Levy's words made the two people on the other side stunned for a moment. Winona obviously didn't expect Levy to say this.

However, Levy is also very sure of this: now he is no longer a little-known director, when selecting actors, if he doesn't ask what the requirements are, just what the actors say, it won't work.

Winona Ryder's image is very suitable, but can she play it well? Levy has to take a look at it too. At least from the current point of view, her temper is not very good, and Levy is also afraid that she will play a big name during filming, so she still has to see what her attitude towards the movie is.

"Mr. Levy, if my attitude displeased you, then you may blame me as you please, I dare not ask for your forgiveness, but please do not blame Miss Ryder for my fault. She really liked the movie and really wanted to get the role. And, Mr. Levy, you must also admit that there is no second person in Hollywood who is more suitable for this role than her. ”

Jason spoke eagerly, he knew that Levy had a bad impression of him, and at this time he also wanted to rush to reverse Levy's thoughts, so before Winona could speak, Jason had already spoken.

"Mr. Levy, I think it's not appropriate for Miss Ryder to play this role, in fact, I am the one who takes a fancy to this role and thinks that this movie is very suitable for Miss Lai. The characters in this movie are beautiful, kind, sensitive, and hide too much bitterness, but they are willing to show their most beautiful and innocent side to the public, who is more suitable than Winona? ”

Where do you see that she is a kind and innocent person, and where do you see that my script says that the actor who needs Emily must be a beauty?

Levy just smiled, but didn't say a word. At this time, Winona also opened her mouth again, "Jason, don't talk about it yet. This is an interview with me, and I think Director Levy wants to see more of what I have to say. ”

Levy didn't speak, but his smile was enough to support Winona to continue.

"Mr. Levy, I wish I had this role - it's for you're considering, don't you want to make this movie too? I'm the right fit, and if you know me a little bit, you'll know that's a fact. ”

Winona's words with a very strong sense of confidence intrigued Levy. Such self-confidence and reserve have a bit of star characteristics. However, Levi didn't know what she was thinking, and he reached out and motioned for Winona Ryder to continue, because he also wanted to know where her confidence came from.

Winona nodded, and continued, "Mr. Levy, please listen to me explain my reasons: First of all, Emily in your movie is a person who has lost her mother, her father is indifferent, and her life is completely childless. If there is no such anguish, then the help she expresses to others in the later part of the film will be meaningless - the biggest focus of this movie is not to help others, but to overcome yourself - I am right. ”

This quite excellent analysis made Levy understand a little: although Winona's shelf is a little bigger, as an actor, her basic skills are not bad. For a script, some people read it as it is, while some people can read the screenwriter's ideas and priorities, and Winona is clearly the latter.

"The American entertainment industry has always been heavily influenced by psychoanalysis, believing that people who have misfortunes in childhood are prone to all kinds of problems when they grow up. And this movie violates this principle. The introduction of childhood in the front looks like a complete sketch of a murderer's childhood, but in the back, the child becomes an angel. This is a very remarkable initiative, and Emily's greatest victory is not how many people she helps, but that she overcomes her own boredom and fills the emptiness of her heart by helping others. Overcoming the shadow of my own childhood, it is more rare than helping others, and this is the first thing I noticed. ”

Winona continued to explain, her words surprising Levy even more.

"You've read the script very well." Levy smiled, "And you know a little bit about psychology." ”

"My godfather is Timothy Leary, how could I not know psychology?" Winona said with some pride, "My family background is also one of the important sources of confidence for me to act in this movie. ”

Timothy Leary is a professor of psychology at Harvard, and Levy knows it. He knew that Winona's family background and cultural ties were deep, but he didn't expect it to be so deep. It's just that Levi is a little puzzled by Winona Ryder saying that her family background is the reason for acting in a good movie.

"My parents, just like Emily, they are not good parents, they are representative figures of the Beat Generation, I have been very little cared for by my parents since I was a child, I have been a film actor since I was 13 years old, I have always grown up on the set, I have no childhood, I can grasp Emily's character psychology in the play, I can grasp it very well."

Is it really okay to take out your depression as a good deed to promote it like this? Levi complained in his heart, but he quite agreed with these words, "You have analyzed the psychological impact of Emily in childhood, but what about Emily's psychology when she grows up?" Is it really appropriate for you to play it? ”

"When Emily grew up, the most important thing was to be sensitive and strong. The first point, I believe that I can play well, girls are very sensitive, although her sensitivity is very rare, and she is even a little neurotic, but I can definitely play this well. And the latter point is throughout, and with the help of your camera, this is also what she can play well. ”

In other words, I still think I can't do it...... Levy wasn't surprised by this, Winona Ryder could probably be described in any word, but there was absolutely no word strong in it. This is a person who can cry sadly when she is the most popular in the era, because she sees the woman who is called the happiest woman in the media, and she is always accompanied by major depression, not strength and optimism.

Winona Ryder also knew that her words were not particularly favorable, so she spoke further, "And I have other advantages. ”

"Oh?" Levy was somewhat unconvinced.

"Although this film seems to be a very feminine film, at a deep level, it is not a mainstream and orthodox film. Anti-heroic, anti-sublime, anti-religious, anti-grand narrative, even anti-political discourse and anti-intellectual discourse, deconstruction of orthodoxy, banter and irony can be seen everywhere. These things may be difficult for others to understand, but I am very familiar with these cultures, and who is more familiar with them than me? I've been exposed to these since I was a child. ”

This is true - Winona's father, Horowitz, was a cultural celebrity, an elite member of the counterculture movement in the United States in the '60s, and if anyone could understand the counterculture language, then she did have an advantage that is difficult for others to compare with except for those who actually experienced that generation: others were at most interested in learning when they grew up, but she had been exposed to these cultures since she was a child.

Levi remembered: if I remember correctly, she also made her own "Girl with Souls" in the future, and that novel had this idea - only that the film had the wrong director, and made the counterculture's concern for the marginalized people into a high-minded spiritual judgment of the mainstream, and the result was a mess.

On a cultural level, she's a better fit for the film – she's found another entry point.

"And I also have a very significant advantage: a lot of the film is quite cartoonish, unconventional camera angles. The script of this movie is a romantic comedy with fantasy colors, and such a TV series requires actors to know how to better express themselves under the camera. And you know, I've worked with director Tim Burton a lot of times, and I know a lot more about cartoon colors and exaggerated and bizarre shots than anyone else. ”

This sentence is the advantage of shooting: this movie is indeed quite a rhapsodic film, both in terms of color use and shooting angles, it is extremely bizarre. The more iconoclastic the filming, the more difficult it is for the filmmakers to cooperate in the shooting. In contrast, Winona worked with Tim Burton many times in her early years, which is her advantage - if there is anyone in the world who has the most cartoonish cinematic scenes, it is definitely Tim Burton.

"I have to admit, Miss Ryder, that your words have touched me a little." Levy laughed, "Your deconstruction and understanding of this film gives me ample reasons to choose you." ”

"Thank you." Winona nodded and smiled reservedly at Levy's words.

"So, I'll give you my opinion on this movie." "I'm not going to give up the final editing rights anyway. But it's true that in recent times, I've been very busy with my affairs and don't have time to prepare for filming, so maybe I can't get the film out in time, I think, we can think about it like this: joint investment, you can prepare in advance, my company can't allocate manpower, you will operate the construction of the studio, there are suitable actors, you can use promotion, I am responsible for the crew formation, this is my business. ”

"If that's the case, I would have immediately chosen someone to play the leading role." Winona is very well prepared, "There is a British actor named Christian Bale, and I think he is very suitable for the leading role. ”