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With Hulan’s vigorous insistence, and after another five days of negotiations, the crew of "Fruit Hard Candy" finally had an actor. Murphy paid a one-time payment of 40,000 U.S. dollars for this, although the current James-Father Ranko can't compare with the future, but he has also played major roles in two film and television dramas, which is not his true worth.

Murphy knows very well that James Franco's purpose in entering the crew is not pure, but he doesn't care. Everyone just takes what they need.

At this point, the "Fruit Hard Candy" filming crew has been officially formed. There are only 14 people including Murphy, and three of them are interns who are not paid. It can be described as saving to the extreme.

In fact, Murphy also wants to do all the work alone and save all the salary, but this is obviously impossible. He is just a person. Although he has studied systematically in the film school, he cannot be proficient in all movies. Working behind the scenes.

There are two main actors in the film, namely the little girl Hayley and the photographer Jeff. In addition, the one who plays the most role is a female neighbor of Jeff, who has been forced by Murphy to give Jessica Chastain a cameo.

There is also a girl who died tragically in the opening scene. Murphy also finalized the candidate, but the other side's scenes are very few and will not enter the crew until the filming starts.

The other passerby roles are basically made by Murphy and the crew of the crew. The waiters who will inevitably appear when filming in the Milton Café are played by the people of the Milton Café. Old Lynch also specially prepared for this. a period of time.

Even if this is in Los Angeles, for ordinary people, the opportunity to appear in a film is still rare.

"Let me make an introduction."

In that warehouse serving as a temporary studio, Murphy, Kerry Mulligan and James Franco got together for the first time. His director took the initiative to introduce, "Kerry, this is James Franco, Actors with great acting skills."

Then he turned to introduce, "Jim, this is Kerry Mulligan, the future English rose."

After Murphy finished speaking, he took the initiative to take a step back.

"Hello, can I call you Kerry?" James Franco put on a charming smile, took the initiative to step forward, and stretched out a hand, "I am James Franco, you can call me Jim ."

As if only seeing his face clearly, Kerry Mulligan said in surprise, "Why are you?"

"We meet again." James Franco's hand was still there.

Kerry Mulligan didn't mean to shake his hand. He turned his head and said to Murphy, "Murphy, he's not a good person."

James Franco's smile was stiff, and he retracted his hand sadly, his face somewhat embarrassed.

Murphy couldn't figure out what happened between the two men, so he hurriedly closed the field, "Kerry, what happened? Jim is a very good actor."

"Huh..." Kerry Mulligan just groaned twice.

Few girls at this age like the kind of person who exposes themselves.

Looking at James Franco, Murphy didn't want to worry about what happened to these two men, and the agent of Kerry Mulligan came over in a while, and he didn't have time to waste with these two men.

Murphy walked to the simple desk, took out two schedules, and gave them to James Franco and Carey Mulligan, and exhorted, "I ask you to review all the scenes in the schedule before shooting. Go over it again."

The actors have to rehearse a lot before each movie is filmed, and "Fruit Hard Candy" is no exception.

There was a knock on the door, and after Murphy called to come in, the agent named Bill Rothes opened the door, still carrying the packaged juice and coffee, and walked over to greet Murphy first. The coffee was served, followed by a polite greeting with James Franco, and a cup of coffee.

I have to say that if you want to be a qualified entertainment agent, being able to handle interpersonal relationships and being exquisite are essential skills.

It’s the first time that Murphy has been a director. Now James Franco is not invisible. Even the rehearsal location is just a warehouse. Bill Rossis did not show any contempt, at least on the surface. .

In Hollywood, stars can be arrogant and defiant, but agents are not suitable.

Since Kerry Mulligan is underage, the agent or guardian is usually on the job site. Murphy has no opinion on this, and James Franco is not stupid. Although Murphy seriously suspects that he has other purposes, he never Seeing Kerry Mulligan start, they all behaved politely, even if there is an occasional set of words, it is a normal way of chatting.

"Director Stanton..."

After a few people finished their drinks, Bill Rossis promptly reminded Murphy, "Kerry still has classes in the afternoon, and work must end at 12 o'clock."

Murphy nodded and gestured to James Franco, "Let's get started."

At the beginning of the rehearsal, James Franco read a monologue first. He seemed to be warming up and looking for a state in this way. He has fairly rich experience. He is not an actor who is not a part-time waiter. Murphy is not too worried. After a brief look, his eyes fell on Kerry Mulligan.

In the first audition and several subsequent communications, the girl showed a certain degree of acting skills. She has been performing in a theater company since she was in elementary school in the UK. What she lacks is real performance opportunities.

In Murphy's eyes, this girl's acting talent is not top-notch, but it's not bad.

Of course, he is just a novice, and his view may not be accurate.

A few minutes later, Kerry Mulligan and James Franco began rehearsing for the first scene, the scene where the two had just met.

James Franco walked towards Kerry Mulligan from behind, "Haley..."

Kerry Mulligan turned his head and wiped his lower lip lightly as written in the script, "Jeff?"

There was a little surprise in her voice, but it wasn’t the same on her face. Kerry Mulligan just showed that she didn’t like James Franco very much. With her personality, the emotions are almost all written on her face, even though Without using the camera for close-up shots, Murphy could see the annoyance in those bright eyes, and even almost wrote the words "I'm going to kill you bastard" on his face.

"Kerry..." Murphy interrupted the rehearsal between the two and beckoned, "Come here."

Scratching his short blond hair, Carey Mulligan walked across to the desk where Murphy was sitting and asked, "Am I doing something wrong?"

She can read many things through Murphy's expression.

Murphy immediately remembered that she was not an ordinary girl, her rebellious heart was particularly strong, so he pondered a little and changed her words, "Kerry, do I remember the time we talked in the cafe?"

"Yeah." She nodded slightly, "I will never forget. What determines our future is never how we think, but how we do it."

Murphy laughed, looked at her, then looked at the inexplicable James Franco.

Carey Mulligan was innocent and rebellious, but not a fool. He immediately understood, and leaned closer and said in a low voice, "I know that an actor must have the professionalism of an actor. Don't worry, Murphy, I won't let you down. ."

The voice was not high, but the warehouse was not too big. James Franco and Bill Rossis heard it and looked at Murphy at the same time.

James Franco tilted his head and found that his handsome face and charming smile, which were useful before, were not as effective as the few words of the guy opposite.

The other party seems to be very good at dealing with girls of this age and is simply his best learning object.

Bill Rossis, a professional entertainment agent, is different from James Franco, who is full of eccentricities. He knows how rebellious Carrie Mulligan is, and he also knows that this is a very difficult girl, if not for the long-time customer Zhu Liane Felos' introduction, he will definitely not serve as her agent.

He could even imagine that this rebellious girl who forced her parents to have no retreat and had to let her step into the show business circle would turn this small crew into a big noise.

But everything that appeared before him completely overturned the previous view. This new director named Murphy Stanton was able to suppress Kerry Mulligan... No, to be more precise, he was using extremely clever Way to control Kerry Mulligan.

Interesting...Bill Rosses folded his arms, looked over there, but didn't say a word.

He had some doubts that if Kerry Mulligan wanted to play this role, is it also related to this little director named Murphy Stanton?

If this is the case, it may be a personal talent.

Seeing Kerry Mulligan realizing the problem, Murphy stood up, nodded in approval, and when the girl showed a happy smile, she spoke again.

"Kerry, look at the scene in the rehearsal just now. Hailey doesn't like Jeff and dislikes it very much, right?"

"Yes." Kerry Mulligan nodded eagerly.

"Jeff said that Hailey is very mature," Murphy briefly analyzed for her, "but I wish she was an idiot, and Hailey wanted Jeff to think she was an idiot, so..."

Murphy looked at Kerry Mulligan, Kerry Mulligan was not bad, and the interface said, "So Hailey is naive to eat chocolate cake, like those bands, like cool T-shirts, this is completely the performance of innocent girls. This will allow Jeff to relax his vigilance and mislead him in the wrong direction."

"Bingo." Murphy snapped his fingers. "I have to say that you are really too smart."

Carey Mulligan is just a bait to attract James Franco. Even if he is not there, the independent rehearsal of the male and female protagonists mentioned before can not be realized. The agent of Bill Rossis will basically accompany Carey Mulligan. Around.

These Murphy had already considered.

On the other side, Kerry Mulligan tilted his chin unconsciously, smiling very cutely, but this smile was only for Murphy.

Looking over there, James Franco's heart was pounding, as if he was about to burst out of his chest. He took a deep breath and suppressed the warming and boiling blood.

What a great guy, James Franco's eyes fell on Murphy, and he said that if he had such a method, he would not always aim for more and less reward.