Hollywood Director 1992

The next day, when Judy Foster went out, she noticed a nameplate on the aisle with words and symbols written in rose script.

【← Judy's Home and Link's Home →】

Judy Foster curled her lips slightly, and the resentment she had felt from Link last night unknowingly lessened a lot.

In the morning, Link ran a few laps downstairs, feeling refreshed, and went to the company to work, taking the opportunity to see how the casting for "Final Destination" was progressing.

The casting work for "Final Destination" was not going smoothly. After the second round of auditions, several actors who had performed well suddenly announced their withdrawal, giving up the third round of auditions.

These included Brad Pitt, Ethan Hawke, Mark Wahlberg, Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow, and others, all of whom were relatively well-known actors.

Originally, the crew had planned to invite black actor Forest Whitaker to play the role of the coroner, which had a significant amount of screen time, but he was rejected. River Phoenix also made it clear that he would not make a cameo appearance.

According to the information Sophia investigated, someone was causing him trouble, not wanting him to make another blockbuster movie.

Link didn't care. This movie was a campus thriller, mainly focused on young people. The lack of participation of well-known actors would not have a significant impact on box office revenue.

Furthermore, the success of his movies mainly relied on his personal ability, rather than well-known actors driving box office revenue.

If someone wanted to cause him trouble on this matter, they would definitely not succeed.

However, since his opponent had launched a sneak attack, he couldn't remain silent.

He had Jon Gordon release the news that the movie's casting had been interfered with, claiming that Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow had performed excellently in the first two rounds of auditions and were originally planned to play the male and female leads.

Unfortunately, they withdrew midway, which greatly affected the casting of the crew and may lead to box office losses for the movie.

The future of this movie is uncertain.

Link's professional career will encounter a Waterloo with this movie.

And so on.

The purpose of doing this was to interfere with the opponent's judgment by releasing false information, and also to create some buzz for the new movie, attracting public attention.

After arranging these tasks, Link came to the audition office to check on the situation.

"Ben, how are the auditions going?"

Outside the "Final Destination" casting office, Matt Damon saw Ben Affleck coming out of the audition office and quickly went up to ask about the situation.

Also present were Ben's younger brother, Casey Affleck, and Joaquin Phoenix, all looking at Ben Affleck, anticipating his answer.

"Not good!"

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Matt Damon asked.

"Link came. I don't know when he arrived, but he was watching me audition. I didn't perform well."

Ben Affleck said, pouting.

"Link came?"

"Director Link is here too?"

Hearing Ben Affleck's words, the actors waiting to audition next to them exclaimed excitedly, with varying expressions. Some were excited, some were nervous, and some were eager to try.

When the previous few people auditioned, Link wasn't present. The people in charge of the audition were producer Danny DeVito, assistant director Sophia Coppola, and casting director Ms. Victoria Thomas.

Now that Link had arrived, many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As actors, they weren't worried about not passing the audition, nor were they worried about their lack of ability, but they were worried that the casting team would be unfair, that someone would engage in behind-the-scenes deals or use connections.

Now that Link had arrived, there was no need to worry about anyone engaging in behind-the-scenes deals.

Link was the director and also the movie investor. In order to make a good movie, he would definitely select the most suitable actors for the movie and would not allow anyone to engage in behind-the-scenes deals.

This was undoubtedly a good opportunity for those new actors without经纪 companies.

"Ben, how could you not perform well? You've worked with him before, you're acquaintances. Wouldn't it be more beneficial for you with him around?"

Joaquin Phoenix asked.

"It's not that simple."

Ben Affleck shook his head. Last year, during the filming of "The Blair Witch Project", Link had criticized his acting as poor and his expressions as stiff, saying that if he wanted to be a professional actor, he needed to practice more.

He admitted that his acting skills were indeed a bit worse than Matt's.

But he was handsome and young, and with more practice, he might still have a chance to win the Oscar for Best Actor.

So after being criticized by Link, he didn't pay much attention to practicing his acting skills. He spent more time studying how to become a director.

This also led to him not being prepared before the audition. He became even more nervous when he saw Link, and his personal performance and line delivery were very poor.

In addition, he had said bad things about Link in the bar, and Renee's close relationship with Link might have been told to Link long ago.

How would Link see him?

Would he regard him as an ingrate?

Just now, during the audition, he kept thinking about this matter, feeling awkward and nervous, which led to an even worse performance.

"Ben, don't worry. If you're suitable for the male lead, the role will be yours. Link won't not work with you for such a small matter. He's a big shot, he's not that petty."

Matt Damon persuaded.

Ben Affleck curled his lips. Big shots are petty and can't stand others saying bad things about them.

"Mr. Edward Norton, is he here? Please come with me!"

A staff member shouted at the door.

"I'm here!"

Edward Norton quickly put down his script, wiped his face and short hair with a towel, and followed the staff member into the audition office.

"Edward even brought a towel, he's well-prepared."

Casey Affleck said.

"Opportunity favors the prepared mind."

Joaquin Phoenix joked.

After Edward Norton left, the male actors in the waiting room began to pace around, waiting for the next summons.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!"

Without error, one first one hair one inside one appearance one at one look!

After entering the office, Edward Norton politely greeted the people. From his actions and tone, it could be seen that he was relatively restrained and somewhat shy.

"Mr. Norton, please sit down. Now, please perform the following scenario according to my instructions. Please be prepared, we'll start in 10 seconds."

Casting director Ms. Victoria Thomas said.

"Okay."

Edward Norton pulled out a chair and sat down, secretly glancing at Link.

Link was sitting in the corner, flipping through Edward Norton's information.

Edward Norton is 24 years old this year, graduated from Yale University with a degree in history, and currently has no acting experience. He's a complete newcomer. He participated in drama classes during college and has a certain foundation in acting.

He has a good appearance, looks quite handsome, and his personality is similar to the male lead, tending to be introverted.

This is his advantage.

The disadvantage is that he's a bit old, lacking the youthful and adolescent feel of a high school student. The previous Ben Affleck also had this problem.

Whether or not to use him specifically depends on his performance during the audition.

"Mr. Norton, let's start the performance now. You're sleeping on a plane."

Ms. Thomas said.

Edward Norton closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

"You dream that the plane explodes, and everyone dies on the plane. You wake up from the nightmare."

Ms. Thomas continued to give instructions.

Edward Norton closed his eyes, furrowed his brows, and shook his head from left to right. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, with a look of fear and unease on his face.

As far as this performance is concerned, it's not bad. Although the action of furrowing his brows and shaking his head is relatively old-fashioned, he can react in a few seconds after receiving the prompt and know how to handle this scene.

This shows that he's very smart, has a fast reaction speed, and has a certain talent for acting.

"You look at the drawing in your hand and suddenly realize that you understand the order in which the Grim Reaper kills people and are confident that you can defeat the Grim Reaper."

Ms. Thomas changed the scene and said.

Edward Norton was stunned for a moment, looked down at his palm, first furrowed his brows, then opened his eyes wide, clenched his fist, and shouted 'Yes!', with some more smiles on his face.

"Mr. Norton, the scene performance is over. Next, please try to present the following lines."

A staff member handed him a card with a few lines written on it.

Edward Norton looked at it for more than ten seconds and said to Ms. Thomas, "I'm ready."

"Alex, tell me what happened?"

Ms. Thomas began to say her lines.

"I saw it, I can't explain it clearly, I just saw it, I saw the plane on the runway, I saw the plane taking off, I looked out the window and saw the concrete floor, the cabin suddenly started shaking, the left wing started to catch fire, and then the whole plane suddenly exploded, it was so real, just like it really happened, can you understand?"

Edward Norton looked very painful when saying his lines, and his tone was also a bit heavy.

Not bad.

Ms. Thomas exchanged two more lines with him, and then announced that Edward Norton's audition was over.

Edward Norton got up, said goodbye, and left.

"Link, how was Edward Norton?"

Sophia turned her head and asked.

"Not bad, he's a good seed to be an actor."

Link nodded.