Best Actor

    "Hey, Harvey!" Looking around after entering the club, Sean quickly found Harvey Weinstein sitting on the round sofa, and hurried over to say hello stand up.

    "Is there anything you want to do with me?" After a simple hug with him who stood up, he immediately asked again.

    "Yes, of course," Weinstein laughed, and then introduced the middle-aged man he was sitting and talking with: "This is Paul, Paul Thomas Anderson."

    Then turned around and said, "Paul, this is the famous Sean Tang."

    The latter stood up immediately, looked at him with interest, and stretched out his hand, "Nice to meet you, Sean."

    "It's nice to meet you too, Paul," Sean replied, then hesitated, "Where have we met?"

    "I've seen you, but only from a distance." Anderson said with a smile, staring at him intently, as if he wanted to stare him out of a hole.

    Sean frowned, but didn't say much. Many people have some quirks. Since Weinstein recommended Anderson to himself so solemnly, there must be something important, so there is no need to Too concerned.

    "No, no," he shook his head, then tapped his fingers on his head, "let me think about it... Paul should be the director, right?"

     Anderson and Weinstein exchanged glances, neither of them said a word, only the latter shrugged.

    Sean knocked his head and continued to recall, he was indeed familiar with Anderson, and a few seconds later he made a sudden realization: "If I remember correctly, "Magnolia" and "Boogie Nights" ",Is it right?"

    Weinstein immediately gave Anderson a shout, and said clearly: how?

    "Have you seen my work?" Anderson's expression of interest deepened.

    "Yes, Mark Wahlberg and I are friends and we often critique each other's work. I liked Boogie Nights so well that I watched the same director again "Magnolia", frankly speaking, I like the latter a little more." Sean said this, complimenting him without any trace.

    "Really? May I know why?" Anderson immediately asked.

    "You two, let's sit down and talk." Weinstein coughed dryly.

    Then they sat down together and discussed the movie - basically Anderson's work, and Weinstein basically didn't say much, it was Sean and Anderson talking.

      And Anderson's topic has been on these two films, constantly asking him about his feelings, and his views on some details.

    To be honest, there was nothing in the beginning, and Sean basically answered all the questions, but after that, he got a little irritable. He didn’t know what Anderson was thinking, and he repeatedly questioned some topics, like ...at interrogation.

    But Sean also knew that it must be important that Weinstein called him out and didn't tell him what it was and who else was attending. In addition, after several conversations, he realized that this Paul Thomas Anderson was rather self-centered, and if he appeared uncooperative or impatient, it was likely to arouse the other party's disgust, and this situation was before the whole thing became clear. avoid it.

    "Well, Paul, my recommendation is correct." After finally waiting for them to stop, Weinstein said this immediately.

    "Yes, very good..." Anderson looked at Sean with an excited look, and before that, when talking, he had looked at him repeatedly with this look.

    Shaun couldn't help feeling the chills even though he could be sure that the gaze had nothing to do with homosexuality.

    "Then..." Weinstein dragged his voice.

    Sean did not speak, and waited quietly for them to confront each other. He could somewhat guess what the appointment this afternoon meant, what would a director, an actor and a producer discuss when they sat together it goes without saying.

    And, Sean is also curious to know that this, along with Spike Jones, Quentin Tarantino, is not mainstream among mainstream filmmakers - he recalled during the conversation I have played a lot, after all, I have seen two movies directed by him - what can I come up with to attract myself.

    Although Anderson understood what Weinstein meant, he did not speak the first time. He supported his chin and pondered for a while, then raised his head to look at Sean: "You are very good, Sean. , your knowledge of the movie, your knowledge of the actors is very good. You are also very honest, you don't hide what you don't know, it's a very good quality, I think I can consider letting you try my new movie. "

    Just thinking? Sean raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, but still maintained a decent surprise and smile on the surface: "May I know what kind of story it is?"

      Man, how did you go from poor miner to oil tycoon."

    He probably knew that this one-liner was not very funny, so he went on: "The script is based on Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil," which I've never seen before. Such a...deep story, every cell of me was shaking when I got the script, and they were yelling 'you gotta take it down'! So I said yes without hesitation."

    Anderson waved his arms in an exaggerated tone, but it could be seen that he really liked the script.

    "Originally, Miramax has agreed to invest. If there is no accident, the filming should start in June this year, but...Fortunately, Harvey extended a helping hand and recommended you to me." Anderson continued, "I didn't want to think about it at first, because the protagonist is at least 40 years old and you're only 25 years old, and it was impossible to play such an old guy until Harvey suggested that I watch it. Watch your performance in The Aviator."

     Sean, who was listening carefully, glanced at Weinstein, who raised his eyebrows with pride, this sly guy.

    In just a few minutes, Sean was basically able to analyze the general process in his heart. He just liked the script and wanted to give Disney, who took Miramax, a good look, so he took action. . I don't know what he said to Anderson, but there must be something like "I'll find you the right actor", and then he carried Sean over.

    In this way, it is a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone, while selling it to Sean and continuing to capture Anderson so that the script can be completely controlled.

    "I hope you are satisfied." Sean said this immediately.

    "How do I say," Anderson tapped his head, "Unfortunately, I don't know you very well, like I said before, I only saw you from a distance, but Your temperament is indeed mature, and you performed well in "The Aviator", especially the contrast between the front and rear, which is very exciting."

    "Thank you." Sean smiled, waiting for his next words.

    "So I promised to meet you and have a close conversation," Anderson took a breath, "Frankly, you made a good impression on me. , I like you, Sean, so...I think we have to do a one-on-one audition with makeup and everything."

    "You need me to wear old makeup, don't you?" Sean asked immediately.

    "That's right!" Anderson snapped his fingers, "I value this script and this movie very much, I have to treat everything carefully, I still don't think you are a good fit, but I think you can try try."

    Speaking, he sat up straight again, and put on that interesting look again: "This is not a mainstream movie, Sean, even this will not be a Favorite movie, black is always the tone - do you want to try it?"

    After listening to this sentence, Sean couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, this guy is not stupid, although he is self-centered, he also knows how to use aggressive tactics, but...

    "I'm already excited just listening to you." Sean said, "I really want to try it."

    "It's settled then!" Anderson laughed, "I'll let you know the exact time, Sean."

    Then, after a few more chats, he got up and said goodbye.

    "Should you explain, Harvey?" After Anderson left, Sean immediately spoke to Weinstein.

    "Isn't it obvious?" Weinstein spread his hands, "I got Paul's script and I recommended you for the lead role. It's a great script, Sean, I promise."

    "I know, but I still want to know something I can't guess," Sean crossed his arms, "Harvey, we're partners now, at least you should tell me. "

    "Okay okay," scratching his head, Weinstein briefly explained, "In fact, as early as 2004, I had already taken a fancy to this novel, But you know, it was also a year when we had a lot of conflicts with Disney, and basically didn't care about it. Then, after we left Miramax, they picked up the script and pulled it in. Paul directed."

    "It's not a happy thing." Sean answered naturally.

    "Of course not," Weinstein nodded, "so I'm all about getting the script back, or at least being able to intervene, but you know it's not easy, especially This is still my decision. Fortunately, because the new management did not pay special attention to it, let Paul get the script himself, otherwise I don't know how much work it will take. Even so, I still think of many ways, one of which is One is to tell him that I can find better actors."

    "You're so sure I can do it?" Sean was a little surprised.

    "At least you can give him a deep impression." Weinstein laughed, "You have done a lot of surprising things."

    Then, he became serious: "How about, try your best? I can give you the complete script, which is really cool."