Best Actor

    Los Angeles in July is already quite hot, the hot sun shines directly on the earth, evaporating water vapor into the air, and sometimes even visible to the naked eye, as if the world may melt at any time, so that the streets There are few pedestrians.

    You know, Death Valley, on the border of California and Nevada, has set the world's highest temperature record several times, and California's Mediterranean climate can make hot girls wear hot pants everywhere in April Running around, the temperature in July is needless to say.

    However, shopping malls, bars, and cafes are still crowded. One of the most typical characteristics of the United States is that no matter how cold or hot it is outside, you must always wear formal clothes inside. No matter whether the air-conditioning or heating, don't turn it on casually, if you don't take off your clothes or put on your clothes, you can't stand it at all.

    But Sean is sitting in the hotel room in a suit now, looking like the old **** is there, not just because of the air-conditioning, he is now participating in the audition for "Twilight" .

    The audition for this film started as early as half a month ago, but at that time, I watched various videotapes, or the actor information recommended by the brokerage company, and it started after some preliminary selection. Further auditions.

    Not every movie can be auditioned like the Harry Potter series. Although this can create a gimmick, it will also cost a lot of money. Although Sean is rich, he also Don't spend it on this, after all, Tang's Pictures is just a bag company, and the company's purpose is to be small and big.

    So instead of spending money on this, it is better to invest in production and invite some better teams to strive for better production, so that teenagers in the United States will pay to go to the cinema.

    The further audition could have started a few days ago, but because Sean was going to attend the audition in person, it had to be delayed until now in order to wait for him.

    However, he looked a little absent-minded at this time. Although today is the heroine audition, and five or six beautiful girls have passed before, Sean's attention is not completely on this.

    "Come here for now, the rest will come in the afternoon." Casting director Vaughan Weinstein asked in a questioning tone after another girl went out.

    The original writer Stephanie Meyer, the script writer Melissa Rosenberg, and the director of the film Kathryn Ha Dwick Olivieri also turned their heads to look at him.

    "Oh?" Sean came back to his senses, it took a few seconds for him to come back to his senses, then he looked at the time with a smirk, and nodded, "Okay, no problem, we Let's have lunch first."

    Because it was in a hotel, lunch was arranged in the room, in the form of a buffet, and many people chatted while eating.

    "I think No. 13 is not bad. It's that Ellie Carter. She has a good temperament, but she is a little older."

    "No. 13 is really good, but the previous No. 8 is also good, very generous, without the slightest sense of tension."

    "Although there are a lot of girls who auditioned and some of them look good, I still think Emily Browning is more suitable. It's a pity that Sean rejected my proposal. Too bad."

    "I have said many times, dear Stephanie, Emily Browning's acting skills are okay, but the appearance is still a lot worse." The director, screenwriter and the original author are three When the woman was arguing about the heroine, Sean stepped in at the right time.

    The combination of them is very interesting, they are all women, so after the film is made, it will be more from a female perspective, or more of a woman's daydream. Thanks to the fact that this series is still famous in the past life, and Sean has also watched some American dramas, so during the preparation, the "original" screenwriter was pulled into the crew.

    Yes, it is Melissa Rosenberg, Sean is not impressed, but she still remembers that she participated in writing the script of "Blood Forensic". Although this TV series will only be released in the fall in a few years, it is usually conceived at the beginning of the year or even at the end of the previous year, and the crews of these TV series communicate with each other a lot, so I successfully pulled her by taking some impressions. came in.

    Afterwards, she and Stephanie took only six weeks to get the script done and recommended female director Katherine Hardwicke to direct.

    Sean hesitated for a long time, he really can't remember who the director of the first film of the original version was, using "original people", although there is no guarantee that the film will be popular, but at least he can close.

    But considering that Katherine is also a famous Hollywood female director, although there are not many works, and the first director was in 2003, it does not match her age of fifty. However, she is very experienced and has participated in many big productions in other occupations. In addition, as mentioned above, the combination of three women should be able to grasp the daydreams of women, so I finally agreed.

    "What we need is a girl who is pretty and cute enough, but can make people feel lonely, Stephanie," Sean continued at this time, "Miss Browning may fit the second point, Makeup artists and photographers may be able to address the last third point, but the first..."

    He spread his hands here, and although he did not continue, the meaning was already obvious.

    "You always say that, Sean," Stephanie sighed, "so now can you tell me why?"

    Sean hesitated, but said, "Well, to be honest, Stephanie, don't you think Miss Browning's face is a little bigger?"

    The three women were stunned for a moment, and they all looked surprised. After a while, Stephanie said, "Just because of this?"

    "This is deadly enough. Although her facial features are good, her face is a little uneven. When she participated in "Ghost Ship", she was still young, so she couldn't see it. Come out, but as you grow, these shortcomings will keep popping up and magnifying in people's eyes," Sean explained.

    Emily Browning is a little girl from Australia. She was born in 1988. She started acting on TV at the age of ten. Stunning, somewhat tedious middle and end horror film featuring the ghost of a slain little girl who leads the heroine.

      It's okay to get up, but when you grow up, it will be a little old and not beautiful.

    I don't know what Stephanie likes about her. After the initial selection, she took her information and asked to use her as the heroine. This kind of aesthetics really can't be complimented, so Sean Immediately rejected as a producer.

    Stephanie originally wanted to persist, but she soon realized that in Hollywood, whoever speaks will matter, she is not JK ​​Rowling after all, so she had to give up. But she always wanted to know why Sean refused to use Emily, and since that was the case, he would take this opportunity to tell her.

    "Don't you think... a bit mean?" Stephanie sighed at this time.

    "Mean? I'm just telling the truth," Sean shrugged, "I think I told you, Stephanie, I hope this movie will leave a mark in film history, I don't have any expectations. Twilight could surpass the Harry Potter franchise, but I wanted the franchise to be an icon in teen movies, so I wanted to make it as perfect as possible, you know what I mean ?"

    Stephanie was stunned for several minutes before she regained her senses. In fact, Melissa and Katherine did the same. They didn't expect him to be so optimistic about this series of novels and the movie to be made, and they didn't think so. With so much hope.

    You know, even Stephanie thinks the most, but after getting a good box office, let her book sell more and make her famous, when will she think Have you left traces in film history?

    Not to mention Melissa and Katherine, who have been in Hollywood, they know what it takes to make a movie of that level, and the Twilight series doesn't look like it. Who would think that a film about the love between young men and women, with the addition of vampires at most, can leave a name in the history of film? Not a literary film.

    Of course, they didn't say anything, only Stephanie smiled in surprise: "It's surprising, Sean, this is a big plan."

    Basically, as long as Sean is involved in the conversation between the three of them, most of the talk is Stephanie, and Melissa and Katherine rarely speak. That's because Sean is a producer, and he's rarely seen each other before, and more importantly, he's a big shot in Hollywood now.

    "In that case, don't worry about the audition in the afternoon." Stephanie said this immediately.

    Sean couldn't help laughing a little embarrassedly, although he took time to participate in the audition for "Twilight", but his head was always thinking about the problem, and there were not many eye-catching A bright young actress, so she gets distracted from time to time.

    Of course, the problems he was thinking about were not only about Zoe and Emily. Although it was really complicated, it seemed that it could not be solved in the short term, so he could only put it aside temporarily to deal with other things, such as Reincarnation Pictures insisted on making the Iron Man series.

    With the continuous injection of funds, the company's board of directors has begun to expand, and Sean's right to speak will inevitably be limited, even if Vladimir supports him. Something like working with Marvel to make a superhero movie for them requires talking or even negotiating with a few executive directors to say hello to the people behind them.

    And Iron Man, the superhero...how to say, very interesting, if taken out alone, Iron Man's popularity is not much worse than Spider-Man or X-Men, but his single book, he 's personal stories did not sell well.

    Probably because of the Vietnam War, the specific Sean is not clear, I only know that Iron Man appeared in other superhero books, or was very popular when he acted with the Avengers, But back to his own story is always not salty or bland.

    Therefore, it is normal for several executive directors to have doubts. The superhero movie investment is not small, and Sean must convince them.