Hollywood Road

When he returned to Los Angeles, Murphy went to the Actors Guild again. The project "Hard Candy" was too unremarkable from investment to production company. In just one day, no actor left his application information. .

Murphy also decided to post recruitment information in the newspapers after he went back. Just like the people he has already recruited, there are also many actors in Los Angeles who have not joined the union organization.

Afterwards, he took Jessica Chastain to the director's union, the photographer's union, and the screenwriter's union. He wanted to ask himself about the possibility of joining, especially the latter. The screenwriter who joined could file a script in the union, and he could also inquire about other The script recorded by the person can avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles.

It is true that he can register the copyright with the Copyright Office like "Fruit Hard Candy", but it will cost a lot of money. Although the Screenwriters Guild will also charge for the registered items, it is relatively cheap.

Price directly affects Murphy's choice now.

It's a pity that Murphy made a trip. Organizations like the Director's Guild did not have a high entry threshold, but they also had certain access requirements. The conditions for a newcomer like him were simply unqualified.

However, this trip was not in vain, and it also made Murphy understand some cognitive misunderstandings caused by cultural differences and translation problems.

The first is that trade unions and associations are not the same thing at all.

The so-called trade union refers to an organization in which people in a certain industry or type of work unite to fight against management for rights such as improving treatment, improving working conditions, and ensuring minimum wages and medical insurance; A non-profit organization for the purpose of information sharing, education and research.

The difference between the two is that unions are open to all practitioners and have low barriers to entry, while associations or societies are more like senior clubs for seniors.

The Producers Union, Directors Guild, and Actors Guild that Murphy once thought were not associations, but trade unions.

Although the union can apply to join as long as it meets its very low basic conditions, Murphy is disappointed. 100 days of paid work experience in photography or 30 days in a union production to apply…

Murphy was clearly incompetent.

Temporarily canceling the plan to join the formal organization of Hollywood, Murphy began to arrange the preparations for this small crew after the actor recruitment advertisements were published in many local newspapers in Los Angeles the next day, renting camera equipment with Jessica Chastain, and at the same time. Prop artist Mia Sucre purchases special ketchup used as blood plasma, and goes to San Fernando Valley with set designer Sunny Craig to inspect the interior of the house...

A lot of money was withdrawn from Murphy's account. This kind of days when he could only go in and get less and less funds also made him live like a year.

During the period, more than a dozen actors also called. Murphy conducted a preliminary interview at the Milton Cafe, and the results were very unsatisfactory. The actors were either inappropriate in appearance or poor in acting skills.

Most of the scenes in this project mainly take place between two characters, and inevitably have relatively high requirements on the actors.

Regardless of how Murphy's project progresses, Hollywood is on its own track.

The Actors Guild has more than 100,000 members, and its West Coast office is located in the Hollywood area. A large number of actors come and go every day. Many of them stop by the recruitment bulletin board to find the most suitable opportunities for them.

Actors who can become popular all over the United States and receive soft-handed actors are a minority among the few. Most of them are like Murphy, fighting hard for their dreams.

There is a category of people who are not in this ranks, their starting point is much higher than the average person.

A girl with short blond-brown hair, carrying a large file bag, walked into the Actors Guild. She was not very old, she looked like fifteen or sixteen years old.

Moreover, unlike white women who are born precocious, girls are born with a baby face, which is playful and cute, plus the big eyes that keep stirring up, just like the girls written by Vladimir Nabokov.

"Uncle Julian!"

When she walked past the recruitment bar and came to the front of an office, the girl looked back in dissatisfaction, her mouth almost pouted to the sky, "Can you hurry up?"

Her voice was crisp and sweet, with an unusually distinct London accent.

Not far behind, an old man with a bald forehead, who had just separated from the crowd gathered in front of the recruitment bar, walked towards this side panting, "Kerry, you're walking too fast, you have to consider the old man's body. ."

The girl scratched her short hair, "You have to understand my urgency, you know, I wanted to be an actor since I was a child, but my stubborn parents wanted me to go to college instead of acting. For the opportunity to come to Los Angeles as an exchange student..."

Her eyes kept rolling, "You finally took the time to help me register as a member of the Actors Guild, I'm very excited."

"Hurry up! Hurry up!" The girl looked impatient.

Julian Fellowes finally caught up with the girl and took her into the office. He is a veteran actor, and he is somewhat famous in Hollywood. With his introduction, the girl joined the union without much effort. Become one of the relatively secure actors.

It's just so unfair.

Leaving the office, Julian Fellowes said to the girl walking by, "The union can guarantee your working conditions, minimum wage and health insurance..."

The girl is smart and immediately interjects, "But only if I can get a job as an actor."

Julian Fellowes nodded and asked as he walked, "What type of characters do you like?"

With the care of his relatives, it is not difficult for girls to get some small roles in Hollywood.

"Well, I have to think about it..." The girl's big eyes flickered, "I think Lolita is very good."

This answer was completely beyond Julian Fellowes' expectations. He turned his head and looked over there with a little surprise. The girl immediately realized that she had said something wrong, and quickly added, "Uncle Julian, I'm talking to you. A joke."

She quickly changed the subject, pointed to the crowd gathered at the recruitment bar in front, and asked, "What are they doing?"

"A lot of crews will post jobs here," Julian Fellowes explained briefly, "but it's all about lesser-known projects."

The girl didn't seem to hear the next sentence, she jumped for joy, and the clear and clean voice jumped out of her mouth, "That's great, I'll go take a look too."

Her baby face was full of excitement, and she ran directly there, ignoring the old man who was slightly staggering.

Running near the recruitment column, the girl realized that there were too many people here, and she couldn't see clearly from a distance. She wanted to get closer, but she couldn't get in at all.

Just in front of the notice board, there are many job advertisements posted, just registered as a member of the Actors Guild, the little girl is the most urgent, she really wants to find a suitable role, try to be in the school troupe. Acclaimed acting.

She has been interested in acting since she was a child, and many people say that she is a genius in acting, even an old actor like Julian Fellowes who follows behind.

"I want to see, I want to see, really, why are there so many people."

The girl pouted and rolled her big eyes that suddenly became brighter. She deliberately put on a childish voice, "Hey hey hey, pay attention!"

No one answered, she was not discouraged, and continued to shout, "The casting director of Spielberg's crew is hiring in the west yard!"

These words immediately attracted the attention of many people, and some people turned their heads to look west, but the West Court of the Actors Guild was separated from here by two corridors with corners, so it was impossible to see there.

Someone immediately asked, "Little girl, is what you said true?"

"Spielberg's crew, how is this possible..."

"Are you lying?"

Hearing these chaotic voices, the girl put on the cutest expression, with a pair of small hands behind her back, blinking big smart eyes, and said very cutely, "I'm a good student, how can I lie?"

Such an age, such an appearance, even steel will dissolve for it...

"Let's go take a look..."

"I think it's true."

Obviously, many people chose to believe in the girl and walked towards the west courtyard one after another.

Although many people were unmoved, after leaving those people, the place was no longer so crowded. The girl easily got to the front and raised her head to look at these recruitment notices when a voice suddenly sounded beside her.

"You are also an actor?"

The girl followed the voice to see that it was a man with brown curly hair, about twenty-two or three years old, and he was very handsome, especially when he looked this way, there was a trace of a trace on the corner of his mouth. Smile, looks very charming.

"Yeah!" The girl tapped her pointed chin lightly, "I just signed up to be a member here."

The man smiled more clearly, "Dave is right, the cuter the girl, the more deceiving you are."

"What?" The girl looked at him in surprise, as if she didn't understand the meaning of those words at all, "What did you say? Who lied?"

There was a very innocent look on her face, and she also had a somewhat curious expression, as if wondering who the man was talking about.

"Acting skills are very good." The man seemed to have found something very interesting, and couldn't help laughing, "Especially for your age."

"Humph!"

The girl wrinkled her nose. Like all those who lie and get seen through, she couldn't help being a little embarrassed. She was also a little annoyed at the man next to her. She turned her eyes to the recruiting column opposite, and happened to see a job posting.

"Stanton Studio's "Hard Candy" project is looking for 14-16-year-old actresses who are cute in appearance and have a certain foundation in acting skills. It is best to be familiar with the work "Lolita"..."

Seeing this, the girl couldn't help swallowing, and hurriedly wrote down her contact information. When she wanted to continue reading other job postings, the man next to her spoke again.

"Those you cheated on are back," he reminded.

"Ah?" The girl looked back and saw that many people were walking quickly from the west. She didn't care about looking at anything else, she turned and drilled out. The brown-haired man looked at her back and put his eyes on Stan. On the job posting of the Dunn studio.

Pretty and cute little girl, isn't she?

Afterwards, he kept staring at the girl's back until it disappeared completely.

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