Movie Master

From far away, Jessica saw Lance sitting in the coffee shop through the glass window. A sky blue shirt reflected the pair of blue eyes with a moving halo, making people always bear I can't help but want to find out. The California sunshine in midsummer is always a bit too bright, as if it was enough to blur everything, she quickly closed her eyes to relieve the sharp pain.

"Are we late?" Jessica turned her head and looked at James beside her. When the actor arrives at the audition scene, he finds that the director is already seated. This is really the worst thing, not to mention that the director is still...

James could see Jessica's tension and impatience immediately, and could only shake his head, "We arrived early. Lance made an appointment at three o'clock in the afternoon." It's only two o'clock now. James pointed to where Lance was, but Jessica was unwilling to turn her head away, "Lance is doing another audition now." James was a little helpless, "I asked you to come here early to get used to it first Situation, later in the audition, you have to be professional. Think Vivien-Leigh and Clark-Gable."

These two actors, who are enough to rank among the greatest actors in Hollywood film history, jointly contributed the famous "Gone with the Wind", and the picture of Ruide Brad hugging Scarlett's slender waist romantically and kissing has become countless women's love for romance. ultimate fantasy.

But in fact, the two actors don't like each other. During the shooting stage of the film crew, Vivien repeatedly messed around with her husband Laurence-Olivier, constantly asking about the house/things, so that the filming of the film crew was delayed, and because of the pressure of filming, she couldn't control her temper, and went around with the staff Right; Clark was unwilling to take this movie from the very beginning, and he was already a top-notch character at the time, but Vivien was just a fledgling actress, but he wanted to be reduced to a green leaf in the movie. It made him very dissatisfied, and the superstar's temper was unrestrained. This caused the two people to have constant conflicts during the shooting stage, and almost every day of shooting would encounter problems.

Clark was a heavy smoker and had bad breath; and Vivien deliberately ate a lot of garlic before filming the kiss scene in order to get revenge. Therefore, the romantic kisses that have left a strong and colorful mark in the entire film history are cigarettes and garlic.

It could be called professional, or it could be called Hollywood.

Jessica took a deep look at James, then took a deep breath, turned her head and looked at the direction where Lance was sitting again, "Let's go! Since we have to prepare, we should start now." The chest was boiling The emotions need a little time to settle down and calm down.

Walking into the coffee shop, the jingling wind chimes instantly attracted the attention of most people. Jessica raised her head, and then saw Lance's deep and deep gaze, which was just the temperature of a gaze, gentleman and strange , without any emotion, this made the hotness in Jessica's chest stagnate suddenly, and it cooled down in an instant.

Immediately, Lance withdrew his gaze and didn't stay on her any longer; while Ben Affleck, who was sitting opposite Lance, turned his head, as if wanting to turn the whole person around, in a daze Looking at her, there was a novel scrutiny and scrutiny in his eyes, and he was reluctant to look away for a long time. The arc of the corner of his mouth was slightly outlined, and he nodded his chin in a friendly manner, which was regarded as a greeting.

Although Jessica had expected this situation a long time ago—because the last parting was like this, although Jessica had already made mental preparations—at least she thought so, but at this time her whole body was still cold, as if One second she was in the midst of a volcanic eruption, and the next second it was like falling into an ice cellar, so that she couldn't move forward at all.

Lance raised the end of his eyebrows lightly, obviously not satisfied with Ben's distraction, the man sitting next to Ben patted Ben's shoulder, and Ben came back to his senses, showing an apologetic expression to Lance Smiling, and said something in a low voice, Lance raised his eyes again and glanced at Jessica, but it still didn't have any meaning, as if she was just an ordinary friend who had met two or three times— — which is even worse than strangers.

Afterwards, Lance looked away and started talking to Ben again.

Two eyes, just two eyes, two eyes that are understated, calm and calm, but those handsome eyebrows and eyes are like tides and clouds rising and falling. The sun was shining down, making it impossible to look away. But for her, it was a hell.

Why can he be so calm, so calm, so... cruel, like a cold-blooded animal without emotion, just two eyes wiped out everything in the past. There is no strangeness, only alienated politeness; no waves, only appropriate richness; no temperature, only white and translucent gentleness...

She thought she could do it, she thought everything was over, but the pain that swept over her slowly began to eat every inch of her skin; those eyes were like two hands, grasping fiercely Grab her ankle, and then pull it down hard, and then pull it down, but she can't struggle at all, she can only watch herself being submerged by the sea level little by little, and then falling into endless suffocation.

Jessica couldn't bear it anymore, and walked towards the bathroom with strides. She tried her best to maintain her composure, straighten her back, and walk steadily... She must not reveal any panic and timidity, but no matter what, she will With her hands clenched into fists, she still couldn't restrain her slightly trembling muscles and her beating heart. She couldn't even clearly distinguish her emotions at the moment, and only had one thought—she wanted to escape from here.

With a "bang", Jessica pushed open the door of the bathroom, and the uncontrolled loud noise echoed in the limited space, even Jessica herself was taken aback, while standing in the bathroom mirror The little girl in front of her was even more frightened. Seeing the little girl who was frozen in place, Jessica pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying, "Sorry...Sorry." Then, Jessica quickly walked into the cubicle, panting heavily Gasping, tears rolled down her face almost before she knew it.

Emma Stone stood there at a loss, obviously not understanding what happened. After the woman entered the cubicle, she shook her head and was about to turn on the faucet to wash her hands, but depression and pain came from the cubicle behind her. The crying, which made Emma's muscles stiffen, her limited life experience is obviously not enough to understand everything that happened-this, what is going on?

Lance only felt his temples throbbing, and he let out a soft breath, "Ben, if you're not ready to act, we can stop talking now." This is the fourth time Ben has auditioned today. My mind is distracted, such an unprofessional attitude really makes my chest tight.

Ben turned his head again, facing Lance's stern voice, he showed a suave smile, "Relax, relax. I've been listening carefully. As you said just now, this role is not that simple and requires acting skills. Still need to study hard, right?" This is indeed the content of Lance's conversation just now, "I believe that if you are willing to find me, you believe in my ability. Therefore, I don't think there is any need to talk about it at all." Hearing With this sentence, Lance raised his eyebrows slightly again, "However, I promise, I will definitely read the script carefully, and if I have any questions, I will take the initiative to communicate with you. You know, I still have some things to say about the script." right."

The road to Ben's rise is to rely on "Good Will Hunting" to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and become a blockbuster.

Lance was not very satisfied with Ben's attitude, but the words of warning lingered on the tip of his tongue, and he swallowed them anyway. Not only because Lance knows that Hollywood has never lacked individual actors, he can't let every actor be at his mercy - even if he can do it, he is not willing, because personality itself is part of the actor, not to mention, He also doesn't have the qualifications to turn all the actors into his own puppets now; also because Lance knows that adopting Ben, this is a deal, a deal he needs.

Ben Affleck is an excellent director, no one can deny that, maybe "Escape from Tehran" is not enough to match the Oscar for the title of best picture, but it is indeed a good movie. But is Ben a good actor? Obviously not, on the contrary, it can even be said that Ben is a very bad actor.

During the performance, Ben's expression was too rigid and too consistent. It can be said that all emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy are the same expression, commonly known as the zombie facial paralysis face; not only did he not have a solid performance foundation, but also did not have enough role substitutions. Not to mention delicate emotions and rich emotions, even in "The Lost Lover", where Ben's facial paralysis acting skills are perfectly displayed, his performance is far from wonderful, and can only be regarded as qualified.

But why did Lance choose Ben to play Dewright?

First, the role of Dewright is a traditional tough guy. It is enough to show enough heroism, and there is not much room to dig deeper. However, Lance never denies that he is a handsome guy with a bit of heroism. Maybe it's not a good fit for Batman, but the rogue hero of "Sin City" is more than enough; second, Lance needs Bruce Willis, Eva Green and Elijah Wood, and they are all part of the innovative Artist agency, same as Ben.

This is the second consecutive time that Lance has encountered the packaging business of a brokerage company after "Murder with a Borrowed Knife". Lance clearly knows that if he wants to become a senior player in Hollywood, he must understand when to be tough and when to compromise. Every cooperation is a transaction and a game. When "borrowing a knife to kill someone", Lance caused the Creative Artists Agency to suffer a dark loss, and this time he will inevitably need to deliver part of the benefits.

What's more, Ben playing Dewright is not a bad choice. But the premise is that Ben needs to face up to the work "Sin City".

So, as soon as the words on the tip of Lance's tongue circled, the arc of the corner of his mouth was outlined, "Of course, of course I know, but the performance is not done with a pen, nor is it done with hands. Before the filming officially started, we There's going to be a script exercise, and I thought, you won't disappoint me, will you?"