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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 right now.

right.

Then you 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 are the characters? Kate Beckinsale asked quickly.

I don't know exactly, but this is a new work 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 that, 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 at home, shaking her head, throwing away her thoughts.

In any case, 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 it as much as possible.

Enter the bathroom, 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, the door opened, and Kate Beckinsale took a few deep breaths to encourage herself.

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

Pushing open the door and looking inside, I found that many people were already sitting on the resting seats, and many of them had met before.

Hi, Kate, you're here too. Her fellow Englishman, Jason Statham, 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 helpless, And there are so many people, I don't know if I can be selected.

Kate Beckinsale heard the words,

Without saying 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, except for the CAA, may have some additional advantages - after all, they know what kind of movie this is, and what the role is generally 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 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 actor's salary space has reached about 30 million US dollars.

Therefore, this audition should only focus on the selection of supporting roles. Of course, there are also suitable female protagonists. There are only two female characters in Bad Guy, and there are not many roles in them. On the top, there are far fewer scenes than the male supporting role.

Do men play, there is always no place for women to shine.

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 Cayden 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 the strengths of the two parties, he was careful, and his wife was the sunshine that shone in his dark world, so her death would cause his belief in life to collapse.

It's a pivotal turning point in the movie.

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

No time, you can call Thomas.

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're all so busy, I'll go alone.

After that, 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 attaches great importance to the relationship between each other, and also likes to form his own direct line.

Even the often-collaborated filming team doesn't change easily.

The main reason for this phenomenon is that when shooting, 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.

Jason Statham had this in mind when Lyman Rust walked into the audition room with Heath Ledger.

For some reason, a deep envy welled up 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.

Not auditioning for supporting roles, or on the way to auditioning for supporting roles.

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

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 rookie 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 also be appreciated by a director?

Jason Statham scratched his big bald head, and he didn't have any confidence in his heart.

Compared with age and seniority, he can't do it.

He is no longer young, like the type of actor to be thrown out.

Maybe it's old enough to not even be able to play a normal supporting role.

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

This Lehmann director's work 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's sitting next to him.

She is also thinking about how to win the role, so that she really has 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 eat.

Oh yes, she's a type of actress herself.

There's no advantage.

She was startled to herself.

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

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

Okay, let's get started.

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