643 seven auditions
Recently, there has been a lot of news about Renly's next work, including "Alien Battlefield", "Dark Shadows", "Fast and Furious" and other works; at the same time, "I Fight Cancer" The pre-publicity and the release promotion of "Crazy Love" are in full swing, and Renly has become the busiest actor this fall..
In fact, these reports are half true and half false, and they are all smoke bombs. In fact, Renly has been busy auditioning for "Edge of Tomorrow", even though the promotion work of "Crazy Love" is very busy.
The second audition was held in Pittsburgh. Renly did not see Lucinda Sison. The audition target became producer Tim Lewis. The audition took place in a coffee house. The two sat down. We met face to face to share our thoughts on the "Edge of Tomorrow" script..
Tim is sixty years old this year, but he is still energetic and energetic..
Generally speaking, Hollywood producers can be divided into three types. One type has countless projects in hand and is busy from beginning to end throughout the year. Steven Spielberg and Neil H. Moretz all fall into this category. In this category, one has clear goals, targeting the award season, and the works produced are always independent films, of which the Weinstein brothers are typical representatives; the other is striving for excellence, and may only work on a project for two or three years. , but he puts all his energy into every project, as is James Cameron.
Tim is the last one. He only has the "Edge of Tomorrow" project in his hands now, and he is promoting the development of the project wholeheartedly, which means that he can concentrate all his energy, which is a good thing. But judging from the current development situation, The progress of the project is unsatisfactory. Not only Warner Bros.'s wishes, but also Tim's own execution..
Throughout the audition process, the conversation was relaxed and pleasant. But the topic about the "Edge of Tomorrow" script only lasted a short while, and then Tim started chatting with Renly about Steven Spielberg..
Tim is an assistant director by training. He has been in the industry for nearly two decades and has shot nineteen films. He has worked with Harrison Ford in "Patriot Games" and with Meryl Streep in "Patriot Games." "Golden House", and also collaborated with Pierce-Brosnan (Pierce-Brosnan) in "007: GoldenEye", but the most memorable one is still his first work, Steven's "Empire of the Sun"”.
Until now, Tim and Steven still occasionally talk on the phone - after all, there are only so many old guys who have been in the industry for thirty years. Tim and Renly shared a lot of interesting things. , chatting happily.
The entire audition lasted for nearly an hour, but the actual discussion about "Edge of Tomorrow" took less than fifteen minutes, maybe even less than ten minutes. It was a piece of cake for Renly to cope with such an occasion; but the problem was, He wasn't sure how much progress had been made in such an audition..
The third audition was held in Los Angeles. The entire audition was very formal. The venue was in the photography base in Burbank. It was a small, regular room with cameras, light visors, scripts, etc. all in place, even better than the first audition. An audition should be more comprehensive.
A total of seven actors participated in the audition, including Renly, all of whom were familiar faces. Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, Charlie Hunnam, Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Aaron -Taylor Johnson, Chris Penn, Tom Hardy）.
It can be seen from the audition lineup alone that the "Edge of Tomorrow" project has finally made some progress. The selection of actors has initially taken a direction, and the auditions are on the right track. However, things obviously did not go as smoothly as imagined..
After entering the audition room, the person sitting in front of Renly was not Lucinda or Tim, but a completely unfamiliar face, Gregory-Jacobs.）.
Later, Renly asked Andy and found out that Gregory was a very famous producer and was also an assistant director, but his current status was far higher than Tim's..
“He can be seen behind the works of "Ocean's Eleven" series, "Before Sunrise", "Love God", "Never Compromise", "Drug Network" and other works. He and George Clooney, Brad... Pitt and others have close personal relationships, especially Steven Soderbergh (Steven-Sh). The two are close friends..
Gregory is currently preparing for "Magic Mike" and is very busy at work. Therefore, Andy speculated that coming to help audition for "Edge of Tomorrow" is not so much taking over as testing, just to look at the alternate actors and the potential of the script. Haven't decided yet whether to join it.
The subsequent audition also confirmed Andy's idea. After the audition began, Renly was asked to run back and forth in the small room twenty times, and then while still out of breath, he said two lines, and then again After running back and forth twenty times and simply asking a few basic questions, the audition was over..
It ended like this！
There were no lines, no performance, no dialogue, not even too much communication. After a mindless run back and forth, Renly went home. This was a completely nonsensical audition.！
The fourth audition was conducted over the phone, and the other person was the screenwriter of "Edge of Tomorrow", Derek-Kolstad. This is a name that I have never heard of, and in the previous life of "Tomorrow" "Edge" has not appeared in the list of screenwriters. However, this is not surprising. The scripts on the blacklist are only first drafts. The decision-making power of the final script is not in the hands of the screenwriter, just like "Life of Pi" "Same.
You could tell on the phone that Derek didn't have any experience. It only took Renly two sentences to get it out of the way, and Derek honestly revealed everything about himself..
He is an amateur screenwriter supported by a scholarship from the American Action Film Association. "Edge of Tomorrow" is only his second work - the first work died immediately and no one cares about it, but he did not expect that the second work will be unexpectedly was on the blacklist, and then Warner Bros. purchased the filming rights and the rights to adapt the original work from the association, and then fully took over.
To put it simply, Derek is a complete rookie. During the conversation, Derek explained the concept and conception of his first work. Renly sounded like the movie "Quick" starring Keanu Reeves later. The prototype of the concept of "Speed Chase", could it be that Derek is the screenwriter?？
However, this is not important. What is important is that during the "Edge of Tomorrow" audition, Derek didn't know what to ask or communicate at all. He just talked about the suspected "John Wick" script, and then After talking about the concept of "Edge of Tomorrow" again, Derek repeatedly exclaimed on the phone, "It's you, you are the most suitable candidate. Absolutely! Definitely."！”
After the fifth audition, things finally returned to normal. The audition location was a studio in Seattle. Renly rushed there after finishing his radio promotions. He was the only one auditioning, but the audition judges were satisfied. There are four, and all four are unfamiliar new faces..
After the previous four tests, Renly already understood it well and did not make any fuss. The audition process finally got into a good state. Renly first performed a piece of "Hamlet"; then he simply learned a piece of sparring moves and performed them on the spot. After a while, they talked about the role of William Cage, and Renly expressed some of his own opinions. Finally, he had a brief dialogue with one of the female producers..
The entire audition lasted for nearly forty minutes. This was Renly's most formal and comprehensive audition so far, even more formal than "The Pacific War". Although Renly didn't understand, a commercial movie like "Edge of Tomorrow" , what does it have to do with "Hamlet"? But throughout the audition process, acting, movement, image, and deportment were all tested, and one had to be highly concentrated throughout the process..
Before "Edge of Tomorrow", Renly was mentally prepared. The casting process for top commercial movies in Hollywood is very complicated. Four or five rounds of auditions are normal. Even top stars are no exception. , but the real tediousness and length are still beyond imagination..
For the first time, Renly realized that he was auditioning for the leading role in a top commercial blockbuster. It was not the third leading role in a commercial blockbuster like "Fast and Furious 5", nor was it a low-budget role like "Fighting Cancer". The leading actor of a comedy, but a super blockbuster whose investment and scale have reached the level of a giant. Of course, super blockbusters are secondary, and the most important thing is the leading actor - after all, Warner Bros.'s current budget for "Edge of Tomorrow" is still one billion US dollars.
For the sixth audition, Renly returned to New York. This audition was not big, but not small either. Besides him, there were three other actors participating in the audition, all of them "new" faces. Not new for new people, but new for newcomers. New ones corresponding to the third audition: Andrew Garfield, Jeremy Renner and Channing Tatum.
Instead of saying that all the actors who had auditioned before were eliminated, Renly believed that it was just the result of the different audition locations. The "Edge of Tomorrow" crew should be intensively auditioning more actors. This is a positive thing for the project preparation. signal.
However, the casts of the two auditions have a really wide range in terms of age, style, and appearance. I don’t know if it’s because the main creative staff hasn’t finalized the concept yet, or because the main creative staff hasn’t finalized the lineup at all..
Interestingly, we finally saw familiar faces among the auditioners - Lucinda appeared again, and screenwriter Derek also appeared. After six auditions, there were finally no unfamiliar faces anymore, which made Renly couldn't help but laugh. "It seems that there are not as many staff in Hollywood as we thought," he said..”
This light atmosphere continued throughout the audition process. Renly just sat on a chair and chatted with the five interviewers in front of him. Real chat, talking about interesting things in the recent period, and talking about "Crazy Love". details of watching the movie, and talked about the comedy performances in "The Tonight Show" and "Me Fighting Cancer"……
The conversation, which lasted about twenty minutes, ended happily and happily..
Originally, Renly thought that six auditions were all, but that was not the case. Today, Renly will have his seventh audition in just four weeks; moreover, the audition location was chosen in Beverly Hills. at a private party.
“Renly, here." A black sports car stopped on the side of the road, and Renly's driver arrived..
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