America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 243 You Are Discriminating
Chapter 243 You Are Discriminating

In the cafe of the Four Seasons Hotel, Thomas, who had just arrived from Los Angeles, looked a little anxious and looked towards the entrance from time to time.

A few minutes later, Martin finally appeared at the door.

Thomas waved in that direction.

Martin ordered a cup of coffee and came to sit opposite Thomas: "I just called yesterday, and you came here today?"

Thomas said: "You have a lot of influence now. Dating a girlfriend is not a small matter. It affects many people. I must come and deal with it as soon as possible."

He asked, “Have you been out in the streets openly?”

"No." Martin said without any embarrassment: "I stayed in the hotel room for both days of the weekend."

Thomas warned: "Be careful not to make people sick."

Martin nodded: "I pay attention that my girlfriend is not a temporary female companion."

"You need to communicate with her. It's best not to make it public at this stage." As an agent, Thomas' first consideration is naturally work: "I am asking Natasha to communicate with the Wanted crew. It would be best if your relationship can be promoted in conjunction with the film."

Martin would not object: "I have no objection. I have had a preliminary chat with Blake and it is not a big problem."

After all, he comes from a family of performing arts and knows a lot about the operations in the circle, which makes people worry-free.

Thomas added, "Blake's agent is also with WMA. I talked to her before I came here. Blake will not go to college and has officially entered Hollywood. Her father Ernie is preparing a second movie for her. Your relationship with her will also meet their needs."

Martin thought for a moment and said, "You work with the Wanted crew to come up with a detailed plan for this matter, and then send it to me or Old Bull. I'll be responsible for talking to Blake himself."

Thomas responded, "Sure, I'll stay in New York for two days and then go back to Los Angeles."

The two quickly left the cafe.

Martin met Bruce in the lobby and went upstairs together.

While no one was around, he briefly told Bruce about it.

Bruce asked, "Have you given up on Aniston?"

Martin was surprised: "Have we made any plans related to Aniston?"

Bruce thought about it: "My suggestion was that you should take down Aniston after Jolie." He shrugged: "It's not necessary now."

Martin didn't want to bother with this jerk.

Bruce handed Martin the People magazine in his hand. "Julie went to Africa from the Middle East and stayed in Africa for a long time. She will return to North America next month. If she knew that you had an official girlfriend, she would probably go crazy."

Martin said directly: "After a few blows, she became obedient."

Bruce knew that Martin had been in contact with Jolie and asked, "When did she and Pitt announce their breakup?"

"I guess Pete already knew about this." Martin said casually, "The two of them might be discussing it and then attract more traffic."

After "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was released, Jolie went to the Middle East and Africa and didn't see Pitt at all. It would be weird if Pitt didn't notice anything was wrong after a while.

Martin returned to the room and found Blake packing his luggage. He asked, "Have you booked the flight?"

"The flight is tomorrow morning." Blake was very helpless: "Dad just called me, he is preparing to put together a new project platter." She came over and kissed Martin: "The jeans project was a great success, and Dad got the support of Warner. I will continue to play the leading role. The new project should still be a youth comedy similar to jeans."

Martin had just talked to Thomas about Ernie Lively and said, "Since you chose not to go to college, just focus on your development and go back."

Blake was reluctant: "We just got together."

"My part will be finished in about ten days at most, and I will go back to Los Angeles after that." Martin talked about a series of issues that might arise between the two of them: "My agent, Thomas, has talked to your agent, and they both think that our affairs should not be made public for the time being..."

Blake took over the conversation: "Dad knows that I came to see you. He also told me about this when he called me just now."

Coming from a performing arts family, she could easily accept this and even thought it was okay: "If you have no objection, we will deal with it as they say for the time being?"

Martin nodded: "Okay."

Hollywood's business permeates every aspect, including the emotions and even marriages of stars.

Blake held out his hand: "Give me a key to your house. I'll stay at your place for a night when I get bored of staying at home."

Martin gave her a set of keys: "The master bedroom on the second floor, the auxiliary building is where Old Bu lives."

As they were about to part, in order to sleep with her boyfriend a few more times, Blake didn't leave the room at all, and the two of them tossed and turned until midnight.

The next morning, Martin had to rush to the crew for filming early, so Bruce sent Blake to the airport.

Matt Damon has a small role in the film and left New York after filming was completed last week.

The crew's filming has entered the final stage.

In the past few days, the crew organized media activities to facilitate advance publicity.

When Martin came to the set after finishing his makeup, Scorsese took one look at him and asked, "Do you need an extra morning to rest?"

"No need." Martin thought to himself, Director, you have to keep your style and don't learn from that old bastard Nicholson: "I'm in great shape now."

Scorsese nodded, returned to the director's seat, and sighed that young people are still the best.

Leonardo came over and punched Martin on the arm, angrily saying, "Jack and I have unanimously decided to expel you from the scumbag trio." Martin was dissatisfied: "Why? Am I not a scumbag enough?"

Nicholson came over with a cigar in his mouth and exhaled the smoke: "People who have a steady girlfriend are not worthy of standing side by side with us."

Martin pointed at them and said, "You are discriminating! Discrimination, do you understand?"

Scorsese then yelled, "Jack, get off the set."

Nicholson left the set, which was set up to look like a rooftop.

The crew then cleared the area and asked media friends who were taking photos to temporarily turn off their cameras and camcorders, but they were allowed to watch and film.

Martin and Leonardo familiarized themselves with their positions, and then the filming of the rooftop confrontation between the two protagonists began.

The dialogue in this scene is completely based on "fuck". In just a few dozen seconds, Martin and Leonardo will utter at least one fuck every second on average.

There is no poetry or painting.

It's all American street realism style.

Both Martin and Leonardo are in very good form, and in moments of extreme anger, Leonardo does not overly rely on his signature three-hit combo to express his emotions.

Even so, it took five takes to get the long shot to Scorsese's satisfaction.

Then, there was a small-scale gunfight scene.

Another mole blew up Leonardo's head, and Martin shot the mole and the detective played by Mene in the head with a quick shot.

The characters' emotions burst out at this moment. Martin and Leonardo were both tired after the filming and sat in the rest area without saying a word.

It wasn't until the crew changed locations that Nicholson came on set to shoot.

In a passionate indoor scene between Franco and his mistress, the old bastard showed the bad side of the old-school actors.

He asked to pour something like flour on the buttocks of the actress who played his mistress. When the actress refused, he asked to fill the set with sex toys and pour Coke on the actress's naked back.

Scorsese didn't think this was a problem, and the actress readily agreed.

After filming these scenes, Nicholson also came to the rest area.

Even a scumbag like Leonardo couldn't stand it anymore: "You are so fucking childish."

"This is evil, not childish!" Nicholson said confidently: "Compared to my old buddy Brando, my professionalism is at least as high as the Empire State Building."

Martin agreed: "You're really good at finding someone to compete with, old bastard."

Nicholson said, "Yesterday, I did a good thing, and you will all praise me for it."

Martin said: "I know that the paparazzi who has been guarding the door of the Four Seasons Hotel for a long time has a broken motorcycle exhaust pipe."

"I'm going to kill you, Martin!" Nicholson made a throat-slitting gesture at Martin and said, "I went to see a stage play and a 15-year-old girl named Lawrence seduced me and asked me to take her into the circle. I firmly refused."

Martin exposed his true colors: "You are afraid, not conscious."

Nicholson rarely refuted, but remained silent for a moment, thinking of an old friend.

After the shooting ended in the afternoon, Martin and the other two were interviewed by reporters together. There was nothing special about it, just some commercial flattery.

In each of their own mouths, the other is the best actor in Hollywood with the best acting skills, the best personality and the most dedicated work.

Towards the middle of September, Martin's part was coming to an end.

During a police operation, Colin took advantage of Frank being alone and shot and killed his boss.

On the set, gunshots rang out and Nicholson fell into the bucket of the excavator. Martin put down his gun and looked over there with a complicated expression. He suddenly felt much more relaxed and shouted loudly for support.

As director Scorsese called for a stop and passed, Martin went over to pull Nicholson up and hugged him: "Old bastard, when we get back to Los Angeles, you have to invite me to your house on Bad Boy Boulevard for a party."

Nicholson and Marlon Brando lived on Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills for several years, and Warren Beatty also lived nearby, so the road was nicknamed "Bad Man Avenue" in the circle.

"No problem," Nicholson replied.

Martin walked out of the set and shook hands with each of the crew members to express his gratitude, but he did not give out any souvenir sets because the stock was severely low and they did not have any with them.

Old Bush has already placed an order with Australia.

Martin came up to Scorsese, shook hands first, then hugged him: "Director, I have benefited a lot from this role. Under your guidance, I can feel that my acting skills have reached a new level."

Scorsese nodded slightly and said, "You are very talented. I have never seen anyone of your age who can act better than you. Martin, act well and don't let this talent go to waste."

Martin pointed to his heart and said, "I will keep it in mind."

Finally, Leonardo came over and presented a commemorative gift on behalf of the crew, which was handcuffs in a glass gift box.

During the filming, he used this pair of prop handcuffs to handcuff Martin.

Leonardo whispered, "When I get back to Los Angeles, I'll call a big party. If you don't come, I'll expel you from my bastard membership!"

Faced with the coercion of Hollywood superstars, what could a small actor like Martin do? He could only agree.

(End of this chapter)