America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 192 Realistic style, missing my sister

Boston, Hyatt Regency Hotel.

In a business meeting room, Martin Scorsese met the young actor with the same name as him.

He has an introverted temperament, and apart from being somewhat handsome, he is otherwise ordinary.

Just like many of the ordinary detectives he saw in the police station that afternoon.

The two had already greeted each other, and Scorsese asked directly: "Why are you in Boston?"

"I want to play the role of Colin Sullivan." Martin knew the crew's progress and made no secret of his desire. "I have confidence in my acting skills. I want to get your approval in the audition. Even if there is only one percent of hope, I will give 100 percent of my effort."

He selectively talked about his real experience: "I was born in the slums of Atlanta, and I saw more drug dealers and gangs than PD. I lacked knowledge in this area, so I asked my agency to contact BPD so that I could join them and experience it for myself."

Understanding gangs and experiencing life in BPD, isn't this a different kind of Colin Sullivan?

Scorsese was almost surrounded by Martin's name at the crew meeting and was naturally impressed. As a veteran director, he knew the importance of investors.

Not to mention filming the film, even to win awards we still have to rely on investors to continue to pay money.

He then asked, "You're not from Boston? Accent?"

Martin said truthfully: "I have been training recently. I came to Boston to strengthen it."

Scorsese nodded secretly, and the actors' serious attitude towards the work was impeccable.

At this moment, he seemed like an examiner: "Do you have any experience?"

Martin recalled the films he had watched before: "They are very different from the images in the media, and even more different from those in police and gangster movies. They are all ordinary people, without any special skills. They swear and make dirty jokes all day long. They sometimes don't follow the rules when handling cases. Some of them have psychological problems and need psychological counseling..."

Scorsese nodded slightly, saying that the style of the original Hong Kong film was not suitable for North America.

Too romantic and poetic.

What Scorsese decided on was a realistic style, which coincided with what Martin said.

"Have you read the script?" Seeing Martin nod, he said directly: "Perform a scene where you abandon your undercover identity and choose to kill the villain. I am Frank."

Martin briefly planned and then began his explosive performance.

After the performance, Scorsese nodded and said only one sentence: "Remember to participate in the makeup audition of the crew."

"Okay." Martin knew full well that he had Scorsese's approval.

Scorsese came over and shook his hand: "That's all for today."

Martin said goodbye and left.

Scorsese sat back in his chair and considered it.

There is no doubt that the other party is a young actor who is positive and serious about his work, and his acting skills are also good, definitely above the level he requires.

The only drawback is that he is not as famous as Matt Damon.

Alan knocked on the door and asked, "How was the talk?"

Scorsese said: "It's better than I expected. He came from a poor family and came to BPD to experience real life. His acting skills are also good. Not bad."

Allen, knowing him, asked, "You're hesitating."

Scorsese nodded: "Not as famous as Matt Damon."

"Let's talk about the facts." Allen sat on the sofa chair on the side: "The little guy is working hard to prepare for the role, what is Matt Damon doing?"

What kind of employees does the boss like? The donkey that pulls the mill proactively!

Old-school directors like Scorsese also like actors to fully prepare for their scenes. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Ask around."

Allen took out his phone, made a few calls, and said, "Damon is in Los Angeles, preparing to attend a fashion show for Harvey Weinstein's wife."

"Investor Dyson Pictures supports Damon." Scorsese is also greedy, he wants everything.

Allen said: "Damon is almost 35 years old, which is different from Colin's age setting. It is more suitable to kill Colin's Ding Nan."

Scorsese said, “Good idea.”

Wouldn't that solve the problem? All investors would be in place.

Allen quickly went downstairs, returned to her room, and made a phone call. In just a few minutes, Mene entered her room.

The next morning, a satisfied Allen solemnly promised Mene that as long as he was available at any time, she would guarantee to give him an important supporting role.

As the casting director, Allen has full control over this role.

Under Mene's new verbal attack, she repeated what she had said to Scorsese last night.

Although the old director gave very good feedback last night, Martin continued to experience life with the special operations team as he had done in the past few days.

It was not until noon that day that Mene arrived and informed Martin of the relevant information.

"Thank you for your hard work." Martin looked at Mene's slightly swollen lips and said, "This time, I'm lucky to have you."

Mene wiped his lips and said, "It's okay, Boss. This is what I'm good at. I didn't get anything from licking it before, but this time I got an important supporting role."

“We’re all working together,” Martin said.

Mene knew it well: "I don't want to be the leading actor, I just want to have a stable income. When I'm in my 50s or 60s, I'll be satisfied if I can get a role similar to Morgan Freeman." Martin said: "You can see Morgan Freeman on the set of Wanted later."

As a gold medal supporting actor in Hollywood, the old man has a certain appeal to middle-aged and elderly audiences, and his pay is not high. Before Martin came to Boston this time, Louise had already extended an invitation to Morgan Freeman.

Martin Scorsese and others stayed in Boston for a week before leaving and returning to Los Angeles to continue polishing the characters and script.

During this period, Martin and Scorsese had several more exchanges.

As it is related to the next Oscar award, Scorsese is striving for perfection, and the filming of this movie will not start until summer.

Martin has plenty of time to shoot "Wanted" first.

After twenty days of experiencing life with BPD, it was time for Martin to say goodbye.

The public relations office held a farewell reception for him.

Because Martin had invited them so many times, these guys felt they had to treat him back, not to mention that it was at public expense.

At the party, Martin clinked glasses with Jack, John and others and drank happily.

All the people who attended the cocktail party came over to take pictures with Martin. In case Martin became a big star, they would have more bragging rights besides cursing Fack.

At the end of the reception, Bruce came on stage and brought a souvenir specially prepared by Martin.

Martin first found the chief of the detective bureau and gave him a crocodile tooth pendant in a gift box: "A souvenir."

The director declined: "How can this be possible?"

Martin raised his voice and explained, "This is made from the tooth of a large saltwater crocodile that I legally hunted while filming in Australia. It's a simple handicraft. I brought it here just as a testimony of my friendship with BPD."

The director took it.

Martin gave away dozens of crocodile tooth pendants in one go.

After the cocktail party, Martin said to Bruce in the car returning to the hotel: "Bruce, send a message to Australia and ask them to bring another batch over."

There’s nothing I can do. I have too many friends and not enough pendants to give away.

Martin gave the remaining few to Mene: "Take them back and give them to your relatives and friends."

After returning to the hotel, Martin went to bed early because he had drunk a lot of wine at the social event.

Bruce and Mene went down to the bar.

The two of them each ordered a beer and drank and chatted.

Bruce fully recognized Mene: "Man, you did a great job this time."

Mene was quite emotional: "Before I met you and the boss, I licked countless old women and got nothing in return except a little money. After I met you and the boss, everything is completely different. I now have a certain fame and a little money."

Bruce clinked glasses with him: "It turns out that people with a skill can live a better life."

Mene couldn’t agree more: “I can’t count how many old women I’ve gone through to get to where I am now.”

Bruce took out a bottle of Fengyoujing that Martin gave him and handed it to Mene: "If you encounter someone who forces you or goes too far, this is a magic medicine to deal with them."

Mene unscrewed it, smelled it, and was about to pour it into his mouth.

Bruce quickly grabbed him and said, "Use it at the critical moment."

"Okay!" Mene screwed the cap on the bottle, put it in his pocket, and said, "Paris Hilton has been targeting me since the last premiere. I guess besides hype, she might be missing my tongue."

In the past, Bruce would have thought Menez was bragging.

But now he thinks it is normal. Kim Kardashian has told him more than once that Paris is not an ordinary promiscuous person.

Mene said, "If Paris wants to force me without spending any money, I will use the magic medicine you gave me!"

This reminded Bruce of Kim Kardashian's...sister.

Kohler is pretty cool too!

Bruce quickly shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and secretly cursed Martin, it was all this bastard's fault!
The next morning, Martin and his two companions left Boston and flew back to Los Angeles.

When I got off the plane and arrived at the apartment, I didn’t see the fat landlord.

Martin asked the tenant and found out that Antonio had gone to a club party.

Ten years ago, the entry requirement for that club was to have assets worth millions.

When they got to the second floor, the door across the street opened and Jessica came out. She greeted them first and then said, "Martin, Thomas told me early this morning that you should call him when you get back."

"I understand." Martin took out his cell phone, waited for Old Bull to open the door and entered the apartment.

The apartment was spotless. Jessica and Emily, who followed in, had cleaned it last night.

Thomas answered the phone and said immediately, "Martin, good news! The crew of The Departed officially notified me today that I need to go to your studio for a full-makeup audition on March 3!"

Martin breathed a sigh of relief: "This time has not been wasted." He then asked: "What about the competitors?"

Thomas said simply: "I specifically asked Louise, who will serve as executive producer on the crew, your biggest competitor is Matt Damon, but Scorsese himself prefers him to play another important role, Ding Nan, who kills Colin."

(End of this chapter)