2046 [Cow Chew Peony]
Jennifer Connery met Tim Burton with her personal companion in the summer to audition for the movie "Edward Scissor Hand".
After coming to the conference room, Jennifer Connery got a dialogue and a simple and clear character introduction. She had to use her own understanding of the character to read that dialogue in the tone of the character. This is also the most basic audition.
When Jennifer Connery went upstairs just now, Xia Tian had already introduced the heroine's situation to her in detail. Because he himself is the screenwriter of "Edward Scissor Hand", he naturally has a thorough understanding of the characters. Now that he explained this to her, Jennifer Connery immediately understood and had a certain understanding of the heroine.
So after she got the line, Jennifer Connery quickly got into the role and read out the line easily in the tone the heroine should.
Tim Burton nodded after hearing this, thinking that her performance was quite good.
"Miss Connery, you performed very well, and I am still very satisfied with you. In this way, you can go back and wait for the notification first." He then said.
Jennifer Connery nodded with a smile when he heard him say this, "Thank you, director, I am very much looking forward to receiving your call and working with you."
Although she took a bus for half an hour and crossed most of the city, the interview was useless for five minutes, Jennifer Connery didn't feel wronged.
Because this is the case for auditions in Hollywood, there are more than one million artists working here, and less than 200 movies produced every year, which is a serious matter of having more monks and less porridge and less meat. Therefore, there are countless people fighting for every character in each drama, which leads to not having enough time during the audition, and it is great to have a chance to show your face.
In fact, Jennifer Connery is still good. When Cheng Long entered Hollywood in his early years, he would take more than ten hours to the United States for audition, spend five minutes to audition, and then take more than ten hours to return to Hong Kong for audition.
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Summer then sent Jennifer Connery out, "Don't worry, go back and wait for the notification. With me here, you're going to be the heroine."
"Yeah." Jennifer Connery was very happy when he heard that.
The few movies she has starred in before, except for her debut film "The Past of America", almost all of them are bad movies. The reason for this is mainly because no one supports her. Although she has some relationship with the Presbyterian Church, she actually did not get much resources.
Now with the support of Xia Tian, it is really great that she can win the heroine of "Edward Scissor Hand" and work with a great director like Tim Burton. Therefore, she is also very grateful for Xia Tian's support.
"Okay, you go back first, I'll talk to the director." Xia Tian said with a smile after sending Jennifer Connery into the elevator, and then returned to the conference room.
"How is it, Tim, Miss Connery is not bad, right?" Xia Tian smiled at Tim Burton.
"It's really good." Tim Burton nodded, "She is beautiful and has outstanding temperament. She is very good at reading the lines just now, and she has a good grasp of her feelings. It can be seen that her acting skills are still very good."
"Since that's the case, then let's decide. The heroine will choose her." Xia Tian smiled.
"Don't worry, I want to let Winona Reed try it out again. To be honest, although Miss Connery's performance is very good, in my heart, Winona Reed is the best candidate for the heroine." Tim Burton waved his hand.
He had worked with Winona Reid in "Beetle Juice" before, and he had a certain understanding of her appearance, temperament and acting skills. In addition, he had a very pleasant collaboration before, so Tim Burton wanted to work with her again.
This is also the communication of many directors. People like Zhang Yimou, Wang Jiawei, Wu Yusen and others are also quite passionate and willing to work with the same person.
As a director, Xia Tian naturally understands this, but it does not mean that he supports Tim Burton's idea.
"Tim, since Jennifer Connery is good, then that's what it's up. I don't need to invite other actors to audition." Xia Tian waved his hand.
Tim Burton was stunned and then said unhappy, "Mr. Xia, as the director of this movie, I have the right to choose a more suitable actor for it."
As a great director, he is not even free to choose actors now, and Tim Burton is naturally unhappy because he is repeatedly stopped. To be honest, directors of his level have a very high voice in the crew. He has the final say on which actors to choose, what costumes to use, and what styles to do...
"Tim, as a producer, I also have the right to decide on actors." Xia Tian responded coldly when he saw him say this.
It is true that Tim Burton is a big director, but he has no arrogant status in front of him. To be honest, let alone him, even the world's top directors such as Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, etc. are nothing in front of top entertainment tycoons like him.
Because this world is a world of capital, capital overwhelms everything. As long as you have money in summer, you can completely replace another director with a film. And directors like Tim Burton and Stephen Spielberg may lose their status as long as a film is not well filmed.
"Mr. Xia, what if I insist on using Winona Reed?" Tim Burton asked in anger when he saw Xia Tian say this.
"If this is the case, then I will fire your squid and change another director." Xia Tian saw him say this and smiled coldly, "With such a good script and such a good actor, as long as the director has a little strength, it will not be difficult to achieve a high box office."
"Edward Scissor Hand" is a very poignant love movie. The story itself is very good, and of course Johnny Depp also acts very well.
For such good stories and good actors, in fact, as long as the director is not willing to commit suicide and shoots honestly according to the script, even if the quality is reduced in the end, it is not difficult to win a high box office, so Tim Burton may not be necessary in summer.
"Did you know that if the heroine is played by Winona Reid, then this movie will not only achieve a high box office, but also become an immortal classic?" Tim Burton suddenly felt like a cow chewing peonies when he heard Xia Tian say this.
Such a good script should be matched with the best actors and the best directors, and it is just a classic one. But in summer, it only looks at the box office returns, which is really a waste of resources.
"It doesn't matter, I have all the scripts anyway, it's ruined if they are ruined." Xia Tian curled his lips.
Chapter completed!