Sam is a die-hard fan of Lin Mingyang's novels, and since learning that Disney had bought the film rights to "Twilight," he has been following the latest developments in the filming of "Twilight" online. Disney has a dedicated "Twilight" homepage on the company's website, with the latest developments in the film's preparation, as well as polls such as "My favorite character actor" and "My favorite fiction character." The content of this official homepage is slow to update, but the number of online clicks and comments is still on the rise.

Sam opened the webpage as usual, wanting to see the latest online voting results. Which celebrity's approval rating has risen again, and which guy is definitely out of the picture, these are all social topics that Sam's partners around him have been talking about lately.

The results of the poll didn't change much, but on the news section of the official homepage, a headline was typed in a bold color, followed by a click with the word "new" that caught Sam's attention, and with a flick of the mouse, he clicked on the news link.

On the evening of September 16 (today), Disney and director Tim Burton attended a press conference together, and the two sides confirmed the partnership, and Tim Burton officially became the director of the film "Twilight". It is reported that before this, Tim Burton had secretly contacted Felix Lin, the author of the original book of "Twilight", and the two sides reached a consensus on the adaptation of the script. And Felix Lin has long been the candidate for the leading actor in Dinis. Felix Lin himself was not present at the launch, but Tim Burton confirmed it in an interview with reporters. ”

Sam is not the first netizen to click on this news, he looked at the page statistics under the news headline, more than 2000 people have seen the news in front of him, and the latest messages on the website are almost all the reactions of netizens to this news, all kinds of remarks poured out for a while, some people rejoiced, and naturally some people cursed bitterly.

The media reacted only a beat slower than the Internet, and the next day, the pages of major newspapers were full of comments about the news.

"Twilight is full of love-hate tension, but it is elegant and sophisticated, like Jane Eyre, and it reaches the extreme of romance novels. Coupled with the melancholy and warmth that characterizes Tim Burton's films, this year's most anticipated commercial blockbuster is none other than this. —The New York Times

"Tim Burton is known as a Hollywood genius director, his films can often see pale and gloomy gothic faces, and the film world he created is full of black humor and gentleness, self-isolation and tension, cold and warm, is gloomy in the gorgeous, warm in the cruel, warm in the warm. Disney has finally found a director for "Twilight", but Tim Burton has been out of luck lately, can the film keep him running? - The Los Angeles Express

"Another beautiful story has been ravaged, and Tim Burton will definitely add his dark, gloomy, thriller, and surreal ideas to this film, and the audience can only watch a heartwarming and romantic love story degenerate into a boring thriller movie!" -- The Washington Post

…… Whether it is praise or cynicism, it is impossible to adapt the facts determined by the director and the actor, and the suspense of the film "Twilight" is only the choice of the heroine who has not yet been revealed. Speculation has swirled, the most outrageous of which is that Tim Burton is ready to use his wife to play Bella, the heroine of the novel.

Such speculation is not groundless, because there is a precedent for things. Tim Burton and his wife Helena met during the filming of "Planet of the Apes", and the gothic girl appeared in all Burton's later films without exception, and can be said to be Tim Burton's second queen actor besides Johnny Depp.

On the forum of the official Disney homepage of the film "Twilight", netizens protested by swiping water stickers, and the Disney Company had to temporarily close the forum. In the face of media and public inquiries, Disney finally clarified the rumor and announced that the selection of the heroine Bella will be carried out through auditions.

The audition for the lead role in the film is a common promotional trick used by the Disney Company, and those who have no actual acting experience will be eliminated before the audition without exception. Behind each huge audition is actually an invisible kind of publicity, using the public's enthusiasm to attract more people's attention. And those who are really selected are actors who have acted in some movies before, but are not yet famous.

For ordinary people, the audition for the heroine of "Twilight" is just a process of participation, but for those actors who are not satisfied, this is a famous shortcut to the south. Because of the large number of applicants, Disney has to limit the age of applicants, over 15 years old, under 20 years old to block many people from the selection range, but there are still not a few who meet the qualifications.

Emma Roberts couldn't sign up because of schedule problems, the little girl cried on the phone for more than an hour, and Lin Mingyang tried all kinds of means to finally appease the little baby of the Roberts family. Before he could stop for two days, Tim Burton called him to Los Angeles with a phone call.

"Felix, you're just in time, but the crew is staffed!" Tim Burton's office is littered with drawings of all sorts of ideas in his head about the film. Seeing Lin Mingyang walk in, Tim Burton put down the paintbrush in his hand and rubbed his hands: "I just have a very important thing on hand, and I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to other people to do, now only you are the most suitable to do it!" ”

Lin Mingyang asked with some hesitation: "What do you mean..."

"Great!" Tim Burton walked around the office excitedly, "I know you will definitely agree, you are the screenwriter of the film and the original author of the novel, I am too busy to spare my body now, it is the best place for you to go!" ”

The smile on Lin Mingyang's face froze there, he didn't seem to have promised anything, Tim Burton waved his hand, and the drudgery of casting fell on his head. nominally got a fictitious title of assistant director, but took on a drudgery, Lin Mingyang felt that he had really lost a lot of money coming to Los Angeles this time.

"You know my film style, so you definitely know what kind of heroine this film needs!" Uncle Ti patted Lin Mingyang on the shoulder, "I know you know a lot of beautiful women, Kate Beckinsale is not bad, but it's a pity that she is suitable for more mature roles." Don't look for that kind of blonde and blue-eyed woman with a surname, being beautiful is secondary, what I need is temperament, a temperament that matches the style of my film. ”

Although he was mentally prepared to do hard work, Lin Mingyang was still taken aback when he got the list information for the audition from the relevant person in charge, and the list directory alone used two pages, which means that he probably had to interview more than 100 people. This number alone gave Lin Mingyang a headache, he knew very well what type of actress Uncle Di wanted, and since he took over this job, he already had a suitable candidate in his heart.

Uncle Ti finally has a little human touch, he "lent" his director assistant Alun to Lin Mingyang to help Lin Mingyang sort out the information of the audition actors. Aaron is a student who has just graduated from the drama school, only a few years older than Lin Mingyang, and has a few freckles on his face.

He moved all the two thick stacks of materials to Lin Mingyang's temporary desk, but Lin Mingyang didn't plan to really interview so many actors, he spent two hours looking through all the actors' materials, and strangely didn't find the person he wanted. This made Lin Mingyang feel very puzzled, could it be that there was something wrong with his memory? He shook his head, pushing the thought out of his mind, something should have gone wrong.

"Aaron, are you sure all the cast materials for the interview are here?"

"All the information of the 103 actors is in your hands!"

Lin Mingyang threw the information in his hand aside, "But there is no one I want here!" ”

"But—" Aaron froze.

"No, but!" Lin Mingyang's attitude was very resolute, "You go and check for me, if there is an actress named Kristen Stewart who has signed up for the audition." If she has been eliminated, see if there is any information left, and it is best to find her contact information. ”

"She's a friend you know?" Aaron asked with some hesitation, and suddenly felt that he was a little too talkative, because it was not something he should be concerned about.

"I don't know the girl, but I've seen her movies and I'm very impressed." Allen's "reminder" made Lin Mingyang realize that he was in a bit of a hurry, "Have you ever watched David Fincher's "Trembling Space"? ”

"Is that the horror movie starring Jodie Foster?" Aaron nodded, "I've seen that movie, but I prefer Fincher's "Fight Club", and I feel like there's still a big gap between the two movies." ”

"That film did disappoint people who had high hopes for David Fincher, but it wasn't outrageous, and it was a hit at the box office, earning more than $30 million in its first week." Lin Mingyang had checked the information before, so he could easily come to the house: "In addition to Judy, there is also an important role in that film!" ”

"You're talking about the little girl?" Aaron looked suddenly enlightened, "She's Kristen Stewart?" ”

"I checked her information, she was only 12 years old when the film was made, and the little girl's acting skills were good, and it seems that she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for this."

"She should be just the right age now!" Aaron nodded, he had basically understood Lin Mingyang's thoughts.

"What impressed me the most was one of her later works, called "No More Silence", she played a high school girl who had been raped and became reluctant to talk to others, she was only thirteen years old at the time, but she had to deduce the inner world of a sensitive and complex high school girl, which itself is a bit difficult, and the most testing of acting skills is that there are few lines in this role, and she played it very well." Lin Mingyang quickly pulled up a still of Kristen Stewart from his computer and turned the screen to Aaron's side.

"You pay attention to her face, this girl has a beautiful and charming temperament, the key is that she has a gothic-style face, fair skin, deep eyes, this is the best director of Tim!"

---The evidence that Lin Mingyang came up with was very convincing, and the suspicious Alun began to be busy looking for Christine's information, and at this time, the girl they were looking for was in a hotel room one block away from the crew's office, and her agent was losing his temper.

"Mr. Hughes, now that the defeat has become a fact, don't complain anymore!" Christine on the couch was hugging a pillow, her ears had endured her agent's chatter for half an hour, and she couldn't listen to it anymore.

"Kristen, you don't know what kind of opportunity you missed, now you're just a well-known actor, and that movie can make you one of Hollywood's A-listers!" The more Hughes thought about it, the more angry he became, his right hand on his waist, his left hand clenched into a fist, his eyes full of red light, and he looked around as if he was looking for something to bite into.

With Christine's qualifications, she can enter the audition process, but the last round of screening was unexpectedly eliminated, which Hughes couldn't accept. Christine pouted and covered her ears angrily.

At this time, Hughes's mobile phone rang, it was an unfamiliar number, the anger in his heart had not been eliminated, and he answered the phone very impatiently, and his tone was naturally not much better.

"What!" Hughes screamed after hearing who the other party was, and Christine blocked her ears hard, but she still heard the screams of her agent, and she looked up with a puzzled face.

The rich change of expression on Hughes's face made Christine smack. Just now, he was still angry, and after screaming, why did he suddenly become pleasant and red-faced?

"You're the assistant director on the Twilight crew, yes, I'm Kristen Stewart's agent... You said the director wanted to see her, and I said Mr. Tim Burton wouldn't look away... What, not Mr. Tim Burton, it's the assistant director of the crew who wants to meet us ... Who do you say the assistant director is, Felix Lin, isn't he the male protagonist of the film... Now he's in charge of casting? ”

From Hughes's staccato calls, Christine had already heard a rough idea of what was going on. The situation was understood, but there were more and more questions in her heart, Hughes was still talking on the phone, and she could only wait quietly on the side.

"Since Mr. Felix is in charge of casting, will Christine be able to get an audition?" Hughes was in a good mood, and even his waist was straight, but after a few minutes of happiness, his face suddenly changed again.

"What did you say, no auditions?" Hughes yelled loudly into the phone, Christine's heart sank, the hope that had just been ignited was extinguished, and her heart was really mixed at this time.

"I heard me wrong!" Hughes's surprise made Christine a little confused, in fact, Hughes himself was confused by the other party's strange request, but looking at his expression, things should not be as bad as he imagined, Christine can only comfort herself like this.

"As long as the recent life photos... Mr. Felix was going to recommend it directly to Director Tim Burton, and that was great, and I was going to pass on the required information right away! Hughes's face was on the verge of laughing when he hung up the phone, and he could see that he was very satisfied with the final result.

Looking at Christine, who was full of anticipation, he announced loudly: "You were selected directly, don't ask me why now, because I don't know why, Felix Lin asked for your information by name, and he will recommend you directly to Tim Burton!" ”

――――"I heard that you eliminated all the actors who entered the audition?" Tim Burton felt that he was not mainstream enough, but Lin Mingyang did more than him, and the relevant person in charge of Disney called Tim Burton directly, and Uncle Ty was helpless, so Lin Mingyang came over.

"Do you think that even if I am lazy and easy to do, I should make a show and not be so direct?" Lin Mingyang saw through Tim Burton's mind at a glance, "You first look at the candidates I found, and then make an evaluation?" ”

He flipped through his laptop and pulled out all the materials he had already prepared. As soon as he saw Christine's photo, Uncle Ti's little complaint in his heart was all thrown out of the clouds, and his eyes widened with excitement, so that Lin Mingyang kept enlarging the photo of the girl on the screen, and finally fixed on those eyes.

"Tired and temperamental, that's what I've been looking for!" Tim Burton stared into Christine's eyes for a long time, and finally sighed, "There is a fly in the ointment, this girl seems to be too pretty!" ”

"That's a disadvantage?" At this moment, Lin Mingyang was speechless.

"From your doubts, you are not fundamentally different from those vulgar guys who only look at appearances!" Tim Burton said very politely: "A beautiful woman often means a lack of substance, and behind beauty is an empty heart!" ”

"But this conclusion is not absolute!" Lin Mingyang shook his head, and Tim Burton's eyes flashed over the gleam, "Do you think she will be an exception?" ”

"When you see her in person, you will have an accurate judgment!"

Tim Burton smiled maliciously, "You better pray she can please me, or you'll have to explain to the idiots at Disney!" ”

(To be continued)