Chapter 704： selection of actors

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Evan Bell finished all the post-production of "The Notebook" before the end of January. In fact, this is not a movie with very tedious editing work. Otherwise, with the skills of Evan Bell, a rookie director, it is estimated that there are still more Gotta toss.

With just over a week to the end of January, and the opening ceremony of the first store on November, Evan Bell plans to start building the cast of "Mysterious Skin" before February arrives.

Although this is Evan Bell's second directorial work in a short period of time, when it comes to casting actors, he is the first official contact. Whether it was "Deadly Identity", "Crash" or "The Notebook", he had never directly touched this field; even if he made a cameo appearance for Christopher Nolan's new work, it was only a mere opinion.

On the contrary, the "Navy Criminal Investigation Service" once participated in an interview for a role, but at that time Evan Bell had a very clear concept of the final actor candidate, so it was not an interview, but an internal decision. But this time, Evan Bell doesn't remember the actors of "Mysterious Skin" very well. After all, most of the actors who starred in this movie were not well-known. Therefore, Evan Bell intends to re-select a lineup that he feels suitable.

As for the actor Neil, Evan Bell contacted Joseph Gordon-Levitt without any hesitation, and he is still the number one pick for Neil in his mind. Joseph Gordon-Levitt received a call from Evan Bell, only to hear that it was a script adapted by Evan Bell, and that he also wanted to be a part-time producer and director. He didn't even ask what the subject matter was, and he directly agreed to act. . This is good news for Evan Bell.

"Mysterious Skin" has very few actors, not even extras. The two male protagonists, Neil and Bryan, Neil's two friends, Wendy and Eric, the mothers of Neil and Bryan, and a woman named Avalian are friends that Bryan met later. Of course, there's the baseball coach who committed the assault, and the actors from when Neil and Brian were kids.

After thinking about it carefully, Evan Bell will follow the procedure and release the information for recruiting actors in the Actors Guild in New York and Los Angeles.

However, regarding the role of Brian, Evan Bell called Ryan Gosling, and he was a little unsure. Because Brian's character is very different from Ryan Gosling's previous paranoid to dark character.

Facing the terrifying experience of being violated by his coach when he was a child, Brian chose to forget those few hours, thinking that he had met an alien. Since then, Brian has been exploring the secrets of aliens. Brian is innocent and pure, his loneliness and loneliness is like an unfathomable black hole, which makes him feel terrified, but he has been unable to find out the truth of the lost memory.

From this perspective alone, Ryan Gosling is actually not suitable for the role of Brian. But Evan Bell then thought of it, Ryan Gosling's 2007 work "Love of Inflatable Dolls" can be said to be another masterpiece of Cult movies. The hero of the movie, Russ, is shy and shy, and gradually Isolated from the world, he almost forgot how to communicate with people. Later, Russ ordered a life-size inflatable doll on the Internet and got along with her as his girlfriend.

In "The Love of the Bubble Doll", Ryan Gosling's performance is very exciting, showing the introverted and shy young Russ incisively and vividly. So, after thinking about it, Evan Bell called Ryan Gosling.

Ryan Gosling is very happy about Evan Bell's call, because "The Notebook" has only been completed for less than two months. He knows that Evan Bell is preparing his second work as director, and intends to let him again. When he starred, Ryan Gosling nodded in agreement without any hesitation.

However, Evan Bell advised his friends to think about it. He explained the character of Brian in detail once, and gave an introduction to the tone and investment of this "mysterious skin", so that Ryan Gosling could read the script. Make a decision later.

Evan Bell naturally hopes that Ryan Gosling can play, but there is still a difference between Ryan Gosling now and Ryan Gosling three years later. There is a good performance in "The Love of the Inflatable Doll", but now it does not mean that he can perform the role of Brian in "Mysterious Skin". Therefore, Evan Bell hopes that Ryan Gosling can make his own judgment after he has a detailed understanding of the diagonal characters of the script.

After learning about the situation, Ryan Gosling also agreed. Evan Bell then sent the script to Ryan Gosling, waiting for his good news.

Later, in order to audition for other roles in the script, Evan Bell flew to Los Angeles in person.

After arriving at the Four Seasons Hotel, Evan Bell did not make any adjustments, he came to the Starbucks on the corner of Wilshire Avenue, found a seat and sat down. The sun at two o'clock in the afternoon was very vicious. Most of the people who went out for shopping hid in the shopping mall and walked to the street. A small number of people chose to find a shop to sit down and enjoy afternoon tea. However, there are a lot of places to rest on Wilshire Boulevard, so there are not many customers in Starbucks, and there are only a dozen people who can reach the line of sight. Two of them, Evan Bell strongly suspects it seems to be Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.

Not long ago, "The Notebook" needed to build a scene in Charleston because of the times, and the final cost of the whole movie came to 15 million. This time, "Mysterious Skin" only has a budget of 300,000 yuan. Although Evan Bell is the head of Eleven Studio, he does not intend to squander the capital at will. Furthermore, the script of "Mysterious Skin" doesn't need a big scene, and he doesn't plan to use big-name actors. Evan Bell just wanted to tell the story seriously, so when making the budget, Evan Bell finally calculated $200,000, but in order to avoid unexpected situations, Teddy Bell still planned. Left $300,000 for Evan Bell.

Christopher Nolan paid just £6,000 for "Following". And there are countless independent directors who can't get investment and can only tighten their belts to live. "Mysterious Skin" does not need to build a studio, secondly, it does not need too many actors, thirdly, it does not require gorgeous costumes, and fourthly, it does not require special effects production, so Evan Bell has no intention of spending money at will.

Comparing the budget of 300,000 US dollars with the cost of 15 million US dollars, it can be said that "Mysterious Skin" is definitely not a high-level work compared to "Love Notebook". In addition, the script of "Mysterious Skin" is not a love story of "The Notebook". "Mysterious Skin" can be regarded as a Cult movie. It may not be as obscure as "Death Illusion", but the subject matter of this work can definitely be said to be a xìng is full.

When Evan Bell directed "The Notebook", the media mistook him for "Mysterious Skin" and doubts were overwhelming. Elliott Carter mentioned, "Children, **** love, AIDS, Evan Bell's choice to direct such a work is the best embodiment of his dark and twisted heart..." Although it was later confirmed that Evan Bell directed The first work is "Love Notebook", but the voice of doubt has not been weakened much, just diverted the target of attack. After all, a simple love movie like "Love Notebook" is definitely not "worthy of expectation".

It is undeniable that the media is still not optimistic about a Cult movie such as "Mysterious Skin", whether it is word of mouth or box office, it can definitely be said to be a bad voice. Even with the **** support of Evan Bell such as "Entertainment Weekly" and "The New York Times", both "The Notebook" and "Mysterious Skin" can be said to be moving forward in difficulty.

The meager and pitiful budget, the unfamiliar themes, and the boos from the media, it is doomed that there will not be too many actors coming for interviews. Imagine a big-name actor, with a salary of several million, or even Tens of millions of dollars, unless Evan Bell's best friend is willing to lower the price or even star in the movie for free, no one will want to join "Mysterious Skin".

In fact, when Joseph Gordon-Levitt joined the "Mysterious Skin" crew, he only received a salary of $10,000 in a symbolic way, just like the "deadly identity" at the beginning. If Ryan Gosling is also confirmed to join, his salary will definitely not be the same as "The Notebook". . As for Evan Bell, he has directed two works at present, and they should all be played with zero income I just don't know what the effect of the final work will be.

Evan Bell set the interview time at 2:30 this afternoon. I don't know how many people would be willing to interview for such a small work as "Mysterious Skin".

Looking at his watch, it was already 2:20, and no one showed up. During this period, two people came to look for Evan Bell to take a photo and sign. Evan Bell is also very calm, a work with a budget of less than 300,000 US dollars, this kind of situation is normal.

However, Evan Bell, who has not participated in this kind of audition similar to the audition, has forgotten one, very important point, that a film with a small cost and a small production is very attractive to second- and third-tier actors. The biggest characteristic of second- and third-tier actors is punctuality. They hope to arrive on time to make a good impression on the interviewers. Of course, it's also a good idea to arrive a few minutes early. If there is too much advance, they will mostly wait quietly outside the interview venue.

Therefore, at around 2:25, the actors started to enter the door one after another. By 2:30, Evan Bell had gathered in front of about 11 or 2 actors. He even It was too late to start interviewing for the first actor.

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