Hollywood legendary director

"Good morning, Heath Ledger, I came here so early today!" The middle-aged woman sitting at the front desk showed a big smile, with a slightly flattering touch on her slightly plump cheeks, "You It’s better to find an exclusive agent than to always find opportunities in the union."

After speaking, she persuaded: "I have several agent phone numbers here, do you need to contact?"

Heath Ledger shook his head and said politely: "No, I haven't thought about this yet, so I won't be busy for the time being." Then he smiled slightly and asked: "Well, there will be something this week. What news is updated?"

This is just a small liaison office of the New York Department of the American Screen Actors Guild, but life is still on stage.

I think that when he first came 3 years ago, no one would care about this, but in March this year, "Jihad Knight" was released with good box office results. Even the status of his male partner has risen a lot, and suddenly Many more people deal with him.

Heath Ledger knew the intentions of those people. It was nothing more than to value the market value brought by his appearance in a successful film. Although he is still not well-known, he has at least made some achievements in the film industry. The limelight also has the potential to make friends.

"Watch it for yourself, the announcement is only updated, and there are not a few suitable movies that need to recruit actors." The middle-aged woman sighed lightly, "You still suffer from the loss of not having an agent. For movie projects like this, good. The roles are basically divided up, and those who flow into the actors’ union to release information will not have many choices, but..." The choking tone couldn't be more obvious. The middle-aged woman still wants the newcomer Heath Ledger Sign the agent through her channel so that she can get a commission.

Heath Ledger did not respond, as if he hadn't heard the meaning of the sentence, he just nodded and smiled: "Thank you." He said hello politely, and walked quickly toward the position of the bulletin board.

Liv Merisse leaned out of his body slightly, looked at Heath Ledger's back, and let out a sigh of relief. Does this person pretend that he doesn't understand, or really doesn't?

Before, although everyone always met each other, she didn't have a very good face for Heath Ledger. Every day the union would receive hundreds of unknown actors. Who would pay special attention to one person.But now it's different again. Heath Ledger participated in a movie, and it was successful, and there is no agent yet, so naturally the attitude towards him is different.Hollywood is always willing to chase the winners, even if it is the success of a small actor, then he stands out among the crowd.

"It's a pity." Liv curled her lips and did not hide her disappointment. He didn't buy the actor.

Heath Ledger naturally didn't know what Liv thought of him, and even if he did, he didn't care.

Is he looking at the bulletin board and thinking now?

The film and television industry in the United States is a huge operating machine. At least several thousand projects are established every year, of which about 500 or 600 projects will be directly put into filming, which also means a lot of performance opportunities.Therefore, in the absence of an agent, the union is the best platform for these young actors to find work.

After the release of "Knight of the Holy War", he has not received a suitable role for several months. Now, he will find free time every week to join the trade union in order to catch a good film production.

The carrier for the announcement of actors in 2001 was still the old-fashioned blackboard, with the latest information on each project written in colorful chalk. For example, yellow is the key film and television production, and the basic investment is above medium. For example, green is just updated. Projects, and so on, make people clear at a glance.

Standing in front of the bulletin board, Heath Ledger expertly searched for the information he needed on the colorful blackboard. In the previous three years, he had been here this way:

Peter Jackson’s work "Lord of the Rings" is calling for actors over 25 years old. They are all dragons and they are required to be in good shape. This message is marked in red, indicating that the union attaches great importance to it. Heath Ledger only After a glance, he was disinterested. He had already played a role that had a significant role in the scene, so he was reluctant to run the game. Then he saw that Warner's "Princess Diaries" wanted to recruit two supporting roles, and there were not many roles, but He still wrote down the location of the test show. This is more than a bit stronger than the dragon set just now, and it still has value for attention...

Each of the above projects seems to have a good temptation and is open to actors from all over the United States to participate in competition.

This is also one of Hollywood's most distinctive features.Different from the conservative and narrow-mindedness of other regions, in the United States, although most of the good resources are still in the hands of those in the upper circle, there are still many rare opportunities in front of everyone.Heath Ledger came here from his hometown of Australia to seek development, and he valued more opportunities here.

Even the grass roots with nothing can fly onto the branches.Although Heath Ledger has never been out of the picture after so many years, he has heard of such people or things many times, and it is also the source of motivation he has insisted on for a long time.

After scanning the bulletin board carefully, Heath Ledger found another movie project that interested him.

On the huge bulletin board, in the lower right corner, there is a message marked with white chalk. The movie "Buried Alive" recruits a leading actor, and those who are interested have an interview.

The so-called white chalk characters are painted by the actors' union for those who are uncertain about investment costs, uncertain investment companies, and uncertain distribution companies' three no productions.Generally speaking, it is likely to be an independent film with a small investment cost.

After all, if you want to release recruitment information in the actors' union, you only need to go through official channels and pay a sum of money to advertise.

In this way, any situation of ghosts and monsters may be encountered in the Actors Guild.

Such marked works are also notoriously unreliable. Something cannot be released after filming. The crew closed down during the filming process, and the pre-filming project was cut...

In short, this is also an out-of-the-box gamble for the selected actors. As for the outcome, there is no guarantee at all.

But Heath Ledger was heartbroken. In other words, this is also the actor of a movie. As an actor, who doesn't want to act the most important and prominent one.

This kind of opportunity can't be met several times a year. As to whether it can work, that is another matter. But if he doesn't try it, he always feels unwilling.

Back at the front desk, he asked Liv: "Is there any more detailed information about the movie "Buried Alive" on the bulletin board? I want to know."

"Written in white chalk?" Liv was a little confused, but still had a slight impression of the name.

"Yes, that's it."

"I'll look for it." As he said, Liv bent over and took out a large report from the drawer. This is the original copy of the information she needs to mark on the bulletin board every day. "I found it. It says it is a For the movie named Mann Studio Investment, the investment budget was not written, and the production cycle was not written. It just wrote about who the director is, where the interview is, and nothing else."

Hearing this, Heath Ledger was a little disappointed. He planned to get more useful information from Liv, but he didn't differ from the small amount of information on the bulletin board.

"You are not going to pick up this movie." Seeing Heath Ledger's expression, Liv kindly persuaded: "This kind of movie is mostly those new directors who dream of movies. The funds are vainly relying on talented and famous fools, and even the chances of showing them are slim. You should not waste time in the past."

"I still want to try." Heath Ledger responded.

"This is going to Cannes, France for a trial job. The travel expenses back and forth are not marked to be reimbursed. At first glance, it is a pit. You must not spend money and not profit." Liv is still more concerned about him, after all. It was from her underlings that she had a little bit of potential, so she continued to persuade her.

"Thank you for your concern, but I still want to give it a try." Heath Ledger smiled politely, and went out of the door of the New York branch of the Screen Actors Guild.

"Stupid, no wonder I can't understand the hint." Liv muttered in her heart.

Choosing "Buried Alive" is undoubtedly a very risky behavior. Even Liv, who has released project information all the year round, said this. It is enough to see how disapproving it is to have no production background, but Heath Ledger still wants to bet One bet.

Ever since he embarked on the path of an actor, he has always dreamed of playing the leading role. Now the opportunity has come, even if the road ahead is unknown, he still wants to try.

It doesn't matter if there is no script, it doesn't matter even if you don't know the basic shooting conditions, it doesn't matter if you can't judge the quality of the work, it doesn't matter, he just wants to play the leading role.

Even if the pay is low or not, even if the movie is difficult to release, Heath Ledger has a certain amount of preparation in his heart.

He is 22 years old and has been running for three years before switching back to a male partner. He doesn't know how long he will have to wait if he wants to play an important role in a reliable project.

He had had enough of those days of waiting and no chance.

He didn't understand what Liv wanted to introduce his agent to him, but he still chose to pretend to be confused.

Didn't he know the benefits of having an agent?No, he knows, so Heath Ledger wanted to sign a contract with a very capable agency, not those with a little network. After signing him, in addition to an extra expense, what can he give him? What about the future?What choice will he give him?

He is not an ignorant newcomer. He knows the cruelty of the circle, so he needs a strong backrest, not an agent who is similar to running a solo team and is almost ashamed of him.

If you want to change, you must prove yourself.Since the success of the supporting role cannot impress those big shots, try the protagonist. This is Heath Ledger's consideration.

For my long-time actor dream...