Nina-Gold stooped to her feet, walking lightly and moving lightly to avoid making noise and disrupting the silence of the theater. If it's not necessary, she doesn't want to get up. As the casting director of "Les Miserables", she doesn't want to leave the seat at will; but her stomach is really uncomfortable, and she needs to go to the bathroom to solve it.
After leaving the seat, Nina quickly walked towards the bathroom on the right. Although today's audition is held in the theater, and the process completely follows the audition mode of the theater; but the lights inside the theater are not all turned off, and the actors sitting in the back half of the seats on the first floor can still be clearly seen. They are all quietly Waiting for the next audition.
Nina glanced at the past casually, without any pause in her footsteps, she went straight to the destination, but the next second, her hasty footsteps suddenly stopped, and the deep red carpet absorbed all the trivial noises, Nina He turned his head again, looked in the direction he remembered just now, and saw an unexpected and familiar face in the crowd.
"Renly?"
Shouts of surprise blurted out, barely concealing the shock in Nina's heart.
Nina was surprised not by Renly herself, but by how calm and low-key Renly was. Of the London auditions for Les Misérables, the standout candidate was undoubtedly Renly Hall.
In the past two years, he has continued to shine in North America. This new-generation actor can be described as a high-profile actor. His strength and appearance are difficult, and his artistic skills and box office appeal are parallel; what is even more commendable is that he has always been down-to-earth, not arrogant or impetuous. It is admirable to maintain a pure heart of polishing acting skills.
This time, challenging the audition of "Les Miserables" and returning to the basic skills of drama has undoubtedly attracted a lot of attention.
Even the "Les Miserables" crew is no exception, there are curiosity, criticality, and expectation, and Nina is one of them. What Nina cares most about is, what is the absolute strength of this legendary rookie actor from the orthodox academy
The stage is not a movie, there is no filter bonus of the lens, there is no editing control by the director, and there is no repeated pondering on the set. The basic skills and absolute strength of the actors will be fully revealed on the stage. So, is the overwhelming praise in the past two years really real, or is it an embroidered pillow
Almost everyone is looking forward to the answer to the question.
However, before the audition this morning, Renly and the "Edge of Tomorrow" crew were in full swing in Trafalgar Square, so Renly can only attend the audition in the afternoon, and may even be slightly delayed due to the film's shooting schedule. Some. Andy communicated in detail with the "Les Miserables" crew early on and got an understanding.
"First Evolution"
Nina had originally thought that Renly would be full of excitement when he came on stage. In the previous audition in New York, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and others were like this, and even the main creative staff of the crew would circle around Renly. However, Renly just appeared silently, no movement, no sound, no cheering, not even being late. He appeared at the theater exactly as scheduled, and then sat in the theater as an ordinary actor. In the audience, wait patiently with the other actors.
If it wasn't for Nina's unexpected need to go to the bathroom, no one would have noticed Renly's presence. This... This was so unexpected that Nina lost her temper.
After blurting out the gaffe, Nina also realized her mistake, turned her head and greeted the stage, "Sorry, my fault. You continue." Turning her head, she looked at Renly in front of her again, and she couldn't help but be amazed. Rumbling up - down to earth. This is the only thought in Nina's mind now. Renly, who has been sought after by countless media and loved by countless fans, is so low-key and so young!
Involuntarily, the smile on his face rose.
There was not much noise in the theater, just a momentary pause, but for Eddie on stage, it was really uncomfortable.
Ready, ready to go; abruptly interrupted, in a trance. In an instant, a breath got stuck in my chest, I couldn't spit it out, but I couldn't swallow it. The nervousness suddenly surged up, so that the muscles involuntarily started to stiffen, and the performance state was stuck in a strange place.
Eddie sat in the chair, and the emotions that were brewing, but fell to the ground and could not find a landing spot. He was irritable and flustered. He turned his head quickly, and then found that all the crew members who were sitting in the front row area had moved. After losing sight, he turned his head in different postures and looked back, as if the spotlight during the performance was transferred from the stage to the auditorium without warning. transfer.
But for Eddie, who was right in the middle of the stage, it was a disaster: All the attention had been lost before the show started.
Damn guy! Sensational guy!
Renly-Hall, Renly-Hall, Renly-Hall. It's Renly Hall again.
Also in the circle of the upper class, even if there is no intersection in the life circle, but also born in Eton College, also born in Cambridge University, and even in the West End of London, I have heard a lot from time to time, "Renly-Huo Er" is no stranger to Eddie.
But all along, Eddie has no emotion for the name, neither joy nor sorrow, neither like nor dislike. Two people are two parallel lines. During school, they were seven years apart in age and completely missed it; during their time in the West End of London, they entered the industry at different times, participated in different plays, and never met each other. It can be said that they were together. There is no intersection between them, and naturally there is no feeling.
Even though both of them are also actors, but in London, Eddie came from an elite class, but gradually broke the barriers and entered the ranks of actors, not many, not many, but Renly's "aristocratic" status is slightly special. Just a little. They are just strangers to each other.
This situation changed three years ago. First "Buried Alive", then "Crazy in Love", then "Fast & Furious 5", the name Renly-Hall gradually returned to London, causing ripples in the theatrical circles, especially Last summer, the stormy waves were set off, and it can even be said to be a lot of attention.
Everyone was discussing Renly, and everyone was watching Renly. It seems that, overnight, Renly has become "a certain class of actors", which is simply ridiculous. Did not have enough time in the West End of London, did not have enough experience in the basic skills of drama, or even acted in an official West End drama, and then plunged into Hollywood at once? For traditional academic actors, it's a shame—the shame of bowing your head and bowing your knees to Hollywood.
Don't you see, after Keira Knightley became famous with "Pirates of the Caribbean", the first thing she did was to return to the West End of London, to return to the stage, and to polish her acting skills down-to-earth. And Renly? It's just a grandstanding clown, who has lost tradition, lost dignity, lost pride, and is a clown who equates actors with actors.
Eddie doesn't talk casually about people behind their backs, but people point at them behind their backs.
The same upper class background, the same educational background, the same hard work in Hollywood, and the same generation of young actors, in the sight of coming and going, more or less, still put Eddie and Renly on a par, and there are even people Asking Eddie face-to-face, rudely, "How does it feel to see Renly achieve such success?" It annoys Eddie.
Eddie doesn't like Renly. It's not because the two have any personal enmity, it's just that I don't like this kind of idol actor who has not been polished and trained - the whole London Academy actors don't like it, and the old pedants even more dislike it; it's just that I don't like his efforts Both hard work and hard work are ignored, and they are simply and rudely put together on a par - every actor who is down-to-earth and breaks through the sky with his strength will not like it.
However, he has his pride and will never speak ill of others behind his back, even if it is an irrelevant stranger. But today, it was Renly again. He was interrupted by Renly before his audition began? This is simply outrageous!
The anger was so sudden that it burned so intensely that the muscles tensed uncontrollably, but Eddie knew that he couldn't be distracted at this time, and the audition had to go on. This is a time of severe testing, but also a time to prove his strength. In the theater, anything can happen, and he shouldn't lose his sense of proportion because of a little noise.
But, "Renly," it's not just noise.
Taking a deep breath, exhaling deeply, and exhaling long, Eddie quickly calmed down after years of experience on the stage, re-entered the state, then raised his eyes, focused on the stage, and looked around from the corner of his eyes. lights, waiting for the signal to start the audition. But obviously, the situation at the theater scene is still a little chaotic.
The crew sitting in the front section turned their heads reluctantly to the rear, as if Renly had three heads and six arms - under the constant bombardment of praise from the media, maybe Renly did have three heads and six arms; , Cameron McIntosh stood up directly, strode towards the back of the audience seat, and the actors who were waiting for the audition made a muffled commotion.
Not a cacophony of noise, but the sound of muffled fragments of syllables coming together, as is always the case before a theatre performance begins. For the actors in London's West End, Cameron means legend, but also means superstar, everyone can't hide their excitement.
Even if Cameron did not make a sound, even if there was no noise in the scene, the spotlight still shrouded the stage, but the attention was silently and irresistibly shifted.
Eddie couldn't help clenching his fists, clenching them again, his bald nails sank deep into his palms, feeling faint pain.