Nina-Gold stoodled to her feet, light and light in her movements, to avoid making noise and disrupting the silence in the theater. She didn't want to get up if it wasn't necessary, and as the casting director of Les Miserables, she didn't want to leave the table at will, but her stomach was really uncomfortable, and she needed to go to the bathroom to solve it.

Leaving her seat, Nina walked briskly towards the restroom on her right. Although today's audition was held in the theater and the process followed the audition pattern of the play, the lights in the theater were not all turned off, and the actors sitting in the back half of the seats on the first floor could still be clearly seen, all quietly waiting for the next audition.

Nina's eyes casually scanned the past, without any pause, straight towards the destination, but the next second, the hurried footsteps suddenly stopped, the deep red carpet absorbed the trivial noisy sound, Nina turned her head again, looked in the direction she had just remembered, and then saw an unexpected and familiar face in the crowd.

"Lan Li?"

A cry of surprise blurted out, barely able to hide Nina's inner shock.

Nina was surprised, not Lan Li itself, but Lan Li appeared in such a calm and low-key way. Among the London auditions for "Les Miserables", the most notable of the alternates was undoubtedly Lance Hall.

In the past two years, he has continued to shine in North America, and this new generation of actor can be said to have attracted much attention, with his strength and formidable appearance, artistic skills and box office appeal, and what is even more commendable is that he has always been down-to-earth, not arrogant or impatient, and has maintained a pure heart to polish his acting skills, which is admirable.

This time, the audition to challenge "Les Miserables" and return to the basics of drama has undoubtedly attracted a lot of attention.

Even the crew of "Les Miserables" is no exception, curious, picky, and expectant, and Nina is one of them. What Nina is most concerned about is, what is the absolute strength of this rookie actor from the legendary Orthodox Academy?

The stage is not a movie, there is no filtering bonus of the lens, there is no editing control of the director, and there is no repeated pondering on the set, the basic skills and absolute strength of the actors will be fully revealed on the stage. So, the tide of praise in the past two years, is it real material, or embroidered pillows?

Almost everyone is looking forward to the answer to the question.

However, before this morning's audition, Lan Li and the "Edge of Tomorrow" crew were in full swing in Trafalgar Square, so Lan Li could only attend the afternoon audition, and may even be slightly delayed than expected due to the filming schedule of the film. Andy communicated in detail with the crew of "Les Miserables" early on and reached an understanding.

Nina originally thought that when Lan Li appeared, she would be hugging and lively. When auditioning in New York before, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and others were like this, and even the main creative staff of the crew would circle around Lan Li. However, Lan Li appeared quietly, without movement, without sound, without cheering, and even without being late, he appeared in the theater exactly according to the scheduled time, and then sat in the audience as an ordinary actor, patiently waiting with the other actors.

If it weren't for Nina's unexpected need to go to the bathroom, then no one would have noticed Lan Li's presence. This...... It was so unexpected that Nina lost her temper.

After blurting out in a gaffe, Nina also realized her mistake and turned back to the direction of the stage to say hello, "Sorry, my fault." You go on. Turning his head, he looked at Lan Li in front of him again, and his amazement couldn't help but surge - down-to-earth. This is the only thought in Nina's mind now, the blue gift that has been sought after by countless media and loved by countless fans is so low-key and so young!

Suddenly, a smile rose on his face.

There wasn't much noise in the theater, just a momentary pause, but for Eddie on stage, it was really uncomfortable.

Ready, ready to go, abrupt interruption, trance. In an instant, a breath was stuck in my chest, I couldn't spit it out, but I couldn't swallow it, and the nervous emotions suddenly surged, so that the muscles involuntarily began to stiffen, and the performance state was stuck in a strange place.

Eddie sat on the chair, brewing emotions, but could not find a landing spot, irritable and panicked, quickly turned his head, and then found that the crew members sitting in the front row area all shifted their eyes, turned their heads in different postures, and looked towards the rear, like a spotlight during the performance, without warning from the stage to the audience, brushing the ground, and the eyes of the audience followed and shifted.

But for Eddie, who was standing in the center of the stage, it was a disaster: before the show even began, all the attention was lost.

Damn it! Grandstander!

Lanli-Hall, Lanli-Hall, Lanli-Hall. It's Lanley Hall again.

is also in the circle of high society, even if there is no intersection in the circle of life, but also from Eton College, the same Cambridge University, and even the same in the West End of London, occasionally heard a lot, the name "Lanley-Hall" is not unfamiliar to Eddie.

But all the while, Eddie has no emotion for the name, no joy or sorrow, no dislike or hate. During the West End, the two people entered the industry at different times, participated in different plays, and never met, so to speak, there was no intersection between them, and naturally there was no feeling.

Even if both of them are actors in the same way, in London, there are not many people like Eddie who are from an elite class and gradually break down barriers and become actors, but Lan Li's "aristocratic" status is a little special. Both parties are just strangers to each other.

That changed three years ago. First "buried alive", then "love is crazy", and then "fast and exciting/emotional 5", the name Lanley-Hall gradually spread back to London, causing ripples in the theater circle, especially last summer, setting off stormy waves, and it can even be said that everyone is looking forward to it.

Everyone is discussing Lan Li, and everyone is paying attention to Lan Li. It seems that overnight, Lan Li has become a "representative of a certain class of actors", which is simply ridiculous. Not having enough time in the West End, not having enough experience in the basic skills of drama, and not even acting in a formal West End play, and then plunging into Hollywood?

You see, after Keira Knightley became famous with "Pirates of the Caribbean", the first thing she did was to return to the West End of London, return to the stage, and polish her acting skills down-to-earth. And Lan Li is just a clown who has lost his traditions, his dignity, his pride, and he equates the actor with the actor.

Eddie doesn't talk about people behind his back, but he does point fingers behind his back.

With the same upper-class background, the same educational background, the same hard work in Hollywood, and the same young actor born in the same generation, in the sight of coming and going, more or less, still put Eddie and Lan Li on a par, and some people even rudely asked Eddie in person, "How do you feel about seeing Lan Li achieve such success?" This annoyed Eddie.

Eddie doesn't like Lan Li. It's not because the two of them have any personal feuds, it's just that they don't like this kind of idol actor who has not been polished and tempered - the entire London academy actors don't like it, and those old pedants don't like it even more; just don't like his efforts and hard work are ignored and simply and rudely put together on a par - every down-to-earth actor who breaks through the sky with his strength will not like it.

However, he has his pride and will never speak ill of others behind his back, even if it is an irrelevant stranger. But today, it's Lan Li again. His audition hadn't even started yet, and he was actually interrupted by Lan Li?

The anger was so sudden, burning so intensely that his muscles tensed uncontrollably, but Eddie knew he couldn't be distracted and the audition had to go on. It's a time of severe testing, but also a time to prove his strength, in the theater, anything can happen, and he shouldn't lose his sense of proportion at the slightest noise.

But, a "blue gift", this is not just noise.

Taking a deep breath, exhaling deeply and exhaling long, Eddie's years of experience on stage allowed Eddie to quickly calm down and re-enter the groove, then raised his eyes and focused on the stage, looking at the lights around him with the rest of his eyes, waiting for the audition to start. But apparently, the situation at the theater scene is still a bit chaotic.

The crew members sitting in the front area reluctantly turned their heads to look at the rear, as if Lan Li had three heads and six arms - under the continuous praise bombardment of the media, maybe Lan Li did have three heads and six arms;

Not loud noises, but the sound of muffled fragments of syllables coming together, as is always the case before the official performance of the theater begins. For London's West End actors, Cameron is both a legend and a superstar, and it's hard to hide their excitement.

Even if Cameron didn't make a sound, even if there was no noise on the scene, the spotlight still hung over the stage, but the attention was quietly and irresistibly shifting.

Eddie couldn't help but clench his fists, clenched again, and his bald nails actually sank deep into his palms, faintly painful.