After Winona Ryder's affair was settled, the next one to come to the audition room was Nicolas Cage.

For the actor Nicolas Cage, John has some admiration and some speechlessness.

What I admire is that this guy doesn't rely on the influence of the Coppola family, he chooses to change his name and surname to work hard, and he is speechless that this guy can make money so much, and he can actually bankrupt himself, and finally took on a lot of bad movies in order to pay off his debts, and he turned the Oscar winner into box office poison.

This is a bit similar to Liu Tianwang on Hong Kong Island in China, John feels that he can introduce the two to each other when he has the opportunity to meet in the future, and the two can definitely become good friends.

"Should I call you Mr. Cage, or Mr. Coppola?" John said, looking at Nicolas Cage.

"Director Chris Deng, you might as well call me Cage!" Nicholas Cage smiled. Before he came to Studio Crown, Francis Ford Coppola specially greeted him and told him not to play big in front of John.

"Alright, then I'll call you Cage!" John smiled. "Let's audition first! You read the script first, and in half an hour, I'll let Sophia play against you. ”

"No problem!" Nicolas Cage nodded, taking the script from Sophia's hand and reading it.

The plot of the audition is a clip of Lieutenant Deng Taylor pulling Forrest Gump out of bed late one night when he is in the hospital.

This scene is one of the key scenes in the role of Lieutenant Deng Taylor, so Nicolas Cage focused on studying the script when he took the script from Francis Ford Coppola. And now let him use this scene to try out, which is completely fine for him.

Half an hour later, Nicolas Cage looked up at John. "Director Chris Deng! ”

John nodded to Sophia, and Sophia then walked up to Nicolas Cage and began to prepare for the play, and ten minutes later, when the two finished preparing for the play, John watched the two and shouted.

“action！”

As John's voice fell, Lieutenant Deng Taylor, played by Nicolas Cage, pressed Forrest Gump, played by Sophia, tightly to the ground. And while sealing Forrest Gump's collar, he said angrily: "Now, listen to me." We all have our own fates, nothing is accidental, it always has a reason, I should die there with my soldiers, but now I'm just a crippled, legless monster. ”

Lieutenant Deng Taylor said excitedly lifting Forrest Gump's head to look at his sawed legs. "Look, look at me...... Do you know what it's like to have no legs?"

"Yes, sir! Forrest Gump replied with wide eyes.

Lieutenant Deng Taylor heard Forrest Gump's words and immediately pressed Forrest Gump again. "Did you hear what I said, you hurt my ......!" cried Lieutenant Deng Taylor with a roar. "I have my own destiny, I should have died on the battlefield with honor, that is my destiny, and you let me not get it. ”

Lieutenant Deng Taylor said as he lay on Forrest Gump's chest and burst into tears. "Do you understand what I'm saying, Forrest Gump? It shouldn't be like this, I shouldn't be like this! I have my own destiny, I used to be ...... Lieutenant...... , Lieutenant Deng Taylor!"

"You're still Lieutenant Deng," Forrest Gump replied.

"Hehe......" Deng Taylor laughed at himself twice when he heard Forrest Gump's words. "Look at me! What else can I do now?...... What else can I do now?"

“cut！”

John shouted a stop and applauded, Nicolas Cage's acting skills are really amazing, especially the last two sentences "What else can I do?" The first time was to ask Forrest Gump, and the second time was to ask himself. The same sentence is the same sentence, but it is two states of mind.

And Nicolas Cage can interpret these two states of mind between breathing, which is layered and vivid, and he is worthy of being an actor-level figure.

If it weren't for the fact that he took on a lot of bad movies because of bankruptcy in the future, with his acting skills and the Coppola family's relationship in Hollywood, he would definitely not have won fewer Oscars than Tom Hanks. But alas, there are no ifs in this world.

After the audition, Sophia got up from the ground, and her brows furrowed as she looked at the crying of Nicolas Cage on her chest.

"Cousin, why don't you try your hand at playing? Look at how you cried on my new shirt!" said Sophia, pointing to the place where Nicolas Cage was crying.

"Hey, hey!" Nicolas Cage smiled awkwardly, he had just entered the play too deep to control it. "Sophia, I'll take you shopping when you get off work, buy whatever you want!" Nicolas Cage waved his arrogant hand, he was in a good mood today.

"Forget it! I'll go change my clothes first!" Sophia pursed her lips! She knew that Nicolas Cage was spending money like water, and she was basically a moonlight clan, so she couldn't bear to blackmail her cousin.

After Sophia walked out of the audition room, John looked at Nicolas Cage and said, "Cage, since you are director Coppola's nephew, then I will tell you in advance that your audition was successful, and "Forrest Gump" will start filming in May next year, so remember to set aside time!"

The reason why John didn't ask the other three is because Nicolas Cage has just passed the acting skills, and secondly, because Nicolas Cage is Francis Ford Coppola's nephew, Martin Scorsese and Joanna will not offend Francis Ford Coppola for a role, so John didn't bother to ask.

And Nicolas Cage, who was on the side, looked sunny when he heard that he had passed the audition. "Thank you! I'll make sure to free up that time!"

John nodded. "As for the salary, my assistant Nancy will talk to you, and I will definitely not give you less!"

"No, no, no!" Nicolas Cage hurriedly waved his hand. I heard my uncle say that "Forrest Gump" is a public welfare movie, so I won't be paid for this movie, and I'm going to star in it with zero pay!"

"Zero pay?" John's brow furrowed. Nicolas Cage doesn't want money, which often means more things.

And after Nicolas Cage saw John frowning, he was afraid that John would misunderstand that he also wanted favors like his uncle, so he hurriedly explained: "Director Chris Deng! I have always been very interested in public welfare, and I also want to do my part to help others, so I am willing to star in "Forrest Gump" with zero pay, just to get the identity of a public welfare ambassador!"

"Oh......"

John nodded, it turned out that Nicolas Cage was targeting his ambassadorship for the public welfare foundation. Thinking of this, John turned his head to look at Francis Ford Coppola beside him, because this kind of idea can only be thought of by this scheming director.

Don't look at Nicolas Cage, although he lost tens of millions of salaries, as long as he became a public welfare ambassador, he would definitely earn it.

First, there is an unwritten rule in Hollywood, top stars must be top charity ambassadors, and if any top star has not participated in public welfare, it is a great shame.

Second, as long as Nicolas Cage becomes a public welfare ambassador, his positive image will be improved, and advertising invitations will increase, you must know that a star may need to prepare for a year to make a movie, and a star can shoot dozens of commercials a year, and the benefits are very different.

As long as Nicolas Cage becomes John's public welfare ambassador, he will be able to get closer to John.

So Francis Ford Coppola's approach to Nicolas Cage is absolutely cunning.

And John is not a person who will not take advantage of the loss. "Cage! If you can wait four years, I don't care! The ambassador of the Staples Sans Frontières Foundation has already been appointed Ms. Audrey Hepburn, and the ambassador of Volunteers Without Borders has also been appointed by Mr. Michael Jackson, so you can only wait until four years to be the ambassador of my charity foundation! And if you want to be an ambassador for my charity foundation, you have to come out of CAA, I don't want my charity foundation to be served by a CAA client, you know why. ”

Nicolas Cage nodded, he naturally knew about John and Michael Ovitz.

"So, Cage, if you want to be an ambassador, you have to wait four years, and then you have to come out of the CAA, and then you'd better go to ICM. It's up to you. John looked at Nicolas Cage.

Since Francis Ford Coppola wanted to benefit from him, he naturally had to make up for it.

As for poaching customers from CAA to ICM, this is John's favorite thing to do, and he can't wait to hollow out CAA.

When Nicolas Cage heard John's words, he glanced at Francis Ford Coppola and asked. After the other party nodded to him, he looked at John and said, "Director Chris Deng! ”

Nicolas Cage didn't understand why his uncle would let him do this, but he could be sure that his uncle wouldn't hurt him.

"Okay, Nancy will go negotiate a contract with you then!" John shook hands with Nicolas Cage.