Before the New Year, Warner Bros. held a press conference to officially announce that it would invest in the remake of "The Demon King of the Wax Museum" with a production budget of up to $40 million.

Anyone who has read the script knows that this number is quite exaggerated. How much is actually invested, how much platter funds to be washed, outsiders have no way of knowing.

The crew was produced by Robert Zemeckis and Joe Silver, but Susan Levine was in charge.

Warner Bros. has a well-established pre-shooting process, and key personnel behind the scenes, from the director to the director of photography to the casting director, sign the contract on the same day.

Before Louise returned to Morocco, she specially asked Susan Levine out for a drink. Martin drove the car and accompanied her.

"The heroine is finalized, Eliza Cuthbert, a child actress who has been invited by Hillary Clinton to interview the White House." Louise sat in the passenger seat and talked about what she had learned: "The style is very high, the upward momentum is very strong, and the audience is also good. "The role I'm competing for is her twin brother," Martin said. Louise is one of the investors, and the news is natural: "Your biggest competitor is Paris Hilton's current boyfriend Jason Sean, who is a model and actor. She reminded: "Don't take other people lightly, at least five people who participate in the role audition have the support of investors behind them." Martin held the steering wheel with one hand and patted his head with the other: "It's a headache to think about, the competition is too fierce, and you can't drill your head sharpened." "If it wasn't for Louise who was involved in the platter, he didn't even have a chance to audition.

Louise's words go straight to the core: "If you have the appeal of a superstar, only the type of role is suitable, and the conditions offered by the filmmaker are suitable." Arriving at the nightclub, Martin accompanied Louise into the reserved private room.

Susan had arrived, and when she saw Martin, her gaze stopped for a few more seconds on his sunny and handsome face, and asked Louise, "Who is this?" ”

"Martin Davis, My Driver and Actor." Louise said: "If you drink too much, just make a phone call, and Downey Jr. will come over obediently, and I can only bring Martin, the driver, and let him meet the producer by the way." Susan understood, shook Martin's hand gently, and didn't give him a chance to speak at all: "Handsome guy, can you leave some private space for the lady?" ”

"Call me if you need to." Martin didn't say much and took the initiative to leave here. Louise snapped her fingers at the bartender in the private room: "Two cups of expansion screws." Susan said, "The masterpiece of Master Mixologist Louise." The wine soon came up, and Louise said, "He has a good image." The two have worked hard in Hollywood for many years, and Susan is not subtle: "When I saw him, I understood why you came to me in person, you are a pervert." ”

"Do you like ugly? Men and women, who don't like good-looking. Louise took a soft sip of wine: "Martin Davis is still a treasure boy, I personally unearthed it from the muddy mire of Atlanta, but what is valuable is that he is self-motivated and willing to climb out of the muddy mire." Susan became interested: "Let's talk about it." Louise roughly said: "He went astray in his teens, mixed up with smugglers, those guys smuggled goods from Mexico to Georgia, Martin worked as a low-level mule and horse, and worked as a scavenger for a while, as he grew older, he knew that there was a dead end to continue, and he secretly ran away to be an extra, and learned a lot in just two or three years......" She bragged about Martin's skills, and said: "Originally, he had hope in life, but he was caught back by the original gang and forced him to sign a loan shark, Working at a dancing boy club to pay off his debts, he was lucky enough to run into me, and I saw that his heart jumped out and pulled him by the hand. Susan took a sip of wine, waited for the bubbles to burst in her mouth, and said, "It's not easy for the prodigal son to turn back. Louise shrugged: "He has tasted the bitterness and bitterness of life, but he is optimistic like Peter Pan." Susan suddenly thought of Donnie: "To our treasure boy." Louise had a drink with her and took out a disc from her handbag: "Martin's "Zombie Dancer", if you are interested, you can watch it, it's very interesting." ”

"I'll take his audition seriously." Susan took the disc and put it away: "You tell him, the focus is on the masculinity of the character and the sacrificial protection of his sister. Louise raised her glass: "I salute you." Susan clinked glasses with her.

Nearly an hour later, Martin entered the private room and helped Louise out. After getting into the car, he looked at the female drunkard who had drunk too much: "If you drink like this, your body can't stand it." Louise waved her hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm still young and in good health." Besides, I drank too much, and it wasn't you who deliberately seduced me with wine. Martin patted her on the leg: "Sit down, don't make trouble." The car left Sunset Boulevard and returned to Louise's villa.

The next morning, Martin put Louise on a plane and drove to Century City, where she entered MA's office lobby.

Thomas sat in the partition, constantly on the phone, recently working overtime, thinking and stressing heavily, and the bags under his eyes were boiled out.

Martin sat down in another chair and said, "Man, work harder, the crew has announced the recruitment of actors, and it's time for a critical moment." Thomas took out a medicine bottle, took out the vitamins and threw them into his mouth, chewed and swallowed: "How are you over there?" Martin said: "Everything that needs to be done has been done, and Susan also said the key words for the audition." He asked, "What about you?" Thomas said: "The casting director was Mary Gale, who hates men with long hair and likes young people with light brown hair. Martin touched his hair: "I'll cut it shorter and dye it again." Thomas looked around and lowered his voice: "There are also people competing for this role within the company, don't talk to anyone about what we have, understand?" Martin said in a vicious voice: "Whoever dares to ask me, I will beat him ***." Thomas reminded: "Adrian, the actor of the series you filmed, be careful. Martin's voice lowered: "Louise said that the biggest competitor is Paris Hilton's current boyfriend, Jason Sean. Thomas rubbed his chin: "He's a big threat indeed." Martin joked: "I'll give you a gun, you're going to kill him?" Thomas was stunned.

Martin patted the table: "Look at your nerves are too tense, relax." ”…… Adrian, who finished filming "Star Buddies", came out of the glass cubicle office of his agent John, called the dwarf ugly and Bantony, and walked outside together.

Tony asked, "Is there a big hope?" Adrian was confident: "The crew is going to use a new face for cost reasons, my qualifications and acting skills are obviously better, John contacted Robert Downey Jr. to go through his relationship." Tony knows a lot about industry gossip: "I remember Donnie proposing to Susan Levine last month. Adrian smiled: "So, I have a lot of hope." He whispered, "It's a big deal, I'm going to accompany Donnie for a bag." Tony said, "I'll get it if I need it." ”

"I'll talk about it later." Adrian put away his smile: "There are two other people in the company who have taken a fancy to this role, John is of a higher rank, and he has found out the relevant situation, and that Martin Davis was one of them last time." "The two of them came to the first floor, Tony went to drive, and Adrian waited for him to come.

Before the car arrived, Adrian saw Martin coming down from the upper floor. His heart moved, and he smiled and beckoned over there: "Hey, Martin, long time no see." Seeing the enthusiastic Adrian, Martin smiled back with an even more enthusiastic smile: "Man, when will the episode be played?" You're about to become a big star. Adrian said: "Don't mention it, I've been up for so many years, and I haven't come out yet." He turned the subject to Martin: "It's rumored in the company that you're going up the ladder and competing for the lead actor in Warner's horror film." ”

"It's not a male protagonist, a role for the heroine." Martin's mind was spinning quickly as he spoke: "I mainly want to see how the movie audition goes, and I can be sure that I will run with him all the time, and it is impossible to get this role." Adrian felt that Martin had information that he did not understand: "Why do you say that? You're doing great acting. Martin was helpless: "The Hilton family's wave *** is the one who released the videotape, she brought money into the group and decided to play the supporting actress." Adrian said, "I heard about it. ”

"Her boyfriend, Jason Sean, is a model and actor, and she recommended him to the crew." Martin spread his hands: "In this case, can someone else win?" He waved his hand: "Don't say anything, I should go, and I have to go to class." Seeing Martin's lack of interest, Adrian felt a huge threat and took out his mobile phone to call his agent John.

Tony drove over, Adrian got into the car, and not long after driving, the agent called: "I asked a few people, I can confirm that the news is true, he will be your main competitor, you are well prepared, I will go to find out more about the situation." ”

"Damn nepotism!" Adrian couldn't help but curse. Tony asked, "What's the situation?" Adrian elaborated: "Thankfully, I got the message out of that sand sculpture of Martin Davis. Tony didn't take Martin seriously at all, after all, in the crew of "Star Buddies" a while ago, Martin Davis was just a supporting role with few scenes.

He asked, "How much less are our odds of winning?" Adrian thought about it carefully and said, "At least half." He tapped lightly on his seat: "The audition starts soon, we don't have much time left, we have to think of a way." ”

"That Jason Sean doesn't care about tapes?" Tony couldn't stand it: "Paris Hilton's kind of swinger, he also plays really?" ”

"Rich!" Adrian raised his hand and told Tony to stop talking and think about it. In 2004, just after the New Year holiday, the crew officially named "Horror Wax Museum" announced the audition time, and at the same time sent audition notices and short character scripts to the actors who passed the material audition.

The male protagonist's name is Nick Jones, the heroine's twin brother. Including Martin, after the initial screening, there are still more than 20 actors competing for the role.

Those who can pass the first round have basic acting skills, ability, and appearance are not a problem.