Hollywood Rhapsody

Sarah happily flipped through the remaining video tapes, because the photos and names of the performers were all pasted on the video tapes, so she quickly found her target, another familiar name—Channing Tatum!

This is a handsome guy!Sarah felt that she really found a treasure this time, because Channing Tatum's acting skills are really good, and he is a very hardworking actor. Sarah can think of no less than ten movies in which he starred, "Dancing Out of My Life" , "Special Forces", "Cheating Dilemma", "Dragon and Tiger Boys", "Tree of Life", "Fox Hunter", "Jupiter Ascending"...

"Look at this, I hope his acting skills are in direct proportion to his looks." Sarah handed the video tape to Jason, which drew a helpless stare from the other side.

But when the video started playing, both Jason and Sarah were stunned, and even Leonardo who had just entered the door was startled.

"Oh my god, you two guys who are not doing business, you are secretly watching this..." Leonardo pointed to Channing Tatum who was stripping in the video, and couldn't find a suitable word up.

Striptease!The "future star" that Sarah is optimistic about actually sent a video of a male striptease. The visual impact is simply beyond the imagination of Sarah and others.

"Pay close attention to his body language and facial expressions." Compared with the other two men, Sarah was the one who was not completely shocked by Channing.She reminded the two men to maintain a professional attitude, but was hit by their contemptuous gazes, as if to say-you don't need to say it if you look so carefully!

"..." Sarah didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Please, am I that kind of horny pervert?"

"Isn't it?" Jason answered almost without thinking, and glanced at Leonardo.

Sarah clenched her small fists so as not to strangle Jason's neck. She said angrily, "As a producer and director, please show some professionalism. This boy named Channing is struggling in his performance. And the sad pantomime, watching his movements, the slight trembling of his fingers when he unbuttoned the buttons, and the stiffness and tightness of his muscles all showed his tension and pain. He was like a poor man who was forced to sell his body because of life, struggling Zhong endured and changed silently, looking at the sparkle in the corner of his eyes, didn't you see his tightly pursed pale lips and the tears that he carefully concealed?"

"Monster! This boy is silently showing his excellent acting skills!" Jason's expression became serious, "Look at his facial muscles, which gradually became numb after tensing up, like a lamb waiting to die after completely giving up resistance , and his movements are no longer struggling, and become smooth but like a puppet without a soul, every movement is following the set emotionless gestures."

Leonardo slapped his hands in amazement, as if the only way to express the surprise in his heart: "We have found a treasure, this is an absolute potential stock!"

"No, it's not us who picked up the treasure, but CAA." Sarah pointed to Michael Ovitz and the person in charge of CAA who had been sitting silently by the side as if invisible.

"He is a good seedling. If he is given enough opportunities, he will have good achievements." Michael Ovitz commented calmly, while the person in charge of CAA beside him was already flushed in surprise. Being temporarily assigned to be in charge of the "draft" office, he still felt a little resentful in his heart, but now he knew what a delicious piece of fat it was.

Sarah and the others exchanged glances, and didn't say anything more. The cooperation model with CAA has been signed. Let's see if this great god is also in pain.However, everything is just Sarah's imagination. Michael Ovitz really doesn't pay attention to these future stars. He has even lowered his head and turned over the finalized script of "Sarah"!

All right!The Great God is worthy of being the Great God!Sarah sighed silently in her heart, and when she looked back, she felt that her speculation was too petty. Ovitz established CAA by himself, and she had never seen any big-name stars. Tom Cruise and Michael Jackson, who were smash hits, were both Compared with these superstars, Channing Tatum is not enough to see his clients, at best they are potential rookies.

Regardless, the Channing Tatum tape was unanimously voted to stay.

The craze of "Rising Star" quickly swept across the country with an irresistible strength that was beyond the expectations of all media, and Starlight Company and CAA began to send out invitations to major TV stations without haste.Now even fools know that the program "Star of Tomorrow" will be popular, and those TV stations naturally don't hesitate to bid for a golden cooperation opportunity. explore the possibility of long-term in-depth cooperation.Starlight made a lot of money because of this, and Michael Ovitz negotiated a very impressive revenue sharing ratio.

When Sarah heard the news, her heart was shaken again, and the historical inevitability appeared again. Fox originally launched "American Idol" in 2002, but now because of her, it has been moved forward four years. Fox Still seized the business opportunity of the draft.

In order to make the show more sophisticated, Fox also spent a lot of money, inviting film critics such as Roger Ebert and Jonathan Rosenbaum to give professional reviews of the participating performers. This kind of public review will be verbatim. Through TV, it was heard by the participants and all audiences. "Star of Tomorrow" also expressed that all audiences are welcome to express their opinions and give their ratings. An exclusive section has been set up on Prophecy.com to accept voting, and the final number of votes will be determined by a certain number. The proportion is converted into the total score.This kind of high-participation talent show has fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the audience. In particular, the film critics arranged by the program group have different opinions, and sometimes they will argue in front of the live camera. foot impulse.

"Why does this boy who can only do striptease get such a high score!" Joseph, who was sitting in front of the TV, was one of the enthusiastic audience. He drank an iced Coke and said to Jack, "I have a better figure than him." , if I take it off, the champion of the scoring leaderboard will be replaced now!"

Jack laughed and fell on the sofa: "You? You have no interest in the championship at all, but I guarantee that if you show your muscles to Sarah, that girl will blush and fall into your arms."

"Forget it, now you are the only one who can comfort me like this. The whole world knows that Sarah and Leonardo are together. They are almost inseparable. Have you watched the video on Prophecy.com? They are indeed a good match. As netizens said, they stand together like a real-life prince and princess, at least I can’t match Leonardo DiCaprio in terms of looks.” Joseph said, looking at the table. Kaifeng beer, but after some struggles, he picked up Coke again.

He drank a bottle of Coca-Cola like a bottle of alcohol, and then dropped the bottle heavily on the table with a sullen face: "Wait and see! I will prove with practical actions who is the most suitable person for Sarah , Is it amazing that Leonardo can start a company with her? No, I will not be bad either!"

Jack is noncommittal about his good brother's lofty ambitions. He is discussing "who will be the champion of this draft" with netizens in the "Rising Star" chat group. Most of the men support Rachel, while the girls They have long been conquered by Channing's good figure.

With the help of high attention, the ratings of the first episode of "Star of Tomorrow" reached 500 million. Channing Tatum, the "undressed man", has also become a household name. There was a huge controversy. Some reasonable audiences agreed with the comment of film critic Roger, thinking that Channing is a very promising actor, while more audiences thought that this was a shameless grandstanding for the sake of eyeballs. Provoked by envy or eagerness, the number of participants in "Rising Star" increased rapidly on the second day of the show, and CAA and Fox had to set aside an office to store these performance videos, and the video review team It also increased from five people at the beginning to 20 people. As for Sarah and others, they simply skipped the preliminary review.

"Each performance video must be scored by at least 5 members of the preliminary review team, so as to ensure that excellent performances will not be buried to the greatest extent. In the end, the main creator of the "Sarah" movie, representatives of the CAA project team and several film critics People commented and scored." When the second issue of "Rising Star" was broadcast, the host introduced the review process in this way, because the influence of "Rising Star" has completely covered the whole country, and the second week's selection video has reached There are as many as 500, even if they are averaged over seven days, the number of reviews per day is at least 70 or more, so the fairness of the review is particularly valued by the audience and candidates, who do not want the winning performance to be broadcast on TV There is suspicion of black box operation.

"Sarah Stern, the author of "Sarah", made a special suggestion to the program group in order to express her gratitude to all the candidates. Every candidate will receive a copy of the "Sarah" crew The transcript, which includes the scores and comments of at least five first-time judges, she hopes that this draft can ignite the enthusiasm of all young people for acting, if you love acting, please continue to work hard and don't give up."

After announcing the top [-] list of the second issue of "Tomorrow's Star", the host exaggeratedly took out a cardboard box full of envelopes, and joked wittily:

"I guess in Sarah's eyes, our show is a quiz on campus, and the act of sending report cards is her personal hobby. I can't help but suspect that all this is just to satisfy a 17-year-old girl. headmaster's dream."

At this moment, the camera turned to Sarah who was sitting in the front row of the auditorium. She raised her eyebrows and smiled cooperatively: "Yes, what I hated the most before was the moment when I received the report card, but today, wow, finally It's a wonderful feeling to have the opportunity to go from being a student to being an examiner! I think I finally understand the real reason why there are always exams in schools!"

The audience in front of the TV couldn’t help showing knowing smiles. Of course, they would not take Sarah’s joke seriously, but admired her approach very much. This report card will make all candidates recognized and encouraged, even if they lose the election, they will lose You have to be clear, and continue the enthusiasm of the performance.

What a lovely and kind little girl!This is the most comment given to Sarah by the audience of the second issue of "Rising Star".

With the release of "Star of Tomorrow", "Sarah" has become the most anticipated movie in the United States in 1998. Although it has mixed reviews, as a movie that has not yet officially started shooting, its publicity is definitely good. Successfully solved the big problem of casting, Sarah can finally seriously prepare for her psychological "interview"!An elite college fraternity is scheduled for the last weekend of the month, and Sarah gets unexpected news from Ian—Robert Rosenthal, chair of Harvard's Department of Psychology, is in California!

"Hey, what exactly is in your schoolbag? Are you writing a new novel? I see you have been writing and drawing in your notebook." After the fourth week of performance video review, Leon, Jason and Sha Pulling back to the base area to discuss the selection of the role, looking at Sarah's red schoolbag, Leonardo finally couldn't help asking the guess in his heart. He is very interested in Sarah's creation, and maybe he can be included in the list. shortlist for his next film.

"Of course not, I don't have that much free time!" Sarah pushed the notebook to Leonardo with one finger, while she lazily lay on the table and closed her eyes to rest.

"On the psychological effect of the success of "Rising Star"? You wrote this?" Leonardo and Jason both moved their heads together, seeing the densely packed handwriting and the occasional scribbled annotations and revisions, The girl in front of me suddenly felt a little strange, "This article can be published, believe me, no one will believe that this is written by a high school student, Sarah, I can't help but want to I express my respect to you!"

"Thank you, I also think it's passable. As the program creator of "Tomorrow's Star", you are welcome to make valuable suggestions on this paper." Sarah offered the invitation, and she decided to send this paper out in the near future. Like another draft, and she became a participant, "I hope this article can get a satisfactory report card from Rosenthal. God knows how long I have prepared for this."

Jason and Leonardo expressed their understanding. At least they have a deep memory of the 800-page "Outline of Behavior Research: Methods and Data Analysis". Sarah reads it almost whenever she has time. Leonardo was curious about it. After looking at it for a few times, it turned out that he fell asleep holding the book without any surprises. This once became the reason for Sarah to laugh at him.

"As a layman, I really can't find any shortcomings in this paper. Your research conclusion has sufficient data as a basis. No wonder you asked the TV station and CAA for ratings and audience feedback." Leonardo pointed to the paper There is an analysis of the audience's feedback, which is unbelievable, "Those letters from the audience can fill the entire room, but you actually read them all carefully?"

"Of course I didn't take them all apart. CAA and the TV station helped me a lot with the organization and statistics of the letters." Sarah pulled the notebook back in front of her, flipped to the part marked "Sarah", and decided to Hurry up and get down to business, she took out the cast list and switched from chatting to working mode in a second, "Since you have no idea about the thesis, let's talk about the movie role candidates that can be determined now! Here are the ones I hope to bring into the movie list of players."

One month of nationwide casting is enough for the film, and Jason and Leonardo are also satisfied with the current harvest. The surprise given to them by "Star of Tomorrow" exceeded expectations, almost 70% of the roles They all come from the candidates this time, but considering that many candidates may not fly to Los Angeles because of a small shot, Jason still searched for candidate actors in advance at the Screen Actors Union.

"Rachel Nichols has already confirmed that she can play the role, so the role of 'Nerdy Girl' is settled." Seeing that the two people on the opposite side had no objections, Sarah happily ticked off the cast list.

"Channing Tatum also expressed his willingness to play the second male lead, and the cynical rock boy Justin in the script must be him." Jason also put a big tick on the cast list, and he has no love for Channing. To cover up, even added two scenes for this purpose.

"Lee Pace is a good candidate. He has experience in acting in a theater company, and his appearance is absolutely outstanding, but if such a handsome guy plays Sarah's doctor, will he steal the spotlight?" Leon clicked on Lee Pace's In the photo, the 19-year-old boy is wearing a light blue striped shirt, showing a clean smile in the sun. It is beautiful, but let him play a 30-year-old obstetrician?Leonardo felt that this face was too young and beautiful.

"Ah! How could I let him go!" Sarah picked up the photo and squinted her eyes happily. This is the fascinating elf king of Lord of the Rings!Which woman will let it go?Sarah said fiercely to Leonardo, "Is there any other role for him besides the obstetrician? Listen, this handsome guy is what I must pull into the crew anyway. He is like a Exquisite artwork, if you don't collect it quickly, I'm afraid it will be snatched away by other directors!"

"That's enough, you pervert! Pervert!" Leonardo cast a contemptuous look, and even threatened, "Do you think he's more handsome than me? Huh? If you dare to nod, I'll kill you!" Take back that poster hanging over someone's bed!"

"COMEON! I'm working hard for the legend of "Sarah"!" Sarah raised her chin without showing any weakness, "You have seen his performance video, and you have personally admitted that he is really good. Such a talent has been recognized "Tomorrow's Star" is shown in front of the world, won't other directors be moved? Think about Jessica Alba, that is the beauty you fancy, but because we moved a bit slower, she was taken by Cameron Poached away to make an American TV series."

"Don't mention that girl, she was originally an actress, but she was not very famous, "Rising Star" gave her a chance to show herself, maybe she didn't plan to actually play "Sarah" at first." Leonor Duo shook his hands sullenly, ending the topic.

Sarah curled her mouth and nodded helplessly: "Brain loss is also a proof of our stage success on the other hand, hey...it's inevitable."

"Fortunately, this girl was not taken away." Jason shook the photo in his hand, trying to give Leonardo a "comfort cone", but this look didn't seem to be Leonardo's style, but Sarah smiled up.

"Anne Hathaway! I like her smile!" Sarah looked down at the cast, and added another big tick, "Sweet smile, big talking eyes, natural affinity, this It is completely in line with the role setting of caring sisters, and I believe that when Sarah is in a trough, the company of her and Rachel can dispel all the dark clouds."

"And her gentle boyfriend seems to be able to determine the candidate." Leonardo found a sunny boy from many photos, "Chris Pine, do you remember him? The sunny boy who came to audition in person , he also possesses the magic of sunlight, standing with Annie is a perfect match."

"It's a good match, the sunshine duo!" Sarah nodded in agreement, but she secretly lamented Leonardo's gaze in her heart, Chris Pine and Anne Hathaway's couple files in "Princess Diaries 2" It seems to be staged in advance!

"There's another Chris, that smirk in the video that almost made the bad boy who stole the test question come to life." Jason picked out a photo of Chris Evans and stuffed it to Leonardo, " Take it, this person will be your number one younger brother from now on, tsk, haven't we selected too many handsome guys? I'm worried that they will suppress Leon's style by then."

"Hahahaha! This is indeed possible... Leon, I suggest you do more skin care before shooting. After all, you are much older than Chris and the others. What if you look old in front of the camera?" Sarah Pulling a smirk and teasing, she thinks this is a good opportunity for Leonardo to establish a sense of crisis - don't mess with that face, or you will be compared!

"I feel deep malice, Sarah, you have already begun to dislike me for being old?" Leonardo expressed his grief, and he laughed off the teasing of Sarah and Jason, but who knew that this proud man secretly What will you do!Are masks really necessary?Leonardo couldn't help touching his baby face.

After three hours of discussion, the cast list of "Sarah" was finally filled with small check marks. Looking at the familiar names, Sarah felt a little weird in her heart. Is there a cast list for the movie? "Sarah" seems to have become a preparatory class for future Hollywood superstars.

And without a doubt, Sarah can't wait to get started!

The author has something to say: About the draft: The information found by Dailin is that in 1994, Herbert and his son published an advertisement in a newspaper named "Stage", and then after screening more than 400 applicants, they created After the smash hit Spice Girls group, Simon Fuller, after "breaking up" with the Spice Girls in 1997, drew on the successful case of Herbert and his son, and launched the "Pop Idol" that influenced the world in 2001. The story changed in 1998 because of Sarah, a little butterfly who existed unexpectedly.

So in a sense, Simon Fuller is not actually the owner of the first draft idea.

In addition, because I like Lee Pace very much, I want to bring him in, but this guy is indeed a bit young!Playing a 30-year-old obstetrician is too tender...

Then, I just like Channing Tatum's figure, so I arranged such a bold plot, abs!

Cough cough, one last thing to add, does anyone think Leon's little mood is like a tsundere cat having a temper?