Chatty Hollywood

Looking at Depp's dejected look, Charlotte didn't say anything else -

Why does Winona Ryder escape reality?

There are certainly complex reasons for this.

But the recent outbreak, Charlotte feels, is probably related to the invitation to her for the "Sleepy Hollow" project.

In other words, both Charlotte and Jodie Foster, and even Depp who hopes that she will accept the invitation of "Sleepy Hollow", all have certain responsibilities.

However, Charlotte will not feel guilty about this.

After all, if nothing else, because of his time travel, the world will definitely undergo a lot of changes. Some people will be lucky and some will be unlucky. If you have to worry about everything, you won't be able to live at all.

And, just like what Charlotte said to Charlize, ghosts tend to look for people who can provide them with spiritual survival soil.

This is the so-called suspicion that breeds ghosts.

For ghosts like nightmares, it is not so much that they cause nightmares, but that they are summoned because someone is under too much mental stress or has a psychological problem.

As for Winona Ryder, Charlotte has heard Jodie Foster say that she is originally a sensitive and neurotic girl.

Her spirit, even if she didn't have nightmares, would have been exhausted by the reporters' spotlight.

Of course, if there weren't ghosts like nightmares, Winona might be able to last longer...

In fact, after understanding what happened to Depp in the dream just now, Charlotte has roughly guessed how the nightmare entangled him and Winona——

Just as Charlotte had guessed before, the Hollywood of this world, as the center of the world's entertainment industry, gathers the desires and inner darkness of people all over the world.

This is an environment suitable for ghosts.

In the first movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" starring Johnny Depp, the BOSS is basically a replica of a nightmare except for his appearance——

Freddy, the "killer in dreams" demon, can kill a person in a dream, causing them to die in reality as well.

Isn't this very similar to the nightmare that keeps giving people nightmares until they follow their own latent self-destructive tendencies and embark on the road of destruction?

Charlotte feels that the nightmare that possessed Depp was originally attracted by the fear that the movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" brought to the audience.

It's just that Depp has been taking drugs in the past few years, and his self-destructive tendencies are already very serious, so there is basically no need for nightmares to put additional pressure on him.

At that time, the nightmare might just be quietly lurking in Depp's dreams.

Things didn't change until Depp became attached to Winona Ryder in "Edward Scissorhands" -

Because Nightmare has found a better target!

Sensitive and neurotic Winona is simply the most suitable host for nightmares.

What's more, she also has a spiritual resonance with Depp.

As a result, the nightmare became parasitic on both her and Depp.

With the power drawn from their shared dreams, the power of nightmares has been greatly increased, and Depp and Winona have also begun to have nightmares.

Of course, as mentioned before, nightmares are not actually powerful ghosts.

If it weren't for various accidents, it might have been a long time before the two of them could no longer bear the pressure caused by the nightmare.

However, life is made up of all kinds of accidents...

"According to what you said, what should we do now to make Nori wake up?"

Depp was a little confused after hearing this.

Although he still didn't completely believe it, Charlotte's words did provide a reasonable explanation for what he saw and heard in his dream, which made him subconsciously ask for help.

But Charlotte is actually not that helpful:

"Johnny, you have to know that Winona's current situation is actually an endless loop——"

Charlotte shrugged.

"She wants to escape reality, so the nightmare traps her in the dream. And the more she is chased by the nightmare in the dream,

The more she wants to escape, the more the power of the nightmare will increase. "

"So that monster can catch up with us all at once, but it still keeps us running!"

Recalling the previous encounter in the dream, Depp understood what Charlotte meant.

"It was on purpose!"

"That's right!"

Charlotte nodded,

"It deliberately keeps chasing you, but never kills you. The reason is that what it needs is not to kill you, but to allow you to constantly provide fear to it."

“Is our fear its food?”

"Human fear is the food of all ghosts."

Charlotte looked at Winona on the hospital bed with a serious face,

"Because of her own psychology of escaping reality, Winona, who was trapped in a dream by the nightmare, was able to continuously provide fear to it. The nightmare would definitely not let it go easily."

"It will keep chasing Winona, but it will always find opportunities for her to escape, because-"

"What it needs is the fear that Noni has while being hunted!"

Depp angrily punched the wall with his fist.

At this moment, he wanted to go home, pick up the rifle, and rush straight into the dreamland to kill that damn nightmare.

However, the reality is that he is completely powerless in the face of this ghost.

"Charlotte, what do I have to do to make you willing to help Noni?"

Depp could tell that there was a sense of evasion in Charlotte's previous words. But now, the only person who can deal with this problem is the person standing in front of him.

"this……"

Charlotte actually had no intention of taking the opportunity to threaten. But he has always felt that when it comes to exorcising ghosts, only if the person involved pays the price will the other person believe him——

When he married Charlize, he asked the girl to write an IOU;

As Jodie Foster, the unconditional support for Charlotte in "Happy Death Day" was an unspoken agreement between him and the actress;

And this time Depp and Winona——

"As the leading actor in "Sleepy Hollow", I hope you can take it!"

Charlotte finally made her own terms.

"no problem!"

For the girl he loves, Depp agreed very simply. However, he still had some doubts,

"Is that all? As long as I take over the leading role in "Sleepy Hollow", you will help me revive Winona?"

"That's the condition! But it's not easy to implement."

Charlotte smiled bitterly,

"Monsters like nightmares are not powerful. If it wants to invade my dream, I can kill it directly! But the problem is, if it lurks in other people's dreams, it will be very difficult to catch it!"

"Because people's dreams are bizarre and ever-changing! The same goes for nightmares!"

He pointed at the unconscious Winona,

"Now, the nightmare is actually hidden in the dream you and Winona share, but because of Winona's personal reasons, the nightmare is deeply entangled with her."

"So, in the dream just now, I could bring you back, but I couldn't bring back Winona!"

"so what should I do now?"

Depp was a little worried.

“We need to make Sleepy Hollow and release it!”

Charlotte patted Depp on the shoulder,

"Johnny, this movie is not just the condition I made for you - the key to saving Winona, it's also in it!"

PS1: "No Escape" is a domestic TV series broadcast on TV in 2007. I don’t know who has watched it;