Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 158 Liv
In front of the villa, police lights were flashing, red and green lights reflected on the courtyard wall, and several policemen were busy in the yard.

The male protagonist Alex ran to the yard panting and stopped, his hair and T-shirt wet with sweat.

"What happened? Where's Todd?"

The police ignored him, and the man playing the FBI stared at him with suspicion in his eyes.

"Alex, get out of here."

The heroine Claire shouted softly from behind a big tree.

At this time, the police came out of the villa pushing a stretcher with a package containing Todd.

Todd's parents also came out.

"what happened?"

"Didn't you see?"

Todd's father came over angrily and said, "Because of you, Todd committed suicide. He felt too guilty about George's death and chose to end his life in this way."

"impossible!"

Alex took a look at the black package wrapped around Todd's body and said, "Listen to me, he won't commit suicide. He said at school that after you calm down, he and I will still be friends. If he was going to commit suicide, why would he ask me out to play?"

Todd's father, Mr. Wagner, ignored him and turned to his wife.

"Mr. Wagner!"

Alex shouted a few times, but Todd's father was unwilling to believe him.

The police put Todd's body into the police car, closed the door and left.

Alex's face was full of disappointment and sadness.

"Cut!"

There is nothing wrong with the performance of the extras in this scene, but the performance of the two leading actors is slightly inferior.

Ryan Phillippe has some issues with emotional output.

It's not full enough, nor contagious enough, similar to a singer singing high notes. Link wants C5, but Ryan only sings to C3, so the pitch is still a little off and needs to be adjusted higher.

Liv Tyler's performance is barely passable, but it would be OK if we went a little easier on her.

But Link still wanted to continue to exploit her and see how much potential she had in performance.

Link called the two over and told Ryan how to mobilize emotions and how to make emotions more tense; and told Liv Tyler how to perform more naturally and achieve better results.

In addition to these two people, Link also invited Mr. Weston, who played Todd's father, to come and ask him to act more angry and put some pressure on Ryan, using this method to drive Ryan's performance.

Mr. Weston is a professional actor and his acting skills are better than those of the main characters, so it is not difficult for him to do this.

The third shooting began. This time Ryan and Liv performed quite well and basically met his requirements.

However, in order to ensure the quality of the shot, he shook his head and said it was not good, and asked the two to perform it again.

This scene was filmed for two consecutive days before it was completed.

“It’s not easy to be a director.”

Ben Affleck sat on the steps, looking at the busy crew and Link walking back and forth in the crew, and sighed.

"What are you feeling?"

Joaquin looked at him helplessly. The crew members came only after receiving the notice, but he insisted on joining the crew early. He did nothing every day and just watched Link filming. Every time he talked about Link, he praised him non-stop, like a bootlicker.

"Look at Link. Even in such hot weather, he is still busy directing the actors, designing film shots, and checking the filming situation. He is working very hard. Other directors are so lazy compared to Link."

"Link has taken on too much work, including screenwriting, photography, makeup, acting, art direction, etc. He has to take care of everything. In fact, he doesn't have to care about anything. Hey, that's Liv, why is she crying? Haha, interesting."

Joaquin Phoenix raised his chin and pointed to the front row. Liv Tyler was wiping her tears and crying, saying that Link was too strict and she didn't want to act anymore. Ms. Bibi Bull was comforting her beside her.

Liv heard Joaquin making fun of her, turned around and glared at him, wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve, and left angrily with her small bag on her back.

Joaquin shrugged and said with a smile, "You see, being an actor is not easy. If you don't act well, you will be scolded." "Link did that for her own good. This is her first play. She is laying the foundation. If the foundation is not laid well, it will affect her future development. Link wasted no time during the filming to instruct her and teach her how to act. This opportunity is very rare for a new actor. Even if Liv Tyler blames Link now, she will thank him in the future."

Ben Affleck said...

Joaquin nodded without arguing.

Link patiently gave guidance to Liv Tyler and Ryan Phillippe during filming, naturally hoping that they would perform better.

If they can understand Link's good intentions and follow his guidance, after filming this drama, their acting skills will improve rapidly and they will become professional actors.

If the movie is a hit, they can also become stars with the popularity of the movie, a star actor with acting skills.

This step will save them several years or even more than ten years, which is what many grassroots actors dream of.

Of course, if they fail to understand Link’s good intentions and waste opportunities, they will be the ones who regret it in the future.

"Link is so annoying. No matter how I act, it's always NG. He must be targeting me."

In the car, Liv Tyler said angrily with red eyes.

"You two have no conflicts, why would he target you?"

Ms. Bibi Bull said as she drove.

"Will he be dissatisfied with me?"

"Not at all. Link is not only a director, but also an investor. If he wasn't satisfied with you, he would have replaced you long ago. Don't forget that he is a billionaire, a great writer and a great director. His time is precious, and he won't waste it on just anyone. He is willing to give you advice because you are excellent and worthy of his advice. Think about it, isn't it?"

Liv Tyler blinked her wet eyelashes, feeling that it made sense, but she had been scolded many times by Link on the crew, and it was very strict. No one had ever criticized her like that since she was a child.

Link, a boy only three or four years older than her, treated her like that, which made her feel embarrassed.

Liv felt very aggrieved and said angrily, "He is targeting me. I don't want to play his role anymore."

"Do you want to think about it again?"

"Don't think about it. If I say I won't act, then I won't act."

"Okay, then I'll call Link now and tell him you won't be acting anymore. Let him recast the role. During the last audition, many girls your age wanted to act in this movie. Sarah Michelle Gellar is good, very beautiful, and very suitable for the role. Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cameron Diaz are also good and suitable. Let them act and let them become big stars with this movie."

Ms. Bibi Bull really stopped the car, took out her cell phone and called Link.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Liv Tyler snatched the phone away, hung up, and said angrily, "We signed a contract. If we don't act, we have to pay compensation. How can we afford to pay him? Forget it, I will bear with it and continue to act in this play."

"Are you sure?"

Bibi Bull smiled and said, "The call has been made. Director Link knows that we called. Do you want to call and thank Director Link, tell him that you will continue to work hard and ask for his guidance."

"He scolded me more than ten times today, and he wants me to ask him to scold me more? I'm not a masochist."

"You can ease the relationship with Link by saying this. He won't be too serious when he gives you advice in the future. If you want to feel better, make this call to thank him."

"Really?"

Liv Tyler blinked.

"Humph, I've lived for more than 40 years, and I've seen all kinds of men. Link is just a boy four years older than you. It won't be easy to deal with him."

Ms. Bibi Bull said confidently.

Liv Tyler hesitated for a while and didn't call, mainly because Link was too strict and cold during the filming. He was very different from the boys she knew in the past. She didn't know how to talk to Link.

"Don't dare to fight? So you are afraid of Link. How rare! There is someone you are afraid of."

"Who's afraid of him? Hit him if you want!"

Liv Tyler made up her mind and called Link.

(End of this chapter)