"Life and Death Reading" tells the story of a year-end relationship between a German teenager Misha and a middle-aged woman Hannah, but Hannah left without saying goodbye.When Misha, later a young lawyer, meets Hannah again, she is a defendant on trial for war crimes for her actions while working as a concentration camp guard in the latter stages of the war.

The story revolves around this theme, but the core character is the illiterate Hannah.

A middle-aged woman in her 40s has her own unique feeling.

And Stephen Daldry's eyes lit up when he saw Nicole Kidman.

Obviously, after losing the favorite candidate Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman undoubtedly became the better candidate.

But when his eyes gradually shifted to Elisa Serena, an actress who is much younger than Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet, the two old film actresses, he still couldn't help it. Stop trembling.

Undoubtedly, she surprised him with her attire, she didn't look like a 23-year-old girl at all. It always seems a little out of place, but Elisa is different. She uses the appearance of a 23-year-old woman and the calm temperament of her 30s to support this set of clothes.

This made Stephen Daldry, who had sentenced her to death without even looking at her when she entered the door, changed his view of her again.

Among the actors he values, Kate Winslet is not particularly old, but Nicole Kidman is a little older than her, and Elisa Serena is the youngest of the three of.

That is to say, among the three, she is also the least likable.

She knew a long time ago when she was filming American dramas that sometimes in the script, how well you fit the characters is also one of the conditions for a director to decide whether to use you.

But it's just one of them.

If the actors were only selected based on the matching settings of the characters, then it is estimated that Elisa would not even be able to enter the door of this audition hall today.

Therefore, what she needs to do now is to make the director completely change himself, from appearance to acting skills.

Judging from his expression just now, he was very satisfied with the thought he had put into this outfit.

Then, it's time to start auditioning.

As early as [-], Nicole Kidman won a number of Best Actress awards including the Oscar for "The Hours".

In the previous year, her short-lived marriage with Tom Cruise also became the focus of media magazines' rush to report.

And now when the veteran actress looks at you with those brilliant turquoise blue eyes, you'll be overwhelmed by what's inside.

A formidable foe.

She silently thought in her heart that Nicole Kidman has been nominated for many awards, and her acting skills are extraordinary, and the different images she has created on the screen are also very successful. It can be said that if Elisa wants It can be said that getting this role in front of Kidman is no less than winning another Oscar for Best Actress.

Casting factors involved various aspects. Originally, she did not have an advantage in character setting. Well, speaking of it now, she just barely raised the original negative score in Stephen Daldry's heart to 0.

Compared to Nicole Kidman, who had a halo of scores from the very beginning, her situation is really not that good.

In addition to her acting skills, although she can be said to be better than some Hollywood stars who have debuted for many years, Nicole Kidman is definitely not bad either.

She is 20 years older than Elisa. When she won the Oscar for the first time, Elisa hadn't even traveled through time. The original owner might still be working diligently for that scumbag. to raise him.

Even with the same acting skills, even Elisa's acting skills slightly surpassed Nicole Kidman's. She believed that Stephen Daldry would not choose herself, but Nicole Kidman.

Therefore, in order to really win this role, she must show her acting skills that completely suppress Nicole Kidman during the audition.

is it possible?

impossible.

Even though she has the interpretation space to back her up, and can even control her emotions at any time, if she is allowed to beat Nicole Kidman a little bit, she still has some confidence in her heart, but if she is to completely suppress her, Elisa thinks You might as well go back to sleep.

Perhaps in a dream, this wonderful outcome will come to her.

Nicole Kidman obviously knew the results of the audition very well in her heart. It can be said that everyone present could have imagined who the role would belong to in the end.

However, Stephen Daldry did not directly appoint a candidate, and he still wanted to save some face for Eliza Serena.

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The performance passages he gave were simple, rough and clear.

There are no scene hints, just a few simple words.

"Hannah is illiterate. Although she is full of yearning and regret for reading, she is more interested in reading. The stronger her yearning for the beautiful things in the cultural world, the stronger she wants to maintain her self-esteem, but in order to cover up her illiteracy at the expense of lying and hurting those who love him." Stephen Daldry continued: "A woman full of contradictory charms, I need you to show it boldly."

This topic is not difficult, nor is it very simple, but it can also be said to be very fair, throwing away the restrictions of appearance, and only focusing on eyes.

Frankly speaking, this is a small advantage for Elisa.

If Eliza Serena has been praised as the best actor with voice, then Nicole Kidman is an actor who makes good use of her beautiful blue eyes.

"You're here." She lowered her voice very low, knowing that the person she was waiting for had arrived, but she didn't look back.

She was motionless, looking out of the window, seemed to think of something, but seemed to find nothing, she could not read at all, but there was no blankness in her eyes, on the contrary, from her eyes intertwined with different emotions, you could not think of such things It is a 40-year-old woman. If you say why Eichmann fell in love with such a much older lady than him, look at her eyes, and maybe you will understand it all at once.

Stephen Daldry nodded, obviously very satisfied with Nicole Kidman's performance, and then his gaze turned to Elisa.

Nicole Kidman also restrained her emotions a little, and cast her encouraging eyes on her.

Indeed, for Nicole Kidman, if she was a year or two older, she would be almost a mother for Elisa at her age.

Elisa nodded to the two of them, closed her eyes, and exuded her aura.

Even if she knew the result, she would use all her thoughts to concentrate on this matter.

"You came?"

Compared to Nicole Kidman, her voice is a bit deeper. She is known as the actress who can act with voice best. She is definitely not in vain. Just such a simple sentence is enough Let the eyes of everyone in the room light up.

It really is a good seedling, Nicole Kidman thought secretly in her heart.

Her eyes are focused, not as ethereal as Nicole Kidman, but very firm, with a hint of doubt about the future, sometimes whispering, as if she is talking to herself, she tries her best to hide that she is just a The fact of illiteracy, but in the end, still ended in vain.

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After the audition, before leaving, looking at Stephen's eyes, Elisa knew that this role probably had nothing to do with her.

The final candidate should be Nicole Kidman.

But for this result, she had already expected it in her heart. Even if she really found out, she was only slightly regretful and didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

After all, Nicole Kidman is much more experienced than her in every aspect, and she readily accepts this result.

It's just that for Walkley's side, she also apologized to the agent who had high expectations for her.

"Well, in fact, my ability to accept this result is still acceptable."

Walkley said, raising his eyebrows. Suddenly, his cell phone vibrated, telling Elisa to wait a moment while he answered a call.

"Yes, it's me."

It was just a phone call. Although Walkley's expression did not change, Elisa could still see the faint excitement he was hiding.

"A big pie."

Walkley answered the phone and said to Elisa on the side.

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