[US Entertainment] Superstar

After wrapping up the party, the crew went their separate ways.

For example, the leading actor Devon stayed in Canada, Cole went to Miami, Florida to prepare for the new film, and Eve boarded the flight back to Los Angeles alone.

Her next movie "The Girl Who Moved" will not go to Pennsylvania until the end of August to shoot, and there will be almost ten days in the middle to clear her mind, forget everything about "Death Comes" and put herself in the role of Daisy middle.

It was only a month since no one lived there, but the room was already covered in dust, and it took her a lot of time to clean it.

This also made Eve understand why many celebrities would rather live in a hotel than at home. At least there are cleaning staff to clean up every day.

What's more, as an actor, if you're not filming, or on the plane to film, you can stay at home for less than two months out of twelve months a year.

Buying a house is also handing over to the nanny to live in, so that they can earn money and enjoy the house, and they can also raise dogs and walk cats every day.

No matter how small the room is, cleaning it is not an easy task. Eve would rather go to the gym to run and sweat than tidy up the house.

Open doors and windows to allow air to circulate.

Eve took a bottle of mineral water and drank it, "It seems that I am really not suitable to be a good wife and mother."

The smell in the room has not completely dissipated, so she simply moved a chair and sat at the door of the room, took a book that she bought at the bookstore earlier, and looked at it with relish.

"Hey, Eve? Haven't seen you in a long time."

A familiar voice sounded.

Eve looked up and saw her neighbor Josh Duhamel standing not far away wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt.I haven't seen her for almost a month, and the former model has become even bigger. The triceps of his arms almost fill up the sleeves, and he looks tough and handsome.

She quickly stood up, sitting and chatting with others is not very respectful, "I went out to shoot a movie during this time, and I just came back at noon today. How is your time?"

"It's wonderful! I got a resident role in the ABC TV series "My Children". The writers said that the audience liked me very much, and they planned to add two more scenes to me!" Josh laughed proudly. He could Getting this role was purely accidental. Who would have thought that Carter in "Death Comes" was not selected, but was picked by ABC and was selected to play the bad boy.

Eve said pleasantly: "Really? I remember that this TV series is very famous, and being a resident in it will definitely help your acting career."

"Of course, the episode I was in had just aired, and before I had time to tell my family, my mother saw me on the TV and called directly. Now she finally stopped worrying about whether I would become A good actor."

"My Children" is a long-form daytime soap opera broadcast by the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It has been on the air since 1970, and it has been almost 29 years now.The main line of the story is to tell the story of the heroine who is different from her husband and children. It is the favorite of housewives.

TV dramas have been filmed for so many years, so there are naturally many husbands and children in them, and the children will fall in love and have children, so they need a lot of actors.Not just Josh's mother, but Eve's mother also watches the show.

"Fortunately, my mother didn't know that I had a neighbor who starred in "My Children", otherwise I would have driven hundreds of kilometers directly. Congratulations again, this is indeed a good opportunity."

Starting from the hot TV series will help to accumulate audience popularity.This method is different from Eve directly starring in the movie, and there are differences in form, but in the final analysis it is the same.

It's just that in today's Hollywood, it is extremely difficult for TV drama actors to switch to the film industry.There is a prejudice in the circle that actors will only make TV series after they can't get along in the film circle.

This prejudice still existed until Eve was reborn, but at that time, because of the development of streaming media, more and more big movie stars chose to star in American dramas.

The actors of many popular TV series are very popular when the TV series is broadcast, but once the series is over, they are completely stereotyped by the audience, no matter what role they play, they will look like the most famous character.

Therefore, most movies do not look for actors of this type, for fear of being backlashed by the popularity of the actor's role.

In addition to the fixed image, another reason is the salary issue.Actors in popular dramas often cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per episode, and they may even get dividends. It is easy to earn tens of millions of dollars for a season of TV dramas.

And if they go to act in a movie, they will definitely not get this amount of salary.

That being the case, how many well-known TV actors are willing to lower most of their pay to star in unpopular movies when they are discriminated against by others?

No actor thinks about what type of actor they want to be before entering the industry. They have not planned their career path. As long as they have a suitable role, they can play any role, whether it is a movie or a TV series, as long as they can stay in Hollywood.

It is reality that divides them into movie actors and TV actors.

"My agent asked me to try to stay in this TV series for two more years, to hone my acting skills and accumulate some audience favors. This way, I can rush out of this TV series like everyone else." Josh also had a big heart, He talked eloquently: "Did you know that Kathy Bates made her debut in this TV series?"

Eve shook her head blankly, "I didn't expect her to be really powerful."

Kathy Bates made countless writers terrified with the image of the scary female nurse in "Ten Days of Dangerous Love". It would be terrible if every reader was as violent as her to urge updates!

In order to prevent the writer from escaping, the female nurse Anne directly smashed the writer Paul's ankle with a sledgehammer, and also used painkillers to control the writer, becoming one of the most frightening villains in film history.

When Eve was preparing for the role of Daisy in "The Girl Who Moved the Soul", she once referred to Kathy Bates' performance. The two situations are very different, but there are similarities.

For example, Daisy and Annie are both a woman with schizophrenia, with capricious personalities, who can quickly change from sweet to brutal and arrogant.Eve just wants to learn from her, how to convey anxiety, terror, madness, sensitivity, confusion and fragility with ordinary eyes.

But Anne is a king flower who hurts others, and Daisy is a little white flower who is hurt by others.

Now there are discs of "Ten Days of Dangerous Love" in the room behind her. In order not to be completely compared with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, Eve has done a lot of preparation work.

"It's not just Casey, do you know Sarah Michelle? She also came out of this TV series." Seeing that Eve was a little dazed, he couldn't help reminding, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she is Buffy."

"Wow, your TV series is really good, I believe you will definitely be the next star."

Josh wanted to continue talking, but he looked down at his watch. As if struck by lightning, he rushed downstairs, "I'm going to be late for today's shooting, and we'll talk next time."

"Come on! I believe you will become a big star."

Daytime soap operas are like this, almost every day there is an episode, the filming staff will not have a long vacation, sometimes they will shoot five or six episodes a day.

After Josh left, Eve walked into her room. After she sniffed that there was no peculiar smell, she moved the chair in from the door, and finally she could turn on the air conditioner comfortably!

She still has a lot of homework that she hasn't had time to check, such as "Leap Over the Cuckoo's Nest" starring Jack Nicholson, to see how the normal actor pretends to be mentally abnormal and is sent to a mental hospital.

It is worth mentioning that the extras in "Leap Over the Cuckoo's Nest" are all real mentally ill patients, which allows Eve to take the opportunity to observe how real patients act and speak.

It just so happens that the story backgrounds of "Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "The Girl Who Moved the Soul" were both in the 60s. They actually have similarities, except that the former is and the latter is an autobiography.

To understand the core of the story, it is inseparable from the background research of the times.

The 60s happened to be an era of social turmoil in the United States: shortly after the end of World War II, the Cold War began due to ideological differences between the East and the West; McCarthyism was rampant; the black movement advocated by civil rights leader Martin Luther King was in full swing; President Kennedy was assassinated and so on.

These young people in the 60s are called the Beat Generation. They oppose mainstream culture, orthodox society, and traditional American values.

The protagonist Suzanne in "The Girl Who Moved the Soul" is regarded by nurses, psychiatrists, and the director of the mental hospital as the beat generation. She doesn't seem to have any mental illness, and they think she is a spoiled little girl who doesn't want to go to work.

Because of Daisy's death, Suzanne's illness was cured without medicine, she accepted the reality of her illness, no longer resisted, and thus returned to normal life.

Eve wrote a lot of her feelings in her little notebook. The only thing that made her uncomfortable was not being able to use the computer and the Internet. She planned to contact her father to see if she could buy a laptop.

Although laptops are very heavy these days, at least they can be taken with me when I go to filming, so I don’t have to be isolated from the world.

Rebirth has been in this era for a long time. She has even overcome her eating habits and the way she speaks and does things. The only thing that is difficult to overcome is her internet addiction. Most of the time, she can only get news from the outside world through newspapers and TV.

After making up her mind, she called her mother, Catherine. Her father, Stephen, might be at work at this time, and the full-time housewife should be at home all the time.

"God, my dear Eve, you finally think of me!" As expected of someone who once yearned for a life in Hollywood, Catherine was full of drama when she spoke, "I thought you forgot about us."

"Mom, can you stop talking like that. I didn't call because I was too tired from filming. Is everything okay at home?"

"It couldn't be better!" Catherine hurriedly greeted, "Enzo, come quickly and say hello to Eve."

"Wang Wang Wang..."

The sound of a dog barking came from the phone.

Eve can already imagine the well-behaved appearance of the golden retriever sitting on the ground opposite, which is really distressing.

"It's ten days before I start shooting for my next movie. I plan to go home and visit you. Is Dad still busy with work?"

Who knew that Catherine directly stopped Eve's actions: "Don't come back, we'll come to Los Angeles to see you. I can't wait to see what Hollywood looks like!"

"Are you sure? There don't seem to be any tourist attractions in Hollywood. I don't have the ability to show you the inside of the studio right now." Eve racked her brains to search, but she couldn't think of any interesting places.

"I've made a travel guide a few days ago, and I'm just waiting to go to your place. Besides, your father and I have something important to announce to you."

"What's the matter?" Eve's mind was wide open, with such a serious look, "Could I have a younger brother or younger sister?"

If there is such a younger brother and sister, then Eve will be very happy.

Catherine exaggeratedly denied: "No! What are you thinking? Your father plans to apply for Oracle's overseas program, and he plans to work for the mainland branch."

Oracle Corporation entered the mainland market ten years ago and has developed very rapidly. Now it has become a dream company for software development fresh graduates.

Stephen happens to be able to speak Chinese, and is an old employee of Oracle. It is impossible to be a programmer all his life, and he has to switch to a management position.The management positions in the United States are basically fixed, and if you want to develop, you have to go overseas.

The UK and Australia are slightly better, at least they can communicate with each other in language. If you go to France, Germany, or Spain, you will basically be at a loss.

It just so happens that the mainland market is still to be developed. Stephen is only in his 40s, and he is in the prime of life. Going there may become an important management position in a large region.

After listening to Catherine's analysis, Eve agreed and said, "It's also a good choice to develop there, but are you really used to it?"

Even if they have Chinese ancestry, Catherine and Stephen are both completely American, and their living habits are too different.

"We want to try it. I have already started learning Chinese. This language is very interesting." After hearing the reminder, Catherine couldn't wait to say: "The oven is ready. When your father comes back in the evening, I will discuss with him about asking for leave. Watch your business, I'll bring you my favorite cranberry biscuits."

"Okay, bye, Mom."

"Love you my sweetheart and can't wait to see you."

After speaking, Catherine hung up the phone and went straight to the kitchen.

Eve, on the other hand, is seriously considering the matter of her parents going to work in mainland China. The feasibility seems to be quite high?

If she really can't adapt to the mainland, see if she can be transferred back to North America. Anyway, her income has increased now, and she can afford the lives of those two, which can be regarded as a filial piety for the original owner.