Chapter 1014: Mr. Nico visits the classroom
As soon as Micaela arrived on the set of My Little Youth and Yours, director Gabino called Micaela.
Director Gabino himself took notice of Micaela’s external qualities, and because of director Gabino’s decades of experience in the directing industry, Micaela was likely to become the next top actress.
In the morning, he received a call from an executive of Amengual Group asking him to give Micaela a supporting role as a fifth girl, to which director Gabino was delighted.
Director Gabino was delighted to give Micaela a supporting role, even if it was over the top.
One day Micaela was a group actress, and the next day she was offered a role in the Amengual Group. Director Gabino has been in the industry for many years and has seen enough to know that Micaela may have someone behind her, but he is not surprised.
“Your name is Micaela, right?”.
Micaela nodded, “Yes.”
Director Gabino said, “You will play woman number five, Anita Ordaz, you will skim the script and focus on the role of Anita Ordaz, and we will shoot the Anita Ordaz scene in two hours.”
Micaela froze, a little surprised, “Director, I…”
Before she could finish the sentence, director Gabino knew what she wanted to ask, he smiled and told her, “You’re in luck, this morning I got a call from Amengual Pictures Group to assign you the role of woman number five.”
Micaela: “… Thank you director.”
Turning away, Micaela cupped her script and wiped her sweat.
Lucky her, she had worked hard the night before.
But wasn’t Nico too cheap to be woman number five?
Micaela flipped through the script, was there a woman number five in this script?
Soon, Micaela sat down and read the scenes of Anita Ordaz, the fifth female, who was small but with a lunar presence, who appeared in the second half of the script as a minor hiccup and catalyst between the hero and heroine, and the scenes were simple and gory.
In short, the hero and Anita Ordaz are childhood sweethearts, but after exams, Anita Ordaz goes abroad with her family and the hero is left alone. Later, when he goes to college, the hero falls in love with the heroine and leaves the unspoken and unexplained feelings between him and Anita Ordaz in oblivion.
The male protagonist feels more admiration and friendship for Anita Ordaz, but the female protagonist misinterprets Anita Ordaz as the male protagonist’s vermillion mole, which causes some minor conflicts, but this conflict only lasts three episodes in total and passes quickly.
Therefore, Micaela’s task was light, plus she has a good memory so she memorized her lines quickly, and Anita Ordaz’s character was relatively one-dimensional and not difficult to understand, so she was able to catch up quickly.
Two hours later, Micaela started shooting alongside Damario Bojorquez, who played the male lead.
There was an NG, but overall everything went well.
At the end of the scene, director Gabino complimented her, “Micaela said her lines with good emotion.”
Director Gabino did not expect to see such a complete performance from this girl after only two hours on set. Although the performance was not amazing, it was better because the newcomer acted naturally and fluently, with a good sense of immersion.
When Micaela finished, she was sitting down to rest and continue reading the rest of the script when Xaviera Canizales’ nanny’s car, a big car, arrived on the set.
As soon as it arrived, Xaviera Canizales said to director Gabino, “Director, do I remember if I had a kissing scene with the lead actor today?”
“Yes, if it’s okay with you, you can shoot it later.”
Xaviera Canizales immediately said, “No, no, no, no, of course I have a problem, director Gabino, I’m not good for a kissing scene right now since the company has given me an innocent character.”
Director Gabino frowned, “There are many young and innocent girls who do kissing scenes in youth dramas, it doesn’t affect your personality. Besides, didn’t you have several kissing scenes with Zhang Jinze in your previous drama?”.
Now what’s the point of pretending to be innocent?
Xaviera Canizales pursed her lips and argued, “Sooner is sooner, and besides, is it appropriate for me to kiss an unrepresented actor of my stature?”
Director Gabino let out a chuckle, catching the undertone.
It wasn’t that Xaviera Canizales didn’t want to do a kissing scene, but that she didn’t want to do it with Damario Bojorquez, who had just debuted and was still unknown and ignored, while Xaviera Canizales, who had already gained some popularity as a supporting actress, didn’t want to lower her profile. Canizales did not want to lower her profile to take the lead actor who was not famous.
Director Gabino asked her: “If you don’t do this, who will play you? Xaviera Canizales, don’t forget that this is not just a scene for me, it’s a scene for you.”
Director Gabino was so angry he almost wanted to say: just because you were at the top of your flow when you started, now you’re almost burned out, and if you keep doing this, you’re not as marketable as a newcomer.
Xaviera Canizales touched her fingernails and pouted, “Didn’t I have a double for the freezer scene? Director Gabino said she’s thinner, whiter and prettier than me, so wouldn’t she be better than me in the kissing scene?”
Xaviera Canizales put words in the mouth of director Gabino, who was furious, but still managed to keep his temper in check and said between his teeth: “There’s a close-up of Micaela, she’s so beautiful and recognizable. ”
Xaviera Canizales was furious, “She’s a girl, she’s so good, why don’t you let her play the lead role?”
“I’d love to!”
“You!”
There was an impasse for a while, and a crew member, seeing that the play was not going to continue, came over to round things up.
“Director Gabino, I think if Xaviera Canizales really doesn’t want to do it, it’s not a good idea to keep stalling, we have to roll.”
Director Gabino thought about it for a while and it seemed reasonable, so he called Micaela and said, “Micaela, later on you and Dario Bojorquez will do a kissing scene together.”
Micaela was puzzled: “But I’m not going to play Anita Ordaz, and if the audience sees the protagonist kissing Anita Ordaz, wouldn’t it be a mess?”.
Director Gabino: “Read the script, match words and emotions with Damario Bojorquez, try it and see if it doesn’t work.”
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Nico has an engagement and is about to leave when Campoverde pushes and says: “Mr. Nico, there is a message from the crew on Miss Micaela’s set saying that Xaviera Canizales is not going to do the kissing scene and has asked Miss Micaela to do it for her as an understudy. ”
Nico’s eyes sparkled, “Micaela has said yes?”.
Campoverde said, “Miss Micaela is a very small person and the outside world does not know Miss Micaela’s relationship with Mr. Nico, and Miss Micaela could not say no … ”
Nico turned his step and headed for the elevator.
Campoverde followed him, “Mr. Nico, where are we going?”.
Nico stepped into the elevator, looked at the wall with an unhinged face and said, “To the set.”
Campoverde: … Are you going to the set or to catch an adulterer?
Campoverde couldn’t help but speak for Micaela: “Mr. Nico, it’s a matter of time before Miss Micaela does a kissing scene, it can’t be helped in a movie.”
Nico doesn’t believe it.
He’s not even a debutante and he’s doing kissing scenes behind her back, he wants to fly before his wings are strong enough.
The more he thought about it, the darker Nico’s face darkened.
Campoverde, who was behind him, could feel the man’s hostility and melancholy all over his body.
…
Over here, on the set of Small Juventud.
Micaela and Damario Bojorquez had almost finished their scenes.
Director Gabino said “Action” and the shooting began.
Just as Damario Bojorquez was about to kiss Micaela on the lips, a panicked voice came from outside the set, “Director, Mr. Nico is here to inspect!”
Mr. Nico?
Micaela’s eyelashes fluttered.
What was he doing here?
Micaela’s eyes touched Xaviera Canizales, who was sitting on the side, resting, and who had said that Nico had appointed her to be the female lead in the play.
So Nico had come to see Xaviera Canizales on the set.
Micaela’s idea made sense.
When Xaviera Canizales heard that Nico had arrived, she couldn’t sit there any longer and, leaving the blanket on her lap, she got up and said to director Gabino, “Director Gabino, I hope you won’t talk later about what happened in front of Mr. Nico. ”
Director Gabino grunted, smiled and said, “I won’t say anything, but we’re still going to shoot the scene later.”
Xaviera Canizales tears up, but Nico and Campoverde arrive.
Nico was in an imposing position, as if he was really a leader visiting the set.
“Hello Mr. Nico, what is Mr. Nico doing here today?”
Even if it was a visit and inspection, he was not supposed to be on the set of this web series, if anything it was a visit to the set of a big production.
Nico glanced at director Gabino’s camera and the camera and asked formulaically, “How is the shooting going?”
Director Gabino respectfully said, “It’s going well, now we’re going to shoot a kissing scene between the male and female leads.”
Nico nodded, his long fingers straightening his expensive cufflinks, and said, “Go ahead, then, and don’t worry about my presence.”
Director Gabino shouted “Action” again and Micaela and Damario Bojorquez immediately stood ready.
Nico stared at the woman in the shot, her eyes dark and deep, her gaze brimming with murderous intent …
When she saw him arrive on set, she didn’t even greet him, and she was doing a kissing scene with another man in front of him.
He saw that she was too long for life.
Damario Bojorquez looked down and was looking at Micaela with deep affection and was about to kiss her …
Outside the scene, a male voice, cold and playful, sounded, “Wait a moment.”
Director Gabino froze and looked at Nico: “Mr. Nico, is there a problem?”.
Nico looked directly at Micaela on set and asked dismissively, “I thought this scene was a kiss between the lead actor and the lead actress, who is this guy?”
Micaela: …
Mr. Nico, Xaviera Canizales said that her current character was too innocent for a kiss scene, so she asked for a body double, which Micaela already did for Xaviera Canizales once and it worked. So…”
Nico laughed coldly and gruffly, “Nowadays, actors are only looking for doubles for dangerous action scenes, but even for kissing scenes?”
When they heard Nico’s words, they knew that Mr. Nico was angry.
Xaviera Canizales got scared and said, “Mr. Nico, today I’m not in a good mood and I’m afraid of not doing it right, that’s why I asked …”.
Nico didn’t turn off his anger, his handsome face became even more somber and cold, “If you are not in a good mood, don’t come to the set, you don’t get paid easily by standing idle, Miss Xaviera doesn’t want to do it, now change the female lead I don’t see a bigger problem.”
Director Gabino: well said!
Xaviera Canizales was on the verge of tears when she heard Nico’s call to change the lead actress, as this year she was short of resources and this was her only webseries this year.
Xaviera Canizales immediately apologized and pouted, “Mr. Nico, I really didn’t want to do it, I … I will do it, I will do it.”
Director Gabino saw this and said, “Then why don’t you go fix your makeup, Micaela come down you.”
Micaela was replaced.
Nico saw that the young actor’s hand was resting on Micaela’s slender waist a second before.
The face, darkened several degrees.
After Micaela came down from the stage, when she approached Nico, she pretended not to know him and walked past him, picked up the script and ran to the side to read it.
Nico: … She sure has grown up.