MR. BAD GUY (ENGLISH VERSION)

A KIND OF MAGIC

When she put all that in order in her own mind and she came to the conclusion about Enzo's self fulfilment as her own self fulfilment, she could talk about the affair calmly again. They had to come to an understanding.

Their shared flat was owned now by Enzo, not Pauline. So, she understood that she must to pack her bags. He, stubbornly, refused to that. He wanted her keep living with him and Pauline couldn't understand a thing but his decision was firm. When he had an idea in his mind, he was sometimes a pain in the neck. The fact is there wasn't anything wrong with Pauline, but she was just a woman. But she was HIS woman and he hoped that, that would never change.

Chris had made already a lot of screen tests with several candidates to take his partner's role. He had assured his own part. He won the director's heart; Kate, from the minute zero although the huge weight of his also actors parents, would chase him whatever he did. He knew that the part was made for him. It was designed to finally take off in this competitive show business. The sessions were exhausting. He had faced with 19 Niall Mullen. The director kept turning over and over in her mind. She wasn't yet sure. They had been in that test room several people, a certain amount of talent, not too much. Perfect bodys and enticing smiles. Some of them could play the Niall part, that's for sure. Today was the test number 20. Chris liked this number for some unkown reason.

- Come in! Welcome, Enzo.

Chris's heart began to race away. Suddenly the room became a minefield where he couldn't move his feet. He was paralyzed. He was breathless and didn't know why.

Enzo, after he shook Kate's hand, leaned forward to shake his hand. His powerful and beautiful hands charmed him. But the alternating current passed through these hands. There was no question about it. After some clumsy introductory words they looked each other analyzing their faces. They had to like each other but that wouldn't be a hard thing to them. Enzo was not only beautiful like Niall, he was also intimidating like him. He had the strange quality to make him nervous in this situation, with an extra plus of artifice for any actor.

For his part, Enzo raised his eyes to a hazel kind-hearted gaze and regular featured face. The staring contest was something important for two actors bound to share a lot of time together on screen. By now there wasn't any second of performing between them and the director was already thrilled. She herself took his camera and took photos. Although she had already done it with the remaining 19.

She wanted them to starting with the phrases right away. When they would be ready. Chris licked his upper lip in a mechanic gesture, repeated many times before. Enzo cleared his throat. The chosen scene to this audition was an argument. Three minute scene and all the crew watching closely, as though they would watch it for the very first time. Kate invited them to start when they were ready.
After one and a half minute she considered that she didn't need to watch anymore. But the ruthless pace that they achieved all through the scene made her to decide watch and listen to them right to the end. And she didn't regret it. Now she knew it well. It has been a hard process but she had finally found Niall Mullen and the auditions were over. Enzo wasn't only perfect for the part but he was perfect for Chris. They were a pair made in heaven. Like Taylor and Cliff, like Tracy and Hepburn, Shariff and Christie. They were the two pieces of the puzzle and everybody was witness of their unison in one and only picture.
Of course she couldn't yet pronounce but that night she called both to communicate them the news. Chris let out a sigh of relief, at last the exhausting audition sessions were over. Enzo embraced Pauline and danced with her all through the living room laughing gaily. Neither of the two, neither Chris nor Enzo knew what they had created in that three minutes scene. They were so concentrated that they moved aside from the take. The take in that directors and producers are interested. Even the writer whose book the film was based. Everything gathered strenght from the start. They became Patrick and Niall so perfectly that all the ingredients one by one fit together like a complex arithmetic operation. They left behind their disregard and they became two glowing figures, two passionate lovers, two souls in friction, two screaming mouths and two entwined tongues. And everything worked with no trouble at all. Their tone of voice was the right one. Their body language was the accurate one, their gazes together in a wonderful sparkle and their final kiss, though less passionate than required, the perfect culmination to get a general idea of all.
The director was thrilled and trusted that all her crew agreed with her. They had a meeting in a week time to start that adventure. She didn't want them to take long before seeing each other again. She was sure that her choice was the right one, but she was also afraid of rushing forward. She wanted them together as soon as possible. They must create that chemistry, they needed to go beyond that fainted affinity. The process was complex but even more complex if they took long meeting each other. Everything could vanished.