Everyone knows in their hearts that this party is the real end of the "Home Alone" project, and if nothing else, they will only have a chance to meet when the movie is released at the end of the year after saying goodbye tonight.

Because of this, David wanted to help Roland and extract as much information as possible from the mouths of these guys, and these guys who had a good impression of Roland didn't mean to stop talking, and directly told all the news they had learned.

Everyone chatted until nine o'clock, and then they went back to their respective homes to find their own mothers, and before leaving, Chris Columbus also helped Roland one last time, "Three days later, Robert Zemeckis's "Back to the Future 3" will have its premiere in Los Angeles, at that time, Steven will be there, as far as I know, Howard and John both have tickets, of course, I also have ......"

"Oh, thank you, but, no......" Roland declined Columbus's kindness, "meeting at the premiere is not a good sign, the purpose is too strong, and it is easy to arouse his disgust." ”

While Roland really wanted to take the project, a radical approach was not advisable.

After losing the ability to repeat trial and error given by the time loop, Roland didn't dare to mess around.

There was only one chance, and he didn't want to ruin it because of his recklessness.

"That ......"

"Okay......"

"You ......"

"Forget it, you better keep preparing......"

Listening to Roland's hesitant words, Roland was a little puzzled.

However, he only thought that Columbus wanted to drag himself to the premiere, but he couldn't find a good explanation, so he gave up.

looked at the figure of the other party gradually moving away, and the thanks that poured to his lips were not said for a long time.

And when the other party's taillights disappeared from Roland's sight, Roland went back to the house.

With the end of the dinner, Roland was also making the final sprint in the next sixteen days.

In the morning, Roland followed the speaking teacher invited by David to conduct special exercises, because the other party has rich experience in training actors, so the recitation of affectionate poems in ordinary classes was directly abandoned, and those public scripts were taken out, and the scene was interpreted, and problems were found and corrected through substitute performances, which was much better than direct reading.

In the afternoon, Roland went into the screening room to watch the movies recommended by Columbus, trying to find something that could help him from those cases.

In the evening, after eating, Roland will go home to rest, put on a pot of hot water, turn on David Bowie's music, soak in a hot bath comfortably, and then pick up the guitar and practice for an hour.

Of course, in between studies, Roland will also help Aunt Garnetty with some work.

For example, when I woke up in the morning, I took James, a fat man, out for a run; During the lunch break, help each other keep an eye on the three sisters, so that they can spare time to deal with the things at hand; As for the evening?

David came back in the evening, so naturally Rolando didn't have to worry about it.

In the face of a regular lifestyle, time flies.

On June 3, Mohami showed up on Roland's doorstep.

After breakfast with the group, he took Roland to the studio of Columbia's three-star pictures.

If the audition specifications of "Home Alone" belong to the small broken mountain village in the poor countryside, then the audition grade of "Captain Hook" can break through the sky, when Mohami took out the audition notice given by Columbus, the staff directly sat in the co-pilot, took them hand in hand, and found the office area located in the north of the studio.

As soon as they got out of the car, the makeup logo that caught their eye attracted their attention.

Not only that, but the construction team of hundreds of people was also what surprised them.

According to the staff, these guys are here to build full-size pirate ships and docks......

1:1:1 is not only the standard for Arowana to eat blended oil, but also Spielberg's requirement on the set.

"Director Steven is going to use nine sound stages."

"The playground for the kids in Neverland, the cabin of the Captain Hook, the dock and the boat are all restored according to the drawings."

"Since you're in the third round, you should have been here before, right?"

"We've been working for half a month, and the scene is very different from before."

Mohami smacked his tongue when he heard the heroic words.

If he were to give him the money for these sets, how many people would he be able to recruit and how many games he would write?

Compared with Mohami, who has seen the world, Roland, who has seen the world, was surprised, but not shocked.

Because in his opinion, Spielberg's realm is not high enough.

In order to make a movie, the national teacher spent tens of millions of dollars to build an antique courtyard house with blue tiles and gray walls-Tianfu Guanyi; In order to make a movie, Xiaogang Cannon directly built a Tangshan City that can live in people; And the Qin Palace, the Orphan City, and the Tang City that were smashed out by the city-building madness have become a scenic spot!

Spielberg's studio product is nothing compared to them.

Of course, these words, Roland will only put in his heart, and will not say it.

After a little look, they followed the staff into the audition area, honestly registered, and submitted the information.

However, just when Roland thought that the number of people who auditioned in the end was at least five, six, seven, eighty, or nine.

In the waiting area, a lonely figure made him frown.

When I walked over, I saw a guy with a pot lid on his head, sitting there in a daze with blank eyes.

And beside him, there was only one empty seat.

Final audition, just two people?

What's going on?

Just when Roland was like a monk and was confused, with his appearance, the little boy who was in a daze also came back to his senses, his eyes brushed slightly on Roland's face, and then he smiled and stretched out his right hand, "You are Roland Allen, right?" Hello, I'm Charlie Cosmo and you can call me Charles. ”

What？！

Looking at the little white hands and listening to the words that revealed nature, Roland's thoughts flew away in an instant.

What's going on?

My competitors know me?

Under normal circumstances, the audition list of the Hollywood crew will not be announced to the public, and only related households can get the corresponding list, but even so, who was screened out in the first round and who was promoted in the second round, these news are all confidential to the crew, unless it is their own people, otherwise don't want to get involved.

Of course, this is just a normal situation.

A guy like Roland, who has never experienced the first two rounds of auditions, generally does not have a resume leaked.

Unless......

The other party is also a relational household.

And the level of this relationship has to be on par with Roland.

'Is that so?' Roland said in his heart.

At the same time, he also stretched out his right hand and shook it lightly with the other party, "Hi, Charles, I'm Roland......"

When his hands intersected, Roland also sat down, and then asked, "We didn't seem to know each other before, right?" ”

"Did I miss the information when I registered? No, the staff didn't tell me, what's your name? ”

The undisguised doubts were thrown out by Roland, and he was prepared, and he directly played himself into the White Lotus.

In the face of his inquiry, Charles, who wanted to have an in-depth communication with Roland, blinked his eyes unexpectedly, and the words that had reached his mouth were taken back by him, and his curious tone also came out, "Roland, didn't they mention me to you?" ”

"They? Who are they talking about? Roland's eyes widened and he began to hump very freely.

"Chris Columbus, Robin Williams!"

Charles frowned slightly, and directly reported the names of the two people, and after that, he said in a puzzled tone: "No, Dustin, who recommended me, but you told me about you......"

Really......

He is also a relational household.

When Charlie Cosmo bluntly reported Dustin's name, Roland directly identified the other party.

The reason is also very simple.

There are many Hollywood stars named Dustin, but even if he is called Dustin, he can be associated with the project "Captain Hook", except for Dustin Hoffman, who plays Captain Hook, there can be no one else!

Yes, half a month ago, when it was time to say goodbye to dinner, the reason why Columbus was hesitant was here.

In this crew, which Spielberg completely controls, there are no public auditions at all.

The guys who don't matter will die in the first round, the guys who have relationships but the relationship is not strong enough will die in the second round, and those who can skip the two rounds and meet Spielberg directly are basically guys recommended by Spielberg's close friends.

Don't look at this guy named Charlie Cosmo is a kid about the same age as Roland, but he, in fact, has made five movies, and the guys he works with are either Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, or Bill Murray, Richard Drys: Maybe everyone has no impression of these names, and they are not easy to recognize, but these are not the point, you don't have to care who won the Oscar, who cooperated with Spielberg to shoot "Jaws" and "Contact of the Third Kind", You don't need to know who has participated in George Lucas's "American Painting" and who has filmed Francis Coppola's "The Godfather", you just need to know that this guy was recommended by Captain Hook Captain Hawkman Dustin Hoffman, and the people above are actually all veterans of the Jewish gang......

It's the kind of old qualification that can hang Chris Columbus and Robin Williams.

"When I was filming "Supreme Detective" with Warren (Beatty), Dustin told me that he participated in "Captain Hook", and there was a lack of a young actor who played Peter Pan's son, and he asked me if I was interested in coming and would like to come, and I said yes, so I was recommended by him......" Under Roland's constant clichés, Charlie Cosmo looked at Roland with a smile and told what happened to him, "I heard that your situation is the same as mine? Also when I was filming, I received Chris's invitation? ”

"Yes, the same as you."

In the face of Charles's inquiry, Roland nodded with a smile, and at the same time responded, he also guessed the identity of the other party with the information leaked by the other party - in his previous life, when he was doing the commentary video of "Supreme Detective", he checked the information of the little actor on the movie poster, although the time has been too long, he can't recall the other party's name and face at all, but he vaguely remembers that this guy seems to have really played the role of Peter Pan's son in "Captain Hook".

As for why Roland remembers all this?

is because the child star in his memory only made a few movies in the nineties, and then completely disappeared from Hollywood, unlike other child stars, his disappearance is really no news, the entertainment media seems to have forgotten him, and those classics have never recalled him......

It turned out that Ghost Li met Li Kui?

It's not fun now......

In fact, when Chris Columbus told Roland the news that he was selected by the crew of "Captain Hook", Roland felt that he would definitely be able to win the role with inside information.

Because of this, he dared to invest boldly in himself, learning the Oxford and London accents.

But now......

The main protagonist who played Peter Pan's son in his previous life is here!

This is different from the situation of cutting out Macaulay Culkin and winning Home Alone!

At that time, Chris Columbus was bent on finding a new person, so Roland had a chance, but now, the recommender behind Charles is Dustin! With the other party there, Roland felt that his hope of winning was very slim.

Since everyone has officially filmed films, it is naturally better than whose relationship is harder.

Charles really worked with the Jewish gang bosses, but what about Roland and Robin Williams?

I've never even seen a face!

Fox fake tiger power is not applicable at all on this occasion!

In this way, Roland felt that he was about to beep.

"Listening to you say that, this role belongs to you......" Roland smiled at the other party, and the helplessness in his heart was well hidden by him, "You really know Dustin, and I haven't met Robin yet......"

"Really? Dusting told me that Steven would definitely be impartial. Charles shook his head, "If he really wanted to use me because of Dustin, you wouldn't have been notified of today's audition at all." ”

After thinking about the other party's words, Roland felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Although Chris Columbus is definitely not as good as Dustin Hoffman, but for Spielberg, it is actually the same, if Spielberg and Columbus have a bad relationship, then how can he help Columbus win "Home Alone"?

After thinking about this, Roland's heart was much more relieved.

But even so, when it came to the project "Captain Hook", Roland still had little confidence in the audition, he said, "Why don't we make a bet, anyway, it's just the two of us here, after the audition is over, no matter who goes in first, we will wait for each other to see who wins the role......"

"Yes......" Charles originally came with the intention of making friends, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to greet Roland just now, "It's going to be nine o'clock soon, and we can come out at ten o'clock at the latest, or let's have lunch together at noon?" The one who won was treated? ”

Before Roland could nod in response, the door to the audition room was suddenly pulled open from the inside, and two casting directors who had met before appeared in front of Roland and called out his name directly.

Roland didn't have time to say anything, nodded and smiled with Charles, and then sorted out his best state and walked into the audition room.

Maybe it's because Dustin included him in Robin Williams' camp, or maybe the main creative team attaches great importance to this movie, so when Roland got in, he found that there were three people sitting behind the long audition table, Dustin, Robin, Spielberg, all of these bigwigs were present.

This is probably the biggest scene I've ever seen since the crossing. ’

It seems that what Chris said is true, and the producers and investors can't control Spielberg at all. ’

Roland thought quickly in his heart, and then showed a bright smile to the director and the main creative team.

He has been practicing this smile in front of the mirror for two months, and it is absolutely sincere.

"Roland, I've seen all the information, and Chris also gave me a copy of the shooting, although you only starred in one movie, there is nothing wrong with acting." Spielberg got straight to the point, motioning for Roland to sit down while flipping through the documents in front of him, "Moreover, I found traces of Robert Zemeckis in your performance?" ”

"In some of your shots, you deliberately imitated Henry Thomas (the little boy in E.T.)?"

Hearing what the other party said, Roland instantly understood that the copy Spielberg was talking about was probably the direct shot of most movies, and this must be the handiwork of director Columbus; In addition, Spielberg's keen eye also made Roland a little embarrassed, you know, when filming "Home Alone", Columbus never mentioned who Roland's performance was.

"Yes, I love the Back to the Future series and your Alien E.T. ......"

Hearing this, Spielberg nodded and continued to ask, "Chris said you learned the London dialect and the Oxford dialect?" ”

“Yeah。”

However, before Roland could demonstrate his verbal skills, Spielberg interrupted again: "However, accent is not your biggest problem; I read your copy, and I didn't really want to inform you, you have no problem with your skills, or rather, you played very well in Home Alone, but you're not the Jack I'm looking for, do you know what I mean? ”

"I can see the naughty side of adolescent children in you, but I can't find the innocence of children."

"Of course, it may have something to do with what happened to you."

"However, Jack in the film must have the innocence of a child, because this is a fairy tale, even if Peter Pan grows up, it is still a fairy tale, and Jack, who plays Peter Pan's son, must show a yearning for fairy tales, but you-"

"Can you play it?"

Listening to the continuous words, Roland smiled bitterly.

Innocence is something that Roland has been looking for in the time loop for nearly two years and has not recovered.

Roland didn't expect Spielberg to even read the script and audition, so he directly asked the core.

And this core is exactly what he has lost, cannot be recovered, and can never be imitated.

“Sorry， I don't know。” Roland shook his head and answered the other party's question very honestly.

Although he knew that once he answered like this, the character would be far away from him, but-

Wouldn't it be worse to trick someone who can find out who you learned your acting from?

"Good......" Roland's reply made Spielberg close the file, and at the same time, he handed the script in his hand to the staff next to him, "Pick the most sure clip yourself, and give you five minutes to prepare." ”

"If you can impress me, I can treat you as if you didn't say it."

"Of course, I'll have to make it clear to you before you choose."

"Chances are given to you by Robin, Chris, Joe, Daniel."

"Even if you can't find that feeling, you can do it."

When Roland shifted his gaze to Robin Williams, the man who had never met him nodded with a smile, although Roland didn't understand why Spielberg suddenly mentioned Robin, but-

He reckoned that before he knew it, Garnetty must have begged for help again.

Since Spielberg's words were so straightforward, Roland did not hesitate.

I directly selected a clip and prepared it.

Five minutes later, when he performed the clip of Jack being controlled by Captain Hook in front of the three bigwigs, the three people behind the audition table had actually already got the answer......

"I've heard Chris say that you've asked a lot of people on the set about acting and filming."

"You can see that you are acting well, but you lack that pure feeling in your eyes."

"I won't say anything superfluous, if nothing else, you can go back."

All right......

Listening to Spielberg say this, Roland doesn't feel like he's losing to Charlie Cosmo.

He lost to himself, to time, to a problem that he couldn't solve.

Although the audition failed, Roland was not too discouraged.

Yes, he really wanted the role, but that doesn't mean he can't afford to lose.

After briefly cleaning up his depressed mood, trying not to think that his more than a month of study had been in vain, before leaving, Roland took out a signed book from his bag and made a small request to the three people present.

"If you can, can you give me an autograph?"

"At least it proves that I've been here."

For Roland's request, the three bigwigs did not refuse.

One after another, they wrote their blessings in their notebooks and left their names.

Holding the heavy notebook, Roland pushed open the door of the audition room, and when he watched Charlie Cosmo get in, his heart suddenly relaxed a little.

Perhaps, not participating in this movie is the best choice for him.

As Spielberg said, he has lost his innocence, and it would only be counterproductive to force such a role in such a situation.

The start of "Home Alone" is good enough, and he can't expect that every one of his movies is the best in film history......

Of course, although it was a failure, it did not mean that he did not gain anything.

At the very least, he knew that Spielberg had put him in the Jewish gang.