Roland is a director, although his qualifications are not deep, but he has indeed seen many actors, in this Vanity Fair, the most important thing is handsome guys and beauties, and the natural advantage in appearance can often become a stepping stone to the entertainment industry.

Therefore, Roland is quite immune to appearance, there are many people who are really good-looking, and their appearance is indeed very good, or even perfect, but many of them are just a mask and an empty shell, their eyes, conversation, and temperament cannot show the charm and heritage that matches their appearance, and often can only make people sigh "The appearance is really good", but after that, they can't leave any impression. There are countless such people in the entertainment industry.

This was the first time Roland had seen Hugo with his own eyes, he had just walked into the theater, and there were at least a hundred people in his sight, but he saw Hugo at first sight, through the bustling crowd, Hugo just sat there peacefully, with a bright smile on his face, his eyes looked seriously at Leonardo dancing in front of him, and listened carefully to the story told by Leonardo. From afar, Roland could even see the glint in Hugo's eyes, and the whole person easily grabbed his gaze, so that he couldn't look away at all.

What is the appearance of Hugo? The outside world is unpredictable, at least Roland is too far away now to see clearly, he can't even see what the shape of Hugo's eyes, nose, and mouth are, but his gaze is firmly locked on Hugo.

It's just because Hugo has a temperament, which is something that has been honed over the years, precipitated by knowledge, and polished by time, which cannot be seen, touched, or even indescribable, but that temperament easily eclipses everyone else in the audience - even the handsome and sunny Leonardo, even the bright and bright Cameron, even the bright and dazzling lights of the theater overhead.

Roland froze in place, and he suddenly understood what the turbulence outside the field was for.

"Roland, you're here." A voice broke Roland's hesitation and sluggishness, he turned his head, but only saw a vague dim halo, it seemed that the focus still did not retract from Hugo, blinked, adjusted the focus, and then recognized who the person in front of him was, "Hey, Sergio." Sergio Mimika Gozan, his assistant director.

"Phew, you're late." Sergio had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, "We don't have time to greet now, here's the thing, the crowd outside is too exaggerated, our plan must be changed, fifteen children in each group, see those who have a favorite, shout out to talk, if not, go directly to the next group......"

"Wait, wait......" Sergio's rapid pace of speech made Roland's slightly sluggish brain unable to react, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again, "You mean, fifteen children in each group, and then speed up and don't have an in-depth audition." "Originally, they were thinking of five children in each group, one by one, but now it's obviously not possible.

"Yes, after you are satisfied, you can have a second audition." Sergio summed it up simply and neatly, and Roland nodded in understanding, "Also, Hugo won't be involved in the whole process, he will stay for half an hour at most and then leave......"

"That's fine, casting wasn't his job in the first place." If he could, the last thing the director wanted was for the actors to participate in the casting work, because this was interfering with the work of the crew, so Roland smiled and nodded.

"No, you didn't understand what I meant." Sergio added, "I mean, it's better to be a little bit faster in this half hour, you know, a lot of people want to see Hugo and want Hugo to be part of their auditions. ”

Roland reacted at this time, he forgot about it, the reason why Hugo appeared today was requested by Kevin Burns, because this was one of the pre-publicity links of "Armageddon", otherwise Hugo had no intention of participating in the casting at all. "Sorry, I forgot, so what are you waiting for, you can notify the interviewers outside that they're coming in, and I'll go over and say hello to the actors."

Sergio made an "OK" gesture and walked briskly outside, and Roland adjusted his breathing again and walked in the direction where the actors had gathered.

Due to the importance of Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company to the "end of the world" this time, it can be said that the entire company's elites have done their best, and almost every actor has a masterpiece. Today is not only the biggest name Hugo attended, but all the other actors have also come to cheer, no wonder the number of reporters outside is so amazing, presumably after today, everyone knows that the "Doomsday" crew is about to officially start, just waiting for the child actors to be selected. The strong cast of all the members also made the scene star-studded.

"Good morning, Mr. Lancaster." Roland did not have the prestige of the director to control the crew at this time, but on the contrary, with a warm smile, he politely took the initiative to greet Hugo.

Hugo was originally listening to Leonardo's story, like everyone else, and when he heard Roland's words, he quickly stood up and patted Leonardo's arm gently, so that the young man quickly jumped off the chair, and Hugo took the lead in stretching out his right hand, "May I ask if the etiquette of the Germans is to call the surname by name?" Hopefully I didn't have a rude greeting with the Germans before. ”

Hugo's words made Roland stunned, then laughed and shook Hugo's right hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Hugo." ”

"Roland, you're late, I think the kids outside are in a hurry." Hugo chuckled and teased, but there was a little starlight in those amber eyes, blooming with a friendly message.

Just by taking a look, Roland was infected by Hugo, and he could deeply feel Hugo's friendliness, which was completely different from Roland's previous conjecture, but it also made Roland breathe a sigh of relief. Although Roland is not sure, Hugo's politeness is only a polite superficial effort - after all, Rick Rosen's pressing posture still makes Roland feel uneasy, or Hugo's true personality, but this first meeting at least allows Roland to relax.

Compared with the tension in the negotiation stage of cooperation, after the real cooperation, Roland's tense nerves were relaxed, he originally thought that the whole cooperation process would be arduous, but today's first meeting was a good start, which increased Roland's confidence.

After simply greeting the others around him, when Roland was hesitating where he should sit down, Leonardo stood aside and gave up his place, letting Roland and Hugo sit together, he said with a smile, "Since today is work, it is natural to let the director and the actor sit together." ”

At this time, Cameron, who was sitting on the other side of Hugo, was stunned for a while, and only when Roland sat down did he react, and quickly stood up, "I'm sorry, I'...... I forgot about it...... Sandra ...... "In "The End of the World", Cameron only made a cameo role in friendship and did not play the heroine, and Sandra Bullock got the role of Jasmin.

Sandra, who was sitting in the back, stood up and patted Cameron on the shoulder, "Don't mind, I will borrow Hugo for a long time during the next filming, so now I allow you to possess Hugo for a short while." Sandra's expression of "I am Hugo's master" caused everyone next to her to burst into laughter, and even Hugo couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and glanced at Sandra depressedly.

Cameron also couldn't help laughing, but she still looked at Hugo, as if asking what Hugo meant. Hugo chuckled, in fact, Leonardo was just joking just now, the most important thing is to give Roland and Hugo a time to get along, after all, this is the first meeting between the two people, and it is also the only opportunity for the two to communicate before the official start of filming, as for the others, it doesn't matter.

After getting Hugo's affirmative look, Cameron sat down, and the excitement around him gradually settled.

"Do you have any thoughts on the selection of actors for today's kids?" Roland asked politely, as he had thought, that it was better for actors not to be involved in the director's work, but Hugo's position was so special, so he still had to communicate.

Hugo turned his head and shrugged his shoulders slightly, "It's up to you." This caused Roland to cast a puzzled look, and Hugo had to explain, "It depends on how you set up the character, and how you set up the character of Steve." Are you willing to spend some ink shaping Steve's family branch? ”

Hugo's meaning is very simple, if Roland doesn't plan to spend too much time on this role, then it's actually just a symbol, and today's so-called auditions are more of a part of the business operation of Twentieth Century Fox, and finally choose a child who fits the eye, or choose a young actor with acting experience according to personal relationships, which does not have much impact.

But if Roland intends to make use of this character, he sets up Steve to have a child, which is obviously not written casually, it is bound to show Steve's warm side, and the communication between father and son will also become an important supplement to the character. In many cases, you don't need too many pictures, just a few face-to-face conversations, or the eyes and small movements of a father when he plays with his son, and you can rely on these details to shape the character. This is enough for commercial films.

According to the second line of thought, then the young actor must have some spirituality, depending on what Roland wants him to show: whether he is well-behaved or rebellious, whether he is eccentric or conformist, and what he has in common with his father. Then this means that the selection of actors is not so sloppy.

Hugo's words are very simple, but Roland tastes something, he is not a director who has a deep study of character creation, but he can feel that Hugo does have his own ideas, Roland previously thought that Rick was just talking casually, Hugo's requirements for the script are just one of the means to play big names, but today, it seems that this is not the case.

"Oh, you have an idea? Let's talk about it. Roland spoke.