NOVEL NEXT Exploiting Hollywood 1980.
Chapter 68 The Second Protagonist?
Chapter 68 The second protagonist?
"memory,
may be beautiful,
however,
something too painful,
can't recall,
We just choose to forget. "
Madonna sang an old Barbra Streisand song again: "The Way We Were," the theme song to the film of the same name starring Barbra and Robert Redford.
Now even the director Alan Parker couldn't help applauding, "Okay, the singing is very good. We can consider using her to play CoCo."
"No, Ellen. She should play Doris. Look at her nose, figure, and singing skills. She is very similar to Barbra Streisand when she was young. It is suitable for the average-looking Jewish girl Doris who lacks self-confidence."
When she heard that she was average-looking and lacked confidence, Madonna curled her lips.
"You must be blind, David." Director Parker's nose got bigger when he was angry, and began to criticize the producer mercilessly, "Doris is a girl who lacks self-confidence, look at her..." said Pointing to Madonna with her chin raised, "Is she a person who lacks self-confidence?"
Ronald saw that something was wrong, and the two were about to quarrel again.Quickly and quietly stood up from the seat just sat down, leaned against the wall, and moved towards the door step by step.If you can't agree this time, don't bother me again.
Seeing Madonna looking over, he quietly made a shush gesture to her, signaling not to speak out about himself.
The director and producer quarreled for a long time in front of Madonna, and suddenly remembered...
"Ronald, what do you think? Huh?"
"Where's Ronald? Did you see him?"
Madonna shrugged and spread her hands.
"Okay, okay, let's not argue here, let's not make a decision about Madonna for the time being, and we will decide on his role when we have the next round of auditions." The producer said, pointing to Madonna, "Please stay in touch Way, wait for our notice."
"What's this?" Director Alan Parker saw the notebook that Ronald forgot to take away, opened it, and saw that there were two stacks of one, and the crumpled paper fell out.
The director unfolded the paper, and on it were snippets of Hilary's script.
"...My dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles before the age of 21, Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan..."
This is a good show, director Parker applauded in his heart, and slapped the table down: "Who is that, go and make ten copies of this paper."
The jury on Joanna Merlin's side had been filled by another colleague, and Ronald wandered around the audition spots on the first floor.
When I walked to Margaery, I had agreed that today I was going to watch a dance audition, so I added a chair behind the judges' seat.Meg is interested in the two protagonists of the dance department, and he also wants to see the quality of the competitors.
After watching several times in a row, none of them danced as well as Meg's ballet.
"They're both better suited to be that slacker Lisa Monroe."
"Who is Lisa Monroe?"
When Ronald turned around, it turned out to be Meg.
"Why are you here?"
"The director asked me to go directly to the second round of auditions for Hillary and Lisa Monroe in the afternoon." Meg laughed.
"I'll see you audition then."
The next audition was a Chinese girl, and she was fighting for the role of a Chinese ensemble.
"You can also play this Chinese ballet girl." Ronald joked quietly with Meg.
"Don't talk nonsense." Meg interrupted him very seriously, dragging him into a corner. "Don't mention my Chinese blood again, Ronnie."
"Why?" Ronald didn't understand.
"No one has told me about my Chinese descent except you. Especially now that I am an actor, if I am identified as Chinese, I will not be able to get roles in the future. How many Chinese roles do Hollywood have in a year?"
"Okay, I see." Ronald made a movement of zipping his mouth shut.
"Well, I'm going to prepare for the performance, don't bother me."
Meg's acting skills are still in the training stage, and she needs to be alone to prepare her emotions.
Ronald was waiting to see the last of the morning's interviewees.
"Next..." Margaery called in another ballerina girl.
"Let's go, do these actions according to the audition notice."
The girl has blond hair and an elegant figure, and has already changed into ballet practice clothes and dancing shoes.
She got ready and began to spin her legs, one circle, two circles, and caught an arabesque on tiptoe, holding it for half a second, like a beautiful white swan.
Ronald froze, this is the girl who played Hillary in the dream.
Standing up with a bang, he accidentally knocked over a bottle of water, and hurriedly cleaned it up.
The girl gave him a reproachful look.
"What? Love at first sight?" Margaret joked in a low voice.
"No, I think she is Hillary." Ronald looked solemn.The joke must not reach Meg's ears.
"It should be passed. The skills and temperament are in line with Hillary." Margery smiled and handed a green card to the girl, writing your name on it, and went to the second floor for the second round of interviews in the afternoon.
Ronald leaned over to see that the girl's name was Antonia Franceschi.
"Italian?"
"Antonia Franceschi, you are the first"
The second round of interviews in the afternoon is in the big room on the second floor.Director Alan Parker, producer David Da Silva, Margery and other casting directors were all present.
The director also installed a video camera, which is dedicated to shooting 35mm movies, to film the audition process.
The actor's face, after being refracted by the film lens, will undergo some wonderful changes.Some people who are beautiful in life may not be beautiful in the camera.Or the other way around, ordinary people in life become amorous in the camera.
Everything is decided by the movie gods.
"Take this," Allen handed Antonia a piece of paper, "Get familiar with it, it will start in five minutes."
Five minutes later, Allen turned on the camera and motioned for the girl to start.
Antonia Franceschi sits on a bench with her hands folded on her stomach.A sad mood brewed.
She acted very well, with a crying voice, and tried her best to hold back, not to let herself cry.The pitiful appearance of Chu Chu made people feel distressed, and then began to talk to himself:
"...You see, my dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles before the age of 21, Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan..."
Wow, Ronald stood up again.
Everyone looked at Ronald, blaming him for interrupting this wonderful performance.
The most surprising thing is Margaery, what happened to Ronnie today?Facing Antonia twice suddenly stood up?Can't help but look at Ronald.
Ronald was startled and terrified.
He had his eyes fixed on director Alan Parker.
This is the script he wrote.It was about Meg's secret dream, and it was also the script he promised Meg to throw away!
Alan Parker actually used it for an audition!How did he get the script?Why did he do this without discussing it with himself?
Meg would surely blame him.
Meg Tilly was also in the crowd, and she put her hand over her mouth, which was open in surprise.
A pair of wonderful eyes looked at Ronald, as if condemning him.Why not keep the promise?Want to give the script that belongs to her, Meg, to the director?Why let another girl read the lines that belonged to Meg alone?
Ronald also saw Meg, and the air was filled with silent accusations.
Speechless.
A flood of regret flooded Ronald, and a drop of sweat slipped through the neckline of his tie-tie shirt and trickled down his back.
This drop of sweat is like turning on the emotional switch, surprise and regret, suddenly turned into anger, pointing at director Alan Parker.
Ronald felt the blood rushing to the top of his head with a buzzing sound. The adrenaline was over-secreted in a short period of time, and his hands began to shake involuntarily.
The only sliver of reason left allowed Ronald to know the consequences of the attack, so he held back and did not rush out to destroy the audition.
"Look, there is no room for a baby in my dream."
The lines read by Antonia Franceschi, reaching Ronald's ears, became very strange.
The sounds of the outside world seemed to be separated from him by a layer of membrane, and all the sounds became softer and indistinct. Apart from the rushing sound of blood flowing rapidly in his ears, there was only the rattling sound of himself clenching his teeth.
The clenched fist, the arm with exposed veins, and the rattling sound of teeth made Margaery next to her startled.
The nurse, played by Joanna Merlin, said her line: "Are you paying with MasterCard or Amex, Honey?"
Antonia Franceschi almost laughed out loud, who wrote the wicked lines, a bit of humor at the end of the tragic scene.However, she still held back her laughter and raised her head to look at the nurse, showing her confused eyes about the future.Had a great audition.
She performed wonderfully, but what she waited for was not the director's affirmation, but a loud bang.
"boom!"
Antonia was taken aback.
It's Ronald.
He couldn't bear it any longer and slammed his fist on the table.
(End of this chapter)
"memory,
may be beautiful,
however,
something too painful,
can't recall,
We just choose to forget. "
Madonna sang an old Barbra Streisand song again: "The Way We Were," the theme song to the film of the same name starring Barbra and Robert Redford.
Now even the director Alan Parker couldn't help applauding, "Okay, the singing is very good. We can consider using her to play CoCo."
"No, Ellen. She should play Doris. Look at her nose, figure, and singing skills. She is very similar to Barbra Streisand when she was young. It is suitable for the average-looking Jewish girl Doris who lacks self-confidence."
When she heard that she was average-looking and lacked confidence, Madonna curled her lips.
"You must be blind, David." Director Parker's nose got bigger when he was angry, and began to criticize the producer mercilessly, "Doris is a girl who lacks self-confidence, look at her..." said Pointing to Madonna with her chin raised, "Is she a person who lacks self-confidence?"
Ronald saw that something was wrong, and the two were about to quarrel again.Quickly and quietly stood up from the seat just sat down, leaned against the wall, and moved towards the door step by step.If you can't agree this time, don't bother me again.
Seeing Madonna looking over, he quietly made a shush gesture to her, signaling not to speak out about himself.
The director and producer quarreled for a long time in front of Madonna, and suddenly remembered...
"Ronald, what do you think? Huh?"
"Where's Ronald? Did you see him?"
Madonna shrugged and spread her hands.
"Okay, okay, let's not argue here, let's not make a decision about Madonna for the time being, and we will decide on his role when we have the next round of auditions." The producer said, pointing to Madonna, "Please stay in touch Way, wait for our notice."
"What's this?" Director Alan Parker saw the notebook that Ronald forgot to take away, opened it, and saw that there were two stacks of one, and the crumpled paper fell out.
The director unfolded the paper, and on it were snippets of Hilary's script.
"...My dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles before the age of 21, Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan..."
This is a good show, director Parker applauded in his heart, and slapped the table down: "Who is that, go and make ten copies of this paper."
The jury on Joanna Merlin's side had been filled by another colleague, and Ronald wandered around the audition spots on the first floor.
When I walked to Margaery, I had agreed that today I was going to watch a dance audition, so I added a chair behind the judges' seat.Meg is interested in the two protagonists of the dance department, and he also wants to see the quality of the competitors.
After watching several times in a row, none of them danced as well as Meg's ballet.
"They're both better suited to be that slacker Lisa Monroe."
"Who is Lisa Monroe?"
When Ronald turned around, it turned out to be Meg.
"Why are you here?"
"The director asked me to go directly to the second round of auditions for Hillary and Lisa Monroe in the afternoon." Meg laughed.
"I'll see you audition then."
The next audition was a Chinese girl, and she was fighting for the role of a Chinese ensemble.
"You can also play this Chinese ballet girl." Ronald joked quietly with Meg.
"Don't talk nonsense." Meg interrupted him very seriously, dragging him into a corner. "Don't mention my Chinese blood again, Ronnie."
"Why?" Ronald didn't understand.
"No one has told me about my Chinese descent except you. Especially now that I am an actor, if I am identified as Chinese, I will not be able to get roles in the future. How many Chinese roles do Hollywood have in a year?"
"Okay, I see." Ronald made a movement of zipping his mouth shut.
"Well, I'm going to prepare for the performance, don't bother me."
Meg's acting skills are still in the training stage, and she needs to be alone to prepare her emotions.
Ronald was waiting to see the last of the morning's interviewees.
"Next..." Margaery called in another ballerina girl.
"Let's go, do these actions according to the audition notice."
The girl has blond hair and an elegant figure, and has already changed into ballet practice clothes and dancing shoes.
She got ready and began to spin her legs, one circle, two circles, and caught an arabesque on tiptoe, holding it for half a second, like a beautiful white swan.
Ronald froze, this is the girl who played Hillary in the dream.
Standing up with a bang, he accidentally knocked over a bottle of water, and hurriedly cleaned it up.
The girl gave him a reproachful look.
"What? Love at first sight?" Margaret joked in a low voice.
"No, I think she is Hillary." Ronald looked solemn.The joke must not reach Meg's ears.
"It should be passed. The skills and temperament are in line with Hillary." Margery smiled and handed a green card to the girl, writing your name on it, and went to the second floor for the second round of interviews in the afternoon.
Ronald leaned over to see that the girl's name was Antonia Franceschi.
"Italian?"
"Antonia Franceschi, you are the first"
The second round of interviews in the afternoon is in the big room on the second floor.Director Alan Parker, producer David Da Silva, Margery and other casting directors were all present.
The director also installed a video camera, which is dedicated to shooting 35mm movies, to film the audition process.
The actor's face, after being refracted by the film lens, will undergo some wonderful changes.Some people who are beautiful in life may not be beautiful in the camera.Or the other way around, ordinary people in life become amorous in the camera.
Everything is decided by the movie gods.
"Take this," Allen handed Antonia a piece of paper, "Get familiar with it, it will start in five minutes."
Five minutes later, Allen turned on the camera and motioned for the girl to start.
Antonia Franceschi sits on a bench with her hands folded on her stomach.A sad mood brewed.
She acted very well, with a crying voice, and tried her best to hold back, not to let herself cry.The pitiful appearance of Chu Chu made people feel distressed, and then began to talk to himself:
"...You see, my dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles before the age of 21, Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan..."
Wow, Ronald stood up again.
Everyone looked at Ronald, blaming him for interrupting this wonderful performance.
The most surprising thing is Margaery, what happened to Ronnie today?Facing Antonia twice suddenly stood up?Can't help but look at Ronald.
Ronald was startled and terrified.
He had his eyes fixed on director Alan Parker.
This is the script he wrote.It was about Meg's secret dream, and it was also the script he promised Meg to throw away!
Alan Parker actually used it for an audition!How did he get the script?Why did he do this without discussing it with himself?
Meg would surely blame him.
Meg Tilly was also in the crowd, and she put her hand over her mouth, which was open in surprise.
A pair of wonderful eyes looked at Ronald, as if condemning him.Why not keep the promise?Want to give the script that belongs to her, Meg, to the director?Why let another girl read the lines that belonged to Meg alone?
Ronald also saw Meg, and the air was filled with silent accusations.
Speechless.
A flood of regret flooded Ronald, and a drop of sweat slipped through the neckline of his tie-tie shirt and trickled down his back.
This drop of sweat is like turning on the emotional switch, surprise and regret, suddenly turned into anger, pointing at director Alan Parker.
Ronald felt the blood rushing to the top of his head with a buzzing sound. The adrenaline was over-secreted in a short period of time, and his hands began to shake involuntarily.
The only sliver of reason left allowed Ronald to know the consequences of the attack, so he held back and did not rush out to destroy the audition.
"Look, there is no room for a baby in my dream."
The lines read by Antonia Franceschi, reaching Ronald's ears, became very strange.
The sounds of the outside world seemed to be separated from him by a layer of membrane, and all the sounds became softer and indistinct. Apart from the rushing sound of blood flowing rapidly in his ears, there was only the rattling sound of himself clenching his teeth.
The clenched fist, the arm with exposed veins, and the rattling sound of teeth made Margaery next to her startled.
The nurse, played by Joanna Merlin, said her line: "Are you paying with MasterCard or Amex, Honey?"
Antonia Franceschi almost laughed out loud, who wrote the wicked lines, a bit of humor at the end of the tragic scene.However, she still held back her laughter and raised her head to look at the nurse, showing her confused eyes about the future.Had a great audition.
She performed wonderfully, but what she waited for was not the director's affirmation, but a loud bang.
"boom!"
Antonia was taken aback.
It's Ronald.
He couldn't bear it any longer and slammed his fist on the table.
(End of this chapter)
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