Shirley is not a professional actor, but as the CEO of Paramount Pictures, she naturally has her own understanding of the pros and cons of acting, and in just three minutes just now, she clearly felt the huge performance aura on Lance, which has nothing to do with appearance, role, or work, just when he began to immerse himself in the world of acting, his eyes involuntarily projected past, as if his heart was beating with his performance.

It's a subtle feeling that innate temperament overshadows the spotlight.

Shirley once saw a similar temperament in Marlon-Brando, the second work of Marlon's career, "Desire/Hope Streetcar", when he appeared on the big screen, his unruly smile, sexy/uninhibited look, and gestures made people unable to take their eyes off and turn everyone upside down. At the time, he was only twenty-seven years old.

Marlon Brando...... Shirley was taken aback by the idea that she had connected Lance to one of the greatest actors in the history of American cinema. But looking closely at the man in front of her, Shirley's boiling thoughts quickly calmed down, and she realized that this was not an illusion.

When everyone sees Lance for the first time, they exclaim, "This is God's favorite", and even the arc of light gliding over the jaw has been carefully designed. The fatal attraction of Lance makes people involuntarily think of Malone, but compared to Malone's toughness, debauchery, wanton chic, and evil indulgence, the indifference, vicissitudes and fragility between his eyebrows add a touch of Montgomery-Clift's unique temperament.

Therefore, almost everyone will exclaim the same way: this is a natural actor, as if he was born to belong to the spotlight. Even if it's just as a vase.

But in fact, Lance chose the path of producer and director, and broke out in the film field as a behind-the-scenes worker, and his amazing talent can't help but start to doubt, maybe his talent is concentrated in director and screenwriter, as an actor, maybe he is really just a vase-

There's never a shortage of vases in Hollywood, and there are a lot of newcomers with great looks and even stunning appearances every year. For example, Jessica Alba in "The Day After Tomorrow", but their acting skills are really unflattering, and they don't even have the most basic sense of the camera, and standing in front of the camera will make people feel embarrassed. I don't know how to place my hands and feet.

Shirley thinks that may be the case with Lance. Hiding behind the camera makes him feel comfortable and safe, but his good looks don't make him a good actor. A top actor like Marlon Brando, maybe only one has appeared in twenty years, look at Tom Cruise. Look at Brad Pitt, look at George Clooney, look at Leonardo DiCaprio, look at Ben Affleck...... These handsome guys are absolutely charismatic, but they are always struggling to get rid of the "vase" moniker.

But in the short three minutes just now, Lance showed an actor's solid basic skills and amazing talent, firmly holding all his eyes in the palm of his hand, and using the power of performance to drive the ups and downs of every human feeling, the kind of realism that comes to his face and the explosive power of electric thunder stones. It really made the audience's brain fall into a blank for a moment.

So...... Shirley thought of Malone.

In the blink of an eye, Shirley fell into a passive trap. In the face of Lance's confident and calm eyes, even the battle-hardened Shirley was a little flustered - if Lance started to show off triumphantly at this time, then Shirley would not be too worried, it was precisely this calm demeanor that made Shirley feel extremely tricky.

Shirley will not deny that she does not want Lance to star in "Killing with a Knife", not because she personally has an opinion about Lance, but because she needs to weaken Lance's influence on the crew of "Killing with a Knife", and then rely on her own ability. Replacing the cast with actors she recognizes, thereby weakening Brad's contribution to the production and increasing his leverage in Paramount. The ultimate goal, Shirley and Brad are aligned. They all hope that "killing people with a knife" will succeed, and then they will be able to take more initiative when it comes to rewarding meritorious deeds.

The reason why she is willing to give the "audition initiative" to Lance is because she firmly believes that Lance's performance cannot convince her, nor can she convince Peter and Wade, and Lance had better retreat. If not, then his self-inflicted humiliation will allow her to take more initiative - after all, Lance is still the screenwriter and director of "borrowing a knife to kill", and it is not good that the relationship is completely stale.

But now, Shirley has forced herself into a corner, and the wolf is unbearable. The first thought in Shirley's mind was that Lance was really too good, and playing against Tom would steal the limelight, so Wade's opposition to Lance's joining would be even more turbulent, so what gesture should she make?

Lance is now showing the ability to direct and write a screenplay, and at the same time revealing the talent of an actor, which also means that there are more and more possibilities in the future, and maybe Paramount can have more collaborations with Lance in the future. Should she show her friendliness?

Shirley set off a storm of thoughts in her mind, and was trying to grasp the scale of advance and retreat, but at this time, another voice came, "Lancelot, I'm very curious, why don't you choose to become an actor?" Looking back, it was Wade who spoke, which caught Shirley off guard, Wade's eyes flashed with shrewdness, as if he had found the prey he had been looking for for a long time, "I mean, in addition to 'City of God' and 'The Day After Tomorrow', in the past, if you want, I believe that it is not difficult to become a good actor." ”

Lance looked at Wade and smiled kindly, "Mr. Russell, I'm good at hide-and-seek and treasure hunting, but I don't necessarily have to be a pirate. ”

A simple sentence made everyone in the office chuckle, and Wade also shook his head helplessly, smiling for the first time since meeting today, "Wade, please call me Wade." "It's a friendly signal," I'm just lamenting, and an actor as talented and charismatic as you is absolutely rare for Hollywood. It's hard to believe that you've never starred in a movie before today! ”

"I thought you would compliment me on my business value." Lance's ridicule made everyone laugh again, this is Hollywood, and all qiē is measured in terms of "interests".

Shirley chuckled and then said, "We'll know the answer when 'Killing with a Knife' comes out, won't we?" This sentence is in response to Lance's ridicule, and at the same time, it is also a hint: Lance should play the role of Max. Although she didn't admit it directly, Shirley was already keenly aware of the change in the situation, and quietly gave herself a step down, while also beginning to close the distance.

In just one sentence, Shirley's heroic demeanor was shown.

Brad's gaze swept over Shirley, who was about to speak, but Shirley brought it up before he did. Brad knew that Shirley was trying to make amends, but when he thought about it, he didn't have to worry about it at all, because he was in contact with Lance from the beginning to the end of the whole project of "Killing with a Knife", and now he was the one who took the initiative. As a result, Brad withdrew his gaze and joined the laughter.

The smile on the corner of Lance's mouth became brighter and brighter, and the transition between offense and defense in the blink of an eye was indeed tense, but fortunately, everything went according to plan. Choosing Wade as the object of the play is also part of Lance's plan, and compared to others, Wade's connection with "killing people with a knife" is the most direct and pure.

Wade's idea is very simple: to ensure that Tom can attack the Oscars, so he boycotted Lance because Lance is not qualified; Then he accepted Lance, and the conditions were the simplest - anyway, Lance was just an amateur actor, and he couldn't compete with Tom in terms of box office dividends, which was also in line with Tom's long-standing cooperation style, "Cooperate with second- and third-tier powerful actors to ensure that their interests are maximized".

Once Wade was shaken, the Shirley Alliance collapsed. Before today's acting audition, Shirley and Lance discussed the script with Lance, which shows that they are still very satisfied with Lance's position as screenwriter and director; Therefore, in order to ensure the normal progress of "borrowing a knife to kill", and considering the future development potential, it is unlikely that Shirley gritted her teeth and stood up to the end and tore her face directly with Lance. Naturally, things fell into place.

The conversation that followed was very relaxed and pleasant, and after a while, Shirley and the others took their leave, leaving only Brad and Lance in the office.

Brad laughed heartily, his eyes full of happiness, "Lance, you really brought a huge surprise today, I didn't expect you to be so hidden. Even though I have a lot of faith in you, I was blown away today. To be honest, the performance just now was really wonderful! God, you should have been on the big screen sooner! ”

Lance didn't laugh, Brad and Wade were wrong.

Strello does have a good acting talent, which is undeniable, but he is far from being an excellent actor, without the shock and impact of the third life, if there is no grinding and precipitation of the vicissitudes of life, and most importantly, if there is no thirteen years of polishing in New York after Li Jin wore / crossed in the previous life, his talent could not really be brought into play.

In fact, Shirley's idea is correct: if there is no wearing/crossing, if there is no rebirth, Lance at this moment is just a student with acting dreams, perhaps, better than most students.

So, after Lance left the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he did not become an actor, but founded Diorama Pictures and took a step on the road of producer. Life is always like this, there is no free lunch, there is no unearned gain, only when talent and hard work are combined, can burst out 100% of the light.

What's more, Lance didn't think that his performance just now could be called excellent, it was far from it. (To be continued.) )

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