Because of Sid's age requirement of under 30 years old, compared with the youth of "Youth Musical", the main audition actor of Spider-Man Peter Parker is focused on the post-70s actors.

Compared with the post-80s male stars who still look immature now, there are actually many post-70s actors in Hollywood who have begun to become famous, such as the previous box office bomb Xiao Lizi at the end of the century, and the golden boys Matt Damon and Ben Affleck of "Soul Catcher".

However, Sid's height requirement of 170-175 brushed off a large number of people, coupled with the harsh salary and contract requirements, which also made many people daunting. After all, "historically" Sony made the highest salary in Hollywood at that time on "Spider-Man", which was also caused by its well-known weakness.

Although the current Fire Lion is not one of the seven, its reputation as the "strongest spoiler" has become increasingly famous, and the comprehensive development of film and television songs has allowed the Fire Lion to face most Hollywood actors very strongly.

And the fire lion is not a weak chicken like Sony and Paramount, so he has to rely on kneeling and licking some big star effect to ensure box office revenue. The Fire Lion creates stars, not relies on them.

It is precisely because of this truth that a large number of rookie actors are still like moths to the fire, submitting their audition materials to the crew of "Spider-Man" through their agents.

And the casting team also began to conduct auditions based on their own experience and Sid's requirements.

"This, the request of the heroine Mary Jane, is the director too casual to write?" asked the casting director with some surprise.

"What request?" her assistant asked curiously.

"Mary Jane has the hipster temperament of a cosmopolitan girl, but she has to be down-to-earth and a little snobbish. This ......" the casting director read helplessly.

"This is nothing, the male number two Harry is more fun. The casting assistant director next to him picked up another piece of paper and read: "The little green goblin Harry Osborne should be handsome and handsome, and it is better to laugh a little rancid......"

"Isn't the actor Peter Parker more complicated?" the casting director turned out another, "Peter Parker is born with a small face, a temperament of both good and evil, but a very warm and sunny smile." ”

"Why does Spider-Man have to be both good and evil, shouldn't that be the character temperament of Green Goblin Norman?" The casting assistant director said that he couldn't understand, and the casting director could only shrug his shoulders and express helplessness.

"You still talk about the Green Goblin!" the assistant simply pulled out the last card of the main character, the Green Goblin's request, "'I want Hugo Weaving to play the Green Goblin!'"

"This ......" The casting director scratched his head helplessly and looked at the assistant director.

The casting assistant director shook his head, "We've called Mr. Hugo Weaving's agent, he did just finish filming "The Lord of the Rings", but in March this year, he will join Warner's "The Matrix 2" shooting, and now he is preparing for the role over there." So...... Schedule conflicts. ”

"OMG——, director will definitely kill me. The casting director said with a sad face.

"Well, it's not that exaggerated. The assistant said in disbelief.

"You're working on a film project directed by Leon for the first time, right?" asked the associate casting director.

"Well, yes. The assistant nodded.

"No wonder you don't know, Director Leon is usually a very good person. But if the affairs of the crew do not go well, he will be very unhappy, and once he is unhappy, the whole crew will suffer. The deputy casting director said with a worried expression on his face.

"Suffer?" asked the assistant, confused.

"Ahh The casting director shook her head, and then she shook her head and looked at her assistant.

The assistant immediately felt a tingling scalp, "Boss, don't look at me like that." ”

The casting director patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said earnestly: "Call Leon director Hugo Weaving to inform you that he can't come, and I'll leave it to you." You must work hard for such an important job!"

"Don't, boss—" The little assistant was immediately frightened.

"Okay, go boy, I'm optimistic about you. The casting director kicked the assistant out as he spoke.

After the assistant left, the assistant casting director covered his mouth and smiled: "Shall we make fun of him like this?"

"It's our tradition to be tricky, okay? The casting director laughed too.

At this time, the room was knocked open, and a staff member walked in, "Director, the audition is ready, we can begin." ”

"Alright, let's go, then. The two casting directors stood up and left the office.

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"Yes, on the outside of this street are celebratory balloon banners, and on top of that, there are the small vendors we talked about earlier, I want Chinese, Italian, and Turkish, and I can do it in Mexican-style vendor sets. Sid confirmed the extra's request with Justin Lin, and then turned to the set director, Jesse Gangsaku.

"So we need to build the foundation here for medium and long shots, and then shoot those medium and close shots of Mary Jane falling from the second floor in Sony's studio?"

"Yes, director. Jesse Gangsaku nodded, "Although it will be a bit troublesome to break down the scene into two places to shoot, it is indeed the most time-saving and cost-saving method." ”

What they are discussing now is the scene of Peter Parker's first meeting and battle with the Green Goblin in "Spider-Man" - the setting of Times Square.

Because this scene is arguably the largest and most complex scene in the film, Jesse Okasa suggested that it be split and filmed separately.

They are now in the suburbs of Downey, California, in a huge building of a former Boeing aircraft factory, and the art direction team led by Jesse Gangsaku joined forces with the special effects team and the stunt team to create the huge street scene of Times Square in the film.

In the spacious factory building with a height of nearly 20 meters, the construction workers, under the command of the set designer and special effects engineer, erected the "buildings" more than ten meters high, of course, these are gorgeous on the outside and hollow on the inside.

These are the "ground parts" of the film's scenes, and the large panorama of the long view still needs to be done by miniatures, and Jesse Okasaku also suggested that the battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, and the part of saving Mary Jane in the air, should be completed in Sony's studio using the method of green screen and real life.

"Well, well, that's it. We're going to shoot the carnival scene on the ground and the fight between Spider-Man and Green Goblin. Sid thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.