Chapter 193: The Actors Guild of America
In this way, Lin Mu stayed in the United States for two or three days, and finally got the good news.
Jessica agreed to this movie, the salary is 350w, which is not high, and she can find another person with high qualifications who is not famous.
The bad news is that Morgan and Bruce said goodbye to this movie, and there is no chance to work together.
Soon, Robert was instructed to sign a contract with them, and the next step was to find other actors, which was to deal with the Actors Guild.
On October 28th, the weather was fine, and Lin Mu and Robert were in a quieter café, and two people sat opposite them.
One is the head of the Actors' Guild, and the other is the manager of the Actors' Guild.
I forgot to mention that the person in charge is the one who is only in charge of the main things, that is, the arrangement of the actors, the working hours, and the prohibitions during the shooting.
The agent is the person who manages many artists, and they are in charge of many people, as long as they do not sign a separate agent, they are all in their hands under the name of the actors' union.
You have to give them a little bit of the salary, and of course, they will arrange roles for you, and they will not prevent you from finding an agent yourself.
However, people with some ability and potential have long been signed by other agents, and the rest are people who have just entered Hollywood, or people who are not famous and incapable.
But the victory is in a lot of quantity, you can find it casually, right?
This is a bit similar to the domestic group heads.
Besides, as long as the actors Lin Mu needs can speak, they will be good-looking, and they don't need to do any actions, and they don't need to have any good acting skills.
"Hello, I'm James, the head of the Screen Actors Guild."
Hello is in Chinese. It's awkward, but it's said in English.
"Hello. I'm Jackson, the agent of the Screen Actors Guild. ”
This broker speaks in English, and it is estimated that it will not speak Chinese.
"Hello. I'm Lin, the director of this film. ”
"Hello Lin, now let me tell you what to expect from filming in the United States for our actors."
"First of all, the actor's working hours are 8 hours, which cannot be changed, and the length cannot be increased for any reason, which is not allowed."
"You can't use any excuse to have any bad thoughts about our actors. Failure to do so will be punishable by law. ”
"Finally, the director has absolute command on the set, and if the actor is disrespectful to the director or does not do anything, the director has the right to protest to the actors' guild and suppress it."
"That's it, Lin, is there anything you don't understand?"
Lin Mu shook his head, "No, sir. ”
"Alright, I'll leave first. Other things can be asked of Jackson. ”
"Yes, sir, have a nice day."
"Thank you, and so are you."
After speaking. James left.
In the U.S., it's common to conclude by wishing you a nice day, or wishing you a nice day.
The greeting to the domestic ones is, 'Have you eaten?' It's a truth.
And those forbidden things Lin Mu had known for a long time, and James came over as a matter of routine. After the formulaic words are finished, there is nothing to do with him.
The rest of the clash was against Jackson, the group leader.
After seeing James leave in the car, Jackson withdrew his gaze. "Lin, tell me your request. Now I have more than 10,000 people under my command, and there are definitely people among them who fit your requirements. ”
"Okay Jackson."
"My requirements are not high, first of all, there can be no racial discrimination, people who have had this kind of experience are directly excluded, because my crew will have a lot of people of different colors and races."
"Second, there is no need for people who are too young, as long as they are male, over 30 years old, there is no cap."
"Third, I need people of all races, such as whites and blacks, of course, it doesn't matter if you don't have it, nationality doesn't matter, as long as you meet the first two requirements."
"Finally, they need to be absolutely subordinate to my management, and my crew doesn't need people who don't work for money, preferably people of different nationalities, the United States, Germany, Italy, etc."
After listening to Lin Mu's request, Jackson fiddled on his computer for a while, and said: "Lin, according to your request, there are about 3,000 people left in the end, of which there are only more than 100 people of different nationalities who meet your requirements, and most of the others are American. ”
"They are all good actors, they are all over 30 years old, but there is a 60-year-old man among them, are you sure you need it?"
Hearing this, Lin Mu's eyes lit up, "60 years old, Jackson, do you mean it really?" ”
"Of course, Americans never lie." Jackson swore by it.
Lin Mu directly ignored this, "One of them wants this 60-year-old man, can you meet him?" ”
"Of course you can, but I want to remind you that Lin, in the United States, the elderly are privileged, and there can be no disrespect in the crew, and sometimes, their rights are greater in the crew than the director."
Hearing this, Lin Mu was silent for a while, but still said, "Of course, Jackson, please invite that person over, maybe we can decide if we meet?" ”
"Of course, I'll contact him right away, he lives not far from here, and I'm sure he'll be over soon."
After speaking, Jackson broadcast a phone call, in a very soft tone, but quickly, as if he was calling that person over, and Lin Mu vaguely heard it.
About ten minutes later, a man in a suit and tie walked in, took a look at it, and walked towards it.
finally met an older person, Lin Mu is definitely not to be missed, because of the needs of the movie, an older person will be more convincing.
But the specific things have to be seen before you can decide, what if he is a person with a bad temper?
In that case, no matter how old he is, Lin Mu will not choose him if he is in line with Lin Mu's heart.
The first time he saw this old man, Lin Mu could tell that this man had a good temper, because he had a smile on his face and was polite to everyone.
And dress very seriously, without the thoughts of those old men who don't like to dress up.
After walking over, Jackson stood up and hugged him, and then Robert also took up and hugged him, and Lin Mu certainly couldn't sit still.
Pretended to stand up and hugged him gently, and by the way, came to a greeting.
Only then sit down.
"Hello, I am the director of this movie, you can call me Lin."
"Hello, Lin, I'm Willis."
"Mr. Willis, this is the director, and his films need to be starred by people your age, so I asked you to come and meet him and talk about the things in the movie." (To be continued.) )