Chapter 133： rose vase

"Hey."

"Kate, I'm Burren."

The familiar voice from the phone shocked Kate Beckinsale. This is her agent, and recently because of the loss of "Pearl Harbor", he has not contacted her for nearly half a month, as if to call her. forget.

Before she could ask, Burren continued, "You're in Los Angeles now."

"right."

"Then get to Hollywood as soon as possible. There is an audition opportunity at the headquarters of Paramount Pictures at two o'clock in the afternoon."

"What movie? What is the character?" Kate Beckinsale asked quickly.

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

"What do I need to prepare?"

"Wear formal clothes, be on time, and you can handle the rest yourself. I've gotten very little rumors, and they've done a good job of keeping secrets."

After speaking, the phone was hung up.

Burren is a senior agent of the ICM agency. At the beginning, she was able to outperform a large number of competitors and become the heroine of "Pearl Harbor". He contributed a lot, but unfortunately, after the market effect of the film did not meet expectations, he was very impressed with the film. Her attention is getting less and less.

Is it cruel? Not at all. It can only be said that her luck is too bad. Hollywood is harsh on actresses. Cut, even in the role, there are few women's play.

Kate Beckinsale sat on the sofa in her own home, shook her head, and threw away the distracting thoughts in her heart.

Anyway, the agent has now won another audition opportunity for her, and it can be seen from the words that he attaches more importance to this audition. What she can do is to win as much as possible.

Enter 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 doesn't know anything about the next audition, she doesn't know what type of movie she is participating in, who will audition, and she doesn't know what role she will audition for... In short, the extreme lack of information made her a little bit lacking in confidence, and the feeling of being left out recently made her even more uncertain.

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

When he got out of the elevator, he saw the nameplate "Auditing Room" hanging in the office not far ahead on the right hand side.

He pushed open the door, looked inside, and found that there were quite a few people sitting on the resting seats, and many of them had met before.

"Hi, Kate, you're here too." It was her English fellow-Jason Statham who greeted her.

Kate Beckinsale walked over quickly, sat beside him, and also greeted, "Jason."

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

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

He looked around and became more and more helpless, "And there are so many people, I don't know if I can be selected."

Kate Beckinsale didn't say anything after hearing this. She started to change the subject and started talking about her hometown.

The two chatted, waiting for the audition to begin.

......

All the actors who participated in the audition, except for the CAA group, may have some additional advantages - after all, they know what kind of movie this is, and what the characters are roughly like, but the others are really confused.

Anyway, several important actors have been confirmed, and the signing has been completed two days ago. Heath Ledger's salary has risen to 7 million US dollars, and Nicolas Cage has received 1.2 million US dollars plus 10% of the box office in North America. Participate in conditions.

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

So this audition is mainly about choosing supporting roles. Of course, there are also suitable female protagonists. There are only two female characters in "Bad Guy", and they have not many roles. According to saying, they should be two female protagonists, but in fact , which is much less than that of the male supporting role.

When it comes to men's play, there is always no place where women can stand out.

In terms of choosing who to star in, Lehman's requirements are actually quite simple, the image is suitable, and the salary is not high. If you meet these two points, you can pass.

The choice of female characters is simpler, and it's all over if they are beautiful.

Their role is to be eye-catching, and they don't have much room to play - but the role of Kayden Ian's wife chosen by Eva Green is a bit challenging. After all, this role played by Tom Cruise is the most helpless. In the gap between Fang Strength, he was cautious, and his wife was the sunshine that shone in his dark world, so her death would cause his belief in life to collapse.

It is a very important turning point in the film.

"Come on, Ryan, are you free? Come audition for an actor with me."

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

"Thomas..."

"I still need to classify the camera equipment, and the Sony camera that just arrived yesterday, I haven't finished checking it, so..."

"Okay, you are all so busy, I'll go alone."

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

......

Almost every director has his own cast, such as Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, such as Martin Sessions and Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCapri Oh, another example of Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, another example of David Fincher and Brad Pitt.

Because of the director's line of work, he values ​​the relationship between each other very much, and likes to form his own direct line team.

Even the filming team that often cooperates is not easily replaced.

The main reason for this phenomenon is that when filming, everyone will form a tacit understanding, and the team who knows the basics will always strengthen the director's control over the whole, and can also shoot smoothly.

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

That's what Jason Statham thought subconsciously when Lyman Last walked into the audition room with Heath Ledger.

For some reason, a deep envy surged in his heart.

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

Jason Statham knew that two years ago, this lucky guy was on the same level as him, playing a supporting role, playing a supporting role, or playing a supporting role.

It's not an audition for a supporting role, or it's on the way to audition for a supporting role.

I often get disappointing answers, and even supporting roles are not necessarily chosen.

Until he seized the opportunity, which was talked about by the media tabloids, and went to Cannes, France, alone, to participate in a new film "Buried Alive" by a new director.

Then Heath Ledger's acting career suddenly became smooth, participating in "Fury", with "Norman" in the "Top 20 Most Popular Teen Actors", and this new work, which can be compared with Lyman- Rust continued to collaborate, and even Tom Cruise and Nicolas Cage were his collaborators.

When will he be appreciated by a director?

Jason Statham scratched his bald head, not feeling confident at all.

Comparing his age and qualifications, he couldn't do anything.

He is no longer young, just like the kind of actor who is about to be abandoned.

Maybe no matter how old he is, he can't even play an ordinary supporting role.

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

The work of this director Lehman is so impressive, and I don't know if he can be selected.

A lot of distractions came up when Lehman took Heath Ledger to the audition room. Jason Statham knew very well that countless actors like him wanted to ride on his ride, and his competitors probably wouldn’t. will be less.

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

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

Just like the solemnity in the agent's words, the failure of "Pearl Harbor" has brought her to the verge of a cliff.

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

They are all very beautiful actresses who rely on their looks to make a living.

Oh, UU Reading Yes, she herself is an actress of this type.

There is no advantage.

She was secretly startled.

"How about it, Heath Ledger, I don't think your face looks very good." Lyman and Heath Ledger walked into the audition room, and a Paramount staff member was setting up a camera. Get ready to record your next audition performance.

"It's nothing, I didn't sleep well last night." Heath Ledger said while sitting on Lyman's right hand.

"Are you studying characters again? If you knew, I wouldn't give you the script." Lyman also sat down and continued, "You need to correct this problem. Staying up late is not good for your health."

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

Right now, my mind feels a little chaotic.

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

"Mr. Kalman, what do you think?" Ryman turned his head and asked. This person is a representative of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild and routinely oversees auditions.

However, it's usually just a decoration. It's just a job requirement, and he can't speak or decide.

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

"Okay, let's start."

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