Chapter 588 Nothing
“...Marcia?”
The assistant audition director Nicolas-Stamos, who was sitting next to him, noticed Marcia rubbing her temples. , slightly worried, he called out and cast a questioning look.
"Do you need an aspirin?"
Marcia shook her head, "Not on a physical level."
"Uh..."
"I have been thinking about whether the character of Keller should have a classical temperament like Shakespeare's play, a bright but sad temperament in such a script full of fateful tragedy."< br>
But obviously, this is not easy.
Nicholas thought for a moment, "Claire-Danes?"
In 1996, before the release of "Titanic", Leonardo DiCaprio filmed "Romeo and Juliet," a film that won him the Berlin Film Festival's Best Actor Award.
The heroine of the movie is Claire Danes. This actress is not a typical beauty, but her eyes and temperament have a unique temperament.
After the movie was released, many professional film critics raised objections to Clare's casting. They believed that Clare did not have Shakespeare's classical charm; these criticisms also caused Clare's career as an actor to rise and fall.
But Marcia has a different view on this.
When Baz-Luhrmann shot this film, he originally planned to reinterpret it in a post-modern manner. The casting of Leonardo and Claire was intentional. They completely break the fixed concepts, and their modern atmosphere is also part of the movie.
In fact, few people know that Claire is the number one choice for the heroine of "Titanic" and has been unanimously affirmed by the producer and director. She only needs her nod and signature, but Claire refused - —
The reason is that at that time, James Cameron insisted that the leading actor must be Leonardo DiCaprio, and Claire had just collaborated with Leonardo on a work. This person had his own ideas about acting and roles. The personality actor does not want to become a "screen couple" with Leonardo, as this will tie her hands and feet.
So, she refused.
Marcia thought seriously and then shook her head.
"No, Claire Denis..."
"Her personality is too distinct and she doesn't look like someone who can be influenced by her younger brother."
Keller in "The Butterfly Effect", her brother has a crazy obsession and refuses any man who comes close to his sister, even if that man is his best friend Evan, he will try to hurt Evan regardless, just for the sake of To "protect" his sister, the young and ignorant Keller did not stop his brother.
In Marcia’s opinion, there should be a broken beauty in Keller.
Obviously, Claire Danes does not fit this image.
Unfortunately, Marcia has not seen any suitable actors so far——
Unexpected but reasonable, the actors who came to audition today are beyond imagination Much more, the audition has been going on for three hours, and the long line of auditions outside still shows no signs of shortening, and it is very lively.
A project with a production cost of only 10 million US dollars, a project without a famous screenwriter or a famous director, can actually attract such attention.
Using Eric and McGee's "Dead Man" series as a reference, being able to attract three-digit actors during the audition period was already very impressive; but today the scale is at least four times or even five times More than times.
The only reason is that "Butterfly Effect" has a unique sign:
Anson Wood.
“Huh.”
Marcia let out a small breath.
“Now we look forward to the ‘Anson Wood’ card to attract as many actors as possible, allowing us to find a first on-screen love for the new Spider-Man.”
A joke, Made Nicholas laugh, "Shouldn't Anson's first on-screen love be Jennifer Aniston?"
Marcia raised her eyebrows, "The correct answer. But it is precisely because of this that from Jennifer Aniston From Stone to Anne Hathaway to Kristen Dunst, we need to find the next outstanding first love. The task is difficult.”
Marcia seemed to be able to sense what Nicholas was teasing. Looking at her eyes, she stretched out her hand to stop her, "Don't look, I'm regretting it." "God, my weakness is indeed handsome guys."
Nicholas sat next to him and smiled very happily.
Just in time, the next actor opened the door and walked in.
Seeing the strange scene of people talking, laughing and sighing inside, the girl hesitated a little, not sure whether she should interrupt the atmosphere rashly.
Nicholas waved to the girl to come in.
The girl came in quickly and put her file on the table. Marcia took it and quickly scanned it skillfully.
Nicholas has already said, "You can start."
The girl was stunned: ...so fast?
Start the audition directly without any pleasantries or introducing yourself?
This made Rachel-McAdams a little nervous, but she forced herself to calm down——
In auditions, there are countless possibilities. It is possible for the casting director not to ask for names but resumes at all, so they need to prepare their own resumes.
Just one year ago, when she came to Los Angeles from Ontario, Canada, the actors told her audition tips, one of which was to prepare your resume, from ID photos to self-introduction to layout design. , everything is exquisite, so an industry was born:
Specialized in helping actors make resumes.
A resume can be as cheap as five hundred dollars; an expensive one may cost eight thousand dollars, with no upper limit.
Rachel, an ignorant rookie, a country girl from a Canadian village, didn’t know whether she should believe it, but she didn’t do it because she was short of money, but now, she finally started to believe that statement. .
Just like in front of me.
She didn't even have a chance to introduce herself. All her information and information were on that resume. This made Rachel's confidence fall to the bottom. She was not sure what the casting director would find on that thin piece of paper. What did I see?
"Calm down. Rachel, calm down!"
Taking a deep breath, Rachel forced herself to focus and stay focused:
Performance is the point.
For this audition, there was no script or requirements. They just asked the actors to prepare a performance that they were good at, and it was controlled within two minutes. That was all.
Now, it’s time to show yourself.
Marcia didn't notice Rachel's nervousness at all, and even if she did, she didn't care. She was looking at this resume that had no weight:
So far, there are only two works, He had a cameo role in a TV series that he had never heard of; he played a cheerleader in a comedy movie that just came out this year but didn’t do well at the box office, “Hot Girl.”
And, born in 1978, you are twenty-four years old? He only played two roles?
Oh, coming from Canada, a big rural area, no wonder.
At one glance, Marcia concluded that this is a typical vase.
Looking up, Marcia saw that beautiful face with bright eyes and white teeth. Sure enough, as expected, the appearance of a typical sweet girl——
did not fit.
One hundred percent, Rachel and Caleb are not the least bit close.
Marcia's judgment was made even before the show began.
This is Hollywood. Many times, things are decided before the actor realizes it, and the actor has no chance to speak out.
(End of this chapter)