Walking into this coffee house with bright windows, the air is filled with the rich aroma of coffee, mixed with the green and dripping green, as if the naked eye can see the elves dancing in the sunlight, and the crystal clear golden sunlight slows down the pace of time.

But in this casual and lazy atmosphere, Mikey, who was sitting in the corner, looked very nervous, his broad shoulders tensed, and from time to time he raised his head to look at the door of the café, and the shaking right leg, the right thumb between his teeth, and the panicked gaze everywhere revealed the true feelings in his heart at the moment, which seemed incompatible with the whole coffee house.

David Unger patted Mikey's shoulder and tried to soothe his nervousness, but Mikey jumped up suddenly, shook off David's palm vigorously, looked at David with angry eyes, and the fist of his right hand had been reflexively raised, as if if as long as David made a rash move, the fist would fall directly.

But David was used to it, he shook his head, and said calmly, "Mikey, you should know that if you continue like this, you won't be able to find any work, right?" With a word, Mikey's fist was slightly retracted, but he still didn't put it down, "We've already said it, I'll plan your work next, I said, Lancelot is your chance, you have to seize it." ”

Mikey put his fist down and sat heavily in the booth, snapping his fingers in hatred, clattering, gasping for air, "I don't care, it's just a supporting role, an unimportant supporting role." ”

"A supporting role that everyone is fighting for!" David noticed that his voice had risen slightly, and he immediately suppressed it. "Did you know that Dwayne-Johnson and Vin Diesel are both fighting for the role?"

"Then give them well." Mikey shook his hand impatiently, his face full of distraction.

David took a deep breath, and he knew that Mickey wasn't targeting Lance, not Sin City, or him. It's aimed at Mickey herself. After so many ups and downs, Mickey was on the verge of a mental breakdown, and he attempted suicide at home last month, and if it weren't for his Chihua awakening the last vestiges of his sense of survival, Mickey might not be here now.

"Mikey, we talked about it, didn't we?" David slowed his tone and looked up at the door, making sure the person waiting wasn't there. "Listen, you're Lancelot's first choice, I'm 100% sure." Rumors of the casting of "Sin City" have only been coming out one after another in the past two days, and everyone is still in the stage of exploring the information, and then he receives a call, "Lancelot is a treasure, trust me!" What's more, this work also has the support of the Coen brothers. Imagine that! Mikey, imagine! ”

The Coen Brothers. That's the little help Lance uses.

In the process of writing the script for "Sin City", Lance asked the Coen brothers out for an in-depth conversation about the script, and the Coen brothers had a unique treatment of the black style - the later Oscar-winning Best Picture "Old and Helpless" is a typical representative, their "black" seems unpretentious, but it seeps into the bones.

The two brothers are clearly interested in Lance's grand trilogy of evils. The stylized approach to Sin City was an eye-opener for them. However, they also gave Lance some advice, because works that are too stylized tend to be overwhelmed, so they put forward higher requirements for the lines of the script - otherwise they will not live up to Lance's expectations.

It was only after that conversation that the name "Sin City" spread in the circle for the first time, and it was after the casting news was released.

Hear David's words. Mickey's tense shoulder line relaxed slightly, but he was still unwilling to bow his head in front of David, so he just stubbornly turned his head away, looked out the window, and said nothing.

David also knew that enough was enough, and did not continue to speak, leaving enough room for Mickey - but there was not much time left for Mickey because Lance appeared.

Dressed in a navy blue collarless shirt, Lance walked briskly into the café in the sun, as if the spirits dancing with joy in the air froze. David's movements stiffened slightly, then he raised his right hand and took the initiative to say hello. Lance saw it at once, raised his chin in the direction he was, and the smile on the corner of his mouth rose, and in an instant he amazed time.

"Hey, sorry I'm late." Lance's voice had already come to his eyes, and David came back to his senses, and then he saw Lance and Cole standing behind. David stood up and showed politeness, but Mickey was half a beat slow to react and still sat down, Cole stepped forward and was about to start the introduction, but Lance smiled and said, "If we don't question the authenticity of each other's identities, I don't think there's any need to introduce them." ”

As he spoke, Lance took the initiative to sit down. At this time, Miki finally reacted and stood up, and this one fell together, which once again made the surrounding atmosphere solidify, and it became more and more embarrassing.

Cole turned his head to look at Lance, his thoughts swirling in his mind, and he swallowed the words that had reached the tip of his tongue; And David, who was standing opposite, showed a polite smile, "I have long heard that Lancelot Strello is a neat person, and today I finally saw it." ”

The subtext is that Lance is not polite," David Unger. David introduced himself to Cole.

"Cole Grede." Cole took David's right hand and smiled, "I wish I didn't have to introduce the director's name." "If you want to introduce it, it means that the actor is not prepared, which is really rude. It would be a different story if there was Tom Cruise sitting across from him, but Mickey Rock was not Tom Cruise.

Lance simply ignored the brief exchange between David and Cole, and his eyes were always on Mickey.

Mickey's movements are a little sluggish, because of the injection of synthetic alcohol and look very old, a large amount of cellulite makes the muscles look extremely rough, the overdeveloped biceps makes the whole person look a little clumsy, the uneven cheeks can faintly see the traces of plastic surgery, and the receding hairline makes the signs of aging impossible to hide.

Standing in front of Lance, Mikey looked a little confused, he looked a little nervous, as if he was a little angry, and a little irritable, and his eyes were always wandering around unfocused. After seeing Lance sit down, he turned his head to look at David and Cole next to him, and then sat down directly, his rough breathing looking quite difficult.

It's hard to imagine that this is the top idol of the 80s.

Once upon a time, when Mickey was young, his handsome appearance, chic temperament, and uninhibited personality made the whole Hollywood cheer, and he was regarded as the James Dean of the new era. What's even more rare is that Mickey's superb acting skills surpassed Tom Hanks, who debuted at the same time, in the early days of his debut, works such as "Heaven's Gate", "Body Heat", "Small Restaurant", "Betta" and other works made countless film critics applaud, and then became popular because of "Love You for Nine and a Half Weeks", becoming a high-profile potential stock in the film industry.

People think that Tom Cruise is the first Hollywood idol ever to package success, but in fact, before him, Mickey had such an opportunity, only, he missed it.

As his career was in full swing, Mickey began to be overwhelmed, his violent temper gradually spiraled out of control, he quarreled with directors and producers, abused other actors - including Tom Cruise, who was just rising to prominence because of "Top Gun" at the time, made enemies everywhere in Hollywood, and squandered one opportunity after another.

Tom Cruise's character in "Rain Man" begins with Mickey's, and Dustin-Hoffman personally sends an invitation to the phone, but he is so addicted to alcohol that he forgets to call back; The character of Kevin Costner in "The Iron Mask", the character of John Travolta in "Pulp Fiction", the role of "Field Platoon" and "The Silence of the Lambs...... Wait, Mickey was the first choice, but he rejected them all.

When his personal and professional life began to fall apart, he took on some bad junk movies for money, and after seven consecutive box office failures, he decided to leave Hollywood for a while and return to his beloved boxing ring to become a professional boxer.

In fact, he was a very good boxer, and in the four years between 1991 and 1995, he won several consecutive fights, just three fights away from winning the lightweight title, but withdrew from the fight due to mental problems, and finally suffered a brain injury that forced him to quit boxing altogether. At that time, he had undergone four plastic surgeries on his face, reshaped his broken nose and once handsome cheekbones, and even some of his ears were cut off by doctors to repair his face, but the handsome face that once made countless girls fall in love is gone.

In 1995, Mickey returned to Hollywood, but not many directors were willing to use him, and he could only appear in supporting roles in some films, and spent a long and dark period of slump as if there was no hope in sight.

Lance tries to rediscover the traces of his former handsomeness on this face, but is disappointed, apparently these are two very different people. However, such Mickey is precisely the best candidate for Muffle, in the original comics, Muffle is a deformed face, strong muscles, and short-tempered setting, from this point of view, Mickey only needs to play in his true colors to be qualified for this role.

What Lance values more is that Mickey's performance has a certain foundation, and his life experience is of a lot of help to play the role of Muffle, which is why Lance locked Mickey in the first choice. But apparently, Mickey's fiery temper is a ticking time bomb.

Like at this moment.

"What the are you looking at! ! Mickey slammed his fists on the table and gritted his teeth. (To be continued.) )

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