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Published at 3rd of November 2021 10:06:50 AM


Chapter 618: 618

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Walked into the room and looked around quickly. This is a special audition room.

There is a white board against the wall on the left hand side and two tables in front. Lucinda is standing in front of the table and is playing with a family-style handheld camera; on the right hand side is a relatively spacious space with soft lights, Reflective umbrellas, light barriers and other equipment, there are a large number of connecting lines stacked on the ground, and they are not arranged, and they are randomly staggered together in this way.

"Stand in front of the lens." Lucinda did not look back, put the camera on the tripod, after confirming that the placement was completed, pressed the record button, saw the red light turned on, and then staggered towards the back of the table After the past, "Well, start with self-introduction." When speaking, he still didn't look at Lan Li, just like the back of his head was talking.

Stand in front of the camera, briefly introduce yourself, and then offer a performance that you have prepared, or the interviewer will pass a page of script, temporarily read the lines, and temporarily prepare for the performance. The whole process takes about three to five minutes. The casting directors will record all performances with cameras and mark them on their resumes. After the audition is over, they will select actors who are impressive or worthy of training and watch the video for the second time to select suitable actors.

This is a regular mainstream audition method in Hollywood, and more than 80% of film works are selected in this way.

In fact, the previous "Pacific War" was also selected in this way, but there were hundreds of actors to be selected in the original series, and thousands of actors participated in the audition, so they skipped the video link and chose the spaciousness of the theater. It’s more cruel and more efficient to rely on the impression of on-site auditions to complete the selection. After all, there is still a difference between TV and movies.

Lan Li only found it strange. So far, he has never participated in such an audition. He has only seen it in a movie. I actually had the opportunity to experience it today, which made Lan Li a little eager to try. At the beginning, the "Pacific War" paid more attention to stage expressiveness and explosiveness, but today it pays more attention to the sense of camera, and there must be differences in performance.

Restraining the excitement, Lan Li stood right in front of the camera, straightened his posture, raised his head and smiled. He didn’t rush to speak directly, but waited for Lucinda to sit down and then started to introduce himself, “Len Li-Hall, 21 years old, came to audition for William Cage. I can start acting. Yet?"

Regarding auditions, he used to ask for advice when Lanly and Chris Hemsworth were roommates. Generally speaking, for an audition like this, the casting director sees hundreds of actors a day, and many of them are familiar faces, so they don’t have time to greet them and like to cut directly into the subject. If they are interested, naturally More requests will be made.

Lan Li is doing this now.

However, Lucinda raised her right hand and stopped Lan Li, "Don't worry." Then she narrowed her eyes, looked at Lan Li carefully, and asked aloud, "British?"

It seems familiar, the first question in the audition for the "Pacific War" was also the same. The arc of Lan Li's mouth rose slightly, "Yes." After a pause, seeing Lucinda's eyes showing a hesitant look, he added, "The script describes an alien war. The battlefield is also set in Europe. So I think the nationality and accent of the officer are not that important." That's why he didn't change his accent. "Or does the crew want to adopt an American hero?"

In the previous life, the role of William Cage was a clear American. He was sent to the United Kingdom to help fight the aliens; but after reading the script carefully, Lan Li discovered that there was no mention of it in the original script. The matter of nationality. Obviously, this is after Tom Cruise took over and made changes to the script.

In fact, the original work was written by a Japanese, and the male protagonist is naturally Japanese. Just like the live-action version of the later "Ghost in the Shell" movie, after the Hollywood adaptation, it was naturally changed to an American.

However, the two works are still different. The story content of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie still takes place in Japan, and the entire story structure, theme, and core content are closely related to Eastern culture, suddenly changing the character from an Asian face. Becoming a white man, the overall style has become quite different.

"Edge of Tomorrow" is different. The screenwriter's changes directly transplanted the entire story into the global background. It is no longer the Japanese against the aliens, but the whole world against the aliens, and the main battlefield has also been transferred to Paris. The most important thing is that the core idea of ​​the story is not directly related to Eastern culture, and is closer to the game mode of fighting monsters, so the overall style is very harmonious.

It is precisely because of this that in the first edition of the script, more emphasis is placed on the worldview of science fiction. There is no mandatory setting or even mention of William Cage's nationality and accent.

For Lanly, the experience and growth of the role of William Cage has no direct connection with nationality, and "Edge of Tomorrow" was originally a commercial movie, so he did not further fine-tune his accent. .

Faced with Lan Li's response, Lucinda chuckled slightly, revealing an untidy tooth, but instead of responding to Lan Li's response, she said directly, "You can start acting." Nothing. Between sensuality and color, the initiative is controlled in his hands.

Lan Li didn't mind, but adjusted her standing posture. The whole posture was straightened, shoulders open, back straight, legs showing a slightly rested form, standing upright, and the chic and tough posture was like a man. Soldiers who have received many years of training.

Lucinda’s eyes showed a playful smile, and she could clearly see the adjustments Lan Li made for the performance, even though he was only wearing a smoky gray shirt with jeans and skateboarding shoes today, but that kind of soldier’s temperament. The posture was revealed, and it looked like a soldier on vacation in Paris during World War II. This is not uncommon. Renly played in the "Pacific War", which is his famous work; but what is interesting is Renly's next performance.

Although he was tall and straight, Lan Li's chin was closed, and the handsome eyebrows revealed panic and worry. He tried his best to cover up, but the effect was very little. When he spoke, his deep voice was trembling slightly. The bluff that pretends to be calm but stern and stern, you can see, "General, I have mobilized millions of people to join your army. When the body bag is shipped back to China, there must be someone with a scapegoat. You think, I How difficult is it to convince people that all this is your fault?"

That slow sentence, every word, but the rhythm is a bit chaotic, the speed is uneven, despite this, the power is still strong, and then I saw the eyes become firm and bold, and the momentum of killing and decisiveness will be behind in an instant. The words came out in a hurry, "I think, the general doesn't want to be like this, right?"

Thirty seconds, the performance of just thirty seconds, retracted and unfolded freely, burst out in an instant, and returned in an instant. The panic reached the extreme, and the desperate and uncompromising tactics of grasping the life-saving straw were displayed vividly. However, it is not cunning, nor insidious, it is more like the resistance of survival instinct.

Lucinda thought it was a little bit funny. Is the effect presented like this because of the performance? Or is it the credit of Lan Li's leather bag? But no matter what the reason is, this is a necessary quality for a superhero with a big screen. But it was not the audition itself that really caught Lucinda's admiration.

Lucinda is a Frenchman. He started casting director work in 1997 and has been active in Europe before. Directors such as Luc-Besson and Guy-Ritchie are long-term partners. After landing in Hollywood, with his outstanding ability and extensive contacts in Europe, he became the casting director of countless blockbusters, such as "Troy", "Alexander the Great", "Batman Prequel" series, "X-Men" series, etc. .

Lucinda is not affiliated with any company, but in the past two years, she has indeed cooperated more frequently with Warner Bros. Recently, she is also casting a cast for another Warner Bros. work, "Cloud Atlas", which is Watjos. Achoski is in charge of the director, and Warner Bros. is very optimistic about the two directors who filmed "The Matrix." They approved a budget of 100 million yuan with a wave of a big hand.

In the midst of busyness, the production department called last night and handed her the casting task of "Edge of Tomorrow". She refused naturally. The "Yuntu" crew needed at least 230 actors with lines. It is impossible to complete in a short time. Where does she have time to take care of another work? But Tim Lewis came to her in person and convinced her to join in sincerity.

Lucinda hadn't even had time to get the script of "Edge of Tomorrow"~www.novelhall.com~ just listened to Tim telling a summary of the story, and then drove the duck to the shelves early today. Lucinda didn't have any idea about Lan Li's performance just now. She didn't know that it was a scene in the script, and even more did not know why Lan Li performed like this.

However, to Lucinda's surprise, Renly's posture was shown.

First there was an Oscar nomination, and then there was a work worth 300 million in North America, not to mention the friendliness shown by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. From any angle, Lan Li can now be regarded as Second-line actors, or even those who have touched the edge of the first-line, are in the hot and rising stage. Especially in the recent period, the news of "Speed ​​and Excitement/Emotion" rumors and a sequel has been heated up, which can be described as much attention.

However, in the audition just now, Lan Li never showed any pride, let alone pride, even the actor did not have the air, the positive and joy shown on her body, that is the attitude of loving acting, and it was shown in the performance. That’s the posture of a professional actor.

In a trance, stripped of all the additional aura, Lucinda saw only one actor, a conscientious actor. Just this attitude is enough to make Lucinda look at her.




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