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An unremarkable Arizona mother of three, Stephanie Meyer had a dream back in 2003 of a teenage girl falling in love with a charming and dangerous vampire , She took this dream as an opportunity to start writing. In 2004, her dream was written into a novel by her, and it was completely displayed in front of everyone.

However, Mel never expected that after the publication of the novel she named "Twilight", it would stay at the top of the "New York Times" bestseller list for 124 consecutive weeks, and then, when Mel was still immersed in the wave of success, At that time, Summit Entertainment found her, she confirmed repeatedly, and the other party gave her affirmative answer again and again, they were indeed Summit Entertainment who produced "Memory Fragments", and they wanted to buy the copyright of "Twilight". The story of a human girl and a vampire is brought to the big screen——

This is simply Mel's lifelong dream. Without any hesitation, with the efforts of her and her manager, she negotiated the cooperation with Summit Entertainment, and Mel has also gained a lot of power. The most important one is, That is about the choice of the heroine Edward in her book, and she must make the final decision.

So Mel has been casting with director Catherine recently. The heroine candidate has been roughly determined to be Ellie Hawke, who collaborated with Lindsay Lohan in "meangirls" last year. This girl has good acting skills and her popularity It is enough to prove that she has a good market in youth films, which is exactly what they need. In addition, after Mel has seen her makeup trial, he also feels that Ellie's conditions in all aspects are very suitable for the characters in her book, and most importantly The point is that Ellie, unlike the other actresses who auditioned, after seeing the revised script, Ellie showed great enthusiasm for the role of Bella, which pleased Mel to a certain extent.

So Mel no longer needs to worry about the choice of the heroine, and now the choice of the heroine is what makes everyone a headache.More than 5000 people sent in their resumes, but before even a tenth of them could be interviewed, Mel was already depressed, and she complained privately to her manager that the actors were either too young or too young. Too old, and quite a few people, Mel regrets that they are not famous. Indeed, Mel has to admit that she lacks the courage to discover a new talent, and the thing that bothers Mel most is that she is among the actors who come to interview. She didn't even find the kind of temperament she wanted——

Vampires are beautiful and dangerous, and at the same time have a sense of ancient nobility. Although this is just a high school love story, Mel always feels that Edward should also have modern aristocratic temperament. Of course, these temperaments are often found in those colleges in England However, it is not that Mel is prejudiced against the British, but this is a story that happened in the United States. At the same time, Mel also feels that British actors have occupied too many Hollywood screens.

Under these kinds of tribulations, Mel thought that the project would be stopped by these obstacles, but, until that day...

Mel just hung up the phone, she held the phone tightly in her hand, it was really God's blessing, Mel even stomped her feet in place to vent her excitement, otherwise she would definitely She couldn't help screaming, but just when Mel gradually calmed down and wanted to tell more people the news, Catherine had already called first.

"Stephanie—hey, listen to me..." After several months of cooperation, Catherine and Stephanie have become very familiar with each other, "I'm afraid we don't have time. As for the leading actor who gave us a headache, here I will take it There is a new recommendation, Robert Pattinson, the kid who starred in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"..."

Mel couldn't help interrupting Catherine: "No, I've heard of him too, he's an Englishman, Catherine..."

Catherine immediately let out a tormented exclamation: "God—I know he is British, I know, or it is really not good, how about Henry Cavill, who you favored before? I have some friendship with his agent, listen Well, it doesn't matter to the British, they can take half a month of accent lessons to solve this problem..."

"Stop Catherine, calm down, I want to say that I already have a candidate for Edward, and I just talked to his agent on the phone!" Mel seized the opportunity and said vigorously, and then she excitedly The tone was transmitted to the person on the other end of the phone through the signal, "But I think I need to give you three seconds to scream a few times before I tell you the answer—"

"——" Catherine couldn't help laughing and cursed at the other end, "No—don't do this, don't be like this, okay? Tell me, tell me now who is the guy who almost broke us?"

Just saying the name, Mel couldn't control his excitement: "It's Alex Pollin—yes, that's right, we got Alex Pollin!"

The other end of the phone was quiet for a few seconds, and it took a while for Catherine to gasp in disbelief: "Jesus—Alex Pauline? Wait a minute, are you sure you're not joking with me? Or are you saying you've already paid off early?" Security put a camera in my house, how long before we're on a reality show?"

"No, it's true, it's all true, honey—he's coming to audition next Monday."

It seemed that Catherine had also calmed down, but after the excitement faded, doubts arose in her heart.

"You mean, Alex Pollin, he's confirmed to be in Twilight?" Summit Entertainment's new co-chairman, Rob Friedman, who had just stepped down as chief operating officer of Paramount Pictures, heard When the assistant reported the news to him, he asked in confusion.

In fact, there are many people who have the same doubts as Rob. After the release of "The Duchess", the name Alex Pollin was very popular in Hollywood. The darling of mean film critics.

According to those people's expectations, Alex should take some independent films next, some films that can better use his acting skills, and the big directors in Hollywood also like to use talented newcomers to a certain extent, which is very likely. Inspire an unprecedented chemical reaction with each other and get a win-win situation. Alex must be a very good candidate. In short-Alex should shoot those movies with depth, not a childish novel adapted from a best-selling novel. A shallow, shallow story of vampires and humans in love, a popcorn romance.

Rob thought so too, so he asked unexpectedly: "Did his agent choose this film for him? Oh—what? You said he made the decision himself? Well, it seems that there must be something wrong with this story. Attracted him..." Rob sighed, "No, of course it's good, I mean, with Mr. Pauline's current attention, we can definitely make the situation better with his participation, but his agent Have you talked about salary with you?"

The assistant quickly said: "Mr. Pauline said that his salary can be reduced to 100 million—"

Rob was surprised by this small number, because with Alex's current net worth, if it is known that he is actually willing to act in these popcorn romance movies, someone might come to him with an offer of 500 million soon At the same time, an actor's salary is usually raised. If he lowers his salary this time, he may not be able to get the ideal figure next time, so Rob knows that Alex There must be other requests, he heard the assistant continue: "But he asked to participate in the share, including the subsequent series..."

This was Rob's second surprise today. He seemed to have grasped something, and couldn't help saying, "It seems that Mr. Pauline is quite confident about this project..." After finishing speaking, Rob raised his hand and looked at the time, "I remember They're auditions this afternoon? Pray it's not too late for me to get back—"

In fact, it’s no wonder that Rob is so interested in "Twilight". Summit Entertainment has never positioned itself as a small production company, but wants to be a super joke that can be on an equal footing with the Big Six. Produced several independent films that could be called classics, but due to lack of funds, they have been in a precarious state, but this was before Rob's arrival. After Rob's arrival, Summit Entertainment immediately raised 10% of financing from Merrill Lynch. [-] million, opened up the links of film development, production, distribution and overseas sales. At the same time, they also snatched the filming rights of "Twilight" from Paramount's MTV film company. Therefore, it can be said that Summit Entertainment The success or failure of this is all in one fell swoop.

And when Rob arrived at the company, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, and soon, Rob realized where the strangeness came from, and he looked around with his hips on his hips: "Why is it the young man left?" here?"

One of the staff members was locked by Rob's eyes, so he had no choice but to say: "Sir, Alex Pollin came to audition today, so the ladies rushed to see—"

In fact, the main creators of the Twilight movie include the original author, director, and screenwriter.The producers are all women, and when they get together, they can quickly make an endless list of "what kind of men will bring fatal attraction to women", but today's topic is not And this again—

Catherine said with a little smile: "I can't believe this, I'm going to sit here and audition for Alex Pollin later - that charming young man!"

Just when Mel wanted to make some jokes, there was a knock on the door of the room, and several people couldn't help looking over, first Alex's assistant, he opened the door, and then the young man in black trousers and black shirt People walked in, and Catherine saw Alex smiling at them. Really, she hadn't used this kind of description that might give goosebumps for a long time, but she really felt that way when Alex The moment she walked in the door, she felt that the person in front of her was glowing, and then lit up the whole room——

Alex came over to greet them. After the simple greetings, Catherine couldn't help but said, "Yes, I don't even need an interview. Why don't we use the spare time to go out for a drink?"

"That would be great——" Alex smiled, exaggeratingly relieved, "This way I can escape, and you don't have to see me stumbling nervously while reciting lines— —I think I would like to treat you, how about a coffee shop not far away?"

Alex's humorous and gentlemanly performance immediately won the favor of the ladies present. However, after such a simple joke passed, an audition is still necessary.

Since this was a rather hasty audition, Ellie, who played the heroine, couldn't rush to the scene to play with Alex for a while, so the author Mel took the script and rehearsed with Alex for a while, that is, the heroine In the part where Bella has discovered Edward's true identity and confronts him for the truth, they give Alex 10 minutes to read the script and prepare.

Although there is no crew here, Catherine, the director, couldn't wait to shout out "—"

Mel stood beside Alex, just bowed his head and read the lines: "You have to explain to me—"

Then everyone present saw that Alex's expression changed. He looked a little gloomy, with a vague and unspeakable danger, but he was very reserved. He looked at the person beside him who was questioning him , a hoarse voice that seemed to be restraining something came out: "I would rather listen to your explanation."

Mel controlled her breathing, the two were so close, her face was already very red when she heard Alex's sexy voice, she controlled her voice not to tremble: "I have considered radioactive mutant spiders and kryptonites stone."

The vampire frowned slightly: "Is it the weakness that all superheroes have?" He seemed to smile lightly, or just pursed the corners of his mouth, and then he got closer and closer to him The woman next to him, with a sense of aggression, he spoke again, that kind of feeling makes you know that there is a very, extremely terrifying creature standing in front of you, but you can't control yourself from sinking down——

"What if I'm not a hero? What if I'm just—"

Mel's eyes couldn't help falling on Alex's open and closed lips, and then she heard the person in front of her say: "...thebadguy?"

It wasn't until Alex was out of the scene that he took a step back and showed his usual smile that Mel couldn't break free from the suffocating feeling of being pinched by something in the heart.

"My God, my God—" Mel patted his flushed face.

Alex couldn't help being a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I got too close in the end-because I think Edward in this paragraph is aggressive, he wants to show his vampiric instincts, but he just I want to scare this girl, after all he is moved by her, that is a kind of prank..."

"Yes, that's true—" Mel agreed with Alex very much.

At the same time, Catherine is also very excited. Of course, she has seen Alex's movies and interviews. She knows Alex's real character, at least as shown in those images. The charm of a mature man is mixed with some boyishness, and in "The Duchess", he is affectionate and uninhibited, pursuing freedom and light. Generally speaking, Alex is actually a positive and active character , but just now, when he played Edward, he performed a completely different feeling, withdrawn, gloomy and cold, Catherine thought, it only took him 10 minutes, and he quickly entered the performance state, about those Catherine gradually began to feel the acting skills of Alex praised by film critics——

After watching Alex's audition outside the door, Rob left with his assistant, and then he had only one sentence: "Promise him, as long as he stays in this project, we can even allow him to bargain at some point." -"

Compared with the high evaluation of Alex by the main creators, after the "Twilight Saga" announced its launch in March and started the pre-promotion, the media who were particularly fond of Alex before all spoke highly of Alex. I was very disappointed after accepting such a superficial romance film. The Wall Street Journal even commented: "Mr. Pauline will regret the stupid decision he made today."

So in March, the focus was on Alex taking over an unsatisfactory new film, and even the news that he won the BAFTA's Best Newcomer Award at the Royal Opera House at the end of February, no one paid attention to it.

Until the paparazzi filmed Alex's late-night outing one night, without an assistant, or even driving by himself.But before he followed Alex to his destination, the media released news that Alex was preparing to go out to hunt for sex.

Jessica found out about the news early in the morning. Immediately afterwards, she dialed the phone number of her friend: "God, did you see that message? My picture hasn't loaded yet-Andy, I hope they It's making it up, otherwise I can't stand why Alex is meeting a beautiful blonde with big breasts in the middle of the night..."

Andy let out a helpless laugh there: "Yes, if you say that, then he is indeed a beauty—"

"He—?" Jessica frowned and asked back. At this time, the picture in front of her had also been loaded, and it was Alex in the middle. He was running towards someone, and then gave someone a Full of hugs, Jessica took a closer look, "So this blonde beauty with big breasts is...Captain America?"