Chapter 131: Lolita at the age of twelve
In the photo, Kirsten, who is just seven years old, is as delicate as a doll, with blond hair, a round face, wearing a princess dress, and a cute lace sun hat, with a lock of beautiful golden bangs on his forehead.
It's a pity that Eric knows that this actress will grow longer and more disabled in the future, and when she becomes an adult, she will completely lose her current pink carving appearance.
Maybe it's not too crippled in the eyes of Westerners, but with his Oriental aesthetics, he really can't see the beautiful place, if you really want to praise a sentence, you can only say that you have a temperament, and it seems that this is not a praise for women.
For this Lolita, who has a shelf life of only twelve years old, Eric directly chose to pass, the girl does not have much potential to tap, if she is not lucky enough to become a spider girl, maybe this child star will be unknown after two thousand years.
In parallel time and space, after the end of the trilogy, Kirsten Dunst's career plummeted and almost disappeared from public view.
Draw out another acquaintance girl, Sarah Michelle Gayla. Compared with Sarah in Yuli, the current girl has a round face, although she is almost twelve years old, she still looks very petite, and it is no problem to play a girl who is about ten years old, which is estimated to be the reason why Sarah can be selected.
Compared with Kirsten's experience of only one film just now, Sarah's resume has a series of movie names, of course, none of them are famous, at least with Eric's large number of films, she has not seen any of them.
"Jonathan, what is your impression of this girl?" said Eric, handing Sarah's information to Jonathan Demy.
Jonathan took a look at it, and quickly recalled the scene during Sarah's interview: "This kid started acting in movies at the age of four, and the acting experience she filled in her information is real. I had a few words with her, and she was very smart and sensible, and although the girl looked very thin, she was in fact twelve years old, and a little precocious, and at least fourteen years old. If you use her, compared to those really ten-year-old children, it will be very easy to shoot. β
Eric retrieved the information and decided, "Then her, you communicate with her as usual, you have to sign into the UTA." β
Although Eric told Capper that he didn't plan to expand UTA in the past few years, the actors trained by his film project certainly can't be cheaper than other agencies. Because of the article concocted by Eric some time ago, many brokerage companies have begun to carry out drastic reforms to the original brokerage system, although it is impossible to completely imitate the CAA model, but after the detailed business model of CAA was thoroughly exposed by Eric, CAA at least in the management system can no longer maintain superiority, and the future brokerage company will appear in the same situation is certain. Therefore, UTA can calmly carry out steady development, and there is no need to worry about the situation of CAA being the only one.
Watching Eric continue to flip through the profiles of other actors, it seemed that he only glanced at them a few times, and then hastily decided on the actors, Jonathan Demmy was a little uncomfortable: "Eric, don't you need to arrange another round ......of auditions?
"You think I'm too hasty?" said Eric, looking up with a smile.
Jonathan scratched his head: "At the very least, you should watch the other party's audition tape, right?"
Eric circled the list of the most important actors with a pen and said, "No, Jonathan, I believe that these people have been selected by you, and any one of them will definitely be good enough for the role they need, so I don't need to do it at all, besides, I really don't have much time, and I need to start filming as much as possible, Cannes and Berlin are out of the picture, but I hope to catch the Venice Film Festival in September." β
"Well, I'll do my best to inform these people. Jonathan nodded in agreement, and he seemed to understand that perhaps Eric was doing it all to show that he was in charge of the project. Although the boy in front of him was young, his desire for control was stronger than that of those emperors who were always worried about being ousted by the prince.
It's just a pity that those actors who finally made it to the final list but were not selected, maybe they are still excitedly preparing for the third round of auditions, but they are doomed to be disappointed. Although it may seem unfair, Hollywood is like that, there are so many strange things that come out one after another, and there is never any fairness at all.
After sorting through the pile of materials in front of him with Jonathan, Eric asked, "Is there a shooting location?"
"I commissioned a friend in England to look for a few mansions on some small islands in the English Channel, but I felt that it was necessary to go to the field in person to see if it was appropriate, and I also needed to communicate with the owners of those mansions in person, you know, many of those historic mansions belonged to the British aristocracy, and although these people are very declining now, they still maintain a puzzling arrogance in their bones, so I had to come forward to visit in person, and the other party felt respected, and things were much easier. β
Eric somehow remembered something from his past life and smiled knowingly.
Jonathan Demmy suddenly said, "Actually, Eric, things would have gone much more smoothly if you could have come forward in person, you are British." A lot of the British media now make you their pride. If you do, the little nobles will treat you as a guest, and perhaps we will be able to get some of the mansions without even spending money. β
Eric waved his hand: "Forget it, after so many years, I don't even forget the British accent now, and besides, it is impossible for me to leave the crew now, and it must have been a long time since the filming started." β
The filming process in the next few days was still very smooth, after all, it was a studio shooting, and there were not so many restrictions as exterior locations. Cruise also showed his first-class professionalism, if it weren't for his covetousness for the absolute leadership of Eric's crew from time to time, and always pointing fingers at the filming process, Eric would definitely be happy to continue to work with Tom in the future.
However, it is unlikely that the two will work together again in the future, and with Cruise's character, perhaps only a director of Spielberg's level can use him without losing leadership. In his previous life, even if the director of many of Cruise's films was not him, he still firmly grasped the control of the crew, and even the film giants who cooperated with him were not allowed to interfere.
Eric and Cruise are the same kind of people in this regard, so the possibility of the two working together in the future is doomed to be slim.
"Brooke, your expression just now is still not in place, seeing Andy vomiting blood, you have to show panic and helplessness, not disgust, so this facial expression should be wide-eyed and slightly open, and it must not be expressed with frowns," Eric frowned at this time, raised his arm and tapped the watch on his wrist: "If it doesn't work after two more attempts, we'll drag it out until the afternoon, you won't want to waste your time and everyone's time, right?"
Brooke Smallice was standing in front of Eric at this time, her eyes drooping like a little girl who had made a mistake, no one could be sure if she was pretending or not, but this appearance always weakened a man's anger, and Eric couldn't help but reprimand him after five or six times.
"I'm sorry, Eric, I seem to ...... I already feel something. β
Eric sighed, "Then try again, all the personnel prepare." β
Brooke Smalls sat back in his place, this was the scene where Andy and Yoyo met for the second time and ate together in a small restaurant, Eric still chose studio shooting, not to save money, the budget of 40 million US dollars has no need to save at all, he just wants to finish filming these scattered indoor scenes, and the location scenes are a difficult bone to gnaw. And Colombia's huge studios offer just that, with the street outside the small restaurant being a full-scale model. Although it was noon, the light inside the shed created the conditions for the night.
"Miss Xiaosi, don't be in a hurry, just take your time, we have plenty of time, I don't think it's all your problem, Eric is still too young. β
In between preparations, Cruise chatted eagerly with Brooke Shields.
If Brooke Shields is so bad in Cruise's own film, it is estimated that Cruise will be furious. But now Cruise seems to be very willing to see Eric deflated, but he himself has become a humble gentleman, and he is close to the beauty.
"Thank you for your comfort, Mr. Cruise," Brooke Whisper replied with a smile.
"So, do you have time for the evening, Miss Xiaosi, I don't know if I don't have the privilege of having dinner with you?"
Brooke Shield's trimmed eyebrows were slightly raised, and she subconsciously glanced at Eric not far away, if possible, she would prefer to invite Eric Williams rather than the married man in front of her.
But the young director, who was five or six years younger than herself, was unpredictable, she was sure that Eric was very interested in her, it was her instinct as a beautiful woman, and she was sure that it was not her own self-feeling good, Eric occasionally looked at her with an unconcealable eagerness in his eyes, like a young man of seventeen or eighteen who was eager to try, but most of the time he looked like a middle-aged man who was sophisticated, admiring her beauty and body unscrupulously with the sophisticated eyes that read through the flowersγ
"Mr. Cruise, I'll give you an answer in the afternoon, I'm not sure if there will be anything else going on in the evening. Brooke Whisper excused herself, but she didn't quite say she was dead.