Every time Joel acted in a scene with Megan, he felt tremendous pressure. But as the chemistry between them gradually improved, their scenes were basically filmed in a single take.
Even Melissa no longer mocked Megan as much, and she went as far as occasionally going over to her to seek acting tips.
As for Francesca, she was a total diva, seemingly immersed in her own world and simply acting as she pleased. Well, perhaps that could be attributed to her previous prejudice against Megan. On the whole, she wasn't all that close with Megan though she wasn't exactly hostile toward her either. But that was all thanks to Kelly, who acted as the mediator between them.
When Francesca was in high spirits, she would invite Megan to go shopping together. However, when she was in a bad mood, even Adam wouldn't be able to find her. Once, Adam blew his top on set, but he didn't say a cross word to her despite usually going ballistic whenever something went wrong and always sticking to business no matter who the person was. Only when it came to her was he uncharacteristically lenient, never once reprimanding her to her face even if her acting skills were lacking.
Slowly, small cliques formed among the cast. Megan, Kelly, and Francesca were basically in the same clique other than their awkwardness during the first few days. After all, the gap between them all was negligible in showbiz, and Megan's acting skills were all but in plain sight. Every time filming ended, Francesca loved to go shopping with Kelly.
Megan tagged along a handful of times, but Francesca's lavish spending truly astounded her. After all, even Jacinta might not be her match.
Hence, she couldn't help speculating that Francesca was actually the daughter of a rich family who wanted to try her hand at acting just for fun or the lover of a wealthy man. And from the look of things now, the former seemed more likely since a lover wouldn't be so willful.
On the whole, filming seemed exceedingly brief and pleasurable to her.
While Felix was the person who inspired her to act, her acting skills improved by leaps and bounds under Adam's constant guidance.
After Adam's counsel, enlightenment suddenly dawned upon her on the details she didn't quite understand in her past life. She was making rapid progress in terms of acting skills, thus gradually filming her scenes in a single take.
However, she had greater expectations toward herself, so she wasn't satisfied with that. She wanted to embody the character and lose herself. And she believed that she could accomplish it.
After the filming wrapped up at night, she returned to the hotel room booked by the production team as usual. As the make-up artist who shared a room with her had recently left, she had the room to herself.
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