American fame and fortune

Before the new year, Warner Bros. held a press conference and officially announced that it would invest in the remake of "The Devil of Wax Museum" with a number of companies, and the production budget was as high as 40 million US dollars.

Anyone who has read the script knows that this figure is quite exaggerated.

How much is actually invested, how much money to launder the platter, outsiders have no way of knowing.

The producers were named by Robert Zemeckis and Joe Silver, but Susan Levine was responsible for the actual work.

Warner Bros. has a mature preparatory shooting process. Key personnel behind the scenes, from the director to the director of photography to the casting director, signed the contract on the same day.

Before Louise returned to Morocco, she specially asked Susan Levine out for a drink.

Martin drove the car and accompanied her there.

"The heroine has been finalized. Eliza Cuthbert, a child actress, has accepted the invitation of Hillary to interview the White House." Louise sat in the co-pilot, talking about the latest situation she learned: "The style has changed. It is very high, with a strong upward momentum, and the popularity of the audience is also good."

"I was up for the role of her twin brother," Martin said.

Louise is one of the investors, so she is well-informed: "Your biggest competitor is Paris Hilton's current boyfriend, Jason Sean, who is a model and an actor."

She reminded: "Don't underestimate other people, at least five people who participate in the role audition are backed by investors."

Martin supported the steering wheel with one hand, and patted his head with the other: "Thinking about it gives me a headache, the competition is too fierce, and I can't even sharpen my head."

It wasn't that Louise participated in the platter, he didn't even have the chance to audition.

Louise's words went straight to the core: "If you have the charisma of a superstar, the only thing you need to do is whether the type of role is suitable or not, and whether the conditions offered by the film are suitable or not."

When they came to the nightclub they had made an appointment with, Martin accompanied Louise into the reserved private room.

Susan had already arrived. When she saw Martin, she paused for a few seconds on his sunny and handsome face, and asked Louise, "Who is this?"

"Martin Davis, my driver and actor." Louise said, "When you drink too much, just call and Downey Jr. will come over obediently. I can only bring Martin, the driver, and let him meet the director by the way." Filmmaker."

Susan understood, and lightly shook hands with Martin, not giving him a chance to speak at all: "Handsome guy, can you leave some private space for the lady?"

"Call me if you need it." Martin didn't say much, and left here voluntarily.

Louise snapped her fingers to the bartender in the private room: "Two glasses of expansion screws."

Susan said: "The master bartender Louise's masterpiece."

The wine was served quickly, and Louise said, "He looks pretty good."

The two have worked hard in Hollywood for many years, and Susan was not reserved: "Seeing him, I understand why you came forward to find me in person, you are a pervert."

"Don't you like ugly ones? Men and women, who doesn't like good-looking ones." Louise took a sip of wine lightly: "Martin Davis is still a treasure boy. I found it from the muddy mud in Atlanta with my own hands. It is a precious treasure." He is self-motivated and willing to climb out of the mud."

Susan became interested: "Tell me."

Louise roughly said: "He went astray when he was a teenager, mixed with a group of smugglers, those guys smuggled goods from Mexico to Georgia, Martin worked as a mule at the bottom, and worked as a scavenger for a while. I grew my horizons and broadened my horizons. I knew that going on would lead to a dead end, so I secretly ran away and became an extra. I learned a lot in just two or three years..."

She bragged about Martin's skills, and said: "Originally, he had hope in life, but he was arrested by the original gang and forced him to sign a usury loan and work in the Gigolo Club to pay off the debt. Later, he was lucky. When he touched me, I saw that he was about to jump out, so I gave him a hand."

Susan took a sip of the wine, waited for the bubbles to burst in her mouth, and said, "It's not easy for the prodigal son to turn back."

Louise shrugged: "He has tasted all the ups and downs of life, but he is optimistic like Peter Pan."

Susan suddenly thought of Downey: "To our precious boy."

Louise had a drink with her, and took out a disc from her handbag: "The Zombie Gigolo starring Martin, you can watch it if you're interested, it's very interesting."

"I will watch his audition carefully." Susan took the disc and put it away: "You tell him that the key point is the masculinity of the character and the protection of my sister."

Louise raised her wine glass: "I respect you."

Susan clinked glasses with her.

After nearly an hour, Martin entered the private room and helped Louise leave.

After getting in the car, he glanced at the drunk female alcoholic: "If you drink like this, your body won't be able to take it."

Louise waved her hands: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm still young and in good health. Besides, I drink too much, it's not because you deliberately seduced me with alcohol."

Martin patted her leg: "Sit down, don't make trouble."

The car left Sunset Boulevard and returned to Louise's villa.

The next morning, Martin sent Louise on the plane, drove to Century City, and entered the WMA office lobby.

Thomas sat in the partition and kept talking on the phone. He had been working a lot of overtime recently, and the stress of thinking was heavy, and the bags under his eyes were coming out.

Martin sat on another chair and said, "Man, work harder, the crew has announced the recruitment notice for actors, and it's the critical moment."

Thomas took out a medicine bottle, took out the vitamins and threw them into his mouth, chewed and swallowed: "How is your side?"

Martin said: "I did everything I needed to do, and Susan also said the key words of the audition." He asked, "What about your side?"

"The casting director is Mary Gale, who hates men with long hair and likes young guys with light brown hair," Thomas said.

Martin stroked his hair: "I'll cut it short and dye it later."

Thomas looked around and lowered his voice: "There are also people in the company competing for this role. Don't talk to anyone about the situation we have, understand?"

"I'll beat the son of a bitch for anyone who dares to ask me," said Martin in a bad voice.

Thomas reminded: "Adrian, the actor in the show you filmed, pay attention."

Martin lowered his voice: "Louise said that the biggest competitor is Paris Hilton's current boyfriend, Jason Sean."

Thomas rubbed his chin: "He is indeed a great threat."

Martin joked: "I'll give you a gun, you go and kill him?"

Thomas was taken aback.

Martin patted the table: "Seeing that your nerves are too tense, relax."

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Adrian, who finished filming "Entourage", came out of the glass cubicle office of manager John, called short ugly ugly follower Tony, and walked outside together.

Tony asked, "Is there hope?"

Adrian is very confident: "For the sake of cost, the crew intends to use a new face. My qualifications and acting skills are obviously better. John contacted Robert Downey Jr. and planned to leave his relationship."

Tony knows a lot about industry gossip: "I think Donnie proposed to Susan Levine last month."

Adrian smiled: "So, I have great hopes." He whispered: "At worst, I'll go and have a good time with Donnie."

Tony said, "I'll get the goods if I need them."

"We'll talk about it when we need to." Adrian put his smile back: "There are two other people in the company who are interested in this role. John has a higher level and has found out the relevant information. Martin Davis from last time is one of them."

The two came to the first floor, Tony went to drive, and Adrian waited for him to come over.

When the car didn't arrive, Adrian saw Martin come down the stairs.

His heart moved, and he smiled and waved over there: "Hi, Martin, long time no see."

Seeing the enthusiastic Adrian, Martin responded with an even more enthusiastic smile: "Dude, when will the episode be broadcast? You are about to become a big star."

Adrian said: "Don't mention it, I've been through for so many years, and I haven't made it." He turned the topic to Martin: "There are rumors in the company that you have a strong upward momentum and are competing for Warner's horror film." The hero of the film."

"It's not the male lead, but a role for the female lead." When Martin spoke, his mind was spinning rapidly: "I mainly want to see what's going on with the movie audition. I can be sure that I will accompany you all the way, but it is impossible to get this role. "

Adrian felt that Martin had information he didn't understand: "Why do you say that? You are very good at acting."

Martin was very helpless: "The slutty girl of the Hilton family is the one who released the video tape. She brought money into the group and decided to play a supporting actress."

Adrian said: "I heard."

"Her boyfriend Jason Sean is a model and actor, and she recommended him to the crew." Martin spread his hands: "In this situation, can others win?"

He waved his hand: "Stop talking, I should go, and I have to go to class."

Seeing Martin's lack of interest, Adrian felt a huge threat, took out his mobile phone and called his agent John.

Tony drove over, and Adrian got into the car. After driving for a long time, the agent called: "I asked a few people, and I can confirm that the news is true. He will be your main competitor. You are fully prepared. One point, I'll go find out more about the situation."

"Damn nepotism!" Adrian couldn't help but cursed.

"What's going on?" Tony asked.

Adrian said it carefully: "Fortunately, I got the news from that sand sculpture of Martin Davis."

Tony didn't take Martin seriously at all. After all, Martin Davis was only a supporting role with very few roles in the crew of "Entourage".

He asked again: "How much will our chances of winning be reduced?"

Adrian thought carefully, and said, "At least half." He tapped the seat lightly: "The audition will start soon, and we don't have much time left, so we have to find a way."

"That Jason Sean doesn't care about the videotape?" Tony couldn't stand it: "Does he also play Paris Hilton's slut?"

"It's rich!" Adrian raised his hand, telling Tony to stop talking and think carefully.

Entering 2004, just after the New Year's holiday, the crew officially named "House of Wax Museum" announced the audition time, and at the same time sent audition notices and short role scripts to the actors selected through the materials.

The actor's name is Nick Jones, the twin brother of the heroine.

Including Martin, there were still more than 20 actors competing for the role after the initial screening.

For those who can pass the first round, basic acting skills, abilities and appearance are not a problem.