American Entertainment: Starting with playing the role of Little Beaver

Chapter 26 Running in both directions
Leavesden.

HP production team.

Columbus, holding the script, looked at everyone and asked, "You all know the plot we're going to film next, right?"

Daniel nodded. "Mm."

Isabella replied directly, "Of course—Hermione came out of the shop in Diagon Alley and ran into Harry, who had been brought back from Diagon Alley by Hagrid, so she happily went up to say hello."

"During this process, she discovered that Harry's glasses were broken again, and then she used her Restore to True state once more~~~"

When she mentioned 'restored to its original state', Isabella even pulled out her wand and gestured with it.

Furthermore, she dragged out the last syllable of 'Reparo' for an extremely long time.

Their adorable appearance brought everyone endless joy.

Columbus smiled and asked, "So what were their thoughts?"

"I'm happy because I haven't seen them for the whole holiday."

Isabella said, "Furthermore, in the script, before Harry and Hermione met, Harry was looking forward to the start of school and seeing his friends, but because of Dobby, he didn't receive any letters from them."

"So at this moment, their excitement will be even more intense than usual?"

"There's an explosive feeling that comes from reuniting after losing contact."

"Personally, I think... there shouldn't be any problem with exaggerating facial expressions?"

"Then, when Hermione was fixing Harry's glasses, she must have felt a sense of helplessness, because every time she met Harry, he was covered in dust and dirt, a situation that would leave anyone speechless."

"Oh~~~Very good—" Columbus clapped his hands.

He was very satisfied with Isabella's answer.

But at the same time, he was also very curious, "So, honey, since you've read the script so well, can you tell me what you and Bonnie were laughing about just now? Were you laughing at the plot? Or something else?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to the two of them.

Nearby, the girl waiting to go to the theater covered her mouth and kept laughing.

He glanced at Bonnie, then looked at Daniel.

Isabella shrugged and said, "I told her that at the rate Harry breaks glasses, even if I collect one knit at a time, by the time we graduate from Hogwarts, his Gringotts account will have to be changed to my name."

"hahaha~"

A burst of laughter erupted from the crowd.

Everyone understands that Isabella is implying that Harry has the strongest defensive buff in the books.

Every time something gets injured, it's the glasses that get damaged.

So even if he worked himself to death, he still couldn't beat Harry without a nose!
You take a big bite out of someone with an Avada Kedavra, and they only get a little dirty on the hem of their clothes. How are you going to compete with them?

Even if you smash someone's glasses, a simple "Restored to its original state" and wow, Harry is back to full health!
So... Hermione was actually the strongest healer in Harry Potter?
"Isa, you've really gone too far..."

Columbus's head ached from hearing those mischievous words.

He shook his head, deciding not to dwell on such nonsense. "Alright, let's get back to filming—"

With a wave of his hand, all departments took their positions.

The stage manager slammed the clapperboard, and with a loud snap, everyone went about their tasks.

That's right~~~
While "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was sweeping the market, the creative team was holed up in Leavesden filming "The Chamber of Secrets".

As for the reason?

It's very simple: because everyone enjoys filming and loves performing, they want to give back to their fans with practical actions.

cough--

That sounds a bit pretentious and unrealistic, doesn't it?
Okay, the real reason is actually that if we don't film soon, everyone will grow up.

The Harry Potter series is actually very difficult to produce because the story is closely intertwined with the children's growth. If the filming is even a little slow... fans can accept the protagonist's good looks and changes in eye color, but what if you have a 15 or 16-year-old child playing a 12-year-old?
Then isn't that just talking nonsense?

The filming of "The Sorcerer's Stone" and "The Secret Chamber" started immediately at the same time that "The Sorcerer's Stone" was released. That is true respect for the original work and for the fans.

No one had any objections to these points.

Firstly, the filming schedule was already specified in the previously signed contract, and adhering to the contract is fulfilling one's obligations.
Secondly, everyone has fled to the film set, so even if they're not filming, they can't go out and have fun.

So, let's just do it.

Once everyone was immersed in the film crew, all publicity and promotion were no longer their concern, but they were still aware of everything happening outside.

This is not only because the executive producer broadcasts box office information every day and the crew assistant reads out news of praise every day, but also because no matter how closed the crew is, every day, countless collaborations still flock in like they can squeeze in.

Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about Isabella.

Vogue, Vanity Fair, and ELLE all wanted to have her shoot their covers.

The global version.

In addition, many brands want her to be their spokesperson.

For example, Skechers.

This is an American clothing brand founded in 1992. It has two product lines: sportswear and casual wear, and it differentiates between men's, women's, and children's products. In the children's category, their previous spokesperson was Britney Spears.

Sweetie!
Hey ~
Once you win Star Wars, you'll have everything!
The invitations, as numerous as snowflakes, are the best symbol of fame and a source of joy that makes everyone laugh out loud every day.

However, no matter how many offers came from outside, none of them accepted.

Yes, no one is accepting endorsement deals or cover shoots because time constraints and Warner Bros.' decision is not possible.

The former is because everyone needs to make movies.

The latter is still stipulated in the contract.

When the contracts were signed last year, Warner Bros. had already made agreements with all the main actors in the production.

If a movie becomes a hit and commercial offers come in, regardless of the length or price, as long as everyone wants to take the role, they must first submit the offer to Warner Bros. for review. Only after Warner Bros. approves it can everyone go out and start working.

Warner Bros.' reason for emphasizing this is simple: there is friction between their commercial operations and the personal interests of the lead actors.

To put it simply, if Coca-Cola spends 150 million to acquire the image rights for the movie version of Harry Potter, and then Pepsi invites one of the lead actors to be its spokesperson, wouldn't Coca-Cola be in a terrible situation?

This is something that absolutely cannot happen.

Of course, Warner's refusal wasn't a mere verbal request for you to give up your services.

There are subsidies available.

Isabella didn't know how much others received, but she received one million pounds the day before filming began.

This is another reason why she was in a good mood.

Getting paid without doing any work—how comfortable is that!

"Okay~Good~"

With Columbus's satisfied expression, the scene of Hermione and Harry's first meeting at the start of the new school term in "The Chamber of Secrets" was also over.

"The next scene is at Flourish and Blotts in Scene 3. Hermione will take Harry inside, and then Harry will meet the Weasleys. Mrs. Weasley is happy that Harry is alright, and then Lockhart and Malfoy will appear..."

Isabella's second scene today was a bit complicated because it involved many characters, and the main plot was even the beginning of the Chamber of Secrets story. When Harry was buying books for the new term at Flourish and Blotts, he met Lockhart, the new Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, who was doing a book signing for his new book. After seeing Harry, Lockhart immediately pulled him to take a photo, which was actually just to gain popularity.

This situation left Harry feeling somewhat lost and he wanted to leave. As he was leaving, the young master and his father, who had also come to buy study books, appeared. Since they were Death Eaters, the old man showed a little respect for the noseless manure after seeing the Pikachu-like scar, which made Harry very unhappy, and so the two sides got into an argument.

During this process, Ginny and Hermione both spoke up to support Harry.

Even with Ron's father, Arthur Weasley, present, everyone still endured the old man's taunts.

Because the crew needed to constantly move around and the camera had to keep cutting during the filming of this scene, even though the main characters were all adults, the children mostly just stood there as background figures. The four-and-a-half-minute scene still took more than two hours to film.

That's a really long time, because Mark Williams, who plays Arthur Weasley, may not be very famous, but he's a member of the National Theatre and has been acting for over twenty years; Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy, has also made over a dozen films; and Gilderoy Lockhart, needless to say, is Kenneth Branagh, who just took a photo with Isabella.

Even though it took a while, the mealtime had just arrived when the 'Cut' and 'Good' calls were made.

We've been working together for over a year, and Columbus always calls us off on time. He's a really good person.

Laugh~
Then everyone arrived at the cafeteria by bus...

"Oh, Isa... your sister is so good to you, she even got your food ready for you."

Young Master Tom Felton looked on with envy at the figure waving and greeting everyone from the table in front.

With a sour taste in her mouth, she turned to look at her older brother and said, "Ashley, when are you going to treat me better?"

"Wow—Tom—Are you crazy—?"

The young master's guardian, his second brother Ashley, was shocked.

Pointing towards the entrance, to the set where they had filmed earlier, he said, "Were you filming just now?"

"I have to keep my eyes on you the whole time, right?"

"So, tell me, what can I do to get you food while watching you film?"

“You don’t need to watch me film and get me food at the same time. You just need to fly over on your broom after I finish filming.” The young master crossed his arms and bumped his older brother. “There are plenty of brooms on set, but you didn’t do that.”

"Oh Ashley, I'm so disappointed in you."

"..."

The young master's second brother is numb.

"hahaha~"

Knowing that the young master was doing abstract things, everyone gave Ashley a look that said, "You're really unlucky."

Then, those who needed to line up went to line up, there was food to eat... Well, most people had to line up, only Isabella, the loner, darted off to her older sister's side.

Since Saint Paul seemed inclined to discourage Catherine, they decided not to waste their time trying to win him over.

Vivian immediately arranged for Catherine to take a leave of absence from school, and then moved into the film crew's office with Catherine.

Although having one more person would increase expenses, it didn't matter to Warner at all.

Not to mention, Hollywood film production is more like outsourcing. It's true that investors provide the money and participate in the management and supervision of the accounts, but the investors operate from a macro perspective. As for the micro-level details?
That's all up to the producer.

So……

David Heyman had no objection, and J.K. Rowling agreed outright.

After joining the film crew, it didn't take long for Catherine to fall in love with the place.

Because life here is very easy.

In the past, she had to attend classes in a routine manner.

But now?
When Isabella was filming, she would go to the teachers stationed on set for lessons. After filming, Isabella would have her lessons filled and she would be free to do whatever she wanted. The conditions on the set were not as good as at home, and the accommodations were certainly basic, but it was convenient for drawing, surfing the internet, or doing anything else, especially drawing, since HP's art director and set designer were stationed on set long-term.

The former is Stuart Craig.

He did the art direction for films such as Gandhi, Chaplin, The English Patient, and Notting Hill.

The latter is named Stephanie Macmillan.

She was responsible for the art direction of "A Fish Named Wanda", "Shadowlands", and "Chocolat".

When you're in the same group and might work together for seven years, as long as you know how to call people, your group will teach you whatever you're interested in.

What were you all laughing about just now?

As soon as Isabella sat down with her mother, Catherine asked curiously, "Why do I have a feeling that Ashley wants to beat Tom up?"

"Oh, that's because you get food for Isa every day!"

Vivian, who witnessed the whole thing, recounted the little incident that had just occurred.

Upon learning that Young Master Ma Fen had said a few words to his older brother out of 'jealousy', Catherine immediately shook her head with a smile.

“I only got my food because I arrived early, okay? And, Mom, didn’t Tom see I got three meals? Mine, yours, and Isha’s… How did he see it as me spoiling Isha? This is really…”

Catherine was somewhat helpless.

Vivian, however, thought it was normal.

"Tom must be hungry."

“Last year he was the shortest of all the children, but this year he has become the tallest.”

"He must eat a lot and digest well to be this tall, so he probably got hungry before midnight? Then, he had to queue for food, while Isha... oh~ I bet he was thinking to himself, why didn't his mom give him an older sister?"

Last year, during filming, the young master was the shortest among everyone.

Therefore, sometimes, in order to highlight his remarkable charisma, he had to…

He stood on the box and acted with the others.

But this year is different; everyone has grown taller. Isabella is over 5 feet tall now, and the young master…

He was a little taller than Isabella.

This speed is simply amazing.

"Oh~"

Since it was just casual conversation, Catherine didn't dwell on it.

But Isabella felt something was off. "Mom, I think Tom is just envious."

"Ok?"

Vivian didn't understand what her youngest daughter meant.

Isabella shook her head and said, "Because I'm cute, and he's not as cute as me. So, even if he has a sister, even if his sister is his guardian, with his attitude... he'd probably still get beaten up..."

"..."

Vivian was quite impressed by his boastful words.

"hahahaha~"

Catherine burst into laughter.

The happy family attracted the attention of those around them.

Realizing they had 'interfered' with others, the three waved apologetically while lowering their voices.

After taking a couple of bites, Catherine suddenly put down her knife and fork, opened the bag on the chair next to her, took out a handful of letters, and said to Isabella, "Oh right, you haven't read the letters today."

Isabella's eyes lit up at the sight of the letter, which was as thick as a British dictionary.

Nodding vigorously, he excitedly exclaimed, "Quick, quick! Let's see what's on the menu today!"

Although Warner Bros. didn't arrange any promotional tours for Isabella and the others, starting the day after the preview screening of "The Philosopher's Stone," all the members of the crew received a ton of fan mail every day. Harry, Dumbledore, Snape, and McGonagall received roughly the same amount of mail, while Hermione... well, the crew had already set up a whole room's worth of shelves to store Isabella's letters.

Of course, even so, she wasn't the one who received the most letters.

The person who received the most letters was J.K. Rowling.

It's perfectly normal for an actor to be less than the original author. After all, Isabella only played Hermione; she didn't write a book called "Hermione Talks About Harry" and put Isabella Heywood's name on it, right?

Isabella liked to read letters while eating or whenever she had free time.

As for the reason—

"This letter from Ireland is well written!"

Catherine opened an envelope, glanced at it, and then happily read aloud, “Hello Isabella, I am a twelve-year-old girl living in Galway. I first encountered Harry Potter when I was seven years old; my mother read it to me.”

“When I first encountered Harry Potter, I fell in love with Hermione because of her diligence and hard work, and I wanted to be like her. For the past five years, I have been doing just that, and I am currently attending the best high school in our area. But because the high school curriculum is quite difficult, there are times when I want to give up.”

"For example, giving up mathematics or languages."

"I think it probably doesn't matter too much if I'm not good at math, right? Because a lot of math is not used in daily life. I think it won't affect my communication if I'm not good at language either. I really don't want to memorize those super long and strange words anymore."

"But, ever since I watched the movie Philosopher's Stone and got to know you, I've changed my mind."

"You acted so well! You are exactly the Hermione I imagined! At first, I thought your performance was just a given, but after I saw the preview interview video that the BBC showed, I realized I was wrong. Your excellence comes entirely from your usual hard work!"

“When Ron said your talent was all self-taught, I was really shocked! When Ma Fen said you even memorized the script before filming started, I was really surprised! It made me realize that no one can easily master a skill.”

"So, thank you so much for your role. Thank you for playing Hermione. Thank you for giving me strength. I will also take every course seriously in my future studies. Let's work hard together."

"Yara Carson".

"April 2001, 11."

"Oh, you've saved another child!"

As soon as Catherine finished speaking, Vivian, who had been listening the whole time, winked at her youngest daughter.

Isabella raised her eyebrows 'without batting an eye'.

hmm~~~
This is why Isabella enjoys reading fan mail~~~
The core audience of Harry Potter is children, whose affection is mostly pure. The letters that emerge from this purity are full of emotion and sincerity. The words may be childish, but the love is genuine.

"You can reply to this letter."

Isabella said while shoveling food into her lunch with a spoon, "Just say—thank you for the letter, thank you for your appreciation, and then—everyone gets tired, including me, so I rest when I'm tired so she won't be too stressed."

Regardless of the country, the vast majority of celebrities in the entertainment industry dare not reply to fans' messages.

Because this could cause countless troubles.

But HP is different.

To reiterate, its core audience is children, and fans with a childlike spirit are the ones you can connect with.

Or rather, the biggest selling point of Harry Potter is the stories that attract children and the magical world that attracts everyone. When the characters are just a light that the author unveils to reveal a beautiful world, the actors and fans can go to great lengths together.

This is a quality that other works cannot imitate.

Of course, there are definitely perverts, but we'll just ignore them.

Listening to my older sister read aloud while eating lunch—this is such a wonderful life!

So comfortable!
After finishing her meal, Isabella felt a little dizzy from the carbon dioxide. Just as she was about to find a place to take a nap so she would have more energy for filming in the afternoon, Catherine, who had also finished eating and was sorting through her letters, suddenly frowned.

"Isa—"

"Ok?"

"Something seems off about this letter."

"what happened?"

"Why is the sender a company?"

'? '

These words made Isabella and Vivian look up at the same time.

Then, the words 'Endeavor Talent Agency' came into their view.

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