Chapter 272: Chapter 272: Bitch, Truly Shameless
Director Arnold was taken aback by Ivana Monroe’s question and didn’t answer immediately: "President Monroe, is there nothing you want to ask me?"
Ivana Monroe candidly said, "Not for now."
Ivana Monroe added, "Oh, Director Arnold, call me Ivana!"
Director Arnold’s body shook a little, President Monroe! You’re the woman of the boss, I’m just a minor director, how dare I call you by your first name?
Seeing Ivana Monroe’s insistent gaze, Director Arnold reluctantly replied, "Okay."
Sean Vaughn praised, "My sister is indeed smart."
Ivana Monroe’s fair cheeks reddened slightly: "I wouldn’t dare call myself smart."
Eloise rolled her eyes, mocking internally. Ivana Monroe can put on an act even better than Susan Heston. Susan hadn’t read the script initially and boasted shamelessly until she saw it, panicked, and ran to Sean Vaughn with multiple questions.
Ivana Monroe actually said she had no problem? Haha!
Does she think she has what it takes to portray the MV’s female lead?
Eloise was waiting to see Ivana Monroe make a fool of herself.
The actors took their positions.
Before shooting, Director Arnold said to Ivana Monroe: "Ivana... just relax. Today is just to test your camera presence; we’ll shoot officially in the afternoon."
Ivana Monroe responded with an "Hmm."
Except for Sean Vaughn, the others were temporary actors meant to serve as students in the background. They were paid daily and had no opinions on Director Arnold’s arrangement, nor dared to have any.
Eloise, who was with the makeup artist in the crew, was stunned when she heard Director Arnold’s words. She had come running in the cold wind early in the morning for nothing?
"Can’t act worth a damn and still chooses to embarrass herself publicly, really sick of this social garbage." Eloise complained.
"Do you know how she snatched away my MV role?"
When Eloise heard the familiar yet annoying voice, she turned her head and indeed saw Susan Heston’s irritating face.
Eloise didn’t say a word as Susan Heston had caused her a major illness, leaving Eloise with absolutely no likings for Susan.
Susan Heston was used to being prideful and had never regarded Eloise, so she naturally didn’t know Eloise was intensely disgusted by her.
Susan Heston deliberately lowered her voice and said to Eloise, "Ivana Monroe went to Director Arnold’s hotel last night, stripped naked and offered herself, pleasing him, then used some embarrassing video of Director Arnold to force him to replace me."
Eloise originally did not care for Susan Heston, but hearing such explosive gossip from her totally shocked her worldview.
She had thought Ivana Monroe had replaced Susan Heston with her family’s wealth.
Director Arnold calling her President Monroe like a sycophant...
Unexpectedly, reality was even more stimulating than speculation.
Ivana Monroe sold her body and used such despicable means to threaten Director Arnold into replacing Susan Heston.
She thought it made sense! Susan Heston’s family also had money, her cousin was Isaac Heston, so why would Director Arnold risk angering Isaac Heston to replace Susan Heston with Ivana Monroe?
Moreover, they were already nearing the end of shooting with Susan Heston, wasn’t this a slap in Isaac Heston’s face?
"Bitch, truly shameless." Eloise spat with contempt.
Susan Heston’s eyes flashed maliciously as she watched Ivana Monroe on the playground, dressed in a high school uniform, energetic like a real high school student, with that pretty face bearing no trace of time.
Susan Heston was on the brink of madness with jealousy.
Ivana Monroe, your time in the limelight won’t last long. You won’t have the right to finish Sean Vaughn’s MV, soon Isaac Heston will make sure, following orders from uncle and aunt, that you’re completely ousted.
Sean Vaughn just posted your costume photo on Weibo, but it’s just a fleeting moment.
Thinking back to when she worked with Sean Vaughn, he didn’t immediately post her costume photo. Halfway through shooting the MV, only after persistent requests from Director Arnold did Sean Vaughn reluctantly agree. Now with Ivana Monroe, he immediately posted her costume photo, which made Susan Heston very displeased.
The bustling playground, students darting and playing, among them a girl with straight hair running, she might be punished by the teacher for losing her hair tie and unable to tie her hair.
She ran until she was breathless, her cheeks slightly pink, yet she didn’t stop, surrounded by mocking classmates, some even mischievously tossed a basketball over her head.
The girl seemed unaware, biting her lip, eyes resolute, accelerating her pace.
Suddenly.
Someone threw a pebble at the girl.
Frightened, the girl fell to the ground, tears instantly clouding her vision...
Director Arnold’s gaze was fixed on the girl in the lens, filled with delight. He hadn’t expected Ivana Monroe to portray Victoria so well, including the fall... it was a real fall!
When Ivana Monroe raised her hands.
Director Arnold zoomed the lens and his heart skipped a beat. The slender fingers were trembling slightly, the palms showed marks from the pebble on the ground, clearly capturing the peeling skin.
Back when Susan Heston filmed this scene, she faked the fall several times before passing.
Director Arnold’s requirement was that some fine sand must adhere to the palm for it to show effect, but Susan Heston couldn’t achieve it. In the end, Director Arnold had to grab some earth from the ground and press it into Susan Heston’s palm before passing the scene.
There’s a difference in effect between a real fall and a fake one.
Now the netizens are sharp! You make a movie, and someone will specifically look for bloopers, from telephone poles, passing modern people, down to subtle wire effects in post-production, is it ketchup or watermelon juice you spat out?
A real fall compared to a fake fall on hand is completely different.
The camera shifted to Ivana Monroe’s face, a youthful beauty stubbornly suppressing tears, not wanting classmates to laugh.
Despite knowing she was already a joke, she refused to cry to keep her classmates from being more amused.
Director Arnold’s heart also tightened, feeling some sympathy for the fallen girl in the lens.
At that moment.
The laughter vanished and a well-defined, slender finger reached out in front of Ivana Monroe.
"Are you alright?"
The boy’s voice was filled with concern.
The girl lifted her face, her misty eyes meeting the boy’s sunny smile, momentarily dazed, the boy’s grin like radiant sunlight feeding warmth into the girl’s heart.
"I’m fine."
The girl softly replied.
She lowered her head, not placing her hand in the boy’s, choosing instead to stand up herself, her cheeks burning with shy embarrassment.
"Good, good, good."
Director Arnold excitedly repeated "good" several times, remembering when Susan Heston reached out to Sean Vaughn, her gaze at him was like a fangirl.
Director Arnold had shouted cut several times then.