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"I don't want you guys to care!"
The blonde girl with tears on her face rushed out of the study and ran straight back to her room, not waiting for the people behind her to chase after her, slamming the door of her room with force with a loud thud, "I don't need you guys to control me either!"
A middle-aged couple around forty years old walked out from the study, both of their faces were gloomy, obviously angry as well.
"Why is she so disobedient!" The middle-aged man seemed to be furious, "Is this still our daughter?"
The middle-aged woman wasn't much better, huffing, "Going to college isn't a hundred times better than studying acting!"
Julian Fellowes waited for the cousins to come into the living room, invited them to sit on the sofa, brought two glasses of water over, and persuaded them, "Kerry isn't usually like this, don't be angry, just try to persuade her again."
"Persuade? Does persuasion work?" The middle-aged man raised his voice, obviously speaking to Carey Mulligan who was hiding in the room, "If she doesn't give up, we'll take her back to London and send her to a Catholic boarding school."
"Bang!"
There was a crisp thud from the other side of the room door, as if the person inside was slamming something.
The middle-aged man just wanted to stand up, Julian Fellowes hurriedly pulled him back, "It'll be fine, just let her vent."
Compared to the grumpy middle-aged man, the middle-aged woman was slightly better, she grabbed the page of the script that she had read earlier and asked, "Judy, what exactly is that Murphy Stanton?"
"I've had someone find out a little bit about him, he just got out of prison this year, and before that he was a freelance journalist."
Julian Fellowes words couldn't help but carry some contempt, "He just set up Stanton Studios a few months ago, it's his first project, he's a new guy in the business."
"Been in jail?" The middle-aged man snapped and slapped the coffee table in front of him, "Carey should never enter the crew of such a person."
"And the script ...," pushing the sheet of scripts in front of her husband, the middle-aged woman said, "How can Carey be exposed to something with this kind of subject matter."
"I'm sorry, it was an oversight."
Although he said so, Julian Fellowes didn't care, although this kind of subject matter was sensitive, but Hollywood produced so many movies a year, what kind of sensitive content didn't exist?
Not to mention other things, what is the famous movie of Natalie Portman, who was red all over the world last year? A little girl in love with a killer ...
And Kirsten Dunst, how old is she to shoot a kissing scene?
As a veteran Hollywood actor, Julian Fellowes doesn't think there's anything excessive about this kind of subject matter.
Julian Fellowes' wife brought two cups of coffee out of the kitchen and brought them to the Mulligans, also exhorting, "Children nowadays are rebellious, and reprimands like the ones you gave in the study will only backfire."
The middle-aged man was unimpressed and said in a loud voice, "I'll have to find another teacher of the strictest etiquette when I take her back to England."
Kerry Mulligan, who was hiding in the room, heard it clearly, and her aggrieved tears poured down like a floodgate opening, thinking of her parents' harsh reprimand inside the study earlier, and her miserable life after returning to England in the future, she couldn't help but sob.
She felt like the whole world had betrayed her.
Why couldn't they be as understanding as Murphy?
The girl's sobbing became louder, and outside her father and mother were already discussing how to bring her back to England.
Hearing those incredibly harsh words, Carey Mulligan grew more and more aggravated, harder and harder, and her heart hardened.
She said she would not give up for anything and would fight those bad guys to the end!
Thinking of this, Carey Mulligan took out her cell phone and dialed Murphy's number once again, and when the opposite party picked up, she huffed and said, "What am I going to do, Murphy! My dreams of being an actor are about to be shattered!"
"Hey, Kerry, why are you crying again?" The voice on the receiver was as understanding as ever, as warm and kind as ever, "Had a fight with your parents? Don't take it to heart, all parents in this world love and support their children ..."
"But I'm an exception!" Carey Mulligan raised her voice a little, "I'm not fighting with them, I'm being severely reprimanded, the kind that comes with saying anything!"
"And they're taking me back to England!" She gritted her teeth, "I've really had enough!"
"What did you say?" Her teeth were clenched so tightly just now that she didn't hear what Murphy said.
In the studio, Murphy twirled his pencil with one hand and held up the phone with the other, seemingly kind but actually compelling, "You need to find a place to be quiet and calm down right now."
The girl on the other end immediately said, "I really need a quiet place."
She hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "Can I come to you, Murph? I can't think of anywhere I can go, can I come to you?"
Murphy couldn't help but scratch his head, this girl really was a flower raised in a hothouse.
But it was definitely not wise to let Carey Mulligan come here to find him, the other party was still underage, and a meeting between the two in a private setting couldn't help but cause some trouble.
"PLEASE!" the phone rang pleading again, "They're getting ready to go out, I can sneak out."
Considering for a few seconds, Murphy said, "I'll meet you at the Mittens Café."
Carey Mulligan's parents were apparently more stubborn than he thought, Murphy had previously thought that all she had to do was make a fuss and they couldn't help but agree, now not only did they not agree, they were ready to take her back to England ...
When going to Mitton Cafe, Murphy has been thinking about this matter, if it does not work, it can only give up, good thing that he previously thought of the existence of this possibility, but also continue to recruit male and female actors and actresses, looking for a suitable candidate.
Came to Mitton Cafe, the boss Lynch is not in, Murphy and the waiter to explain a sentence, casually find a card seat, sit down and turn over the laptop he carries with him, while reviewing the schedule, while patiently waiting up.
After a full hour and a half, Carey Mulligan walked into the cafe.
She was dressed in a sports outfit with a baseball cap on her head, her delicate baby face completely hidden beneath the long brim.
"This way." Murphy waved at her.
The girl took off her baseball cap, walked over quickly, and sat directly across from her.
It could be seen that she had cried a lot before, her eyes were red and a little swollen.
"Something to drink?" Murphy asked.
"Whatever." She seemed to have a lot to say, a lot of grievances to pour out, "I've been strictly required since I was a child to do everything to meet their standards ..."
Murphy ordered a latte for Carey Mulligan and looked at her but didn't say anything, acting seriously as a listener.
After half a day of talking about how unfortunate her life was, Carey Mulligan felt thirsty and took a sip of her coffee.
Murphy could hear that her complaints and dissatisfaction with her family were not caused by this one incident, but were the result of a long period of accumulation. "Are you sure you want to be an actress?" He asked again.
Carey Mulligan nodded without hesitation, "It's my dream."
"But realizing dreams is never easy." Murphy paused for a moment to gather his thoughts, "It's a difficult process, and often comes at a price unimagined."
He looked at Carey Mulligan and began to make believe, "When I wasn't as old as you, I aspired to be a very successful movie director, but I was one of the slums and had to go to a very bad public high school, and had no chance of getting a professional education in the field."
Carey Mulligan thought that Murphy was comforting her with her miserable past, and a few moments of sympathy appeared on her face.
"But I didn't give up, I knew that no one would invest in a movie by someone like me, I had to find a way to raise money on my own."
Hearing this, Carey Mulligan interjected, "You made it, ah, you're going to shoot a movie soon."
"To be where I am today, do you know how much I've been through?"
Carey Mulligan shook his head, and Murphy said half-heartedly, "I've offended a lot of people and spent a year in jail in order to raise money."
He points to the not-so-obvious scars on his face, "Those are symbols from prison."
"But I wasn't discouraged." Murphy said gently, "I know what I want, and I will work steadfastly for my goals, and no difficulty or obstacle is a reason or excuse to stop moving forward."
He concluded, "It's never how we think, but how we act that can determine our future."
Listening to these words, Carey Mulligan seemed to understand something.
After thinking about it for a while longer, she gradually realized that to become an actress, sitting around and waiting for her parents to let go of her doesn't work ...
"I know what my goals are. Why can't I work for it myself?"
Such thoughts became clearer and clearer in Carey Mulligan's mind, "I'm going to fight for it too!"
In the face of such a particularly rebellious girl, Murphy never said what he wanted her to do, and always guided her in accordance with her ideas, using sideways approaches, and so far the effect was not bad, but he also didn't know if this seemingly naive, but actually rebellious girl could bring some surprises to himself.
If he could, he didn't want to give up on Carey Mulligan, after all, after auditioning dozens of actresses, she was the most outstanding one, besides, it was also directly related to whether or not James Franco would join his cast.
Carey Mulligan picked up her coffee and took a hard sip, suppressing all her unhappiness and aggravation, looking across the room, "Thank you, Murphy, you've made me realize a lot of sense."
"Reason?" Murphy's face immediately set in puzzlement, "What did I do?"
"Nothing." Carey Mulligan shook her head, thinking that the person across from her was really too understanding. She stood up and waved goodbye, "Thanks for the coffee, I'm going back."
Walking out of the card table, she turned back around and reminded Murphy again, "Don't forget your promise that you'd wait a week for me."
It was still far from October, and Murphy himself wasn't in a big hurry, pointing to his head and saying solemnly, "I keep it in mind here."
What would the rebellious English girl do? Murphy didn't know, but after a mere three days, he received a call from a Mr. Mulligan, who wanted to meet with him to take a look at the script and have a preliminary talk about Carey Mulligan's contract.
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