"Jack, you wait for a while, our TV series is successfully filmed, we must have a broader path in the circle, and at that time, we will introduce you to more characters and more opportunities. What you need is to make movies, and only by shooting movies can you help improve your acting skills. And the improvement of acting skills will be of greater help to you and me. ”

Levy's explanation made Jack's smile a little bitter. Levy said it simply, but it meant that he would have to wait a little longer before he could have a chance. Levy said that he had a broader future, but before the arrival of a broader future, the torment of waiting was really uncomfortable.

"You have to introduce me to a good job, and besides, I don't have anything to eat during this time, so I will rely on you to support everything. It's better to eat women all the time, so it's better to eat with you......"

Levy's persuasion made Jack give up his idea of wanting to be the star of the TV series, and watching Jack gradually accept his idea, Levy's heart also fell with a stone. What makes Levy happy is that although Jack is living a miserable life now, he also understands this truth, and he doesn't talk nonsense about actors' acting skills are not important.

"Who do I sleep with to get this role?" This phrase is quite marketable in Hollywood. Many people believe that this is the reality of Hollywood, as long as you, you can get a role. Even many people put it on the heads of different actresses. However, in fact, this is a line from the 1986 movie "The Producer". It's too stupid to take movie lines as reality.

There are a lot of messy things in Hollywood, but to say that you don't need acting skills is to despise the whole circle. Even if the audience without appreciation sees Jessica Alba's acting skills and Meryl Streep's acting skills, he can't think that they are the same. Whether there is acting or not, it is definitely not exactly the same.

If you go to act in a TV series, Levy doesn't think it will help improve the level. TV series do not require such a high level of performance as movies, and many times, actors can use some exaggerated or single performance techniques to interpret the characters they play. If you act in a movie, if a character constantly just frowns, shakes his head, waves, and stares from beginning to end, he will be considered as having poor acting skills, but acting in a TV series, with one or two actions that he is good at, it can be regarded as an acting school, some actors have been doing the same action in TV series for ten years, as long as the audience likes it, they can have food. The different requirements will cause the gap in the acting skills of the actors. The difference in salary is not without reason, and many things in TV dramas really can't be compared with movies. If you want to hone your acting skills, it's the right path to go to filming.

He wanted to persuade Jack to obey his orders, but he actually had quite a lot of considerations. First of all, from the perspective of TV dramas, he really doesn't like Jack acting in TV series: American TV series are filmed for people with spending power, and for people aged 18-49, what they want to see is the story of some more mature men. Mature men can make women of this age like and gain the respect of men, so in American dramas, there are more opportunities for mature uncles to appear than handsome guys, which is determined by the market. American dramas need uncles, not young people, this is inevitable, Jack is just 21 years old this year, it is very difficult for him to play a mature role, and his own image is not suitable for the TV drama market.

Secondly, it is also because Levy himself still has hope for movies. He knows that his future will still go back to filmmaking, and if it's time to shoot a movie, who doesn't want to have an actor who can understand their ideas well?

Most directors like to work with fixed actors, because the people they know well can better understand what their lenses want to express, they can read their scripts, and when acting, they can better abide by the director's ideas. Levy also wanted an actor who could understand his own thoughts, so he thought of an actor who could work with him and shoot the movies he wanted. He wasn't sure that he would find an actor he liked in the future, so he might as well train Jack from scratch.

At least Jack is young enough now, and he's an old friend himself, so he can talk to him more casually. Tell him how to act, he will never quarrel with himself, tell himself to fuck off.

Jack was born in 1975 – and Levy knows quite well what an asset this age is. In the future of Hollywood, the collective downturn of the post-70s actors, Levy is very clear. Because this group of people born in the 70s just caught up with the footsteps of the Hollywood special effects era, the times made them not have the ability to rely on their acting skills to call for the box office like the older generation, plus they did not catch up with the arrival of the Internet era, there is no way to rely on the online platform to attract huge popularity for themselves when they are young and handsome, compared with the post-60s and post-80s, their popularity is much lower, and it can even be said that the post-70s generation is simply a sluggish generation.

This generation has a lot of potential to tap. In Levy's memory, among the stars of this generation, the most accomplished ones, that is, Xiao Lizi, Matt Damon, and Bale, have been recognized for their box office appeal and acting skills, have their own masterpieces, and have enough ability to play big dramas - and if you count the dead, Heath Ledger is also close to this level. The others, whether it's Mark Wahlberg, Ben Affleck, or James Franco, are much inferior, and although these people are all famous, it's hard to carry the movie on their own, as for the further down...... Orlando Bloom is hard to remember except for being handsome, Jason Statham is completely paralyzed, and Ryan Reynolds and the like have nothing to remember except for their special skills in cheating blonde beauties.

Although it seems that Xiao Lizi, Matt Damon and Bell are not bad, but compared with Depp, Pitt, Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Will Smith, Downey and others in the 60s, it seems that the gap can be seen, not to mention that in terms of artistic achievements, there were Sean Penn and others in the 60s, and Nicolas Cage is willing to degenerate, and Jim Carrey is like Jim Carrey, and few people even mention it.

There is a contrast, there is a gap, and the two actors of the post-70s generation in my memory, one is Adrien Brody and the other is Jean Dujardin, all of whom won the award in an upset, which also shows that at the top level, they have some gaps. These levels of acting are not good, what Levy wants is a better actor.

Levy doesn't know how Jack's acting skills are, and he doesn't know how far Jack's acting skills can improve. But he knows that this group of actors born in the 70s has too much room for operation. If Jack is self-motivated and his acting skills can be exercised, he can find a way to make Jack an actor, and if Jack's acting skills are not high and he only has a handsome face, Levy also dares to guarantee that it will not be a problem for him to act in some superhero movies and get a salary of more than 20 million. And even he can't even play a superhero...... Then let's go shoot a B-grade movie, how to say, with a handsome face, it's not difficult to steal Jason Statham's job.

There are so many good ways to choose from, why do you have nothing to do to make a TV series? Levy himself is down, he can only go to this path, as an actor, why not choose a better path? It is very important for actors to do a good job of their career planning.

"Actually, if you really want to, you can make a little cameo once or twice, as long as it doesn't have a big impact on your image and doesn't stereotype your image, there is no harm in you playing a serial killer or something." Levy smiled.

"Come on, a handsome person like me won't become a murderer, just let a woman raise it if you don't have money." Jack shook his head and laughed again......

"Then go for more films. Jack, we're definitely going to make movies in the future, and we're going to have to use you then. Levy comforted him, "We should have some cooperation with Aftra and SAG when we shoot a TV series this time, and we will also have cooperative brokerage companies, and when the time comes, we will help you speak in these places." ”

At this time in Hollywood, there are two main actors' unions, one is SAG, the screen actors' union, and they mainly face film actors on the big screen. The other is AFTRA, the TV and Radio Actors Union, which is mainly played by TV actors. The two unions will provide a variety of actors to the crew, and they will be responsible for negotiating with the crew on behalf of the actors, demanding various benefits and minimum wages. Sag is mainly in charge of films, and they ask for a slightly higher salary, but there are also more high-quality actors.

However, in addition to these two major unions, there are also some actors who do not join the two major unions. The reason is also very simple, for these actors outside the union, they would rather be exploited ruthlessly, make less money, and want to exchange for a performance opportunity. The actors in the union all have a minimum wage requirement, while the actors outside the union do not ask for it, and the crew can push the price lower. The guild requires a lot of formalities, while the actors outside the guild belong to the food they can eat, and their requirements are much lower. Sometimes, some crews with low investment, in order to save money, will choose these actors.

Hiring actors in this way can save a lot of money. However, hiring actors in this way is not beneficial to the development of their TV series. Good movie and TV series stars will definitely join the union, they all have opportunities, and they will naturally choose to fight for their own interests if they don't worry about being useless. If the crew chooses to hire non-guild actors, it seems to save money, but it is difficult to say what will happen in the future.

Levy didn't want to make a fortune and leave, so when he was filming, he naturally went back to the actors' union. If he can have a good relationship with the actors' union and the agency, what is the difficulty in finding a role for his friend to star in the movie?

"The TV series didn't let me shoot it, so I accepted it. But, Nick, you've got to make amends to me. There was a smile on Jack's face, "I know the Oscars have just ended, and there will definitely be a party at your brother's magazine." How about finding a way to take me to a party? It's a place I've dreamed of for a long time! ”

"What's not to do?" Levy immediately replied, "Actually, I'd love to see it too—I'm tired from work these days, and I want to relax." ”