[US Entertainment] Crossover superstar

On June [-], the Children's Day issue of "The New Yorker" magazine was published on time.

Since this issue of the magazine is a special issue for Children's Day, this issue of the magazine publishes things that children are interested in, such as comics, movies, celebrities, etc., and the audience is relatively narrow.

As a result, this issue of The New Yorker is expected to sell only 60 copies, 30 fewer than usual estimates.

When it first went on the market, as the magazine editors expected, the sales volume of this magazine was much less than that of the usual magazine weekly.

But it's not just audience reach that affects sales...

The New Yorker, a magazine founded in [-], has a long history and a relatively traditional style.Unlike other magazines, the cover of "The New Yorker" magazine is mostly exquisite, beautiful, and meaningful hand-illustrations or drawings, rather than landscape photos taken by cameras, photos of celebrities and stars...

Therefore, if you just look at the cover, it is impossible for anyone other than the relevant staff to know the specific content of the magazine, let alone know that there will be news about Jeffrey Clay in this issue. Grid's interview!

Therefore, many people have discovered or heard that in this special issue of "The New Yorker" for Children's Day, there are six full pages of interviews with Jeffrey Craig, with several handsome and charming photos of Jeffrey After that, the problem of magazine sales has been greatly improved at once.And with the continuous growth of magazine sales, many newsstands and bookstores across the United States even have magazines out of stock...

For this reason, Condé Nast Publishing Company, which publishes The New Yorker magazine, reprinted it twice.

The Children's Day special issue of "The New Yorker" magazine in the first week of June had sold more than 120 million copies in the United States by the end of the first week, far exceeding the sales volume of the magazine editors. It is estimated that it even surpassed the highest sales record of [-] million weekly magazines of "The New Yorker" in the first half of the year!

Of course, Jeffrey's contribution to this cannot be ignored!

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In early summer, Los Angeles is already scorching sun and scorching heat.

After swimming back and forth a few times in the swimming pool at home, Jeffrey felt a little tired, so he lay down on the armchair under the umbrella by the swimming pool.

"Wow...Wow...Wow..."

Ryan popped out of nowhere from under the pool and splashed water on Jeffrey.

He didn't know when he got out of the swimming pool, or when he dived under the water in front of Jeffrey.

"Ah...Ryan? What are you doing...? You...ah..."

Jeffrey, who was lying on a chair with his eyes closed and enjoying the sun, was awakened by Ryan's sudden 'attack'.

"Haha...haha..." Ryan laughed heartlessly in the swimming pool when he saw Jeffrey dodging in a panic.

"*! Ryan...you hurry up and stop..." Jeffrey couldn't dodge in time, and Ryan threw him into a drowned chicken.

Seeing Ryan, he had no intention of stopping at all, and Jeffrey couldn't care less, he also jumped into the swimming pool, splashing water with Ryan and teasing each other...

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The two of them quarreled for a while, and after getting a little tired, they both went out of the swimming pool and lay down on the chairs to rest.

"Ah...haha...haha..." Ryan lay on the armchair exhaling and laughing.

"Ryan! Do you know that you are bullying children!" Seeing that Ryan was still smiling, Jeffrey said to him angrily.

"Children?! Is there...? Haha..."

Ryan hadn't seen Jeffrey as a real kid ever since he first talked about signing with him!

"Humph!"

Jeffrey felt a little depressed when he heard Ryan's answer, but he didn't care about anything.

He also reclined on the armchair again, continuing to enjoy the sunbathing interrupted by Ryan.

Basking in the warm sunshine and tasting the juice and snacks brought by Suzy Tara, Jeffrey felt that this day was really pleasant.

"Hey! Jeff, do you know the sales volume of the magazine that "The New Yorker" interviewed you last time?" Ryan and Jeffrey chatted after leaning back on the chair.

"Oh, I don't know very well!" Jeffrey didn't pay much attention to this question.

"But there are more than 110 million copies. This is their sales record! Two days ago, Dinah Phil even called you to express her gratitude and said that she hopes to continue to cooperate in the future..." Ryan The words seemed to be in full swing, and Balabala kept talking to Jeffrey.

"Yeah!" Jeffrey responded lightly.

Unlike Jeffrey's calmness, Ryan was quite satisfied with the sales results, and still explained to Jeffrey what the sales volume of 110 million magazines meant...

"Enough, Ryan! Stop!"

"By the way, how is your audition going...?"

There was no way, Jeffrey had to mention another matter to divert Ryan's attention.

After Ryan heard Jeffrey talk about something important, he finally stopped nagging and became more serious.

"Well, I have already submitted the relevant materials to them, and we can go there when the time comes." After Dick Allen notified him of the time and place of the audition, Ryan immediately started to deal with the matter.

Although Hollywood Films, a subsidiary of Disney, is the main production company of the movie "The Sixth Sense", they still have to follow the process.Because the director and screenwriter of the film: M. Knight Shyamalan, it is impossible for him to accept actors who are directly involved in the group.

"Well, as long as you're ready! As long as you're ready..." Jeffrey was so excited when he thought of this movie.

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In the early morning of June [-]th, Jeffrey and Ryan, who had already packed up and dressed, got into Ryan's Cadillac under Elena's instructions.

Ryan drove all the way, carrying Jeffrey to Hollywood Studios in Los Angeles.

Because the Hollywood film company took a fancy to and bought the script of M. Knight Shyamalan, and itself is the main producer of the film, the casting audition will be held in an idle floor of the Hollywood film company conduct.

Prior to this, the director and screenwriter of the film, M. Knight Shyamalan, had already invited Bruce Willis, Olivia Williams, Toni Colette and Donnie Wahlberg several times. People participate.

Therefore, the role selected for this main audition is only the most important supporting role in the movie-Keil Hill.

In order to find a young actor suitable for this role, before coming to Los Angeles to hold this audition, the director and screenwriter M. Knight Shyamalan had already conducted selections in New York, Washington, Chicago, Philadelphia and other places.However, he has never found anyone who can satisfy him.

After driving for more than an hour, Jeffrey and Ryan finally arrived at the audition location.According to the staff's prompt, Ryan led Jeffrey into the audition floor.

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As soon as Jeffrey walked into the audition waiting room, he saw hundreds of people standing and sitting in the huge room.The boys among them all came to audition after hearing the news, eager to become famous, and most of the parents accompanied their children to the audition.

"Oh, mygod! Is that Jeffrey Craig...?"

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"It seems to be true! He is Alex in "Home Alone 3", I saw him in the movie..."

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"Is he also here for the audition...?"

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When other people in the audition waiting room saw Jeffrey coming in, they chattered and secretly looked at Jeffrey.

Jeffrey gave them a friendly smile, and then he and Ryan found a seat in the corner of the audition waiting room, sat down, and waited for the audition to start.

After a while, at nine o'clock in the morning, the audition will officially start.Then, a staff member took a list of audition candidates and called them into the audition room one by one.

"Jeff, are you nervous?" Ryan looked down at Jeffrey beside him.

Jeffrey smiled and shook his head, "Ryan, I'm fine! This is not my first audition..." There's nothing to be nervous about, I don't understand why Ryan is always worried that he's nervous...

Because of the arrangement of Hollywood Films, a subsidiary of Disney, and Ryan's submission of materials earlier, Jeffrey didn't wait long in the audition waiting room this time, and it didn't take long before it was his turn.

"Jeff, don't be nervous! Come on!" Ryan gave Jeffrey a thumbs up with a silly smile after sending Jeffrey to the audition room.

Jeffrey nodded amusedly, then turned and walked into the audition room.

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As soon as he entered the audition room, Jeffrey noticed that several people inside were all looking at him.

"Hello, Jeffrey!" Casting director Ivy Kaufman looked at Jeffrey's information and nodded in satisfaction.

"Hey!" Jeffrey responded with a smile.

"Shyamalan, I read this kid's information, and I think this kid is very good! He is a child star of Disney, and he recently starred in the movie "Home Alone 3". His acting skills are very good. He even got This year's Golden Globe nomination...he is very handsome, and he is just eight years old, which fits the setting of the script very well, don't you think about it...?"

After Ivy Kaufman carefully read Jeffrey's information, she turned her head and whispered to M. Knight Shyamalan next to her.

'Is it Disney? Shyamalan frowned when he heard the words, and couldn't help feeling a little disgusted in his heart.

Even though the boy in front of him is more in line with the image of Cole Hill in his script, but when he heard that Jeffrey is from the Disney company, his favorability for him declined a bit...

Because, he particularly dislikes people who rely on company arrangements to intersperse, thinking that they can join the crew after an audition and a cutscene.

Although he signed a contract with a studio under Disney, he will never accept compromise!

"Jeffrey, are you ready?" While Shyamalan was in a trance, Ivy Kaufman was ready to let Jeffrey start.

"Ok!"

"Okay! Then get ready to start!"

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After Jeffrey straightened the bow tie and hem of his clothes, and slightly adjusted his lower body posture, he closed his eyes and brewed emotions in his heart.

After a while, he opened his eyes, but at this moment his icy blue eyes were full of sadness and despair.

"Dr. Crowe?" "You've never told a bedtime story before." Jeffrey whispered.

He chose to act out a bedtime conversation between Cole Hill and child therapist Malcolm Crowell from the script.

"I didn't say it." Casting director Ivy Kaufman cooperated with Jeffrey and spoke to him.

"You have to add some plot to it!" Jeffrey murmured in a low voice.

"OK, add some plot!" "What kind of plot? Give me some hints!"

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"Tell me why you are sad?"

"You think I'm sad?"

"Yes, I can see it from your eyes." Jeffrey looked seriously at Ivy Kaufman who was speaking to him.

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"I want to tell you my secret now." Jeffrey said to Ivy Kaufman softly with deep fear and sadness in his eyes.

"I can see dead people." Jeffrey's eyes were slightly red, and his tone was trembling.

"In a dream?" Ivy Kaufman responded.

Jeffrey gasped, growing more terrified.He shook his head, indicating that he didn't see it in a dream.

"While you were awake?"

After hearing these words, Jeffrey gasped faster, opened his ice blue eyes wide with fear, and nodded towards Ivy Kaufman.

"A dead man in a coffin?"

"They walk around like us, they can't see each other, they only see what they want to see, they don't know that they are dead." Jeffrey was so frightened that his eyes were red from crying, and he turned to Ai with tears in his eyes. Vi Kaufman reveals her secret.

"How often do you see them?"

"There are them all the time, everywhere. You won't tell others, will you?" Jeffrey said with fear in his voice, tears streaming down his face as he spoke.

"No, I promise not to tell anyone!"

"Wait till I fall asleep, okay?" Jeffrey begged, sobbing.

"urse!"

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After performing this passage, Jeffrey wiped away his tears, recovered his emotions, and looked at Ivy Kaufman and M. Knight Shyamalan and others again.

"! Jeffrey, your performance is really great!" Ivy Kaufman, who accompanied him to the lines, admired Jeffrey very much, because she was completely brought into the play by Jeffrey just now.

After seeing Jeffrey's audition performance, Shyamalan was also shocked.He used to think that Jeffrey was forced in by Disney, but he didn't expect him...

"Thank you for your audition performance, Jeffrey! We will notify you of the audition results within a week, thank you for your participation." After sighing Jeffrey's acting skills, Ivy Kaufman said to him.

Although she already felt that Jeffrey was very suitable for the role of Cole Hill, it was not something she could decide on her own!

"thank you all!"

After thanking them, Jeffrey slowly exited the audition room.

After watching Jeffrey walk out of the audition room, Ivy Kaufman and M. Knight Shyamalan looked at each other and smiled knowingly. They understood each other's thoughts.

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"Hey! Jeff, how are you doing?" Ryan asked immediately after seeing Jeffrey coming out.

"I do not know about this……"

Jeffrey really didn't know what the outcome would be. Although he felt that the casting director Ivy Kaufman seemed to like him very much, the director didn't seem to be very optimistic about him.

Moreover, this time he has a stronger opponent than Alex Linz-Haley Joe Osment!

However, he has done his best.

As for the result, it depends on personal opportunities!

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