On the set, everything was ready, just waiting for the two main actors, Norman York and Sasha Hammond, to arrive and start filming.
Skye Brown checked the ti. There was still half an hour before the agreed filming ti, but Norman York and Sasha Hammond hadn’t co out of the makeup room yet.
"Go and hurry them up again. How can there be actors who show up right at the last minute? They don’t even co for to brief them on the script first. Are they planning to just start filming as soon as they arrive? What is this nonsense..."
Skye Brown said to the assistant next to her, urging them to call for the actors.
Even when she fild in Hollywood and dealt with big stars, they weren’t this unprofessional.
Now back in Eastonia, she was truly surprised. Sasha Hammond aside—Norman York, isn’t he supposed to be the successor to David Redington?
Ha, Skye Brown curled her lips. Compared to Redington, this young man still had a long way to go.
Just as she was thinking, she suddenly heard the assistant say, "Norman York is here... Director Brown, look—"
Skye Brown followed the direction pointed out by the assistant and indeed saw a person dressed in a purple-gold imperial robe, wearing a twelve-tasseled imperial crown, with long jet-black hair cascading down, sword-like eyebrows slanted towards the temples, and features exuding a dignified and commanding aura.
Seeing Norman York like this gave people a feeling of the Emperor’s presence.
As if his tardiness and late arrival were only natural.
Because an Emperor should be like that.
Skye Brown’s almond-shaped eyes were almost imdiately drawn to Norman York.
Seeing Norman York, she instantly associated him with the character depicted in the script of ’The Harem,’ who, since his youth, had reclaid imperial power through revenge, and possessed a divine talent, invincible in all directions.
Since then, he held the supre imperial power, yet remained arrogant and aloof, beyond compare.
He regarded won as playthings, officials as pawns, and the world’s people as re insects and ants under his volatile rule.
Yes—the male lead in ’The Harem,’ Julius Seraphius, was already a regional overlord at his first appearance, but viewed the world as nothing.
He never treated anyone with sincerity, only, from a superior position, manipulating others’ lives and deaths.
Because in his youth, he personally witnessed his Empress mother being frad to death by won in the harem, compounded by his father’s indulgence and tyranny, the cowardice of his officials, and the people’s rebellion, leading to the collapse of the state and family.
Thus, Julius Seraphius was a king who trusted no one, saw all beings with disdain, arrogant and cold, even a bit tyrannical and ruthless.
Skye Brown initially worried that such a handso man like Norman York couldn’t portray a character like Julius Seraphius.
Though it was just a TV series, and couldn’t compare to the investnt of a movie, the original work was an incredibly successful historical romance novel and well-received among readers.
Even Skye Brown and Lily had read this novel while in school.
If possible, she hoped to make ’The Harem’ well.
And now, seeing the man in front of her, not like the handso but slightly lazy manner from yesterday’s launch ceremony, Skye Brown suddenly felt—perhaps the show was already half-successful.
"Director Brown, Director Brown—" The assistant subtly nudged Skye Brown with an elbow.
Because of this, Norman York had already dragged his imperial robe and stepped before her.
The towering shadow nearly engulfed Skye Brown.
Skye Brown hastily returned to her senses, her eyes slightly embarrassed from her lapse, "Hmm, this outfit suits you very well..."
She wanted to bite her tongue; as a director, what was she even saying?
Shouldn’t she have sent the assistant to urge Sasha Hammond and briefed Norman York first!
Unexpectedly, as soon as she spoke, Norman York’s sharp sword-like eyebrows furrowed, and in a tone similar to his character’s arrogance, he coldly said, "We haven’t even fild a scene yet, and you’re already praising just based on appearance? Aren’t you being unprofessional—are you saying that my bribe from last night has already made you open all doors, hmm?"
[Another update around 7 o’clock in the morning~]
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