Best Actor

    "Ha, big star, is there anything you can do today?" Frederick greeted with a smile, and waved his hands exaggeratedly.

    "You mean, if I'm all right, don't come to disturb you, right?" Sean asked back teasingly.

    "Of course, I'm not just serving you alone." The agent put on a serious face.

    "Then I'd better leave." Sean shrugged and turned to leave immediately.

    "Okay, Sean," the agent rolled his eyes, "Stop joking, sit down and talk."

    After the two sat down, before Sean could speak, Frederick asked, "How are you doing recently? Any thoughts?"

    "That's exactly what I'm going to say," Shawn nodded. "After a few weeks of adjustment, we should try to move forward again."

    "That's great, this is what I want to hear the most," Frederick exclaimed immediately, rubbing his hands in excitement, "So, do you have any specific thoughts? How many scripts do you recommend?"

    "I have an idea." Sean's eyes flickered when he said this. He pursed his lips and hesitated for a few seconds before he was full of hope in Frederick. The eyes said: "Fred, can you... help me win the hero of "The Genius Ripley"?"

    Frederick blinked, and the corner of his mouth twitched subconsciously: "Sorry, can you say it again?"

    "Can you help me win the leading role in "The Genius Ripley", Fred?" Sean said slowly, word by word.

    It took about ten seconds for the agent to react. He moved the muscles on his face and seemed to want to laugh, but he couldn't laugh at all. In the end, he covered his face and rubbed it for a long time. After letting out a breath, he looked at him with a bit of gritted teeth and asked, "Okay, genius, how are you going to convince Anthony Minghella, the great director who won the Oscar at the beginning of last year! Let you be like this, only 18 years old and A well-known young man with no experience in film acting, playing the leading role in a movie with an investment of more than 30 million US dollars and many big-name stars joining in!"

    He stared at him fiercely, not stingy with sharp words, as if he wanted to wake him from his delusions.

    "Um..." Sean was unmoved, and after thinking about it, he said, "First of all, I'm cheap, and as far as I know, the crew is worried about the lack of budget. Second , I have some experience. In grade 11, the school's drama club had ambitions to rehearse some more profound works, so they brought out Ms. Highsmith's "The Genius Ripley", and I played the role in it. Male protagonist. It's a pity that he was already on stage, but the school asked the club to change a drama for reasons that were out of date, so he couldn't perform formally. Of course, apart from these, there is one more important point, I have you as an agent."

    "It's no use flattering me, Sean," Frederick said bluntly, "Tell me, how did you come up with such a whimsical idea?"

    "I met Dax Roman." Sean thought about it and decided to tell the truth, "You should know him?"

    "Dax Roman? About forty years old, slightly fat, with a bald forehead?" Frederick thought for a while and asked.

    "Yes, that's him," Sean nodded, "I met Eric Reese at... "Lee" was an assistant to the director. I didn't think too much about it at the time, then, I met him at the garage two days ago, we chatted a little, and he started complaining because Miramax didn't give enough budget , there are still male protagonists among the actors who are not available, so I realized that this may be an opportunity."

    Actually, after hearing the name "Genius Ripley" at Jennifer's party, Sean had a vague feeling that this would be a good movie. As I said before, his intuition has always been very Sensitive. But at that time he couldn't do anything, Reese only recommended him symbolically, and Roman politely declined.

    After finishing the filming work, he had a lot of money again. Although he didn't have enough money to buy a new car, he didn't really want to rent a car, so he sent the second-hand Ford for maintenance. There, Sean met Roman Reigns again, and he didn't see him for a few days. The other party looked haggard. Under Sean's deliberate clichés, the defenseless Roman Reigns came out a lot.

    It turned out that "Genius Ripley" was invested by Miramax and gave more than 30 million. Director and producer Anthony Minghella found that it was not enough after starting preparations, but Mila One of Lamax's bosses, Harvey Weinstein, didn't want to add it, so so far, the other actors have been selected, but the male lead has not yet been decided.

    Sean immediately realized that this might be an opportunity, even though he was no longer the boy he used to be, and he had some understanding of the rules of this circle, but his instinct told him that if he could seize this opportunity , is bound to soar into the sky. So, after some hesitation, he came to Frederick.

    "What the **** are you thinking, Sean?" The agent continued to mock mercilessly, "Your advantage is nothing at all, don't forget, you are only 18 years old , you only have a bit of fame, and this disadvantage is enough to turn your so-called advantages to ashes. Not to mention, Hollywood is full of cheaper and more famous actors than you, why should they consider a newcomer like you?”

    Frederick knew more about "Genius Ripley" than Sean, otherwise how could he react so quickly after Sean said the request. But the more so, the clearer he knew that Sean was completely out of his mind.

    He leaned forward and began to babble again: "I don't want to repeat it, Sean, you are very talented, and you are lucky to have a good start now, look See how many newcomers there are, the first official role is a popular TV series, and there are still a lot of scenes, why can't you start from the most basic?"

    "Because the opportunity is right in front of you," Sean said seriously, "the opportunity is always won, this is what you told me, if you don't fight for it, there will be nothing, otherwise I will How do you get the role of Friends?"

    "You got the "Friends" role because of Eric's strong recommendation, and Eric will strongly recommend you because he wants to breathe!" Frederick K clenched his fists and seemed to be about to growl.

    "Then let's think about it, Fred," Sean was still so calm, "if I didn't show enough strength, if I didn't stand by him respectfully, if you told him Over me, if you didn't try to run outside, would Eric still recommend me in front of David? If I can't show enough acting skills, will David let me play that role?"

    The agent is silent.

    "I admit, Fred, I had a lot of luck getting the part in Friends, but that shouldn't take me away from the work you and I have done." His Eyes are bright, just like in a coffee shop that evening, "I also admit that the chance this time is too small, it may be less than 1%, but this is not the reason why we don't work hard. Remember when I What did I tell you? It's important to give it your all, and it's okay to fail. Yes, there will be people who will laugh at us for being over our heads, and there will be people who want to see our jokes, but, Fred, we've created It's been a miracle, why can't we do it again?"

    Frederick stared at him with a sullen face, covering his mouth, without saying a word for a long time. Sean was not in a hurry, just looked at him calmly and calmly, still relying on the passage of time.

    "Christmas and New Years are coming soon, at least half a month is a holiday, so during this period, I need you to read the book "Genius Ripley" repeatedly," the agent finally He said, "I need you to give full play to your talents and design some performances according to the character of the male protagonist, just like last time, although it was not used last time, it does not mean that it will not be used this time. Of course, I I will also collect as much information as possible and provide you with the information that has a good script."

    "Thank you, Fred." Sean, who squeezed his fist lightly, said in a grateful tone.

    "You're crazy, and so am I," Frederick rolled his eyes, "I'm starting to wonder if it was the right decision to sign you in the first place."

    …

    After the "Everybody Loves Raymond" crew, Sean began to like his agent more and more. Maybe at first he was just keeping a distance from himself and thinking only I want to be an ordinary white-collar worker who has achieved some grades, but now he is his friend. They all have goals to work hard for, they all have their own perseverance, and they all have the energy to not admit defeat. Maybe Frederick once gave up, but now he has come back.

    So, when this matter was negotiated, Sean immediately began to prepare, he believed that Fred would not let himself down, and he would not let the other party down either.

    For the next period of time, Sean insisted on going to USC to seize every opportunity to ask John Harrington for advice, while repeatedly reading the purchased "Genius Preley" at home Novel Edition. Although there are definitely differences between the movie version and the novel version, the characters will not change too much, which is enough for him to figure out.

    When they communicated with Harrington, they all agreed that acting or ability is always the foundation of an actor. Of course, Hollywood does have many idols, but after all, this is a castle built on the beach. Once it loses popularity and does not want to transform, it will be forgotten.

    This situation has not changed until the Christmas holidays - oh, at least it has changed a little. After the college vacation is completely closed, Sean simply stays at home and designs various designs for Ripley in the book. tone, action, and detail. Anyway, he didn't plan to go back to San Francisco for the holidays, and he didn't have many friends here, so what if he didn't make use of it.

    In addition, Sean often performed a one-man show in front of the mirror, expressing all kinds of designs, whether exaggerated or simple, and thankfully there was no one else in the apartment, otherwise he might call the police. For a few days, Polk was still quite afraid of the master, often hiding in the corner, and he would only be careful to come out after Sean had to be called a few times after he recovered. On the other hand, the little cat, Lucy, seemed rather dull, and was still sleeping most of the time. When she woke up, she ran up to Sean regardless, rubbed his leg and meowed to be petted and asked for food.

    This one is busy preparing, and the other is not idle, also working hard for the miracle.