Walking into the room, I hurriedly looked around, this is a special audition room.

On the left-hand side there is a whiteboard against the wall, in front of which there are two tables, in front of which Lucinda is standing and fiddling with a home-style hand-held camera, and on the right-hand side is a relatively spacious space with soft lights, reflective umbrellas, light shields and other equipment, and a large number of cables are piled up on the ground, which are not organized, and they are randomly staggered.

"Stand in front of the camera. Without looking back, Lucinda put the camera on the tripod, and after making sure it was set up, she pressed the record button, saw the red light come on, and staggered behind the desk, "Well, let's introduce myself." When he spoke, he still didn't look at Lan Li, he was completely talking in the back of his head.

Stand in front of the camera, briefly introduce yourself, and then dedicate a performance that you have prepared, or the interviewer can pass a page of script, read the lines on the fly, and prepare for the performance on an improvised basis, the whole process takes about three to five minutes. The casting directors record all the performances on camera, mark the resumes, and after the auditions, select the actors who are impressive or worthy of training, and watch the footage a second time to select the right actors.

This is the usual mainstream audition method in Hollywood, and more than 80% of film productions are selected in this way.

In fact, the previous "Pacific War" was also selected in this way, but at the beginning, hundreds of actors needed to be selected for the series, and thousands of actors participated in the audition, so they directly skipped the video link and chose the spacious space of the theater, relying on the impression of the live audition to complete the selection, which is more cruel but also more efficient. After all, there is a difference between TV and movies.

Lan Li only felt a burst of novelty, so far, he had never participated in such an audition, only seen it in the movie. I actually had the opportunity to experience it today, which made Lan Li a little eager to try. At the beginning, the "Pacific War" paid more attention to stage performance and explosiveness, but today it pays more attention to the sense of camera, and there must be a difference in performance.

Holding back her excitement, Lan Li stood in front of the camera, straightened her posture, raised her head and chest, and smiled. He didn't rush to speak directly, but waited for Lucinda to sit down before introducing himself, "Ranley Hall, twenty-one, came to audition for William Cage. Can I start performing?"

Regarding auditions, he used to ask for advice when Lan Li and Chris Hemsworth were roommates. Generally speaking, for auditions like this, the casting director looks at hundreds or thousands of actors a day, and many of them are familiar faces, so they don't have time for greetings, they like to cut straight to the point, and if they are interested, they will naturally ask for more.

That's what Lan Li is doing now.

But Lucinda raised her right hand and stopped Lan Li, "Don't worry. Then he narrowed his eyes, looked at Lan Li carefully, and asked aloud, "British?"

Déjà vu, the first question at the audition for the "Pacific War" was also this. The curvature of Lan Li's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, "Yes." After a pause, seeing a hesitant look in Lucinda's eyes, he added, "The script is about an alien war, and the battlefield is set in Europe. So I guess the nationality and accent of the officer are not so important. That's why he didn't change his accent, "Or does the crew want to use an American hero?"

In the previous life, the character of William Cage was clearly American, and he was sent to England to help fight aliens, but after reading the script carefully, Lan Li realized that in the original script, there was no mention of nationality at all. Obviously, this is Tom Cruise taking over and making changes to the script.

In fact, the original work was written by a Japanese, and the male protagonist is naturally Japanese. Just like the later live-action version of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie, after the Hollywood adaptation, it was naturally changed to American.

But these two works are still different, the story content of the "Ghost in the Shell" movie still takes place in Japan, and the entire story structure, theme idea, and core content are closely related to Eastern culture, and suddenly the characters change from Asian faces to white people, and the overall style has become different.

"Edge of Tomorrow" is different, the screenwriter's changes directly transplant the whole story to the world context, no longer the Japanese against aliens, but the whole world against aliens, and the main battlefield has also shifted to Paris. The most important thing is that the core idea of the story is not directly related to Eastern culture, and is closer to the game mode of fighting monsters and upgrading, so the overall style is very harmonious.

It is precisely because of this that in the first version of the script, more emphasis was placed on the science fiction worldview, and William Cage's nationality and accent were not mandatory, or even mentioned.

For Lan Li, the experience and growth of the character of William Cage has no direct connection with nationality, and "Edge of Tomorrow" is originally a commercial movie, so he did not adjust his accent in further detail.

In the face of Lan Li's response, Lucinda chuckled, revealing a mouthful of crooked teeth, but instead of responding to Lan Li's response, she said directly, "You can start performing." "Quietly, the initiative is in your hands.

Lan Li didn't mind, but adjusted his standing posture, his whole body was straight, his shoulders were open, his back was straight, and his legs showed a slight resting shape and stood up straight, that chic and tough posture was like a soldier who had been trained for many years.

A playful smile appeared in Lucinda's eyes, and she could clearly see that Lan Li had made adjustments for the performance, even though he was only wearing a smoky gray shirt with jeans and skateboard shoes today, the temperament and posture of a soldier still revealed, looking like a soldier on vacation in Paris during World War II. This is not unusual, Lan Li starred in the "Pacific War", which is his famous work, but it is interesting that Lan Li performed next.

Although his posture was upright, Lan Li's chin was retracted, and there was panic and worry between his handsome eyebrows, and he tried his best to hide it, but it had little effect, and when he spoke, his deep voice was trembling slightly, pretending to be calm but his bravado was fierce, which could be seen, "General, I have already encouraged millions of people to join your army, and when the body bag is brought back to China, there will definitely be someone who will carry the black cauldron, do you think that I have to convince people that all this is your fault, how difficult should it be?"

The slow sentence, word by word, but the rhythm was a little chaotic, uneven in speed and slowness, despite this, the power was still strong, and then I saw that the eyes became firm and resolute, and in an instant, the decisive momentum of the killing and decisive words came out in one breath, "I think, the general doesn't want to do this, right?"

Thirty seconds, just thirty seconds of performance, retracting and releasing freely, bursting out instantly, returning to position in an instant, the kind of panic to the extreme, grasping the life-saving straw and desperate, uncompromising means, is vividly displayed. However, it is not cunning or insidious, it is more like a survival instinct/resistance to energy.

Lucinda found it a little funny, is the effect of the performance, or is it the credit of Lan Li's skin, but whatever the reason, it is a necessary quality for a superhero on the big screen. But what really impressed Lucinda was not the audition itself.

Lucinda is French, began casting director work in 1997, and has been active in Europe before, Luc-Besson (Luc-Besson), Guy Ritchie (Guy-Ritchie (Guy-Ritchie) and other directors are long-term partners; after landing in Hollywood, with excellent ability, and a wide network of contacts in Europe, he has become the casting director of countless blockbusters, "Troy", "Alexander the Great", "Batman Prequel" series, "X-Men" series and so on.

Lucinda is not affiliated with any company, but in the past two years, she has worked with Warner Bros. more frequently, and recently she is also casting for another Warner Bros. work, "Cloud Atlas", this work Wachowski (Achoski) is in charge of the director, Warner Bros. is quite optimistic about these two directors who shot "The Matrix", and approved a budget of 100 million with a wave of his hand.

In the midst of the busyness, the production department called last night and handed her the casting task of "Edge of Tomorrow", and she naturally refused, the "Cloud Atlas" crew needed at least 230 actors with lines, and it was impossible to complete it in a short time, where would she have time to take care of another work? But Tim Lewis personally came to her door and persuaded her to join in good faith.

Lucinda hadn't even had time to get the script for Edge of Tomorrow, she just listened to Tim tell a synopsis of the story, and then rushed to the shelves early this morning. Lu Sinda didn't have any idea about Lan Li's performance just now, she didn't know at all, it was a scene in the script, and she didn't know why Lan Li performed like this.

But, to Lucinda's surprise, Lan Li's posture was displayed.

First there was an Oscar nomination, and then there was a North American 300 million work, not to mention the friendliness shown by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, from any point of view, Lan Li can now be regarded as a second-tier actor, and it can even be said that he has touched the edge of the first line, and it is the stage of hot and rising. Especially in recent times, the news of the "Fast and Thrill/Emotional" side story and the sequel has been boiling and has attracted much attention.

But Lan Li never showed any pride in the audition just now, not to mention pride, not even the actor's shelf, the positivity and excitement shown on his body are the attitude of loving acting, the focus and dedication shown in the performance, and the posture of a professional actor.

In a trance, stripped of all the additional aura, Lucinda saw only one actor, a conscientious actor. This attitude alone was enough to make Lucinda look sideways.