Chapter 399: Christine
"Another beautiful story ravaged, Tim. Burton will definitely add his dark, gloomy, thriller, and surreal ideas to this film, and the audience can only watch a warm and romantic love story degenerate into a boring thriller movie!" -- Washington Post>
Whether it is praise or cynicism, it is impossible to adapt the fact that the director and the actor have determined, and the suspense of the film "Moonlight" is only the choice of the heroine has not yet been revealed. All kinds of speculation are coming, and one of the more outrageous claims is that Tim. Burton prepares to use his wife as the heroine Bella.
Such speculation is not groundless, because there is a precedent for things. Tim. Burton and his wife, Lena Teren, met during the filming of Planet of the Apes, and the gothic girl appeared in Tim without exception. Of all Burton's later films, it can be said that Tim. Burton except Johnny. The second royal actor other than Depp.
On the forum of Huayu's official homepage of the film "Moonlight", netizens protested by brushing water stickers, and Huayu had to temporarily close the forum. In the face of questions from the media and the public, Huayu finally clarified the rumor and claimed that the selection of the heroine Bella would be carried out through auditions.
The audition for the protagonist of the movie is a common propaganda trick of Huayu Company, and those who have no actual performance 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 all those who have acted in some movies before. But there are no famous actors yet.
For ordinary people, the audition of the heroine of "Moonlight" is just a process of participation, but for those actors who are not satisfied, this is a well-known shortcut to the south. Because of the large number of applicants, Huayu had to limit the age of the applicants, over 15 years old, under 25 years old to block many people out of the range. But there are still many who meet the qualifications.
Lin Yiyi couldn't sign up because of schedule problems, the little girl cried on the phone for more than an hour, and Chen Feng tried all kinds of means. finally appeased the little baby of the Lin family. It's not been two days yet, Tim. Burton called him to Los Angeles with a phone call.
"Chen Feng, you came just in time. There is a shortage of people in the crew!" Tim. Burton's office was littered with drawings of all sorts of ideas for the shoot. Seeing Chen Feng walk in, Tim. Bolton put down the paintbrush in his hand and rubbed his hands: "I just have a very important thing on hand, I don't worry about handing it over to others, now only you are the most suitable to do!"
Chen Feng 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, I am so busy that I can't take a break now, it is the best place for you to go!"
The smile on Chen Feng's face froze there. He doesn't seem to have promised anything yet, Tim. With a wave of his hand, Burton fell on his head with the drudgery of casting. nominally got a fictitious title of assistant director, but took on a drudgery, Chen Feng felt that he had really lost a lot of money in Los Angeles this time.
"You know my cinematic style. So you definitely know what kind of heroine this film needs!" Uncle Di patted Chen Feng on the shoulder, "I know you know a lot of beautiful women, Ye Rong 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 sexy woman, being beautiful is secondary, what I need is temperament. and the temperament of my film style. ”
Although he was mentally prepared to do hard work, Chen Feng was still taken aback when he got the list information for the audition from the relevant person in charge, and it took two pages to record the list alone, which means that he probably has to interview more than l0O people. This number alone gave Chen Feng 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. He had done this kind of thing before, but he didn't expect the retribution to come now, so he knew that it was better to shoot it himself. Of course, he just thinks about it, although in the eyes of most people, Chen Feng is already a top director in the world, but he still knows his true level, and it is still difficult for him to control an extremely delicate movie like "Moonlight". …,
Uncle Ti finally still has a little human touch, he "lent" his director assistant Alun to Chen Feng to help Chen Feng sort out the information of the audition actors. Aaron is a recent graduate of the Drama Academy, only a few years older than Chen Feng, with a few freckles on his face.
He moved all the two thick stacks of materials to Chen Feng's temporary desk, but Chen Feng 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 Chen Feng feel very puzzled, could it be that there was something wrong with his memory, he shook the plug and drove this thought out of his mind, what was wrong with the conspiracy.
"Aaron, are you sure all the cast materials for the interview are here?" "All the information of the 100 actors is in your hands!" Chen Feng threw aside the information in his hand, "But there is no one I want here!" But—" Aaron was stunned.
"No, but!" Chen Feng's attitude was very resolute, "You go and help me check if there is an actress named Christine 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 Chen Feng realize that he was in a bit of a hurry, "Have you seen David. Fincher's "Trembling Space"? ”
"It's the one that was created by Judy. That horror film starring 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 really made those who were interested in David. Fincher's high hopes were a bit disappointed, but the standard was not outrageous, and it was also a hit at the box office, earning more than $10 million in the first week. Chen Feng 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 Christine?" ”
"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!" Alun nodded, he had basically understood what Chen Feng meant.
"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." Chen Feng quickly pulled up a still of Christine 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 candidate for director Tim!"
The evidence that Chen Feng came up with was very convincing, and the suspicious Alun began to be busy looking for Christine's qualifications, and at this time, the girl they were looking for was in a hotel room a district away from the crew's office, her agent was losing his temper, he was denouncing the shady audition, and at the same time felt extremely disappointed about Christine's defeat.
"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.
"Christine, you don't know what kind of opportunity you missed, now you are just a well-known actor, and that movie can make you one of the world's A-list stars!" 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? (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )