Chapter 8: Referee changes basketball
When I woke up, I felt a stone stuck in my head and shook it a few times. Eric subconsciously reached out to touch the mobile phone next to the pillow, and quickly understood her situation. She smiled and sat up. It was already More than nine in the morning.
This is the bedroom of Eric, on the second floor of Williams’ house. The blazing sun in the summer, unscrupulously slid into the bedroom through the floor-to-ceiling glass door of the south balcony. It has entered August, and it’s still not felt until noon. Sultry.
Reborn for more than half a month, Eric has been busy with all sorts of things, the whole heart is floating in the air. I didn't even have time to look at the new world I was in. Now that everything has a good start, the whole heart will fall into the atrium.
The bedroom is large, more than 30 square meters, and it is still empty after being placed in a big bed, wardrobe, desk, museum shelf and other messy things.
Memory Ralph once thought about dividing the bedroom into two rooms, but in the end it was not implemented, because the family had only two fathers and sons, the room was enough, and the other one did not know what to do. This seemingly bleak reason had caused Ralph to sink for many days, but until his death, Ralph did not have any action like finding a wife.
I don't know if every alcoholic man has such a heartbreaking past.
Walking down the second floor, it took half an hour to tidy up the messy living room after the party. After breakfast, Eric drove away from the house.
After spending a few hours, I went to the store to fix a Strauss piano and left the address for the deliveryman. Eric went to the bookstore and picked up a thick book on music arrangements.
Eric is not a whim and wants to be a singer. He is only preparing for the soundtrack of the future movie. There are so many classic movies in his mind. If you want to restore it perfectly, you must know some basic arrangements, at least To reach the level that can be used to write the existing songs in the mind, or else you can't come out in front of those professional movie soundtracks. Don't make trouble.
Hollywood is different from the entertainment industry in the East. Many mainland mainland directors usually find a soundtrack when they are ready to make a film. When they are preparing for a soundtrack, the scorer will look at the film to provide some songs. The director listens to it and the small hand takes a shot.
And music in Hollywood movies is a very important part, so the production is perfect, not to mention the background music, only the theme songs have emerged countless classics, many classic movie episodes are more famous in the world, such as "The Ghosts Are Not Ghost" "The Unrestrained Melody", "Italian Eternity" in "Titanic", "NewDivide" in "Transformers", "youngandbeautiful" in "The Great Gatsby", "Letitgo" in "Frozen", The nice songs in "Juneau" can fill an album.
When I returned home with a book, the deliveryman quickly sent the piano over. Eric directed the piano to be carried into the study room on the west side of the living room. It was a study room. In fact, there were no bookshelves, only a large desk and some other miscellaneous. Things. Eric’s book is all upstairs in his bedroom, and Ralph has no habit of reading.
After the piano is placed, try the sound as usual. Eric sat in front of the piano and put his hands on the keys. Then, in the eyes of several deliverymen with horror and contempt, the goods played a little bit of "HappyBirthday". 》. Eric squinted at the stunned deliveryman next to him, sighing and sighing. As far as this level is concerned, in the past circles, it is also barely a virtue.
In order to punish several deliverymen for their contempt, Eric directly halved the tip he was going to pay. However, several deliverymen apparently did not notice this. When they got on the bus, the white man snorted Strauss in his tall mouth, Strauss, but it was more than 20,000 dollars. Traus, the tone is full of a sense of collapse that marries the 28-year-old girl to the 82-year-old grandfather. Eric is a little embarrassed, but very helpless. Go up and tell him: Lao Yang, rest assured, I will take care of Xi'er.
......
"What, audition?" Eric asked in confusion: "Penny, hasn't my role been fixed?"
After spending a few days at home, learning music, practicing basketball and performances every day, Eric thought that this situation might continue until the film started, but only three days, I received a call from director Penny Marshall.
"Of course, Eric. I mean you want to participate in the audition of other characters. You are a screenwriter after all, you can provide some advice on the role selection, isn't it?"
Eric's abdomen can only make some comments, and nothing can be decided. However, Eric still readily agreed to Penny Marshall, who had wanted to participate in the production of the film to gain some experience.
Drive to Fox's photography base. Seeing Penny Marshall and James Brooks, the film selection is a big thing. The director and producer are of course present. It is still the room he auditioned a few days ago. There are several other staff involved in the casting. Only Eric is a young man.
It took more than ten minutes for the audition to begin. Penny Marshall took the initiative to talk to Eric about the preparations for "returning to seventeen."
"The success of "Flying Over the Future" made Twentieth Century Fox confident in our movie and set a budget of 20 million US dollars. But I hope that we will make it as soon as possible during the Thanksgiving Day, so we must be in two weeks. Complete the preparations and film the scenes in the school before the end of the summer vacation."
Eric took the list of audition actors handed over by the staff and said thank you. He heard the words of Penny Marshall: "As long as the shooting is smooth, three months is enough for this movie, there are only a few simple special effects in the movie. Lens, it won't take long."
Penny Marshall nodded. "It is true, but I have to reserve some time for publicity."
"Right, Penny, what role do we interview today?" Eric asked.
"It is like this. After adult Jack O'Donnell and Scarlett O'Donnell, we have invited Dan Ackroyd and Susan Sarandon respectively. Ned's adult role in James recommended him. A friend, today we mainly interviewed Mike's children and other young actors in the movie, so I think I should let you see."
Although Eric knew that his screenwriter was destined to have no say in the choice of other actors, but when he heard that he was completely unaware, several actors had already been settled, and he was still depressed. Fortunately, Penny Marshall The two actors mentioned are in line with Eric's expectations. As for Ned's role, James Brooks will never take a 20 million dollar investment, and the actor will not be too bad.
However, Eric is still somewhat unwilling, secretly vowed to master the right to speak in his own film, this feeling of being marginalized is really bad.
Under the sorrow, Eric was not in the mood to chat with Penny Marshall. Penny Marshall didn't see Eric's strangeness. He turned to the other side and whispered something to discuss with James Brooks.
Bored to open the audition actor list, the front is the actor, a small piece of meat in the photo shows his youthful vitality, after turning seven or eight copies, Eric finally found an acquaintance: Brad Pete. And the role of the audition turned out to be Alex. The image of the original movie, Alex, was the weak one. Eric felt that the original version was a bit too weak, and the small body swayed on the basketball court. It’s a bit off to be free.
According to his analysis, the reason why the thin boy is chosen instead of a slightly taller male voice, in addition to the plot needs, the director must also worry that this supporting role will suppress the protagonist Zach Efron, because Zach Eve The height of the dragon is only one meter and seventy-five. This height is very short among Westerners, especially Western actors. The audience who watched the movie in the past can obviously feel this.
Looking at the picture, Pitt, who is still 25 years old and still looks like a high school student, Eric suddenly feels that Pitt is playing tall and strong but being bullied everywhere. Finally, it is not bad to have a reversal of the role on the basketball court. And, Eric is also completely confident that his performance will not be suppressed by Brad Pitt. After Pete became famous, it was discovered that he played the son of Eric Williams. Isn’t it interesting?
The corner of the mouth twitched slightly, and Eric went over the list. Then there was no actor who was familiar with the past.
Next is a thick a dozen actress information, when I saw the first audition actress information, Eric chin almost fell, Angelina Jolie, the family is today. Looking back, Eric found that Julie should have just graduated from the performing arts school this year, ready to go to high school, and started his modeling career next year. I don't know why it happened on Maggie's audition list.
European and American women develop very early. In the photo, the 13-year-old Julie is already slim, blond, and iconic **** lips. The whole person has begun to exude a touch of wildness. Eric is not optimistic about Julie's audition results, and the ability to participate in the audition may be the result of his father's influence.
Continue to read, Eric found another very interesting girl.
"Hey, Penny," Eric took the message and asked, "What happened to Drew Barrymore, the bad things she did in the past two years... you know, maybe not Is it too suitable for our campus comedy?"
Penny Marshall looked at it and couldn't help but smiled: "Stephen recommended, the woman went to ask him for a dead skin. He was recommended to come over. But Stephen also suggested that we don't have to consider his factors at all, so you understand. ""
"Steven Spielberg?"
Penny Marshall nodded. "Yes, you know, Stephen is the godfather of Drew."
Eric sighed, then the woman with a disgust in Penny’s tone should be the greedy mother of Drew. It’s just a few minutes, just a few minutes, through the clues that Eric heard, he found that Hollywood’s selection of actresses was not as fair and transparent as the media said, and it’s still full of all kinds of human feelings, full of Various games.
Just about to look at the list, Penny Marshall patted Eric and said, "Well, Eric, finishing it, the audition begins."
Eric had to arrange the casts in order, waiting for the next audition.
I thought that I would become a display, providing at most one or two dispensable opinions and asking a few questions symbolically. I didn’t expect the first young actor to come in. After answering a few questions, the stage of the performance began. Penny Marshall smiled at Eric. “Eric, you go up and play with Mr. Walson. Opponent play."
Eric shrugged, looked at the lens script and went forward.
......
The fifth actor walked out of the audition room, and Eric sat back in his seat and joked and complained: "Penny, I thought you were calling me to be a referee, but I didn't expect it to be a basketball on the court."
"Oh, very interesting metaphor, don't complain, Eric. It's James's idea. He complained that I canceled your performance class and finally discussed this method for you to exercise."
Eric pretended to glance at James Brooks, who had nothing to say, and complained: "So why don't you explain it directly?"
"Don't you know now?" Penny Marshall smiled.
"Okay." Eric spread his hands silently.