America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 194: Doing Too Many Bad Things and Being Fearful of Being Fucked

Tuesday, a normal morning.

Jessica accompanied Martin out of the apartment and got into the Volkswagen driven by Bruce, ready to go to Burbank for the audition.

The car drove less than a kilometer and turned into the underground parking lot next to it.

Mene drove another car and waited here.

Martin took off his hat, put it on Jessica's head, and said, "Be careful."

Under the light, Jessica's skin was so white that it reflected light. She was a little surprised: "Is it necessary to be so careful?"

Bruce said: "It is necessary."

Martin got into Mene's car and waited until Bruce left before driving out of the parking lot and following behind.

It's not that Martin is too cautious, but when auditioning at the wax museum last year, Adrian targeted Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend, who was the number one favorite at the time.

Today, the situation is reversed, and Martin is the top candidate for the audition.

There were no unexpected situations along the way. We arrived at Warner Studios, met up with Thomas, and entered the Warner Pictures office building together.

The crew of The Departed rented half a floor.

Today was a makeup audition, and the crew assistant took Martin and Mene into the dressing room.

Bruce was guarding the door.

Thomas said, "You guys are making this really complicated."

Bruce nodded: "It doesn't matter to ordinary people, but for bad people who have done too many bad things, they can't feel at ease unless they do this."

Not only Martin, he also agrees to do so.

If you mess with others too much, you will naturally be afraid of being messed with by others.

Thomas looked at Bruce, then through the glass door of the dressing room at the foyer, and thought that these two were made for each other.

Bruce pointed to the water bottle Jessica was carrying: "Don't let it out of your sight."

Before Jessica became an assistant, she was also involved in the acting circle, and she nodded quickly: "I understand."

Thomas finally understood that Martin and Bruce were treating the audition as a war, or a CIA-style war.

But considering all the shit these two were involved in, it's not an exaggeration to do so.

An hour later, Martin changed into an old-fashioned suit and entered the audition room.

In the audition room, in addition to casting director Allen and director Scorsese, there were a group of executive producers including Louise.

There are five more related households.

Supervisors from Warner Bros. and the Screen Actors Guild.

They are very professional, each of them holds a game console and starts playing, without interfering in other people's affairs.

An assistant came over to prepare for the scene with Martin, and the audition was still the conflict scene between Colin and his boss Franco.

In less than a minute, the audition was complete.

Scorsese did not let Martin leave, but instead asked the photographer to take several photos of him in makeup.

There is a difference between what the human eye sees and what the camera captures.

Scorsese reviewed the audition tape and then the final makeup photos, and became more and more satisfied.

He has good acting skills, a good image, brought money into the crew, and works very hard. Apart from his relatively low fame, he has no other shortcomings, which meets his requirements for an actor.

"That's enough." Scorsese called a halt to the filming and looked at Martin: "Go to the dressing room and wait for a while."

Martin knew that the result of the audition would be decided on the spot, so he said, "Okay."

After he left the audition room, Scorsese looked around and asked for the opinions of all the investors: "For the role of Colin, I choose Martin Davis. What do you think?"

"Agree." Daniel, a representative of Warner Bros., and Louise from Pacific Pictures expressed their opinions one after another.

“I agree,” said casting director Allen.

Producer Granham-King, with Scorsese as the main voice, raised his hand and said, "I agree."

The outcome was decided, and everyone else agreed, even Doug from Dyson Pictures voted in favor.

The five people with connections who were playing the video game consoles were just bystanders and had no right to express their opinions.

Scorsese glanced at Allen next to him and said, "Go and notify them."

Alan stood up and walked out of the audition room towards the dressing room.

Thomas saw her and stood up.

Bruce knocked on the door and Martin came out of the dressing room.

Not only Martin, but also Alan's favorite Mene came out.

Allen nodded quietly to Mene, then walked towards Martin with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, you got the role of Colin Sullivan!"

"Yes!" Thomas waved his fist vigorously.

Martin came up to shake hands and thanked him: "Thank you! Thank you Director Allen."

"You're welcome." Allen specifically reminded: "One thing, go back and study the role and the script carefully, don't watch the original movie, don't be influenced by the original, because we are shooting and producing a work with a completely different style."

Martin said solemnly: "I remember it."

At this time, footsteps were heard from the other side, and Matt Damon turned into the corridor with two people.

Martin saw Damon and Damon saw Martin.

Damon walked towards Allen and said, "Hi, Director Allen." Martin turned and went back to the dressing room to remove his makeup.

Damon exchanged a few words with Alan, then subconsciously turned to look at Martin, only to be met with another pair of eyes.

The owner of those eyes was looking behind him.

It might be the body's stress protection response. Damon stuck out his belly and shrunk his hips, making his butt so flat that it was almost invisible.

Bruce looked bored, withdrew his gaze, and sat back on the bench at the door.

Thomas watched Damon go to another dressing room and clapped his fists: "Martin will definitely catch up with him!"

Bruce feels that if Matt Damon wasn't as bad a person as Martin, he would definitely be caught up.

Soon, the makeup artist left and Martin came out. He hugged Bruce, Thomas and Jessica one by one and said, "Thank you to each and every one of you!"

This is true, he could never have gotten the role on his own.

The deciding factors of an audition are not just in the audition room, and the key to an actor’s success is not just the actor himself.

This is a team victory.

Before noon, Mene's audition results came out.

Uncle Mene flattered the casting director so much that the audition was just a formality and he successfully got the role, a black policeman following Colin Sullivan.

Now is not the future, and of course there will be no blacks in Frank's Irish gang.

The only people who can use Mene are those on the police side.

At noon, Martin called Emily, who was busy in the Wanted studio, and invited Thomas, Bruce and Mene to have lunch together.

This is also his team in Los Angeles.

Martin specially toasted everyone and said: "I was able to get the role in The Departed because each of your work was crucial. We are a team and this is a victory for the team. Thank you to each and every one of you!"

Bruce took the lead and everyone clinked glasses with Martin.

When the food came, Martin said again: "Everyone, please help yourself."

Thomas was in no hurry to eat, and specifically reminded: "I won't say anything about the Wanted crew, that's your project, you have no right to bully others. When you get to the Departed crew, you have to be more careful, Matt Damon may not have other ideas, Leonardo DiCaprio is not easy to get along with, and there's another person you have to pay special attention to."

Martin listened to these words. The intensity of the quarrels between male actors in Hollywood is far less than that between female actors, but there are still fierce fights.

Thomas specifically mentioned a name: "The villain will most likely be played by Jack Nicholson, who is famous for being difficult to deal with."

Martin nodded and asked, "I know. He has a bad temper. Because the car in front of him was blocking the road, he directly smashed the car window with a golf club and paid $50 in compensation."

Mene asked, "I heard he slept with 2000 women in Hollywood?"

Thomas simply replied: "Nicholson, Marlon Brando and Warren Beatty are known as the three great playboys in Hollywood, and they deserve the title."

Mene is fascinated: "When I am in my 60s, I wonder if there will be so many."

Bruce followed up with, “There aren’t that many female casting directors in Hollywood, right?”

Martin drank another glass with everyone and said, "Don't worry, I will try my best to live in peace with others."

Bruce was instantly alert, thinking that he would be busy on this set.

Following Martin, Old Bull has experienced enough bad things, so he is not afraid. It's just a matter of messing with others or being messed with. He is experienced.

After dinner, Martin gave Thomas some instructions before leaving, asking him to collect some relevant information about Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to cause any trouble." He comforted Thomas: "It's just in case."

Thomas had no choice but to believe.

As for Jack Nicholson, Martin's most vivid memory in his previous life was not the movies, but Meryl Streep's cheating partner, and Jennifer Lawrence's active pursuit of shallowness in order to get ahead.

After he came here, he found that Hollywood didn't care about these things, and similar gossip and rumors were basically true.

After auditioning for The Departed, Martin also auditioned for Wanted.

The difference is that in the former he is an actor, while in the latter he is one of the people with decision-making power.

In the audition room of Wanted, in addition to Louise, Martin, Leterrier and the casting director, there were also several people with connections.

The professional qualities of these people with connections were obviously not high, and they were whispering to each other from time to time during the audition.

While the actors were coming in and out, Martin asked Louise, "Where are they from?"

Louise said, "The people sent by Warner Bros. and the Screen Actors Guild are here. It's a routine procedure."

Martin called Jessica over and said, "Go find four handheld game consoles and give them to those four people."

Jessica was efficient and effective. Before the next actor entered the audition room, she found four handheld game consoles and gave them to the people with connections.

The professional qualities of the four people with connections increased dramatically. They played games peacefully and stopped talking.

Martin understood that the professional quality of the partners and the actors' union who sent them for routine supervision during the auditions was closely related to the game consoles.

The Wanted crew signed Morgan Freeman to play the villain.

Other actors have been recruited one after another.

In addition, Martin and Angelina Jolie both needed stunt doubles, and the latter directly contacted the actor who served as Jolie's double in "Tomb Raider 2".

Martin called the three stunt doubles of "The Hills Have Eyes", and Bald Buck and Lewis joined the crew as their schedules and remuneration were suitable.

At the same time, Thomas negotiated with The Departed about Martin's salary, which was only one-tenth of the first lead Leonardo's, or $200 million.

Except for the low pay, he is treated like a protagonist in every other aspect.

(End of this chapter)