Chapter 490 You Are No Longer from the Same World (4939)
Audition room 201-B is not small, nearly 30 square meters, with light gray industrial carpet and cool white fluorescent lights.
The walls and ceiling are covered with acoustic foam, and the sound in the entire room is suppressed to the point where there is almost no echo.
Sydney could even feel that her own footsteps were particularly clear, and she could also hear the breathing of more than a dozen people in the room.
As soon as she entered the door, Sydney felt something was wrong, as if this audition was not what she had imagined.
How should I put it, it feels like... the scene is a bit too big for an audition?
On the right hand side of the entrance to the audition room is a gray curtain background wall. Opposite the wall is a soft LED light and a 4K lens camera is fixed on a tripod.
There are also two cameras on the side, and three cameramen are standing behind the cameras fiddling with something.
Three camera positions?
No, there is a panoramic camera hanging at the back, the power light of the camera is on, and it is also filming.
Four cameras?
Sydney has auditioned so many crews, but this is the first time she has seen four camera positions during an audition.
In addition to the four cameramen and three interviewers sitting behind the long table, there were seven or eight men and women of different ages and attire in the room. Some were adjusting the lighting, some were sitting on folding stools nearby with notebooks taking notes, some were discussing with their heads down, and some were occasionally looking up to observe.
Didn't Gis just say it was just an independent film? Why are so many people watching my audition?
Sydney couldn't help but get nervous.
——
The center of the audition area was marked with a line of silver tape, which was the standing mark for the auditioning actors, and two sponge pads were placed next to it.
Sydney rolled over on the sponge mat and made a gesture as if drawing a gun and shooting.
"Card!"
After hearing the card, Sydney breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and looked at the three people sitting behind the long table, a little nervously: "Thank you, my performance is over."
She had never expected that this audition would be so long and would last for more than an hour.
First, the middle-aged white man named Cliff on the left examined her facial expression management and body language, then her emotional state transitions, and then asked her to do a scenario simulation and character analysis. Finally, he called a female employee sitting on a folding chair next to her to review the lines with her.
She was shocked when the female employee opened her mouth.
The acting and lines are so strong!
He looks like just an ordinary crew member, but his explosive acting skills and line delivery skills are simply overwhelming her, even better than many stars she has seen.
Such a person is actually just a reader here (a crew member who specializes in acting with the auditioning actors)?
She knew that there were too many actors in Hollywood who had great acting skills but had never gotten a chance, and could not even get a supporting role. They could only go to acting schools to teach or hang around in various crews as stand-ins or acting coaches to make a living.
Even the Gallic national treasure Isabelle Huppert played many minor roles when he entered Hollywood.
There's nothing we can do about it, this is Hollywood.
But it was the first time she saw such a person in the crew. After all, her biggest role before was just a few small roles in the drama.
After the literary scenes were over, the Chinese man on the right named Justin asked her to go to the dressing room next door to change into a black tight jumpsuit and try the action scenes.
The top of the jumpsuit was a little tight, and she exhaled desperately before she could zip it up.
Justin first tested her sensitivity and flexibility, asked her to do some difficult moves, and then went on stage himself to practice a set of moves with her.
There are action scenes! Is this a commercial film?
Sydney couldn't help but perk up and pay extra attention. She felt that her reaction and speed were better than usual.
Although art films sound more impressive than commercial films, they don't make money.
"Have you ever had any experience in fighting and shooting?" Justin returned to his seat, twirling the ballpoint pen in his hand, and asked calmly.
Sydney was delighted. Compared to her previous literary drama, she was more satisfied with her action audition.
Sydney took two breaths and nodded vigorously. "Yes, I used to practice MMA and participate in competitions. I also often shoot wild ducks with a shotgun on the farm at home."
After hearing Sydney's answer, Justin shook his head and turned to look at Sarah Finn: "The movements lack coherence and fluidity, the transitions are too abrupt, and they lack the visual appeal of difficult movements."
"The reaction speed is okay, but it lacks the precise control for violent movements."
"Similarly, the shooting action is the same. The audience will not feel that she is a trained female agent, but only that she is a big blond bear girl who grew up on a western ranch, has touched a few guns in a gun store, and occasionally accompanies her boyfriend to the shooting range."
???
Hearing Justin's words, Sydney twisted her feet in embarrassment, her face turned red, and she almost cried.
Cliff nodded in agreement. "Yes, the literary drama is the same. The character understanding is too dry, the emotions lack progression, the acting is too obvious, and it's not 'accurate' enough."
Cliff commented to Sarah Finn from the side, and Sarah Finn nodded: "I think so too."
After hearing the comments from the three people, Sydney felt extremely depressed and sad. She couldn't help but lower her head slightly, clenched her hands, and her eyes dimmed.
She is not a professional actor, has only attended training courses for a few days, and has no money to hire an acting teacher. Almost all of her acting skills come from actual practice.
Obviously, the audition he just did did not satisfy the other party.
Maybe, as Mayne said, it is really impossible for him to become a star.
"Sorry, I'm a little nervous. Please give me another chance..."
Sydney pursed her lips hard, forcing herself not to cry, her tone full of pleading, hoping for another chance, but before she could finish her words, Sarah Finn on the opposite side interrupted her plea.
"You can go back now. We'll let you know if there's any news. Remember to keep your phone on 24 hours a day."
Sydney nodded with tears in her eyes, covered her mouth and ran to the dressing room to change clothes.
Every crew that auditioned said they would notify me when they had news, but no one actually released any news.
Maybe, I should really give up?
"Sarah, you're not really going to cast this farm girl as the second Black Widow, are you? That's crazy. She has no track record whatsoever!"
As soon as Sydney walked out of the audition room, Cliff couldn't help but move the folding chair under his buttocks and faced Sarah Finn with an incomprehensible expression on his face.
"Aside from those big bears, I can't find any highlights in her acting! How can we give up Saoirse Ronan for her!?"
Nonsense, didn't I know her acting had no highlights?
Isn't there anything we can do about it?
Sarah Finn remained calm: "Those big bears are the highlight. Acting skills can be developed. Will Saoirse Ronan get breast augmentation?"
Cliff was speechless: "This, these are two different things."
Justin Yu smiled and tried to smooth things over: "It's not that bad actually. At least she has some basic moves. I believe she and Scar Joe will be able to put on a good fight."
Cliff shook his head: "I still think Saoirse Ronan is more suitable. Her performance in Brooklyn is perfect and she has a certain box office appeal."
Sarah Finn sighed: "Saoirse Ronan is 8 centimeters taller than Scarlett."
Cliff choked.
In the movie "Black Widow", Scarlett Johansson is the absolute leading lady, and it is obvious that no female supporting role can overwhelm Scarlett in momentum.
The most important thing is that Scarlett is not only the leading actress, but also replaced Marvel President Kevin Feige and became the executive producer of this movie!
Marvel has been wanting to launch an independent Black Widow movie for more than a day or two, but has never reached an agreement with Scarlett Johansson. Scarlett Johansson wants to be the producer and participate in the creation, but Marvel obviously cannot agree to Scarlett Johansson's condition.
Therefore, this movie has been a lot of hype but little action. It has always been said that it would be filmed, but it has never been filmed, and it has not appeared in the Marvel Studios timeline.
Times have changed. After the huge changes in Hollywood, Scarlett became the only actor in the Marvel Universe without any risks, and this movie became the only new film project that Marvel could launch in the near future.
Therefore, Marvel had to agree to Scarlett's conditions and agreed that she would serve as the executive producer of the film and work with Marvel to plan and prepare this independent Black Widow film.
Hollywood is a typical producer-responsible system, where the chief producer has almost all the power over a film.
Except for working with super directors like Cameron or Spielberg.
Even if Quentin had learned from Jiang Wen what being awesome is, he still had to listen to the producer.
"Okay, that's it. The project won't officially start filming for another four months. Jamie, you should arrange a 90-day training camp for her. From lines to movements, we'll train her comprehensively to ensure that she meets our minimum requirements before filming begins."
Sarah Fenn didn't bother explaining any further. She stood up and raised her chin to a flamboyantly dressed and unshaven young man.
Jamie, dressed in a flamboyant manner and with an unshaven beard, made a gesture to Sarah Finn in a very coquettish manner, which made the Koreans angry.
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Why haven’t you come out yet?
This audition took too long, my phone is almost out of battery.
Wouldn’t Sid really be chosen?
Outside the audition room, Mayne was playing games while looking at the door of the audition room anxiously.
"Hey, man, do you have a charger? Lend me one."
Looking at the low battery notification on his phone, Mayne hesitated for a moment and patted the shoulder of the bearded man with the Avengers 3 badge hanging around his neck.
"No." The bearded man said lazily while sitting in the chair.
After saying that, the bearded man pulled out a data cable from the side and stuck it into the back of his Apple phone. At the other end of the data cable, an Apple 5v1A charging head was plugged into the wall socket.
Mayne: ...
Looking at the physique, Mayne could only shrink his neck. At this moment, he saw the door of the audition room open and Sydney walked out in a daze.
You can tell from his expression that he was not selected!
Myne was secretly delighted: "How is it, dear? Were you chosen?"
Sydney glanced at Mayne, her eyes immediately reddened, and she shook her head.
"Maybe not. He said he would wait for notification."
Mayne breathed a sigh of relief. "It's okay. It's just an independent film. There's nothing to regret. By the way, do you have a power bank in your bag? Lend it to me."
Sydney numbly took out the power bank she bought for 99 dollars from her bag and handed it to Mayne.
After plugging in the power bank, Mayne sat on the bench at the door of the audition room and continued playing the game.
Originally..., Pocket Monster Go! Start!
The Kabi monster you just caught needs to be trained well.
"Maine, stop playing and let's go. I still have to get my car repaired." Sydney took a deep breath and looked at the credit card limit on her phone distractedly.
The rent is due soon. The rent at home is 1,200 yuan per month, but I only have 700 yuan now. Now I have to spend another 100 yuan to repair the car and pay for parking.
I have three more credit cards to pay off...
Sydney bit her lip, considering whether to ask Mayne to borrow some money.
She has never asked her boyfriend for money.
Sydney wasn't lying when she said her parents didn't approve of her pursuing a career in acting, but that was years ago.
It was true that her family was considered lower middle class before, but because her parents inherited the ancestral home left by her grandmother's grandmother, the annual property tax completely dragged down the family. Her parents had filed for bankruptcy a few years ago, and in the end they could not keep the ancestral home and were forced to sell it.
Forced into a corner, and considering that their daughter had indeed acted in several films since she was a child and had outstanding looks, she might really be able to make a name for herself in Hollywood. So her parents gritted their teeth and moved the family to Los Santos.
Even if you don't become a big star, there are more opportunities in Los Santos, and it would be good to catch a rich husband.
The cost of living in Los Santos is much higher than in her hometown. When the family was in the most difficult time, they could only live in a motel, with four people squeezed into a small room of less than 10 square meters.
In the end, still because of the debt problem, her parents had a fake divorce a few years ago, transferred all the debts to her father, and her father ran away to Mexico alone.
In the past two years, her mother had to work five jobs to support her and her brother's lives and her brother's tuition. She also took on whatever roles she could get, and from time to time she got some film pay to supplement the family income, and also shot some print commercials, so that the three of them could barely support themselves in Los Santos.
The balance in her card rarely exceeded 800 yuan.
"Maine..." Sydney gritted her teeth and called out her boyfriend's name. Maine, who was immersed in the game, thought Sydney was calling him to leave, so he responded casually, but his butt did not leave the bench.
Sydney was just about to ask Mayne if she could borrow a few hundred dollars when she heard a bang and the door of the audition room opened.
"Sydney Sweeney? You haven't left yet? Perfect, I was just about to call you."
When Mayen heard the voice, he looked up and saw a man with a stubble on his face and manicured fingers smiling charmingly at his girlfriend.
What the hell is this monster?
Sydney turned around and recognized at a glance that this delicate man was the assistant who had just been responsible for serving tea and water to Sarah Fenn.
Something like Jamie?
Are you about to call me?
"Congratulations, you got the role." Jamie stretched out his index finger and smiled charmingly.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sydney covered her chest, her eyes widened in disbelief, her mouth open but unable to speak.
Mayne was stunned, his whole body shuddered and he jumped up from his chair.
"Sydney, don't you still need to get your car fixed? Let's go!"
Jamie glanced at Myne puzzledly, then turned his gaze back to Sydney: "You don't want to accept this role?"
"No! No! Of course I accept! Oh, my God! Oh my God! I hardly know what to say~ I thought, I thought I hadn't tried it..."
Sydney covered her mouth and spoke incoherently.
"Haha, that's normal. But you need to attend a 90-day training camp to improve your abilities in all aspects. You'd better..."
"Ha! I knew it!" Mayne jumped up excitedly and interrupted Jamie. "You guys just want to collect money, right? Ninety days of training camp, ha! How much are you going to charge? Thirty thousand? Or sixty thousand?"
"Sydney, don't pay attention to these scammers. I've seen a lot of them since I was a kid in Hollywood!"
After saying that, Mayne pulled Sydney up and was about to walk out.
Sydney couldn't help but stagger as Mayne pulled her, a hesitant expression appeared on her face, not knowing who to trust.
"Hey! Boy, who are you calling a liar?" Jamie's face darkened. "Are you her agent?"
"I'm her boyfriend!" Myne's eyes flashed. "You didn't even tell me what movie you were auditioning for, or what role you were going to play. Why should I trust you?"
"Boyfriend?" Jamie frowned and looked at Sydney. "Sister, your taste in men is really not very good."
"Jamie, I really can't afford the training camp fees. I only have 700 dollars right now..." Sydney bit her lip.
"You!" Mayne pulled Sydney again, "Sydney, do you believe me or him?"
Jamie rolled his eyes. "Do you trust us or you? Boy, what qualifications do you have to compete with Marvel in credibility?"
Marvel!? Really Marvel!?
Myne couldn't help but turn pale.
"Marvel? You mean this is a Marvel audition?" Sydney was breathing rapidly and felt like she was about to faint.
"Can I ask what movie this is? What role did I get?"
"I'm sorry, I can only say that this is a very important role, and the film is still in the confidentiality stage. Even after you sign the contract, you are still under the obligation of confidentiality, and you must not disclose it to irrelevant people."
Jamie glanced at Myne mockingly, then gave Sydney a charming smile:
"You can ask your agent to contact me for the specific title and role information."
"Oh, by the way, since this is a training camp arranged by us, of course there will be no fees. However, you won't receive any salary until you sign the contract. During these ninety days, you can receive a temporary allowance of 300 yuan per day."
After that, Jamie pointed at Myne with his orchid finger and said, "Boy, from now on, you are no longer from the same world. If you have self-awareness, you should know what to do."
(End of this chapter)
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