Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Chapter 28: Choose actors step by step

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"Orchid" (preliminary tentative name) actor recruitment and role setting

main character:

Sheriff Reynard, a white man in his 30s, is upright, dedicated and responsible. He has been trying to protect all the residents in the town. After the python incident, he organized manpower to hunt and kill as soon as possible.

Mrs. Reynard - A gentle housewife, she is virtuous and gentle, loves her husband and children deeply, and dedicates her life to her family.

Boy Remy—The Leonards' youngest son, (ages seven to twelve, plays eight), a lively white boy.

Stley - Outside consultant of the Botanical Gardens, graduate student in zoology and botany, wearing glasses, looks like a harmless intellectual, but in fact has evil intentions.

Laura - (adult as a 16-year-old girl), white, beautiful girl, due to some family problems and school violence, she looks like a bad girl on the outside, but in fact, she is very kind. Her attire will be a little out of date, and there may be a little exposure.

supporting role:

Constables (4-5) - Follow Sheriff Reynard to hunt and kill pythons, men between thirty and forty.

Restaurant Waitress (1 person) - Female, otherwise unlimited.

Neighbors (1-2 people) - any gender or age.

Students (about 3-4 people) - Laura's classmates (adults play seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys and girls).

summary of the story:

After the pet snake was released, it caused flooding.

Director: Sammy.

Producer: Rossi.

above…

It's the most basic casting instructions that Sammy and Rosie have tinkered with together, and it's currently neatly printed on a white A4 sheet of paper. .

Regarding the setting of the characters, they are all relatively simple.

On the one hand, I don’t want to reveal the plot ahead of time; on the other hand, it’s a well-known reason—in all monster films, the protagonist in the film will always be, and will only be, a monster, not a human.

That is to say, the protagonist of this play is a snake, and all the live actors are just supporting the snake.

Therefore, in such a film, there is no need to pay a lot of money to hire the super-expensive Hollywood stars.

Put aside the question of whether Hollywood stars are willing to star in a low-budget horror film.

The main problem is that people don't think Marilyn Monroe's head turned by a snake in the film must be better than an ordinary actor's head turned by a snake, right

You can keep in mind one sentence:

In front of the monster, everyone is equal, and everyone will only die equally miserably.

Based on this, the recruitment of actors has become much simpler.

As long as you don't demand well-known actors, it is very convenient and quick to find actors in modern society, because everything has a formal process.

The crew is limited, and there is no dedicated casting director.

Therefore, Rosie simply came by himself. He directly logged on to an actor website and screened relevant conditions.

The specific operation is:

Set up keywords, these keywords can be 'white, male'; you can also be a little more detailed, requiring 'age between XX, height above XX, weight between XX'; if you want to be more detailed, You can also ask for 'what color of eyes, what color of hair, what religion you have' and so on. In short, as long as it is the condition that can be imagined, there are almost all the above.

Once selected, click Search.

A bunch of actors will appear immediately below, with photos, resumes, self-introductions, and salary expectations.

At this time, you can also exclude some non-conforming conditions.

After everything is ready, directly use the group message function of the website to send a group audition notice to all eligible actors, informing the time and place of the audition,

The supporting actor in the dragon suit was the first to be solved.

These actors do not have high requirements for acting skills. As long as the image conforms, they are willing to obey the command, and there is no major problem with themselves (unclean hands and feet, late arrival and early departure, leaking the secrets of the crew, etc.). into the group.

Every year, Hollywood is flooded with large numbers of men and women dreaming of stardom.

But before these people became somewhat famous actors, they could only rely on odd jobs to support their daily lives, but even if they relied on drinking cold water to fill their stomachs every day, they were reluctant to leave here because of their dreams. Therefore, such actors always grab a lot.

Rossi was astonishingly efficient in picking enough people in two days.

And these people are also very efficiently ready, just waiting to get to work.

But the determination of the protagonist team is still a bit problematic.

Among them, Sheriff Reynard was the first candidate.

He was a middle-aged man in his 40s. His acting skills were not bad. He had been ups and downs in Hollywood for many years, and he had run countless tricks.

In fact, among the actors who came to audition, his performance was not excellent, his acting skills were not the best, and his image was not the one closest to the script.

But during the audition, he was the only one who didn't appear perfunctory and negligent because the crew was poor and the director was too young. On the contrary, he worked hard to perform every action and expression as required from beginning to end.

So, Sammy made the decision with great satisfaction.

The seemingly bullying little round-faced director is sometimes domineering in his work, especially favoring those obedient actors.

The next role to be determined is Laura, the sixteen-year-old bad girl.

The actor who plays her is a newcomer, and she has never submitted a resume or auditioned. Just because she was plugged in by a film investor, she was booked directly.

Director Sammy didn't foolishly express any objections.

Others paid so much money and only asked for a small role, which is completely reasonable operation.

What's more, the cold-blooded director Sammy already had a way to deal with this.

He had a small round face, his eyes projecting a 'killer'-like ruthless light, and thought viciously: "Anyway, she is a horror movie character, if she is really holding her back, then think of a way to 'kill'! Is it better to be crushed to death? Or is it better to be swallowed by a snake? Or, half of the head will be knocked off... Hehehe!"

On the other end, the actress shivered and quietly pulled her coat.

The role of boy Remy is relatively troublesome.

Because child actors are always difficult to control, especially when parents are not very good at talking, it is even more troublesome.

So Rosie simply called relatives and friends and borrowed a child from an acquaintance to help.

After Sammy's review, he found that the image was fairly consistent, and Tu agreed with ease.

In the end, there are only two characters left that have yet to find actors.

One was Mrs. Reynard, and the other was Steley, advisor to the botanical garden.

After Sammy pondered the former's role...

He made a call to actress Nali, who played Aaron's mother in "Aaron's Adventures."

When Nali received the call, she was quite surprised: "Are you looking for me to act in a movie?"

You know, she's not the same as those actors Rosie recruited before.

Na Li has long been not one of those little actors who are unknown and mess around in the circle, but have never had a way out.

On the contrary, she is already quite famous in the TV drama industry. She is a gold medalist and familiar to the audience. She is an actor who never lacks drama performances.

Although it is said that when she was young, she also had a dream of 'do whatever it takes to move to the big screen'.

But as she got older, and she didn't get any good opportunities for a long time, she had actually given up on that idea and gradually got used to the life of playing an important supporting role in major crews.

After all, if the money is enough to spend, there are also some fans of the drama, who are more than the top and more than the bottom, and their life is very comfortable.

Normally, there is no need for her to take the risk of lowering her value and find a sense of existence in those low-cost small movies.

But Sammy told her honestly: 'It's just a low-cost horror movie', 'There isn't a well-known actor in the crew', 'It may not be possible to pay the actors too much', 'If it doesn't go well, Movies are not necessarily successful.'

but…

He added plainly: 'I'll buy insurance for every actor' and 'I'll take it well'.

Unattractive rush-type solicitation.

and…

Is it worth taking out insurance as well

It doesn't sound like a benefit, it's like a threat of 'there must be danger, so get insurance in advance'!

Nali couldn't help crying and laughing, but she was magically a little moved.

For a sophisticated and sophisticated woman, making a lot of beautiful and unrealistic promises is the least likely to gain trust, because she has already seen too much ups and downs; that is, Only by telling the truth can there be a chance of negotiation.

With this possibility, it is natural to start thinking about other issues.

As a member of the crew of "The Adventures of Aaron", Nali knows Sammy's character quite well.

If others say 'I will take good pictures'.

That might be a pointless rhetoric used to coax people.

But for this little director with a round face, if he said 'I will do it well', it would definitely be fine! it is good! shoot!

Moreover, maybe it's the kind of "success without sudden death".

As such.

This seemingly unremarkable horror film, maybe it can really develop a little? Like... The Adventures of Aaron

Normally, Nali, who would definitely refuse this kind of invitation, instead bit her fingertips hesitantly on the other end of the phone because it was an invitation from Sammy, and she was in a violent struggle.

It can be seen that even if Sammy is still in the ranks of rookie directors...

But he actually already has an important quality that all famous directors will have - the heartfelt trust of actors.

That's why Nali decided to take a gamble!

After all, even if you lose, you can still afford to lose for the time being.

The contacts and connections she accumulated in her early years have been there.

If you fail, you will be ridiculed at the most with a few sour words like 'overthinking one's ability, empty ambition, but not enough strength and eyesight'.

This little laugh can't hurt anyone.

She is not the same as now, and continues to be her gold medalist;

On the contrary, if once successful!

Then her career will take on a brand new look, completely ushering in a new life, and maybe she will be able to walk out of another road to the sky!

In this world, it is not only men who are ambitious.

Women will also have the ambition to continue to rise and climb the peak!

- Turned over to the salted fish in the fourth season of "Aaron's Adventures"!

-For Sammy's dedication, dedication and talent!

—For that tiny little possibility of success.

Standing in front of the gaming table, Nali calmly made a big bet!

She didn't even hesitate to turn down a cameo invitation for a hit drama, and she set aside a special period to wait for Sammy's call.

So, there is only one role left on Sammy's side that has not yet been selected - the botanical garden consultant Stry!

He racked his brains and pulled the actors in his mind and fell into hard thinking...

At this time, their procrastination king, screenwriter Hughes Humphrey, suggested from the side: "There is no need to look for this insidious and cunning character, and the ready-made candidates are all around us."

Then, to the doubtful eyes of Sammy and Rosie...

He said with a great beating: "Yes, that's right! Rosie, don't look to the side, say you! It's you - insidious and cunning, with evil intentions, human-faced beasts, vicious and shameless! I am the disgusting person who created you based on you. Role! How about it, do you want to consider playing it yourself?"

Rossi was so mad at him that he almost rushed up again and staged a farce of 'producer PK screenwriter'.

But Sammy was reminded by the screenwriter's operation of 'writing the annoying people he met in reality into the script'.

The figure of an actor appeared in his mind, the actor who once played Mr. Ghost, because of various disobedience to management, was finally kicked out of the "Aaron Adventures" cast Wolff!