Peter Jackson played a pivotal role in the crew of The Lord of the Rings, serving as both director and producer. This also means that he is very busy, and he will not be present at auditions for these insignificant roles.

But the role of Faramir was unexpectedly favored, and David Wenham from Australia took a fancy to the role, and invited Golden Globe actress Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett from the cast to be lobbyists.

In addition to the above two, Jeffrey Rush, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, etc., are all from Australia, and they are often willing to provide opportunities for new talents to extend their acting careers to Hollywood.

David Wenham is also a well-known actor in Australia, and of course he is still penniless in Hollywood, which can also explain why he chose to start his Hollywood journey with a small role in a big production like Faramore.

Peter insists on his control and understanding of the film, but he is not an unreasonable person, and he decides to change his schedule and come to this audition, if Faramir's auditioners are not good, then there is nothing to be a favor.

But it was clear that the highlight of the day was undoubtedly on Legolas, or Daniel Sandler.

Daniel was fortunate that there really wasn't anything in the background for this role, and even Peter Jackson's idea that he should be a good fit for Legolas when he saw Orlando Bloom who auditioned for Faramore didn't detract from Peter's steadfastness in the role.

However, the vignette of Daniel's audition, in which everyone looked at each other meaningfully at the meeting, did not say anything.

The reason is simple, because Peter doesn't care.

Yes, he didn't care, and when he got home, Peter and his wife, Francis, who was also a good friend, said, "It was a pretty clumsy ploy." ”

"But it's easy to use, isn't it?" Francis said playfully, handing Peter the Cuban coffee by the way.

Cuban coffee can't be shipped directly to the United States, so Peter's hobby has been attacked by Francis several times.

"Yes, I just need a good work, as for those tricks, why not use those tricks? Asking someone to lobby, looking for the world, looking for a new line, etc., will it be more noble than this? At least our Mr. Sandler is still on his own. ”

As a director and producer preparing a much-anticipated film, Peter receives countless calls and emails every day, and he is tired of them.

"Let's hurry up and get into the shoot."

In September, they will travel to New Zealand, where the Lord of the Rings trilogy will be filming for the next year or more.

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The contract for the Lord of the Rings Trilogy was sent to Kusa's mailbox.

Daniel has left the transactional work entirely to Cussa, and he himself is obsessed with the Lord of the Rings script, which is truly a fascinating world. Elves, dwarves, orcs, hobbits and Gandalf and Saruman are so large and rich, magnificent and colorful. Of course, there are a large number of adaptations of the script compared to the original book, and from the perspective of a film practitioner, the adaptations are basically very successful, which is more suitable for the art form of film, where heroism is particularly prominent, and the conflict is dense and fascinating. Although he had read the original book many times, he was still attracted by this script.

He watched it for three days, and only signed his name on the contract, and by the way, he looked at his salary, 70,000 US dollars!

This is actually a really cheap price, but the salary of the actors in the crew is generally not high.

Even Cate Blanchett, who just made a name for herself with "Elizabeth", is only $2 million. Most of the other leading actors are not well-known, and the corresponding is cheap.

It was the choice of the producer and director, Peter Jackson.

Big-name actors, or delicate producers?

Peter Jackson is clearly confident in the project, he has no intention of inviting any big stars, and he can conquer audiences with the story and the film itself.

It turns out that he is not wrong, and the total investment in the three films is less than 300 million.

This is quite a bargain for a fantasy special effects movie, especially for the results it has achieved.

"You haven't forgotten what you're supposed to do." Kusa looked at the script that had been marked with many words, "Now I am more confident in our future." ”

"Kusa, have you noticed that your greetings are very unnatural?"

"Oh, is it? I haven't heard this kind of evaluation except from you. You know, I'm a very capable agent, and speaking skills are a must for me. ”

"Huh."

"Your laughter is annoying, okay." Cusa handed Daniel a copy of the newspaper he had brought, a copy of the Los Angeles Entertainment Newspaper.

Daniel pouted, "This isn't an easy newspaper to buy. ”

Of course, he was sarcastic about Cusa for finding a newspaper that he had never heard of.

"It's not well-known, but, Daniel, it's the first time you've taken a small section in a newspaper." Kusa pointed at him, "Fourth edition lower right. Look, there are two more photos. ”

"How does it feel?"

In fact, Daniel didn't feel anything special, after all, it wasn't really the first time he appeared in the newspaper. Although, as Daniel, yes. Of course, it is not without feelings, but it is too far from what Cusa expected.

"Hey, get excited, okay? Nabs. ”

Daniel burst into laughter, remembering the words of the owner of Claire's hot dog shop.

"Kusa, if you talk about the remuneration of my next contract of 100,000, of course, not "The Lord of the Rings", which will be filmed for more than a year, then I will definitely be very excited."

"Oh, you're worldly."

"Otherworldly Kusa, now let me see what this great newspaper writes about me."

It must be said that the disadvantaged groups in every industry have their own way of survival, for example, the editor of this newspaper is very good at grabbing information. Kusa has just built his own IMDB actor homepage for him, and the photos he put on it are of course taken in the studio.

Promotional materials for "School Blues" have also gone online, and of course Fox will hold a premiere, but it will not be too large, mainly inviting critics to warm up the film. There are still three months left before the summer season, so this is a more appropriate time to start.

The reporter for the entertainment tabloid discovered Daniel's fitness results so quickly, as he said in the report, "At first, I couldn't believe that these two were the same person, maybe the IMDB link was wrong, but when you looked closely with a magnifying glass, you were able to determine that they were indeed the same person, and then my exclamation made my colleague almost fall off the stool." ”

The report put the two photos together, and the contrast was too stark.

Daniel happily put the newspaper down, "I hope that when it comes out, people won't think I'm an impostor, and that will cause an uproar." ”

Cusa looked at the two seemingly different people in the newspaper, then at Daniel's face, and gradually fell silent.