Recently, news about Lan Li’s next work has been bubbling. News of "Alien Battlefield", "Shadow", "Speed ​​and Excitement/Emotion" and other works are endless; at the same time, the "anti-cancer me" Both the pre-publicity and the release promotion of "Love Is Crazy" are in full swing, and Lan Li has become the busiest actor in the fall this year.

In fact, the news is half true and half false, all of which are smoke bombs. In fact, Lan Li has been intensively auditioning for "The Edge of Tomorrow", even if the propaganda work of "Crazy Love" is very busy.

The second audition was conducted in Pittsburgh. Renly did not see Lucinda Sisson. The subject of the audition became producer Tim Lewis. The audition location was in a coffee shop. The two sat down, talked face to face, and exchanged their views on the "Edge of Tomorrow" script.

Tim is sixty years old this year, but he is still full of energy and spirits.

Generally speaking, Hollywood producers can be divided into three types. One is the countless projects in hand, and they are busy throughout the year. Steven Spielberg and Neil H-Moretz belong to This category; one is to have a clear goal, aiming at the awards season, and the works produced are always mainly independent films, and the Weinstein brothers are typical representatives; the other is to strive for perfection, and may only be busy with a project in two or three years. , But every project has exhausted all energy, James Cameron is like this.

Tim is the last one. He now has only the "Edge of Tomorrow" project in his hands. He is pushing the development of the project wholeheartedly, which means he can concentrate all his energy, which is a good thing. However, judging from the current development situation, the progress of the project is not satisfactory. Not only does it mean Warner Bros.'s wishes, but also Tim's own execution.

Throughout the audition process, the conversation was relaxed and pleasant. But the topic of the "Edge of Tomorrow" script lasted only a short while, and then Tim began to chat with Renly about Steven Spielberg.

Tim is an assistant director. He has been in the industry for nearly two decades and has made 19 movies. He has collaborated with Harrison Ford on "Patriot Games" and with Meryl Streep." "Golden Giants", also collaborated with Pierce-Brosnan (Pierce-Brosnan) "007 The Golden Eye", but the most memorable is still his first work, Steven's "Empire of the Sun."

Even now, Tim and Steven still talk on the phone occasionally-after all, there are only a few old guys who have been rolling in the industry for 30 years. Tim and Lan Li shared a lot of interesting things and talked very happily.

The entire audition lasted for nearly an hour, but the real discussion about "Edge of Tomorrow" took less than fifteen minutes, or even less than ten minutes. Coping with such an occasion is a piece of cake for Lan Li; but the problem is that he is also not sure how much progress has been made in such an audition.

The third audition was conducted in Los Angeles. The entire audition was very formal. The venue was in the Burbank's photography base. The small room was well-regulated. The cameras, visors, scripts, etc. were all in place, even more comprehensive than the first audition.

There were seven actors participating in the audition, including Lan Li, all of whom were familiar faces. Henry Cavill, Jack Gyllenhaal, Charlie Hannum, Aaron-Taylor-Johnson, Chris-Penn, Tom Hardy (Tom -Hardy).

Just from the audition lineup, it can be seen that the "Edge of Tomorrow" project has finally made some progress, the selection of actors has initially had a direction, and the audition is also on the right track. However, things are obviously not as smooth as expected.

After entering the audition room, it was not Lucinda or Tim sitting in front of Renly, but a completely strange face, Gregory-.

Later, Lan Li asked Andy to find out that Gregory was a very famous producer and also an assistant director, but his status is far higher than Tim.

He can be seen behind the "Eleven Arhats" series, "Before Sunrise", "Eros", "Never Compromise", "Drug Network" and other works. He, George Clooney and Brad -Pete and others have close personal relationships, especially Steven-Soderbergh (Steven-Soderbergh), the two are close friends.

Gregory is currently preparing for the "Magic Mike", and his work is very busy. Therefore, Andy speculated that he would come to help the "Edge of Tomorrow" audition. Rather than taking over, it would be more probing. Just look at the alternate actors and the potential of the script. For the time being, he has not decided whether to join it.

Subsequent auditions also confirmed Andy's ideas. After the audition began, Lan Li was asked to run back and forth in the small room 20 times, then kept breathless, said two lines, and then back and forth again and ran 20 times, and asked briefly. With a few basic questions, the audition is over.

It ended like this!

There was no lines, no performances, no dialogue, or even too much communication, and he ran back and forth without thinking, and Lan Li went home. This is a totally nonsensical audition!

The fourth audition was conducted over the phone, and the opponent was the screenwriter of "Edge of Tomorrow", Derek-Kolstad. This is a name that has never been heard before, and it has never appeared in the list of writers from the "Edge of Tomorrow" of the previous life. However, this is not surprising. The scripts on the blacklist are only the first drafts. The final decision on the direction of the scripts is not in the hands of the screenwriters, just like "the fantasy drift of the juvenile school".

You can hear it on the phone, and Derek has no experience. Lan Li just got a few words out, and Derek honestly let out all of his situation.

He is an amateur screenwriter sponsored by the American Action Film Association with a scholarship. "Edge of Tomorrow" is only his second work-the first work died directly, and no one cares about it so far, but he did not expect that the second work was unexpectedly released. Blacklisted, and then Warner Bros. purchased the shooting rights and the original adaptation rights from the association, which then took over.

Simply put, Derek is a complete rookie. During the conversation, Derek explained the concept and idea of ​​his first work. How did Renly sound like the prototype of the concept of the movie "Quick Chase" starring Keanu Reeves. Could it be that Delhi Ke is the screenwriter?

However, this is not important. The important thing is that for the audition for "Edge of Tomorrow", Derek didn't know what to ask or what to communicate. He only talked about the script that was suspected to be "quick chase", and then talked about "Tomorrow." "Edge" concept, Derek exclaimed repeatedly on the phone, "It's you, you are the most suitable candidate. Absolutely! Definitely!"

After the fifth audition, it finally returned to normal. The audition location was a studio in Seattle. Lan Li rushed over temporarily after finishing the radio promotion. He was the only subject for the audition, but there were a total of four audition judges, and all four were new and unfamiliar faces.

After the previous four tests, Lan Li had already understood it and didn't make a fuss at all. The audition process finally entered a good stage. Lan Li first performed a section of "Hamlet"; then he briefly learned a pair of moves and performed it on the spot; then he exchanged the role of William Cage, and Lan Li made an announcement. Some of my own opinions; in the end, I had a brief confrontation with one of the female producers.

The entire audition lasted for nearly forty minutes. This was the most formal and comprehensive audition for Renly so far, even more formal than the "Pacific War". Although Lan Li didn't understand what the commercial film "Edge of Tomorrow" had to do with "Hamlet", during the whole audition process, the acting skills, movements, image and manners were tested, and the whole process had to be highly concentrated.

Before "The Edge of Tomorrow", Lan Li was mentally prepared. The casting process for Hollywood's top commercial films was very complicated, and four and five rounds of audition were all normal. Even the top big-name stars are no exception, but the real tediousness and length are beyond imagination.

For the first time, Lan Li realized that he was auditioning for the leading actor in a top commercial blockbuster. It is not the third protagonist of a commercial blockbuster like "Speed ​​and Excitement/Love 5", nor is it the protagonist of a low-cost comedy like "Anti-Cancer Me", but a super blockbuster with investment and scale reaching the level of a giant crocodile. Of course, the super blockbuster is the second, the most important is the male protagonist-after all, Warner Bros.'s current budget for "The Edge of Tomorrow" is still $100 million.

For the sixth audition, Renly returned to New York. The scale of this audition is not big, but UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is not too small. In addition to him, three other actors participated in the audition, all of whom were "new" faces. Not the newcomer's newness, but the newcomer corresponding to the third audition: Andrew Garfield, Jeremy-Renner and Channing Tatum.

Rather than eliminating all the actors who auditioned before, Lan Li believes that it is only the result of the different audition locations. The "Edge of Tomorrow" crew should be auditioning for more actors. This is a positive sign for project preparation.

However, the cast of the two auditions spans a lot, including age, style, and appearance. I don't know if it is because the concept of the main creative staff has not been determined, or the lineup of the main creative staff has not been determined at all.

Interestingly, the auditioning crew finally saw familiar faces-Lucinda appeared again, and the screenwriter Derek also appeared. In the six auditions, it was finally no longer a strange face, which made Lan Li couldn't help but tease, "It seems that there are not as many Hollywood staff as imagined."

This brisk atmosphere continued throughout the audition process. Lan Li just sat in a chair and chatted with the five interviewers in front of him. Real gossip, talked about interesting facts in the last period of time, talked about the movie details of "Love Is Crazy", talked about comedy performances in "Tonight Show" and "Anti-Cancer Me"...

The conversation for about twenty minutes ended with a smile.

Originally, Lan Li thought that six auditions would be all, however, it wasn't. Today, Renly will have the seventh audition in just four weeks; moreover, the location of the audition was chosen at a private party in Beverly Hills.

"Len Li, here." A black sports car stopped on the side of the road, and Lan Li's driver arrived.