Raising Dragons in Hollywood

"Orochi" (tentative name) actor recruitment and role setting

protagonist:

Sheriff Leonard, a white man who is nearly 30 years old, is upright, dedicated and responsible. He has been trying to protect all the residents in the town.

Mrs. Leonard—a gentle housewife, she is virtuous and gentle, loves her husband and children deeply, and devotes her life to her family.

Boy Remy - the youngest son of the Leonard couple, (seven to 12 years old, plays eight years old) a lively white boy.

Stelle, an outside consultant to the botanical garden, a graduate student in zoology and botany, wears glasses, looks like a harmless intellectual, but actually harbors evil intentions.

Laura—(adult plays a 16-year-old girl), white, beautiful girl, because of some family problems and school violence, she looks like a bad girl on the outside, but in fact, she is very kind in her heart.Her attire and age will be slightly inappropriate, and there may be a little revealing footage.

supporting role:

Police officers (4-5 people)—follow Sergeant Leonard to hunt and kill pythons, men aged between thirty and forty.

Restaurant waitress (1 person) - female, others are not limited.

Neighbors (1-2 people) - no male or female, no age limit.

Students (about 3-4 people) - Laura's classmates (adults play boys and girls aged seventeen or eighteen).

summary of the story:

After the pet snake was released, it caused a flood.

Director: Sammy.

Producer: Rossi.

above……

It is the most basic casting instructions worked out by Sammy and Rossi, and it is currently being neatly printed on a piece of A4 white paper. .

Regarding the setting of characters and roles, they all write relatively simple.

On the one hand, it’s because I don’t want to reveal the plot in advance; on the other hand, it’s a well-known reason—in all monster movies, the protagonists in the films will always and will only be monsters, not humans.

That is to say, the main character of this show is a snake, and all the real-life actors only play supporting roles for the snake.

Therefore, in such a film, there is no need to spend a lot of money to hire those super expensive Hollywood stars.

Leaving aside the question of whether big Hollywood stars would be willing to star in a low-budget horror film.

The main question is actually, people don't think that Marilyn Monroe must look better when she is bitten by a snake in the movie than an ordinary actor who is bitten by a snake?

We can firmly remember a sentence:

In front of monsters, everyone is equal, and everyone will die equally.

Based on this, the matter of actor recruitment has become much simpler.

As long as well-known actors are not required, it is very convenient and quick to find actors in a modern society, because everything has a formal process.

The crew is limited and there is no dedicated casting director.

Therefore, Rossi simply came by himself. He directly logged on to an actor website and screened the relevant conditions.

The specific operation is:

Set up keywords, these keywords can be 'white, male'; you can also be more detailed, requiring 'age between XX, height above XX, weight between XX'; if you need more details, You can also ask for 'what color your eyes are, what color your hair is, what religion you have' and so on.In short, as long as the conditions can be imagined, there are almost all of them.

Once selected, click Search.

A bunch of actors will appear immediately below, with photos, resumes, self-introductions and salary expectations.

At this time, some conditions that do not meet can be excluded.

When everything is ok, use the group message function of the website to send group audition notices to all qualified actors, informing them of the time and place of the audition,

The supporting role actors are the first to be solved.

These actors do not have high requirements for acting skills. As long as the image is suitable, they are willing to obey the command, and they have no major problems (foul hands and feet, late arrival and early departure, leaking secrets of the crew, etc.), after the discussion is proper, they can sign the contract immediately and smoothly. into the group.

Every year, a large number of men and women who dream of becoming stars flood into Hollywood.

But before these people became well-known actors, they could only rely on odd jobs to support their daily life, but even if they drank cold water to fill their stomachs every day, they were reluctant to leave here because of their dreams.Therefore, there are always a lot of actors like this.

With amazing efficiency, Rossi picked enough people in two days.

And these people are also very efficiently ready, just waiting to start working.

But the determination of the protagonist team is still a bit problematic.

Among them, Sergeant Leonard was the first candidate to be booked.

It was a middle-aged man in his forties, his acting skills were not bad, he had been ups and downs in Hollywood for many years, he had done countless tricks, he was quite experienced, and even played the role of cannon fodder police several times.

In fact, among the actors who came to audition, his performance was not outstanding, his acting skills were not the best, and his image was not the one closest to the script.

But during the audition, he was the only one who didn't appear perfunctory and negligent because of the shabby crew and the director being too young. On the contrary, he worked hard to perform every movement and expression according to the requirements from beginning to end.

So, Sammy made a decision with satisfaction and made an appointment.

The director with a small round face who seems to be easy to bully is sometimes very domineering in his work, especially favoring those obedient actors.

The next character identified was Laura, the 16-year-old delinquent.

The actor who played her was a newcomer. She hadn't submitted a resume or passed an audition. It was just because she was brought in by a film investor, so she was hired directly.

Director Sammy didn't foolishly express any objections.

Others paid so much money and only asked for a small role, which is a completely reasonable operation.

What's more, the cold-blooded director Sami already had a way to deal with it.

He had a small round face, his eyes projected a cruel and merciless light like a 'killer', and he thought viciously: "Anyway, she is a character in a horror movie, if she is really a hindrance, then find a way to 'kill her'! Should I be crushed to death? Or be swallowed by a snake? Or, half of my head will be knocked off... Hehehe!"

On the other end, the actress shudders and quietly tugs on her coat.

The role of boy Remy is relatively troublesome.

Because child actors are always difficult to control, especially when the parents on the booth are not very talkative, it is even more troublesome.

So, Rossi simply called relatives and friends to borrow a child from an acquaintance's family to help.

After Sami's review, he found that the image was quite suitable, so he agreed with ease.

In the end, there were only two roles left that had yet to find actors.

One is Mrs. Renard, and the other is Stry, the consultant of the botanical garden.

After Sammy pondered the role of the former...

He called the actress Nali, who played Aaron's mother in The Adventures of Aaron.

After Nali received the call, she was quite surprised: "Are you looking for me to act in a movie?"

You know, she is different from the actors Rossi recruited before.

Nali has long been no longer those little actors who are unknown, mess around in the circle, but have no way out.

On the contrary, she is already well-known in the TV drama industry. She has a gold medal and is familiar to the audience. She is an actor who has never been short of drama performances.

Although it is said that when she was young, she also had a dream of "doing nothing to move to the big screen".

But as she grew older and didn't get any good opportunities, she had actually given up on that idea, and gradually got used to the life of playing an important supporting role in major film crews.

After all, the money earned is enough to spend, and there are some fans of the drama, who are more than enough than the bottom, and their lives are still very comfortable.

Normally speaking, there is no need for her to take the risk of lowering her own value to find a sense of presence in such low-cost small movies.

But Sammy told her honestly: 'This is just a low-cost horror film', 'there is no well-known actor in the crew', 'the actors may not be paid too much', 'if it doesn't go well, Films are not guaranteed to be successful'.

but……

He added plainly: 'I will buy insurance for every actor' and 'I will shoot well'.

Unattractive drive-by solicitation.

and……

Is it worth mentioning specifically about insurance?

It doesn't sound like welfare, it's like a threat of 'it must be dangerous, so get insurance in advance'!

Nali couldn't laugh or cry, but she was miraculously moved.

It is the hardest thing for a sophisticated woman to win trust if she makes a lot of good and unrealistic promises, because she has already seen too much through ups and downs; that is, Only by telling the truth can we gain any chance of negotiating.

With this possibility, it is natural to start thinking about other issues.

As a member of the crew of "The Adventures of Aaron", Nali also knows Sami's character quite well.

If others say 'I will take a good shot'.

That's probably just empty talk that's used to coax people.

But for this young director with a round face, if he said 'I will do a good job', then it will definitely be fine!good!shoot!

Moreover, maybe it is still a good filming of the kind of "success without sudden death".

As such.

Maybe this seemingly mediocre horror film can really develop a bit?Like... The Adventures of Aaron?

Normally, Nali, who would definitely refuse such an invitation, now instead bit her fingertips on the other end of the phone hesitantly because it was an invitation from Sami, and fell into a fierce struggle in her heart.

It can be seen that even if Sami is still in the ranks of new directors...

But he already has an important quality that all famous directors will have-the sincere trust from the actor's heart.

Because of this, Nali made up her mind to take a gamble!

After all, even if you lose, you can still afford to lose for the time being.

The contacts and relationships she accumulated in her early years are still there.

If you fail, at most you will be ridiculed for a few sour words such as "overthinking one's ability and ambition, but not having enough strength and vision".

This bit of ridicule can't hurt anyone.

Isn't she still the same as now, continuing to be her own gold medal player;

But on the contrary, if once it succeeds!

Then her career will take on a completely new look, and she will usher in a new life completely, and maybe she will be able to walk out of another avenue to reach the sky!

In this world, men are not the only ones who are ambitious.

Women will also have the ambition to keep going up and climb the peak bravely!

—— Turn over to the salted fish in the fourth season of "The Adventures of Aaron"!

——For Sami's dedication, dedication and talent!

—for that little chance of success.

Nali, who was standing in front of the gaming table, made a big bet calmly and calmly!

She even turned down a cameo invitation for a popular TV series without hesitation, and set aside a special schedule to wait for Sammy's call.

So, there was only one role left on Sammy's side that hadn't been booked yet—Story, the botanical garden consultant!

He racked his brains to pull the actor in his mind, and fell into hard thinking...

At this time, their drag king, screenwriter Hughes Humphrey, suggested from the side: "There is no need to find this sinister and cunning character. The ready-made candidate is by our side."

Then, meeting the puzzled eyes of Sammy and Rosie...

He said very embarrassingly: "Yes, that's right! Rosie, stop looking aside and talk about you! It's you - sinister, cunning, evil, human, vicious and shameless! I created this one based on you Disgusting character! How about it, do you want to consider playing it yourself?"

Rossi was so pissed off by him that he almost rushed forward again, and staged a farce of 'producer vs screenwriter'.

But Sammy was reminded by the screenwriter's operation of "writing the annoying people he met in reality into the script".

An actor appeared in his mind, the actor Wolfe who used to play Mr. Ghost, who was kicked out of the crew of "The Adventures of Aaron" because of various disobedience to management!