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When many pretentious actors first enter the industry, it is easy to be disgusted with this kind of vulgar youth film. They have got into low-budget literary films, hoping that their performance will shock the filmmakers, shock the audience and even shock the Oscars. However, the fact is that they Most of them wasted their precious youth and talents, and gradually disappeared from everyone.

In Hollywood, fame brings everything.

Only after becoming popular can they be eligible to covet awards, and the main time is spent on commercial films, and the rest is left to those carefully selected literary films to slowly transform. This is the normal path taken by superstars.

Of course, there are newcomers who have soared overnight with the performance awards of literary films, but that is the preferred method of the British, who will welcome newcomers to Hollywood every few years.

Besides, this is the work of Amy Heckerling. Her previous comedy "Flying Beyond Childhood" has been filmed in three parts, and even made history at that time. One can imagine how popular it was.

"I noticed you gave Scars of Tears four stars, the same priority as Little Women," Martha continued, "but you put a question mark."

"Little Women" can be said to be a masterpiece specially used by Hollywood to praise people. It will be remade every few decades, and it is usually a combination of veteran acting schools, popular stars and the next generation of potential newcomers.

As for "Scars of Tears", Kathy Bates, the Oscar-winning actress, received far less treatment than other award-winning actresses. After all, the market value was there, and the statuette could not really change anything.

Josie thought for a while before saying: "The main creative lineup is very luxurious, and Stephen King's novels are also very interesting, but I'm not sure if the adapted characters themselves have enough sparkle to attract me."

Thanks to a certain ex-boyfriend, Josie watched too many classic Hollywood movies with him during the love affair—what's the name of the other party?It seems that he is still a real grand slam actor.

Josie frowned slightly, not delving into the name.

"Scars of Tears" can occupy a place, because this film is really wonderful, Kathy Bates' performance is impressive, and the role of the youngest daughter also has room to play.

The problem is, she's not sure if the tragic role of traumatized childhood and self-enclosed is right for her, or if she can play it.

Martha nodded, thought silently in her heart, and told Josie: "Next week is the audition for "Little Women". You'd better read the original book again, and let Adler watch your performance once again. As for For the rest, I will let you know when arrangements are made."

From the perspective of Martha as an agent, being able to take the initiative to read Stephen King's works proves that Josie is not like ordinary teenagers or Hollywood actors who have no interest in reading. This is a good advantage.

Josie readily accepted.

The movie "Little Women" is adapted from the novel of the same name created by the American female writer Louisa May Alcott. It tells the story of four sisters in an ordinary family in New England during the Civil War.

The gentle and beautiful eldest daughter Meg, the independent and strong second daughter Jo, the kind and well-behaved third daughter Beth, and the clever youngest daughter Amy, the growth of the four March sisters has touched the heartstrings of countless Americans. Women's Bible.

Katharine Hepburn in 1933, Elizabeth Taylor in 1949, and a TV version with a lesser cast in 1978, "Little Women" has been brought to the big screen time and time again.

The heroine of this remake, Joe, is played by the popular girl Winona Ryder, and the role of Amy, usually played by a Hollywood beauty, is played by two actors.

The actor in her youth was Samantha Mathis, the heroine of the blockbuster movie "What's the Reason Love". She is a pure and glamorous blonde. Her temperament is very different from the classical and cold Winona. She is also one of the few One of the female stars of the same generation who can be compared with Winona.

Little Amy, who was a child, went through layers of screening and fell on the child star Christen Dunst. For this reason, she defeated the equally outstanding Christina Ricci and Natalie Portman.

It is conceivable that the competition for the casting of "Little Women" is very fierce.

In the small room, sitting in the center were the people who had the most say in the casting of the film: director Gillian Armstrong, adaptation screenwriter and producer Robin Swecott, producer Dennis Tie Novell, casting director Shani Ginsberg...and, uninvited heroine Winona Ryder.

Winona sits quietly on the edge of these people, but her presence cannot be ignored. After all, although there are many beauties in Hollywood, she is still rare with both beauty and acting skills and full of aura. resource.

But the most enviable thing about Winona is not her beauty, but her ability to always be favored by various big directors.

First, Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands" gained a large number of movie fans, and then he established his status as a box office star with "400 Years of Surprise" directed by Coppola, and then "The Age of Innocence" directed by Scorsese made her even more popular. With one Oscar nomination, the young actress easily surpasses them all as the No. 1 of the new generation of Hollywood female stars.

A big star means the right to speak.

If you just debuted, even if the acting skills are superb, such as Jack Nicholson and others, you still can't direct the film.

And Winona can not only sit here and express her opinions on casting, but also ask the producer not to hire actors she doesn't like to work together.

But generally, the ambitious female star can put up with that for the quality of the film, since she's torturing people most of the time anyway.

"There is no second Dunst that can surprise me." Winona turned sideways and said to her assistant standing behind her.

The "Dunst" she mentioned, whose full name is Kristen Dunst, stood out from 11 equally beautiful and lovely little girls last year, and participated in Tom Cruise and Brave at the age of [-]. De Pitt's new film "Interview with the Vampire", and contributed performances that make the two leading actors pale in comparison.

In previous auditions, Kirsten Dunst's performance was unmatched, almost making the production team doubt the ability of adult Amy's actor Samantha Mathis, because the latter has not been able to contribute the same level of performance , but got the same character.

But Samantha Mathis was the then girlfriend of the talented Hollywood actor River Phoenix who died last year, and she has a huge degree of topicality.

Thankfully, Dunst is still just a little girl.

Winona secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but was also a little eager to try, and couldn't help but look forward to the upcoming filming of "Little Women".

"Claire Danes is not bad, forget about the others." She said, "I think she has the best chance of getting the role."

For two days in a row, they had seen countless girls, all of whom were young and beautiful, and their acting skills were not bad, but except for Claire Dennis, the others either had flawed performances or lacked a bit of pitiful temperament.

At this time, the casting director Shani flipped through the memo in her hand and said out loud, "The next one is Josie Horton." She reminded everyone, "This girl has no acting experience, but it is said that she can play the piano well. And from CAA."

Can play the piano?

Well, this can be regarded as a small plus item.

In the original book, the piano is one of Beth's shining points, so in today's audition alone, there are quite a few girls who claim to be able to play this instrument, but once they are asked to play on the piano in the room, they can play it fluently. Few have finished a song "Ode to Joy".

After all, these girls who become the main source of income for their families in their teens usually do not have a good pair of parents, and it is difficult to receive any formal education. Learning the piano is a luxury hobby. They can read through scripts and perform tricks well, and they are considered excellent. .

Coupled with the fact that in the face of big people who can determine one's career, the audition is interrupted by big stars who only appear on TV, and it is really difficult to maintain a good attitude.

Not to mention that some of them can't play the piano at all.

Winona saw Josie walk into the room.

Like all the girls before her, she was young and beautiful, and if there was anything worth mentioning, her looks pleased most people.

Because there is nothing aggressive about her.

Winona sat up straight.

She saw Josie start the performance under Shani's gesture:

First there was a scene of sitting on the sofa talking and laughing with her sisters, then she glanced at the wall, took out something from the non-existent cabinet by the wall, put it on the other side, squatted there and stretched out her hands, as if in a fireplace While roasting on fire.

"Mum's coming home soon," she said, in a quiet, peaceful voice, very beautiful. "I should get Mum a new pair of shoes."

She lowered her head docilely, revealing a slender white neck, and an attached and happy smile.

Winona heard Robin and Dennis talking softly about her—

"Very well, her voice is a plus," Robin said. "I love her classic vibe, and the way she gently smoothes the creases of her skirt. I can almost see her wearing a long soft cotton dress. , very lightly."

Indeed, she has enough reserved classical temperament.

This fits perfectly.

Dennis nodded and agreed: "I think the audience will like this one. Claire Dennis is also good, but I don't like the lower half of her face very much. It looks like a distance from a certain angle."

"For Beth, they are all enough. The question is who do we want to use more." Gillian joined the conversation, "Claire Danes' performance is also very convincing."

The two producers looked at each other and did not continue to discuss this topic.

It was at this point that their heroine said: "Why not let her play the piano too, at least Clare's "Forest Polka" is beautiful."

"You can," Dennis said, "but playing the piano is not a must."

——You can learn it now, or leave it to the later stage.

The heroine began to criticize again.

These people can't help but think.

This may be one of the reasons why it was so late to start filming, because they were always led around by a layman who thought he was omnipotent, but she was the indispensable cornerstone of the entire crew, otherwise no one would be willing to do this. Movies pay even a penny.

And the fact that these movie stars don't even have to pay anything to get the biggest slice of the pie from the project is pretty enviable.

Even though they think so, on the surface they are still very friendly to the movie stars they say, and even flatter them.

"I know we're not looking for a pianist," Winona said, "but I'm afraid Beth won't play the piano pretty enough, or at all, and it'll be a waste of time. "

Shani nodded in agreement, and said to Josie, "We want to hear your piano performance, do you need time to prepare?"

Josie kept smiling and replied, "Yes. No preparation time is required."

She is ushered into a set on the other side of the room, where a classical piano sits quietly, and another camera is looking at it.

Josie moved her fingers, took a deep breath, and walked in.

Sitting in front of the piano gracefully, she didn't feel any nervousness or panic, just like returning to her familiar home, her fingers first played a few times aimlessly on the piano.

Her movements are even a little messy, and the chords don't make music.

One can't help but be disappointed by this: oh, another lying girl.

But when their focused eyes were about to move away, suddenly a series of beautiful notes were pouring out from her fingertips.

As if in a sea-

All sounds are silent.

As dusk sinks, the sun is slowly setting.

On the undulating sea, the magnificent fire-like scenery is reflected, and the sky is set off as a huge canvas, because the paint was accidentally knocked over by the hand of God.

The night gradually fell, and the wind changed with it.

The wild and heroic notes are galloping extremely fast, almost crazily involving everyone's mind, the accumulated energy climbs to the peak little by little, and returns to the tranquility of the night.

The last note fell, and the room was silent for a long time.

Robin couldn't help but let out a deep breath, pulling away from the feeling that his soul was being pulled, and most of the people around him did the same, because the tune was magical.

"I should have taken off my hat for that!" Robin led the applause.

The applause was one after another, very enthusiastic.

Josie stood up, slightly bent her knees, and greeted everyone who applauded with a smile, pushing the warm atmosphere to a climax.

At this moment, Winona said: "You can play the piano well, but I'm sorry, this is not Beth's recital."