Chapter 73: Chapter 73 - It was an accident
Although he heard Eric's praise, Al just nodded his head slightly. He was still immersed in the emotions from earlier and did not intend to come out of the role.
Understanding right away, Eric no longer spoke up and quickly ordered the staff to prepare for the next shot.
Ending his piano solo, Edward thanked the audience, and Vivian went up to him. As a girl who never finished high school, she didn't recognize the complex emotions contained in Edward's play. Leaning over the piano, Vivian complimented, "I didn't know you could play the piano."
Edward smiled and gazed at Vivian: "I only play for strangers."
Vivian paused for a moment, and moved to Edward's side: "I'm a little lonely upstairs."
Edward quickly turned to the waiters still doing their jobs and asked them to leave. He didn't forget to say thank you to them. He was always so polite, even when commanding others.
Vivian could not help but ridicule Edward's behavior: "Aren't People always willing to listen to your orders?"
Edward did not answer, pulling her to him instead, and rested his weary head on Vivian's body. For the first time, she felt the man's weakness, and for a moment she was at a loss for what to do. She followed her instincts by gently stroking Edward's hair.
Edward silently untied her robe and lifted her on top of the piano while Vivian meekly let the man kiss and caress her. At this moment, she turned into a pool of spring water, silently invading Edward's dry emotionless world.
The camera slowly drew away, until it was completely obstructed by the prepared obstacles.
But Al and Julie did not stop their performance, the two of them were still wrapped together. Cameraman Nicole Frank looked at Eric, and after getting the hint, wisely turned off the camera. All the cast members at the scene silently looked to Eric, asking what to do next?
Eric knew he couldn't let things keep going. He clapped his hands lightly, raised his voice, and shouted: "OK, cut!"
Hearing the sound, Julia who was on top of the piano, got out of her disoriented state. With a look of shame and panic toward Eric, she pushed Al away, tidied up her messy dress, and placed the robe back on her body. Al also recovered, and when he noticed the crew's strange looks, he smiled awkwardly.
To resolve the awkward atmosphere, Eric quickly dispatched the others to prepare for the next scene.
"I'm sorry, Eric, I got carried away."
Eric came in front of Al, smiled, and said: "No, Al, your performance was very good. This is the perfect state of an actor. Oh, Julia's performance was also very good." Eric didn't forget to praise the girl.
Julia did not feel the joy of being praised, instead, her eyes dodged Eric's: "I... I'm going to fix my makeup."
When the girl hurried away, Al was a little confused and asked: "What's wrong with her?"
Eric said: "Maybe she is shy? I also find it somewhat strange. This is not the first passionate scene we shot, and she has not been like this then. A woman's thought process is impossible to grasp, huh?"
In the next shot, Julia made a lot of mistakes that should not have been made. However, one of the most important scenes of the day was done perfectly and had Eric satisfied. It also saved him quite a lot of time, so Eric wasn't impatient with her.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the crew called it a day and started packing up. Al smiled when he found Julia next to him in the makeup trailer: "Are you free this evening? A new French restaurant has just opened at La Cienega Boulevard. I would like to invite you to dinner."
Julia's actions paused. The makeup artist and assistant were about to temporarily leave them alone, but Julia stopped them and said to Al: "Mr. Pacino, can you wait a minute?"
"Sure, I'll wait for you outside," Al said and walked off the trailer.
A few minutes later, Julia came out after removing her makeup and nodded to Al, who was beckoning her. But, she first led the way to Eric and his assistant Alan Fisman who were having a discussion.
...
"For this scene, prepare a group of 50 people to play. Find a professional polo team. Anyway, the filming is almost over and our budget is still very adequate..." Eric was saying. Eric caught sight of Julia walking toward them, and nodded slightly to the girl, and with a pencil signed the folder before handing it to Alan.
"Eric, Al wants to invite me to dinner." Julia's said in a low voice.
Alan raised his eyebrows slightly as he clearly sensed the uncertainty in the girl's tone. Eric who was absorbed in instructing Alan, hearing what Julia said, blurted out without thinking: "Go ahead, don't delay the shooting tomorrow."
The girl stood in place for a few seconds and stared at Eric. Seeing the man still not reacting much, Julia suddenly became very angry. This anger made her throw caution to the wind and take two steps forward, and in front of the astonished eyes of Alan, kicked fiercely at Eric's calf.
Eric let out a scream and crashed down.
Alan, who had seen everything, was too shocked to support the falling Eric. Mouth trembling slightly, his calf muscle instantly became tight. Those were high-heels! How much pain his boss must be in!
This woman is not crazy, right!
Hearing Eric's pained cry, everyone who was still at the filming site quickly gathered. After the kick, Julia immediately regretted it. But since she had already done it, she blamed her breakdown on him. Julia pursed her lips and turned away to leave. Julia's assistant Alison Green looked anxiously at Eric, who had been lifted up, and followed after Julia.
Alison drove the silent Julia back to her apartment.
After entering the room, Julia sat down on the living room sofa. Alison carefully poured a glass of water for Julia and placed it in front of the girl, before asking anxiously: "Julia, we will not be fired, right?"
Thinking of that man's overbearing character, Julia was not sure what the outcome would be. Holding the glass of water, she whispered, "I'm sorry, Alison. You may get implicated because of me."
"That's all right, its no big deal. I can get another job," Alison was free and easygoing. Changing the job was no problem, she was only an Assistant and will not suffer too much "but why did you kick Mr. Williams?"
Julia panicked and drank some water, but did not answer.
Alison said hesitantly: "Did he stop you from dating Mr. Al? That's why you kicked him, right?"
Julia remained silent. Alison took Julia's silence as an answer to what actually happened and angrily said: "That's too much. You only had sex once or twice. You are not his property. How can he limit your freedom to love?"
Julia scratched her head: "Alison, stop it. Can... can you leave me in peace, please?"
"Oh, ok, if there's nothing else, I'll leave, call me if you need anything. Julia, cheer up. You are not a completely unknown actress. Even if you leave that bastard, you can still get a movie role."
"Alison..."
"Alright, alright, I won't say anything, I'll leave then."
... ...
The crew still remained at the site, Eric was sitting on a deck chair, surrounded by people. The leg was raised with his pants off, and a private doctor pressing from time to time on the bruise.
"Mr. Williams, there's no damage to the bone. We can apply some topical medicine to invigorate the circulation of blood and remove blood clots. However, do not move too much for the next few days."
Eric said: "Thank you for coming, Dr. Galien."
"You're welcome. Call me if you need anything. I will leave then." Dr. Galien left a bottle of lotion and carrying his kit, he turned to leave.
"Well, everybody can go back. I'll take a break."
The crew members around him gradually dispersed, and finally, only Alan Fiseman and Al remained. Al felt that the incident was certainly related to him, so he decided to stay and explain.
He thought Eric and Julia had no intimate relationship. Coupled with today's incident with Julia, the old playboy got the idea of trying to seduce her. He did not expect this outcome.
"Alan, I did not say anything wrong, right?"
Alan saw the bruise on his boss's calf and quickly shook his head.
"So what was the matter?"
Alan was the only one from the crew who was close to him and Julia when things happened. He had no knowledge of the things between Eric and Julia.
"Director, I'm not sure, but Miss Roberts asked you a question. You gave her a casual answer, and then she..."
Eric rubbed his temples in frustration: "What did she ask? I was looking at the film shooting table and did not listen too clearly."
Alan glanced at Al. He wondered if he should speak in front of him.
Eric followed Alan's gaze and remembered that Julia's words seemed to mention Al.
"Eric, I'm sorry, but I was just going to invite her for dinner. I did not expect to cause conflict between the two of you." Al calmly explained what had happened: "I thought you two didn't have an intimate relationship. So... I was forward."
"Oh, I remember now." Eric suddenly said: "Julia has just asked me this question, Alan, how did I answer?"
Alan glanced between Al and Eric and said truthfully, "You just said: "Go ahead, do not delay tomorrow's shooting.""
"Nothing else?"
Alan nodded with certainty: "No."
The three men at the same time glanced strangely at Eric's calf.
Eric gave a bitter smile: "It was an accident."
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