Back in Los Angeles, John spent the night resting at Purple Star Manor, and the next day set up a car and went to Crown Studios.

Since the affairs of "Stealing Love" have ended, and the new film "Forrest Gump" will not start until May next year, there is no one else in the Crown Studio at this time except John.

Walking into the office, John made himself a glass of Blue Mountain, and then called Nancy to rush to Crown Studios.

It didn't take long for Nancy to step on the sky-high and come to Crown Studios. "John, aren't you on vacation? Why are you back in Los Angeles all of a sudden?"

"The vacation is over! John replied to Nancy, then stood up and walked over to the coffee machine, where he poured Nancy a cup of Blue Mountain.

"Didn't you say it wouldn't start until next year?" asked Nancy, puzzled.

John handed the coffee to Nancy and said, "It's not in advance, the start time is still next year, but the actors need to be set in advance, so as not to be poached by other crews." ”

Nancy nodded after taking a shallow taste of the Blue Mountain, as an agent, she naturally knows that a good actor is very busy. "John, then which actors are you going to find to star in Forrest Gump, you give me the list, and I will give them an audition invitation. ”

Regarding who to let star in "Forrest Gump", John has already figured it out in his heart. "I'm going to use Tom Hanks for the male lead. ”

"Tom Hanks" Nancy frowned when she heard John's words, "John! Tom Hanks is really good, although he was nominated for the 1988 Oscar for Best Actor, but his box office appeal is not great."

You must know that "Forrest Gump" is a movie with an investment of more than $55 million, so I suggest that you invite a star with a lot of box office appeal, such as Tom Cruise, who not only won the Oscar nomination for Best Actor last year, but also has a greater box office appeal than Tom Hanks, so that the box office of "Forrest Gump" is also more guaranteed. ”

"Nancy! The box office of the movie is important, but "Forrest Gump" is ready to be used for the Oscars. So I had to find a suitable actor to play the male lead. Although Tom Cruise has a lot of box office appeal, he has a shrewd look and is not suitable for playing an imbecile. ”

Brother Tom's box office appeal John never doubted that as long as his face was not ruined, even if he played a dumb man in the play, he could attract a large number of female fans. But it is obviously difficult for him to play an imbecile, not to mention that Tom's acting skills are not as good as Tom Hanks.

"Okay!" Although Nancy didn't think that John would win the Oscar and might not even get a nomination, she still kept her mouth shut decisively, so as not to affect John's final decision and become a backstabber when the time comes.

"Who are you going to use for that heroine?" asked Nancy, looking at John after writing Tom Hanks' name in her notebook.

"Heroine, I'm going to use Winona Ryder. ”

In the previous life, the heroine of "Forrest Gump" was Robin White, and in this life John is ready to use Winona Ryder.

Winona Ryder was absolutely top-notch in both acting and appearance when she was young, and in the early 90s, she was recognized as the most promising actress among Hollywood actresses. But it's a pity that he was ruined by the "captain" for half his life, and he didn't wake up until he was over forty, but the road to comeback was not smooth.

"What about the main supporting role?" Nancy also thinks Winona Ryder is very good, she wants to be good-looking, and she wants to have acting skills, so she didn't put forward any other opinions.

"I'm going to have Nicolas Cage play Captain Deng Taylor in the play. ”

The role of John Deng Taylor is also ready to be replaced, Nicolas Cage's acting skills are much better than Gary Sinis, and the most important thing is that Nicolas Cage's salary is not high now. Spending $3 million to hire an actor to play a supporting role is a very cost-effective one for John.

"John, I think you need to choose a backup actor for Captain Deng Taylor, Nicolas Cage is Francis Ford Coppola's nephew, are you sure that someone as arrogant as he would play a small supporting role?" Nancy didn't think Nicolas Cage would be willing to be a green leaf to foil others.

"It's okay! Let's decide him for the time being, if he doesn't want to change people at that time, there are many candidates for supporting roles. "If Nicolas Cage doesn't want to, then John will find Gary Sinis, anyway, Gary Sinis is a small actor, and there is no intensive film contract.

"Alright!" Nancy nodded. "What about the other supporting characters?"

"I'm going to have Will Smith play Bubba Blue. ”

Nancy's brow furrowed again at John's words. "John, this Will Smith is a rapper, not a professional actor, are you sure he can do the role?"

"Who said that rappers can't be actors, not to mention that the role of Bubba Blue doesn't have a few scenes at all, and Will Smith will definitely be able to do it. Besides, Will Smith has just won the Grammy Award for Best Rapper, and his popularity is very popular, and with him joining "Forrest Gump", a large number of fans will enter the theater, which is good for the box office of the movie. ”

If Will Smith can't act, then few people in Hollywood can. There are many black actors in Hollywood, but the audience only remembers a few faces, one is Morgan Freeman, and the other is Denzel Brown. HSD, and one more is Will Smith.

"Okay!" Hearing John's explanation, Nancy reluctantly wrote Will Smith's name in her notebook. In her opinion, John is simply crazy to use a rapper to star in a movie that rushes for the Oscars. "Don't tell me that there is a host in the supporting role. ”

"This one doesn't. John replied solemnly.

"Whew...... Then I'm relieved. Nancy sighed. "Forrest Gump's mother is also an important supporting role, who are you going to use?"

The actress who played Forrest Gump's mother, John is also ready to be replaced. "The actress who plays Forrest Gump's mother doesn't need you to make an audition invitation, this person needs me to invite in person. ”

When Nancy heard John's words, she suddenly looked sideways and became even more curious. "Who is this actress? I actually want the great director John Chris Deng to invite it personally, it seems that the coffee seat is very big!

John nodded. "Congratulations, you got it right. As for who it is, this is kept secret for the time being. ”

"John! Period... Person.... Nancy looked at John protestingly, biting the word agent hard.

"Okay! I'll reveal a little bit! Whether you can guess or not depends on your ability. John hurried to reassure him. "This person is an English actress who lives in Switzerland. ”

"British actresses, settled in Switzerland?" Nancy instantly turned on her brain, searching for some British actresses who had settled in Switzerland.

Thinking about it, Nancy's eyes widened and widened, and finally she looked at John with an incredulous expression. "John, are you trying to invite ......?"

John nodded. "Yes, the one you have in mind. John gave Nancy a hint that if Nancy didn't guess, then she wouldn't have to be an agent.

"Oh...... Oh my God!" Nancy exclaimed. "John, you're daydreaming, it's impossible to ask her to participate in Forrest Gump, she's been out of the picture for many years. ”

"Didn't she make a movie the year before?" replied John.

"Yes! She made a movie the year before last, but the director of the movie was called Si... Skin... You... Uncle... Case. Nancy deliberately bites Spielberg's name hard. And the reason why Spielberg was able to invite her was because of the friendship between the two for many years. ”

"Nancy, there are no absolutes, as long as I ask her, she will definitely agree. John said confidently.

Nancy looked at John's confident expression and asked with some confusion. "John, are you related to her?"

John shook his head. "It's not. ”

"Then you're still so sure, I really don't know where you got your confidence. Nancy looked at John speechlessly. A rookie director actually wants to invite a national treasure-level actor to play a supporting role, isn't this a pipe dream and whimsical?