35 It's not that I ...
A group of his silly, naive fans were already looking on the Internet for all possible black materials that could embarrass Brylski.
It took time because you had to dig through the accounts of his friends and acquaintances, track down comments he left on the Internet, and so on and so forth. Even a simple comment like ‘this movie is weak’ could be turned into, for example, malicious comment and hate speech. Of course, you only needed to know how to do it.
Jakub himself might not be able to manipulate comments yet, but he could manipulate people, and at that point about fifty female fans, aged about fifteen to nineteen, were doing the dirty work for him. They did it with all their devotion, delighted that they could serve their beloved idol.
Each of these girls saw his ideal and dreamed of becoming his girlfriend one day. Probably almost all of them dreamed of him at night and had their first erotic fantasies about him. They would be surprised, even very much, if they found out that Jakub does not like women at all, and when it comes to sticking his penis into something, he definitely preferred to have someone else’s penis shoved into him, not his stuck in someone. If they found out about it, they would surely abandon him, and his grand plans for an even greater career would have failed. Therefore, Jakub had to be very careful with it.
However, he never regretted getting involved with Różycki. It is true that the director was not able to get him the main role, but the number two in this series was precisely his merit. Now they both tried to prevent this amateur Brylski from withstanding the pressure and after a spectacular collapse, he was unable to continue shooting. Or, he could have just dropped out of the plan.
Today was about to be one of the most decisive moments, and Jakub, out of excitement and anticipation, could not find peace. He is about to start unwrapping his Christmas present, which he received six months in advance...
***
Rafał took a deep breath in his imagination. He couldn't really do it, because his every move, every gesture and every sigh was closely followed by camera's eye. He took a deep breath and looked into the eyes of Marzena Skierska, whose blue eyes shone like two stars.
‘Everything will be fine,’ thought Rafał, trying to control his nervousness. ‘It's just your role. You are not kissing Marzena, Paweł is kissing Jagusia!’
Yes, Paweł is kissing Jagusia, but Rafał's lips are to touch Marzena's lips!
Marzena Skierska, although a bit older than him, was at the age that many consider the most beautiful for a woman because she is no longer a sweet teenager, and is not quite mature yet. She still has a girlish charm, but she is already enriched with a certain nobility of adulthood. In this series, Marzena played a girl younger by a few years and not only was she beautiful, but also teeming with attractive youth. She was really beautiful and tempting and probably many men would immediately jump at her if she looked at them with eyes like now, but Rafał could barely move.
“STOP!” Screamed Różycki so loudly that everyone on the set jumped. “Brylski! What are you doing?! You have to kiss the girl, don't defuse the bomb! Put some feeling into it!”
“I’m sorry!” Rafał stammered, trying to control his trembling voice. “I'll try to play better!”
“All right. To your seats! Ready! Action!”
Rafał managed to repeat the sweet dialogue between the characters and the moment came again when he was supposed to kiss Jagusia. Paweł loved her with all his heart! Paweł considered her almost an angel and this kiss is very important to him. Rafał put all the love of Paweł into himself and, knowing how important this scene is, he kissed his partner.
“STOP! STOP! STOP!” The director roared. “Brylski, more life! More passion! Have you never kissed a girl? What kind of guy are you?”
“I’m sorry…”
“Once again!”
This time Rafał found it a bit more difficult to control his voice and the director interrupted the scene during the dialogue. Rafał took a deep breath and looked apologetically at his partner, who smiled reassuringly at him.
"It wasn't that bad," she said to him. “It's not easy to kiss someone in front of the cameras, a stranger at that.”
“You're doing great...”
“We practice kissing in the acting school. At the beginning it is difficult for all of us. Just turn off the awareness that you are doing it. You are the character you play.”
“I'm trying to do it, but...”
“And don't worry about Różycki. Focus on yourself. You're doing fine.”
Rafał took a deep breath, this time for real, not only in his imagination and prepared for another approach to the stage.
He felt encouraged by the fact that Marzena comforted him and encouraged him. Until now, she had avoided this type of conversation. But maybe she also did not want to continue this scene forever, therefore, wanting to help him, she also helped herself.
Whatever her motive was, her words really helped him and Rafał felt more confident. The dialogue went through without hesitating, and it even went smoothly into a kiss...
“STOP!!! Do I work with impotent? You kiss a beautiful girl! Put at least a little passion into it! Use your tongue!”
There was some giggles on the set and Rafał felt that the confidence that the words of Marzena Skierska had poured into him was slowly fading away...
***
“He can't do it” Anita Janiszek said quietly, putting her hand to her mouth.
“What did you say?” Asked Damian Radosz, who was standing next to her and who was watching the next repetition of the kiss scene with some nervousness.
“He can't do it. Not now when everyone is laughing...”
It wasn't strictly laughing, but rather hidden giggles, but you could hear and see them. Everyone laughed at Brylski as if he were a circus clown. Are beautiful and romantic scenes set in such conditions that evoke dreamy sighs in the audience?
No, definitely not. Scenes like this require the right mood, and what was happening on the set right now was a farce. Apart from that, Różycki was clearly wrong and it had to be corrected.
Damian was not looking at Brylski now. At this point, it was not about him but about The Fifth Capital.
“Sorry, but what does ‘use your tongue’ means?” Damian Radosz boldly stepped out of the crowd and turned to the director. “I don't remember there being anything in the script about using the language in this scene for any purpose other than speaking.”
There was absolute silence on the set. Even the flies stopped humming.
Różycki turned to him, clearly unhappy that someone was questioning his authority.
"This is a kiss," he explained, exuding confidence and arrogance. “There must be passion in him!”
“This is the first shy kiss of teenagers. Not passion, but shyness and sweetness” said Radosz.
"Precisely because they're young, they should be passionate," the director insisted.
“These are figures from 16th-century Catholic Poland. In those days, young people were more prudish and the very gentle kiss before marriage is already very daring.”
“The contemporary viewer will not be satisfied with just a peck” Różycki mocked.
“I'm afraid to think what viewer do you mean and for whom this series is shooting.”
“Certainly not for prudish monks and nuns.”
“So eighteen-plus viewers who are just waiting for nudity, violence and sex? Haven't you read the script, director Różycki? This production is an adventure story for the whole family to be watched by children, not a porn movie!”
“A porn movie?” Różycki was furious. “This is art! This is the life! Porn movie!!”
“I am the producer and I am responsible for the sale of this series. The kiss you are suggesting will not even pass the censorship in a few target countries. This series, this set is not a place for you to fulfill yourself artistically. Please do not change the scenario as you see fit. I'm not paying you for that.”
A silence heavier than lead hung in the air, filling the atmosphere with tension...