From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

“Um… I might need to seriously consider it.”

Ansen's face was full of seriousness.

Gary's smile slightly froze, he tilted his head, glared at Ansen, and began to doubt his ears.

Then.

Gary saw Ansen looking back at him frankly, their eyes met, “Oh, do I need to make a decision now?”

His honesty was so blatant that Gary felt a little embarrassed, he coughed twice to cover up his awkwardness, stubbornly looked away, and reluctantly said a polite sentence, “Of course, you also have the right to choose. It's a two-way street.”

Ansen gently exhaled, “I almost thought I missed out on an important role because of my little joke just now.”

At this moment, Gary realized that everything was a joke—

This guy!

However, Gary didn't dislike it, on the contrary, he felt happy, like sunshine after rain, all worries, anxieties, and hesitations disappeared.

Imagining the scene, Gary felt that whether it was Liv Tyler or Anne Hathaway, they should all be able to spark chemistry with Ansen.

What to do, he was already a little impatient, he wanted to enter the crew now, start preparing for filming, that kind of impulse was burning in his blood.

Marcia could tell Gary's happy mood at a glance, she didn't blame Ansen for the little joke at all, and said meaningfully, “It seems that the director is very satisfied with you.”

Ansen said appropriately, “My pleasure.”

No joke, his face was full of sincerity.

This was equivalent to a positive response: the matter was settled.

Gary nodded in satisfaction, “If there are no accidents, we will start filming in mid-July.”

“We'll first go to San Francisco for location shooting.”

“Then we'll return here, Burbank, just ahead, Disney's Stage 2, do you know it? That's the stage where ‘Mary Poppins’ was filmed, we will conduct the second phase of filming here.”

“The entire shooting cycle is between two and three months.”

“We will communicate the specific schedule and shooting details with your agent…”

Gary looked at Marcia.

Marcia immediately understood, “Andrew O'Connell.”

“Andrew O'Connell,” Gary repeated, “Next, if there are any situations, we will contact and communicate through your agent, I hope everything goes smoothly.”

Gary's words were very implicit, still retaining the politeness of his generation, but in fact, what he was talking about was the remuneration—

But having said that, negotiations still need to be conducted.

In addition to remuneration, the shooting schedule, precautions, contract details, actor's treatment, etc., all need to be further communicated between the agent and the crew.

Generally speaking, the actors' union only ensures the basic rights of actors, and is not responsible for negotiations and follow-up work, those trivial matters still need to be handled by the actors themselves; or by the actor's formal agent and agent assistant, the scope of their powers is still different.

But there are no absolutes.

The actors' union also knows that these trivial matters hide many traps, and actors may suffer losses if they are not careful, so even if they are not responsible for negotiations, they will still help with basic communication, not only acting as a bridge, but also as a simple gatekeeper.

Therefore, it is not inconsistent for the ‘Princess Diaries’ crew to contact Andrew.

Ansen nodded to show his understanding, “Pleasure to work with you.”

Gary took the initiative to extend his right hand, “Pleasure to work with you.”

After a brief handshake, Ansen saw Marcia also stood up, revealing a smile, “Pleasure to work with you. Perhaps, this is just our first collaboration.”

Ansen naturally wouldn't refuse, “That would be even better.”

Until he stood under the sunlight again, feeling the lazy warmth on the surface of his skin, carrying the eagerness of early summer to dance impatiently, the sense of reality slowly entered his body, the sense of reality became clearer little by little, and a kind of excitement and happiness began to flap its wings vigorously.

So, his big screen debut is about to happen like this?

Moreover!

Last time with ‘Friends,’ the joy was joyful, but there was no surprise, everything had been determined before the audition, there was no suspense or worry; this time was different, carrying a kind of unknown, rushing to the scene in haste and panic, after a brief tug-of-war and being tested, he won the role in one fell swoop.

This sense of happiness, like cotton candy, slowly swelled in his chest.

Step.

Pushing off the ground, he rushed out on his skateboard, took out his phone and dialed a number, after waiting only a moment, the call was connected.

“Uncle Darren, I just got the role in the ‘Princess Diaries’ audition!”

Darren on the other end of the phone was full of question marks, “What?”

“‘Princess Diaries,’ Garry Marshall, the movie Disney is preparing?” Ansen threw out the keywords in a row.

Darren was stunned, “What did you say, you just got the role? Ah, congratulations, congratulations! Haha, so, are you going to become a movie actor now too?”

Something was not quite right, obviously the conversation between the two people was progressing smoothly, but the questions and answers were always misplaced.

Ansen raised his eyebrows slightly, “Wait, Uncle Darren, you said last time, let's wait and see, maybe something new will happen, isn't this the thing?”

“Oh, that's what I thought… No, no, no, of course not.” Darren waved his hand repeatedly, “I don't have the ability to influence Garry Marshall's decisions like that.”

“Maybe, they saw your work and are willing to give you a chance.” Darren had a guess, after all, he had been in the industry for many years and had enough understanding of the ecology of the entire industry, drawing inferences and seeing the subtle.

However, Darren felt that there was no need to let the little guy know about the ‘GQ’ thing.

After thinking about it.

“Ansen, this is the right way to open Hollywood.”

“Although relying on yourself or your agent to find roles is a common phenomenon; but more often, roles often come to you.”

“So, you can often see that after an actor wins attention through a work, suddenly, his figure appears in a series of different works, it seems that there is only this one actor in the entire Hollywood, acting in three, four, five or six works in one go, simply omnipresent.”

“Resources are often concentrated in the hands of a few people.”

Of course, having said that, it is not easy to truly reach such a height.

Darren changed the subject.

“Hey, Ansen, you got the role through your own efforts, and it's a movie role, next, you're going to be on the big screen.”

Darren was sincerely happy for Ansen.

He originally thought that Ansen was just playing around, so Ansen said that the agent thing was not urgent for the time being, Darren did not urge him, maybe they had not had time to worry about the next work, Ansen had already lost interest, the agent would be useless, everything should be left to nature.

But now, things seem to be slowly deviating from the track, even Darren is faintly looking forward to it.

Whoosh!

Hanging up the phone, Ansen pushed off the ground again, skateboard, forward.

The wind howled, with a sprint, the gurgling golden sunlight spread out under the wheels, opening his arms, the whole world stretched out under his feet.

Looking forward, the future is wide open.

Fifth update.