Chapter 322: Strange Literary Coffee

Jude Law is actually considered a literary coffee.

As everyone knows, every literary coffee has some strange habits, to put it nicely, it's called persistence in art.

Jude Law's parents were teachers at the British National Youth Music Theatre. He was deeply influenced by his parents since he was a child and liked stage plays very much, even dropping out of school to become a stage actor.

After being tempered by multiple stage plays, he once won the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his performance on the theatrical stage.

His favorite stage play is *Sleuth*, which won the Tony Award in 1970 by Anthony Shaffer.

After this stage play was made into a film, Jude Law always believed that there were many essence parts in *Sleuth* that hadn't been developed, so he had the idea of re-introducing this story to the audience with modern film techniques.

After shooting Wong Kar-wai's *My Blueberry Nights*, this idea of his became even more restless.

So, he called Simon Halfon and decided to re-shoot this film.

He is now considered "successful." As long as he participates personally, it is very easy to pull investment.

Jude Law found Harold Pinter to write the script for the film. Harold Pinter is a famous British playwright and director, and his fame in Europe is very great.

When Harold Pinter confirmed "joining the group," this film, jointly planned by Jude Law and Simon Halfon, also began to receive more attention.

They quickly found filming funds and decided to formally establish the project.

Then, Jude Law, who was full of ambition, received an audition invitation.

"Hey, buddy, you absolutely won't believe it. Michael Caine has already agreed. He decided to play Andrew. This is really great news. It's really great!"

Simon Halfon was very excited. After seeing Jude Law, he told him the good news for the first time.

Michael Caine once played Milo in the 72 version of *Sleuth*. Now being able to agree to play Andrew can not only increase the gimmick of the film but is also a very good candidate for Andrew.

Michael Caine is considered a gold-medal supporting actor in Hollywood. His acting skills are very good, and he is very suitable for playing those gentlemanly roles.

"What's wrong, buddy? Why do I seem to find you a bit unhappy? Eon, this is great news. Smile, buddy. Don't tell me you have an opinion on Michael Caine. He was named by you."

Simon Halfon made a celebratory gesture, signaling Jude Law to follow.

However, he was disappointed.

Jude Law pursed his lips, his eyes a bit dazed and a bit at a loss.

Simon Halfon finally found something wrong. He slowly put away his smile and asked with some confusion: "What's going on? What happened? You're not right, buddy."

Jude Law sighed and decided to tell his good brother the truth.

"Simon, I received an audition invitation. I'm very sorry, I feel I must seize this opportunity, so..."

He lowered his head, then raised his head again, put his hands on Simon Halfon's shoulders, and said solemnly: "Listen, buddy, suppose, I mean suppose, suppose I am selected, will you continue to execute this project?"

"I..."

Simon Halfon said blankly, then reacted, threw off Jude Law's hands, and his expression became angry.

Betrayal!

This is naked betrayal!

You convinced me to set up this game together, but now that everything is ready, you want to let me go, you want to run away!

Shit!

Can this be something a human can do?

"Bastard! Did you get bewitched by a witch? What kind of film can make you give up such a good situation with an audition invitation?"

Simon Halfon was strangely angry.

"Excuse! This is all an excuse. Did you find that shooting a film is too difficult? You retreated, right? You coward! You are a coward!

Wake up, buddy. *Sleuth* has always been your wish, your biggest wish. Are you afraid you can't shoot it well? Yes, it must be like this."

Simon Halfon was almost driven crazy by anger. Where is such a thing? Did so much preparation work, and it was about to be established, but you said you didn't want to do it anymore?

"Simon, don't be excited. Listen to me."

Jude Law put his hands on Simon Halfon's shoulders again, and used a little force to make him calm down.

"I have considered it for a whole night. Maybe I didn't want to re-shoot *Sleuth* as much as I imagined. At least after I received the audition invitation, my first reaction wasn't to refuse, but that I must take down this audition. After a long time, I realized that I was preparing another film."

Simon Halfon stared roundly, asking angrily: "What audition? Whose audition? What kind of audition can be more important than *Sleuth*?"

"It's Director Cao Yang's audition invitation. He decided to re-shoot *Pirates of the Caribbean*. The role he wants me to audition for is one of the leads, Will Turner, acting against Depp."

Simon Halfon's eyes widened even more. He opened his mouth, wanting to refute loudly, wanting to scold Jude Law, and even wanting to punch Jude Law twice.

But he didn't take any action. He stared blankly for a long time, and finally snorted, sitting on the sofa decadently.

Cao Yang's new film, even if it's Jude Law, as long as there is a chance, he must definitely try his best to seize it.

It's not that he is particularly interested in this rebooted *Pirates of the Caribbean*, but because this is Cao Yang's film, and this is the best opportunity to get closer to Cao Yang.

Look at Johnny Depp. He was just a literary weirdo before. Before knowing Cao Yang, his acting path wasn't as wide as Jude Law's, and his fame was at most on par with Jude Law's.

But now?

What does Jude Law have to compare with Depp?

He is a two-time Oscar Best Actor, a member of the 20-million-dollar club, and a super big star with great influence globally.

Therefore, Simon Halfon was just angry, but he didn't blame Jude Law's choice. If it were him, he would make the same choice.

"Jude, listen to me, buddy. You just received an audition invitation, and it's not determined that you will act. So, you go to audition. If you are brushed down, we will pretend this didn't happen and continue to prepare *Sleuth*, okay?"

Simon Halfon tried his best to make his tone calm.

Where did Jude Law know that he spread his hands and smiled bitterly:

"However, after experiencing this matter, I recognized myself. Maybe I didn't want to re-shoot *Sleuth* as much as I imagined. This is actually just an obsession of my youth, not the real thought of the current me."

That is to say, I regret everything I did for *Sleuth*. I shouldn't have done these somewhat absurd things for an obsession of my youth."

Simon Halfon's head became big instantly. Damn, I hate these literary coffees the most, full of strange thoughts and ideas. How did I become good friends with such a person?

Could it be that I am also not normal?

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