Charlize Theron didn't know how to explain to her agent. For her audition, her agent used a lot of contacts in her hands. Although she was in New York, she would call her almost every day to ask her about the time. After confirming the audition date, I repeatedly told her some precautions on the phone.
Unexpectedly, the result would be like this, and she was almost sure that the audition was almost a failure.
Although they met each other not long ago, Charlize Theron is still very aware of the strong character of her agent. She messed up such a good opportunity. It is estimated that it will be difficult for her to get other opportunities from her in the future.
Not in the mood to go straight back to the hotel, she lingered on the side of the road full of traffic for a long time, and finally decided to call her manager first, looked around a few times, walked towards a public phone booth, and fumbled in her bag. She took out a few coins and threw them in, and quickly called her manager.
"Hi, Michelle, I'm Charlie..."
A capable female voice quickly came from the microphone: "Charlie, how is the audition result?"
Charlize Theron hesitated for a moment, but honestly told her agent what happened during the audition in detail: "...Michelle, I didn't expect Eric Williams to appear there ■,, I don’t even understand, why the… that bastard…”
Charlize Theron wanted to continue talking, but the female voice on the other side of the microphone immediately became severe: "Shut up, Charlie, I just pretended I didn't hear that sentence, and I definitely don't want to hear it from you again. When you hear similar words, do you know who Eric Williams is? Dare to use that word to describe him."
Charlize Theron was stunned. Enduring a slight grievance. Said: "Sorry, I... Of course I know who he is, I just have a little..."
"Okay, I know about this, Charlie," the voice on the other side quickly softened, and seemed to think for a moment before saying, "Eric Williams suddenly laughed when you were performing. This At least it's much better than he didn't respond to you before, I'll make a few phone calls to test it out, before that, stay in the hotel obediently and don't run around."
Charlize Theron touched her satchel hesitantly, because TG's audition was delayed by more than a week than expected, and she didn't have much money, except for the air ticket money that had to be left, the remaining banknotes were only enough for her Continue to live in Los Angeles for three days, and she doesn't want her mother in South Africa to send her living expenses all the way. Returning to New York as soon as possible, she not only has a place to live. You can also continue your original modeling work to make ends meet: "But, Michelle, I have..."
"I know, if necessary, I will lend you some emergency money, you stay obediently in Los Angeles and wait for my call," the manager named Michelle interrupted her again: "Also, Charlie , if, I mean, if Eric Williams is interested in you and wants to meet you, I think you should know how to do it."
Charlize Theron tightened her hand holding the microphone. Of course she knew what the agent meant. Thinking of the hateful guy in the audition room who suddenly laughed, although she was a little unwilling, she also knew that this was definitely a good thing for her. An opportunity to step up to the sky.
Facing Charlize Theron's sudden silence, the agent on the other side of the phone waited patiently without any urging.
After almost a full minute, Charlize Theron finally said, "Michelle, I see."
"Very well, Charlie, you should understand that since you want to enter Hollywood and you don't have parents or relatives who are producers in major film companies, you will always have to pay something. With a big backer like Rick Williams, you don’t have to bow to anyone in Hollywood in the future. Think about Nicole Kidman, that lucky girl was just an unknown young actress in Australia a few years ago. Now she has become the first lady of Hollywood with a box office of 10 million US dollars. How many girls spend their entire youth in Hollywood, they may not be able to reach that level. It is definitely not because her acting skills are good enough, nor is it because She's pretty enough, and those two things are the cheapest in Hollywood."
Charlize Theron quietly listened to her manager's preaching, and couldn't help but think of the scandal about Eric Williams and Nicole Kidman that she saw in some gossip magazines.
She's a very precocious girl, and what she said during the audition about acting being her dream all along was just a cliché that everyone would say. Ninety-nine percent of handsome men and women who want to enter Hollywood do nothing more than to become a big star, get a film salary of millions of dollars, and live a wealthy life that ordinary people yearn for.
After chatting with her agent for a while, Charlize Theron returned to the motel in West Hollywood with mixed feelings.
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After finishing the audition in the afternoon, Eric and Elizabeth went back to her and Julia's villa in Beverly Hills. In the evening, Drew also brought Tina Fey over for lunch.
Because of Eric's arrival, Elizabeth sent away the servants in the villa. During dinner, everyone crowded around the square table in the restaurant. Eric thought that no one remembered the little episode in the afternoon, but when all the meals were served and everyone was about to start, Elizabeth still asked.
"Eric, why did you suddenly laugh when you interviewed that girl named Charlize Theron this afternoon?"
As soon as Elizabeth spoke, Drew also acted like a curious baby, and looked at Eric with a strange expression: "Yeah, it's weird, I thought you would keep silent, but speaking of it, that girl It's really beautiful."
The women here have formed a strange balance because of their different thoughts about Eric, and there is no scene of jealousy, but this does not mean that they will calmly face other women walking into Eric. Rick's life.
Even Julia, who hugged the little girl tightly in her arms as a 'talisman' as soon as Eric arrived at the villa, showed a curious expression after hearing what Elizabeth and Drew said.
Eric shrugged frankly: "It's nothing strange. I just think that girl's performance is very interesting."
but. Obviously Eric's personal credit value has reached a negative level in the hearts of several women. Hearing what he said, Elizabeth hummed with a dragging voice, and said: "I think her performance is very good, although the final result will have to be discussed repeatedly before deciding, but that girl is obviously not suitable, I have decided to eliminate her Lost."
Eric thought that it was inappropriate. Just as he was about to speak, Drew, who was sitting on the other side, said, "Eric. If it's just for fun, it's okay. Just don't bring it home. It's already That's enough."
Seeing the helpless expressions of the other three girls, Eric raised the spoon in his hand and knocked on the girl's head: "You are the only one who can talk!"
Xiao Nizi rubbed her forehead unconvinced: "Hmph, I'm clearly telling the truth."
While chatting, Eric's mobile phone in the living room rang, and Tina Fei, who was seated closest to the door, was about to get up: "I'll get it."
"Let me do it," Eric pressed Tina Fey, left the restaurant and walked out.
The call was from Kapoor, and Eric exchanged a few words with him. Kapoor tentatively asked if he was very interested in a girl when he was interviewing for "Buffy" in the afternoon.
Eric was a little surprised. He was very interested in why Kapoor knew about this, so he asked.
Kapoor said: "That's right, that girl's manager Michelle Simmons is now the manager of the New York branch of ICM, and was an employee of UTA before. You may not remember her. She called in the afternoon. Please let me test this matter with you, she said that the girl has good potential, Eric, if possible, maybe you can think about her more."
Uta is a brokerage company rebuilt after Eric bought Kapoor's personal brokerage company. Later, because of the violation of the federal anti-monopoly law, Eric sold off all the shares of Uta, and Kapoor also brought all the stars and brokers of Uta with him. People joined icm, which is already two years ago. And before that, Eric didn't often care about the operation of UTA, and of course he didn't remember that there was such a person as Michelle Simmons.
However, after all, he was his original subordinate, Eric did not hide it, and said truthfully: "Kapoor, during the audition, I can actually see that the girl has good potential, but she is not suitable for Buffy's role." , I think she lacks a kind of innocence that a middle school student should have, and she seems too mature, so she is more suitable for a role older than her actual age, you can let that... Michelle Simmons work hard in this regard."
"Since..." Kapoor on the phone obviously hesitated for a moment before saying, "Eric, since you also think that girl has good potential, and she hasn't left Los Angeles yet, are you interested in taking the time to meet her?"
Eric raised his eyebrows in surprise, Kapoor has always been very helpless about his affairs with several women, but this time he suddenly said this kind of 'matchmaking' words: "Kapoor, you don't drink too much Well, haven't you been against me... um, like that?"
"Of course not," Kapoor on the other side said quickly, "I'm just asking for someone else. If you're not interested, forget it. I'll tell her the truth."
After saying this, Kapoor said goodbye and was about to hang up the phone, but Eric didn't want to let him go, and said with a smile: "Don't hang up, Kapoor, what's going on, if you don't explain clearly, I will Do you want to find out by yourself?"
"Well, it's really nothing, it's just that I owed Michelle a favor."
"That's it?" Eric was still a little confused.
Kapoor said: "That's it, Eric."
Eric thought about it, and then felt wrong: "If you just owe the other party a favor, with the resources in your hands, you can definitely provide that girl with a good opportunity, even if it is the protagonist of one or two movies. right?"
icm is one of the three major Hollywood brokerage companies alongside caa and wma, and after joining icm with all the resources of uta, kapoor also became one of the senior partners who own part of the shares of icm. It should be a breeze to repay the other party for a favor.
Kapoor realized that Eric would not let it go without asking clearly this time, so he had to say: "Eric, Michelle is a woman with a strong career."
"Is it related to this?" Eric asked.
Kapoor on the opposite side hummed and continued: "Michelle's main business is now in New York, but you also know that New York is the headquarters of many TV networks, and icm's business there is usually after TV dramas or commercials. In fact, even if I don't participate at all, Michelle can use her contacts to win some roles for that girl. It's just that she should not be reconciled to maintain this state, she wants to become a movie star Broker's direction."
Eric wondered: "In this case, you can still help her easily, right?"
Kapoor's tone was a little helpless: "Eric, don't you understand? If you put it bluntly, Michelle hopes to become a gold medal agent like Pai Kingsley who holds an A-level superstar, but this is not the case. It takes a lot of luck to be able to do it with just one or two movies. After all, only those movies that sell at the box office can give birth to superstars, and in the whole of Hollywood, at least in recent years, this kind of talent is in your hands. 'Opportunity' is clearly the most."
Eric thought for a while, and laughed: "It seems to be true, so I have become the object of many people's thoughts?"
Kapoor said on the opposite side: "Of course, in the whole of Hollywood, as long as you are involved in projects, even if they are involved in a roundabout way, they will become the focus of several major brokerage companies. In fact, Ms. Barrymore and the others are working on "Barry." I also know about "Philippines", if you pay attention, you will find that the actresses you auditioned today should almost all come from the three major brokerage companies, and those small second- and third-tier brokerage companies can only grab very few audition spots."
Eric was a little surprised, he really didn't pay attention to this, but after thinking about it, it should be the case. Not to mention the brokerage company side, let's take the future broadcast arrangement of "Buffy" as an example. He heard Elizabeth mention that Fox has already booked the complete first season of "Buffy", and it will start in mid-September this year. It airs every Monday in prime time. This is hard to imagine for many TV dramas that are only in the script stage. (To be continued..)