Global Best Actor: Starting with Picking Up Attributes in America

For a week, Chen Xun wandered around various gathering places for extras in Los Angeles.

However, this week was absolutely dismal!

The average daily wage is only thirty dollars, barely enough to make ends meet.

Since he was used in small-scale events, the attribute orbs that dropped were all gray!

Moreover, these are all peripheral attributes: [Rogue], [Dissolute], ...

Chen Xun opened the panel:

[Acting Skills Attribute Panel]

Dialogue: Lv0 (4/100)

Limbs: Lv0 (8/100)

Emoticons: Lv0 (1/100)

Eyes: Lv0 (1/100)

Mood: Lv0 (8/100)

Tempo: Lv0 (1/100)

Aura: Lv0 (6/100)

……

In the evening, Chen Xun finished work and went home as usual.

I had just reached the door.

His phone screen suddenly lit up.

It's Robert!

Rob: Tomorrow morning at six o'clock, Burbank, Warner Bros. Studio 7.

The production assistant will give you a pass.

It's a thriller!

The crew of "Lurking"!

We need a paranormal researcher assistant with a few lines, who is Asian and looks intelligent and somewhat bookish.

Three days, $200 a day, don't be late!

……

"Lurking"!

Chen Xun's heart skipped a beat.

He had heard of the project.

It's the latest film from James Wan, the Asian director famous for "Saw"!

It is said that the investment cost is not high!

But being able to work on a film crew that is destined to leave its mark on the horror genre is a real treat.

Its significance far exceeds the $200 daily income.

Moreover, the actors in the crew are definitely more professional than those in his previous, lesser-known films!

This means there's a possibility of getting more rare attribute orbs.

He gets excited just thinking about it!

the next day.

Chen Xun arrived at the Warner Bros. studio half an hour early.

The enormous photography studio made people look extremely small.

They verified my identity at the door.

Get a temporary pass

He was led into booth number 7 by a busy assistant.

The scene inside the studio was completely different from the chaotic street shooting before.

This space has been meticulously constructed to resemble the interior of a typical American middle-class family home.

The walls were a slightly dark color.

In the corner were some oddly shaped antique furniture pieces.

The lighting was strictly controlled within a dim, yellowish hue.

It can create a sense of unease.

Chen Xun noticed.

Cameras seem to have a particular preference for wide-angle lenses.

He recalled the information he had read before.

Director James Wan likes to use this kind of shot to enhance the documentary feel and the sense of distortion in space.

This lays the visual foundation for the haunted house story.

"List?"

A deep voice rang out.

Chen Xun turned his head.

I saw assistant director Rob.

He was standing with a white man with long hair and a slightly gloomy demeanor.

Robert pointed at Chen Xun:

"The screenwriter, Leigh Whannell, felt that your character could be given more weight."

Chen Xun's heart skipped a beat.

Ray Whannell!

The screenwriter of the Saw series.

He also wrote the script for the TV series "Lurking".

He looked thinner than he appeared in the magazine.

Warner looked Chen Xun up and down:

"You only have one line in the script: The instrument is responding."

"Try it later, see if you can project a sense of nervousness—that you know the truth but are afraid to tell it all—when Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne question you."

"Do you understand? That kind of unspoken feeling?"

"I understand, Mr. Warner."

Chen Xun suppressed his excitement and nodded calmly.

He subconsciously applied the composure he had accumulated before.

He gives people the impression of being steady and reliable.

Center of the shooting area.

Patrick Wilson, who plays the father Josh, and Rose Byrne, who plays the mother Rhea, are rehearsing their positions.

Wilson, dressed in an ordinary shirt, with a furrowed brow, perfectly portrayed an anxious father troubled by supernatural phenomena.

Byrne, on the other hand, looked tired and terrified, which fits the image of a mother protecting her comatose son in the show.

Their performance was very restrained.

It relies more on eye contact and subtle body language, which is completely different from the exaggerated performances Chen Xun had seen before.

"All departments, prepare! Scene 38 of 'Lurking,' Scene 1!"

The stage manager claps the clapperboard.

Chen Xun's character appears in a scene in the drama where paranormal investigator Elizabeth brings her equipment to the protagonist's house to investigate.

He was wearing a slightly oversized white lab coat and holding a strange instrument that he pretended to use to detect supernatural energy.

It was actually a modified old-fashioned radio.

The performances of the lead actors unfolded around him.

Wilson demanded in a voice laced with suppressed anger and fear, "What exactly did you find in my son?"

Byrne gripped his arm tightly, his eyes filled with pleading.

Following the script, Chen Xun delivered the line: "The instrument... is responding."

He spoke rather dryly.

These days, he's been dealing with all sorts of random attribute balls, and his acting skills haven't improved much at all!

When he arrived at the big film set, he realized just how bad his acting was!

"Cut!"

The executive director called a halt.

The gaze wasn't directed at the lead actor, but rather at Chen Xun:

"Asian assistant, your reaction is too wooden! You're scared! Scared of what you know! Do it again!"

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Chen Xun tried to widen his eyes, attempting to show fear.

"Cut! That's too much! It's not a ghost!"

Five or six in a row failed.

Chen Xun's back began to sweat.

He could sense the impatience of some of the staff on site.

Just then!

Veteran actress Lin Saya, who plays Elise, walks past him, preparing to enter.

The veteran actor merely glanced at the scene indifferently.

His gaze was calm and resolute, as if he had already seen through all the secrets in the script.

A green orb of light fell from beneath her feet!

[Emotional Acting Skills - Sense of Conviction +2]

Chen Xun immediately stretched out his leg and touched the attribute ball.

A strange sensation flowed through my entire body.

He seemed to gain a deeper understanding of the identity of "paranormal researcher" in an instant.

It wasn't an exaggerated performance!

Rather, it is an inherent, unwavering confidence within the character.

Next item.

"Action!"

Wilson pressed again, "Tell me the truth!"

Chen Xun raised his head.

This time he didn't deliberately glare.

Instead, she pursed her lips slightly, her gaze first meeting Wilson's before quickly shifting away to a point in the void, as if sensing something unseen.

His voice trembled slightly, but his tone was unusually certain: "The instrument... has a very strong response."

He paused for half a second, added a little improvisation, and whispered:

"In this room."

"Cut! Okay! This one's passed!"

The executive director's voice carried a hint of satisfaction: "That addition was good; keep it."

Chen Xun breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his underwear was already soaked with sweat.

He secretly glanced at director James Wan behind the monitor.

The director seemed to nod slightly.

During the scene change and lighting setup, Chen Xun wandered around the edge of the film set like a ghost.

He kept picking up the attribute balls next to some characters and crew members.

[Emotional Attribute - Focus +1]

[Rhythm-related attribute - Musicality +1]

[Physical Attribute - Strength +1]

……

The biggest gain came from Patrick Wilson.

During the filming of a scene where he is alone in a corridor and feels spied on, he did not make many movements.

He was simply facing away from the camera.

But the instantaneous tension in the shoulder muscles and the subtle stiffness in the neck perfectly conveyed the character's chilling nature.

A blue orb of light fell.

[Physical Attributes - Back Scenery +3]

Rare attribute ball!

Chen Xun was overjoyed and immediately absorbed it.

This is more than just a skill.

It is also a deep understanding of the character's psychological state down to the muscular level.