"memory,
may be beautiful,
However,
Something too painful,
Can't remember,
We just choose to forget. "
Madonna sings a cappella of Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were," the theme song for the movie she starred in with Robert Redford
At this time, even director Alan Parker couldn't help but applaud, "Okay, she sang very well. We can consider using her to play CoCo."
"No, Ellen. She should play Doris. Look at her nose, figure, and singing skills. She looks very much like Barbra Streisand when she was young. She is suitable for the average-looking Jewish girl Doris who lacks self-confidence."
When she heard that she was average-looking and lacked self-confidence, Madonna curled her lips.
"You must be blind, David." Director Parker's nose got bigger when he was angry, and he began to criticize the producer mercilessly, "Doris is a girl who lacks self-confidence. Look at her..." said Pointing to Madonna, who held her chin up, she asked, "Is she someone who lacks self-confidence?"
Ronald realizes that something is not going well, and the two are about to quarrel again. He quickly and quietly stood up from the seat he had just sat down on, leaned against the wall, and moved towards the door step by step. If you can't reach an agreement this time, don't trouble me again.
Seeing Madonna looking over, he quietly made a shushing gesture to her, indicating not to tell anyone about himself.
The director and producer argued for a long time in front of Madonna, and suddenly remembered...
"Ronald, what do you think? Huh?"
"Where's Ronald? Have you seen him?"
Madonna shrugged and spread her hands.
"Okay, okay, let's not argue here. We won't make a decision about Madonna for the time being. We will decide on his role in the next round of auditions," the producer said, pointing at Madonna, "Please leave a contact. Method, wait for our notification.”
"What is this?" Director Alan Parker saw the notebook that Ronald had forgotten to take away. He opened it and saw that one was folded into two, and the crumpled paper fell out.
The director unfolded the paper and on it was a fragment of Hillary's script.
"...My dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles, including Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan, before I turn 21..."
This is a good show. Director Parker cheered in his heart and slammed the table: "Who is that? Go and make ten copies of this paper."
Joanna Melling's judgeship had been filled by another colleague, and Ronald wandered around the audition spots on the first floor.
When he went to Margery's place, he had agreed that he was here to watch the dance audition today, so he added a chair behind the judges' table. Meg is interested in the two protagonists of the dance department, and he also wants to see the quality of his competitors.
I watched several in a row, but none of them were as good at ballet as Meg.
"Both of them are better suited to play the slacker Lisa Monroe."
“Who is right for Lisa Monroe?”
Ronald turned around and saw that it was Meg.
"Why are you here?"
"The director asked me to go directly to audition for the second round of Hillary and Lisa Monroe in the afternoon." Meg laughed.
"I'll go watch your audition then."
The next person to audition was a Chinese girl, and she was competing for a Chinese-American group role.
"You can also play this Chinese ballet girl." Ronald joked quietly to Meg.
"Don't talk nonsense." Meg interrupted him seriously and dragged him to the corner. "Don't mention my Chinese heritage again, Ronnie."
"Why?" Ronald didn't understand.
"No one has told me about my Chinese ancestry except you. Especially as an actor now, if you are identified as Chinese, you will not be able to get roles in the future. How many Chinese roles does Hollywood only have in a year?"
"Okay, I understand." Ronald made a gesture of zipping his mouth shut.
"Well, I'm going to prepare for the performance, so don't disturb me."
Meg's acting skills are still in the training stage, and she needs to be alone to prepare herself emotionally.
Ronald was waiting to see the last of the morning's interviewees.
"Next one..." Margery called in another ballet girl.
"Go ahead and do the moves as directed in the audition notice."
The girl has blond hair and an elegant figure. She has already changed into ballet practice clothes and dancing shoes.
She got ready and began to rotate her legs, one circle, two circles, then an arabesque on tiptoes, holding steady for half a second, like a beautiful white swan.
Ronald was stunned. This was the girl who played Hillary in the dream.
I stood up with a bang, accidentally knocked over a bottle of water, and hurriedly put it away.
The girl gave him an angry look.
"What? Love at first sight?" Margery joked to him in a low voice.
"No, I feel she is Hillary." Ronald looked solemn. The joke was not to reach Meg's ears.
"It should indeed be passed. The skills and temperament are consistent with Hillary." Margery smiled and handed a green card to the girl, write your name, and go to the second floor for the second round of interviews in the afternoon.
Ronald looked over and saw that the girl's name was Antonia Franceschi.
"Italian?"
"Antonia Franceschi, you are the first"
The second-round interview in the afternoon was in the large room on the second floor. Director Alan Parker, producer David da Silva, Margery and other casting directors were all sitting there.
The director also installed a camera, which is specially used for shooting 35mm movies, to film the audition process.
The actor's face will undergo some wonderful changes after being refracted by the movie lens. Some people who are beautiful in life may not be beautiful in the camera. Or conversely, ordinary people in life become all kinds of charming in the camera.
It's all up to the movie gods.
"Take this," Allen handed Antonia a piece of paper, "Get familiar with it, we'll start in five minutes."
Five minutes later, Allen turned on the camera and signaled for the girl to start.
Antonia Franceschi sat on a bench with her hands folded on her belly. A sad mood brewed.
She acted very well, she opened her mouth with a crying voice, and tried her best to hold back the tears. Chu Chu's pitiful look was heartbreaking, and then she began to talk to herself:
"...You see, my dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles, including Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan, before I am 21 years old..."
Wow, Ronald stood up again.
Everyone looked at Ronald and blamed him for interrupting this wonderful performance.
The most surprised thing is Margery, what happened to Ronnie today? Stand up suddenly twice in front of Antonia? He couldn't help but look at Ronald.
Ronald was shocked and frightened.
He had his eye on director Alan Parker.
This is a script he wrote. It was written about Meg's secret dream, and it was also the script he promised Meg to throw away!
Alan Parker actually used it for his audition! How did he get the script? Why did he do this without consulting himself?
Meg would definitely blame him.
Meg Tilly was among those watching, her hand covering her open mouth in shock.
A pair of wonderful eyes looked at Ronald, as if condemning him. Why not keep your promise? Want to give the director a script that belongs to Meg alone? Why let another girl read the lines that belong to Meg alone?
Ronald also saw Meg, and there were silent accusations in the air.
Speechless.
A large amount of regret surged into Ronald's heart, and a drop of sweat slipped through the collar of his shirt with a tie and flowed down his back.
This drop of sweat was like turning on an emotional switch. Surprise and regret suddenly turned into anger, directed at director Alan Parker.
Ronald felt the blood rush to the top of his head with a buzzing sound. Adrenaline was excessively secreted in a short time, and his hands began to shake involuntarily.
The only trace of reason left allowed Ronald to know the consequences of the attack now, so he held it back and did not rush out to sabotage the audition.
"Look, there is no room for a baby in my dream."
The lines read by Antonia Franceschi became strange to Ronald's ears.
The sounds of the outside world seemed to be separated from him by a layer of membrane. All the sounds became softer and vague. Apart from the sound of blood flowing rapidly in his ears, there was only the sound of his own teeth clenching.
The fists that were getting tighter, the veins on the arms were exposed, and the teeth were rattling, which startled Margery next to her.
The nurse played by Joanna Melling utters her line: "Do you pay by MasterCard or American Express, Honey?"
Antonia Franceschi almost laughed. Who wrote this wicked line? It was humorous at the end of the tragic scene. However, she still held back her laughter and raised her head to look at the nurse, showing confusion about the future. Had a great audition.
After her wonderful performance, what she was waiting for was not the director's approval, but a loud noise.
"boom!"
Antonia was startled.
It's Ronald.
He couldn't hold it in any longer and punched the table.
