Chapter 18 018 Public Interview

Universal Studios (Universal. Studios) is located in the northwestern suburbs of downtown Los Angeles. It was originally because the surrounding natural environment was very suitable for filming, so film producers gathered here, thus forming a world-famous studio. Now that the whole of Hollywood has matured, it has become a tourist attraction famous for its movie-style theme park, attracting countless tourists every year to participate in the "Universal Studios Tour". However, many studios are still reserved here, and film companies such as Columbia Pictures and Paramount will continue to shoot movies here.

Driving from Joseph's house to Universal Studios is only six miles away. Even if the road conditions are bad, it can be reached in half an hour, but Joseph and Hugo left at 8:30 in the morning, just because they didn't want to miss it. Audition at nine thirty. Although today's audition for "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman" is a public interview, even if you are late, you only need to line up from the back, but they are still an hour ahead of schedule.

Along the way, neither Joseph nor Hugo had much communication, and the carriage was filled with silence, and one could clearly feel the tense atmosphere between the two. In fact, Hugo was not too nervous at first, but he was also made nervous by Joseph's expressionless face all morning. His understanding of Joseph was still very limited. He didn't know what Joseph's performance meant. Passively silent.

"Why do you say today's interview is held in Universal Studios? There should be many other suitable venues." Hugo tried to break the dull atmosphere and looked at Universal Studios, which was gradually approaching outside the window. The "HOLLYWOOD" sign has come into view. Although Hugo has seen this sign many times in the past few days, and it seems that there is nothing unusual about it, but at this time, the distance from the sign is getting closer, and the impact of the frontal breakthrough is still very strong.

Joseph didn't reply immediately, which made the tension in the carriage even more embarrassing. After about ten seconds, Joseph said, "Because it's suitable here." Hugo only felt that he could clearly feel it. The three black lines on his forehead began to slowly slide down, and Joseph's answer meant he didn't say anything.

The car moved forward for some distance, and soon saw the gate of Universal Studios, as well as the famous globe sign, surrounded by countless tourists, everyone stopped and wanted to take pictures with this sign, but everyone was nostalgic. Gathered together and pressed the shutter, it was impossible to tell who was the protagonist of the photo.

Hugo couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the huge crowd in front of him. He hadn't been to tourist attractions such as Avenue of Stars, Disneyland, and Chinatown in the past few days. Moreover, this is still January in the off-season for tourism. If it is midsummer in July, it is estimated that the scene will be even more spectacular.

"Because today is a public interview." Joseph suddenly made a word out of nowhere, diverting Hugo's attention from the crowd of tourists outside the window, and then saw Joseph's still expressionless cheek slightly He frowned, "It is estimated that there will be many, many people here."

Only then did Hugo realize that Joseph was answering his question just now, and it was also the source of his worries today.

When the two of them came to the audition meeting place, they were shocked by the dense crowd in front of them. This is the real "big crowd". In front of you is a spacious studio. The surrounding scaffolding, boom cameras, and pulley rails are still available, but now these props have been pushed to the side and the space in the middle has been cleared. At this time, all participating The public interviewers all stood in the studio.

Looking around, there are at least 300 actors, which makes the entire studio bustling, shoulder-to-shoulder, and bustling. When Hugo participated in the audition for the dragon set before, he saw a more spectacular scene. In one breath, thousands of dragon sets swarmed on the set, but today this is the audition for the main character, and just for the role of Charlie, so many actors have gathered. , which is the largest audition Hugo has ever seen.

In the past, I read news reports saying that the character was chosen from 800 people, and what character stood out from among 1,000 people. Hugo didn't have any real feelings. , but told Hugo in the most direct way: To get the role of Charlie, you must defeat everyone on the scene!

Among the more than 300 alternate competitors, there are almost all kinds of actors in terms of appearance, strength and strength, and diligence. It is not that simple to stand out from such a hot competition. one thing. Moreover, it is less than nine o'clock now, and there are still more than thirty minutes before the audition starts. Who knows if the number of competitors will continue to increase.

This feeling of suffocation made Hugo speechless. He finally understood the reason why Joseph had been expressionless all morning. It seems that Joseph already knew that the scale of today's public interview would far exceed imagine. Joseph was not only worried about Hugo's interview prospects, but also annoyed by his own lack of preparation for intelligence work.

When Joseph won the audition opportunity for Hugo to "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman", not only Hugo, but Joseph himself was also very happy, because now he is the agent that Hugo can really rely on, and he also needs Hugo to be able to Getting a job, Hugo is his only entertainer at the moment, they can only count on each other. But as a result, this is not only a public interview, but also a scale of 300 people. In other words, it is estimated that young Hollywood actors between the ages of 20 and 25 have come to participate in the interview. It means that Joseph's work as a broker is worthless at all.

Imagine that a year ago, Hugo was still the actor of "Hudson Eagle"; a year later, he had to participate in the public interview of "Scent of a Woman". Such a huge gap is really unacceptable. Although Joseph didn't see any complaints in Hugo's face, he was still very dissatisfied with his work.

This is so frustrating for Joseph!

"Joseph." Hugo's voice made the expressionless Joseph turn his head to look over. Although Joseph had this rigid face all morning, at this time Hugo had completely adapted to such a Joseph, because he knew that Joseph would definitely He was also worried that the next audition would be like this, so Hugo showed a big smile, "It seems that today's audition will take a long time, does it matter to you, let's shorten the waiting time? Waiting too long, My performance is going to decline."

Joseph naturally knew that Hugo was joking. Hugo has devoted himself to preparing for today's audition. Even if he is not fully prepared, he will never lose his temper because of the long waiting time. of. Hugo would say this, in fact, he was comforting Joseph: It is better to face the challenge head-on than to be afraid of the fierce competition.

Looking at Hugo's familiar but unfamiliar smile, Joseph's nervousness relaxed a little, "You wait here." After saying that, he stepped forward and walked through the crowd. Joseph is now It's the job of a broker.

In fact, Joseph's concerns do not exist for Hugo at all. Although he is now Hugo-Lancaster in name, for Chen Hugo's soul in his body, it was the audition for "Love in the River" first, and then the "Smell" The interview of "Fragrant Knowing a Woman" is a super big pie that he can meet but cannot ask for before crossing the road. Even a public interview is just as rare. The opportunity is already in front of you. What Hugo has to do now is to make Do your best to seize this opportunity.

Therefore, Hugo's mentality is very good. Whether it is a competition of 30 people or a competition of 300 people, to impress the director, you must come up with real guns and live ammunition. If you don't have enough strength, even if it is only three people competing, the final one will be selected. won't be you. It's that simple.

The truth is so, but Hugo looked at the sea of ​​people spreading in front of him. The dense head of people was surging in his line of sight, and the noisy whispers came from all directions. This real sense of tension still made Hugo involuntarily nervous. It is not so simple to break out of the fierce competition.

Hugo took a deep breath, but the hot air in the studio made him feel very uncomfortable. Not only did his nervousness not relieve, but there were signs of aggravation. Anyway, his current position is only a few steps away from the entrance of the studio. Joseph will not miss him when he comes back. Hugo decided to go to the entrance to breathe some fresh air.

Hugo turned around and took only two steps, when he saw two familiar faces approaching, a blond straight-haired man and a black curly-haired man. The original cheeks of the two men were almost tense and deformed, but when they saw Hugo, the expression of the man with straight blond hair suddenly changed. "Isn't this Hugo Lancaster who just got eliminated in 'Big River Love'?"

Hugo's originally annoyed mood was relaxed because of this expression and these words, and the corner of his mouth outlined a faint arc, "If I remember correctly, this is the hero of 'Dahe Love', or Say, is the male protagonist you?" Hugo said while looking at the black curly-haired man standing beside him. The black curly-haired man was half a beat slower, and before he had time to speak, he was hit by Hugo's shot, and his cheeks flushed directly.

Everyone knows that the actor Paul of "Love in the Big River" has been confirmed to be played by Brad Pitt. Hugo is completely rubbing salt on the wounds of the two people. But Hugo seemed to have no idea at all, showing an apologetic expression. This expression, in the eyes of the blond straight-haired man and the black curly-haired man, immediately made the two of them feel a lot more comfortable. The service softened, but Hugo's next words made the two almost explode.

"Sorry, your names are..."