"Charlotte, are you ready, we're a little late."

Hearing a knock on the door, a little brown-haired girl about ten years old jumped out of a chair, put on her school bag, and replied as she walked towards the door, "Mom, here you are." ”

With a creaking sound, the door opened, and the little girl took her mother's sleeve and walked out of the house, "Mom, where do we sign up?" Trafalgarh Square? ”

"Yes, dear."

Walking to the garage, the middle-aged woman opened the car door, "Are you sure you want to participate in the audition?" I don't want to hit you though, but honey, you don't have any professional acting experience......"

"Ryan said, experience doesn't matter at all!" The little girl fastened her seat belt and urged, "Hurry up, Mommy." ”

Walking through the old streets of London, the car parked in the parking lot near the square, and when the mother and daughter walked to the registration point set up in Trafalgarh Square, they found that it had already become a sea of children and parents, and the queue at the audition registration point was as many as hundreds of people, and it had been lined up from the art museum to the square.

"Oh God, we're still late." The little girl couldn't help but complain a little, "Mom, why don't you drive faster?" ”

"Okay, dear, don't complain, if you want to sign up, hurry up and queue up." Middle-aged woman reminded.

The little girl then woke up to the fact that although the queue for registration was very long, there were still people joining it, and if she didn't hurry up, maybe she wouldn't be able to take her turn today.

She quickly pulled up her mother and lined up at the back of the line.

The line was very long, and there was no end in sight, the little girl stared around with wide eyes, curiously looking around, and soon found that there were more than a dozen reporters walking around the neighborhood, occasionally interviewing these peers who were waiting to sign up.

Ryan. And what kind of influence does Harry Potter have among his peers, the little girl knows very well that they are all people who grew up reading his stories, and every boy has ever fantasized that he is Harry? Potter, every girl thinks of herself as Hermione in her dreams? Granger.

And her goal is naturally Miss Know-It-all.

Although she is very confident in herself, after seeing this long queue of registrations, she can't help but beat the small drum in her heart, after all, she doesn't have any professional acting experience, and her dream is really like Ryan said. Will it be reflected in reality?

"Hey, this pretty lady and lovely lady, can you be interviewed by us?"

Perhaps it was the little girl's big eyes that were so bright that they attracted the attention of reporters, and a reporter with a BBC microphone walked up to the front of the mother and daughter with the cameraman.

The middle-aged woman thought for a while, saw her daughter's confident and fearless appearance, and nodded slightly.

"Thank you!"

The reporter's target, of course, was the little girl who was waiting to sign up, and he asked in as kind a tone as possible. "Do you know your name? Children? ”

"Emma."

A few freckles on the little girl's face, shining with confidence in the rare London sun, "Emma? Charlotte? Watson. ”

"Miss Emma. What school are you studying in now? ”

As soon as the reporter's words fell, the little girl's brows furrowed, as if she was idle with the reporter's ramblings, "Dragon School." ”

"Why do you want to audition for the Harry Potter films?" The reporter quickly turned back to the topic.

"This Mr. Journalist. You should be a trainee journalist, right? How old are you? "The little girl is like a little adult.

"Uh......" The reporter was a little embarrassed because he was indeed a trainee reporter for the BBC, "25 years old. ”

"Ten years ago, when Harry Potter was just starting to catch on. Do you like to watch it? ”

"Of course." The reporter nodded subconsciously.

"Do you like Harry? Potter, ever wanted to be Harry? Porter? The little girl put her hands behind her back, and her big eyes flashed with a playful light.

"Of course." The reporter still nodded.

"So......" the little girl spread out her hand and made a gesture that took it for granted.

Only then did Mr. Reporter realize that he had let the little girl snatch the dominance of the discourse, the corners of his mouth trembled, and he quickly changed the topic, "So, Miss Emma, if possible, which role do you want to get the most?" ”

"Miss Jack-of-all-trades, Hermione? Granger. "The little girl seems to have regained her confidence, and she has the same strength as I am in this role.

"Well, good luck."

When the reporter turned to leave, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, and now the little girls are so difficult?

The team kept moving forward, probably just a sign up, faster than Emma had imagined, and finally it was her turn.

This is not only the registration, but also the first selection, the process is very, very simple, let these school-age children, make a short self-introduction.

"My name is Emma? Charlotte? Durké? Watson, born on 15 April 1990, currently attended the Dragon School in Oxfordshire, where he studied singing, dancing and acting at Stagecoach School of Dramatic Arts, with his only stage experience being a poetry reading competition at the school. ”

Unlike the stumbling of the children in front of her, the little girl, despite her nervousness, seemed very confident and spoke unusually fluently.

In fact, these children who signed up did not know what to do, and self-introduction was the beginning of the selection.

There is no doubt that the audition of young actors has become the most eye-catching thing in the UK, and the registration points in major cities are crowded every day, just in just one week, the number of applicants is enough for tens of thousands, and the crew is facing a huge workload.

In addition to child actors, the film also uses a large number of adult actors, several assistant directors in charge of casting, frequent visits to several large British agencies and those famous actors' homes, including Allen? Rickman, Emma? Thompson, Maggie? Smith and other famous British actors have spoken publicly, hoping to star in this series of movies.

A few days later, The Times revealed another piece of news, which made Harry Potter's popularity rise again.

Famous British veteran actor Richard? Harris, worried that after the movie was released, everyone would only call themselves 'Grandpa Dumbledore' and thus reject Albus? Dumbledore's actor offered, who knew that his granddaughter was a die-hard fan of the Harry Potter series, and she threatened her grandfather to never talk to him again if he did not appear as the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

So, Richard? Harris became the first officially confirmed actor on the set.

Although he stayed in London for the time being, Ryan no longer asked about the specific work of the crew, Hollywood has developed for so many years, and a mature system has long been formed, and almost all the staff involved in the crew are veterans in this industry.

The swordsmanship instructor he hired was also in place at this time, because it wasn't long before he would star in "The Lord of the Rings" and "Gladiator".

What Ryan needs to learn is not aristocratic fencing, nor is it a swordplay from the East that is comparable to dance, but a Western-style combat swordsmanship that shows more strength.

Although kung fu is becoming popular in Hollywood, these two purely Western films, if they are added with oriental elements, can only be reduced to jokes.

After the release of "Desert Island", Ryan's mature performance in the role of Chuck completely dispelled Peter? Jackson's doubts, the big fat man in New Zealand gave up his plan to exchange time for room for maneuver, and happily agreed to Ryan's request to play Aragorn.

Of course, what if Ryan took out the authority of investors and producers and forcefully suppressed Peter? Jackson isn't a difficult thing to do, but it's not good for anyone to get into a stalemate, and Chuck's character does a great job of resolving the differences between the two sides.

In fact, for the Hollywood film industry, where various techniques are becoming more and more developed, the appearance of actors is only a trivial problem, and makeup can almost easily be solved.

In the special fitness room of the Hilton Hotel, Ryan is holding a custom-made heavy sword, and under the guidance of the coach, he is practicing slashing and blocking and other moves.

“…… The first slash and slash are heavy, and the straight stab is rarely used...... "Occasionally, when he is resting, the swordsmanship instructor will still talk about some essentials by his side.

Maybe you can pull him to be Aragon's stand-in?

This is Ryan's idea, no matter how beautiful he is, after all, he is not a professional, and some of the action scenes in "The Lord of the Rings" definitely need stunt doubles.

At the end of forty minutes of training, Ryan handed over the four-foot heavy sword to George, and although he was hungry at this time, he could not immediately go out to eat a full meal, and he had to strictly limit his calorie intake according to the diet formulated by the dietitian.

There's no way, "The Pianist" is about to start, even if after the filming of "The Rest of the Desert Island", his figure is thin enough, but he still can't reach Roman? Polanski's request.

Regardless of the character of the Polish director, in terms of his performance in the film, he is unusually serious and responsible, and even if Ryan is an investor and producer, he must comply with his requirements in terms of actors and performances.

Ryan has no problem with this, because this is the most basic professionalism of an actor.

And he starred in "Schindler's List", and he knew enough about that period of history that at the time, the word "skinny bones" was probably the most appropriate description for Mr. Spearman.

After Ryan automatically lowered his salary, the budget for the film was only $35 million. Polanski had already gathered his men and went to Warsaw, where intensive preparatory work was underway.

The protests that happened on the head of the crew of Schindler's List have not happened to him yet, and in any case, he can be regarded as the most representative figure in Polish cinematic art, with a home advantage that Spielberg does not have.

Ryan also maintained close ties with Polanski, constantly exchanging opinions on the characters and the plot style of the film. Polanski found that this guy, who has always been active in the field of commercial films, also seems to have an extremely unique view of art films. (To be continued......)