Eric followed James and the others to a small temporary studio, looking at the familiar surroundings, Eric felt a little excited, and silently said to the surrounding film equipment: "Wait, babies, this time I must become a movie legend that everyone looks up to, and I want future generations to recall Hollywood, just like the biography of Barry Diller. When people mentioned Eric Williams, they said: He is Hollywood!"
As the author of the script, I skipped all the questions about understanding the role during the audition, and started acting directly.
In his previous life, Eric also worked as an actor during his struggle, and showed his face in many movies and TV shows. After all, in that circle, when an actor in the crew of one of the friends fits his image, he is often pulled over with a phone call to play tricks, get a thousand dollars in salary, and expand his network by the way, maybe he will meet at any time It's time for a chance.
Penny Marshall randomly selected a few scenes for Eric to perform. The first few scenes were very simple. Eric had practiced privately for a few days, and with the clear picture of the original movie in his mind, Eric was very happy. Performed easily.
$ () This surprised Brooks and Penny Marshall who were on the sidelines. Eric's performance was not like a novice with no acting experience. There is no need for short-term training, just start film preparation directly.
"Next, Eric, try this paragraph." Penny smiled and handed Eric a script. From her expression, Eric was sure that he had passed this level, and felt relieved. He just now I was also afraid that I might make a mistake in my performance.
Looking at the script in his hand, this is the scene where Mike comforts his daughter who broke up with her boyfriend on the school stage steps. In this scene, Mike's favorite line is also the most classic line of the movie.
"Ms. Penny, I need an actress to play with me in this scene."
"Of course," Penny Marshall said, and said to a female staff member next to her, "Teresa, come play with Eric."
The scene was over two minutes long, so Eric and the girl named Teresa had a few minutes to prepare. Teresa only needs to memorize the lines, after all, she is just a 'prop', but Eric is seriously understanding the various emotions shown in this scene, seeing his daughter's concern when he is crying, and hearing that his daughter may be with him. Stan's madness when he went to bed, his clumsy and jerky comfort when comforting his daughter, his bewilderment when his daughter rushed over to ask for sex, and so on.
After getting ready, a staff member shouted action, and the performance started.
Maggie sits on a prop box and pretends to cry.
Mike stepped forward with a concerned look on his face.
"Hey Maggie, what's up."
"Go away." Maggie tucked her hands into her sleeves, ignoring Mike and continuing to cry.
"Hey, what the hell happened?" Mike sat down next to Maggie
"What do you want, pat my head and say 'I told you so'?"
"No, no, no, I won't." Mike hurriedly defended: "I just want to know what happened."
"Stan dumped me."
"Stan dumped you!" Mike raised his eyebrows slightly, the surprise on his face flashed away, and then turned into anger and disbelief.
Of course a father would be happy to find out that his daughter broke up with a scumbag boyfriend. But when he realized that the man had dumped his daughter, he became outraged and unbelievable. In the father's view, his daughter is so good, it should be taken for granted that the daughter dumped the scumbag, why did the scumbag dump his daughter!
James Brooks and Penny Marshall, who were watching Eric's performance next to him, both showed surprised expressions at the moment. If Eric's performance just now can be regarded as sixty points, just this change of facial expression at this time is enough to Eric's performance was raised to ninety. James recognized Eric a little bit. People who can achieve his position will definitely not be the kind of paranoid who can hardly change their minds once they feel bad for others.
The two-person performance in the arena continued.
Hearing that his daughter might have sex with Stan, Mike became frantic for a moment. After making sure that nothing bad happened, he hugged his daughter again, scratched his head awkwardly, and organized words unfamiliarly to comfort his daughter.
"When you're young, it's like the end of the world, but it's not. It's just the beginning. You might meet a few assholes along the way, but one day, you'll meet a The boy who holds you in his palm surrounds you like the sun, rising and falling."
"Really?"
"certainly."
"You are so caring." Maggie threw herself into Mike's arms. After realizing that his daughter's emotions towards him were not normal, Mike shrank back in a hurry, grabbed his schoolbag and stood up, inviting his daughter to participate in his party while resisting her daughter's fall.
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As soon as the two finished their performance, James Brooks and Penny Marshall couldn't help applauding. With their professional eyes, of course they could see how good Eric's performance was. Seeing the actions of the director and producer, the nearby staff also applauded in agreement.
Michael Klaus was grinning and clapping his hands beside him. Although he also felt that Eric's performance was excellent, he was not a professional after all, but he knew from the actions of James and Penny that Eric passed the audition. This means that the script of "Returning to Seventeen" has been successfully sold, and he can get at least one hundred thousand dollars in commission. Although he owns a small publishing house and has a good performance, his total net worth is only four to five million. Most are real estate. It is also a huge sum of money for him to start with one hundred thousand dollars at a time.
After passing the most critical audition, many things became logical.
Eric sold the script for $250,000 and $500,000 respectively and signed an actor contract. The price of the script was 50,000 US dollars more than expected. This was won by Michael. After all, half of it was his. As for the salary, although Eric performed very well, he was a newcomer after all, 500,000 US dollars The US dollar is also understandable.
In a blink of an eye, Eric found that he already had a net worth of more than 600,000 U.S. dollars. Although the actor's salary was not paid until the filming was completed, it still gave him the illusion that if he had so much money in his previous life, he would definitely Make a movie yourself. It's a pity that among so many colleagues who have worked hard in the previous life circle, only a few have truly become directors.
After signing the contract, Eric left Fox's photography base with a check. The rest is the preparatory work of the film. Although he really wants to get involved and gain some experience, after all, he has just gained the favor of the producer and director, and he doesn't want to give them the illusion of being too involved in film affairs.
As for the originally planned acting class, it was also cancelled. In Penny Marshall's words, Eric's performance was perfect, and there was absolutely no need to waste time on those elementary acting classes. As for some minor flaws in the performance , as long as it is corrected during shooting.
Going to the bank with Michael Krauss, cashing the check and paying Michael $125,000, Eric wasn't too distressed about the money. While Michael didn't do much, just recommending the script to the right people was enough. If it was only on his own, without any connections, he would not know the year of the monkey to sell the script, let alone the condition attached to it.
Next, Jeff resigned as expected. After all, Eric had been together for more than a month. Eric invited his colleagues to hold a small party at home. Jeff and several older colleagues did not attend.
After a night of carnival, Eric was so drunk by his colleagues that he fell into a deep sleep.