After signing the agency contract, the two returned to the work partition. Thomas remembered something and asked, "Have you joined the Screen Actors Guild?"
"There is no Screen Actors Guild or affiliated organizations in Atlanta." Martin simply said: "I have never joined." Thomas turned on the computer and searched for the works that Martin had appeared in. Late Night and "Zombie Gigolo" were all non-union projects, and "Noonday of the Beautiful Mind" "Sunshine" is a union project, but Martin did not initiate the application during the filming period, so it can no longer be used as a voucher.
He said: "Los Angeles is different from Atlanta. From the leading actors and actresses to the small supporting roles, most of them are union members. It is difficult for non-union members to get important roles." Martin asked: "Can't apply now?" Thomas explained: "You need to have played a major role in a project that has signed an agreement with the Screen Actors Guild. It can be a movie, a TV series, or MTV, or you have to work in it for 30 consecutive days, and you can apply during the work period." Martin immediately grasped Getting to the point: “Get union membership first?”
"Yes, this is the prerequisite for your development." Thomas thought about it for a moment and asked, "What arrangements does Ms. Mel have?" Louise's resources must be used at critical moments, and Martin will not use them just because of this trivial matter: " There is no arrangement with the brokerage company? It shouldn't be difficult for an excellent broker like you, right?" It is the responsibility of the broker to find job opportunities for clients. Thomas said: "I will check with the company to see if there are any suitable opportunities. ." Reading the public resources allocated to Thomas, use some and use less. He also has his own considerations: "You should also look for it over there. If you have a suitable opportunity, let me know and I will talk about it." Martin emphasized: "Mei Ms. Er’s resources are best used at critical moments.”
"Okay." Thomas asked: "Do you have any other questions?" Martin said: "I practice a Hollywood accent privately and need a professional teacher or tutoring class." Thomas checked on the computer: "This, in At Paramount Studios, the teachers who take classes are from the USC Film School, and they are highly professional. The new class starts on weekends, and the price is a bit expensive. Each class is one hour, with a small class of 12 people, and the fee is US$400." Martin is very happy. He said naturally: "Money is not a problem, you sign up for me." Thomas was slightly startled, this should be the job of the other party's assistant.
He is an agent of a large company, and the other party is just...
"Forget it, I just came from Atlanta and I don't know the rules." Thomas shook his head secretly, thinking that it was just this time. He picked up the phone and called the training class and gave his name as William Morris. They said they would reserve a spot. .
Martin wrote down his address and phone number, planning to sign up after the meeting. Thomas looked for resources on the intranet and asked Martin: "Besides acting, do you have any other specialties?" Martin did not need to be modest and said directly: "Horse riding, bartending, shooting, archery, dancing, fighting, swordsmanship, driving, and coercion. Ya, makeup, fireworks..." Thomas found it hard to believe, after all, the person in front of him was too young: "Are you sure?" Except for shooting and newly learned dance, everything else was accumulated by Martin in his previous life for many years, and he has completed his evolution: "You may not know, but they all call me the most versatile actor in Atlanta." Thomas was doubtful, but thinking about the person introduced by Louise Meyer, and the dance videos on the Internet that made men deeply feel inferior, Force yourself to believe.
He looked at the time and found that he had been delayed for nearly three hours on a young actor. He quickly said: "That's it for today. Keep your phone open and I will call you at any time." Martin said politely and walked out of the partition. Walk.
I saw many people like him along the way. Ordinary actor clients are naturally represented by ordinary agents.
He's doing pretty well. It's been at least almost a year since Thomas left the mailroom. Leaving William Morris, Martin drove to Paramount Studios. The studio's earth-yellow arches and split wrought iron doors often appear in film and television works.
The training class is held on weekends, and the tuition is high for ordinary actors. To register, you need to pay a one-time fee for ten classes, which is US$4,000.
The studio not only offers language classes, but also various acting classes, some of which are hosted by celebrities, and the fees are staggeringly high.
The cost of fighting out hundreds of thousands of ordinary actors is not high. Martin came out of the studio and called Michel Gondry, who was doing post-production on "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". The film will be released in March next year. Now is the busiest time.
Michel Gondry made an appointment with Martin to get together again after this busy period. On his way back, Martin received a call from Thomas, informing him that he would audition for a crew at Warner Studios at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
"A small role in the series, most of the time in the background, with a few lines." Thomas warned: "The casting director is a client of the company, and I said hello to him and his agent." Martin asked: " What do I need to prepare? Is there any type of role or script for the audition?" Thomas said: "Have a good rest at night, don't go out and make sure you have enough energy tomorrow. The role for the audition is an independent film director, the script has not been written yet, and there is no role. Script." Martin said: "I understand." The benefits of agents and agencies are now apparent, and actors are no longer alone.
After dinner, Martin made a few phone calls and thought carefully about tomorrow's audition. In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was slightly bright outside and Martin was sleeping soundly, there was suddenly a banging on the door and someone shouting loudly.
He was woken up, covered his head and wanted to go back to sleep. There was a constant banging on the door outside. Martin stood up and subconsciously went to the bedside table to feel for the gun, but found nothing.
People immediately woke up because they flew over and all the guns were left in Atlanta.
"Jessica! Jessica!" Martin heard clearly what was being shouted. He put on his T-shirt, picked up his cell phone, entered the living room, opened the door slightly, and used the voice-activated light in the corridor to find the bumpy face from last time patting the door diagonally opposite.
Before Martin could speak, the man turned around and glared at Martin: "Never mind your business, get out!" While closing the door, Martin said, "I called the police, and the police will be here soon." With a bang, He closed the door, hung up the safety lock, and moved away from the door.
Following Bruce, Martin learned a lot of home defense knowledge. Read a book
"Fake!" Pothole Face cursed and left quickly. Martin heard no sound outside, opened a crack slightly, and saw the landlord Antonio holding a shotgun, rolling from the stairwell into the corridor as if in slow motion.
"Asshole, don't leave!" Antonio's fat face trembled and he shouted towards the stairs: "If you come here again to cause trouble, I will blow your head off." Martin opened the door and reminded before coming out: "It's me, Martin." Antonio said: "Don't worry, this is a gun of friendship, I won't hit my own people." Many tenants were awakened by this chaos and came to check on the situation.
Martin came to Antonio and said, "You came too late, everyone has left."
"No way." He couldn't come out until the person left. Antonio gasped and said, "I heard the noise, got up from the bed, put on clothes and found the gun. It will take time." The door diagonally opposite opened at this time. , a blond woman came out and patted her trembling chest: "It scared me to death." Antonio tilted the gun in his hand towards the woman and asked: "You don't know him?" The woman quickly moved away: "No, he Find Jessica. You know, Jessica moved out half a month ago." In the corridor on the other side of the floor, a male tenant with glasses said: "Antonio, add a security door on the first floor. The security in Los Angeles is too bad. .”
"Do you know how much it will cost to add a door? Will you pay for it?" Antonio looked around at the other tenants: "Should I share it among you?" When it came to money, no one said anything.
Antonio finally took a breath, and his big belly stopped rising rapidly: "This kind of thing only happens occasionally. The tenant has left. This is a prosperous area in North Hollywood, and the LApd patrol frequency is high enough." Another person said: "Do you believe Those idiots? A few years ago, right here, two people beat the shit out of those losers." Antonio waved his hand: "Okay, okay, go back and continue to rest." It was still early, and everyone gradually dispersed.
Antonio held his gun of friendship and strode back to the third floor. Compared to the slow pace when he got up, his speed was more than twice as fast.
Martin was about to go back to the house when the blond woman in her long pajamas suddenly said: "Thank you for scaring him away."
"You're welcome." Martin replied casually: "He woke me up."
"I'm Emily." After the blonde woman introduced herself, she asked, "Are you new here?" Martin politely replied, "Martin Davis, you just moved in this morning." Emily looked at him carefully. Glancing at it, he said again: "Thank you." Martin looked at the person briefly and saw that the other person was not tall, at most 1.6 meters, and nodded: "You're welcome." Emily waited for Martin to return to the room, returned to the residence, took out her mobile phone and dialed a Number: "Jesse, you little brat, stop making noise! Let me ask you, who did you provoke? He came over today and scared me!" The other side replied: "I auditioned some time ago, and I was with someone There were some disputes. I'm sorry. I'll resolve them in the next few days. It's just a matter of giving me some money and we can get it together soon." The two of them had been renting together here for a long time. Emily couldn't say more, so she just warned her to be careful. ,hang up the phone.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Martin went out on time, went to a nearby restaurant to have a lighter breakfast, drove to the vicinity of Burbank, found a quiet place to relax his thoughts, and when the time was about the same, rushed to Warner Studios and came to In the office area where the crew is located, attend auditions.
Thomas had already signed up for him, and Martin found the audition room according to the diagram. There were more than ten people sitting on the two benches in front of the audition room.
Martin found an empty seat and sat down, waiting patiently.
