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"Jos, I'm looking forward to working with you."

Out of his office, Duke shook hands with a bald middle-aged man, "In my eyes, you and your team are the most suitable people." ”

After on-the-spot assessment, Duke finally found the pyrotechnician he liked, and the pyrotechnic special effects team recommended by George Lucas and led by Joss William generally met his requirements, and after waiting for Warner Bros. to confirm, he could sign the relevant work contract.

After seeing off Joss Williams, Duke didn't go back to the office and went straight to the audition room on the first floor, because he spent too much time with the pyrotechnics team, and when he came here, the audition was basically coming to an end.

Duke doesn't care too much about most of the audition results, there is almost no room for female roles in this film, and the only supporting actress who has a bit of weight, he has promised Naomi Watts, whom Nancy has strongly demanded, to fight for the interests of his agent within the appropriate range, which is normal in Hollywood, and Duke is not taboo about this.

Several of the main roles in the film must be decided by him and the two production managers, and some scenes and not too important roles have naturally become the focus of some new actors, just like Duke is to Naomi Watts, and other characters also have personal relationships, such as the decision on the selection of Mason's daughter is in the hands of Charles Rowan, which can be regarded as a tacit understanding of the crew.

Hollywood's personal relationships are equally important, everyone has human favors to take care of, and these characters who can show their faces but are not important tend to have a greater weight of human affection.

But there is one rule that everyone will take the initiative to follow, no matter which actor has a relationship with the crew, she must meet the most basic requirements of the role!

If a beautiful actress has no basic acting skills, and she herself does not meet the role setting, it is useless to sleep with everyone in the crew, even if she squeezes in, she will be 'KO' by the director or producer during filming.

Hollywood does have all kinds of deals, but they are all under the default rules of the parties.

Sitting behind the camera monitor in the audition room, Duke just looked through the roster and materials of the actors who participated in the audition, and did not interfere with the casting director at all, like some of the crews he had been in, and there were many names that might shine later, but he had long been used to it, and he didn't feel special at all.

Besides, actors need to be honed, and the front line in the future is likely to be just a rookie now.

The most typical, Keanu Reeves in "The Speed of Life and Death", if Jack, the male protagonist, was changed to another complex setting, instead of habitually wearing a stern face, he would probably be very difficult to deal with now.

And why Duke insisted on using Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris in this movie, because neither of them is a newcomer, and they both have ten years or more of film shooting experience, especially Ed Harris, who played General Hammer, has acted in more than a dozen movies combined.

Newcomers can use it, but it depends on the specific role.

For example, Naomi Watts, as Duke said, she does have some acting skills, but she is missing more than ten years of training, and she is still a lot short of the future.

Opportunity is important, but it's all reserved for the prepared.

The audition ended quickly, Duke exchanged a few words with the casting director and an executive producer, and after confirming that Naomi Wattstone Guò auditioned, he left the audition room and walked towards his director's office on the second floor, just as he opened the door to enter, the sound of high heels falling to the ground was heard behind him, and when he turned to look, Naomi Watts and Nancy Josephson walked over together.

"You've got the role." Duke opened the door and gestured to them.

"Oh, that's one of the most heavyweight roles I've ever had." Naomi Watts walked in, visibly relieved, "Thank you, Duke. ”

"You're welcome." Duke gestured to the reception couch in the office, "Sit casually." ”

Nancy Josephson sat a little away from Duke, and Naomi Watts sat generously next to Duke.

"There's no movement from the CAA?" Duke asked the broker.

"It's calm for now." Nancy thought for a moment and said, "There is a situation, perhaps we should pay attention, Twentieth Century Fox has relaunched CAA's packaging project "Interview with the Vampire", tentatively starring Tom Cruise and the newly rising Brad Pitt, and the film is scheduled for next summer. ”

"Maybe it's for Death Island?" Duke immediately thought of this.

"It's possible." Nancy Josephson frowned and said, "If they're targeting you, it's a bit of a problem, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt both have a certain appeal, and "Interview with the Vampire" also has a relatively wide readership. ”

"In the end, it depends on publicity, works, and attraction to the audience." Duke looked calm, "Don't forget, Anne Wright's novels are more literary, and if the CAA really pushes this type of work into the summer season when popcorn is popular, it is still unknown what the outcome will be." ”

"You just need to understand the situation."

The success or failure of "Death Island" is also in the vital interest of Nancy Josephson, who stood up and prepared to leave, "I will follow the dynamics of CAA. ”

She looked at Naomi Watts, "It's time for us to take our leave." ”

"Right now."

Naomi followed Nancy, and when Duke sent them out the door, she suddenly turned back and said in a low voice, "Would you like to go to my place for coffee at night?" ”

"I'm sorry,"

Although he was a little tempted to see that graceful body, Duke still shook his head, "I asked Zach and John to discuss the shooting plan, and I didn't have time." ”

There was an expression of disappointment on that delicate face, Duke wouldn't take it seriously, compared to ordinary people, the acting skills of these actresses were really good.

As night fell, the Rock Studios in Burbank was still brightly lit and the heads of the various departments of the crew were busy, and after Duke had finished his discussions with Zack Schneider and John Schwartzman, he received news from Lieutenant Colonel Lenhoe that the Pentagon had finally given up on the idea of having the crew revise the script.

This is good news, if those people in the Pentagon force him to change the script, Duke will have to say goodbye to them, obviously the Pentagon is not as idiots as some people in the previous life described, and I can't see the propaganda effect that such a theme film can bring.

solved the troubles of the Pentagon, the preparation of the crew gradually got on the right track, Duke is not a complete rookie when preparing for "Life and Death", although many aspects still need to be learned and accumulated, but the crew built with the team he found as the backbone, although all kinds of friction still continue to appear, but there is no Yan zhòng's internal friction incident, plus he has "Life and Death" as capital, and there is no person in the crew who directly challenges the director's authority like Koné.

This is a circle of people who chase success, success is a kind of capital, and as long as Warner Bros. still supports him, Duke doesn't need to have too many concerns about power and personnel.

Preparation is a long process, even if there are only a few scenes of the movie, the preparation period is also time-consuming and labor-intensive, if you want to shoot smoothly, the preliminary preparation can not be saved, in addition to Duke, the staff of various departments of the crew, the main actors are not easy, they rehearse their own scenes, but also undergo SEAL training, although the requirements are not particularly strict, but Ed Harris and others, at least from the camera look like elite soldiers.

These are easy to say, in fact, training is a very difficult process, especially for those actors who live a good life all year round, but in Hollywood, if you want to move forward, you can't tolerate a little slack in your career, all super directors and stars actually understand that success is never a simple thing.

And those who succeed easily and don't understand this truth, such as child stars, have mostly become fleeting meteors.

According to the setting of the script, the film also needs some small actors, although there are not many scenes, but it is a key scene that highlights General Hammer, and the crew also issued a recruitment notice in the actors' unions on the east and west coasts, looking for suitable candidates, because of the film's 50 million dollar investment, there are many parents who dream of becoming famous or want their children to become money-making opportunities, and even come to Los Angeles from far away New York to audition.

Duke delegated all these small roles, and as the director of such a huge crew, it is impossible to do everything himself.

However, he also told the casting director to be cautious, after all, children can be completely classified into the uncontrollable factors of filming, and the National Child Protection Act and the California Entertainment Law also have almost strict regulations on the working hours of child actors.

For example, Nancy's "Interview with the Vampire", it is said that Twentieth Century Fox will use Kirsten Dunst, if various regulations are followed, the filming time of this film will definitely drag on for a long time, plus the pre-preparation and post-production, maybe you will miss the sniper "Brave Island" schedule.

Duke considered whether to wait for the film to start filming and bribe the internal members of the other crew's crew to report it to the actors' union and the Child Protection Association......

In the end, he gave up this unreliable idea, and without the support of the thigh of Warner Bros., what would he do against CAA and Twentieth Century Fox? Although the other party looked at him unpleasantly, he also used the means within the rules, and there was no need to take the initiative to provoke these two huge crocodiles.

It took a lot of time to prepare, and it wasn't until mid-November, when the weather in Los Angeles was getting cooler, that Duke was ready to start shooting. (The novel "Hollywood Made Zuò" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )