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After a week of audition elimination, the candidates for the leading actor in "Iron Man" were reduced from the last fifty to ten, and in order to select Tony Stark from the last ten people, several main creators of the crew began to meet and discuss frequently. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"David, this won't work, I need you to do it all over again. Remember, Tony Stark's pride is the kind that is engraved in your bones and doesn't need to be shown by your appearance at all, so you need to take it for granted in the tone of your voice. ”

With the remaining ten candidates, the crew no longer conducts centralized auditions, but only conducts deeper discussions and auditions with the candidates in turn, and gradually eliminates them, so that the most suitable candidates can be selected in more detail.

In a conference room in the studio, Eric patiently explained his opinion of Tony Stark to David Duchoudny, who was in the discussion today.

David Duchovny was supposed to be the lead actor in "The Archive", but due to the change of history, he is still only a small role in various solo movies and TV shows. Eric didn't feel much about David Duchoudny's performance in The Archive, but he was impressed by his other work, California Love. The cynicism of Hank Moody, the down-and-out writer played by David Duchovny in "California Love", who shuttles between all kinds of beautiful women, is impressive.

After Eric finished speaking, David Duchovny, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, thought for a moment and said, "Then, Eric, I'll try again." ”

Eric turned his head and was about to tell the staff next to him to give David Duchovny a line, but he noticed that everyone, including Joss Whedon, was looking at him with strange eyes. This is obviously not the first time, in the past few days, Eric has always felt that the atmosphere around him is a little inexplicable, and at this time he finally couldn't help but 'erupt': "I warn you, dare to look at me with such adoring eyes all day long, be careful that I deduct your wages, Sally, and repeat the scene just now to David." ”

Several people sitting around the sofa let out chuckles, and the production assistant named Sally picked up the script book, glanced at David Duchouney, got it confirmed, and began to read the lines of Christine, the Vanity Fair reporter in "Iron Man": "Some people say that you are a contemporary da Vinci, what do you think?"

"It's nonsense, I don't paint. ”

"What do you think of another nickname, Merchant of Death?"

"That's not bad," David Duchovny replied, "Let me guess, Berkeley?"

"Actually, Brown University. ”

"Well, Miss Brown, the world isn't perfect, but we don't have a choice. I promise you, if one day I don't have to use weapons to buy peace, I'll switch to building a children's hospital. ”

The two were about to continue, but Eric interrupted: "Okay, still no, David, your tone should be faster, and besides, this scene can't seem too careless, probably, well, anyway, you think about it again, no, let's change the next paragraph." ”

David Duchovny hesitated and said, "Eric, can you help me demonstrate?"

Eric hadn't been able to find the right adjective for a while, and when he heard David Duchoni say this, he didn't think much about it, then nodded, turned to the production assistant, and said, "Sally, just start with that paragraph." ”

Eric said, but he didn't see Joss Whedon behind him excitedly gesturing to the photographer in charge of the video recording, and the other party naturally turned the camera to Eric's side.

Sally noticed Joss Wheddon's small movements behind Eric, but she pretended to be ignorant and lowered her eyes, and saw the script in her hand read, "Mr. Stark, have you rehearsed this sentence many times?"

Eric didn't have to look at the lines at all, whether it was the recent audition or the memory in his mind, Eric was familiar with the whole script, and similarly, no one knew what kind of effect he wanted better than him, and quickly sorted out his thoughts, and Eric replied naturally: "I say it to the mirror every night before going to bed." ”

Sally nodded, "I can see it." ”

With a somewhat cynical smile on his lips, Eric stared at Sally and said, "I'd love to see it for yourself." ”

Stared at by Eric's natural aggressive gaze, Sally felt her face suddenly heat up, dodged, and her tone stumbled a little, although she was also very familiar with the script, but still read the wrong line: "Mr. Williams, I, I want you to be serious." ”

"......" Eric was speechless.

"Haha. Everyone in the room couldn't help but laugh.

Sarah's face quickly turned red, and she felt embarrassed beyond comprehension, and she raised the script in her hand to block it in front of her and got up and ran to the bathroom next to her.

Seeing the girl's behavior of fleeing in the wilderness, everyone's heartless laughter was even louder.

After a while, Eric clapped his hands and said, "Okay, everyone, let's move on, skip this one, and replace it with the scene where Tony Stark and Colonel Roddy were on the plane." ”

Eric spoke, and everyone stopped laughing and began to continue the discussion.

Approaching evening, sending David Duchoudny away, Eric was about to discuss with Joss Whedon and others about the effect of David Duchovny's performance today, but heard Joss Whedon say: "Eric, I'm going to get off work soon, how about we go have a drink together?"

Eric wondered, "Huh?"

"I mean, there are a couple of nice bars in Venice Beach," says Joss Whedon, "and there's another thing I'd like to talk to you about, actually, that's what you mean. ”

Eric looked at Joss Wheddon's expression and nodded, "Okay, that's all for today." ”

Venice Beach near Preavista has also become a frequent hangout for Hollywood filmmakers in recent years, thanks to the rise of Firefly Studios, as well as restaurants, cafes, bars and other leisure venues.

Following Joss Whedon to a bar called 'Light', Eric suddenly realizes that he hasn't had this experience in a long time.

It was the end of the day, and although night had not yet fallen, the bar had already started to come alive.

Eric followed Joss Whedon into the bar wearing sunglasses, watched him say hello to the boss familiarly, asked for a more secluded booth in the corner of the bar, and the two sat down together.

Asking the waiter for a beer, Joss Whedon asked, "Eric, what would you like to drink?"

Eric felt the coolly dressed waitress in front of him staring at him, so he simply took off his sunglasses and raised a finger to the wide-eyed girl to make a silent expression before he smiled, "I want a beer too." ”

"Ah, yes, yes," the waitress nodded in dismay, and turned and hurried away, only to return again after a long time with two beers, visibly touching up her face and removing some exaggerated earrings from her ears. Putting the beer in front of Eric and Joss Whedon, the girl didn't leave, boldly asking, "Mr. Williams, can I take a picture with you?"

Eric smiled and shook his head, "I'm sorry, miss. ”

The waitress was not discouraged, and took out a business card from her short jacket pocket and handed it over directly: "Mr. Williams, this is my number, call me." ”

After saying this, the waitress didn't give Eric a chance to refuse, turned around and twisted her slender waist and left.

Eric picked up the business card and looked at it, and said, "Jenny, heh, I think it's better to call Jennifer, I like the name Jennifer." ”

Joss Whedon laughed, "Call her over now and ask her to change her name, I don't think that girl will refuse." ”

"I don't have the heart to do such a boring thing," Eric shook his head, put his business card on the table, looked at Joss Whedon, and said, "So, Joss, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Eric, which of our recent auditionees do you think is most in line with your request?"

Eric smiled, picked up the business card on the table and played with it, "I guess that's not what you want to talk about tonight, right?"

Joss Weddon shrugged and said, "Eric, I think you're aware of everyone's mood during this time. ”

"Huh?"

"All of us felt that you were the one who knew the character of Tony Stark the best, more than all of us auditioned in that time. In recent weeks, you've been directing these actors over and over how they should perform, how they should look, how they should use that tone. ”

Eric looked up, "You want me to play Tony Stark too?"

Joss Weddon nodded, "I've discussed it privately with Mr. Katzenberg and Mr. Arad, and they both think this plan is feasible. ”

Eric hesitated for a moment, remembering the recent audition process, he was indeed dissatisfied with all the auditioners, and even, when recalling the performance of Robert Downey Jr. in his memory, Eric felt that many of his detailed performances were not satisfactory.

"Jos, you know, I'm already a producer now, and if I play the lead role again, you, the director, could ******** at any time. ”

"If I can make this movie better, even if I quit the crew, it would be no problem," Joss Weddon said without hesitation: "Eric, I'm also a fan of Iron Man comics, so I hope this movie can have a best actor for it." ”

"I didn't even audition, and while I know what kind of Tony Stark I want, are you sure I'll be able to perform?"

Joss Whedon smiled and said, "Eric, I don't think you even need to perform, you just need to be able to perform in your true colors." Just look at Sally and your reactions to the lines in the afternoon, Sally has never blushed in front of other actors, and Tony Stark, as a playboy, is a must to be able to have a strong attraction to women. Besides, well, I've been secretly watching you for a month, and a lot of your words and actions are very similar to the Tony Stark we want. ”

Eric unconsciously folded the business card in his hand into a paper airplane, listened to Joss Whedon's words, looked up again, and said, "Okay, let's choose from these ten people first." ”

Joss Whedon felt that Eric's tone had loosened, and did not hesitate to continue his efforts: "Eric, I know you are very busy, but you should also know that the filming of "Iron Man" will not take up too much of your time, the planned filming cycle is four months, if the schedule is tight, you only need to stay in the crew for less than two months, and most of that can be done in the Los Angeles studio, even if it is a foreign scene, we only need to rush to the neighboring state of Nevada." ”

"That's not the point, Jos," Eric said, "and in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man needs to appear in no less than six films. ”

Joss Whedon said: "But it's not a problem, Eric, except for a few "Iron Man" main stories, other cross-episodes, you will definitely have fewer scenes, maybe not even a month." Also, the average time for us to make a film related to Iron Man should be two years, two months out every two years, and I guess it's not a problem for you at all, right?"

"Looks like you've made up your mind to let me come in person?"

Joss Weddon smiled and said, "Eric, speaking from the heart, didn't you really think about playing this role yourself?"

Eric's eyes flashed, and he said, "I've thought about playing the role of Hugh Hefner, and I don't know if he has 2,000 girlfriends now." ”

"Haha, that's the tone," Joss Whedon laughed, "Tony Stark's tone." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll think about it, tomorrow, well, give you an answer the day after tomorrow. Eric tossed the small paper airplane in his hand towards Joss Whedon, but the plane flew past the grid and into the adjacent compartment, where he heard a girl's soft scream.

Joss Whedon knew that Eric's mind had loosened, and he had to make persistent efforts to persuade a few words, and two petite girls came over angrily, one girl still had the paper airplane in her hand, and was about to ask the teacher for the crime, but she recognized Eric at a glance, and her angry expression was immediately put away, but she didn't know what to say for a while, and she looked like two little quails.

With a smile on his lips, Eric looked at the two girls with interest, and raised his hand to point at Joss Whedon: "It's this guy who is throwing things, don't look for me." ”

The girl in the black dress on the left, who was a little shorter, reacted at this time and hurriedly said, "Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Williams, we, we're fine." ”

With that, the girl in the black dress was about to pull her companion away from her.

Eric looked at the girl with a little baby fat on her slightly taller face and said, "Sarah, yes, I happen to remember your name, Sarah Michelle Gayla." With that, Eric looked at the other girl and asked knowingly, "What's your name?"

"Ah, I," the girl in the black dress said quickly, not expecting Eric to know her friend, "My name is Jennifer Love Hewitt. ”

"Oh, another Jennifer, I like the girl I call Jennifer, may I have a drink?" )