Shaking the stack of papers in his hand, Drew raised the corner of his mouth and asked, "Someone stuffed something into your pocket just now, didn't you feel it?"
"I thought these girls were eating my tofu," Eric certainly couldn't have felt it, but he didn't take it too seriously. He reached out to take the slip of paper from Drew, only to find that it was all written with contact way photos.
In the past two years, the protagonists of Eric's movies have no longer auditioned for ordinary actors. He only sent audition invitations to qualified and famous actors, and he didn't participate in the selection of supporting roles, so he hasn't encountered such Flipping through the photos of these young and beautiful girls, there was a long-lost sense of freshness for a while. It seemed that a few years ago, he had just made his mark in Hollywood with "Home Alone" and held a party at his home in North Hollywood at the time. I have encountered similar things.
Eric was getting together with Drew to comment on the photo of the girl in his hand. The door of Drew's office was pushed open, and Elizabeth in a black professional suit walked in: "Eric, I heard Ellie say When you came, you thought she was wrong."
"Good morning, Liz," Eric stuffed the stack of photos to Drew, stepped forward to hug the girl and kissed: "You are so beautiful today."
Although Elizabeth enjoyed Eric@Rick's hug very much, but felt that she was stared at by Drew's burning eyes, she could only quickly rub Eric's cheek uncomfortably, then pushed him away, and fiddled with the forehead. With a strand of blond hair, he said, "The audition is about to start, let me take you to meet the main creators of "Buffy"."
"Well, let's go then," Eric nodded. The three of them left the office together. Walk through an open office area. Walked into a spacious room used for auditions.
The few people in the room who were talking in low voices saw the three people come in, they all stood up, and their eyes focused on Eric in unison.
"Eric, this is David Greenwalt," Elizabeth first introduced, pointing to a middle-aged white man wearing black-rimmed glasses who he thought was about forty years old: "He is very good at youth and horror film and television productions, Since the 1980s, he has filmed several school comedies and directed two episodes of "X-Files" last year, and we invited him to be the director of the first season of "Buffy."
"Hello, Mr. Williams," David Greenwater shook hands with Eric with a smile on his face, "Nice to meet you, I'm your fan."
"Thank you," Eric smiled and let go of the other party's hand, but he couldn't find the shadow of this person in his memory. However, hearing Elizabeth just said that David Greenwater had filmed the "X-Files" episode, the other party It is estimated that it is the director of the Fox network.
"This is Mr. Joss Whedon, the screenwriter of "Buffy,"" Elizabeth quickly pointed to the second person.
Eric shook hands with the other party again. At this time, Joss Whedon was just in his early thirties and looked shrewd. It looks much more pleasing to the eye than the bearded appearance in Eric's memory.
After briefly introducing several other main creators, everyone sat down behind a row of long tables.
Eric turned down the middle seat that he had originally arranged for himself, and chose the vacant seat on the far left. He came here for entertainment, and didn't intend to get involved in this audition.
Looking at the stack of casting forms that Tina Fey handed to him, Eric picked it up and returned it directly: "Tina, I don't want this, how much of the script for "Buffy" have you produced?"
Everyone in the audition room was paying attention, Tina Fey didn't dare to say anything, took the things Eric handed over and put them back in the folder, pushed her glasses, and said: "The first six episodes The script has been completed, and the plot of the following script is still under discussion."
"Then bring me the script of the first six episodes."
Tina Fey looked at Drew and Elizabeth who were sitting in the middle, quickly nodded to Eric, walked out of the audition room, came back after a while, and handed a typed copy to Eric.
The audition started at ten o'clock on time. Eric casually flipped through the "Buffy" script in his hand, and when he met an audition girl who was pleasing to the eye, he stopped to watch the other party's performance for a while. In addition, listening to Drew's serious tone of asking questions to the auditioners together with other main creators, Eric finally realized that the girl who always pretended to be a little adult back then had really grown up.
"Buffy" is a TV drama project that tg will focus on developing this year, and it also represents the ambitions of several women in TV dramas. Except for Eric, the nominal producer, Elizabeth and Drew have personally acted as producers, although tg It has grown to surpass the scale of many established Hollywood film companies, but because it is backed by Firefly and Fox, tg does not get involved in distribution at all, so production has become the company's only core business. Keep everything organized.
Because it was the last round of auditions, the corresponding process was much more detailed. Only five girls passed in two hours in the morning, and TG thoughtfully entertained the girls who hadn't participated in the audition in the restaurant of the Fox Building.
Eric didn't go to join in the fun, but had lunch with Elizabeth and Drew in the lounge of tg company. Tina Fei, who was going to eat in the restaurant with other employees of the company, was also stopped by Drew.
After the waiter who came to deliver the food left, Elizabeth couldn't wait to ask: "Eric, what do you think of the girls in the morning?"
"It's all good, you just look at the selection, I don't express my opinion," Eric said casually as he tore off the lunch wrapping paper.
This is from the bottom of my heart. Although there are countless TV series in Hollywood that start filming every year, many agencies and actors are vying for TV series like "Buffy" that have already confirmed their bright future before production starts. Previously, "Buffy" has gone through two rounds of elimination, and now there are only 16 candidates left. To reach this stage, the strength of the actors is basically not a big problem. Now it depends on how the main creative team chooses. up.
At this time, in addition to the actor's performance in the audition, other soft skills of the actor also began to be tested. If the actor's agent has enough connections. In private, you can contact the producer who has the right to speak. Then the possibility of the actor being selected is very high. Of course, this time is often also the moment for directors or producers who have the right to speak to reap private 'benefits'. Young actors who are eager to become famous will basically send them to their door automatically when they encounter hints, and even if they find out afterwards that they have been cheated, they often can only admit that they are unlucky.
Thinking of this, Eric smiled and said to Elizabeth: "Liz, this is a good opportunity for you."
Elizabeth was a little confused at first, but soon understood. Seeing that Eric was joking about the incident at the beginning again, he gave him a blank stare helplessly, and lowered his head to eat lunch.
"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Julia for a long time." Seeing that Elizabeth hadn't bickered with him like before, Eric changed the subject: "This girl is really taking a step with a stick. I let her start around this time last year." When making a movie, she really made a lukewarm one, and then nothing happened."
"hehe… "
Not knowing what to think of, Elizabeth suddenly laughed out loud when she heard Eric's words.
Tina Fey raised her head in confusion. Some did not understand why Elizabeth laughed.
Drew also grinned and said to Eric, "It's actually your fault. You go to Beverly Hills to teach Julia a lesson, she must be diligent."
Eric looked at Drew's smiling expression, and was a little suspicious. Did this little girl know about Julia's... thing
Even though he thought so, Eric still said, "Well, I'll go and have a look tonight."
The afternoon audition started soon, and Eric continued to sip soy sauce boredly. He thought that the whole audition would be led by Eric. The other creators of "Buffy" saw this situation and gradually relaxed. The audition meeting was so uneventful, and a tall girl who walked into the audition room immediately caught Eric's attention.
Another 'acquaintance'!
Eric lamented the coincidence in his heart, and raised his head to listen carefully to the girl's self-introduction.
"Hi everyone, my name is Charlize Theron, I am eighteen years old and I am from South Africa..."
At this time, Charlize Theron, although she had grown to over 1.7 meters tall, with baby fat on her face, looked a little green, but the natural laziness in her eyes already possessed the breath of a stunner a few years later. The girl was skillfully introducing herself, but her gaze inadvertently glanced at Eric, who was sitting in the corner, her gaze was fixed for a moment, and she was briefly surprised, but she soon relaxed, but then her gaze involuntarily glanced at To Eric.
Eric also noticed Charlize Theron's brief gaffe for a moment. When he came over in the morning, he didn't see him in the corridor. Obviously, the other party came to the audition after that. It's probably because of this, Charlize Theron didn't know that he was also sitting in this room. After all, the girls who managed to make it to the final round of auditions knew how intense the competition was. Of course, it was impossible to take the initiative to reveal any information to the latecomers. And some of the audition girls who knew that Eric was in this room before, all tried to communicate and interact with Eric more or less actively during the audition process. Although there was no result, it can be seen that these girls scheming.
After Charlize Theron introduced herself, Elizabeth, who was sitting in the middle, asked, "Miss Theron, your information shows that you have been learning ballet since you were six years old, and you have also joined a ballet troupe in New York. What made you give up this career and switch to being an actor?"
Charlize Theron quickly said: "Because I injured my knee while dancing last year, and it took me a few months to recover. During the recovery process, I felt that dancing might not be suitable for me. My childhood dream was to be a I am an actor, so after he recovered from his injury, he began to study acting at a drama school in New York while working part-time."
Another voice quickly asked, "Don't you feel it's a pity to suddenly give up after persisting for twelve years? Maybe if you persist for a few more years, you may become the brightest new star on the Broadway stage?"
There was a brief hesitation on Charlize Theron's expression, and Eric was also curious about how the other party would answer. Obviously, Charlize Theron hadn't prepared for this question in advance.
Although this question has little to do with this interview, Charlize Theron also knew that she could not refuse to answer. After thinking for a while, she said, "I don't think it's a pity. If a person realizes that what he is doing now is not What she wants, she has to force herself to persevere and waste time, that is a pity and a sad thing."
Seemingly very satisfied with Charlize Theron's answer, she was asked a few more simple questions, and the audition entered the performance stage.
Most of the scenes in the performance are the shots in the script in front of Eric. In the first season, Buffy's character is still a little immature and young. If she strips off her identity as the "chosen one", then she and most of the puberty Like high school students, innocent and rebellious, full of longing for hazy love, but also has the lack of confidence that most girls face when facing the boy they like.
However, because Eric's impression of most of the screen characters of Charlize Theron in Eric's memory is basically similar to the sturdy picture of Her Majesty the Queen holding a pair of wrenches and knocking on the man's leg bones. Charlize Theron, who imitated the shy appearance of a high school girl, Eric felt as much as possible.
Therefore, when Charlize Theron played Buffy watching the boy he liked leave, and asked Giles a little unconfidently, "Do you think this dress will make me look fat?" Eric finally couldn't help laughing Come.
Some abrupt laughter not only prepared Charlize Theron's performance, but also made everyone else in the audition room look over.
"Sorry, sorry," Eric waved his hand quickly: "I just think... well, it's okay, you continue."
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Leaving the Fox headquarters building, Charlize Theron raised her foot and kicked a light pole in front of the building in a state of agitation, but the irritability in her heart did not dissipate in the slightest.
It's all because of that nasty guy.
Charlize Theron believed that there was absolutely no mistake in her performance at the beginning. After all, she had prepared for this audition for so long. Not only did she watch the movie version of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" many times, her agent I also found some more detailed information for her through some private channels. But because the guy smiled abruptly during the audition, it was difficult for her to continue the audition calmly, so she made several mistakes in a row.
Although the performance of those audition officers was not too obvious, when they left, she still saw the disappointment on the faces of several people. (To be continued..)