"No. No. No... Alex I want innocence at the samee time some maturity. Your performance is too mature. If we are making a film a prodigy it woul've been great but its the role of an innocent boy." Steven shouted and explained.
"God acting is not as easy as I thought." Alex sighed.
"Because you are stupid." said a 5 year-old imp Drew Barrymore.
"You are doing fine Alex. It's just you have embrace the innocence of the character." Steve comforted.
"Yeah I'll try."
"Ok. Everybody take 20 minutes break." Steve announced.
"You are stupid, Alex." Drew said once again.
Alex just smiled and messed her hair. It's been 40 days since shooting started. It's been smooth most of the time but in the situations where he has to act like a normal boy he sucks. He's improving but still sucks doing sentimental scene. The scene now they are shooting is the scene where the alien is being experimented by scientists and Alex has to converse with the alien to say that don't die. But he couldn't quite get it.
"You have to use your imagination Alex" came a voice from beside him.
"How Kim?" Alex said with a helpless smile.
Kim Basinger smiled "Imagine that it's the most important to you. Acting is all about that." Kim said and went to talk with somebody.
Alex thought deep about her words.
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"E.T. stay with me" Alex said the dialogue with a low voice as he is having the problem breathing "Please." with tears at the corners of his eye"Stay" he held out his hands to reach the alien.
"Together" gasping for breath "I'll be right here."
Alien stopped moving."E.T. answer me please" gasping.
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Alex was seeing that doctors and scientists are trying to revive alien and he is on the verge of tears quite not believing that E.T. was gone.
As he felt someone behind and turned and saw Kim. He burst into tears and hugged her.
"Cut" Steven shouted" Excellent Alex. Excellent."
That's when Alex came out of his character.
"How did you do it?" Kim asked still hugging him.
"I just imagined that it was you."
Kim just hugged him tighter. That's enough no words are necessary.
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"Cut. and that's a wrap" Steven shouted and everyone on set gave an applause. It's completed in 50 days a week ahead of schedule.
"At last its over." Alex sighed.
"Come on Alex. you enjoyed it .Say it." Steven laughed.
"Yeah. Yeah, I enjoyed it. Are you happy?" Alex admitted with a smile." So when are you going to release the film?"
"If all went well may be at July 4th." seeing Alex laughing aloud "what?" Steven asked.
"Well it's hell of a coincidence that you are releasing the film on my birthday."
"Well it's really hell of a coincidence." Steven laughed.
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"Alex call me okay." Drew said with teary eyes. She is like a little sister to him so he nodded. He already made a promise to himself that he will help her. And he saw her mom at a distance. He knew that she money crazy bitch. So, if she made a little wrong step he will make her pay.
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Drew Barrymore in E.T. The Extraterrestrial