When Yu Dong and others received the news that Mo Yan's resignation application was approved, they had already been in Rome for two days.
During these two days, they did not go to the set, but walked around Rome accompanied by Giuseppe and Tim Roth.
In fact, it was Tim Roth's first time to come to Rome, but he didn't seem to be interested in the city's scenery. Although he accompanied Yu Dong and the others, he rarely spoke.
Yu Dong was quite confused at first, because when he was still in Paris, Giuseppe called him to tell him that filming in Rome was about to start, but after they arrived, they encountered that the crew was on holiday.
Later, after inquiring, I found out that the reason for the holiday was because Giuseppe and Tim had a quarrel.
The two of them had bad tempers and did not speak the same language. When they were in Ukraine, they often had conflicts and had cold wars. No one cared about the other.
In the afternoon of the next day, Yu Dong and the others arrived at the "Girl's Fountain".
Because of the movie "Roman Holiday", the "Girl's Fountain" is very popular among tourists. Many people gather around the fountain waiting to throw coins into it, or to watch others throw coins into it.
Cheng Yanqiu and other female relatives were very interested in this wishing pool.
On the way here, they said that making wishes was meaningless and no fun, but when they got there, all three women threw coins into the wishing well.
Yu Dong and several other men were watching from the side.
They are more concerned about the culture of throwing coins into the wishing well than making wishes themselves.
When Yu Hua and the others were exchanging Roman culture with Giuseppe, Yu Dong looked at Tim Roth next to him: "Have you been in contact with Quentin recently?"
Tim Roth is an old acquaintance with Quentin. He is from London. He acted in the UK for ten years and then moved to the United States to develop. Then he met Quentin and participated in "Reservoir Dogs" and later "Reservoir Dogs".
pulp Fiction".
Therefore, Quentin played a big role in the development of Tim Roth in the United States.
"No contact recently, I have been studying piano." Tim Roth shook his head, and then asked curiously: "Do you know Quentin?"
Yu Dong nodded: "Of course, we are quite familiar with each other."
"Oh, you probably met at the Oscars that year. You and he both attended."
"You remember all this," Yu Dong said with a smile.
"Well, when Spielberg was filming "The Second World," I tried to participate in it, but failed in the end." Tim Roth said with some regret: "In order to participate in the film, I read the original novel five times.
Six times.”
"That's really a pity." Yu Dong nodded.
Tim Roth laughed and said: "I didn't expect that a few years later, we would still be collaborating in this way. This script is so attractive to me, otherwise I probably would never come to Rome in my life."
As he spoke, he looked at Yu Dong again, but hesitated to speak.
"Do you have any questions?" Yu Dong asked.
Tim Roth thought for a while and said, "I heard Giuseppe say that if it weren't for your recommendation, he wouldn't have chosen me to play 1900. Is that true?"
Yu Dong was stunned.
Where did this start?
Regarding the casting, Yu Dong did have some opinions, but he didn't say much. It was mainly Giuseppe's decision.
And in the previous life, "The Pianist" was played by Tim Roth, so there was no influence from him.
"Did he really say that?"
Tim Roth nodded seriously: "Yes, when we were in Ukraine a few days ago, we had a quarrel over something, and he said something like this."
Yu Dong laughed: "You should take what I said during the quarrel seriously. It was Giuseppe's decision to choose you as the protagonist, and it has nothing to do with me. I think he said this to you just to make you angry. Now look
Come, his purpose has been achieved."
"Is that so?"
Yu Dong shrugged: "Otherwise, do you think that based on his character, I can influence him casually?"
"But you are YU..." Halfway through, Tim Roth shook his head and smiled: "According to his character, I'm afraid even you can't easily influence his decision. He is the most stubborn director I have ever seen."
"So he always produces good pictures."
Yu Dong smiled, but Giuseppe was not the only one who was stubborn.
Although Tim Roth is joking and laughing at the moment, in fact, his temper is no weaker than Giuseppe's.
An ordinary actor would not dare to complain about Giuseppe like this.
According to the information Yu Dong received, when they were in Ukraine, the two people quarreled basically every day, and the situation was not small at all, and they almost got into a fight.
Yu Dong looked at the bodies of the two of them. If they really fought, Tim Ross should have the upper hand. Although they were both about the same height, Tim Ross seemed to have more fighting ability.
Probably after listening to Yu Dong's words, Tim Roth looked at Giuseppe not far away, who was chatting with Yu Hua and others with a translator.
Tim Roth squinted his eyes with an unfathomable expression.
This look reminded Yu Dong of a TV series called "Lie to Me" starring Tim Roth. In this TV series, he often looked at others with this look.
Yu Dong felt a surge in his heart and suddenly asked, "Tim, have you ever understood micro-expressions?"
"Ah?" Tim Roth was staring at Giuseppe, obviously not understanding what Yu Dong said, "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
"I'm asking, have you ever understood micro-expressions?"
"No." Tim Roth shook his head in surprise. He didn't understand why Yu Dong suddenly mentioned this.
"I heard from Giuseppe that you practiced piano for half a year for this movie?"
Tim Roth's eyebrows were raised, causing wrinkles on his forehead. Yu Dong's topics jumped so fast that he couldn't keep up.
"Yes, I have been practicing for half a year, but I started too late and the results are average."
"Don't be too modest, Giuseppe told me that your piano practice is very effective."
"Really?" Tim Roth looked at Giuseppe again: "It's not easy to hear words of praise from him."
"Giuseppe is a very good director and a very good friend. You two should get along well." Yu Dong said with a smile, "Also, maybe you can pay more attention to micro-expressions later on."
"for……"
When Tim Roth was about to ask Yu Dong why, Giuseppe and Yu Hua came over and said they were going to the next place.
What he wanted to say was interrupted, and Tim Roth stopped talking.
However, what Yu Dong said before also had some effect. On the way to St. Peter's Basilica, Tim Roth took the initiative to talk to Giuseppe. It seemed that the atmosphere between the two was quite good, compared to when Yu Dong and others had just arrived.
Chapter completed!