The Greatest Showman

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Walking into the room, out of the corner of the eye, I hurriedly looked at it. This is a special audition room.

There is a whiteboard against the wall on the left hand side, and two tables are placed in front of it. Lucinda is standing in front of the table, playing with a home handheld video camera; on the right hand side is a relatively spacious space, with soft lights, Reflective umbrellas, light shields and other equipment, a large number of connecting lines are stacked on the ground, and they are not organized, so they are randomly staggered.

"Stand in front of the camera." Without looking back, Lucinda put the camera on the tripod. After confirming that the placement was complete, she pressed the record button, saw the red light on, and then staggered toward the back of the table. He went over and said, "Well, let's start with self-introduction." When he spoke, he still didn't look at Renly, it was as if the back of his head was talking.

Stand directly in front of the camera, briefly introduce yourself, and then present a prepared performance, or the interviewer will pass a page of script, temporarily read the lines, and temporarily prepare for the performance. The whole process takes about three to five minutes. Casting directors record all performances on camera and mark them on their resumes. After the audition is over, they select the actors who are impressive or worthy of development, and watch the video a second time to select suitable actors.

This is the mainstream Hollywood audition method, and more than 80 percent of film productions select actors this way.

In fact, the "Pacific War" was also selected in this way before. However, there were hundreds of actors to be selected in the original drama, and thousands of actors participated in the audition, so they skipped the video recording and chose the spacious theater. space, relying on the impression of the on-site audition to complete the selection, which is more cruel, but also more efficient. There is a difference between TV and movies.

Renly just found it a novelty. So far, he has never participated in such an audition, only seen it in a movie. Having the opportunity to experience it today made Renly eager to try it. At the time, the "Pacific War" paid more attention to the stage performance and explosive power, but today it pays more attention to the sense of the camera, and the performance is definitely different.

Restraining his excitement, Renly stood in front of the camera, straightened his posture, raised his chest, and smiled. Not in a hurry to speak directly, but waited for Lucinda to sit down before introducing herself, "Renly Hall, twenty-one, came to audition for William Cage. I can start acting. Yet?"

Regarding auditions, Renly asked for advice when he and Chris Hemsworth were roommates. Generally speaking, for auditions like this, the casting director has hundreds of actors a day, and many of them are familiar faces, so they don't have time to greet each other, they like to cut directly to the topic, and if they are interested, they will naturally ask more requests.

That's what Renly is doing now.

But Lucinda raised her right hand to stop Renly, "Don't worry." Then she narrowed her eyes, looked at Renly carefully, and asked aloud, "British?"

It's familiar, that's the first question I had when I auditioned for "War in the Pacific." The corner of Renly's mouth couldn't help but lift slightly, "Yes." After a pause, seeing the hesitant look in Lucinda's eyes, he added, "The script describes an alien war, The battlefield is also set in Europe. So I think the nationality and accent of the officers are not that important." That's why he didn't change his accent. "Or did the crew want to use an American hero?"

In the last life, the character of William Cage was clearly American, and he was sent to England to help fight the aliens; but after reading the script carefully, Renly realized that in the original script, there was no mention of it at all nationality matter. Obviously, this is a change to the script after Tom Cruise took over.

In fact, the original was written by a Japanese, and the male protagonist is naturally Japanese. Just like the live-action version of the later "Ghost in the Shell" movie, after the Hollywood adaptation, it was naturally changed to American.

But the two works are still different. The content of the movie "Ghost in the Shell" still takes place in Japan, and the entire story structure, theme, and core content are closely related to oriental culture, and suddenly the characters are changed from Asian faces. When you become white, your overall style becomes dissimilar.

"Edge of Tomorrow" is different. The screenwriter's changes directly transplanted the entire story into the context of the world. It is no longer the Japanese against aliens, but the whole world against aliens, and the main battlefield has also moved to Paris. The most important thing is that the core idea of ​​the story has no direct connection with eastern culture, and is closer to the game mode of fighting monsters and upgrading, so the overall style is very harmonious.

It is precisely because of this that in the first version of the script, more emphasis is placed on the worldview of science fiction, and there is no mandatory setting or even mention of William Cage's nationality and accent.

For Renly, the experience and growth of the character William Cage has no direct connection with the matter of nationality, and "Edge of Tomorrow" was originally a commercial movie, so he did not further refine his accent. .

Facing Renly's response, Lucinda chuckled lightly, revealing her ragged teeth, but instead of responding to Renly, she said directly, "You can start performing." Between the sound and color, the initiative was controlled in his hands.

Ren Li didn't mind either, but adjusted his standing posture. His entire body was straight, his shoulders were open, his back was straight, and his legs were slightly resting. Soldiers with years of training.

There was a playful smile in Lucinda's eyes, she

You can clearly see the adjustments Renly made for the performance, even though he was only wearing a smoky gray shirt with jeans and skate shoes today, the temperament and posture of the soldier was still revealed, it looked like Soldiers on vacation in Paris during World War II. It's not uncommon, Renly starred in "War in the Pacific," which is where he made his name; but what's interesting is what Renly does next.

Although he was tall and straight, Ren Li's chin was retracted. There was panic and worry between his handsome brows. He tried his best to hide it, but with little success. When he spoke, his deep voice trembled slightly. The bluff of pretending to be calm but stern, can be seen, "General, I have encouraged millions of people to join your army, when the body bags are brought back to China, there must be someone who will take the blame, do you think, I How hard must it be to convince people that it's all your fault?"

The slow words, word by word, but the rhythm was a bit chaotic, and the pace was uneven. Despite this, the power was still strong, and then I saw that pair of eyes became firm and resolute, and the momentum of killing and decisiveness was instantly behind. The words came out in a hurry, "I think, the general doesn't want to do this, right?"

Thirty seconds, a short thirty-second performance, can be retracted freely, burst out in an instant, and return to its place in an instant. However, it is neither cunning nor insidious, more like the resistance of survival instinct/ability.

Lucinda felt a little playful. Is the effect presented in this way due to the performance? Or is it the responsibility of Renly's skin? But whatever the reason, it's a necessary quality for a big-screen superhero. But it wasn't the audition itself that really impressed Lucinda.

Lucinda is French and started casting director work in 1997. She has been active in Europe before, and directors such as Luc Besson and Gy Rithie are long-term partners. After landing in Hollywood, with his excellent ability and extensive contacts in Europe, he has become the casting director of countless blockbusters, such as "Troy", "Alexander the Great", "Batman Prequel" series, "X-Men" series, etc. .

Lucinda is not affiliated with any company, but in the past two years, she has indeed cooperated more frequently with Warner Bros. She is also casting for another Warner Bros. work, "Cloud Atlas", this work Wachos The wahowskis are in charge of the director, and Warner Bros. is quite optimistic about these two directors who have filmed "The Matrix", and approved a budget of 100 million with a wave of their hand.

In the midst of the busyness, the production department called last night and handed over the casting task of "Edge of Tomorrow" to her. She naturally refused. The "Cloud Map" crew needs at least 230 actors with lines. , it is impossible to complete in a short time, where does she have time to take care of another work? But Tim Lewis personally came to her and persuaded her to join with sincerity.

Lucinda didn't even have time to get the script for "Edge of Tomorrow", just listened to Tim's outline of the story, and then rushed the ducks to the shelves early this morning. Lucinda had no idea about Renly's performance just now. She didn't know it at all. It was a scene in the script, and she didn't even know why Renly acted like this.

But what surprised Lucinda was the gesture Renly showed.

With an Oscar nomination first, then a 300 million North American work, not to mention the friendliness of Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Renly is now considered a by any measure. Second-tier actors, or even those who have touched the edge of the first-tier, are in the hot and rising stage. Especially in the recent period of time, the news of the "Fast and the Furious" rumor and sequel has been buzzing, and it can be said that it has attracted much attention.

However, in the audition just now, Renly never showed any pride, not to mention pride, not even an actor's air, showing positivity and excitement, that is a gesture of love for acting, showing in the performance The focus and devotion of a professional actor is that of a professional actor.

In a trance, all the additional halo was stripped away, and Lucinda saw only one actor, a conscientious actor. This attitude alone was enough to make Lucinda look sideways.

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