Hollywood legendary director

"Hey."

"Kate, this is Burren."

The familiar voice from the phone shocked Kate Beckinsale. This is her agent. Recently, because of the loss of "Pearl Harbor", he has not contacted her for more than half a month, as if she was Forgotten.

Before she asked, Burren went on to say: "You are in Los Angeles now."

"Correct."

"Then you get to Hollywood as soon as possible, and there will be an audition opportunity at the headquarters of Paramount Pictures at 2pm."

"What movie is it? What is the role?" Kate Beckinsale asked quickly.

"I don't know exactly, but this is a new work directed by Lyman Last. Tom Cruise has already decided to join. Do you have any questions?"

"What do I need to prepare?"

"Wear formal clothes and be on time. You can take care of the rest. I don't hear much about it. They do a good job of confidentiality."

After speaking, the phone was hung up over there.

Burren is a senior agent of the ICM agency. She was able to beat a lot of competitors and become the heroine of "Pearl Harbor". He contributed a lot. Unfortunately, after the film's market effect did not meet expectations, he was Her attention is getting less and less.

Cruel? Not at all. I can only say that her luck is too bad. Hollywood's harshness for actresses is obvious. It is not only the salary of actors of the same position, but men are always more than women. Intercept, even the role played by women is rarely played.

Kate Beckinsale sat on the sofa at home, shook her head, and cast aside the thoughts in her heart.

In any case, the agent is now fighting for another audition opportunity for her, and it can be seen from the words that he pays more attention to this audition. All she can do is to win as much as possible.

Go in the bathroom, take a shower, change clothes, go out, take a taxi, and arrive at the headquarters of Paramount Pictures.

It wasn't until Kate Beckinsale stood in the elevator of the building that she felt a little nervous.

In fact, she didn’t know anything about the next audition. She didn’t know what type of movie she was participating in, who would audition, and she didn’t know what role she would audition for... In short, the extreme lack of information made her lack confidence, and the feeling of being left out recently made her feel unsure.

The elevator went up to the 5th floor and the door opened. Kate Beckinsale took a few deep breaths and secretly encouraged herself.

When I got out of the elevator, I saw the nameplate "Audition Room" hung in the office not far in front on my right.

Pushing open the door and looking inside, I found that many people were already sitting in the seating seats, and many of them had met each other.

"Hi, Kate, you are here too." It was her British fellow Jason Statham who greeted her.

Kate Beckinsale walked over quickly, sat next to him, and greeted, "Jason."

Immediately, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Do you know what kind of movie this is?"

Jason touched his bald head, his words were also depressed, "I don't know anything, but the agent asked me to come over and said there was an audition for me to fight for. What can I fight for? I don't know what to play. ."

He looked around, feeling increasingly helpless, "Moreover, there are so many people, I don't know if he can be selected."

Kate Beckinsale heard the words, but did not say anything, she began to change the subject and chatted about her hometown.

The two chatted, waiting for the audition to begin.

......

All the actors who participated in the audition may have some additional advantages besides the CAA banner-after all, they know what kind of movie it is and what the role is like, but the others are really at a loss.

Anyway, several important actors have been confirmed, and the signing has been completed in the first two days. Heath Ledger’s salary has risen to 7 million US dollars, and Nicholas Cage has 1.2 million US dollars plus 10% of the box office in North America. Participation conditions are added.

Coupled with the determined Morgan Freeman and Eva Green, the salary space for actors has reached about 30 million US dollars.

So this audition only needs to choose supporting roles, of course, there are also suitable heroines-there are only two female characters in "Bad Guy", and there are not many scenes. According to the theory, they should be double heroines, but in reality On, much less than the male role.

Men's drama, there will always be no place for women to shine.

As for who to play in this aspect, Lehman's requirements are actually quite simple, the image is consistent, the salary is not high, and these two points can be passed.

The choice of female characters is simpler, and that’s it for being pretty.

Their role is to be eye-catching, and there is not much room to play-but the role of Kaden Ian’s wife selected by Eva Green is a bit challenging. After all, the role played by Tom Cruise is the most helpless. In the gap between the strength of the two parties, he is cautious, and his wife is the sunshine that shines in his dark world, so her death will cause his belief in life to collapse.

It is a very crucial turning point in the movie.

"Let's go, Ryan, are you free? Come audition for an actor with me."

"No time, you can ask Thomas to go."

"Thomas..."

"I have to classify the camera equipment, as well as the Sony camera that just arrived yesterday. I haven't finished the inspection yet, so..."

"Well, you are all so busy, I will go alone."

After speaking, Lehman drove to the headquarters of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.

......

Almost every director has his own queen actor, such as Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, such as Martin Sycosis and Robert De Niro, and Leonardo DiCapri Oh, like Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, like David Fincher and Brad Pitt.

Because the director’s career values ​​the close relationship between each other and likes to form his own direct line team.

Even the filming team that often cooperates will not change easily.

The main reason for this phenomenon is that when shooting, everyone will form a tacit understanding. The team who knows the roots will always strengthen the director's control over the whole, and the shooting can be smooth.

In other words, humans are emotional animals, and they subconsciously choose to stay with people they are more familiar with.

When Lyman Luster took Heath Ledger into the audition room, Jason Statham thought of this subconsciously.

For some reason, there was a deep envy in his heart.

As Heath Ledger gradually became popular, his acting career was more published by media gossip.

Jason Statham knew that this lucky guy had the same status as him two years ago, playing supporting roles, supporting roles, or supporting roles.

Either audition for supporting roles, or on the way to audition supporting roles.

Often the answers are disappointing, even supporting roles are not necessarily selected.

Until he seized the opportunity-he was talked about by the media tabloids and went to Cannes, France, to participate in a new director's new work "Buried Alive".

Then Heath Ledger's actor career suddenly became smooth, participating in "Furious", with the role of "Norman" as a finalist in the "Top 20 Most Popular Actors for Teenagers", and this new work, which can compete with Lehman- Luster continued to cooperate, and even Tom Cruise and Nicholas Cage were his collaborators.

When will he be appreciated by a director?

Jason Statham scratched his big bald head without any confidence in his heart.

He couldn't even deal with his age and seniority.

He is no longer young, just like the type of actor to be abandoned.

Maybe even older, you can't even play a general supporting role.

It's really irritable, when will he be popular again, like Heath Ledger.

The works of this director Lehman are so compelling, I don't know if he can be selected.

A lot of distracting thoughts arose as Lehmann took Heath Ledger to the audition room. Jason Statham knew very well that countless actors like him wanted to ride his ride, and his rivals might not. Will be less.

It's not just Jason Statham who thinks this way, but Kate Beckinsale who is sitting next to him is the same.

She is also thinking about how to win the role, so that she can truly have the qualifications of a big-selling film.

Just like the solemnity in the words of the agent, the failure of "Pearl Harbor" has brought her to a precipice. If she is not careful, she will fall to the bottom and it will be difficult to turn over.

Will the character get it?Kate Beckinsale looked around, she saw Naomi Watts, Jessica Alba, Liv Mendes, Gwyneth Paltrow...

They are all very beautiful actresses who depend on their beauty.

Oh, yes, she is also an actor of this type herself.

There is no advantage.

She was secretly surprised.

"How about, Heath Ledger, I don't think the complexion on your face is very good." Lyman and Heath Ledger walked into the audition room, and the Paramount staff on the side was setting up a camera. Prepare to record the next audition performance.

"Nothing, I didn't sleep well last night." Heath Ledger said, sitting on Lehman's right hand.

"Are you studying the role again? I knew I would not give you the script." Lyman also sat down and continued: "You have to change this problem. It's bad for your health to stay up late."

"I know, it's just that I couldn't sleep last night." I wanted to take a nap in the afternoon, but I received a call from Lehman saying that he was going to audition for the role. He didn't even think about it, so he took the agent's car. Rushed over.

Now, I feel a little confused in my mind.

"Ready." A staff member came over and said.

"Mr. Kalman, what do you think?" Lyman asked, turning his head.This person is a representative of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild, who routinely supervises the audition work.

However, it is generally a decoration, nothing more than job requirements, he can't speak, and has no right to decide.

"I'm fine, Mr. Lyman." He was very polite.

"Okay, let's get started."

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