Chapter 10 Difficulty in taking the first step

"You're Sean Rodriguez Cross introduced by Nicholas?" The chubby and stubble-covered director Dominic sat in a chair and lowered his head and asked lightly.

He doesn't care which guy plays this supporting role, as long as he meets the conditions, even a pig can come to play, as long as the pig can speak English.

"Yes director, I'm Sean."

"Go and prepare, David just told me that you can rehearse, then filming will start later."

Dominic waved his hand casually and sent Sean away.

I didn't even look at Sean during the whole process.

As long as David, the assistant director in charge of these supporting roles, proves that this guy can play, then the director will not put his mind on a supporting role, and it is still a supporting role without even a line.

That's right, the role Sean got didn't have a single line.

He played such a small supporting role.

However, Sean is not pretentious, if he is a director, he will not put his mind on a supporting role that has no lines, but just needs to swing muscles.

It's not a question of respect or disrespect, it's a reality.

"Where's that Duke guy?"

Sean searched for a long time, but he didn't see Duke, so he could only prepare for a while of shooting. Since coming to the crew, the Duke guy has been very active.

Sean plays the role of a corpse collector working in the autopsy room, and the script carefully lists every action and the effect that the director wants.

To be precise, this character is a weirdo in the eyes of normal people, a pervert.

Since there are no lines, it is more necessary for Sean to use body language to express this role, and Sean has also pondered it many times during this time.

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"You're just pushing the box into the cooler for a while, then picking up the slice of bread and taking a bite, answering the phone, and doing what was written in the script, OK? This scene is very simple, I hope it doesn't mess up, rookie! ”

David, the assistant director on the set, told Sean again.

β€œOK,Ican!”

The assistant director stared at Sean seriously, and when he saw that he understood, he nodded and went to greet the other staff.

The staff on site have their own responsibilities.

"Good luck, man!"

"Thanks......" Sean was not used to this kind of ass slapping encouragement. There is always a kind of 'feeling of feet' that are violated by chrysanthemums.

"Come on, buddy!"

Anderson, a small black man wearing sunglasses next to him, smiled and hammered Sean on his chest, this little black man is also the actor of the "Hidden Mirror Man" black boy in the play, and he is a pair of 'partners' with Sphinx played by Sean.

Sean smiled and walked into the makeshift morgue room, next to the extras disguised as dead bodies, and the room looked a little eerie.

One of the plastic models sits on a refrigerated cabinet, and that's the prop that Sean will push into later.

"Is that okay?" A staff member walked over and asked Sean again.

Give the other person a "no problem" gesture.

"Hoo ......"

Sean took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, looked at the camera with a red light next to him, and the staff of the camera, lighting, and radio next to him all carefully checked the machine, and nodded to the assistant director next to him.

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As if to see Sean's nervousness, a staff member shrugged his shoulders and took the script from Sean's hand, ready to start filming this scene of the movie.

"Guys, it's time to work, all departments get ready, Scene 16 Act 1 ......"

With the reminder of the director's assistant, many staff members quickly debugged the machine and entered the working state.

The originally lazy scene instantly became serious, and all the staff's eyes were all looking at Sean. This made Sean nervous enough to hear his own heartbeat.

"Damn it!"

The sound of a pounding heartbeat made Sean's head suddenly have a fine bead of sweat.

For the first time, the spotlight was directed at him, and the red light of camera No. 2 was also facing him, and he didn't have the excitement he had before he participated, but more nervousness.

Although the air was blowing in the room, he was still sweating nervously. The cold air on couldn't seem to stop the constant feeling of tension.

It's like going to an interview for a job, and the next second the other person will decide your fate.

Honestly, it feels terrible!

"All ready."

With a sound of preparation, Sean's whole body stiffened, and Sean's mind went blank at this moment.

"Smack-" The sound of the set of the board starting.

Although Sean had his back to the door, he swore that he could hear the sound of the camera turning clearly through the door!

This scene is moved by the No. 1 hand-held camera, from the outside door to the medium shot at a constant speed, so the first is the outside of several colleagues arguing, and then the door is pushed open, and the No. 1 hand-held camera will shoot Sean's back and give him a close-up shot.

"Your callβ€”" A colleague's voice rang, reminding Sean that his role had officially begun.

However, when the voice appeared, Sean could only feel the pressure of the camera getting closer and closer and the tension of his own heartbeat, which made his whole body become a little stiff. He can only use his hands to support the cold cold storage, which seems to give him some confidence.

Camera 1 pushes in, maintaining a medium shot. Push to a close-up shot of Sean. The No. 2 camera on the side is ready to shoot a close-up of Sean.

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"Cards!"

The director's assistant yelled at Sean, who was standing there at a loss, "What are you doing? Damn, are you modeling? This is not New York! ”

"Restart ......"

Sean let out a breath and readjusted his form. He raised his hand apologetically, signaling that he could start again.

"Your callβ€”"

The door was reopened, and the cameraman sat on the slide, holding the No. 1 camera, and entered the cold room to photograph Sean's back.

"Cards!"

"Are you an idiot? I want not to speak, not zombies! ”

Looking at Sean, who was stiff all over, the director's assistant couldn't help yelling at him, "Are you dancing a mechanical dance?" ”

Start all over again.

"Cards."

"Falk oil! God, you're just elm heads. Can you be more natural and less rigid? Do you think you're sawing wood? ”

Watching Sean's uncoordinated movements, the director's assistant greeted God directly.

Fourth.

"Cards."

"Die! Bastard, you shouldn't be acting at all, you should go to the streets of the Walk of Fame to beg, guy who looks like it!"

Fifth.

"Cards."

In a few consecutive articles, Sean failed to satisfy the director's assistant, from the initial frown to the final scolding. It's either that the movements are unnatural, or the turn is slow, or the nervous sweat goes down, which is simply inferior.

This made Sean himself want to cover his face, and at the same time, he was becoming less and less confident in himself. Many times, many actors have self-doubted themselves and ruined their careers as actors.

An actor needs to have a strong heart. De Niro once said so. But apparently, Sean doesn't have this kind of big heart for the time being.

"I think we can go for a drink when it's over, and the night in San Francisco is just as wonderful......"

Dominic walked in with Nicholas in a good mood, talking about strippers and laughing.

Dominic forgot about the director's chair and beckoned to the assistant director.

"How? David, this scene is filmed, we have new things to do......"

"Mr. Director, I think the filming will be delayed for a while......"

The assistant director shook his head and helplessly pointed to Sean Close next to him, "This guy is hopeless, he messed up the shooting." ”

"Are you kidding me, David? It's just a simple scene......" Dominic glanced at David teasingly, and pointed to Sean not far away with an unkind face, "This guy is from your casting, and you tell me he screwed up?" Shet......"

He will not forgive such low-level mistakes.

"Are you kidding me? I need you to finish filming this scene right away, or ......" Dominic leaned back in his chair and gave David a cold look, "I'll give the next few scenes to someone else!" ”

Nicolas Cage didn't get involved in these things, but looked at Sean with a smile, but found that the other party's face was low and gloomy, and couldn't help frowning, hesitated, and walked to Sean's side.

After all, Sean is the actor he recommended to come in, if it is really because of Sean that the filming is delayed, then maybe David will also chew his tongue.

Hollywood filmmakers don't have any discipline and will never take the blame for others. Especially when it comes to one's own vital interests, it is absolutely impossible.

"Hey man, what's wrong?"

Patting Sean on the shoulder, Nicholas took out the cigarette case, and wanted to pop a cigarette like Sean. But unfortunately, he doesn't have Sean's skills.

"Shet!" Looking at the cigarette that fell on the ground, Nicholas had no choice but to take out a cigarette and hand it to Sean, "It seems that you are in trouble with the same cigarette as me!" ”

"I'm sorry, Nicholas. I failed to live up to your expectations, and I think I might...... It's not acting material. Without taking Nicholas's cigarette, looking at the new friend in front of him, Sean squeezed out a wry smile.

Apparently, screwed up yourself. Maybe that's exactly what Duke said.

An actor's dream is a dream after all.

"Maybe I should study architecture, you know, I love architecture." Sean laughed self-deprecatingly, remembering that day when Nicholas asked himself, he answered the same way. Now it seems, really a mockery!

"Damn it!"

Looking at Sean in front of him, who looked willing to degenerate, Nicholas couldn't help but throw the cigarette roll on the ground and looked at Sean coldly.

"You know what, you look like you, I want to punch you in the face."

Nicholas gestured with his hand to make a crying nose gesture very irritably, "You seem to be a soft guy who only cries your nose, or a nerd who was bullied in college, it's so fucking disgusting!" ”

Many people saw the situation here and pointed their fingers.

"Damn it, although I haven't known you for a long time, I also want to tell you, this is not like yourself, I remember that you are very confident, and you are definitely not the kind of eggless guy you are now!"

Nicholas nodded Sean with his hand and patted his chest again, "No one is born with everything, and I have my first time!" I was scared to pee my pants the first time, but I'm an Oscar winner now!"

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Sean looked at the excited Nicolas Cage and was silent.

"I know, you must be very suspicious of yourself now, but I just want to tell you that difficulty is a, a, the more you escape, the more she will taunt you in your ear all the time, telling you, ** is a loser!"

Seeing that Sean was just silent and didn't react, Nicholas took a breath and stared at Sean seriously.

"Listen to me, man. Acting is not about deliberately performing, but about thinking about yourself as a character in the play.

For example, the character of Memphis, who is a car thief himself, washes his hands for the sake of his mother. But in order to save his brother, he had to come back. ”

"He's a very affectionate guy, so I put myself in it. Think about it, what kind of character is Sphink? He's cold? He's weird? Or barbarism? If you don't think about your role, you'll never be a real actor. ”

"Francis once said something to me, and I'm giving it to you today," Nicholas whispered in Sean's ear, "Good actor, the first time you'll pee your pants." However, in the days to come, they will create more ruthless characters who make others pee their pants! ”

The Sean in front of him made Nicolas Cage feel good, but he didn't get to the kind of friendship that talked about everything.

But today, for some reason, Cage is willing to say so much to the man in front of him.

Maybe it's because Sean was introduced by himself, and he doesn't want to lose face. Maybe it's something about Sean that attracts him, or maybe it's just because of it that makes Sean look good.

Perhaps, Sean is very much like himself back then.

Nicolas Cage thought inexplicably.

His image is not prominent, and his temperament is not as dazzling as those talented actors of the same period, he was born in the Coppola family, but he never wanted to be a director, he just wanted to be an actor.

I used to be like this guy, bravely chasing my dreams.

He knew that Sean was secretly learning his own acting, and he had listened to Duke's description of Sean, and even, when he went to have fun at night, he could see Sean still figuring out the script from a distance.

At the very least, in Sean, he saw a characteristic that successful people usually have - paranoia.

And they're all of Italian descent!

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PS: Two things

1. When I saw many websites advocating that Nicholas was Jewish, Lao Ye was speechless. Nima, the Coppola family is an authentic Italian immigrant!

Absolutely Apennine variety, just one look at the looks, you can know that Nicolas Cage is definitely right with the Italian team.

In other words, in Hollywood, the Jewish power is indeed very bullish, but there are more Italian-American stars.

The reason why Lao Ye uses Sean is mixed-race, can he say that he likes mixed-race children?

Ha ha! There is Italian descent, forehead...... Because I love Italian football......

Besides, don't you think Italy is funny?

As for having English and Polish ancestry, it's because I think the accent is nice, Polish ...... Can Lao Ye say that there are a lot of handsome guys and beauties in Eastern Europe? What are you looking for? Don't kick your face! That's what I eat!

Do you have Chinese ancestry...... Nima's one who asked this question, pulled him out for me, and cut him with a dog's head, remember, a dog's head!

Dangdang...... There is a Ye Qingtian in Kaifeng...... Untouchables...... Distinguish between male and female.

2. Let me tell you in particular, when I was about to pass this chapter, I was notified to sign a contract with an editor. I'm excited to share it with you.

Lao Ye is actually quite unconfident, thank you for your support.

Thank you editor May greatly, thanks!

3, the book friend is in the book review area, saying that he has waited for Lao Ye for three years, this is ...... Ask, are you male or female? Your sister-in-law is interrogating me about a question from three years ago.

Lao Ye, an honest man......

Ask to hook up! Hahaha......