Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Sammy didn't bother to pay attention to what exactly the Kerry brothers were thinking.

The biggest advantage of his personality, or it can also be said to be a flaw, is that there are too many whimsical ideas in his mind, and there is no space for insignificant people, things, things, and he will only focus on what he feels. place of interest.And for some things next to it, usually choose to omit and ignore.Unless those omitted and ignored things actively stand in front of him to find a sense of existence, otherwise, he will not realize this at all.

So, the Kerry brothers were quickly wiped out of his world.

Sammy just pretended that there were no these two people. Anyway, Rossi, who is the producer, would be in charge of dealing with them and deal with some tedious matters such as budget and planning, while he himself continued to focus on the script and actors.

In terms of the script, Hughes helped a lot.

As mentioned before, this film in the works is inspired by a social news article, which presumably tells about a teenager who, due to his unusual sexual orientation and some family problems, sets himself on fire due to his insanity. fucked up.

This somewhat tragic piece of news was first collected by Duke and Dunbar to scare their parents into being more tolerant of their soon-to-be-coming-closet brother.

The Griffins turned their attention to Sammy for the same reason (to let the younger son be more tolerant of his brothers who are about to come out).

However, Sammy, a guy with no conscience, seems to have no softness in his heart.

After seeing the news, his first thought was: "This method of suicide is quite interesting."

And from this I began to think: 'Can it be expanded into a story? '

In his opinion, if this matter is carried out in a Hollywood way, it already "has all the elements to attract attention", such as homosexual love, the display of a depressive social environment, and the struggle against arson and violence... as long as a little modification, it will be Can come up with a wonderful script.

In fact, many scripts appear in this way.

Start with a concept, then build it up a little bit, slowly fleshing it out.

So Sammy came up with his makeshift script.

Although he couldn't say clearly about many places and plots, that feeling and characters had already completely existed in his mind, and were outlined bit by bit, and, as time went on, not only did not disappear, On the contrary, it is more lifelike.

The most important role in this script, the protagonist of the movie, is set by him as:

A person who wants to develop abnormally, but in fact, is very simple and serious.

In this way, there are both tragic and comic aspects.

The collision of the two will create a great sense of contradiction, and also create interesting tension and conflict.

The extremely playful image immediately appeared in Sami's mind, and, little by little, he settled down in the local area steadily.

From time to time, he imagined his appearance, his temperament, and his reaction to situations, and named him Anderson, chanting this name every day, and drew a series of sketches.

Therefore, when screenwriter Hughes joined the script creation, he didn't actually make too many adaptations.

All he had to do was to collect the money from Sammy, and then, according to Sammy's ideas, help him write and perfect the entire script. Although this guy complained while writing, he was still very dedicated when he took money to do things.

But at the same time, this incident caused a little problem.

Because he is too obsessed with his own work, when Sammy dreams and talks in his sleep, he actually says the name of Anderson, the future protagonist of the movie...

——How can you call another male's name in a dream?

——It doesn’t even work if it’s fake.

Long was wronged.

But Long didn't say anything.

Mikey worked hard and wanted to be the protagonist even more urgently.

Because after becoming the protagonist, he can pretend that Sammy is calling himself in his dream.

But the protagonist is positioned as a teenager, moreover, a sick teenager.

But even if Mikey is a veritable underage dragon baby, his appearance (except for facial expressions) is not very juvenile. He is tall, with a straight face and a very imposing manner. If he can not speak, he will not pester Sami chirps from time to time, but judging by his appearance, he is still a pretty cool handsome guy (I won’t mention it every time he gets together with Sami).

Whether it's the external image or its own temperament, it seems that it is not suitable.

Therefore, Sami has been hesitant: "Should I let Mikey try the protagonist?"

But Mai Qi has been very active recently. In order to fit the protagonist's image, he even went to dye his cherished red hair black.

I will regret it after dyeing.

Black dragons have always been unpopular among dragon clans because their color is too dark.

Dragons really discriminate against such a color that is not shiny at all.

Therefore, Mikey was particularly uncomfortable.

He threw himself into Sami's arms to weep, and cried a lot: "Sami, do you know? I love you so much, and I sacrificed a lot for you."

"Ah, what did you sacrifice?" Sammy couldn't help asking in surprise.

"Dragon's glory and pride!" Micky choked out.

...sounds serious.

However, does your dragon's glory and self-esteem depend on the color of your hair?

But in any case, Michelon did make obvious sacrifices and contributions.

Sammy felt that he could not see the dragon with colored eyes, and decided to give him an audition opportunity in an open and fair manner.

At that time, there were still many actors participating in the audition.

Today, whether it is Sammy, Rosie, or the Kerry brothers, they are no longer the small roles that no one cared about back then. They have already established a firm foothold in Hollywood and have their own place. Countless actors flocked to the play, so that when the casting director made a list, he first roughly screened out a round, and then printed it out, there were still hundreds of pages.

However, Sami did not participate in the audition for non-main roles, and it was all handed over to the producer Rossi and the casting director in the crew.

There is only the main character, and he is only responsible for the final check.

As for Mikey, he barely walked through the back door.

He was inserted into the lead audition line by Sammy, and was the first to walk into the room.

That day, producer Rosie and some key crew members were present.

Many of these people have cooperated with Sami several times, and the earliest date can even be traced back to "The Adventures of Aaron", so they all know Mikey, and they couldn't help laughing when they saw him come in. Mikey joked: "Don't be afraid, anyway, no matter whether you are nervous or not, or if you don't perform well, I won't ask you."

Mikey rolled his eyes directly.

However, everyone's attitude is still very friendly.

Only Sammy.

This round-faced little man was particularly cold-blooded and ruthless.

He sat there expressionless, and did not give any special care to Mikey just because he was a friend, acquaintance, or lover. He chose a relatively simple plot audition for him. He picked a scene he watched himself—feeding the pigeons.

The description of this scene in the script is written from the perspective of the protagonist Anderson, with a very gentle attitude.

[At that time, I was homeless, hungry and cold, but I still stopped to feed the pigeons. ]

But when Mikey read the script, he was particularly puzzled.

As a dragon, he really can't understand the delicate emotions of human beings, but he was working hard at that time, and he didn't have the nerve to tell Sammy that he couldn't even understand the script, so he quietly went to ask the screenwriter Hughes: "You say, I'm hungry and cold, why don't I just find a way to catch the pigeons and eat them?"

Standard dragon thinking.

Seeing cute little animals without love at all, they just want to eat them.

However, probably because birds of a feather flock together, the screenwriter Hughes' answer is also quite good.

He answered very realistically, stretching out two fingers and said: "Two reasons, first, the pigeon can fly, the protagonist can't catch the pigeon at all; second, girls absolutely don't want to watch handsome guys eat pigeons live online... don't interrupt No, neither roasted pigeons nor stewed pigeons. Obviously, feeding the pigeons is more compelling, and it seems that the protagonist is very kind."

I'm starving to death, but I'm kind enough to be a P?

Whether to keep the pigeon alive or the human (dragon) alive, of course you have to choose the human (dragon) to live.

But Hughes, who has always been very loose, can answer this once. It is not easy.

When Mai Qi still wanted to continue to ask for advice, he became impatient: "Okay, okay, don't worry about whether it is reasonable or not. Just remember, this scene is to concentrate on feeding the pigeons."

finally……

'Human beings are so incomprehensible! 'Mai Qilong could only sigh silently in his heart.

no way!

Since it was written like this in the script, if you should feed the pigeons, you still have to feed the pigeons.

When you can audition, there is no physical performance.

Therefore, there are no pigeons in the venue at all, it all depends on the imagination of the actors.

Mikey, who had never learned any acting skills, squatted on the ground.

Because of his tall stature, it would be a big lump to squat down.

Everyone in the room smiled and watched him perform.

But Mikey wasn't stage frightened at all.

Human beings are sometimes afraid of losing face and can't let it go, or they can't perform well because they are too nervous.

Long didn't have any concerns about this at all. The 100% level big scene players, no matter whether their acting skills are good or not, anyway, their consistent performances are very good, and they seem to be particularly stable.

He pretends to feed (non-existent) pigeons primly, trying to outdo his fellow humans.

But Sammy, the little round-faced little guy, was very bad.

While the dragon was performing, he said nothing;

When the dragon finished his performance, he still didn't say a word;

In the end, when Long went home at night and was in a disturbed mood, he still didn't say a word, and didn't tell Long at all, "Can Long be the protagonist after all"?

Mikey was annoyed.

He angrily smashed the flowers with his claws, grabbed the flowers in the flowerpot, and began to tear the petals one by one, playing the small games of "Sammy chose me" and "Sammy did not choose me", accidentally playing Become 'Sammy doesn't choose me', immediately repent and replay.

In less than a few minutes, all the flowers in the flower pots were bald.

He came to the (desired) conclusion happily: "Sammy will definitely choose me!"