Watching director Demi's movements, Roden had a bad feeling in his heart.

He didn't really have to think about it, did he?

Changing roles?

But he soon vetoed it himself, and it was absolutely impossible for the production company behind him to let Demi change to an unknown actor as the leading actor. Besides, Lao Huo is not a professional actor, even if he has some experience or characteristics, but after all, he can't compare to the professional actor who has been booked as the leading actor.

In the end, Lao Huo is too old and different from the characters in the script.

Next to him, Hans also looked at directors Demi and Lao Huo with some surprise.

He has some understanding of the movie that Demi is going to make next, although he didn't see the script, but he knows that the male protagonist in this script is the character that Demi is introducing to Lao Huo now, Hannibal.

is definitely an important and very likely brilliant character, and, looking at his character and experience, it is very complex, a psychiatrist, and has a very high IQ, such a character is not easy to play.

What did Demi want to do when he asked Lao Huo to play this role, did he want to test his acting ability?

I don't know if Lao Huo can control such a role, at least, Hans feels that it is definitely impossible for him to control such a role, even if the element of age is removed, he is impossible.

Demi is obviously quite experienced in character guidance, and basically gave Lao Huo a two- or three-minute character introduction there, and Lao Huo roughly understood the personality and positioning of such a character.

"Well, what else is there to know?"

Demi looked at Lao Huo.

Lao Huo thought about it, then looked at the large lines in his hand and said, "There is no problem for the time being." ”

"Okay, that's it...... Give you another three minutes to familiarize yourself with the line, and then you can play it live. ”

Demi said.

"Okay. ”

Lao Huo nodded.

He knows that this role is very difficult, and this line is also very difficult, but he himself has a good mentality, and there is no pressure to audition, but he finds it quite challenging.

Immediately began to be there, carefully figuring out this line.

Soon, in more than two minutes and almost three minutes, Lao Huo went through the lines of the entire paragraph in his heart several times, and then raised his head and looked at the director Demi opposite.

"Okay?"

When Demi saw him look at him, he said, "Let's start with me, think of me as another female character, that agent Starling." ”

"Okay. ”

Lao Huo nodded, then glanced down at the script in his hand, looked up, and looked at Demi opposite, "You think you can analyze me with this clumsy thing?"

Demy: "No, I believe in your knowledge......"

"You're ambitious, aren't you?"

Lao Huo interrupted Demi's words, with a slight smile on his face, but in his eyes, the black pupil was located in the center of the brown eyeball, as if there was no focus of his gaze, but he was staring straight at each other, and the director Demi's heart suddenly felt a little furious, "Do you know what you look like with that high-end leather bag and wearing cheap shoes? You look like a dirt bun, a clean, busy, and tasteful dirt bun." ”

"You're a scumbag, but you're nothing more than a Caucasian low-class person, aren't you, Agent Starling?"

"You're trying to get rid of the accent, the authentic West Virginia accent, is your father a truant?

"I know how quickly those boys catch you and fumble around in the back seat of your car, but you want to get out and walk to the ends of the earth and all the way to the FBI. ”

Lao Huo usually reads books and deliberately exercises some memory, so although he is over seventy years old, his own memory has not faded for too long. After this whole paragraph, he only interrupted twice, but he only glanced at the lines on the paper in his hand quickly, and then resumed staring at director Demi.

His voice basically didn't change much, and there wasn't much movement, just a little faint on his face, but it made people feel some oozing smiles, especially his eyes, which made several people present feel trembling in their hearts.

Especially director Demi.

The reason why he made an impromptu decision to let Lao Huo try to play the protagonist of the next movie was because when Lao Huo auditioned just now, the whole scene focused on the eyes.

In fact, when positioning Hannibal, the protagonist of this movie, including him as a director, as well as the screenwriter and producer, and other members of the director team, they all agreed that the main thing was to show the protagonist's heart from the performance of micro-expressions, eyes, etc. And the male lead actor booked by the production company made Demi feel a little disappointed in his performance with his eyes.

Therefore, when Lao Huo auditioned before, the scene in his eyes made Demi very impressed, and even, for a moment, he felt that Lao Huo was not playing the role of the little dragon he played, but playing Hannibal.

And now, Lao Huo has gone through his own explanation of the role, figured it out by himself, and when he tried this role for the first time, he still put the whole scene on his eyes.

The pair of eyes staring at him, even if Demi is now very discordant, he is just piggybacking on Lao Huo, but he is still stared at by that look.

"Director?"

Next to him, the voice of casting director Roden made Demi wake up from that substitution state suddenly.

He subconsciously turned his head to look at Luo Deng, and then looked up at Lao Huo, whose eyes had recovered, and was a little overwhelmed, suddenly remembered that it should be his line next, and then sighed, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I didn't pick up the ......"

Lao Huo hurriedly said: "Director, do you want to do it again?"

"No need. ”

Demi shook his head.

The performance just now is enough to see Lao Huo's entire performance level.

is a little rusty, and there are a lot of things that need to be adjusted, but the positioning and spirit of the whole Demi heart for a role like Hannibal, Lao Huo is completely performed!

Yes, it's really a full show coming!

Demi himself came out of the state of being carried away by that passage and that terrifying look, and when he looked back, he found that he really had goosebumps, and even felt some palpitations.

If there is a chance, Demi wants Lao Huo to play such a role.

Although he still needs to do other tuning.

But in Demi's view, the importance of the character's spirit and positioning is far beyond the experience of professional acting.

"Mr. Hopkins, your performance just now is an experiential school, right?"

Demi looked at Lao Huo and continued.

"Yes, director, I performed according to the experiential method explained in the book "The Self-cultivation of Actors". ”

Old Huo told the truth.

"I just heard Luo Deng say that you are very good at studying the performance theory book written by the Oriental?"

Demi said again.

"No, no, no, I'm just an amateur performer, and I've been watching it for a while, and I can't say that I'm very researched. ”

Lao Huo said modestly.

"Looking at your performance just now, in fact, the shadow of the whole experiential school in it is very heavy, I can see it. ”

Demi said with a smile, "I've been reading that book myself, and that young man from the East has a shocking understanding of acting. He introduced three ways of acting, the first of which is an experiential school, which is different from what Hollywood actors teach, but it is very instructive. You're the one who learned this yourself, aren't you?"

Lao Huo nodded: "Yes, director." ”

Demi nodded, and said, "Have you ever acted before?" or studied acting?"

"Nope. ”

"Oh, you mean, you've only been reading performance theory books since the last two or three months?"

"Yes, it's almost three months, almost four months. ”

"It's ......"

Demi was a little surprised.

According to Lao Huo's meaning, he just watched the book "Actor's Self-cultivation" to learn acting, and it has only been less than half a year since this book was officially launched in the United States, that is to say, he has really come into contact with acting, and it has only been so many months that he can have such an experienced and even surprising performance is a little unbelievable!

Luo Deng next to him was even more surprised.

He listened to Hans's introduction before, thinking that Lao Huo was an old performance lover, or judging by his temperament, it was likely that he had acted in drama or something.

Unexpectedly, he was just beginning to get into acting.

As a casting director, Roden naturally knows exactly what that means!

"Okay, Mr. Hopkins, you're very nice!"

Demi looked at the time, it was not too early, and then said, "You are very talented in acting, if you continue to study and study in this area, you will become a very good actor! You don't need to think about age, acting this kind of thing, age is not a problem, come on!"

"Thank you, thank you director, I have such an idea myself. ”

Lao Huo also said with a smile.

"So, Mr. Hopkins, can you leave me your contact information? I'll have you contacted if there's an opportunity for another role in the future. ”

Demi said again.

"Of course no problem!"

Lao Huo also very much hopes to know a director, and he is still a very famous director.

Immediately, he left his contact information and said goodbye to Hans.

In the room, Demi lowered his head, looked at the audition script clip of the protagonist Hannibal in his hand, and the contact information left by Lao Huo next to him, thought for a while, and said: "Roden, after the filming of the afternoon scene, you and I will go to find Gary." ”

"Mr. Gary? ”

Roden nodded.

Gary, Demi is talking about, is one of the producers of the next thriller.

He casually asked, "Is there a problem with the budget?"

Demi handed the script clip back to Roden, and then handed Lao Huo's contact information to his assistant next to him: "The budget is no problem, I think, let's talk to him about the choice of the protagonist." ”

"The ...... of the main character"

Roden said helplessly, "Mr. Demy, I think you should go and ...... It's doing useless work. Unless Lemmons had an accident, Mr. Gary would definitely not agree to change. ”

"He had previously told me that if he could find an actor who was suitable for playing Hannibal, far more than Lemmones, he would agree to a substitution. ”

Demi said, looking at the photographer next to him who had just recorded the whole audition process with a camera, "The last part of Mr. Hopskin's performance just now, cut it out and wait for me to send it." ”

"Okay, Director!"

"Mr. Demi, you won't ......"

Roden glared, "You don't want him to play Hannibal, do you?"

Demi looked at him: "Roden, you are my casting director, do you think he is suitable for acting?"

"It's not suitable...... The main thing is that he has no acting experience at all before, and he doesn't have any fame, and Mr. Gary will definitely not agree...... Moreover, his age is not appropriate. ”

"Age, appearance, makeup is not a problem. Wasn't Lemmon still struggling with us about whether or not to pretend to be old for him?"

"But ......"

"Roden, don't think about the rest, you're the casting director, from your point of view, don't consider other factors, what do you think, Mr. Hopskin or Lemmons, which one is more suitable for Hannibal?"

Demi said.

Rhoden looked at him, paused for two seconds, and said helplessly, "I'm more inclined to Mr. Hopskin." ”

Although Roden even felt that Demy's idea was a bit whimsical, and it was absolutely impossible for the production company and the producer to agree to a replacement, he had to admit that Hopskin's performance just now shocked him.

The look in his eyes and expression just now, he couldn't believe it was the first time he played such a role.

For the role of Hannibal, Roden himself has had a deep study, and has also participated in some previous auditions and script discussions, in his heart, Lao Huo is the closest to the Hannibal in his heart, and he is metaphysical.

"But ......"

Roden still tried to convince Demmy.

But Demi is clearly set up on something.

......

Lao Huo didn't know that director Demi had the idea of letting him play the lead role in his next movie, and even went to the producer that day, and after he and Hans left the set, they separated and called a taxi back to their home in the suburbs.

"Lao Huo, are you going to your performance enthusiasts association again?"

His son, Arthur Hopskin, was sitting on the living room couch reading a book when he saw him come back and said.

During this time, his father went to New York University every day to chat with a bunch of acting enthusiasts, and he also knew about it.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that his father was so old that he would be obsessed with acting.

However, for Arthur, as long as he no longer stays at home for more than two months to read books, as he did before. Going out for a walk and talking to young people about young people is also very good for the adjustment of his mentality.

"No, I went to a set in Manhattan today. ”

Lao Huo took off his coat and hung it on the hanger.

"On the set?"

Arthur was a little surprised, "You went to the set?

"I didn't see it, but I went to try it out. ”

"Auditions?"

Arthur was even more stunned, "You went to audition?"

"Well, it's Hans, you know, the guy I told you about earlier, that there's a movie with old people, and I'm going to try it. ”

"How did it turn out?"

"I wasn't chosen. However, I did get to know director Demi, and he asked me to leave my contact information. ”

"Director Demi?"

Arthur thought about it, I hadn't heard of those famous directors in Hollywood, there were those who were called by this name.

should be a small director who is not in the stream.

If it's really a well-known director, it's impossible for my father to get in touch with others, unless he introduces himself.

"If you don't choose it, you won't choose it, next time, if you have the opportunity, I'll introduce you to a few directors and see if they have roles for you to try. ”

Arthur said with a smile.

He didn't know the specific situation of his father's communication with those acting enthusiasts at New York University, but a group of performance enthusiasts were afraid that they were just interested and couldn't get on the stage.

No, when I went to the set, I was brushed off directly.

However, he still wants to support his father's hobby of acting.

He remembers that in his office, there should be a few business cards of Hollywood directors, and he will contact him to try it when the time comes, to see if there is a chance for his father to go to the screen addiction.