then entered the cinema to watch the movie, it would have been absolutely impossible for the paparazzi to discover - but Benjamin didn't show up on time, and that's when things started going wrong.
“are you dating？”
When Natalie heard this speculation, the first thought that came to her mind was: follow the trend, if she admits now that she is dating this... stranger next to her, then she can divert the media's attention and confuse the audience..
“Yes." She gave an affirmative answer.
But after she said it, Natalie realized that she had made a wrong choice. The person next to her was obviously not a gentleman. It would be embarrassing if the other party directly denied it; and she did not know anything about the other party. Is she willing to cooperate with the performance? Is the other party willing to pretend to date her for a while? Does Benjamin care? How will Fox Searchlight arrange this, and how will the other party's agent arrange it? If the other party uses her name to stir up news, is she shooting herself in the foot?？
As wise as she is, she immediately realized that she had made a mistake. Her hormones seemed to be out of balance recently. In addition, she had just arrived in Toronto from Venice yesterday, and the jet lag also made her concentration somewhat unfocused and her judgment biased..
Feeling the visual weight falling on her shoulders, Natalie immediately showed a bright smile, "If you think you can talk about movies with your friends at a film festival, then, yes, we are dating." Although it was a little reluctant, but At least things have come full circle. You can advance to attack, retreat to defend. Natalie finally regained control of the initiative..
Renly raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't know what kind of medicine Natalie was selling in her gourd. Judging from just a few words, it was obvious that Natalie was thinking about other things, and he was just a chess piece. But , he has no intention of cooperating with the performance.
Renly glanced at Natalie meaningfully. This talented woman who graduated from Harvard University really lived up to her reputation. "Renly, is this really the case?" Cornell obviously didn't believe it, so he raised the topic to Lanly again. present.
Natalie raised her head and looked at Renly, with a hint of warning in her eyes, which made Renly laugh. "We always have to respect the lady's answer on questions like this, right?" That gentleman was polite. The answer was impeccable; but Renly's joking tone and teasing eyes made people begin to wonder about the message hidden behind this sentence..
Before Gavin and Connell could calm down and chew carefully, a voice came from the side, "Natalie? Why are you here? I've been looking for you for a long time.！”
When the voice sounded, everyone turned their heads, and then they saw a slender, elegant man running over with worry on his face and panting. He could only see Natalie in his eyes. Shining with concern, he couldn't wait to explain, "I was waiting for you at the other ticket gate, but I never saw you. Later, people said that there are four ticket gates here." His English had a slight French accent, Touching and elegant.
Now, the situation is embarrassing.
Natalie kept winking at Benjamin. Seeing that Benjamin was about to come up and give her a big hug, Natalie shouted in desperation, "Benjamin!" This finally made Benjamin stop for a moment. , "Sorry, I met two journalist friends here, so I missed the time.”
The simple words contained enough information. Benjamin finally reacted and lowered his open arms again. Natalie turned her head to look at the two reporters, and caught the figure of the strange man beside her from the corner of her eyes. , was about to open his mouth to explain, and then heard the gentleman's polite voice from the strange man, "I'm sorry, I have to leave first. I'm going to watch the work 'The Magician'. There's not much time left before the opening time.".”
The polite voice sounded as leisurely as a cello, but the profound meaning in the words made Natalie twitch her left eyelid, and then she heard the man say, "I hope you two have a wonderful afternoon." Damn it. Guy! Natalie gritted her teeth secretly, what exactly did this sentence imply? This is so obvious that the reporters' imaginations are spinning. The whole plan has now been completely disrupted..
Gavin's pupils narrowed slightly. There seemed to be nothing special about Renly's two words just now. They were just polite words in social situations. They were polite and graceful, but the tone and timing of his words were really thought-provoking—— First, he refused to answer the date question, completely respecting Natalie's answer, as if there was something hidden in it; then, as soon as the man who seemed to be from France appeared, Renly left immediately. Although the excuse was perfect, the timing was too subtle. Got it.
What exactly is Renly hinting at?？
Natalie looked at the strange man's leaving figure without hesitation, grinding her teeth secretly. She raised her voice and wanted to call out, but found that she didn't know the man's name at all. Her original words could only be stopped abruptly, and she almost stopped. She bit the tip of her tongue and said, "I wish you a happy afternoon." In the flash of lightning, Natalie calmed down again, looked at the two reporters, and said with a smile, "He is always like this, he has a special interest in movies. He is a maniac, and nothing can stop him. Our crew will gather together to watch a movie. I wanted to extend an invitation, but now it seems that the answer is too obvious..”
Funny, witty, and calmly, he explained the reason for Benjamin's appearance. In the shortest time, he made everything come true. Even if it wasn't flawless, at least it didn't get worse..
Something is wrong, something is completely wrong. Every pore in Gavin's body is shouting: There is something fishy. Especially Renly's last tone and reaction just now. There must be something wrong here. Although it is fair to say that he is overthinking things, but That's what his instinct says.
“Chi, chi." There was a light touch on the arm. Without turning around, Gavin knew it was Cornell. Cornell must be asking whether they should follow Renly's footsteps or stay to dig out Na. Tully's secret. In fact, Gavin originally planned to continue to follow Renly. After all, he is the hottest newcomer recently, but now, he has changed his mind..
“The crew of 'Black Swan' are going to watch a movie together today? Gavin raised his voice and asked curiously, "What movie is it?" It's actually worth the whole crew of 'Black Swan'？”
Natalie felt that things seemed to be getting more and more difficult. That damn man was simply a scourge.！
Renly walked straight towards the ticket booth. He didn't lie. He did intend to watch "The Magician".”.
As for Natalie. In her previous life, Renly could not remember the specific time, but the news that Natalie was pregnant was known to everyone, and the father of the child was Benjamin. The two were later engaged; but from the clues just now, It seemed that Natalie obviously didn't want to be discovered by reporters, especially her relationship with Benjamin. As an outsider, Renly had too little information, so he had no way of knowing. However, he didn't care or be curious, and finally dug up Damn, it's just a courtesy exchange..
He looked at the time and saw that there would be a movie in five minutes. What was rare was that there were still tickets left for this movie, which was really rare for a film festival. Renly bought the movie ticket and went directly to the cinema to put in the movie. Accidentally left behind.
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