Chapter 53 Counterattack
Lucy frowned and walked over to have a check. She was very angry. "You will look very pale on the screen if you wear these
plain clothes. Does Alice pick them on purpose? Let me talk to her!"
"Lucy, there’s no need." Anna called her softly and shook head at her. "We're overseas and don't make any trouble to the crew. I
think this one is pretty good."
She pointed to one of the aqua-blue dresses with a simple waist design to highlight the temperament.
"Is it okay?" Although Lucy was angry, she respected Anna's choice. Anna definitely had her intention to do so!
So Lucy waved and let the staff leave.
“The reality show, Behind the scenes, is not to show my beauty but to show my professional skills. If I doll myself up, it will let the
audience hate me instead. Please let the makeup artist come to help me change my hairstyle.”
Since Alice was going to be a peacock with pretty clothes, she would do the opposite things. This wasn’t a red carpet show. The
clothes were just props.
After hearing Anna's words, Lucy and Mandy all agreed with her ideas.
Before shooting the second session, Alice wore a long tail dress and a diamond ornament on her head. This one was gorgeous
enough, but it did not satisfy some directors including Jason.
They communicated with each other in English, "What is she wearing? Is she kidding."
"Didn’t anyone tell her that the shoot location was outdoors? This ... Can she keep sufficient energy with such a high heel?"
Jason just shook his head. At this moment, Anna came over, wearing the clothes prepared by the crew. Her hair was simply tied
up. And her makeup was clean and natural. Moreover, her smile was mild, reflecting a fresh and bright feeling. Compared with
Alice who was over-decorated next to her, Anna looked like a white flawless pearl.
The directors nodded slightly, saying nothing more.
Alice thought she had won Anna so she walked out proudly with her head up.
Because the shooting location was arranged outdoors, Alice became tired after walking for ten minutes. Looking at the scenery
piled on the ground, she frowned. , "Do we shoot here?"
Jason glanced at her without answering.
The shooting arrangements had been delivered to them long ago. A professional actor wouldn’t ask such stupid questions until
now.
"Please make some preparations. We will give you different scripts. You can begin the blocking first and then we will shoot the
whole process when you prepare lines. Next, you will change into the costumes of the play and then shoot a formal one."
"Just one?" Alice pursed her lips, showing a little unpleasant.
The staff shook his head and turned to leave.
"What's your role?" Alice looked at the script in her hand. The role for her was actually the aunt of the heroine! Then she didn’t
play such an old role.
"The main actress Sandy."
"Let's exchange the role!" Without waiting for Anna to object, Alice took the script directly from her and walked to the tree on the
side to start preparing lines.
Anna smiled indifferently and had no objection. When the staff gave them the script, the invisible camera already started to
shoot. Probably Alice didn't watch the shooting schedule at all. So she did not know that her behavior would be recorded intact.
There weren’t many lines but this role was not very easy to perform. It was an excerpt from a classic movie. Her aunt's name
was Rachael. She paid everything for the heroine Sandy to be happy and even had a heavy debt. When the heroine knew it, she
was very grateful to her and brought her back to her. Sandy then provided a comfortable life in Rachael’s old age.
Anna found the role very challenging. But by the time the director said ‘Action’, she was fully engaged in the role.
As soon as the camera worked, Alice walked out wearing her clothes. After seeing Anna, there was no emotion in her eyes.
"Aunt ..."
And Anna took two steps forward and vividly performed the character’s expressions that contained frequent hesitation. The most
important thing was the hesitation in her eyes.
"Sandy, why are you here?"
The directors stared at the screen and looked forward to Alice's performance. After all, she was an artist who was supported
heavily by Brilliant Entertainer and she would participate in the competition of movie queen. Her ability might not to be
underestimated.
However...
Alice didn't fully engage into the role. She also regarded Anna as her own foe. When she spoke, she was very blunt and made
the directors frown.
Could this also be called acting?
However, the character of the heroine was really difficult to act. Presumably Alice had not adjusted well and they hadn’t stopped
shooting.
Alice didn't even realize what was wrong with herself. She recited the lines in front of the camera but she even did not take the
cameras’ direction into account. she only showed her beauty ...
She was indeed beautifully dressed. But she was acting, not walking on the red carpet. She was just a vase that could speak
when she stood there.
In contrast, Anna not only performed the character's emotions directly, but also added her own understandings. She could touch
the audience with her actions, making people feel that she was really the character in the play.
It didn't matter what kind of clothes she wore, her sights perfectly interpret the character's soul.
This was a real actor.
She controlled the sound of her breathing very well, and the tears flowed down when she turned around.
The camera pushed forward to shoot Anna's tears. Then it quickly turned to Alice. At this time, she should give a proper
response but she was stunned with a contemptuous expression. When she found that the camera was shooting her, she read
the lines slowly.
At this time, the expressions of the directors were already very awful.
Jason glanced at the script. It was Alice's play for the next two or three minutes. But they were not interested in watching it
anymore.
The most important thing for an actor was not to perform any role but to turn himself into anything like water or mud to shape the
soul of the characters in the play. Alice thought she had selected a good role. However she was negligent and completely turned
herself into Anna's backing board.
When Alice said her lines, Anna always maintained her emotion without any hesitation. At any time when the lens pointed at her,
she was always the aunt Rachael in the play.
The expression and emotion were vividly interpreted by her.
She didn't perform for a few years while it did not affect Anna but made her performance more real and pure.
"Okay! The actor can change clothes."
After the director’s words, Anna bowed slightly to the direction of the cameraman and the directors. After saying a few words like
‘Thanks for your hard-working’, she turned around to take the water Lucy had brought. Alice was instantly relaxed, proudly
shaking the fan and going to the lounge.
When they changed clothes, they began to shoot the director's evaluation of the actors. Due to the cooperative relationship, the
directors simply comment a little bad performance of Alice. However they were so careful when evaluating Anna.
"Her performance was beyond my expectations and I look forward to her performance in the future."
"During Anna's performance, I seemed to see an elf who fell into the world. She has a very high degree of plasticity and
uniqueness and can fully engage in a role. She is a rare and excellent actor. I believe her acting career will go further and
further.”
It was the first time in the history of this show to get such high praise from the directors.