491. Section 491 is about to decide
"Anyway, the scope has been narrowed to these three now, right?" Sean asked in a chair in the conference room, looking at the information in his hand.
"Yes, I think Hannah Coles, and then Katherine thinks Sarah Hendeck is very suitable, and the other one is the Teresa Palmer, who you think is good." Stephanie nodded, "So, which one do you think is more suitable?"
Sean wanted to finalize Teresa directly, but looking at Stephanie and Catherine, he gave up on this idea: "What about the other two actors except for the ones you think are suitable?"
Although he can do this, it is likely to cause cracks between each other. This situation should be avoided before the movie is completed, especially the cracks with the original author. Down is not reincarnation after all, and Sean expects this series to add weight to himself. It is best not to use the help of reincarnation, so appropriate tactfulness is also necessary.
"It's not bad," Stephanie and Catherine replied after exchanging glances. "In fact, they are all suitable, but Catherine and I each think one of them is better. This is an intuitive reaction, just like you do with Teresa."
"In this case..." Sean pinched his chin and soon made a decision. "I have several plans. The first is that we each chose one of the girls we were not optimistic about for an interview. It was not the kind of audition-style interview, but sat together in private and communicated like friends I just met."
"This is probably not a big deal," Katherine shook her head. "We have asked what we should ask during the audition. We communicated privately just to repeat the questions once, unless we have time to get in touch with them for a while."
This is, generally speaking, there are not many crews who have conducted the second audition - of course, there are also crews who have conducted three or four times, and this depends on the actual situation - but the second audition is not so much an audition, but it is better to say an interview. That's right, it is the interview that the company recruits employees. Regarding acting skills and personal style, the first audition can be confirmed. Anyway, there are videos and you can watch it repeatedly afterwards. As for the excuse of not performing well, it's a pity that there is only one opportunity, and it's your business if you can't grasp it.
Therefore, it is indeed as the director said that it is not necessary or meaningless unless it takes a long time to understand the other party. Of course, Sean also knows this, and the reason he proposed it was because his real purpose was later.
This is a trick. Generally speaking, when the other party proposes a plan with kind words and this plan has certain feasibility. If you reject it, it will be difficult for you to reject the next feasible plan again.
"Okay, second, let's talk to the actors we are optimistic about and understand their thoughts on this movie and the role as much as possible." Sean said immediately.
"Is this different from the first one?" Stephanie asked.
"Of course," Sean nodded, "Although we are optimistic about them, it is because of intuition. We don't really know why we are optimistic about them, so it is necessary to give ourselves an answer."
Neither of them spoke again, but when they looked at their eyes, they were obviously moved, but Catherine still asked, "Is there any?"
"There is a third one. The stylist has only made preliminary settings for the characters at present, right? On this basis, we can styling the characters we like based on our own cognition, and then see which person's styling is the most eye-catching." Sean said immediately.
"This is a good idea, but it's too troublesome unless you're willing to invest more." Catherine thought for a while, then shook her head and said.
"I can't see any connection with this, it won't cost much." Sean was puzzled.
"If it's just makeup and styling, it doesn't cost much, but if you count the cost of stylists, makeup artists, delays, and various clothing props, it's going to cost a lot-you said, you need to be perfect, didn't you?" Kathry said, and then changed the subject: "And you only gave a budget of 40 million, everything is very tight, we have to spend every point worthwhile."
Well, Sean understood what she meant, and undoubtedly, he was taking the opportunity to ask for money. He also knew that although the investment of 40 million is not low, as far as this movie was concerned, it was still a bit nervous. According to the accounting calculations of knowledgeable accounting, if you want to achieve the best results, the investment should be between 45 million and 55 million.
The reason why Sean only gave a budget of 40 million was to invest additionally when it was convenient. This was also a technical job. When others said that the funds were not enough, they would pay money. That was called a sucker. How to make good use of every money is a compulsory course for every producer. It is said that Tom Cruise was stuck in this regard. When filming "Mission Impossible 2", there was no extra money.
Although he has worked as a producer of several movies, Sean still lacks experience in this area, so he reduces his budget and then increases investment at the right opportunity. On the one hand, he can better control costs and on the other hand, he can win people's hearts.
But no matter what, it is not an additional opportunity now, and the movie has not started filming yet, so he chose to deny it: "So, we can only choose the second one?"
The two women thought for a few minutes, and they obviously had no better idea, so they nodded together.
"So that's it. We'll come here to discuss it at the latest Thursday afternoon." Sean said at last, then got up and left the room, and sighed again after walking far.
He originally hoped to use the third type, and then according to the impression left in his head, he put on makeup and style to Kristen's photo, so that they could agree with it more than 80%. But he didn't expect that Catherine would ask for additional investment at this time, and Sean didn't want to reject her too directly. Now is not the time, so he chose to give up. As a producer, he failed a little.
Well, since that's the case, I'll ask Teresa out for a casual chat, and then ask her to be enabled as a producer. At worst, I can use additional investment to block their mouths.
Sean, who made up his mind, soon contacted the Australian girl, and met her the next afternoon at a cafe in East Hollywood.
A light blue shirt with a neckline was tied with a knot at the corner of the dress a little above the navel, half exposed her waist, white trousers underneath, a belt, a small piece of calves, and a sandal with heels. It was full of youthful vitality and a little mature and sexy. In this way, coupled with the delicate facial features and a long light-colored hair with wavy ends, walking on the street is bound to make people turn around.
"Hello, Miss Palmer, I'm Sean? Don," Sean stood up and stretched out his hand. "I'm glad to see you. My assistant has made it clear to you."
"Yes," Teresa nodded with some restraint, "She said, you want to talk to me in detail about the casting of "Twilight".
"That's right," Sean nodded, and then made a gesture of asking for a seat. "I'll just say it straight. After the second audition, several of us in charge finally narrowed the scope to three people. The original author was optimistic about one, the director was optimistic about one, and I was optimistic about one, so we decided to have a long talk with the girl we were optimistic about to determine which aspect of the other party we were optimistic about."
"So, you have a good eye for me, Mr. Tang?" Teresa showed a surprised light.
"Shawn," Sean smiled slightly, "That's right, although it's just an intuition, but I think you should hear something, and my intuition has always been very accurate."
"Indeed, although... I've been here for a while, but I've heard of it," Teresa finally smiled, and her restraint faded a lot. "You can call me Tess, Sean."
"Very good, Tess." Sean nodded, smiled, waved his hand to greet the waiter and ordered two cups of coffee, and then kept getting to the topic: "My first question is, Tess, what do you think of the role you audition?"
"Well..." Teresa was not vague either. After thinking carefully, she immediately gave the answer, "Isabella Swan is very smart and elegant. She will not deliberately show anything, but she is always the focus of many people's eyes. Isabella is actually very dissatisfied with her mother's remarriage, but she is unable to change anything, so she came to Fox in banishment and met Edward there. So, first of all, she looks very weak, but at the same time she cannot be too weak, and needs to highlight a little strength. This is a difficult point for the actors..."
Listening to her talk, Sean's eyes lit up. She was worthy of being a person she was optimistic about, and she was ready to do it well. I knew Isabella didn't care, it was written in the script, but I knew that the full name was Isabella Swan, and I knew that she had exiled herself to Fox Town, which would have only read the original novel.
In the subsequent conversation, she quickly proved this: "Yes, I read the original novel, and after I got the script, I remembered it, and then spent a lot of time comparing and figuring out the character's character."
"Very good, this is what a real actor should do." Sean nodded with satisfaction. Although her performance during the audition can only be considered a mid-to-high score, she should be praised for her professionalism.
"I am such a person myself. Every time I get the script, I will read and ponder it repeatedly in order to strive to achieve the best state. Naturally, I also like such actors." He said this immediately.
Then, his body leaned forward slightly, narrowed his eyes with a hint of light, and looked at Teresa with a meaningful smile: "Especially a beautiful and charming lady."
Teresa suddenly became a little nervous, and quickly picked up the cup and took a sip, not knowing how to answer.
Sean immediately laughed twice: "Okay, I'm just kidding, now, let's have the next question."
Chapter completed!