Chapter 471: Don't take any role lightly
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Under the clear sky, the children's play area of the park resounded with bursts of laughter from adults and children, and energetic children ran around, playing slides and swings...... A plaid picnic mat was laid out on the verdant lawn, and Jessica sat down with Keke in her arms, looking at the blue sky and white clouds with a leisurely smile. Keke, who was sitting in her arms, held a rattle in her hand, shook it a few times from time to time, listening to the sound of "dong dong", she laughed happily, and made a plausible overlapping sound: "MMMA, MAMA!" ALTHOUGH SHE KNEW THAT THIS WAS NOT CALLING MOM, IT WAS JUST AN UNCONSCIOUS SOUND MADE BY THE BABY, BUT JESSICA WAS VERY HAPPY EVERY TIME SHE HEARD IT, AND TAUGHT HER DAUGHTER THE WORD FOR A WHILE, AND SHE TAUGHT AGAIN: "WILL YOU CALL DADA?"
"Oh...... Keke, however, babbled uncooperatively, her chubby little face smiled, and then laughed crisply: "Babble!
At the Santa Monica Flame Headquarters, the reception room outside the audition room was starry at this time, several sofas were full of beautiful and charming big stars, Natalie and Hathaway were laughing and talking about something, Scarlett who was texting next to her also joined the conversation, Knightley over there was flipping through a movie magazine, and Hewitt was quietly playing with the tablet...... In fact, they didn't have to come so early that they had to wait in line now, and the whole morning was audition time anyway, but they all arrived early, and it was not an ordinary audition.
Since the group of people who auditioned in the morning came before work hours, and they were all arrogant stars, the order of the auditions was arranged by the first letter of the surname, and the same letter was arranged by the first letter of the first letter, so as to eliminate all injustice.
Alexis Bledell was the first person to audition, she competed for the role of a psychiatrist, and she was also full of confidence when she went in before, she watched "Infernal Affairs", "Li Xin'er" is not difficult to play, just like Joshua said, it is just an ordinary woman who can calm and smile and talk.
At this time, the door of the audition room opened, everyone stopped, Huo Di looked over, and saw Alexis who came out with a calm face, and there was no joy in her eyebrows, on the contrary, it seemed to be a little depressed, they didn't have time to think about anything else, they only felt very confused, what's going on!?
Facing everyone's eyes, Alexis showed a helpless smile on her face, her performance was very poor, she was almost speechless when asked by Magic Young, and under the influence of her mood, she was distracted during the performance, looking at Natalie and Knightley, you knew that she had lost the opportunity to act.
"Ladies, Magical Jan says 'Don't take any role lightly' and good luck to you. Alexis smiled at the crowd and said a few goodbyes before leaving. She didn't have too many disappointments, and at the beginning, she couldn't resist Joshua's persuasion before joining the competition: "Let my stupid sister play that role, she can win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, what are you afraid of?"
"Don't take any character lightly!" Ali's messing made the relaxed atmosphere in the reception room sink immediately, Wang Yang's voice seemed to be circling in his ears, and the big stars frowned in confusion, what are you kidding!?
In front of everyone's eyes, Emily Blunt walked into the audition room, and the atmosphere became a little delicate, and it was naturally difficult to discuss this topic that everyone was most concerned about.
They don't have any contemptuous thoughts, but whether they are psychiatrists or "Liu Jianming's" girlfriends...... It's really just an ordinary woman, could it be that there are a lot of explosive scenes in the adapted script of Magic Young? But the main story and the number of scenes seem to decide whether it will be.
And Alexis Bledell screwed up, although she did not have a Golden Globe Award or Oscar nomination, her solid acting skills were widely praised, after "MIT-21-TEAM" shined, in addition to the continuing TV series "Gilmour Girl", there are also wonderful performances such as "Summer of Jeans" and "Sin City", and the independent film "I Am Red Fish" co-starred with Jay Baruchel will also participate in the New York Tribeca Film Festival in the near future;
Thinking of this, Natalie couldn't help frowning, she was still confident in her heart, but there was no trace of arrogance that could be caught by her hands, it was obvious that today's young directors are very strict, and it is not surprising to think about it, so many powerful women, who wins and who loses if they are not strict? This is more interesting, isn't it? She clenched her fists and shouted in her heart: "Wait, Magic Young, I will have the best performance anyway!"
"Anyway, today I won. "Knightley, Scarlett, and the others have their own thoughts, why don't they think so?
At this time, Emily Blunt sat upright on the chair, and several interviewers led by Wang Yang sat down at the interview table, only to see that his face was sinking like water, and he did not have a sunny and friendly posture, and asked: "Have you watched "Infernal Affairs"? What do you think of the role of a psychiatrist, just an ordinary woman?"
"I want to ...... She's important. Emily gave a universal answer after a turn of thought, and some nervousness appeared in her heart, now it is obviously completely different from the last audition for "The Demon Wears Prada", Magical Yang feels very serious, a little scary...... "Tell me your opinion?" Wang Yang immediately made a gesture of please, not giving her time to think. Emily thought about it and organized the language, saying, "She is a beautiful woman with the charm of a doctor, and she is a warm haven for 'Chen Yongren'. Wang Yang propped his chin noncommittally, and then asked, "How are you going to play her?" Emily blinked, and seeing that she was stunned for a few seconds, Wang Yang immediately said: "You know that the preparation and shooting schedule of this movie are very tight, and you have to hurry." ”
Luckily, these questions are routine, and Emily says "yes, I know" and replies, "I'll play her charm, an amiable and mature psychiatrist." ”
"This is everyone's idea, an amiable and mature female psychiatrist, right!" Wang Yang smiled for the first time, but the words made Emily's heart jump: "Then why did we choose you? Do you know what role is the hardest to play? not neurotic, not manic, not depressed, not a fashion magazine office assistant, just an ordinary person. ”
Emily nodded again and again, Magic Young was right, it was too difficult to play an impressive ordinary person, but her initial idea was limited to "ordinary people", and she felt that she could play well at any time, and she didn't think about how to be impressive.
Wang Yang paused, and the audition room was immediately silent, Nancy and several other interviewers did not speak, he continued: "Emily, if she is shaped by you, and I completely let you play, what energy can you bring to the movie?" Emily felt as if she was in an active position, but in fact she was very passive, she thought, "Warm, bright, smiling...... Specifically, I need to analyze it from the script. Wang Yang ignored the script: "Warm smile, are you sure it suits your temperament?"
Emily was bluffed by him, her thinking was a little confused, her temperament is indeed not sweetheart, Alexis Brydell is warmer than her, but mature! Emily changed her words: "Maybe I can be more serious and mature......"
"If you are a serious psychiatrist, how can 'Chen Yongren' get warmth? How can he fall in love with you?" Wang Yang asked like a cannon, Emily was almost speechless when asked, and only replied after a while: "I will create a doctor who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and the warm smile at the critical time will be more charming." ”
Wang Yang nodded silently, unable to see what emotions he thought. Emily was very dissatisfied with her indecisive performance, and heard him ask, "Judging from the story of "Infernal Affairs" alone, do you think Chen got warmth from Lee, and did he fall in love with Lee?" Emily was stunned when she heard this, and instead of asking Li how he felt about Chen, she asked Chen how he felt about Lee? She thought for a moment and replied, "I think he should have been warmed...... But haven't fallen in love yet. ”
"You have to understand that a mature psychiatrist is very sensitive, she is like an agent, she can see Chen's feelings for her, so correspondingly, she will behave. Wang Yang explained a few words, and there was no need to say anything, Emily was completely confused when she heard it, but her performance was really not good, no wonder Brydell messed up...... Wang Yang suddenly asked again: "What will she show?" Emily couldn't think too much for a while, so she had to say, "...... She wants to help him, a doctor to help her patients. ”
“OK。 Wang Yang's voice was light, he stood up, walked to the camera, and said, "Let's try to perform." ”
Seeing Emily go from being confident and high-spirited when she first came in, to now making frequent small movements, and lowering her eyes from time to time thinking about something, Nancy couldn't help but sigh secretly, Miraculous Jan has done another one!
The so-called one guest sees more things in an hour than the host sees in a year, especially as the only person in the room who knows Wang Yang's true intention to "not only be strict, but also to combat their arrogance", Nancy has seen a lot, although his questions are fast, but they are not vexatious, on the contrary, they are completely reasonable, but the high degree of freedom brings high difficulty, and there is no need to use any difficult questions, using interviewer skills such as tone and urgency, scene control, plus "serious and magical Yang" The psychological pressure brought by Bledel and Blunt has already been cleaned up.
And Wonder Young knows these women's temperament and drama very well, knows where their weaknesses are, and then makes them feel that they are performing badly in a very targeted way, and he keeps hinting that the good girl played by Alexis is very good, so the good girl psychiatrist? Like a little girl, how can she charm Chen Yongren, who is in pain through vicissitudes of life? Emily looks mature and has a very good debut performance in "The Devil Wears Prada", and he hints that the psychiatrist who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside is not warm enough, not very good...... In fact, their performance is okay, the problem is that the lack of bright spots now equals bad. But from another point of view, if they were not scared and induced by him, they behaved confidently and tough from beginning to end, and instead convinced Magic Yang, wouldn't they be the winners?
Amazing Jan is really scary today! I thought the first two days were strict enough. Casting director Calis has this feeling, it should be the audition with the least smile on his face in many years, and they understand very well, after all, today's candidates are all super-level, and whoever walks in can be evaluated as "I saw Li Xin'er".
In the next performance question, Emily Blunt's performance continued to be unusual, cold on the outside and hot on the inside, cold on the outside and hot on the inside, Wang Yang, who likes to encourage and guide people the most, is gone, seeing Emily's somewhat far-fetched smile, Nancy sighed in her heart, I hope she will not leave a psychological shadow.
"Amy, you've got great acting talent and enough hard work, I know, we all know it. After turning off the camera, the sunshine magically appeared, Emily's eyes were almost moist, isn't that what she missed?I saw that his smile was very kind, just like a big brother looking at a little sister, and gently comforted: "Actually, I don't know how they are, your performance surprised me, is this really the Emily Blunt in "The Devil Wears Prada"?"
His question made everyone laugh, and Emily smiled too, and her mature face gradually regained her confidence, and it was a joy to listen to these encouragements from Wonder Young, the amazing director who brought her from London, England to Hollywood, her idol, who was only 3 years older than her!
"It's rare for a first-time movie to have a great performance like you, and it's very easy to get complacent and lost when you start too successfully, and it's nice to see that you're not there, you're improving. ”
Wang Yang did not hesitate to praise him, Emily almost felt that she had a perfect and great performance just now! Could she have a delusion, but it was actually really good? However, happiness could not be maintained, Wang Yang's smile suddenly fell, and he said calmly: "I see valuable qualities, but there are also some bad changes in mentality, I can't see that newborn calf Emily who is not afraid of tigers, hey, where is the person who dared to fight with Meryl Streep? What are you afraid of? Because of gain, are you afraid of losing?"
was lectured in front of everyone at the audition, but Emily was not the slightest annoyed and embarrassed, but looked absorbed and humbly taught, and the film critics said that "Emily Blunt is the brightest and most outstanding part of "The Devil Wears Prada", "Every minute she appears controls the entire stage", "She makes Streep an old man"...... However, what are these fame, praise, flashes, and spirits she has received in front of the miraculous Yang?
And every word he said was a wake-up call, and Emily only felt a hard heart, a little ashamed, because he said it, yes! What was she afraid of, what was she hesitating about? She wasn't afraid of Streep before, but now she actually cared about Portman, Knightley, Hathaway? But there was no chance...... "Amy, don't think so much, you've done a great job, it's just a process of growth." ”
Wang Yang gently encouraged her again, this British girl needs to be full of thorns to be charming, success did not make her arrogant, but made her mediocre, he sincerely hoped that "Emily" could come back. After flipping through the documents at hand and writing something, Wang Yang finally said: "I don't dare to say who has the best performance and who is the most suitable now, so although your participation will definitely bring positive energy to the movie, you know that we have to consider the overall situation and then come to the result." Well, thank you for attending. ”
"Yes, yes. Emily nodded again and again, she stood up, and said with a serious face, "Well, I also thank you for this rare opportunity!
As soon as she turned around, she exhaled silently, her expression was a little dazed, she was messed up, she really messed up! It can be said that there is no bright spot, no good! Three years have passed, and she has only gotten worse! Three years have passed! She has always wanted to return to the set of Magical Young, and today she has messed up, and the problem is very serious...... His last words kept echoing in his ears, she was really bad! No wonder she has achieved nothing in the past three years, she has played the heroine of several movies, but her masterpiece is still "The Devil Wears Prada", why did she return to the set of Miraculous Young...... "God! I'm scared again." Emily covered her forehead and walked out of the audition room just as she opened the door, and everyone knew that something was wrong when they saw her depressed look!
"Ladies, don't take any one role lightly. Temporarily rescuing her low mood, Emily grinned, glanced around the crowd, and said like Alexis, "Good luck to you." ”
Watching Blunt leave, Hathaway got up and walked into the audition room. Several people looked at each other for a while, what's the matter, and another person behaved badly! It was still Wang Yang who pushed it onto the big screen...... Hewitt's brow furrowed even more, as she was the least famous of the remaining people in the queue this morning...... No, you can't lose faith!
"It doesn't seem like it's a small role. "Yes, obviously, otherwise what are we fighting for?" Natalie and Scarlett joked to each other, they were still full of confidence, even if Hathaway came out dejected after a while, is there anyone better in Hollywood than an actress of this age? Knightley, who was sitting there, didn't say anything, silently flipped a page of the magazine, well, it's more fun to have a challenge.
Meanwhile, on the lawn of the park, Jessica, looking at the sky, said to herself, "I wonder how today's audition went?"
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(To be continued)