Chapter 1795： Hard Candy

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A new round of war of interests spread quietly among several TV stations. When "Entertainment Weekly" and "Los Angeles Times" broke the news at the same time that Eleven Studios intends to substitute "X Factor" into the American market, the entire entertainment industry is in a storm. In fact, it is not only the TV station that has begun to riot, the major film companies related to the TV station's interests have also begun to secretly make small moves, especially the four companies in the opposing alliance have their own ideas - there is no crack between Universal TV and Disney. The sound is getting louder. There are no disputes, no collisions, everything is happening slowly and invisible.

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However, Evan Bell did not care about the fight caused by his random move. After Simon Cowell left, Evan Bell had breakfast and went out alone. I just came to Los Angeles this time, not because of the "X Factor", but because of the selection of actors for "Juno", I made a special trip here.

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It has been half a year since the filming of "Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight", and the filming of "There Will Be Blood" was a year ago. Evan Bell feels that he has not been on the crew again for a long time. When this idea jumped into his mind, Evan Bell couldn't help laughing. It seemed that he was really a restless person who always wanted to find something to do.

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When Evan Bell arrived at the agreed destination, she found that Ellen Page was already sitting by the windowsill waiting for her. At this time, she seemed to be reading a book. If she hadn't read it, it should be "Zhu Zhu" No" script. Evan Bell looked up at the clock on the wall, it was only eight forty-five, and there was still a quarter of an hour before the agreed nine.

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"Is there anyone here?" Evan Bell walked to Ellen Page's seat and asked politely in a low voice.

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"Sorry." Ellen Page said, raising his eyes from the page of the script, but after seeing Evan Bell's refusal, it stayed on his lips and turned into a smile, "Good morning, Bell Sir." Ellen Page stood up, stretched out his right hand, and held it with Evan Bell. "Please take a seat." Ellen Page instead, like a host, took the initiative to invite Evan Bell to take a seat.

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Ellen Page in front of her is still childish. She is not the kind of beauty at first sight. She has shallow freckles and big eyes with a little girl's tenderness and cuteness, but Ellen Page has a very comfortable temperament. There is maturity and wisdom in his eyes that do not match his age. This unassuming personality is hidden under the green appearance. The faint light may not be dazzling, but it has a unique flavor.

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Evan Bell raised his hand and called the waiter over. After ordering a glass of orange juice, he took off his jacket, revealing the light gray T-shirt inside, "Good morning, Ellen, I think I shouldn't be late. Bar?"

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Ellen Page closed the script in his hand - it was indeed the script of "Juno" and said shyly, "No, absolutely not, I was early." Ellen Page looked at Evan - Bell seems to be waiting for Evan Bell to take the initiative to speak, after all, today's interviewer is Evan Bell.

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Evan Bell said with a smile, "I have to tell you I'm not Jeff."

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This sentence made Ellen-Page a little confused, and she was stunned for a while, and then she came to a realization, and a smile immediately formed on her face, "Don't worry, I'm not Hailey either."

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The names Jeff and Haley come from Ellen Page's 25-year-old work called "Hard Candy". This work tells a somewhat bizarre story. Fourteen-year-old girl Haili met Jeff, a thirty-two-year-old photographer, on the Internet. After three weeks of online chat, the two met in a cafe and talked. Very happy. Then Hailey volunteered to go to Jeff's house and let him take artistic photos of herself, and Jeff readily agreed. After chatting and drinking, Jeff was suddenly dizzy to the end, and when he woke up, he found that he was actually **** by five flowers. It turned out that Hailey was prepared. Jeff was a **** who seduced underage girls on the Internet. Hailey planned to punish Jeff. On the one hand, she searched Jeff's house for evidence of wrongdoing, and on the other hand, she also punished Jeff. Castration was performed.

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Evan Bell saw "Hard Candy" in the Sundance Film Festival's entry list. It is estimated that all men will feel a tightness in a certain part of their body after watching this film. And Ellen Page played the girl Hailey, and her performance in it won high praise from film critics. If it wasn't because the subject matter was too dark and extreme, the distribution company Lionsgate did not pay enough attention. It's not impossible to have a better performance in awards season

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Ellen Page was already a well-known talented actress before participating in Evan Bell's interview. The Canadian-born Ellen Page turned 21 last month. She was 1997. She landed on the small TV screen in Canada in 2003, and in 203 she became a well-known genius girl in Canada. And from the 2-year "Fruit Hard Candy", Ellen Page also officially set foot in Hollywood.

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Later, she appeared in many films including "X-Men 3". Although she was not a big hit, her acting skills have always been praised by film critics.

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Evan Bell directly passed the script of "Juno" through the Screen Actors Guild and sent it to Ellen Page's agent, who hoped to invite Ellen Page to play the heroine of the film. So strictly speaking, today is not an interview, it can only be said to be a meeting, and the two sides have the opportunity to get to know each other better. Ellen Page responded quickly. The name "Evan Bell" is very effective. Whether she wants to appear in this work or not, at least she will read the script first, so there is today's meeting.

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"Alan, feel free to ask any questions. Personally, I just sent you the script because I thought you were a good fit." Evan Bell said with a smile, today's meeting is actually mainly about Convince Ellen Page to join the "Juno" movie.

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Ellen Page didn't expect Evan Bell to recognize himself so quickly. Generally speaking, this kind of meeting is a process of mutual understanding, but Ellen Page didn't think much, and followed Evan Bell. Then he asked back, "Evan, can you tell me why you chose me to play Juno?"

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Evan Bell nodded and took the orange juice served by the waiter, "I want to choose an actress who is young enough and some precocious, and at the same time she needs to have enough personality, maybe it's a plus point to like rock. , but without being too obsessed with showing your personality, it is more inclined to be an attitude. So, your name appeared in my mind."

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Ellen Penny knew that Evan Bell was telling the truth, because that was probably the personality of the little girl in "Juno". At the very beginning of the meeting, Evan Bell made it clear that he had seen the movie "Hardfruit". The role of Juno and Hailey are naturally different, but they have similar parts, and most importantly, Ellen Page has the temperament that Evan Bell needs.

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"Evan, in fact, I've always been curious, what exactly did you want to discuss when you wrote this script? Is it just a story about a teenage pregnancy?" Ellen-Page didn't say anything after that. " Wouldn't that be an inspiration to tell teens that teenage pregnancy is okay?" But even if Ellen Page didn't say it, she felt Evan Bell should know what she was thinking.

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Evan Bell smiled and nodded. When other actors were interviewing, they were more about discussing the script itself, and seldom directly discussed the core ideas expressed by the script. At least these are currently filmed by Evan Bell. In the movie, I have never encountered such a situation. I have to say that Ellen Page does have a personality.

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"Ellen, what I want to say is not about pregnancy, but in the process of growing up, there are always many unexpected things. When we encounter these accidents, how should we deal with them." Evan- Bell didn't hide anything, and said seriously, "Some people will make a fuss, some people will feel that their lives are ruined, and some people may go on the road of no return. Because countless and countless truths are saying: a Making choices can change your life. This is true, but at the same time, it can make people timid and timid in the face of every choice. So what I want to discuss is that life is indeed difficult, but it is not as everyone imagines. It's so difficult, because life is something we have come out of, isn't it? If there is a difficulty, we should solve it; even if there is no way to solve it, the future will show another world."

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Ellen Page didn't say anything, just listened carefully to Evan Bell's explanation, she bit her lower lip slightly, her eyes were full of concentration seems to be thinking about Evan- Every word of Bell. "Then why is it pregnant? It's not a car accident, it's not a test failure, it's not a divorce..."

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"Very good question." Evan Bell laughed, "Perhaps the most controversial issue is because of teenage pregnancy. After all, I'm shooting a movie. There are no conflicts and no breaking points. It's hard to tell a story, isn't it?" Evan Bell's honesty made Ellen Page laugh too.

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"Of course, it also makes sense to choose this topic, because a series of issues involved in teenage pregnancy are very controversial in the United States, and people always raise this issue to a certain level, such as religion, such as belief. , such as life and so on. This makes this problem a monstrous beast, too scary. Our life has enough scary things, so why can't we look at this problem from a different angle? So, And so 'Juno' was born."

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What Evan Bell wants to tell is not the story of a teenage pregnancy, but how a teenage girl handles it in an egoistic yet sunny way when she encounters an unexpected life accident. That's the point of the "Juno" story.

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Ellen Page thought for a while, loosened his lips, looked at Evan Bell and said, "Then it can be said that this is actually a growth story, or a story about life."

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