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It has been 18 years since "Suspected Child Abuse" was staged on Broadway as a play.

After the drama was released, many friends who had watched the drama, John Patrick Stanley, the director of the dialogue drama, said that this story should be seen by more people, and the audience of the drama is much smaller after all, so making it into a movie is a challenge. The easiest way, this is the original idea of ​​Stanley wanting to adapt the play into a movie.

It’s just that it’s not that simple to implement. After all, "Suspected Child Abuse" directly pointed to the issue of religious belief, which caused a lot of controversy when it was released, so it was never adapted into a movie. Until 05, "Suspected Child Abuse" "The play won the Pulitzer Prize.

As the script creator and director of the original drama, it is only logical for Stanley to become the director and screenwriter of the movie version.In terms of actor selection, he believes that movies are more expressive than dramas, and everyone pays the most attention to the performance of several actors, so the choice of actors is a very important task for Stanley.

It was very smooth at the beginning, and Meryl Streep was invited by Miramax Films to play Sister Aloysius.

——Sister Aloysius, a serious, staid, and dogmatic Catholic school principal who insisted on finding out the truth after she suspected that the school priest molested the first black student in the school.

With such an Oscar queen, the priest who played many scenes with her in the film, a role with considerable controversy, must not be at a disadvantage in terms of acting skills.Fortunately, the final candidate for this role also made Stanley feel sincerely satisfied, that is Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar statuette for "Capote" last year.

After meeting them and talking about their understanding of the characters, Stanley is already looking forward to what kind of sparks they will have in the movie.

Speaking of which, the main scenes in "Suspicious Child Abuse" are concentrated on four people, Sister Aloysius, Father Flynn, and Mrs. Miller (the mother of the student Miller who was suspected of being molested by Sister Aloysius) , and Sister James, another young nun at the school.

Although Mrs. Miller's roles are not many, she also has very high requirements for actors. In this role, Viola Davis' acting skills also surprised Stanley.Therefore, the casting of three of the four main roles was very smooth, but the role of Sister James was full of twists and turns.

Stanley would know Grace Green because of Meryl Streep's recommendation. Although it was not a very formal recommendation, Stanley could still see that Meryl had a high opinion of Grace Green, which made Stan While Leigh was curious, he wanted to see Grace Green's previous films.

No.

Nobody knows until I ask, Meryl and Grace Green have just collaborated on the movie "Mamma Mia" based on the stage play of the same name, and Grace Green is a newcomer.

Well, since it was recognized by Meryl, there must be something unique, and that's why Stanley sent an invitation to WMA to audition.

The results and process of the informal audition have also been briefly mentioned. It is not entirely true that they broke up because of religious beliefs.Because before the breakup, there was still a short audition. Director Stanley was naturally impressed by Grace's performance. It is conceivable that when he knew that Grace had no religious beliefs, he felt so ups and downs. This is why he Not outright "strikeouts" for Grace, but a reason for Grace to be put on hold.

Stanley's other favorite candidate is Natalie Portman. This is relatively smooth, but he didn't expect that it was almost to the point of negotiating a contract, but Natalie Portman suddenly refused. up.

The producer was also very optimistic about Natalie Portman's popularity, so after Natalie Portman refused, they tried to find out the reason.

The reason was so funny that she couldn't understand the nun's celibacy.

This is almost the same as Grace's lack of religious beliefs. It is a very good and powerful reason that people can't find words to refute for a long time.

"Enchanted" dominated the screen at this time. Stanley went to the cinema to watch "Enchanted", and called Grace's agent without delay.He felt that he was a little bit too horny before. Grace's lack of religious beliefs does not mean that she cannot deeply understand the character and show it to the audience.

Also, Grace's performance in "Enchanted" was completely different from her own, and in the short audition on the day of the informal audition, which made Director Stanley "enlightened".

But Sterling didn't agree. He didn't even know what happened in the middle, so he naturally wouldn't agree hastily, not to mention that Natalie Portman, another contracted client of WMA, might be involved.

After hanging up the phone, Sterling went to inquire about the rights he actually had in WMA, which was much greater than it appeared on the surface, and he soon found out about Natalie Portman's affairs.

Sterling's expression became a bit subtle. Apart from Natalie Portman's reason for refusing, there was another thing. His client, Dr. Grace Green, seemed to have been "converted from the bench".

Even though this kind of thing is the norm in Hollywood, Sterling still feels a little uncomfortable.

Mr. Broker's mood is probably like this: his own client dislikes him, how can it be an outsider's turn?

It's a pity that his mood story was not received by Grace, not only that, but she also "turned her elbow out"——

When Sterling called Grace, before he had even spoken, Grace said, "Did the director of Child Abuse call you?" Oh, it's a declarative sentence.

Sterling: "...!!" After the shock, Sterling asked with mixed feelings: "Are you sure you don't have psychics? Otherwise, how would you know?" It might be so weird.

Grace was silent for two seconds before she spoke slowly: "Actually, Meryl called me and told me."

Sterling was a little messed up in the wind, but he quickly realized: "Actually, I just used exaggerated rhetorical techniques just now to express my admiration for your reasoning ability."

Grace said firmly, "No, you're not."

Sterling: "...So, don't tell me you've agreed."

"Why not? Meryl said this is a very challenging role, and before that, didn't you feel sorry for me not being able to play in "Suspected Child Abuse"?"

Grace's words gave Sterling three consecutive blows. First of all, Grace decided to take "Suspicion of Child Abuse" without discussing with him; Lil Streep was on the hook—and entrenched again; finally, he was shamefully touched again by Grace's consideration of his thoughts in making her decisions.

Sterling had mixed feelings in his heart, so much so that he could only say dryly: "Well, since you have said so."

Grace agreed to star in "Suspected Child Abuse", and the rest, such as negotiating a contract with the crew of "Suspected Child Abuse", and agreeing on a schedule, etc., had to be handled by Sterling.

However, today is destined to be a day for Mr. Manager to worry about, because less than an hour later, the producer of the 007 series of movies and the sequel "007: Quantum of Solace" of "007 vs. Casino Royale" also called. Instead of directly asking about the schedule, he invited Sterling to meet for a meal.

But the subtext is also obvious, isn't it?

Sterling had a definite awareness, and his client became a favorite.

"Suspicion of Child Abuse" itself is a literary film, and the total budget is only 500 million US dollars. What they value more is Grace's acting skills. After all, they already have two big-name stars in the crew, especially Meryl. Streep.

On the other hand, the crew of "007: Quantum of Solace" is a well-known commercial film series. Although Sterling does not yet know the exact budget of this sequel, the total budget of the last "Casino Royale" was 5000 million US dollars. The budget of Quantum of Solace will only be more or less. After all, the soaring salary of Bond actor Daniel Craig will become a considerable expense.In this case, the studio is naturally more concerned about the actor's popularity.

Speaking of which, Bond girls are also flocked to by many actresses, but there must be a qualifier here, except for A-list and even B-list actresses.There is no other reason, but it is because Bond girls can easily shape actors. If there is no subsequent role, it is very likely that Bond girls will not be able to take off their hats.

The reason why Sterling doesn't approve of Grace's acting as a Bond girl is not. "Enchanted" has already established the fact that Grace is an acting school, but I don't think it is too necessary. Bond girl is a character who can quickly increase global popularity. The sharp weapon is true, but does Grace herself have the halo of increasing her global popularity?

Another very important point is that the well-known 007 movies always have a very close relationship with gun battles, explosions, and pursuit battles. The adrenaline will soar when the audience watches it, but the actors will be very dangerous when they are filming. Tring was reluctant to put his client at risk, especially when it was discovered that in Quantum of Solace, Bond girls would follow Bond along the way.

So, will things shift according to the will of Mr. Broker?