Birth of an actor

At this moment, an electric blue super sports car made a corner in the open space with a very flamboyant attitude like a real lightning piercing the sky, and stopped steadily at the entrance of the studio.

As soon as this supercar, which is absolutely expensive just by looking at its model, appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone inside and outside the studio.

Some sharp-eyed people have already recognized the brand and model of the car: "Bugatti EB110! There are only 31 in the world, and the price is 48 US dollars!"

Although the United States is a country that walks on the wheels of cars, the average family generally owns 2-3 cars, but in this Ford and Dodge running everywhere, small cars with low fuel consumption are becoming more and more popular in Japan, and Lincoln is the first choice for the middle and upper class to buy high-end cars In the era when cities and Porsche 911s hover around $[-], a limited-edition Bugatti Veyron is considered a complete luxury even for most star actors with high annual incomes.

The staff and actors in the studio have already begun to discuss:

"Wow, what an awesome sports car!"

"Dean and Terry have arrived a long time ago. Could it be that another famous actor came to visit the set?"

"How many TV actors have you seen driving a Bugatti? I think maybe a movie actor is on the wrong set."

"Or some producer came to oversee the work."

However, the young man sitting in the sports car is obviously not in line with everyone's guess: he looks about 20 years old, with thick dark hair, wearing a light gray and dark blue baseball shirt, beige casual trousers and brown Oxford leather shoes , with a very Terminator-style sunglasses hanging on the bridge of his nose.In short, the whole person is extremely cool, but it is difficult for people to correctly guess his identity.

After getting off the sports car, the young man took off his sunglasses, and his face was clearly revealed, which made everyone's eyes shine. It's not to say how perfect the young man's facial features are. To be honest, Hollywood beauties are still less?It is the handsome face of the young man, together with the mysterious aura exuded by those rare dark green eyes, together with the temperament of the whole person, which is like sunshine and ocean, they are mixed into a wonderful personal idiosyncrasy, which is hard to describe, but Fascinating, people can not take their eyes off.

Everyone inside and outside the studio looked at the young man curiously, trying to figure out the identity of the other party—many people guessed that he was the second-generation star living in Beverly Hills, or the son of an important figure in the studio—when However, Amon Goffman suddenly walked out of the crowd, waved to the young man and said, "Will, come here quickly, everyone is waiting for you."

Director Schuster's eyes lit up when he saw William's face, and then he frowned slightly as if he suddenly remembered something.

Yameng Goffman knew what the director was thinking when he saw the director's face, and quickly winked at William.

William understood.

He had read the script of the nineteenth episode of the second season of "Louis and Clark" in advance, and knew Philip's role and position in the script-Philip was just a slightly ordinary and weak ordinary person at first, but was later killed by a virus in his body. Inspired, because the whole person is controlled by the virus developer, in most of the scenes, he plays the role of a cold-blooded killer, the kind of killer who kills like hemp and sprays blood on his face without blinking. Then when the plot is almost over, the virus development After the killer's conspiracy was smashed by Superman, he regained his senses and turned back to an ordinary young man with sunshine and vitality.

It can be said that in the script of this episode, Philip under control and out of control are two completely different people. The actor playing this role must at least have a little acting skills and be able to perform two completely different characters.

Wearing a baseball shirt, William looks like an ordinary, no, at most an overly handsome high school boy. Anyone who has seen him will not doubt that he can handle Philip's role when he is not being manipulated, but Philip Few people think that a young man who is still in school can perfectly express the mature and cold temperament shown in the controlled state.

William is too young.In Hollywood, it is common for actors in their late thirties to act as young high school students, but for actors in their 20s to act as mature youths in their [-]s?It cannot be said that there are absolutely no, but it is also very, very rare-presumably this is the director's concern.

William needs to free everyone from prejudice.

As he walked towards the director, he took off his baseball jacket, revealing the black round neck T-shirt inside.

The close-fitting cotton fabric tightly binds William's body, outlining perfect muscle lines, which will not look exaggerated like a bodybuilder, but also fully demonstrates that the owner of the body has done reasonable and sufficient exercise every day.

The baseball jacket makes people feel youthful, and the good figure and simple T-shirt make this underage boy look like a real man.

But the biggest change is William's facial expression, and the change in temperament brought about by his change of expression.

William's spine is straight, his body is tall and straight, and he takes the same distance with every step, as if the standard is set in advance. His lips are tightly pursed, his face is expressionless, and his eyes are looking at the director. There is a kind of excitement in his green pupils. Inorganic, empty look.

To be more precise, William Bradley at this moment does not look like he is seventeen or eighteen, but he looks like twenty-five six.

Amon Goffman, the agent in a gray suit, looked at William who was walking towards the director step by step, and suddenly remembered a movie he watched a few years ago in his mind—William's current demeanor, expression, and even body movements , How much like the liquid robot killer T-1991 in "Terminator 2" released in 1000. The T-1000 doesn't even consider itself a thinking individual, but rather an asset to the organization.

Although he did not speak, the aura displayed by his body language was daunting. Although he did not move excessively, his eyes that ignored everything conveyed the message: life has no value in the eyes of "assets". When the order to "kill" is reached, the "asset" will execute it desperately.

"William Bradley is at your command, sir."

When William finally walked up to the director, he said in his most military voice, thinking about his Boy Scout experience.

There was no rising and falling, emotionless voice.

Shuster's eyes lit up again, and with a smile on his lips, he finally showed a satisfied expression to William, turned his head and said to the assistant director, "Very well, it's him, hurry up and take the actor to make up. I'll be there in an hour Get him to show up."

Armon Goffman smiled and threw a satisfied look at William.

After William knew that he had won the role, he couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, and his expression suddenly became lively.

Although the original purpose of being an actor was to make more money so that Madeleine would not have to work part-time every day, but after spending more and more time in front of the camera, William really fell in love with the feeling of acting.

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There are five major agencies in Hollywood: Creative Artists Agency, or CAA; William Morris Agency, or WMA; International Innovation Management, or ICM; United Elite Agency, or UTA; and Endeavor Agency, or Endeavor.

William Morris Agency is the agency with the longest history in Hollywood. The remaining four of the top five star agency companies in the United States combined are not as long as William Morris Agency. Clark, the superstar of Hollywood's golden age Gable, Maran Brando, Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Stallone, etc. are all signed actors of WMA.

Amon Goffman is an agent of the WMA agency. He is 30 years old this year and holds a brokerage contract for five actors and one screenwriter.

Because Amon does not hold any brokerage contracts for A-List or B-List actors, many people may think that he is just an ordinary agent who does nothing, but in fact, there is no one in Hollywood other than a Jewish identity. With connections, Amon, who works all by himself, can become a real agent at the age of 30, and the TV actor he signed has also been nominated for an Emmy Award. The brokers who joined the company in the same year are now either receiving and sending emails in the mail room every day, or working as assistants to other brokers. They are not real brokers at all in terms of seniority and strength. At the age of 35, he was only qualified to represent several graphic models.

Hollywood is big and small, and there are only a few people who come and go on the A-List, and it is easy to count the B-List if it is really liquidated. Most of the famous directors and actors are concentrated in the five major agencies. In the hands of their partners, they look down on and will not look down on young managers who do not have a strong background. If young managers want to make their mark, they must either have a strong network to help them, or they will personally support a star above the C-list Come.

Amon Goffman has no strong background, and no one in his family works in a Hollywood production or agency, so he can only go the second way.

Speaking of the acquaintance of Amon and William is also a coincidence.

Amon's ex-girlfriend was a beautiful mature woman, not only seven or eight years older than Amon, but also a well-known TV actress. In a certain family drama broadcast on ABC TV in 1994, the actress played a supporting role— —Because her husband is too busy with work and lacks concern for himself, he is empty and lonely, and always looks at those young, healthy and beautiful housewives——William had just successfully auditioned for a role with two episodes, and another family in the community The kid, the high school teenager who mows the neighbor's lawn on weekends for pocket money.

Then there is a plot similar to "The Graduate", with romantic and beautiful housewives and young high school students who are ready to move but can't live up to their own moral values. Although there are no sex scenes, there are many seductive and provocative scenes, and the housewives are always dressed very Cool.

In order to prevent the reckless young man who was acting with his girlfriend to take advantage of the idea, or the two of them would go off during the filming of the scene, Amon kept visiting the set during the filming of the TV series. As a result, the filming of the TV series was over, and the relationship between Amon and his girlfriend was over. The honeymoon period began to take a turn for the worse, but he single-handedly discovered William.

Amon Goffman's method of approaching William and gaining his favor is also very ingenious. He first helped William solve a tricky little trouble, and then suggested that William join SAG to make the latter's career as an actor smoother— —

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is the largest actors union organization in the United States. It was established in 1933. In the United States, actors are freelancers, but they can choose to join the union and be led by the union. In that case, the union will help maintain the integrity of the actors. A series of rights and interests, big enough to ensure that actors can get fair salary treatment, labor insurance benefits, medical insurance, safety protection when they are on the set, small enough to care about the catering issues on the set, to ensure that the actors get three meals a day after a reasonable A healthy diet to match, rather than being dismissed by burgers and fries.

Of course, there is a fee to join SAG, the evaluation fee for membership alone is 3000 US dollars, and then the membership fee is withdrawn every year based on the actor’s after-tax income-at least 58 US dollars for half a year, which means that even if there is no job, the actor has to pay for a year Union minimum annual dues of $116% after tax for those with an annual income of 20 US dollars, 1.85% after tax for 20 to 50 yuan, 0.5% after tax for those with an annual income of 50 to 100 million US dollars, and the total profit limit is 0.25 million US dollars, which means that any single member’s Maximum dues are limited to $100.

The reason why the Screen Actors Guild of America set the upper limit of total profit is to attract stars like Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, and Tom Hanks who have huge influence in Hollywood and society to join, and these remunerations have already entered The superstars of the Ten Million Club and the Screen Actors Guild of America are mutually beneficial and contribute to each other's network and influence, but the annual membership fee is the same as that paid by members with annual income of about one million. It is no wonder that actors in the union often complain secretly: " The dues system of the Screen Actors Guild of America is like the tax payment of the American government, and the middle class will always be the most exploited."

However, joining the Screen Actors Guild of America has a lot of benefits for actors who aspire to Hollywood: For example, when there is a crew map to save trouble and directly entrust the union to recruit actors, actors who have joined the union can get more convenience in auditions; Another example is that actors who have joined the union will get a higher salary than those who have not joined the union when they are extras. Guild actors are paid more than $95 per hour); in addition, the Screen Actors Guild of America often holds various lectures, and the lecturers invite celebrities, as well as senior Hollywood professionals, and members can attend for free.

It can be said that in Hollywood, when an actor joins a labor union, it is equivalent to finding a "mother's family" for himself.

Amon considered himself to be a very discerning person. From the first time he saw William, he believed that this handsome young man had a bright future, and he might become the second Tom Cruise or the second Bruce in Hollywood. Ladd Pitt, so during the filming of the TV series, he was very dedicated to William, and even forgot his girlfriend for a while. After gaining sufficient favor, Amon directly extended an olive branch of cooperation to William, and William was also very happy. I happily agreed.

Among all the actor agency contracts that Amon has, William is the most attractive, not only because he is handsome enough, but also because Amon has observed that William's IQ and EQ are not low, and the most important point: there is no general The impetuous atmosphere of a young actor eager to become famous overnight, he is talented in acting and hardworking enough.

With a little more luck, Amon Goffman believes that Hollywood's next B-List—or even A-List—will gradually be born in his own hands.

When William was dragged to make up and change clothes, Amon stood in the studio, thinking about the latest movies and TV series in Hollywood, choosing the right one from them, thinking about how to recommend William to audition and so on.

Suddenly, a man with a round belly who could open the buttons of his shirt came up next to him: "Are you William Bradley's agent?"

Amon came back to his senses, looked at the man carefully, and immediately recognized that he was one of the producers of "Louis and Clark", Robert Singer.

The Jewish agent's face was immediately filled with enthusiasm, but never an exaggerated smile: "Yes, that's right, I am William's agent, Amon Goffman." He handed the other party a business card.

"Handsome boy, as good as Tom Cruise, you have great vision, and you are fast enough." Robert Singer said: "Another TV series I produced recently just happened to be looking for a supporting role, and there are about four to four roles." Five episodes, I think Bradley is very suitable, let him go for an audition tomorrow?"

Four to five episodes?That's the regular supporting role!Amon's heart beat a few times faster, and he immediately replied very professionally: "Of course there is no problem. May I ask the time, place, and what movie is it?"

""90210""

Breathing for a moment, Yamon licked his lower lip: ""90210"? A supporting role with four or five episodes?"

Singer nodded.

Amon couldn't wait to agree immediately, but before he opened his mouth, there was a burst of excited conversation near the dressing room in the distance, which grabbed the attention of everyone in the studio.

Recalling that William should be out of makeup by now, Amon turned around and looked towards the dressing room while continuing to talk with Singer.

Then they almost held their breath.

'oh!How did the makeup artist style Will?He looked really shiny. '