Chapter 238: Maidens

"What?" This time it's Eric's turn to be perplexed.

Elizabeth repeated, "Having to turn around 500 times to get one chance to pass by someone, isn't that too tiring?"

Eric was speechless. Was this girl not romantic, or was she too serious? But he still followed the girl's words and said, "So, since it's so tiring, then meeting in this lifetime should be treasured even more, right?"

"Oh," Elizabeth nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "But what you are saying doesn't have much to do with "Sleepless in Seattle," does it?"

"No worries, 《Sleepless in Seattle》 is about a story of fate: a male and female separated by a thousand miles, through a radio program, finally got together romantically, isn't this fate?"

Elizabeth objected, "But I feel like your story could never happen in reality."

You're absolutely right. With billions of people on this planet, anything can happen. And if it were too easy, what would be the point of making a movie about it? Eric spread his arms out. "It's because there are so many impossibilities and disappointments in reality that stories appear in various forms, like movies. It's all for the purpose of giving people some kind of spiritual compensation and consolation, which is the beauty of stories."

"Alright, you always have a lot of reasons." Elizabeth realized she could not argue with Eric, so she gave up.

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On New Year's Eve, the father and son still spent the night in a dark house, isolated and lonely.

After Johnna fell asleep, Sam carried his son into the bedroom. Then he came to the deck alone, watching the fireworks rise in the distance, and the loneliness in his heart became even more intense. He fled into the living room in confusion and lay on the sofa. After drinking some beer, he finally fell asleep drowsily.

Unbeknownst to him, he saw his wife Marge again, the woman with short hair wearing a white dress, tall and delicate.

"Can I have half a can of beer?" Maggie picked up Sam's half-drunk beer and sat down next to him, leaning back against the sofa and looking at him with a loving gaze. A charming smile hung at the corner of her mouth.

Sam also stared blankly at the other person.

Maggie said again, "What did I say before?"

Sam finally reacted, subconsciously asking, "What do you mean?"

I said, "Respect your eyes."

Sam shook his head: "Respect us."

The two of them stared at each other for a moment, and Sam finally said with a groan of pain, "Baby, I think you know it hurts."

"Good!" Eric shouted out in satisfaction as the people around him stirred. The woman sitting on the couch then stood up and came to Eric's side with a charming smile, asking, "Director Williams. Did I do okay?"

"Of course, you're remarkable, Ms. Lowell," Eric said to the tall woman.

The woman's name is Carey Lowell, who is the latest Bond girl in this year's "007 License to Kill," and the role of Sam's wife in the original "Sleepless in Seattle" was guest-starred by this woman. Therefore, given that the other party's current fame is greater than a few years later, Eric sent out an invitation.

Carey Lowell quickly responded, indicating that she was willing to make a cameo appearance in Eric's movie. This is also understandable, although she is the latest Bond girl, this year's "007: Licence to Kill" only grossed more than $30 million at the summer box office. If it was another movie, 30 million would definitely be good. But this is 007, and 30 million is not a good result to go out and greet people. Not to mention that the publicity cost of this movie together would be far more than 30 million.

Although MGM released the film worldwide, it not only recovered its costs but also made a small profit.

But the North American gross of $30 million directly resulted in the 007 series being suspended for a period of six years, and when it was restarted, all the main creators were changed again.

Because her grades weren't good, Kaylee Lowry didn't gain the corresponding fame.

To be honest, the Bond Girls of the 007 series have never achieved much fame. People will remember the actors who have played 007, Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig, but not many people can name the Bond Girls.

"Do you want me to go over it again, or are we just going to let this pass?" Hearing Eric say this, Kelly Lowry asked, her appearances were few, other than a few seconds in Sam's dream and a family outing. All her scenes added up to less than a minute in the entire movie.

Since one must have a good figure and appearance to become a Bond girl, similarly to Vesper Lynd, 28-year-old Kelly Lovey was born in 1961, so if her acting career doesn't have a breakthrough, her career won't have much development after she turns 30. So, since she managed to land a role in Eric's movie, the girl decided to try to get more roles for herself.

When Kelly Lowry initially agreed to guest star, she didn't even ask for any payment. It's easy to understand her motive. Although it was just a guest star role, no one would belittle the role besides Eric himself, who knew the specifics.

Originally, there were many people recommending people to Eric here, but they were all rejected by Eric, and he directly chose Kelly Lowell's name. The girl was also extremely treasured. After all, although Polly Simmons was the nominal heroine of 《Running Out of Time》, according to the appearance time, it was almost the same as a cameo. Therefore, Kelly Lowell also hoped that 《Sleepless in Seattle》 could bring her the same effect as Polly Simmons after her appearance in 《Running Out of Time》.

But Eric shook his head: "No need, Ms. Lowell. It's already quite late now, so you can go back to the city. You should know that the living conditions here for the crew are not very good."

"It's okay, I'll wait a bit. We're almost done taking pictures anyway; maybe there's something else that needs me."

"Alright." Eric nodded, and the girl wisely stepped aside.

The camera continues, and the scene is still on the sofa. Sam opens his eyes and wakes up, only to find out that everything was just a dream. Rubbing his eyes, he looks around. The light is dim and silent, as if echoing his lonely feelings at the moment.

"Okay, Hans, let's wrap it up here for today," Eric said, addressing the crew around him. "Let's start packing up and head home for some rest. We'll be going to the Seattle airport for shooting tomorrow."