Best Actor

    "The situation is like this, I need a solution now, a solution to the current problem." In Miramax's lounge, Anthony Minghella told his assistant director and several assistants said so.

      As for the assistants, look at me, I look at you, with big eyes and small eyes. For a while, you don't know what to say. If you say the wrong thing at this time, you may be reprimanded and lose points.

    After a while, assistant director Steve E. Andrews, who worked with Minghella very happily in the last film, said: "Alternatively, we can have Jude play Ripley and let him actor to play Dick?"

    "No, Jude is more suitable for Dick, he has that kind of temperament." Minghella categorically denied it.

    "Why can't we seek other sources of funding." With Andrews as an example, an assistant also spoke up.

    Unfortunately, Mingera refuted it unceremoniously: "Stupid! Haven't you read the contract?"

    If the contract stipulates that the investment in the film must be operated by Miramax, and a single individual cannot pull the investment at will, Mingella still needs to be humble here? He was very angry when he mentioned this. He never thought that the Weinstein guy would bury such a sum in the contract, so the assistant who didn't understand it should be unlucky.

    Of course, no matter how stupid people are, they will not give up the final editing rights in exchange for it, it is a symbol of power, most directors who are deprived of this power are because of the failure of the film, there is no one like Wayne Stan does. It's just that this can't be done or that can't be done. Everyone has nothing to say again. Minggla glanced at them and couldn't help showing a look of disappointment.

    Then a voice rang: "Maybe we can have an audition, an audition for newcomers."

    "Oh?" Mingella looked over in surprise. It was Dax Roman, one of the assistants, who was usually a little unremarkable.

    "Tell me carefully." He looked at him with interest.

    "Mr. Minghella said just now that Weinstein finally asked us to go to the rookies to choose the leading actor. I thought, why don't we do the same?" Roman said.

    "And then let an unknown guy play the leading role?" Someone whispered with a sneer.

    "Go on." Minghella didn't care at all, motioning Roman to continue.

    "We're going to be very formal, it's going to look like it, it's going to take a lot of fanfare, but it's important to let Miramax know our resolve and then use that to put pressure on them : You see, you are not willing to invest more, and let us go to the newcomers to choose the leading actor, then we have to do it, if the movie fails, you will bear the main responsibility." Roman spread his hands, "At the same time, we can also give those Actor pressure: You see, because you are asking too much, we have to find new actors, and you are going to miss out on a good role."

    If the first sentence scratched Minggla's heart, the second sentence scratched it even more deeply. He had already liked several actors before, and the contact was not bad, the other party was right Interesting in this role. But the problem is that the minimum price among them is 5 million, and Minghella, who has already spent a lot of money on the salary, is really unable to pay, so he found a way to ask Miramax to make additional investment.

    "This is ridiculous."

    "This is rash."

    "Called some actors to audition and told them not to use it. Isn't that cheating?"

    "Weinstein is not a fool, how can we not see that we are pretending?"

    Other assistants said that they were basically criticizing. The brooding Mingella was noncommittal, and finally looked at his assistant director Andrews.

    "I think we can try," Andrews said after thinking about it, "We didn't promise that someone would get a role, so it's not cheating, as long as it works well, no one Can blame us. As for Weinstein, it depends on us and him, whose patience is better."

    "Then do it like this." Minghella thought for a moment and then decided.

    He doesn't mind using this method to achieve his goals. As for Weinstein, don't care, someone will send the information to him soon.

    …

    "You said... Anthony Minghella and the others are preparing for a new round of auditions, and they are still auditions for newcomers?" Weinstein looked at the person in front of him with some confusion.

    "Yes, Mr. Weinstein, and Mingella and the others are very formal. They have already contacted the agency and the Actors Guild." The person in front of them replied respectfully.

    Then, he glanced at the person in front of him, and tapped his finger on the table: "Hoberger, you are also one of the executive producers of "Genius Ripley", you have to play the role of own responsibility."

    "Yes, sir, I will be responsible." Hoberg bowed, and then left the office. Although it was only a few simple words, both parties knew what it meant.

    Puffing another cigar, Weinstein leaned back in his chair and slowly exhaled a ring of smoke: "Okay, Anthony, let's see who of us is more patient."

    It's not that he wanted to embarrass Minghella, but after the success of "The English Patient", Minghella became an A-level director, and he would inevitably want to get more rights in film production. But in Weinstein's view, Miramax was at least half of the credit for that movie's popularity, but Minghella now seems a little too complacent, which is unbearable.

    So he decided to beat him a little, so he asked the lawyer to bury a hidden foreshadowing in the contract, Minghella is British, this little trick will not cause too much in Hollywood rebound. Besides, Weinstein didn’t intend to keep stalemate like this, and taking back the final editing rights was just a gesture. As long as Mingella showed a little weakness, he would immediately show the appearance of letting go of his previous suspicions. Additional investment is also a trivial matter.

    Weinstein laughed, pressed the cigar into the ashtray, and then got up and moved his body comfortably, as if he had seen the future.

    …

    Not to mention Weinstein's ideas, under the operation of Mingella and his assistants, the "Genius Ripley" crew that is still in preparation is about to cast the male lead again, and it covers a very wide range The big news spread quickly in Hollywood. Although the media did not know much about it because of the deliberate low-keyness, the well-informed brokers still rushed over like sharks smelling blood.

    Who made Minghella famous? "The English Patient" at the end of the previous year not only won the best film and best director awards at the 69th Academy Awards, but also made Juliette Binoche one of the few French actresses who can win the Oscar for acting. So even if they thought there might be something wrong, the actors still came to audition with the hope that they might be favored.

    "How is it?" After another rookie actor who came to audition went out, assistant director Andrews asked Minghella's ear.

    "A few are good," Minghella said.

    Since I have to pretend to be very formal, as a director, it is normal to visit the audition location. Of course, Mingela is not always there. There are a lot of people who participated in the audition this time, so usually actors or agents send their resumes first, and then a few assistants make selections according to the director's requirements, and then start the selection process. The corner director presides over the first round of auditions.

    The first round of auditions has a lot of room to play, but it is too large. Generally, a topic is selected, and then the performance is performed on the spot based on this topic, and the assistants and casting directors present will meet A further batch will be eliminated according to the specific circumstances. In the second round of auditions, the actors who participated in the audition will receive a script for "The Genius Ripley", and Minghella will come to see it at this time.

      the male protagonist. So, at this moment, he looked at his watch and prepared to get up and leave.

    Dax Roman, who was sitting on the other side, couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He wanted to say a few words of retention, but he couldn't think of a suitable reason. When he was in a dilemma, the next candidate had already walked in. Minggla was stunned for a moment, and then sat back with his raised buttocks. Everyone had already entered. It would be a bit rude to leave without caring. Although as a director and producer, it was understandable for him to do so, but he felt a little guilty in his heart, so he sat down again, which also made Roman Reigns relieved.

    The person who came in was a young man, about twenty years old, with dark brown hair, and his facial features were obviously mixed, but it gave a very sunny feeling. The script he got was that after Ripley killed Dick on the spur of the moment, he lived under his identity, only to be found out in person by Freddy.

    This scene is not easy. Ripley has to be nervous and worried about what the other party will find out, but also behave calmly, so that the other party can't find anything, and at the same time, he has to endure the other party's cynicism. To get that contradictory feeling just right, many veteran actors may not be able to do it, let alone these young people.

    But it's also part of Minghella's strategy to weed out as many people as possible lest they say they're fooling.

    "Actually, the only thing that looks like Dick...is you!"

    "It's not like that."

    "Have you done your hair?"

    "What are you trying to say, Freddie?"

    "What?"

    "What do you want to say?"

    "I think I was saying something was wrong, either he changed his faith or something else happened."

    "I suggest you go to Dick and ask yourself. The Otel is at the intersection of the street."

    "Just at the junction of the street? You learn so fast, don't you? Last time you couldn't tell the difference between your Italian elbows and your butt, now you can point me Way to go. It's so unfair, you might be able to tell the difference between your **** and your elbows...we'll meet again."

    “Cut!”