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In the rehearsal room, Woody Allen, who was holding a thermos, was thin and thin, with his chin propped on one hand, and his eyebrows raised habitually. He looked like a little old man with a youthful temperament. Two young actors, a man and a woman.

The brown-haired young man who was watched by Woody Allen put on a tender face that was far below his actual age, ignoring that the person involved was beside him, and said to the former: "Woody, this girl can't do it."

The blond girl on the side bit her lip hard, lowered her head to hide the unwillingness in her eyes, but sniffled her nose lightly, deliberately controlling her shoulders to tremble slightly.

Her behavior can easily be mistaken for silent sobbing, and perhaps unnecessarily sympathetic, because blondes are always easy to get preferential treatment.

But unfortunately, the brown-haired young man still said: "I can't convince myself, what do you think, Woody? Can the audience believe that my character may love her like crazy?"

Eyelids drooping, Woody Allen felt a dull ache in his temples, so he poured half a cup of coffee from his thermos and sipped slowly.

I have to say that Drew Barrymore really left a huge mess for the crew.

In this circle, the occasional high is not a big deal.The problem is, it wasn't long before Drew swore to change his mind and take back control of his life, and it wasn't long before he was slapped in the face by himself.

Last night outside the hottest nightclub in Manhattan, as soon as she got into the ambulance, the paparazzi chased after her like a hyena smelling blood, and then surrounded the hospital, making the whole thing too big to be dismissed by PR Well, her godfather Steven Spielberg was also really angry, and called Woody Allen late at night, saying that Drew must be sent to rehab again.

As a result, the crew who have just finished rehearsals and are about to start filming are very embarrassed.

Hey, every day of the crew's operation is money...

The little old man sighed sadly.

He raised his eyelids and said weakly, "Then you go, Ashley."

— not even a polite apology.

The blond girl Ashley Mills froze, as if she couldn't believe that she was actually rejected.

why?

Obviously Woody Allen praised her for being quite talented before, but when Drew dies, he often accompanies her to rehearse, shouldn't he be the best PlanB?

She couldn't help clenching her fists.

But the truth is, Ashley is not even qualified to ask why.

Her heart was sour, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

But after a period of realistic beatings, Ashley's emotional control has improved a lot.

She choked back tears and even gave a nice smile when she looked up and said, "Sorry for wasting everyone's time, but I really, really like this character."

Like, whatever it takes to cause Drew to gossip headlines to take over the role Drew has vacated.

But Ashley missed the most important point.

This is a Woody Allen movie, people are proud to be in his movies, and Ashley is far from alone staring at this piece of fat.

The deeper reason is that this role is one of the springboards for Drew Barrymore to gradually break away from the Hollywood bad girl. A "friend" who plays tricks and counterattacks Drew.

So the actress who takes over is either hand-picked by Woody Allen, or still sent by Spielberg's line for gold plating.

Woody Allen waved his hand and said casually: "It's okay, anyway, we are here today, and you are not the one waiting."

In other words, Ashley showed up uninvited.

Ashley's face froze, and her expression became a little embarrassed. She looked at the absent-minded Woody Allen, and then at the brown-haired young man who had no good looks on the other side. Finally, she felt that she was not welcome. away.

After seeing her leave the rehearsal room, Woody Allen regained some energy, glanced at his watch and said, "Helen found me a popular youth idol star to come to the rescue, can you give me some help during the audition later?" Good face, Edward?"

"If you want to look good on me, impress me with performance first." The brown-haired young man called "Edward" said bluntly, "And the one just now, don't tell me you don't know what she did."

And he does deserve that outspoken arrogance.

In just a few years of entering the industry, Edward has already acted in many off-Broadway plays, which can be said to be famous.

But the astonishing thing is that before that, he was just an ordinary high-achieving Yale graduate, majoring in astronomy, which has nothing to do with performing arts, and history, which is a little bit related.

Just jumping into the talent-filled Broadway and really making him famous, the director of the first film was Woody Allen, and even Woody Allen would listen to Edward's opinions in rehearsals.

Clearly, yet another talented player with a lot of talent, a bit of arrogance is no big deal.

Woody Allen shrugged helplessly, and said, "I really don't know what type of girl you like, Edward, you are stricter with young girls than me, a director."

"Correction, there is no gender in acting, and anyone should be an actor," Edward said, leaning against the window. "Acting is a very serious art. Isn't it Woody?"

"Okay, okay, you're right." Woody Allen wouldn't be idle arguing with this guy, he definitely couldn't win.

Edward was also helpless.

Who said Woody was a chatterbox who couldn't stop talking?When he doesn't want to answer the conversation, he is simply a topic stopper.

At this time, the footsteps of the ladies came from the corridor outside the rehearsal.

Woody Allen just cheered up a little bit, and said in a rambling manner: "I heard that this girl is now the dream lover of all men in the whole meter, oh, I remember she just turned up, I don't know if there is really Amy Heck Lin is so beautiful in the shot, but to be honest, I knew she would be your fiancée as soon as I saw the movie poster, Edward, but Steven called Drew himself..."

The door of the rehearsal room was pushed open from the outside.

Three ladies walked in.

It starts with Helen Rubin, a producer Edward is familiar with, followed by a white woman in a typical agent suit, and finally, a dreamy blonde enters his sight.

Edward could not help straightening his body.

how to say--

She is more beautiful than she looks in the video tape or in the movie theater.

And elegant, and smart, and charming.

There is no need to elaborate on her appearance. What is more brilliant than her appearance and more difficult to present in the movie is her light and agile special temperament.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the sun in New York was not bright, but the scarce light golden sunlight accurately passed through the cloud, passed through the crowd, and sprinkled into this empty and quiet room, and also into the smiling eyes of this girl, He could even see his own reflection inside.

The little old man's nagging voice was suddenly muted, and everything around her became a defocused slow motion, only her brilliant blond hair and blue eyes were so clear.

Woody Allen's voice did come to an abrupt end.

Because he was surprised to see that Edward's handsome face, which had been gloomy after Drew's accident, instantly put on a perfect smile that made people feel like a spring.

But the smile lasted only for a second before he cleared his throat and put on another serious face.

Then, Edward voluntarily left the window and greeted Helen Rubin and the others.

"Good morning, Helen." His footsteps were brisk, and his attitude made people feel very gentle, a little bit of appropriate friendliness, but not very eager.

Edward glanced over the two strangers entering the rehearsal room, and expressed his intention to ask the familiar Helen Rubin.

"Good morning, Edward. This is Josie Horton and her manager, Martha Miller, who is here to audition your fiancée, Skyler." Helen Rubin said, "This is Edward Norton, he is in Playing Holden in the movie."

Edward looked into Josie's eyes and said, "Hello, Miss Horton."

"Hello." Josie also looked at him, and said in a gentle voice, "Call me Josie or Joe, that's fine."

So Edward smiled and said kindly, "Okay, Josie."

His tone was soothing, a little slow, and the accent fell on her name as if it were wrapping around the tip of his tongue.

Woody Allen, who was behind Edward, walked over slowly, first glanced at Edward, then turned to Josie and the others, and also smiled: "Good morning, Josie, without further ado, why don't we start the audition directly?"

He winked at Martha who was beside Josie as a greeting, and Martha smiled back. It seemed that the relationship between the two was quite familiar.

Josie got a biography and story outline handwritten by Woody Allen.

While she was reading, Woody Allen hooked Edward's arm, looked ahead nonchalantly, lowered his voice and asked, "Hey, little bastard, stop pretending, let me think about what you just said ——you will definitely not let her down, will you?"

"No, I don't think it is necessary, because she is Josie Horton." Edward seemed a little eager to try, he barely held back, but he didn't hold back, and said in a low voice and quickly: "You have read William Dill's Novel Fear of the First Degree? Woody? This girl plays a character I really like, the movie hasn't come out yet, so I've seen all three of her books that I could find. Guess what? Wow, she's amazing Perfect! I can't wait to see the scenes of us playing opposite each other in my mind now, and I have to say, I'm really looking forward to the next performance."

Woody Allen quickly made a stop gesture. He couldn't feel the picture in Edward's mind, but he could feel that his mind was about to be dazed by Edward, especially when this guy talked about getting up. his shoulders.

Hey, his small body can't bear this guy shaking around.

"Okay, okay, I see." Woody Allen held his forehead helplessly, "Come on, let me tell you the scene. In front of Fifth Avenue, Holden and Skyler are dating and they are in love , let me see how the feeling between the two of you is."

"Woody—" Edward held up his hand.

"What?" The little old man drooped his eyelids.

"I remember this scene, on the first page of the script, which is the beginning of the movie." Edward frowned deliberately, "Do I need to sing? To be honest, I'm not prepared at all."

Woody Allen twitched the corners of his lips, and replied weakly: "Whatever you want, Edward, we all know that you can sing well enough."

"No, I don't know, I think I still need to improve." Edward spread his hands and said, "Give us 10 minutes, Woody, we have to communicate."

"Five minutes." Woody Allen said.

He wanted to see what the hell this kid was going to do.

I saw Edward walking over there to Josie, who had just finished the story, chattering a lot, and just by looking at him, I could tell that he was in high spirits and confident.

As for posturing?

Forget about it, he is completely eager to try it now, I don't know if it's because Josie's acting skills really make him look forward to it, or for some other reason.

Four and a half minutes later, Edward made a "no problem" gesture to this side.

Woody Allen rolled his eyes to himself, and went to turn on the handheld camera himself. They had to at least take a simple videotape for the audition.

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