Chapter 346

The black Chrysler car turns into the widened four lane entrance of Malibu Danieli studio from California coastal highway No.1, and goes along the U-shaped asphalt road to the gate of the studio on the hillside. After checking, the guard waves to let it go.

Entering the park, an open parking lot first appears on the left side of the main road, extending to the South Cliff.

Less than a week after it was officially opened, the car park was already crowded with vehicles, which shows the busy degree of the studio.

The destination is on the top floor of the executive district. As Chrysler passes through the busy studio area, Hollywood actress Joanna Cassidy looks around curiously. To sum up, at least since her debut in the late 1960s, there has never been such a large movie city in Hollywood. On the contrary, many old movie cities have been sold and used for other purposes.

Only this point, the young man who created all this in just a few years is hard to be surpassed.

Thinking of Simon westero, Joanna Cassidy took her mind back and began to ponder the upcoming audition.

Joanna Cassidy came for the role of Diana Prince's mother, Queen Hippolyte, in wonder woman.

The casting of DC movie universe is the most eye-catching thing in Hollywood recently.

According to Hollywood media reports during this period, danielis entertainment first contacted Sigmund Weaver for this role.

Seagny Weaver has just given birth to a baby and plans to take a year off. This is not a big problem. The schedule of wonder woman is 1992, and it happens that filming will start next year. However, due to signi Weaver's refusal to sign multiple film contracts, high film remuneration and other additional conditions, danilisi entertainment directly chose to give up.

Joanna Cassidy has been in the circle for 20 years, but there are some sources, so she knows that Sigmund Weaver actually wants the role.

Seagny weaver, a 6-foot-tall actress, has successfully entered the front line with her "alien" series and "ghost catchers" series in recent years. However, due to her height, the stage is very narrow. Most of the time, she can only play supporting roles, and the film payment is not high. Even a few years ago, she was the sole supporter of "alien 2", which has a global box office of more than 100 million 》At that time, he was only paid $1 million.

The movie "Wonder Woman" just needs tall actresses. The minimum height standard for Amazon female soldiers released by danelis entertainment is 5 feet 9 inches (175cm), which is just suitable for Sigmund Weaver.

The great success of "Batman: the moment of war" and the grand idea of DC movie universe are enough to ensure that even the supporting actors in the series can get high popularity.

If she gets the role of Queen Hippolyte, Sigmund Weaver can not only consolidate her position in Hollywood in the next few years, but also avoid being overtaken by other similar female stars.

However, compared with the previous first-line stars, as long as they show their voice in acting, Hollywood studios will definitely give in to all kinds of situations. Denise entertainment has shown a more powerful style in the selection of DC movie universe series than in the era of blockbusters.

Seagny Weaver insisted that she would not let go of the long-term contract and other core conditions, and Denise entertainment simply chose to give up.

Joanna Cassidy can also understand why Denise entertainment does this.

The sequel development of many well-known Hollywood films is because the main contract can not be negotiated, and some reluctantly started sequel projects often lose popularity due to too long delay, and eventually lead to failure. DC movie universe is such a super series involving many films. If the sequel contracts of some actors can not be negotiated, the whole movie universe plan will be involved.

So the chance fell on Joanna Cassidy, the second tier actresses.

Joanna Cassidy is 45 years old. She made her debut in the late 1960s. She has also appeared in dozens of films and TV dramas of various types in recent years, but she has never been able to meet the opportunity of fire. Her most famous role is just Sora, the snake dancer in Ridley Scott's blade killer. In that film, her appearance time is less than five minutes.

The agent told her that the reason she got the audition for the role of Queen Hippolyte was that a young man appreciated her beating Harrison Ford in blade runner.

Yes, it was revealed by wonder woman casting director Linda Vargas in contact with her agent.

Linda Vargas used to be a small figure in Hollywood, but she was lucky to participate in Simon westero's first film "Lola Run". At that time, she was also a casting director, and then she was highly trusted. She has been the Royal casting director of many westero films, and now she is very popular in Hollywood.

However, Linda Vargas, who is speechless in her way of dealing with people, is very loyal to Simon westero, and people who want to get through her are basically unsuccessful.

That's probably why she became Simon westero's casting director.

Joanna Cassidy felt that she would do the same for herself.The longer you stay in Hollywood, the more deeply you will realize how difficult it is to climb up in this circle. Most people don't necessarily have a chance to get on the top in their life. Cassidy himself is such a typical example. Linda Vargas is obviously the kind of person who can hold on to opportunities.

It's just that westero appreciates beating Harrison Ford in blade runner.

This

It's not a hint, is it?

The young man's preference for women is well known throughout Hollywood.

Unconsciously, some of her thoughts were wrong, and even some expectations were generated in her heart. After her first marriage in the 1970s, she was single all the time. If we can really have something to do with that little man who makes countless Hollywood women greedy, it's really an irresistible thing.

With that in mind, Chrysler passed through the second floor office park and soon came to the top administrative district.

When you get off in the parking lot, you can see that there are several minimalist office buildings surrounded by glass curtain walls. Although the office buildings have different shapes, the overall layout gives you a very comfortable sense of order.

Used to the bungalows or small buildings of traditional studios, this modern office building gives people a refreshing feeling.

Joanna Cassidy walked to the five storey office building on the northernmost side, entered the hall, communicated with the reception desk, and was soon taken to the third floor. Linda WAGGS was already waiting for her, and the other two actresses who would also take part in the audition had arrived ahead of time.

Everyone said hello warmly on the surface and was taken to the dressing room to make up and change clothes.

The auditions for such important supporting roles as Queen Hippolyte are very small. Now the three are the last three candidates and need to wear makeup.

I arrived at the studio at 9 a.m. and had been busy for an hour. Joanna Cassidy and two other actresses finished dressing up. Martin Campbell, the director of wonder woman, who has been confirmed publicly, has arrived, as well as several other behind the scenes creators of the film.

Then it took more than half an hour to take photos, and finally the crowd came to a blue screen audition room downstairs.

After a short wait, at 11 o'clock sharp, Simon westero finally appeared and went forward to chat with the three actresses. Then he began to audition.

The three female candidates have been carefully selected, and there is no doubt about their basic performance skills. Simon wants to see their performance ability in virtual environment while meeting the three in person.

DC movie universe series will use a lot of virtual shooting technology. In order to improve these, a studio has been specially set up in the studio park for the team of Denise special effects to carry out various types of virtual shooting experiments in real time.

Each person has 20 minutes, and Joanna Cassidy happens to be the last.

Entering the audition room, in addition to the blue screen, there are only a few simple chairs in the spacious room. Westrow and others politely get up.

Joanna Cassidy went up to shake the young man's hand, said hello, and the others sat down again.

Simon held a notebook in his hand, without those trivial self introduction links, he simply said: "Ms. Cassidy, the plot is like this: the wilderness wolf invades the paradise island, and wants to capture the mother box of the Amazon family. The encounter between Queen Hippolyte and the wilderness wolf is just a short battle, and then you question the origin of the wilderness wolf. Note that this is a virtual shooting performance. The wolf is 10 feet tall. It is planned to shoot with CG and motion capture technology. No one will play with you. OK, please start your performance. "

It's completely against the air.

Joanna Cassidy didn't care to pay attention to the slight strange banter in the young man's voice when he said the last sentence. She quickly brewed up her mood, then drew out her sword and made a gesture to chop her right hand. In a twinkling of an eye, she fell back to the ground as if she had been hit hard. She reluctantly propped up her body with her sword and asked, "who are you?"

The usual audition is for someone to match the lines.

This time there was no response.

It's just that everyone in the room and the recording camera are watching her.

Joanna Cassidy did not lack this kind of adaptability. Recalling Simon's introduction just now, she put the lines of wilderness wolf in her heart. After a short pause, she showed a clear and calm expression on her face and said, "wilderness wolf, why do you want to come to paradise island?"

“……”

"Whatever you're looking for, there's nothing you want here."

“……”

In addition to the bad taste of "please start your performance", Simon has been observing Joanna Cassidy's performance professionally since then, and occasionally jotted down a few notes in his notebook.

At the end of a free play, Simon asked Joanna Cassidy to try several other scenes.

The short twenty minutes flew by, and the time came to 12 noon.

Simon closed his notebook, got up again, shook hands with Joanna Cassidy, and said, "thank you for your time, Ms Cassidy. By the way, it's already noon. If there's no emergency, you can stay for lunch and then leave. "Joanna Cassidy heard Simon's "invitation" and nodded with a smile as if nothing had happened: "of course, thank you."

After that, she was taken by the staff to take off her make-up. This time, it was easy. More than 20 minutes later, Joanna Cassidy went to the small restaurant in another office building.

Originally, I thought it was a young man who invited me, but I found that the other two actresses who participated in the audition are still here. Not only westero, Martin Campbell and Linda WAGGS are here, so lunch becomes a working meal. What we talk about is still wonder woman.

Seeing that another audition actress talked to the young man who was the focus of attention almost openly from time to time, with obvious provocation in her words, Joanna Cassidy realized that she was still conservative.

Maybe we should be more proactive.

However, since she was taken the lead, although Martin Campbell and others turned a blind eye, she still failed to summon up courage.

I was born as a model at the beginning. I know that my maintenance has been very successful over the years.

However, to be courteous to a little man who is enough to be his son makes people feel a little uncomfortable after all.

So think, can't help but some envy Hollywood men. Or, to be precise, the men in power in Hollywood. No matter what kind of woman you like, it's natural for outsiders.

Women don't have that privilege.

Today is Wednesday, May 16.

Although he did say that he appreciated Joanna Cassidy's words of beating Harrison Ford in the blade killer, Simon didn't have much thought for him. His work schedule was full all day, and he didn't have time to hunt. No matter whether the people around him were OK or not, he would not have thought about this kind of work situation.

After lunch with everyone, the three actresses left, and Simon and Martin Campbell discussed the results of the audition this morning.

Among the three actresses who participated in the final competition, Joanna Cassidy was originally the lowest, because she was the shortest, just reaching the 175cm Amazon female soldier height baseline required by Simon. The other two actresses were higher than Joanna Cassidy.

However, Joanna Cassidy's acting experience is even more abundant. Although she has not been able to catch fire all the time, she has been honed in Hollywood for 20 years, and even a piece of wood is enough to enlighten her.

As a result, we reviewed the morning's make-up photos and shooting scenes. Everyone, including Simon himself, felt that Joanna Cassidy was more suitable for the role.

As for height, it can be made up by high heels.

Then we discussed the audition arrangements of other characters and Martin Campbell's ideas about the film. At three o'clock, another character in wonder woman, Queen Hippolyte's sister antiop, auditioned. In the original film, the character was played by Robin white.

This time, Simon has taken a look at Linda Hamilton ahead of time.

In Terminator 2, Linda Hamilton's image of a tough man with a vest, trousers, combat boots, a gun and a cigarette can be regarded as a classic.

Of course, the current "Terminator 2" is still in the final preparation, and will not start shooting until the second half of the year.

"Wonder Woman" is scheduled to start shooting next year, and there is no conflict in Linda Hamilton's schedule.

However, the team did not fully bet on Linda Hamilton, and the audition was still for three people, so that in case of some changes, they could find a backup candidate as soon as possible.

In fact, the same is true of the role of Queen Hippolyte.

The shooting of wonder woman will involve a lot of horse riding fighting scenes. Although the crew will try their best to ensure the safety of shooting, if there is an accident like Sean young who broke his arm on horseback and had to quit the crew in Simon's memory, the crew can also come up with a second plan in time.

In a word, all this is to ensure the barrier free advance of DC movie universe.