Burbank, Leonardo's Appian Trail Productions.
Martin came to the front desk, met Thomas who was waiting here, and entered the dressing room together.
Likewise, he called Robert in Atlanta.
The high priest of the Cola Cult immediately took action.
There was no one in the audition room for the time being, so Thomas said: "Return a favor, return a favor, and I will fight for you with the salary and treatment you deserve."
Martin nodded: "When the audition results are confirmed, you can go ahead and do it."
He is here to return a favor, but the agent is not.
Moreover, the scale of the script is very large.
Martin doesn't care about size. He has taken it off too many times along the way.
There is always something to gain every time you take it off, even if it is a simple exercise that costs hundreds of millions, you also gain enjoyment and happiness.
Hollywood has a very mature mechanism for nudity scenes. There are corresponding prices and regulations for how much you take off and where you expose yourself.
These require Thomas to discuss with the crew.
Several stylists and makeup artists came in and began styling Martin.
Thomas left the dressing room, but Bruce stayed here, looking at everyone with his wolf-like eyes.
Today is the audition with makeup.
Martin's beard was cleanly shaved, and his long hair was styled into an old-fashioned parting. His already young and handsome face looked several years younger.
The old-fashioned clothes were brought over. The costume designer looked at Martin's big frame and said, "Change to two sizes larger!"
The assistant rushed to get it.
The feeling of a young boy who is on the thin side can also be created through styling and lenses. A well-proportioned but strong figure like Martin can wear baggy clothes.
Of course, there is a limit to this. It would definitely be useless to create a Johnson who would later gain unlimited muscle.
If it were O'Neal, there would be no way.
Under the careful care of several top makeup artists and stylists in the industry, Martin seemed to have returned to his appearance when he was seventeen or eighteen years old.
On the other side, many members of the crew entered the audition room one after another.
Director Sam Mendes, actress and producer Kate Winslet, investor Leonardo DiCaprio, original author Bernhard Schlink, and producer and screenwriter Anthony Minghella.
Then there are the representatives of the Screen Actors Guild.
Kate asked: "Has the makeup artist finished it?"
An assistant said: "It will take about ten minutes."
Casting director Gina led people to adjust the camera.
Benhard, the author of the original book, said: "The time span is too big. Can one actor do it? Or a young actor acting in a commercial film."
"Using two actors is easy to solve." Anthony has a similar view, but he also has doubts: "The only problem is that two different actors can easily bring a sense of separation to the characters."
Kate finally found a suitable candidate in Martin and said, "Let's see the results of the audition first and then talk about anything else."
Leonardo sat nearby and watched the show with great interest.
Anthony and Benhard didn’t say any more, they were going to audition soon, and it was clear at a glance what the specific situation would be.
The door to the audition room opened from the outside, and an assistant came in with Martin.
Benhard, the author of the original work, carefully looked at the actor. He had a good appearance and a very strong aura. At first glance, he could tell that he was a very confident person.
This is very inconsistent with the temperament of the young male protagonist.
Anthony is also observing Martin, but will not judge easily, because excellent actors are all people with many faces, but at the age of 25...
Martin greeted Kate and others one by one and looked behind them.
As expected, the dedicated game team members focused on playing mobile phones and never participated in actual work, showing extremely high professionalism.
Sam Mendes took out a script and handed it to Martin: "Let's get started."
Kate stood up and walked to the camera: "I'll play for Martin."
The audition scene is a scene where the heroine Hannah changes clothes and the male protagonist Michelle peeks.
Casting director Gina glanced at the camera monitor and said, "Go!"
As she finished speaking, Kate turned her back to Martin, unbuttoned her buttons one by one, and took off her coat.
Martin sneaked to the edge of the prop curtain. The shyness and ignorance on his face were gradually replaced by curiosity. He secretly stretched out his head, and then retracted it under the urging of his inner morality.
But the strong desire finally defeated the shackles of morality and the shyness of the boy. Martin seemed to be pulled by a magical force and walked out of the curtain. He couldn't help but watch Kate take off her coat...
The original author Bernhard looked at Martin blankly, as if he was seeing some kind of true representation of the protagonist Michel Berg.
The strong and confident actor opposite him completely disappeared after the casting director called start.
The person is still the same person, but in his eyes, he is no longer that person.
His temperament has completely changed. The self-confidence of a successful person is gone, replaced by the youthful and restrained youth. When he walks out of the curtain in hesitation, people can clearly feel his curiosity and interest in mature women. Desire, and even the indescribable but understandable greed for flesh appeared in his eyes and expressions.
Anthony Minghella looked at the actor in front of the camera. For some reason, he subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Leonardo. Leonardo, who was in his thirties, was only like this when he was at his best.
Just using his eyes, subtle expressions and few body movements, he vividly interprets the youthful greenness of the young man.
At this moment, Kate felt something and turned around.
Martin turned around and ran, ran through the curtain, hid behind the wall, and held down his heaving chest. After a while, the person behind him came out step by step.
The conflict between ethics and primitive desires suddenly broke out at this moment.
The uneasiness and shame of peeking at the heroine changing clothes made her unable to resist the temptation and desire. Even though she knew it was "dangerous" to come back, she still struggled to come back.
At this moment, Leonardo cursed Martin ten thousand times in his heart, and then sighed: This pervert and bastard is indeed the best suited to play a pervert.
The little pervert is also a pervert!
The audition scene ended with Sam Mendes yelling, "Stop!"
The male and female protagonists in front of the camera seem to be stuck in their roles and unable to escape, walking towards each other step by step.
After taking a few steps, Martin broke away first and shouted: "Kate!"
Kate Winslet seemed to be completely immersed in the character's emotions, just like Hannah was about to do at this moment, reaching out to touch Martin.
The scale of this script is very large, and many shots go straight to the lower third.
The same goes for Kate's hands.
Martin took a step forward, grabbed her wrist, and said, "How was my performance?"
Kate broke away from the role, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Very good, let me join the play."
Sam Mendes didn't pay attention to the front, but went to watch the monitor with producer Anthony.
There is a difference between what the camera captures and what you see with the naked eye.
Even Benhard, a layman, joined in.
Watching the audition footage again, Sam asked, "What do you think?"
Anthony said: "The audition was very good. Martin showed the character's mental journey at this moment just right and beautifully, naturally and smoothly. I couldn't ask for more."
"Yes, that's him!" Benhard quickly interjected: "The Martin just now is the sixteen-year-old Michelle in my novel."
Casting director Gina said: "An almost perfect audition."
The audition was not over. Martin left the audition room and returned to the dressing room to re-make up and style.
When he appeared in the audition room again, he had become a middle-aged man.
An ordinary young actor who wants to play a middle-aged character, especially a middle-aged person like Michelle with a complex psychological process, will encounter various problems, especially in terms of mentality.
But Martin's performance as a middle-aged man is more relaxed than the young man just now.
Introverted, vicissitudes of life and quiet, even a little autistic.
After all the auditions were over, the original author Benhard couldn't bear it anymore and stood up to stop Martin who was about to leave: "Mr. Davis!"
Martin seems to have not completely escaped from the role, his eyes and expressions are full of vicissitudes, and he just nodded slightly.
"Thank you!" Benhard's words were a bit strange. The middle-aged German uncle's face was full of sincerity: "You really made the characters in my book come alive."
Martin just said: "You're welcome."
Benhard grabbed Martin's hand and squeezed it hard.
Martin then left the audition room.
Benhard turned and looked at the big guys on the crew: "I am a layman in filmmaking, but I can feel the resonance between the characters and the actors. Martin Davis is very suitable."
Sam asked Anthony: "What do you think?"
"There are many actors in the industry who can do a single teenage role or a single middle-aged role." Anthony is also an Oscar winner for best director and has experienced a lot: "But at the same time, he can interpret two characters with such a large time span. There are not many actors who can do it.”
He said directly: "I give up my previous opinion. With an actor like Martin, why should we find two people to play Michelle? That will only weaken the character and the film."
Sam looked at Leonardo, one of the investors.
Leonardo said: "Martin is very good. Not only his acting skills, but also his business appeal as the leader of the Coca-Cola Cult. We can also sponsor Coca-Cola. There should be Coca-Cola in Germany at that time, right? I remember that the United States had troops stationed there."
He considered it from the perspective of an investor: "With so many followers of the Coca-Cola Cult, how can there be a group of them who contribute to the box office for their leader?"
Of these people, Kate has known Martin the longest and understands him best: "I said, Martin is perfect for this role."
Leonardo reminded: "That guy is a madman. He is really in the state and can compete with Nicholson. Kate, you have to show your best state. This is originally a play from the perspective of the male protagonist. You If you perform slightly worse, you will be suppressed by him."
Kate was very confident: "No, I just had a feeling that Martin can bring me into the play."
Leonardo recalled the happy times with Martin: "That's right. The few scenes I had with him were in very good condition."
Anthony stood up at this time and said: "Now that Martin has been decided, there is no need to wait any longer. Let's inform him and his agent."
Kate said, "I'll go."
Leonardo followed: "I'll go with you."
(End of chapter)
