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Chapter 685 Maybe It's Not for Me

Author: Lana Mora
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-10 07:38:58

According to the script, the second scene revolved around the heroine, played by Anna, who had been cursed. Her body transformed into a mermaid, and in the end, she leaped into the ocean.

To avoid frequent touch-ups, the jump itself would be filmed separately from the rest of the sequence.

However, Anna's performance in this scene wasn’t quite right.

After shooting eight or nine takes, most people thought it was already good enough, but the director remained unsatisfied.

Annabelle was now truly experiencing the director’s strict standards, and she was beginning to feel lost.

His feedback was that while her expression of panic was on point, there was still something lacking in the emotions.

He announced a ten-minute break, giving her time to reset and find the right feeling.

Gauge wanted to help, but he knew she needed to work through it on her own. So after handing her a bottle of water, he simply stayed beside her in silence.

Annabelle sat on a white chair, staring out at the vast oc
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