"Now it's all over, it's going to be that homeless guy who will take it, he'll fly to Florida or Hawaii, or Canada, Panama, Bermuda, and be at ease. ”

"Where's Lonnie?"

"He's going to kill me, Lola. ”

"You have to tell him. ”

"Come on, he won't believe a word. ”

"Why?"

"One time I stole a box of cigarettes and he found out right away. He didn't believe anyone, and this deal was a test to see if I could be trusted. ”

"How much money is in the bag?"

"$100,000. ”

"What!"

"$100,000 for one test. ”

"Oh,. ”

Inside the audition room. Simon listened carefully to Sandra and Keanu Reeves in front of him auditioning for this dialogue, and made a stop gesture: "Okay, that's it." ”

Both stopped.

Simon waited for Keanu Reeves to regain his footing and said, "So, Keanu, can you tell me why you are interested in this movie?"

"I think it's a very special movie," Keanu Reeves looked up slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "A special model, a special story, if you can participate, I believe it will be a very special experience." ”

Simon smiled and said, "Then, you also have to understand that this is an absolute heroine movie, and it will not have much effect on your career." ”

Keanu Reeves also smiled, saying, "I'd like to try something interesting more than my career." ”

"Okay," Simon nodded, "Last question, the male protagonist's hair must not be longer than the female protagonist, so, if you want to participate in this movie, you need to cut off your hair, is there a problem?"

Keanu Reeves shook his head: "No problem. ”

Simon was satisfied, "Well, thank you for being able to come over today, Keanu, and we'll let you know the results as soon as possible." ”

When Keanu Reeves left, Sandra said, "Simon, you seem to be interested in this actor." ”

Simon looked at Sandra and asked with a smile, "Don't you know Keanu? ”

Sandra rolled her eyes slightly: "WMA has more than 3,000 customers, how can I know them all." ”

Simon nodded abruptly.

In my memory, Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves have been good friends since they worked together in "Life and Death", but I didn't expect the two to be strangers now. However, now that I think about it, it is no coincidence that the two can cooperate, they both belong to the WMA. In 1994, the project packaging model should have been the mainstream operation mode of several major Hollywood agencies.

Thinking so, Simon looked at Ron Macmillan on the other side: "Ron, what do you think of him?"

"Well," Ron Macmillan smiled, "Simon, it's up to you to judge this time." ”

Simon sensed that Ron Macmillan's expression was a little strange, and said, "What's wrong?"

Ron Macmillan shrugged his shoulders and didn't hide it, saying, "I happen to know Keanu's stepfather, Paul Aaron, who just called me this morning. ”

Simon was a little confused: "Paul Aaron?"

Ron Macmillan explains: "He's a director, but for the most part he's been making TV movies for a couple of major TV stations, and we've worked together a few times, so we're pretty familiar with each other. ”

All right.

Simon complained slightly.

Isn't it said that Keanu Reeves almost starved to death when he was a child, and he almost starved to death when he was alone in Hollywood?

How did it become the second generation of Hollywood in the blink of an eye.

Shaking his head slightly, Simon put aside these nonsense thoughts, and just relied on Keanu Reeves' performance just now to evaluate him,

Keanu Reeves is just 22 years old this year, although he has stubble just now, he can't hide his youth, and the whole person is far from the gloomy and cold temperament that he has many years later.

In fact, Keanu Reeves participated in the first Hollywood movie "Riverside" in the original time and space, and the character he played was a troubled teenager. In the years that followed, Keanu Reeves also tried his hand at comedy.

It wasn't until after "The Matrix" that Keanu Reeves's screen image was gradually stereotyped, and it was difficult to get rid of Neo's trench coat and black mirror savior.

After thinking about it for a moment, Simon quickly made up his mind.

After flipping through the remaining materials, there were still four copies left, Simon didn't stop directly, and motioned for the staff to call the next auditioner to come in.

The day after the audition, the crew of "Lola Run" officially confirmed Keanu Reeves as the leading actor.

As a rookie who has just entered Hollywood, although he has some experience in participating in TV series, the crew still does not pay Keanu Reeves much, only $2,000.

In addition to the male lead, in the following days, other roles in "Lola Run" were also quickly finalized.

On the other hand, "Butterfly Effect" also completed the casting and preliminary preparation for the supporting role, during which Simon also attended several auditions for the film and provided some suggestions for the selection of roles.

At the end of September, under a contract with Fox, Simon was also in retreat again to begin final revisions to the script for The Butterfly Effect.

In comparison, "Lola Run" does not have such a rigorous production process.

However, there is really no comparison between a low-cost production with an investment of $650,000 and a big production with an investment of $10 million.

Peter Sanders, Fox's vice president in charge of "The Butterfly Effect", even made a point of expressing his dissatisfaction with Simon's "not doing his job" when he learned that Simon was the screenwriter of "The Butterfly Effect" and was also juggling "Lola Run".

David Giller and Brian de Palma both offered Peter Saunders as a statue, and Simon didn't pay much attention to each other.

September 26th.

Friday.

Today was the last day of script revision, and Simon rushed to Fox Studios early in the morning to hold a full day of meetings with the main creators such as David Giller and Brian De Palma.

It wasn't until he got off work that Simon drove home from work in a black Chevrolet SUV.

This is a car that Simon has just recently bought, and compared to the boxy 'Santana' shape of sedans in this era, the same angular SUV barely fits Simon's aesthetics, and the price is not too expensive. Including various taxes and handling fees, it is only a little more than 32,000 US dollars.

Simon can't afford the money now, so he installs it over a three-year period and only needs to pay less than $1,000 a month on the mortgage.

As soon as he returned to his residence in Montana, Simon received a call from Janet, who directly said that they would have dinner together in the evening, Simon was in for a treat, she had already booked a restaurant, and a little reluctantly said that Catherine would come with her.