After the film producer was done, John had to deal with the actor auditions.

Although "Forrest Gump" will not start filming until May next year, he must set the important actors now, because the actors need time to study the script and figure out the roles they play, so that they can bring out the best in the filming.

The audition was arranged by Nancy at Crown Studios, so early in the morning, John, Sophia and Nancy, together with the lawyers of the law firm, waited at Crown Studios for the audition to begin.

The first to come to Crown Studios was not an actor, but Francis Ford Coppola, who, as the executive producer of "Forrest Gump", naturally had to participate in the actor audition.

And the second person to appear at Crown Studios is Martin Scorsese, whose status in Hollywood is similar to that of Francis Ford Coppola, who is one of the top four directors of the 80s. And the reason why he appeared in Crown Studio was because he was invited by Katharine Hepburn to be the assistant director of "Forrest Gump" to escort John.

"Hello, Director Scorsese!" John smiled and reached out to shake the bull's hand. The existence that he needed to look up to in his previous life, because of a rebirth, he had an intersection with this palace-level director.

"Hello, Director Chris Deng, from today onwards, I will be a soldier under the command, and I will ask you for more advice in the future!" Martin Scorsese said jokingly, holding John's hand.

He has seen "Stealing Love", although it is not the genre he likes, but it is already very remarkable to be able to make such a movie at the age of 21, he thinks that he can't make such a movie when he is 21 years old, and his first movie "Who is Knocking on My Door" was shot at the age of 25.

"Director Scorsese, don't make fun of me, and I'm pointing out that you teach me more while you're filming. "John doesn't dare to be arrogant, Martin Scorsese is a palace-level director, and his experience is very worth learning, which is not something that can be learned in school books.

"Don't dare to advise, let's discuss with each other!" Martin Scorsese replied with a smile, and then looked at Francis Ford Coppo stretching out his hand. "Director Coppola, I didn't expect us to work together, it's a real pleasure!"

"Yes, it's just that you're on the front lines, and I'm in charge of logistics. Francis Ford Coppola shook Martin Scorsese's hand. Although the two have not worked together much, they are both contemporary Hollywood palace actors, so they are very familiar with each other.

Just as the two top directors were talking to each other, a third person walked into the Crown Studios, this person was still not an actor, but Joanna of New Line Films, and the reason why she appeared in Crown Studios was because as the distributor of New Line Films, they also had to participate in the audition of actors.

After all, as a distributor, their interests are linked to the film, and the importance of actors in a movie is self-evident, so they naturally want to participate.

In Hollywood, casting is generally done by three parties, the investor, the producer, and the distributor, and the reason why it is set up in this way is to prevent some people from participating in private interests in the casting, which will affect everyone's interests.

So there are very few unspoken rules in Hollywood, and they are not everywhere as outsiders say, and every female star is on the top by unspoken rules.

In Hollywood, a movie role needs to be unanimously approved by three parties before an actor can get the role, and if one of them questions it, the actor will pass by the role.

Especially for a movie with an investment of tens of millions to hundreds of millions, if you want to rely on unspoken rules to get to the top, it is a pipe dream, whether it is an investor or a distributor, they will never take hundreds of millions of benefits to sleep with a certain female star, to put it mildly, which female star can be worth so much money, and it will cost hundreds of billions of dollars when she goes to bed and takes off her clothes, and her thing is made of diamonds.

Tens of millions of dollars are obtained in a high-class party hall, I don't know how many women can be found, and they spend it on one woman, and they still have to take a huge risk?

As for the director of the producer, the more famous and statused he is, the less likely he will go to the unspoken actresses, because they are afraid of getting dirty with the feathers on their bodies, although the director relies on his works to speak, but investors will not find discredited people to make movies for their own interests.

But it is impossible to say that there are absolutely no unspoken rules in Hollywood, and in some small-budget independent films, due to the small investment, the small number of people involved, and the lack of mutual checks and balances, this kind of thing will occur.

Of course, this is also a very small number, because not every small-budget independent film can enter the theater, and the movie that cannot be shown in the theater is worthless to the actors, and female stars will naturally not take off their clothes for this kind of movie.

There is also an unspoken rule that can appear, that is, a big boss like John, who combines investment and production, and can also handle the publisher. This kind of person wants to be the heroine, and it can basically be decided. But such people rarely go to the unspoken rules of a female star, firstly, they will not joke with their own money, and secondly, they will not lack women, of course, John is an exception.

Therefore, there are few unspoken rules in Hollywood, not because everyone is morally noble, but because of the system, interests, and feathers on the body.

"Joanna, long time no see, I heard you've been promoted, congratulations!" John shook Joanna's hand. Joanna was a small buyer at the Sundance Film Festival last year, but now she has become a manager in charge of buying films because "Stealing Love" is a global hit and earns a lot of dollars for the new line.

"Thank you!" Joanna smiled. "It's all about "Stealing Love", otherwise it may take a few years for me to do this position. ”

"No, no, no!" John shook his hand. "It's you who have the vision. ”

Joanna smiled. John's words are not wrong, when everyone was afraid of offending CAA, she took the initiative and got "Stealing Love" in her hands, this kind of courage and vision is not available to everyone. Of course, she also knows that if "Stealing Love" fails, what awaits her will be to roll up and leave.

After John and Joanna greeted each other, John pointed to Francis Ford Coppola beside him and introduced: "Joanna! Director Coppola you should know! He will be the executive producer of Forrest Gump. ”

After John finished speaking, he pointed to Martin Scorsese on the other side and said: "You should also be familiar with Director Scorsese, he will be the assistant director of "Forrest Gump"!"

"Hello! Director Coppola!"

Hello, Director Scorsese!"

When Joanna heard John's words, she greeted the two directors warmly, and was secretly surprised in her heart, she didn't expect that "Forrest Gump" actually invited two top directors to participate, which is rare in Hollywood, so she doesn't have to worry about the quality of the movie, let alone the sniping of Michael Ovitz of CAA.

You must know that whether it is Martin Scorsese or Francis Ford Coppola, the box office appeal of the two of them is not bad at all, not to mention that the two are now one, this power is not a math problem where one plus one equals two.

If Michael Ovitz wants to snipe or wants to share the stage with Forrest Gump, he doesn't have to worry unless he goes to a palace-like director like Spielberg, James Cameron or George Lucas.