Busy days always pass quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it has come to the middle of March of '76.

By 9 o'clock in the morning on March 19th,

Li Wenxing, as in the previous two days, appeared on time with Tang Shuxuan at the door of the Star Sky Cafe diagonally opposite the west gate of Beverly Garden Park, and began the casting of Laura, the heroine of the movie "Tomb Raider: Origin".

When Li Wenxing pushed open the mahogany door of the café, he found that it was already overcrowded, and the role of advertising was really huge.

In fact, at the beginning of the casting work, in order to save trouble, Li Wenxing asked Tang Shuxuan to contact the Film Actors Guild and asked them to recommend actors as required.

As a result, the results couldn't bear to look at directly, and the actresses recommended by the union were all crooked melons and cracked dates.

After taking a look, Li Wenxing didn't even have the interest in interviewing those actresses, so he directly asked them to go through the stage, and then he clearly said that it was not suitable and called back.

What makes him feel even worse is that such a recommendation and interview that lasts for a week are only the top of the short ones, and only three or five can be picked out. If you continue like this, it will really drive people crazy,

Li Wenxing finally realized that this way of casting is not advisable.

Then, he decisively changed his strategy and found another way:

Publish the casting information of millions of dollars in the newspaper, and stipulate that those who want to participate in the election must be under the age of 18, and must send three photos in front of them, dressed as 'Laura', and taken from different angles.

The so-called standard attire is the classic image of a high forehead, broken bangs, ponytail, skinny denim shorts, an army green T-shirt, hiking boots, and a dagger standing on his side.

Then he screened out the more suitable candidates from the photos he received, gave them the second test qualifications, and arranged an interview.

Sure enough, this method was feasible, although it was a bit expensive, and Li Wenxing directly bought the three-day headline of the Los Angeles Times for advertising.

As of the 13th, the 'delivery' period ended, and Li Wenxing received a total of nearly 6,000 submissions from candidates.

Li Wenxing selected a total of 60 people from these more than 6,000 people to participate in the second test, and the day before yesterday and yesterday, he eliminated 40 and 12 people respectively, leaving only eight people.

And today, the heroine of "Tomb Raider: Origin" will definitely be selected among the last eight people,

Although Li Wenxing has already identified one of them in his heart, for the sake of fairness and topic attention, he must show like this again.

"Hey, Mr. Li, are we going to start now, or are we?"

The door was pushed open, and there was a sudden silence in the noisy café.

The pot-bellied Mexican boss immediately trotted over to receive Li Wenxing after he found him in.

Li Wenxing has paid a wave of attention to his café, and at this time, reporters from major entertainment newspapers are taking pictures.

And he just paid, and the price of Li Wenxing's free coffee in the future is simply not too cost-effective.

"Let's start right away so as not to waste everyone's precious time. ”

Casual reply,

Li Wenxing ignored the crowd of melon-eating people crowded around to watch the excitement, and calmly paused at the camera of each reporter and guest.

Wait for the camera to click, and then replace the next one.

It's a pre-rule between Hollywood filmmakers and journalists, or a tacit understanding.

Journalists get press releases, filmmakers and stars get exposure, and everyone benefits each other.

Given that he was a newcomer and needed to hype it up, Li Wenxing naturally chose to abide by this former rule.

Without further ado, the interview begins.

Because it was the final interview, the eight little girls who participated in the interview all looked nervous and trembled lightly when they walked in front of Li Wenxing and Tang Shuxuan as required.

Among them, the youngest is fourteen years old, and the oldest is only eighteen years old.

Even if one of the girls debuted as a child star and has already participated in the filming of five films,

But in the face of the battle for movie roles with tens of millions of productions and millions of salaries, no one is not nervous.

"Sister Tang, among them, which one do you like the most? Or, from the perspective of a bystander, which one do you think has the most aura?"

In fact, because of the movie "Tomb Raider", the background identity of the heroine and the demarcation of the role dress directly turned away a large number of actors.

For example, people whose appearance characteristics are too Westernized must conform to the appearance aesthetics of both Eastern and Western people.

You must know that Laura in the new version of the original script is Chinese, even if she chooses a Westerner to play in order to take into account the Western market, it must at least be an Oriental who looks very beautiful.

There are also very limited character dresses, the actor must have a toned body, such as the sports beauty type, and the face shape must also be suitable for combing ponytails, and the goose egg face is the best.

Not only that, but at the same time, add the age limit of the role/actor,

After such screening, the actor's acting skills have become the most minor thing, and the acting skills can be trained later after all.

So the interview for "Tomb Raider" has become very special, whether it is the second test, the third test, or today's final interview,

The process is just for the candidates, according to the designated route, like walking on the catwalk, walking in front of the two interviewers, showing their joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and then leaving.

Now, after the eight candidates have gone through, Li Wenxing turned his head to look at Tang Shuxuan and asked.

"Number two, if you give me a choice, I will choose number two. However, the audience should prefer the number six. ”

Tang Shuxuan replied as he was, and looked at the two little girls standing not far away again.

Because he has read the script of "Tomb Raider", he is also a director, and he participated in the assessment of this interview throughout the whole process, Tang Shuxuan certainly has his own choice in his heart about the candidate for the role.

The angry eyes of the No. 2 player are too sharp and cold, and he is the most suitable to play a killer, and he is also his favorite type.

But the suitable candidate to play Laura is none other than the number six contestant,

Her joy will be infectious, anger will resonate with people, sorrow will make people sad, music will make people's hearts sweet, her vision can speak, she is a natural actor, full of aura.

"Hmm, Sister Tang, could it be that after that the night before yesterday, we even have the same mind?"

Tang Shuxuan's answer really made Li Wenxing hesitated, and then he had a commotionous idea in his heart.

But it is 'inseparable, in and out of pairs' for many days, in fact, it is to prepare for the establishment of a film company, set up a crew, facilitate work, and the two eat and live together.

Li Wenxing finally slept with Tang Shuxuan the night before yesterday and had *** pleasure.

Also, lonely men and widows already appreciate each other, and they are tired of being together for more than ten days in a row, which would be really strange if there was no super-friendship happening.