[American Entertainment] The road to becoming a god

【Two months ago】

Facing the bright and warm morning sun, Leonardo DiCaprio is on his way to audition for the lead actor in a big-budget production. Maybe that's not the right way to say it, because he didn't get the script for the audition. Or clips, today he just listened to the request of his new agent who just changed not long ago to meet with the director of the big production.

According to the agent, someone recommended him to the director, so the director called him to invite him to meet. In the original plan, he did not have this opportunity.

DiCaprio takes a wait-and-see attitude towards this. Many big productions are willing to choose actors in this way. By constantly improving yourself, you can imply how honored it is to be able to participate in the audition, thereby squeezing you. much salary.

So he didn't care that much about whether he could be selected. Leonardo cared more about who the friend who recommended him to the big production was.He couldn't think of such a name for someone who could talk to the great director James Cameron and get close to him.

Who is the one?Leonardo brought this question to the interview site.

Leonardo DiCaprio didn't pay enough attention to the meeting, and James Cameron didn't expect too much from Hollywood's new golden boy, even though he was just 19 years old. Nominated for an Oscar, and with weighty performances in "Different Sky" and "The Diary of the Edge," Cameron still thinks he has the same problems as Gaspar, thin, young, and doesn't look like he can hold up the whole movie Movie.

But soon, Cameron's thoughts quietly changed. Just before and after Leonardo DiCaprio arrived at the meeting place, all the female employees ran around one after another to ambush, and not only the female crew members , The women in the whole building were attracted by him, even the sweeping aunt came.Cameron noticed that some of them even showed signs of passing out the moment they saw Leonardo.

He has such charm?Cameron murmured in his heart, and couldn't help but compare DiCaprio and Gaspar. If Gaspar was here, would it have the same effect?But Cameron's question will not have an answer.

Leonardo came in, he was wearing a baseball uniform, matching khaki pants and canvas shoes, his hair didn't seem to be done, and the collar part of his face was scattered on one side, he looked like an ordinary street man boy.

"Hello, I'm Leonardo, what are we going to talk about today?" He said and shook hands with Cameron.

Cameron said that this meeting was very simple, to test whether his appearance was good enough, and then after permission, Cameron asked him to sit by the window and carefully observe the effect of the sun on his face.

Leonardo did as he did, and the warm yellow light enveloped his whole body. He squinted his eyes in enjoyment, and then looked into the corner of the room. Cameron heard someone behind him sigh and sob.

"He's glowing!" someone screamed.

Cameron carefully observed Leonardo's side face. At this time, most of the initial prejudice in his heart had disappeared.

Maybe he is really unusual, Cameron thought.

So he asked his assistant to contact Winslet, and he had to see if there was any chemistry between them.

"You have to wait," Cameron said. "We're telling the actresses to come over. You're going to do a segment. I want to see the tension and the lines between you."

After speaking, he gave the script to Leonardo.

Leonardo spent four and 10 minutes waiting for the female lead, in the process he read the script Cameron gave him, and I have to say, he was a little disappointed.Jake's role has little substance or challenge for him, far less than the dorks and crackheads he's played in the past, both of whom are tormented characters.And Jack, Jack is closer to himself.

But the disappointing attitude will not affect his attitude towards work. He will follow Cameron's words and try out the right lines with the actress, but in the end he will refuse no matter what the result is.

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After a while, Winslet arrived. After a brief introduction to Leonardo, several people came to the audition room. For the actors, the audition for a romance film is one of the most difficult, because they have to face a completely unfamiliar People show different degrees of love, and people with low emotional sensitivity or insufficient performance skills are easily nervous in such a scene, making the picture funny and rigid.

But Leonardo was different. He dropped the script even a quarter of an hour before Winslet came in.

In front of Cameron and Winslet, Leonardo lit a cigarette, then half-lyed on the sofa, the sunlight outside the window sprinkled on his hair and face, he was still Leonardo in the last second - DiCaprio, the next second he's Jack.

He can create a character within 5 minutes, and he can quickly pull out and return to himself. *

There is no doubt that Leonardo is Jack.

James Cameron, however, waited until the second rejection.

"I don't think this role is what I want," Leonardo said, "so I'm sorry."

Cameron was in a complicated mood, especially when the leading actress Winslet made it clear that she hoped to partner with Leonardo, and even said, "If you don't choose him, I will choose him." 'when.

"I don't think you have figured out what you want." Cameron hoped to convince DiCaprio, and he said after consideration: "Children with intellectual disabilities and depraved teenagers shouldn't be the characters you always want. You have to understand that the outstanding characteristics of those characters just make them easy to express. A character like Jack must be played well by a master of delicate emotions. He is not just a vase, what I want is a A virtuoso who can make an ordinary, down-to-earth good guy gripping and dominate the screen with a simple performance."

Leonardo DiCaprio frowned slightly. He didn't want to admit it, but Cameron was right. The most mundane characters are often the most difficult to play.

Seeing that Leonardo was wavering, Cameron continued to persuade him, "Do you want some challenging work? Believe me, this will be the most difficult role you will ever meet in your life." The director changed his posture, and he even I hope that the initiative is in my own hands, "Maybe you don't think you are a master of acting, but Gaspar thinks so, and I hope he is right."

"Gaspar?" Leonardo looked very surprised, "Gasper Cook?"

It never occurred to him that Gasper Cook, who had competed for the same role with him several times, recommended him to James Cameron.Leonardo smiled, and the black-haired figure in his memory came alive.

The director seemed more surprised than Leonardo, "I thought you were familiar," he said.

Leonardo smiled and said nothing.

After a while——

"Oh, please don't worry, we will become very familiar soon." Leonardo stood up, he stretched, and then shook hands with Cameron, "I'm going to tell the agent, this I Take it away." He shook the script in his hand, "I hope we can have a good cooperation."

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【Back to the present】

"Leonardo?" Gaspar took the microphone away and put it back. It took a total of three attempts before he was sure that he was not hallucinating. "How did you call?" he asked.

"It's not difficult, it's just a few phone calls... I heard about Pete's arm when I came back from the hospital in the morning, so I thought of you," Leonardo said briskly, "Just call me Leo , Gaspar, you must not guess what happened to me, by the way, I am in Mexico now, thank you for the recommendation, and the cooperation with James is simply wonderful."

Gaspar was dizzy when he heard it. He never knew that there could be so many information points in a sentence. Leonardo didn't give him time to react, and pushed all the greetings onto Gasper's face.This abnormal behavior had to make Gaspar suspect whether the other party felt sympathy for him because of that incident, but this was groundless, so he squeezed his temples, hit the soft pillow with his forehead, and chose to start from Leon Nadeau's last words began to reply.

"I'm assuming you're complaining," Gaspar imitated Leonardo and said in a brisk tone, "James is really a genius in all aspects, especially in fault-finding, which is unmatched."

"Isn't it!" Leonardo couldn't agree more, "Kate and I have been soaking in ice water for two full days, God, can you imagine Garth, my upper and lower lips are trembling, trembling So that it is impossible to speak the exact lines at all, and so is Kate. The most terrifying thing is that James is also soaking in the water with us, and he still has the strength to guide the poor cameraman. He is also running in the ice water, and Can't move."

Gaspar finally showed a slightly sincere smile. Leonardo's description reminded him of the shooting scene of the Terminator. "This is James," he said. "When we were filming The Terminator, Schwarzenegger and I were squeezed under the small car, and we were melting in the heat, and James asked us to do it [-] times."

Leonardo laughed loudly, "I suspect that James is the Terminator himself, otherwise how could the movie be so good? And do you know Gaspar, most of our crew got food poisoning yesterday, everyone drank Everyone in the soup was taken to the hospital, except for James Cameron, who pulled the soup out of his throat on the spot, and I swear, literally, his eyes were red!"

"What!" Gaspar was taken aback, and hurriedly asked him, "Food poisoning? What's going on?"

"I don't know, the police found nothing." Leonardo beeped twice to sigh, "I don't know who poisoned the soup, two-thirds of the staff were recruited, Fortunately, some of my actors went out for dinner and didn't drink the soup."

"This is terrible, could it be someone from the crew?"

"I don't know, I don't think this matter will come to fruition." Leonardo said, "But that's why I came to you. There is a problem with the crew, and our progress will be put on hold for three days. James said that as long as we don't come out Anywhere in the city."

and so……

"So I want to ask you to come to the set, just as Pete is not here, your filming plan has to be postponed, and James' scene is amazing, I open the window every day as if I have returned to the Middle Ages." Leonardo said more and more Excited, "Come on my friend, here is the tastiest taco in all of Mexico, you can live in my room, and all expenses will be counted on my head."

Speaking of which, Gasper has no reason to refuse.

"Then I'll pack up and go to you, Mr. DiCaprio." Gaspar said jokingly, "I hope the bed in your room is big enough."

"Don't worry, it's certainly big enough."

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*Note: "He can create a character within 5 minutes, and he can quickly pull out and return to himself." This is Cameron's evaluation of Leonardo in interviews and tidbits.

And the last screen suddenly turned pink hahahahaha