novelraw Chapter 147
Chapter 147
Therefore, David Fincher also turned his attention to Edward Norton who was sitting in the corner and kept silent. The other party was the one who most intuitively felt the actor's performance in the audition this morning.
And, before today's audition started, David Fincher had a private conversation with Edward Norton, and he himself expressed his intention to cooperate with Brad Pitt more.
The current Edward Norton is not the kind of hot big-name star—at least not in the "Fight Club" project—but due to his special status, including David Fincher and Arnold. Milkan, all think that he has extraordinary influence on the "Little Princess of Wall Street" Josie Horton.
However, Edward did not meet the expectations of others. Instead, he put his elbows on the table, crossed his fingers in front of his eyes, and replied: "I haven't tried with Pete, so I can't judge whether this actor is suitable for 'Taylor'. Judging from the audition situation this morning, Downey's acting skills are very good, but it is obvious that his appearance has caused a drag on the quality of the performance."
In the script, Taylor is another personality imagined by the hero Jack. He is the opposite of Jack and also the projection of Jack's subconscious. He is full of violent factors and male hormones. He should be a meek guy like Edward Norton. The opposite image of rebellious and uninhibited.
Although it is cruel, the key part of casting is whether the actor's appearance is suitable.
Arnold Milkan glanced at Mary Finn and said, "And he's not tall and strong enough. Unless Downey can quickly lose fat and gain muscle in a month to have the appearance and body of a sun god, I don't think so." Think he's good enough for the role."
It is true that there is no problem with Downey's performance, but casting is not a competition of personal acting skills, but all aspects must be considered, especially the tension between the leading actors.
Don't look at Edward Norton acting like a weak doormat during the audition, but before that, he quickly gained [-] pounds of muscle for the filming of "American X-Files", and he still has clear muscles when he takes off his clothes.
Moreover, he is six feet tall, and Robert Downey Jr., who is only five feet eight and has not completely shaken off the decadence of a drug addict, fights shirtless in the underground boxing ring as written in the script. The audience will think that Who looks stronger?
What's more, during the audition today, Downey still had scars from a fight on his face-two and a half months ago, he was smashed two teeth and cut his nose in a rehab center-and in view of Downey's various misdeeds in the circle are definitely not a suitable partner for cooperation.
Self-control and dedication are more important than acting skills in most cases, so Shuangtang can become a role model in the industry-of course, Liangtang's private life is another matter.
"Okay, no Donny." Josie raised her hands in a gesture of surrender, "Any questions?"
Edward glanced at her, and said, "I'm not satisfied with the casting of the heroine, which is Reese Witherspoon."
Reese Witherspoon is tentatively scheduled to play the lead actress, and she is also one of the outstanding newcomers emerging in Hollywood in recent years. It is said that in order to become famous, she also signed a filming agreement with Paramount that is almost the same as Josie's original filming agreement, but This time Paramount's conditions seem to be much harsher.
But she is indeed very talented in acting, and she was signed by an industry giant like CAA. In order for her to get the role smoothly, Kevin Howen called Josie and offered a favor as the price.
But Edward was obviously not satisfied with the casting.
After learning who really sent the "Fight Club" project to his eyes, the emotions he had barely restrained ran out, and his whole heart turned into a puddle of water, full of joy and guilt , thinking that the next direction between them should be to forget the old relationship and rebuild the old one.
But soon he found out that he was wrong.
When he learned that there was going to be an audition for the leading actress, he really realized that she really just fell in love with his acting skills!
Over the past few days, Edward has held back his breath, digging deep into the inner world of this character, temporarily forgetting his real self, and almost falling into madness.
But when Josie's businesslike face appeared in front of him, it only took five seconds for him to regain his composure and return to his unsteady and out-of-control self.
But he is also absolutely competitive.
The strong unwillingness and the love that was unwilling to admit are intertwined. With the passage of time and her inseparability, another complicated but inseparable relationship has been developed, which completely reverses the natural status of the relationship between men and women between them. In the end, he was that poor man who was in love and couldn't get over it - so how could he accept that this was just an episode, one of many little things about her?
"Oh, why." Josie, who was sitting diagonally across from Edward, said, "You can share your opinion, of course, we will have ours too."
Edward raised his eyes, swallowed the emotions surging in his chest, seemed to meet Josie's eyes unintentionally, but quickly moved away, "She lacks some temperament that is suitable for this movie. It is the chaotic cult temperament. "
In all fairness, if Edward, who is the leading actor of the film, were to choose the actor himself, the first name that popped up in his mind would undoubtedly be "Josie Horton".
There's really nothing to hesitate about.
In his mind, she is the most outstanding actress of this generation, and she has enough temperament to be both righteous and evil, and she is also in harmony with his acting style. She is really the best candidate - there is no one.
And obviously, David Fincher also felt similar to Edward, because the former directly asked, "Speaking of which, why don't you play this role yourself, Josie?"
If it was Josie, she didn't even need an audition, she could immediately settle on the role.
That way, enough star power for the project, rather than worrying that this high-budget, overtly styled cult film will lose money.
But Josie also has her own considerations.
The preparatory work for "Fight Club" is basically completed. As long as the cast is finalized, the official shooting can start within two weeks, but time is precisely what Josie lacks most at present.
On the one hand, "The Perfect Victim" in New York has not yet finished filming, and her filming task is very heavy;
On the other hand, the pre-training plan for "The Trap" is imminent, and she needs at least two months of practice instead of rushing to start her first action film shooting.
So Josie is not sure that she has enough time and energy to get into a script with a lot of information like "Fight Club", and she is about to take a short vacation.
So Josie replied: "Sorry, David, I don't have a suitable schedule to join this project." She paused, and glanced at Edward across the way, "And——if you are not satisfied with Reese, then Just contact other people to audition as soon as possible. Because I hope the film will start as planned."
David Finch nodded and gave Josie a no-problem gesture.
"As for the leading actor—" Even though she said so, Josie still hesitated, "I need to think about it for a few days. If it doesn't work, it will be Ewan McGregor."
Arnon Milkan shrugged. The old fox had already seen that Josie had listened to the correct opinion. It was just that the casting of Ewan McGregor did not satisfy her [-]%, that's why she couldn't make a decision for the time being.
David Fincher didn't seem to care that much. After all, he was only the director of the project, and Tianji Films owned by Josie was the source of most of the project's funding. If Arnon Milkan didn't strongly object, he wouldn't Will take the initiative to fight.
Josie felt that the matter was almost over, so she whispered to Connie Wilson: "Release the news that we have selected actors. Also, do me a favor and search for women in Hollywood who are between 25 and 40 years old and named Susan." Producers, fax me their personal photos with recent photos, and say to the outside world that they are recruiting people for "The Trap of Stealing the Sky."
"Okay, Josie." Connie Wilson replied.
In a short while, today's lunch meeting will be over.
Josie bid farewell to everyone politely. Edward seemed hesitant to speak, and she also noticed this, but she didn't take the initiative to give him a chance to talk.
Once a guy starts hesitating, it's not attractive enough, is it?
When leaving the restaurant, she inevitably ran into the ubiquitous paparazzi in West Hollywood. These Mexicans were also familiar with Josie's team. Keep a little bit of the bottom line, and don't deliberately snap ugly photos or chase cars, because more or less you will get some materials to go back to work.
Kelly and Old John stepped forward to open the way for Josie. The former greeted several familiar paparazzi with a good temper, and said: "Hey, old rules, don't hit Josie in the face with the camera. Today is with "" The main cast of Fight Club talks about work...About Edward Norton? Wow, have you ever seen a date with a crowd of a dozen people? I haven't seen one anyway. Well, we should go, next stop is with girlfriends If you can't take pictures of the private itinerary of the meeting, let's go."
With a bang, Kelly, who stuffed Josie into the back seat of the car, closed the door and sat in the passenger seat.
Old John started the car.
Kelly glanced in the rearview mirror, and still found that there were Mexicans riding motorcycles and following them at a short distance. It seemed that these people were really obsessed with digging out exclusive news.
She couldn't help sighing: "You are really popular now, Josie, playing the emotional card at this time last year, and some people would be embarrassed to chase the car."
Josie chuckled lightly and said, "Thinking about the good, as long as they're not too much, this seems to be a good thing too? Oh no, forget it, I think it's time to buy a new car, everyone knows this one Black Volvo."
"It's useless to buy a new car. They will be able to memorize our license plate backwards within three days." Old John, who was driving, said, "Of course, if you want to buy a Mercedes-Benz G, then it's as if I didn't say anything."
"Aha, a man's dream car." Kelly grimaced.
At this moment, Josie's personal cell phone rang. Seeing the strange number displayed on the screen, she raised her eyebrows as if feeling something, and connected the call: "Hello?"
"Hello, Josie." A slightly familiar elegant voice came from the other end of the phone, with the usual haughty accent and tone, "Do you have time? I'll wait for you at your destination, let us calm down How about chatting casually, just downstairs from Keanu's suite at the Marmont Manor Hotel?"
The gentleman's tone was beyond doubt.
In fact, as a wealthy Jewish family in Canada, the actual owner of Universal Pictures and Universal Music, and a new Hollywood tycoon, Edgar Bronfman Jr. didn't think he needed to be so humble to a female star.
Even though Josie Horton is an A-lister and has a rich father like Frank Horton, women are always in a predicament in the Hollywood circle, even though Edgar Bronfman Jr. personally appreciates this The talent of the lady as an actress.
As for the ridiculous title of "Little Princess of Wall Street" - if her next two movies fail in a row, those who are still watching in the shadows will mercilessly trample her back into the mud.
Moreover--
Her father is nothing more than a white glove who worked for capital, a gangster and illegitimate son from Hell's Kitchen. He seems to have a bright future but is at odds with the Horton family camp. He doesn't have the background of an old wealthy family to support him. He is not worthy of a real big shot at all. — such as Edgar Bronfman Jr. himself — to dread.
Thinking about it this way, the Hollywood tycoon completely forgot his father's advice, or he was going to fight against old Edgar.