[US Entertainment] 1994

Woodrow Lawson dialed Josh Walter's number again with extraordinary patience, but this time, his patience gradually diminished with the passage of time, and the seconds that flew by on the phone were secretly cursed in his heart full of:

Damn Josh Walter, if the effect of his cute face is to pay a lot of money to hire a retoucher, he will definitely teach the other party a lesson that will never be forgotten.

Josh still had a slight blush on his cheeks, and his eyes were a little blurred, which was a symptom of alcoholism.The moment the phone rang again, he stared at it for a long time before slowly picking up the phone: "Hello, this is Josh Walter..."

Woodrow Lawson considered that the drunk might think of himself as an evil telemarketer, before Josh could repeat the same conversation, he quickly introduced himself: "Hello, Walter, I am Law and Order Casting Director Woodrow Lawson, I'm here to inform you that you've been shortlisted to audition for a role at the Long Island Night Café at 3 p.m. on weekends."

"Law and Order?"

"Yes, it's Law and Order."

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Lawson, and I'll be there on time."

After the phone call, Woodrow Lawson let out a long sigh of relief.He thinks that Josh Walter is a novice with no knowledge of Hollywood. After all, he is willing to play a role in a not-so-great TV series. He also sent his resume to the production team. No one except new actors would do that. .

The TV series "Law and Order" is definitely not a well-known character in the current TV series. The producer is Dick Wolfe, who has only played a season of the series. As the casting director, Woodrow Law Sen is very worried about whether the second season can continue. Don't be cut in half after one season. In Hollywood, a less successful drama often faces this fate.

When "Law and Order" first aired, its ratings only ranked 77th among all programs in the same period. It can be said that the ratings were bleak, and even the sponsored advertisers withdrew one after another. If NBC was not optimistic about the potential of the series, the second season might not be possible at all. It will start filming. Even if the quality of the series has been praised by many professionals after one season, the praise is not equal to the ratings. If the ratings of the second season can't make people's eyes shine, maybe this TV series really has to compete with everyone. People say goodbye.

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On the other end of the phone, Josh had completely woken up from his dizziness, but he still stared at the phone for a few seconds, before slowly withdrawing his gaze.

"Law and Order"?

audition?

Jesus Christ!This is the first time he's had a call from the crew, at least since he decided to go Hollywood.

Josh has always been very confident in himself. He has just turned 20 years old, but he has already graduated from the University of California, San Diego. The idiot at the bottom of this school will never pass the exam. At least it proves that Josh has a smart brain. Besides, he's six-foot-one, slender, muscular without being massive, and has the most attention-grabbing face of the bunch—half the cheerleaders in high school and college would have offered it if it weren't for his sexuality. Climb onto Josh's bed.

But the brief experience in Hollywood broke all of Josh's self-confidence.

The most ridiculous reason for rejection he has ever heard: "You look like Laura's ex-boyfriend who has passed away. She will feel sad when she sees you and affect the progress of the shooting."

Such an answer is actually acceptable. After all, Josh considers himself a gentleman and is not interested in bringing up a girl's sad past.

"Your face doesn't match most of the cast, I'm sorry."

Once he was already in the filming group, but just because the actor who was not good enough in appearance and had a small stomach accidentally glanced at him, he was directly taken out of the filming group.

This sounds like a scene of unrealistic absurd drama, but for Josh, this is the bright and sad reality.

For him, the "Law and Order" cast audition is the best news.

It is the end of 1990, and no one knows how much influence this TV series with no champion looks has in the history of American dramas. It almost single-handedly created a new style of American crime dramas. Crime dramas like CSI have been heavily influenced by it.

After Edgar Wallis cleaned up the kitchen, he saw Josh leaning on the sofa watching TV with an excited expression on his face. He asked curiously, "What are you watching?"

"I remember you recorded the video of "Law and Order", so I dug it out and watched it." Josh blinked, although he pretended to be calm, but the curved corners of his eyes revealed his mood, "Ed Plus, I have good news for you..."

"Is that the phone call just now?"

"Oh man, you're so direct, I thought I could give you a scare."

"No, no, no, Josh." Edgar emphasized, "It's a surprise. Although I don't know the specific reason, it must be good news to see you so happy."

Josh revealed the answer with a smile: "The crew of "Law and Order" called me, and I can go to their audition."

"Congratulations, Josh." Edgar stretched out his hand and bumped into Josh's fist, "That's a good episode, please do your best."

"I will, Edgar."

From the perspective of Josh, who is accustomed to seeing the clarity of later generations, the visual sense of the first season of "Law and Order" can only be regarded as mediocre, but the content of the series is very exciting, and the screenwriter's conception and the smooth style of the plot can easily attract people Attention, especially a man like Josh who doesn't like dog blood soap operas.

On the weekend, Josh arrived at the Long Island Night Cafe as scheduled. He arrived half an hour earlier than the appointed time, but even so, the cafe was already full of people.

Josh's arrival instantly attracted everyone's attention.

People in Hollywood are naturally good at scoring other people's appearance, because most of them have outstanding appearance and a perfect figure that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve. This is the capital they rely on for survival. Sometimes they motivate themselves to work harder, but when a character whose appearance is good enough to be the center appears, their confidence will be compromised, just like at this moment, Josh noticed that everyone's eyes stayed on him for a short moment, It was quickly taken back.

But there was an undisguised whisper in his ears: "Who is that person, is he also here for the audition?"

"Of course it is, didn't you notice the list in his hand? Now I'm curious which role he came to audition for."

Josh didn't care about other people's words. He found an empty seat to sit down and looked around intently—in fact, he just released the system interface in his mind silently. What made him quite distressed was that even though he had After receiving the audition invitation, the system progress column is still sadly zero, which makes Josh wonder if he has installed a fake system.

It's sad.

The Long Island Cafe is not very famous in the local area, but its biggest advantage is that it is large enough, so it is often borrowed by crews with insufficient budget as an audition location. If the budget is really tight, this cafe will even A certain amount of rent will be reduced, as long as the crew can allow the cafe to be in the shot for a short time when shooting the relevant scenes.

Soon, the appointed time arrived, and the cafe was full of people, as if they were in a busy supermarket. This also made Josh deeply aware of the difficulties in Hollywood—this is just a part of "Law and Order". It was just an open audition for a TV series, but it attracted young people from half the town in Josh's opinion.

Everyone wants to take this opportunity to join the mainstream circle of Hollywood. Even if they can't reach the sky in one step, it is very rare for most people to have an extra filming experience in their resume.

Josh's goal is to snag a character with more than 10 minutes of appearances, and even that won't be easy—an episode is only about half an hour long, and in a crime drama like Law & Order, it's more than 10 minutes. Minutes are often fixed roles in the series. If it is just a passing role in a certain episode, even if it is played, the duration will not meet the requirements of the system. Josh can only watch his mission fail.

After drawing the number plate for the audition, Josh got the 25th one this afternoon. There were men and women who went in before him. He even saw the cashier at the restaurant where Edgar worked. His name seemed to be Dee. Tina, the audition result should not be very satisfactory to her, Tina left with a face full of frustration.

Josh couldn't help becoming a little nervous with her expression.

He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down, the auditioners behind him kept asking those who came out for inside/hidden information about the audition, but the ones who came out either kept silent or looked depressed , There is no way to extract the slightest hint from them.

"Damn smart guys, they're just worried about leaking the news to us, we play well and they don't stand a chance."

"Dude, haven't you figured it out yet? Even if you only have a role for a day or two, you can still receive a salary from the crew that can save you three days of serving dishes. Now it's not the past, when people are grabbing the job of playing a dead body." Do it."

"Hey, buddy, aren't you curious?" Just as Josh was staring intently ahead, the young man behind him bumped into him suddenly.

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