Entertainment: From being a child star to becoming a world star

Mike! Mike! Hey, come on down and help me work!

Mike roughly covered his ears with the quilt.

"Mike! Why didn't he answer? Mike!"

"oops."

No matter how you cover your ears, there will be a harsh sound coming into the quilt. On the old mobile phone screen, a young man said a meaningless sentence. Mike pressed the end button with rough hands and turned the She stuffed her cell phone into her jacket and walked out of the room.

Casey frowned when he saw Mike coming down slowly from upstairs.

"There is so much to do, what on earth are you doing alone in your room? Haven't you seen your mother working hard?"

"Ah, I understand, can you just help me?"

Mike lifted the flour bag. The heavy weight made Mike stagger for a while. Finally, he grasped the center of gravity and poured the bag into a large bucket.

Go to the refrigerator to get the egg whites that were beaten in advance, said Kathy, who was washing vegetables.

"Are you acting in the room again?"

Hearing Casey's words, Mike, who was in a bad mood, suddenly twisted his face.

"Nothing weird, don't say that."

Kathy smacked her tongue at an annoyed voice.

"Nothing surprising. If you don't help with business every day, why should you stay in your room alone? Mom is already this age and her waist is broken."

After hearing the unintentional tone, Mike suppressed his anger and said

"That's enough, I'm doing it"

"Do you think you can become an actor by doing that? People like that are born. People like us can't wake up even if we die. Um?"

It's started again.

That annoying program!

Because it's something I hear often, I can ignore it, but it's easy for emotions not to listen to reason. He's depressed.

Invisible chains are tightly wrapped around his body, as if strangling him. Tight. I don’t know if it’s anger, sadness, resignation, or resentment that makes me anxious.

"Mom is also very tired working alone. But if you are like this too, what will mom do, huh? Dream? Of course. Although it is good, what is the use of just dreaming when life is also difficult? It’s not like I dreamed of starving to death. Just listen to your mother and learn to work."

Kathy was not like this at the beginning.

Her husband died in an accident on the construction site. The young days of recuperating energy alone, with dreams and hopes became far away, and I couldn't see the shape clearly.

Although I knew it was like this

"Can you please stop talking?"

"Um?"

"Please stop talking. It doesn’t work every time, no! I hate it so much!"

"Child, why are you shouting?……"

Casey paused.

He barely held back his tears and stubbornly opened his eyes, which were bloodshot and red.

"When did I ask my mother to do anything? Just leave me alone, is it that hard?"

"Mom was afraid that would be a waste of time. What's easy about being an actor? Then do you still want to have star quality and talent?"

"How did my mother know, and why did she keep ignoring me without trying?"

"Ah! How come I don’t know, it’s me who raised you, don’t I know you?"

Kathy checked her pulse with a regretful expression.

"If you are confident then, try it now. What is that amazing acting skill? Um? Mom will see if you have any talent, so let you try it here."

Kathy's words made Mike's face turn red with embarrassment.

Casey was his only family, but it was also a terrible nightmare.

Suddenly, Mike felt that this situation of being laughed at for his dreams was too terrible.

His hands were sticky So is the dough.

And the wrinkled mother's face.

So is the rusty wallpaper. So is the humid air.

Everyone is tired. Annoying and terrible.

Huo Di - throw away the reconciled noodles, stand up pulse He twisted his body. Then he ran out of the kitchen without looking back.

"Mike! where are you going! Mike! child!"

I heard a voice calling Mike from behind, but I didn't look back.

My mind was full of thoughts of getting rid of it.

I walked out of the store and ran wildly. Friends playing basketball in the open space waved when they spotted Mike.

"ah! Mike! where are you going!"

Mike, who was not a fan of basketball, pretended not to see it and ran over. His friends looked confused. They immediately shrugged and blew up the ball again.

Hoho-ho- he walked into a remote alley with no one. At this time The pulse that had just stopped running took a hard breath.

The thought of being alone made him wake up a little.

Bang -

Mike, who was leaning against the wall, sat gently on the ground.

He rested his head on his knees and was in a daze for a long time. Mac inadvertently reached into his pocket. He blindly took out the things in his hand and found that he was holding a cold mobile phone in his hand.

Mac, who turned on the phone screen, entered a community that he was used to entering frequently.

Thurs-

Mike mechanically used his tanned eyes to Scrolling, his hand stopped somewhere.

Independent films, children's characters, boys aged 10 to 16... Ordinary people could sign up.

Silently muttering like a lost man.

Then immediately.

Only reflection The blue eyes of the mobile phone's LCD light were filled with tiny stars.

Blah--

Dohyun flipped through a resume.

Boom-- now heard a familiar knock on the door.

Dohyun, who wanted to greet the 21st applicant, looked up. A middle-aged woman is behind a boy about 10 years old. Behind the woman is a staff member with an embarrassed expression.

"Mother! It will be difficult to get in!"

"My child was too young, so I stood next to him."

Ignoring the staff's dissuasion, the women who blindly entered the talent show looked at Li Yan and Rosanna sitting on the judges' bench and smiled melancholy.

"Please take good care of our Joseph. Joseph, hey, it's time to say hello."

Joseph timidly raised his head slightly and said in a crawling voice.

"Hello……"

"Ha ha. My child is usually very lively, maybe because he is nervous now. Joseph. Didn't you practice with your mother? Can you do it?"

"Um...Mom, I'm so scared"

"Nothing to be afraid of, just do as you prepared!"

When they came to the audition to watch the two people chatting privately, Leon and Rosanna's expressions became increasingly stiff. Seeing the grumbling child grabbing his mother's hand, Li Yan pressed his forehead hard and finally lost his temper.

"This is the talent show! If you're not ready, get out!"

After hearing what Leon said, the woman who was comforting Joseph said shamelessly

"My kid is so nervous. Please wait a moment. He'll do fine, right, Joseph?"

"I want to choose an actor! Not a child to take care of! That's it for now. Enough. please go out"

"what? What?! Is that too much?"

"Seriously, you came in for five minutes!"

"No, really. It's only been five minutes... That's it! I don’t want my son to be in a movie like this either! Finally an unknown director……"

A red-faced woman took the child's hand and went out. Leon almost grabbed the scruff of the neck.

Snap—

Liam leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh.

Daoxian was a little regretful and put an X on the resume of"Joseph Alberton". This is already the sixth letter X. Looking at Li Yan who was recovering from fever, Daoxian asked Roxana

"Is this always the case?"

"Are you talking about child actor auditions?"

"Yes"

"Sadly... yes. This is not uncommon."

Hmm...

Dohyun had a nasal voice.

Of course, not all volunteers are like this.

There are also many volunteers who are prepared with a sincere attitude.

But there are also many applicants who did not apply, which is a problem.

Leon looked through it The resume below makes a sound of pain. The next applicant is also an ordinary person with no acting experience.

So far, there are only two ordinary people who have participated in the audition.

Because they are afraid of not being able to do anything, although they work hard, their acting skills are not Very average.

Because he is a child actor, this seems to be especially serious

"It turns out Dohyun is very special."

Liam muttered with new inspiration.

"Is it a mistake to expand the support area to ordinary people?……"

When Lyon regretted it was too late.

With a regular knock on the door, the door opened and a boy who looked to be a teenager entered.

The nervousness was evident in his dull eyes and subtle twitching of the corners of his mouth. Although it is unnatural, the first impression is not bad when it comes to the smile.

"First of all, the posture is qualified."

Faced with the serious attitude of the 22nd applicant, Leon straightened his body.

Volunteer No. 22, standing in the center, looked around the judges' seat.

Rosanna, passed by Leon, and arrived at Dohyun

"Um?"

"Um?"

The two people made a sound at the same time.

Daoxian blinked and looked at the photo on his resume again and saw applicant No. 22

"ah…！"

Dohyun sighed.

Now I understand why I am familiar with it

"It was someone I bumped into in a bookstore."

It's so different from that time that I can't recognize it at once.

It looks like it was cut casually. Her hair is neat and long enough to cover her eyesight. Instead of wearing a jacket with scratches everywhere, she is wearing a white shirt. It feels like The atmosphere was so different.

With a look of panic on his face, Mike remembered where he was now.

Although I care about why that child is here, that's not what I want to do now.

Mike nervously suppressed his rusticity and tried to speak calmly.

"Hello, I'm Mike Burkle."

Daoxian also regained his composure and cheered up with a sincere attitude. Rosanna, who was looking down at her resume, raised her head and smiled.

Nice to meet you, Mike. I want to ask you a few questions, okay?

"Yes"

"Why did Mike attend this audition?"

"I wanted to be an actor, but there was no place to write plays for kids who had no experience"

"look at this?"

Mike's blunt answer aroused Leon's interest. The frustrated expression became very interesting.

"Why do you want to be an actor?"

Facing Leon's question, Mike said anxiously, but with a sincere expression.

"Because the people on the screen look dazzling. I think why only they are special. I also want to be as special as them. So I want to be someone who is recognized by everyone and feels special to everyone"

"Ha ha! This is so enjoyable!"

Leon smiled generously.

Adult actors often have

"I want to make money""Because I want to be famous"，""Cool, right?"People who say the same reason.

But this is the first time I hear such words from such a young actor.

And it is so justified and natural.

There are many directors who don't like such an answer, but fortunately, for For Mike, Leon is not that type.

On the contrary, he is not as frank as the hypocritical answers in the interview, so he likes Mike's straightforward answers.

"But the most important thing is the acting ability" because of his clean appearance and neat grooming, although he looks like a young master. The unique viciousness and rudeness of a child who grows up from trivial habits, expressions, tone and intonation cannot be concealed.

If It is the role of Liu Yi, and the image will be qualified soon, but now it is the audition for the role of Isaiah. The personality that Mike possesses is not conducive to playing the role of Isaiah who grows like flowers and plants in a greenhouse.

Unless you can look like any of the eyes Like a shining person, completely covered with acting skills.

Leon said half expectantly, half worriedly

"Then let’s take a look at the prepared acting skills"

"Yes!"

Mike breathed a calm breath.

Then Mike’s show began

"Um……"

Li Yan swallowed the new voice in his heart.

All in all, Applicant No. 22 performed well.

This also exceeded Lyon's expectations.

Because child actors are young, they are not skilled in expressing emotions. In addition, he often acts exaggeratedly or awkwardly while paying attention to the gazes of those around him.

But Mike's acting skills are so natural that he stands out among the candidates he has seen before.

A line, an expression, an action.

It is better to have shortcomings than to be an eyesore

""Clean acting."

This is Lyon's overall feeling.

Not exaggerated, not exaggerated, just the right textbook-like acting.

For actors with"visible" roles, unburdened and clean acting sometimes becomes Huge advantage. Even more so considering Mike's age now.

But

"The image is so inconsistent... If it were Ryu's character, it would be really suitable."

Leon said loudly and unintentionally with regret.

"What does that...mean?"

"Well, the acting is very good. Playing Ishaya looks too vicious. Not the flowers and plants in the greenhouse, but like the wild grass growing in the wind and rain in the wild."

Mike's heart dropped with a thud.