Chapter 103

It's one thing for Xu Can's action scenes in *Spider-Man* to be enjoyable, but can filming a musical be this exciting?

The first meeting between male lead Seb and female lead Mia is the traditional bickering couple mode.

Roger Ebert immediately thought of Audrey Hepburn's *Roman Holiday*, one of the hallmarks of Hollywood's golden age.

Combined with the protagonists' vehicles, combined with the music style and the Easter eggs in the film,

he can see that Xu Can is using all kinds of details to prove that he really understands Hollywood.

Even more than many film critics!

It's like a powerful heavy punch, smashing hard on the bridge of the noses of those doubters!

Just like William next to him, his face is a bit green.

"How about it? Still not convinced?"

"Hmph, let's see, I don't believe it." William is still stubborn.

The film gradually progresses, and the second musical number arrives.

This is the song between female lead Mia and her best friends, four beauties in long dresses of different colors dancing in the night.

The picture full of color contrast, and the pleasant melody, is simply enjoyment!

The first song "Another Day of Sun" was amazing enough,

and the second song "Someone In The Crowd" is even more addictive!

"Wait!"

Roger Ebert suddenly remembers something!

Media reports say that the entire film's music creation was completed independently by Xu Can!

He can write songs too?

Holy Shit! As expected of Hollywood's "Devil," truly a monster!

Not only are the musical segments of the film brilliant, but the dramatic scenes are also outstanding!

Stone, who plays female lead Mia, has acting skills that beat her peers, and even has a gap-leading advantage among all Hollywood actresses!

She plays the frustrated bit-part actress, and it's truly flesh and blood.

Perhaps she really has experienced those setbacks to have such a deep understanding.

Female lead Mia is down and out, and male lead Seb is also at a low point in life.

Even the boss in the restaurant can manipulate him at will,

and for a meager part-time salary, Seb, who has musical talent, has to be humble and play those boring melodies.

Xu Can's piano skills are also shown to the world for the first time.

Logically speaking, not many actors can master the piano.

To reach a sufficient level, it requires years or even decades of practice.

So most actors filming piano scenes use close-ups of their faces, and then use hand doubles for close-ups,

and the director doesn't dare to film full-body shots from multiple angles.

Yet here with Xu Can, he boldly shows off his piano level to the audience.

At first, it was just simple Christmas Eve, then as he played, the mouths of the entire audience couldn't close.

"Ah?"

"No, he's really playing?"

"This level, caught up to a professional pianist, right?"

The audience's reaction is just like the crew on set initially.

Xu Can had never revealed to the outside world that he could play the piano; his debut was a blockbuster!

"Seb & Mia Theme" starts with low chanting, gradually containing full emotions,

and at this moment, Seb has entered a state of self-forgetfulness; the restaurant has become his exclusive stage!

And the only audience is Mia at the door!

The song ends, without any applause.

Seb returns to reality from the fantasy stage, and the only thing he meets is the ruthless face of the restaurant boss.

"You're fired."

Mia is infected by the music and wants to go up to chat, but Seb has no time to pay attention to her and brushes past her.

The two meet for the second time, and it ends awkwardly again.

At this time, the audience hasn't realized what kind of impact this scene will create at the end of the film!

At the same time, Emma next to Xu Can is looking at herself on the screen with happiness.

In the movie, Xu Can didn't pay attention to her, but in reality, she is gently holding Xu Can's hand.

Xu Can suddenly feels Emma pinching him, thinking she's looking for him to say something.

His ear just leaned over, but his face suddenly felt cold.

It turns out Emma pecked him on the face like a dragonfly touching water.

So Xu Can repeated the trick, and Emma leaned over too.

He kissed Stone directly on the mouth; Emma was shocked in her heart and wanted to push him away.

But Xu Can was a bit unscrupulous, making Emma's heart jump, while also having a different kind of excitement.

In front of the crew, in front of film critics, and in front of so many audience members, isn't it too risky?

However, just as she was about to indulge in it, Xu Can suddenly left, stopping abruptly.

Stone was instantly left hanging by him.

"Abominable!"

Emma grabbed Xu Can's hand and bit it.

"Hiss—are you a vampire?"

"Hmph!"

Assistant Director Damien accidentally caught their little play and felt embarrassed.

Please, can't you two go home to play? This is in a theater...

But thinking about it carefully, their rumors have been all over the sky for a long time, and in the media's mouth, they've already had three children.

Being intimate in public is considered normal.

After the male and female leads target each other at a party, to avoid their blind date partners, Mia deliberately pulls the male lead away.

The two come to the Wilson Mountain nearby and walk all the way to near the Griffith Observatory.

The blue-purple night view of Los Santos looks particularly hazy and psychedelic.

The third musical number of the film adds another layer of different color.

Most importantly, Xu Can's tap dance makes the girls at the scene unable to help but scream!

"Ah ah ah ah! Too handsome!"

"I want to let him fiercely %*..."

"Sister, I want to join too."

After experiencing "most handsome Spider-Man," "most handsome killer," and "most handsome villain," Xu Can has gained a new title: "most handsome tap dancer."

The harmonious beauty of Seb and Mia dancing together in the night of Los Santos makes Roger Ebert dizzy.

He knows very well the difficulty of this long-take dance; it probably NG'd countless times, right?

Even William, who has always wanted to pick faults, is immersed in the dance at this time, temporarily forgetting everything else.

The male and female leads fall in love with each other in a song, thus becoming friends who talk about everything, chatting about their respective dreams.

Film critic William finally pulls away from the dance, sneering and curling his lips.

"Cliché plot, isn't it just breaking up because of dreams and then reuniting later? Boring."

"How do you know? What if there's another development later?"

"Impossible, he's an Asian, what kind of god-level development could he have?"

"Look, still saying you're not a racist?"

"Hmph, wait and see."

In the film, Seb and Mia talk more and more, admiring each other's dreams.

They agree to meet next time, and Seb comes to the Los Santos pier familiar to GTA5 players, singing that classic song in the purple night sky.