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Josh quickly turned his eyes away, put his hands in his trouser pockets, thinking about something wildly in his head, and the tips of his ears were dyed a thin pink.

Josie found it strange that she held her face with one hand in a majestic way, and stared at Josh's side face unabashedly, while El, who was ignored, was indifferent, and had the right to think of herself as a table-sharing eating machine.

Josh was looked uncomfortable, but fortunately Josie looked away before he got impatient.

"So—" Josie dragged her tone and asked, "How did you recognize me, Josh, I thought my cross-dressing was very successful."

Josh frowned habitually, and replied, "Fucking... can this be called success?" He reluctantly suppressed the swearing, "I'm a photographer, your eyes, and your body, reveal too much. Lots of things."

As he spoke, he looked at Josie several times with disgust, from her messy hairstyle, messy eye makeup, crudely made necklace, and the kind of fashionable jeans stuck on her straddle.

The complete opposite of America's Sweethearts, she's a street girl.

Sensing Josh's disapproving gaze, Josie didn't care. She chewed the gum in her mouth, regretting that she couldn't blow a big bubble. She spread her hands easily, looking neither elegant nor embarrassed. Unassuming, but extremely casual.

Josie said: "This is just a part of the practical performance. Tell me about you, why did you see through me at a glance? This shape allows me to appear in the downtown area without being recognized .”

Who would associate a rebellious girl who can be seen everywhere with a rising superstar?

Even if someone thinks there is some similarity, a rough and direct middle finger combined with staring punches, anyone will think that their eyesight is not very good, so they will be dazzled.

"Your ears are too clean, your skin isn't rough enough, and you're sitting too straight, and your posture is wrong." Josh explained seriously, "It doesn't have the trance of a runaway girl who takes too much drugs. Sex, or the shrew temperament that can yell at any time."

He meant that there was no mess in Josie's ears, just a solitary pair of pierced ears with two exaggerated metal earrings.

Due to his long-term presence in off-Broadway theaters and dance companies, Josh is very sensitive to these things, and he already has good observation skills.

Especially, what he was facing was the face belonging to "Xue'er".

Upon hearing this, Josie quickly took out her memo from her pocket, picked up a pen and wrote non-stop on Alan's biography.

Josh couldn't help stretching his neck to take a look, and asked, "Is this your next movie? It doesn't look like such a sweet character."

"Not so sweet", this is already a very euphemistic adjective.

In fact, at a glance, several key points were circled in Josie's notebook: "Vicious", "cunning", "conceited", and "aggressive".

"It's just a role audition." Josie didn't raise her eyes, and she didn't know that from Josh's perspective, her two eyelashes were long and curled.

But her smoky eye is just too hot.

Josh felt that his heart rate was not as crazy as it was in the movie theater.

This is good.

At least it proves that he is not really attracted by Josie Horton, but appreciates her movies.

There's nothing shameful about falling for art.

Right, Josh Jones?

Josh comforted himself, and then asked hesitantly: "Since we are friends, can you give me your number?"

Josie raised her head from her small notebook, glanced at Josh, and said without any surprise, "I heard you right, are you asking for my number?"

Is this kid expressing affection for me...?

"Yeah, that's right." Josh shrugged seemingly indifferently, "Can't you?"

His attitude would have been quite natural if there hadn't been an unprovoked fever in the back of his neck.

"No." Seeing Josh's expression change suddenly, Josie said the second part of the sentence slowly, "But—you can give me your number, maybe I will call you."

After finishing speaking, she showed a signature sweet smile.

Fxxk!

This is fucking foul!

Josh took a breath, wrote his number on a tissue in the restaurant in a daze, and waved him to the hotel in a daze.

Then it took a few beats to react: Who was she dating just now? !

What a fucking fuck!

1995 was a very special year.

Windows95 was officially released, Motorola brought mobile phones into a new generation, Princess Diana of the United Kingdom publicly admitted that there were three people in her marriage, Chinese singer Teresa Teng passed away, and the classic "A Chinese Journey to the West" failed in word-of-mouth box office in the future, while Jackie Chan of "Red Fan District" hit the box office. into the North American market.

As far as Hollywood is concerned, the release of "Autumn Legend" at the end of last year made Brad Pitt really popular, and the future four Mesozoic niche "Tonkie Pip" officially formed, of which Tom Cruise is producing The movie "Mission: Impossible" is about to start the era of Hollywood superstars.

Josie felt that her time was getting tighter and tighter, but there was no news about the casting of James Cameron's "Titanic" for a long time, so she had to look for new opportunities instead.

And Martha invited her to watch a play on Broadway in New York just for the heroine of a new project that was in operation.

The next day, Josie came to the second floor of the theater at the time appointed by Martha. El stepped forward and politely knocked on the door of the box, and a female voice came from the box: "Please come in."

After entering the door, there were already two people sitting in the box, one was a tall and slender brunette with a beautiful face and elegant temperament, the other was an old man with white hair, wearing an Oxford shirt and a beige jacket, with his back to the door Looking towards the stage.

The girl stood up from her seat, smiled and stretched out her hand: "I think you are Miss Horton, I am Rebecca, Rebecca Miller, Martha should have mentioned me to you."

"Nice to meet you, Miss Miller." Josie greeted.

At this time, the old man coughed vigorously.

Rebecca said slightly apologetically: "I'm sorry, Miss Horton, maybe you would like to go with me to a more suitable place for conversation."

"It's up to the owner," Josie replied.

Rebecca Miller is an actress and director, but she is more famous because her father is the ex-husband of sexy goddess Marilyn Monroe, Arthur M. Le.

But today, the old man in the box, Arthur Miller, obviously didn't want to see the visitor.

The famous play "The Melting Pot", which is known as the testing ground for human nature, began to be staged on the stage. The actors were full of emotions, their lines were powerful, and their body language and field control skills were also good. It was only the opening of the first act. Sparks flew.

It has to be said that the business level here is much higher than that of the crews that Josie has experienced.

I casually glanced at the actresses who were rehearsing, and there was a young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes on the edge. The old stage setup still couldn't hide her beautiful face and figure, which was more than enough to play the heroine of a popcorn movie.

"Her name is Amy, she is 21 years old, and she is from Minnesota." Coming to the box next door, Rebecca introduced, "Her drama agent sent her for a trial training, but she couldn't stay, so she has to leave tonight." She smiled, "Please sit down, Miss Horton."

Josie chose the seat on Rebecca's right and sat down. The rehearsal on the stage was still going on. The blonde Amy was unaware of her fate tonight, and she performed very hard.

She looked away and asked, "Miss Miller, do you still provide trial training for newcomers?"

Rebecca replied: "Occasionally during rehearsals, the leading roles need to rotate AB corners, and there are also ordinary actors who cannot complete the performance cycle due to unexpected circumstances."

"Oh, that's it." Josie nodded, "The atmosphere of the theater is different from that of the crew, which makes me a little curious."

"Broadway is more experimental and artistic." Rebecca said softly, "but 90% of the actors here are out of work all year round."

In fact, the supply of actors in these two places exceeds the demand, and the top of the Broadway industry pyramid is not as exaggerated as the Hollywood A-list stars, and their work pressure is very high. Confused, there are still competitors going forward.

Unlike Hollywood stars, who can live a good life with a little bit of fame, and who are lucky enough to act in a popular TV series, they can live for a lifetime, but to the level of Josie, relying on the phenomenal film "Leading the Show" at least It can be popular for three to five years, maybe ten or twenty years later, it can be on the show and have a wave of memories.

So Broadway continues to lose talent to Hollywood, but they still look down on Hollywood, because Hollywood represents a compromise between business and reality.

It's so unartistic.

But the road from East Fourth Street to Avenue of Stars still attracts countless people.

"The Melting Pot" describes the real incident of the Salem witch trial in 1632. The young and beautiful Abigail used the witch trial to pretend to be a ghost and kill people with a knife. In order to win the heart of his lover John, he did not hesitate to frame and burn John's wife, John. It's too late to expose Abigail's plot to the villagers.

This story is absurd, ignorant, and ugly. Some people think it has profound significance in exposing human nature, while others think it is extremely ironic to the domestic sentiment in the United States at that time.

Playwright Arthur Miller was even imprisoned for a year.

But no matter how extravagant and lofty the critics are, after watching "The Melting Pot", Josie only feels one thing, that is, she feels uncomfortable all over her body.

Josie concealed the depression and boredom in her heart, bid farewell to Rebecca Miller politely and thoughtfully, and praised the play sincerely, but did not mention any topic about the movie version of "The Melting Pot", as if she was just Simply invited to watch an internal rehearsal.

When I walked out of the theater, the rush hour in New York had not yet arrived.

Josie let out a long, long breath of foul air, facing the bustling crowd near Times Square and the colorful advertising lights on Broadway, and only then did she feel that the affected emotions recovered a bit.

She couldn't help but ask El, who was traveling with her, "What do you think of the show just now?"

"I don't quite understand it," Al answered honestly, adding, "To be honest, I don't have much talent in art or literature."

Josie breathed a sigh of relief again.

After having dinner near Broadway, the two took a taxi back to the hotel, and Josie called Martha immediately.

Josie opened her mouth and said, "Sorry, Martha, I'm sure I screwed up. But Rebecca agreed to let me stay for a few days for training."

The entire performance atmosphere of "The Melting Pot" is extremely intense and crazy. Every character has its own dark side of humanity. The girl who looks like an angel lives in the bottom of her heart with a devil, planning an absurd and dark witch trial for love.

This role is partly the same as the role Josie is preparing for, and she wants to stay and witness for herself how the top Broadway actors perform.

Martha on the phone asked, "Okay, so why?"

"I can't appreciate the script, let alone get into the role of Abigail, so I can only give up." Josie sank on the hotel bed, not even wanting to move her fingers, "I'm really sorry, but I I can’t and don’t want to play this role at all.”

Maybe I don't want to act more than important.

"Is this the first time you've heard about The Melting Pot?" Martha asked.

"That's right." Josie replied, "It feels too depressing and crazy to me."

Just watching the rehearsal already makes people feel uncomfortable.

Martha was silent for about ten seconds, and she didn't mention how she arranged for the meeting to be successful. Of course, Josie didn't ask specifically. After all, it was some personal connections that couldn't be easily used—even though they might be relatives .

Although the surname "Miller" is popular in the United States, Rebecca Miller's overly friendly and tentative attitude, as well as the fact that Martha Miller did not accompany her in person, all show that their relationship is very unusual .

"Sorry, it was my mistake," Martha said. "By the way, Miramax Films invited you to audition for Emma, ​​which would be a good choice. Of course, we all know that Harvey .Weinstein has a bad reputation, likes to interfere with the creation of the crew, rude and arrogant. He specifically asked to meet you, what do you think?"

Today's Weinstein has not extended its claws to the Oscars, but the two brothers have very rich experience in production and distribution, and the backing of Disney also makes this art label a duck to water.

But they are businessmen through and through, and they have no respect for film art and creators, they only respect money.

A director who was new to Hollywood once satirized Weinstein as a black-hearted capitalist. Usually when they bid for film distribution rights at film festivals, they always set a high price to beat other competitors, and then at the end of the negotiation The stage told the holders of the film that either the deal fell through or the low price was accepted.

And this is just one of Weinstein's usual methods of maneuvering Hollywood for many years, despicable but very effective.

It is conceivable that their behavior style.

"It sounds like you like Emma but hate Weinstein," Josie said.

Martha did not answer directly, but said: "I don't like sexism, but this is the current environment in Hollywood and even in this country."

Josie agreed, but with their current status, it was far from possible to shake all this.

She asked again: "See you or not, why not give me a simple professional advice?"

"If you want to meet, you must bring your assistant with you at any time." Martha said, "You can't refuse every project just because of this, otherwise you won't have to go to most of the auditions in Hollywood."

Unspoken rules are everywhere...

Josie went to the Screen Actors Union to take a course on anti-submarine rules. It is said that most of the actresses who are new to the industry are forced or voluntarily to be touched by men with little power in the middle and lower levels of Hollywood, such as casting directors and director assistants. The characters don't even have lines.

This kind of chaos has forced more and more crews to use women as casting directors.

Fortunately, Josie has already survived the most embarrassing stage of a newcomer's entry into the industry. She doesn't need to worry about being taken advantage of by such small roles, and she doesn't have to worry about script invitations from the six major film companies, as long as she proceeds steadily with her career planning. , everything is actively getting better.

The only thing to worry about is that a budding rose is already showing a bit of beauty, and there will be more and more high-ranking mad bees and butterflies who want to kiss Fangze.

Harvey Weinstein is just one of them.

In other words, the unspeakable big man behind him is also very interested in the new American sweetheart.

But Harvey's behavior was too obvious. When he heard that he had set the meeting place for a meeting in a hotel room, Martha decisively found an excuse for Josie to reject the invitation of "Emma" and turned her head away. Looking for other suitable projects for Josie.

I have to say that although Paramount's contract is worthless, it more or less gives a certain amount of protection. In addition, the reshuffled CAA has the intention of favoring Josie in the top position, so that she will not be completely emboldened and refuse to be in the circle. various hints.

To be honest, it was really hard work, but Josie felt it was worth it. Now she had nothing left that truly belonged to her, and she couldn't let go of her last pride.

Yes, she really wanted to win.

But once the bottom line is lost, the lowered head can never be raised.

Life on Broadway was not what Josie imagined.

Perhaps because it was a rehearsal stage, the troupe was more rehearsing plays, occasionally in the Coliseum, but more often in off-Broadway rehearsal rooms.

But no matter where they are, they don't welcome idol stars from Hollywood, just like Broadway looks down on Hollywood.

Josie was isolated by everyone.

Fortunately, she herself felt quite indifferent.

On the one hand, Qiao Qian thought that she was just a passerby who came to steal a teacher for a few days, and being isolated did not affect her experience of their performance emotions on the spot, and try to figure out the psychology of the characters.

On the other hand, this kind of situation of not playing with outsiders, no matter which Josie has experienced before, she has forgotten how to feel uneasy about it, and instead appears at the rehearsal scene with a calm expression every day, like a big name Overseer.

Mr. Arthur Miller rarely appeared, and his daughter Rebecca Miller took full control of this rearrangement and the follow-up of the movie "The Age of Passion" (ie "The Melting Pot") - originally Martha Just stared at this project.

Rebecca didn't ask Josie how she was doing here, but asked in an exhausted afternoon, "Do you know if you want to try playing Abigail, Miss Holden, or other roles?"

Josie sat on the floor of the rehearsal room regardless of her image, slowly adjusting her breathing, just like every actor around her.

An hour and a half earlier, they had had a formal rehearsal, and Josie followed the actress who played the heroine Abigail, reading lines from the script silently while trying to empathize with her emotions.

After the rehearsal was over, Josie seemed to be performing a scene on stage, expending a lot of energy and physical strength.

"No, Miss Miller." Josie still refused, "I believe "The Age of Passion" will be an excellent thought-provoking movie, but I am not suitable."

Hearing this, the faint hostile gazes around her subsided a bit, and it was unclear whether she thought she was still self-aware, or she finally said something pleasant.

Jealousy is like a shadow, everywhere.

Josie Horton is a very lucky girl. She lived a rich and beautiful life for the first 16 years, but she soon became a Hollywood star when her family fell into ruin. Now she can earn money by just making a movie. millions.

As for them, most of them came from poor backgrounds, and they struggled with setting board roles in the theater at a young age. Only now did they have the opportunity to appear in famous Broadway plays, but all of them together did not earn as much as her one movie. many.

But what she played was nothing more than a silly blond girl with a silly grin.

Just a real show.

There is no difficulty, anyone can do it.

Rebecca paid no attention to the eyes of her surroundings.

Maybe she noticed, but didn't think it needed to be ignored.

She asked again: "Perhaps you would like to see us audition, Winona Ryder decided to play."

In fact, the heroine of the movie had been confirmed three days ago, and as soon as Arthur Miller let go, everything went back to a Hollywood-style order.

Josie raised her head and silently glanced at Rebecca.

The latter has gentle eyebrows and eyes, making it difficult to see what he is thinking.

Josie then said, "Okay."

Early the next morning, Josie used the disguise skills she had learned in the theater to dress up as a black, long, straight and pure girl with glasses, acting as Arthur Miller's entourage, and entered the theater that had been cleared.

The director and screenwriter of the film are surrounding Arthur Miller. Rebecca Miller has gone somewhere. The actors needed for this scene gather in twos and threes to keep quiet in the corner. Appear.

Arthur Miller coughed, and suddenly said, "Miss Horton!"

Standing alone in the corner, Josie, who was almost invisible, didn't expect to be called, and asked, "Yes, sir?"

"Come here." Arthur Miller said, he was sitting in the best viewing position of the theater, and even had a separate monitor to watch.

Josie hurried over.

Arthur Miller glanced at her and said, "Sit next to me, and you are responsible for recording what I say!"

Josie blinked innocently, took out her notepad and pen, and decided to obey the old gentleman.

The official auditions have begun.

As one of the best actresses of this generation, Winona Ryder's acting skills are beyond doubt, and this crazy character is also very suitable for her, at least Josie thinks it is more suitable for her than Joe in "Little Women".

There is also more room to play.

The ten-minute audition clip was quickly finished. Abigail played by Winona Ryder used the sweetest appearance and said the most vicious panic. The whole performance was crazy, paranoid, and vicious.

But she couldn't take away even the slightest bit of grace from another actor——

The man screamed, "God is dead!"

Angry, crazy and violent roaring on the verge of collapse, but lingering with a sense of helplessness that is almost fragile, his voice is perfect, his performance is also perfect, even his crumbling eyes as if the world is collapsing in front of his eyes are so perfect that it is unbelievable.

Josie was shocked.

This kind of shock cannot be fully expressed by mere words.

She sat there in a daze, her heart agitated, unable to speak for a while, even the frequency of her breathing became unconsciously slow, she couldn't get rid of the actor's eyes and a line just now in her mind, but her whole body was unprecedentedly sober .

For 10 minutes, Josie just sat there.

The performance of this scene on the stage has ended, the actors left the stage one after another, and the theater returned to the empty and quiet rehearsal day, only the two leading actors walked away to the audience after pulling away from their roles.

However, Arthur Miller, who didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, made a gesture to signal everyone to keep quiet.

Josie's brain seemed to be caught in an unprecedented storm.

Facing the drama stage and the charm of the top actors shocked her very much. Sometime later, cool tears flowed wantonly on her face, and even the rough black-rimmed glasses suffered, which instead became a occluder for her vision.

She suddenly gasped for breath.

Then, I heard Arthur Miller's voice beside me.

"Are you all right?" He asked lightly, "Then stand aside and listen."

At this time, Josie came back to her senses bit by bit.

Her back was already drenched in cold sweat, and her scalp still had a faint tingling feeling of excitement and shock, and the strong depression and anger brought about by being immersed in the drama were gradually being withdrawn.

Josie blinked slowly and rolled her eyeballs.

A large group of people stood in front of her, including Rebecca Miller with a slight smile, Winona Ryder with probing eyes, and——

Daniel Day-Lewis with messy black hair and unshaven beard, but still elegant temperament.

Facing the male protagonist's face that was very similar to but completely different from the performance just now, Josie opened her eyes wide, let out a deep breath, and gave up the position closest to Arthur Miller.

Daniel Day-Lewis showed Josie a kind and shy smile, as if to thank her for her affirmation of this performance.

Josie walked away dazed.

God, she felt like she had become a fan of Daniel Day-Lewis.

——A real movie fan.

The author has something to say: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival & National Day!

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