Victor really convinced Zinnerman. I always thought that I was tricky in choosing actors, but I didn't expect this guy to be even worse, don't look at the usually muffled one, he has a lot of ideas to do things.

Everyone in the room looked at Victor and smiled.

The three characters in "No Country for Old Men" are extremely important, the old cowboy is played by John Ford, basically no problem, Ford is very similar in terms of image and personality. The old cop is played by John Wayne, and the idea of Zenerman is simply a stroke of genius. Everyone in Hollywood knows that superstar John Wayne has only one good friend in his life, and that is Ford, and the two of them play opposite each other, and it is a rivalry between a police officer and a cowboy, and the audience is absolutely looking forward to it.

And the ** killer asked Victor to play, and Victor was a little speechless.

That's a character with a very good image and personality!

"Boss, I thought so, after a long period of consideration. There are so many people in our company, the candidate for this killer is quite difficult to choose, Gregory can't do it, he's too handsome, Leo can't do it, he's too connotative, it's just you, you're familiar with this character, and you're dressed up, you're a **. Zinaman said.

"Fuck off! I'm also going to direct "The Shawshank Redemption"! Victor shouted.

But soon, his cry was interrupted by John Ford: "Come on, I still want to direct "Green Mountains and Green Valley", don't you also come to you, you don't work hard in your own company, who is desperate!" ”

Everyone persuaded together, and Victor could only give in in and take over the role of this ** killer.

"Let's talk about "The Shawshank Redemption". Who will play these two roles in it? Victor smiled and said, "I've thought of Andy's role, let Gregory come." ”

"This is good. Agree. "There was no opinion.

Pike's performance in "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" is very popular, it can be said that he is now a well-known Hollywood actor, and he is considered a third-rate star, and being able to continue to play the leading role in this movie is a great thing for Pike and for Legendary Films.

"What about Rhett? That old black man? Leo asked.

That's what Victor has a headache for.

In later generations, this role was played by Morgan Freeman, which was an old drama bone. In later Hollywood, there were quite a lot of black actors, and there were also many big stars.

But in Hollywood in 1940, it was a different story.

In this era, blacks and whites are treated differently, racial discrimination is widespread, no one treats blacks as human beings, and the most obvious manifestation of the low social status of blacks in Hollywood is that there are almost no blacks, let alone big stars. The average black actor plays a marginal role such as a servant, a murderer, and so on in a movie, and rarely becomes the main character.

"Victor, in fact, I have been thinking about this since the beginning." Nicholas looked at Victor and said bluntly: "This character is a bit dangerous. ”

"What's wrong?" Victor Road.

Nicholas shrugged his shoulders: "Hollywood has never had a movie with a black man as the protagonist, and if you do this, it is very likely that the movie will cause a lot of criticism when it comes out, especially those white people who pride themselves on their high standards, and maybe they will be scolded again and make the city stormy." Moreover, in terms of casting, if this Red is a white man, then the casting is much easier, Hollywood has good white actors, but black actors, then there are few. ”

Nicholas said this, and everyone nodded in unison.

Victor doesn't think so: "It's not your average movie. The setting of these two characters is exquisite in itself. A young man, an old man, an upper class who once had an identity, a bottom, a white person, a black person, the roles are complementary, and more importantly, there is a thick humanistic care buried in it, you say that someone may scold me, but I just want to do this, aren't black people human? They are just as respectable! ”

"I can't tell you." Nicholas smiled: "But the question is, where did you find such an actor?"

"yes, that's the biggest problem." Victor scratched his head and looked at the crowd: "Do you have any recommendations?" ”

In this regard, it is clear that Nicholas Zink and John Ford are the most proficient, two people who have been in Hollywood for so many years and have seen a lot of things.

The two men frowned in deep thought, and then Nicholas Zink slapped his thigh, and at the same time, John Ford's eyebrows twitched.

"There's one!"

"I thought of it!"

The two men spoke in unison.

"Oh, that looks good, come on, tell me." Victor laughed.

Ford and Nicholas glanced at each other and made a gesture of please.

Ford was not polite and said, "This man is not young, about seventy years old." When I met him, not long after he came to Hollywood, at that time, he was making films with David. ”

"David? David Griffith? Victor asked.

"Who else is there besides him?!" Ford gave Victor a blank look.

David Griffith, the father of American cinema and the master of world cinema, Victor has a lot of respect for him.

"At that time, when I was filming 'The Birth of a Nation', I was a dead performer in it, there was an actor, he was a black man, his acting skills were very good, and he left a deep impression on me, and then I used him a few times in my own films." Ford Road.

"Duncan Washington, right?" Nicholas laughed.

"You know that too?!" Ford was surprised.

"That's what I'm going to say." Nicholas Zink shook his head: "I was so impressed with him, he was in his forties at the time, his image was not very good, but his acting skills were absolutely first-class, I dare say that if he was not a black man but a white man, he would have become a superstar a long time ago." But it's a pity that he has always been a low-level actor, unknown, and then he doesn't seem to be acting. ”

"It's not that I can't act, but I can't act." John Ford was a little angry: "This thing is still another time I quite Wayne said, about ten years ago, Chaplin had a movie that needed a black actor, Duncan went, and as a result, the crew lost a typewriter, Chaplin said that Duncan stole it, Duncan angrily denied it, Chaplin called the police, the police broke Duncan's leg, and he was imprisoned for three years." After he was released from prison, Duncan's leg became lame, and he has not been heard of since. ”

"A typewriter, as for it!" Victor was also quite angry.

An unknown actor who can be recommended by both Nicholas Zink and John Ford is enough to show the strength of this person.

In the history of Hollywood, there are as many stars as there are stars in the sky, but in fact, there are more people, even more powerful people, who are unknown.

"Uncle John, can you find this Duncan Washington?" Victor Road.

"I'll go and ask, and I should be able to find it, as long as he's still in Los Angeles." John Ford got up and left.

After he left, Victor discussed with Nicholas again, and decided that the two films could not be filmed at the same time, otherwise time and energy would not be guaranteed, and finally discussed, Zenerman's "No Country for Old Men" would be filmed first, and then "The Shawshank Redemption".

As soon as the matter was settled, the entire legendary film company immediately started to prepare for filming. Nicholas and Leo go to the location first, and Zenerman and Victor start casting for the other characters in the film, which is very busy.

Then, John Ford made a phone call that made Victor sad and happy.