At the beginning of November, the weather was getting cooler, and this year Los Angeles seemed to have more rain than usual.

After half a month of intense preparation, Jerry's first film crew was in place one after another, and then rented a two-story building in Burbank and established the "Jerry Maguire" production studio.

The work of assembling the crew was carried out by James Brooks, who was both the director and the producer of the film.

The 55-year-old James Brooks, who has been writing, directing and producing TV dramas, has not actually directed many films, but his first film "Mother and Daughter Love" directed in 1983 won three Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture.

After his success, Brooks did not continue to shoot new films like other directors, but adhered to his usual rigorous and pragmatic style, and he would rather switch to TV production before a good script than take on the role of director easily.

The reason why he was willing to accept Brian's invitation to direct the film this time was that in addition to the fact that he was very optimistic about the script and relationships, what finally persuaded him was that he personally hosted the actor audition and selected three scenes from the script for Jerry Towne to perform live.

The result, obviously.

After Jerry's performance, James Sr. didn't believe that Jerry was only eighteen years old, because he couldn't see Jerry's youthful and flamboyant personality in Jerry.

To do this, Jerry removes his makeup in front of old James.

When Jerry washed his face and came out of the bathroom, and saw a handsome young man who was half a head taller than himself, old James was immediately dumbfounded.

In the end, he gladly accepted Jerry's offer.

After signing the contract, Director James Sr. began to perform his duties, quickly formed a crew with Brian's cooperation, and found Jerry as soon as possible to discuss and draw the movie storyboard together.

In parallel with the pre-production of the film, Brian led the casting of the actors.

The studio hired professional casting director Billy Hopkins to be responsible for the actor audition, more than ten days, the first two rounds of auditions have ended, most of the more than 200 roles of all sizes have been determined, only a few leading actors of the film are to be determined, and the audition videos and actor materials are all sent to Director James Sr. and Jerry.

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On a rainy day, there are not many pedestrians on the street, and the vehicles are speeding by, and the drivers seem to be in a more impatient mood when they encounter the rain.

In the extended Mercedes Benz RV, Jerry's bodyguard captain Weeks Lee sits in the passenger seat, and the driver, Hanson Scott, drives them to their makeshift studio in Burbank.

Soothing music was playing on the stereo, and Jerry and Mira sat in the back row, with a fruit bowl and red wine on the low table in front of them.

Mira leaned forward slightly, leaning over to look at the stack of materials on the table, the top of which was the final audition to be held later.

There were six candidates for the leading actress, and Mira flipped through them in turn, hoping to find her name, but she searched for it three times, and the result was ...... No.

"Honey, did you forget to put my stuff in?"

"Huh?" Jerry was stunned for a moment when he heard Mira's soft voice, which obviously didn't match her hard facial lines.

Turning his head to look, Jerry smiled and said, "Your information is also in it, keep scrolling back, and you can find it." ”

Mira did so, and sure enough, she saw her photo, "Supporting actress?"

"Yes, female number two, playing my ex-girlfriend. Jerry smiled and nodded: "This role is the true character for you, it has been set a long time ago, and there is no need to audition." ”

Seeing Jerry's calm expression, Mira lowered her head and fell silent.

The ups and downs of her breasts, which were not grandiose, showed that she was in a mood swing at the moment, and looking down was a sign that she was disappointed, but she didn't want Jerry to see it.

Indeed, this opportunity is rare, as long as Jerry Ken nods, no one can take the heroine's position, but ...... Jerry didn't pick her.

It's not hard to imagine how bad Mila was when she heard his words.

Missing the opportunity to star in this film, which cost nearly 30 million to produce, Mira wondered if she would have the same good opportunity.

Jerry watched her performance and knew that her choice did not meet her psychological expectations, so she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

This is all human nature, and no one can handle it calmly.

"Regarding the choice of the heroine of this play, I have discussed many times with directors Brian and James Sr., and interviewed many actresses, until now it is still difficult for us to choose, so there is a re-examination for several leading actors in the afternoon. But there's one thing we agree on from start to finish, and that's that the heroine has to be a real native American actress. ”

Without Mira opening her mouth, Jerry took the initiative to tell her why.

"Although the United States has always preached itself as the most inclusive immigration nation in the world, this is not the case. In fact, Americans have a very serious sense of xenophobia, for example, whites look down on blacks, and blacks look down on foreign immigrants of other colors, and this xenophobia is not worse than that of other countries, or even worse. ”

Speaking of this, Jerry shook his head and sighed, and Mira also looked up at him at this time, although she was still in a bad mood, there was no complaint in her eyes when she looked at him, at least not at all on the surface.

Reaching out to pour a glass of wine and handing it to Jerry, Mira wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned sideways on his shoulder, Jerry took a sip of red wine and kissed her forehead with her moist lips.

Putting down his glass, he continued: "This seemingly inclusive but narrow xenophobic consciousness is vividly reflected in the Hollywood entertainment industry. Anyone who mixes in the Hollywood entertainment industry knows that there is a distinct class, or group, in this glamorous and gorgeous circle.

In order to seek their own development and interests, many people selectively unite to form a small group of interests, which is what we often call 'huddle'.

The largest group in Hollywood is the Jews who claim to have the highest IQ in the world, and most of them are the wealthy class in the United States and have a prominent position on Wall Street.

However, the political situation in the United States has long been firmly controlled by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, and although the Jewish groups are economically powerful, they cannot control the political situation, so they turn the finger to public opinion and entertainment media, trying to manipulate public opinion and achieve their political demands, and gradually expand the influence of their group.

Seventy percent of the seven major film companies in the United States are Jewish, and about sixty percent of the members of the Oscar jury who hold real power are also Jewish, so Jewish Hollywood filmmakers and actors are very strong, or in this circle, they are at the top of the food chain. ”

Pausing to moisten his throat with a sip of red wine, Jerry laughs and says, "Jews are at the top, and the second largest group of interests are American and British filmmakers and actors.

The United States and Britain have always followed the rules, but the United States has taken the lead, and the United States was once a colony of Britain, so these two can be regarded as a group, belonging to the local power, and naturally occupy the home advantage.

However, in terms of artistic pursuits, the British still cling to the glorious achievements of the past, claiming to be aristocrats, hiding in their bones a pitiful reserve and the arrogance of the former aristocracy.

The third largest group is a small group of Australian origins formed in the last decade or so.

Australia, which is vast and sparsely populated, has taken advantage of its unique geographical environment and generous and relaxed tax rebate policy in recent years, attracting many Hollywood film companies to shoot and shoot, and major film companies have also invested in the construction of large-scale studios and film and television cities in Australia, which makes many Australian actors take the opportunity to enter Hollywood, and for the sake of common goals and protection of their own interests from harm, they unite together to form a mutual help interest group. ”

Speaking of these Hollywood groups that are gradually formed with interests as a link, Jerry Towne sighs in his heart.

Under the control of these three groups in the Hollywood entertainment industry, actors or artists from other countries want to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood and realize their dream of stardom, no matter how good they are, the road to chasing their dreams will inevitably be thorny and bumpy, and there are very few stars who can finally realize their dreams, and the vast majority of people pack their bags and return to their homeland after tasting hardships.

Cleaning up his feelings, Jerry hugged Mila in his arms and whispered: "Saying so much, I actually want you to know that Americans are not as friendly as you think, whether they are white or black, their tolerance and generosity in public are actually all illusions, in fact, they have serious xenophobic thoughts in their bones."

Hollywood is in such a dissociating environment, and the degree of xenophobia can be imagined.

There are no big-name stars to join our film, and there are no big film companies to participate in the investment and production, the biggest problem is that I, the male lead, am a newcomer, and I have no popularity at all, let alone any box office appeal.

We are shooting a comedy inspirational film, and the selling point is to make the audience resonate and take the route of public feelings, so that they are willing to spend money to watch it in the theater.

While we reap the box office, by the way, we also sell ourselves, the most ideal result is fame and fortune, the worst result is to recover the investment cost, although we are not popular or purple, but we have shown our faces, first mixed up the face, and then slowly accumulate fame with the help of the brokerage company.

If we don't want to lose all our money and want to be successful, then this movie must choose a local American actress as the starring role, and this has only one purpose, that is, to let the American audience know that the lead actor of the film is "our own people" and recognize us emotionally.

If the audience approves of it in their hearts, they will pay attention to whether we are acting well or not, and if the performance is in place, it will attract the audience to watch the whole movie seriously, and only when they watch it can they resonate with the audience.

This is the basis of our success.

So, dear Mila, it's not because your acting skills are bad that you can't play the leading role this time, but because I myself have a starring spot, and the rest of the heroines have to find an American actress with good roots, and she must also be a female star with a certain box office appeal and fame. ”

Holding Mira tightly in his arms, Jerry said with pity: "In the final analysis, we are not famous at the moment, our popularity is too low, and we do not have a strong box office appeal, so we have to compromise with reality and have to make trade-offs."

Later, when we made a name for ourselves, we didn't have so many worries, even if we didn't invest in making films ourselves, we could still star together.

Sweetheart, I will do what I say, I don't have to wait too long, at most two years I will be able to fulfill the promise I gave you today, even if there is no film company to invite you to star, I will invest in you myself, let you be the only protagonist, and make it into a series, if I don't make you a world superstar, I will not give up!"

Jerry's words touched Mira's heart so deeply that the Ukrainian girl had tears on her face and kissed Jerry's mouth with great difficulty...... It's a very loving picture, because it's full of feelings.

………… (To be continued)