Chapter 1044 1144. Countryside

Chapter 1044 1144. Countryside

March 6, Los Angeles.

At 9:00 in the morning, the temperature was 20 degrees and the humidity was moderate. Such refreshing and pleasant weather made Nie Wei, who was about to start the second round of auditions, feel very good.

The audition lasted for three days, and a total of 87 actors signed up. Nie Wei will also select the last part of the cast from these actors.

The process was very smooth. In fact, it only took two and a half days for Nie Wei and others to complete the task.

In the final discussion, Nie Wei still gave the male lead to Keanu Reeves, and did not choose the more famous Pitt.

In fact, the two are equally good in acting and image. Perhaps the younger Pitt has a slight advantage, but the agency behind him drags him down.

Not all directors like to cooperate with agencies like CAA. Nie Wei has never been moved by their promised star promotion. The movies he shot have formed a word-of-mouth effect so far, and he is no longer the "poor and white" Nie Wei who just arrived in Hollywood.

Nie Wei feels that his name is the best publicity.

After the results came out, Pitt's agent only expressed regret to Nie Wei on the phone, hoping that there would be a chance for cooperation next time.

Nie Wei also agreed with a smile, but in fact, Nie Wei had already questioned CAA's artists in his heart. If these actors could not get rid of CAA's control one day and let the agency interfere with the crew, then Nie Wei would not use them.

Nie Wei's own crew can only have one voice, that is Nie Wei's own voice.

Nie Wei also did not use William from another agency. Although the latter behaved much more honestly than CAA, who made William inferior to others? During the audition in Los Angeles, Nie Wei found a better actor.

Timothy, born in 1995, is not yet 18 years old this year, but his mature acting skills are like a 30-year-old actor.

Interestingly, Nie Wei only knew that his movie was the first movie made by this kid after he confirmed that it was him.

"Director, I will definitely work hard to play this role well, don't worry." On the phone, Timothy was so excited that he almost cried after receiving the news that he passed the audition. As an actor, he knew very well how difficult it was to make the step from a TV actor to a movie actor.

Although there is only one letter difference between movie actors and TV actors, the distance between them is very different.

Hu Ge in the original time and space has been acting for more than ten years and has starred in so many good TV series. His acting skills are well-known, but why has he not been named a top actor by the public? The reason is that he has no outstanding film achievements.

The big screen is always the ultimate pursuit of actors. Only box office and those movie trophies are the real interests and glory of actors.

What's more, Timothy can meet a world-class director like Nie Wei in his first movie. Although he only plays a small role and has few shots, as long as this movie can be like last year's "Inception", no, even if it is like "The Martian", he will definitely be able to lay a solid foundation in the film industry.

When he thought of this, he felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

"You are the actor I chose. I am very confident in my vision, and naturally I am also very confident in you. I will ask someone to send you the script tomorrow. Study it carefully. Although your role is not large, I believe you have the ability to play this small role well, right?"

"Of course, I can do it." Timothy was excited by Nie Wei's words, and he almost swore to guarantee it.

Seeing Nie Wei hang up the phone, Shu Chang on the side couldn't help laughing and said, "You are fooling young fools again."

"How can this be called fooling? If he really plays well, maybe he will really become famous." Nie Wei retorted with a smile.

In fact, what he said just now was mostly just a nice thing. Timothy's role is really not outstanding. Even the adult version of this role is a supporting role among supporting roles, which is far from the outstanding level of the role of his sister in the film.

However, actors cannot give up their pursuit. Even the most ordinary roles will always have a moment to shine. Even if it is a faint light, there will be a time when the audience will discover it. If you catch it, you will naturally be able to enter the hearts of the audience and be remembered by them.

Timothy received a call from Nie Wei and thought he was the special one. This is why he was easily fooled by Nie Wei. After all, he was such a small supporting role, but the director took the initiative to call to inform him. What else could he do if he was not optimistic about himself?

In fact, he was overthinking it. Timothy was not the special one. In fact, Nie Wei personally called every actor who successfully auditioned.

A movie takes at least three months to shoot, especially a science fiction blockbuster like "Interstellar", which takes longer to shoot in various places.

This cooperation of more than 100 days is not only about the main actors, but also the supporting roles. Nie Wei personally called them to at least let them feel Nie Wei's attention, so that they can work more seriously, just like a watch, every gear must be perfect to get the most accurate time.

Nie Wei's last call was for Keanu Reeves.

In fact, before the call, Keanu had already received the news of his competitor's failure, and when Nie Wei called, he was even having a small party at home with his agent to celebrate.

Nie Wei's "Interstellar" is the most important role he has received since "The Matrix", not to mention that Keanu is even more excited when he thinks about working with Nie Wei and asking Nie Wei for advice on kung fu.

He has already met the teacher introduced to him by the Cheng family and recognized his strength. When he returned to Kyoto this time, he brought the teacher with him.

However, in Keanu's heart, although the teacher is also very powerful, there is still a big gap compared to Nie Wei. At least his current teacher can't even break the sandbag normally, let alone break the sandbag like Nie Wei, which is as incredible as the legendary "shooting a bull across a mountain".

Moreover, Keanu's indirect inquiries during this period also learned from the teacher how strong Nie Wei is.

Grandmaster! This is the answer Keanu got.

Keanu has a deep understanding of this word, because only those who have reached the top in all walks of life are qualified to be called grandmasters.

Keanu was surprised when he heard this evaluation, but soon he deeply agreed with it. In Keanu's heart, Nie Wei's strength is indeed worthy of the title of Grandmaster.

This also stimulated Keanu more, and he was more eager to ask Nie Wei for advice on kung fu.

So after receiving Nie Wei's call, Keanu did not express his joy about getting the role immediately after listening to Nie Wei's words. Instead, he happily asked Nie Wei if he could ask Nie Wei for advice on kung fu during his free time at work.

"Keanu, if you can perfectly meet my requirements, as long as I have free time, I will naturally be willing to guide you." Nie Wei replied. He was not afraid that Keanu would not concentrate on acting because of kung fu. He only needed to add a "shackle" to make this guy listen to him obediently.

Keanu nodded and agreed to Nie Wei without hesitation, saying that he would study the role seriously when he got the script.

The other party was almost fifty years old, which was almost the age of knowing the destiny in China, so Nie Wei would not say much extra words. He believed that the other party knew how to get what he wanted.

After completing the audition in three days, Nie Wei and Shu Chang did not return to Kyoto immediately, but drove a motorhome to the western United States.

This is a journey. Before Shu Chang came to the United States, she wanted to take a road trip. Since time allowed, Nie Wei naturally wanted to satisfy his wife's wish.

In addition to traveling, the main destination of the two was the important location where the movie was about to be filmed.

Shu Chang bought a small farm in Colorado.

Because in the movie, the protagonist's occupation in the plot setting is not only a former astronaut, but also currently doing farming. Especially in the social background of the movie, almost everyone is farming, so a farm is very important.

"Eight thousand acres of land have been planted with corn according to your requirements. In May and June, the corn will probably grow to the shape you want. In addition, I have also asked the town there. They are very welcome to our filming and are very willing to cooperate with our work."

"By the way, the mayor also asked me if I could help him arrange a role in your movie." Shu Chang said with a smile.

"Of course, that's no problem. I can temporarily add a role for him, and even give him two lines." Nie Wei readily agreed to the mayor's small request, which was not excessive.

You know, in the United States, the power of a town chief is very great, because this position is not appointed by the top like in China, but elected by the people of the whole town, just like the village chief in China. The power of the village chief in the village is almost the same as that of the town chief here, or even higher.

It can make the mayor happy and then cooperate with the work better. Nie Wei is naturally not afraid of this little trouble and is willing to meet the mayor's request.

Nie Wei naturally knew about Shu Chang's purchase of the farm.

Moreover, this farm was not purchased with public funds, but Shu Chang and Nie Wei bought it with their own money. The farm is not big, with only 8,000 acres of land, most of which are cultivated land, and the rest of the grassland is used for livestock. There are also some horses and cattle on the farm, but they are not expensive breeds.

In addition, a small villa and a small repair shop are also included with the purchase of the farm. Because all farms in the United States are fully mechanized, the most feared thing is that the agricultural machinery breaks down, so basically everyone who runs a farm is good at repairing machinery.

The RV drove slowly and leisurely for five full days before reaching the final destination.

After getting off the car, Nie Wei's first feeling was that the wind was a bit strong here. Shu Chang called the workers hired by the farm on the side. After a while, he saw a very broken pickup truck driving over. When Nie Wei got closer, he found that this broken pickup truck was actually a Ford Raptor 150.

"Hi, SU." Three people got off the car. One of the white uncles greeted Shu Chang warmly after seeing him.

"Uncle Drew, hello, this is my husband." Shu Chang smiled and introduced Nie Wei to Uncle Drew, and the two young men following Uncle Drew were his two sons. Like the son of the male protagonist in the play, after going to college and finding it difficult to find a job, they returned to their hometown to help work on the family farm.

Although many city dwellers look down on country folks, and some even call them "farmers," the income of rural farmers is actually much higher than that of most city dwellers.

Especially in the United States, running a farm is really profitable. In a good year, you can earn more than those white-collar workers.

So Uncle Drew didn’t think his two children had no future when they returned to work on the farm. Instead, he was overjoyed and felt that his farm had successors.

The farm that Nie Wei bought was currently employed by Uncle Drew’s family. Drew was very good at farming. After Shu Chang learned about the situation, he rented the farm to them. Of course, the contract was to be fulfilled after the filming of the movie was completed.

“Hello, Mr. Nie, my name is Owen.” Uncle Drew’s eldest son was not tall, and looked only a little over 1.7 meters tall, but he was very strong, with muscles all over his body, and his shirt was bulging, looking like a small tank.

“My name is William.” Uncle Drew’s other youngest son also took the initiative to introduce himself, looking at Nie Wei and even a little excited.

“I’m your fan, Nie, I love your movies very much. When I heard that you were going to shoot a movie here, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep all night.” After greeting, William exposed his fan attributes.

“There is also an actor named William in my audition recently.” Nie Wei said with a smile.

"Really? What role does he play? I must go to see the movie after it is released." William asked happily.

"Sorry, I eliminated him." Nie Wei shrugged and replied. Hearing this, William's smile froze, but his embarrassed expression made others laugh.

"Nie, I like your humor." Uncle Drew gave Nie Wei a thumbs up and praised.

After getting to know each other, Uncle Drew took Nie Wei and Shu Chang to check the farm. After a round, more than two hours passed.

Looking at the time, Uncle Drew invited Nie Wei and Shu Chang to dinner.

Nie Wei did not refuse and took Shu Chang to Uncle Drew's house for dinner. When they returned to the farm villa, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Uncle Drew, who sent Nie Wei and Shu Chang home, told Nie Wei when he left that he would come to pick Nie Wei up to the town on time at 8:30 tomorrow morning.

Nie Wei was also looking forward to meeting the mayor who claimed to be a fanatical fan of his movies.

The next morning, when Nie Wei and Shu Chang were having breakfast, they heard a knock on the door. Cheng Zimo went to open the door, and soon, he came in with Drew.

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