25 auditions(2/2)
"Upper East Side, Second Avenue..."
"What a coincidence, my home is also on Second Avenue and 122nd Street."
"But...I..."
"What are you waiting for? Get in the car!"
Sarah didn't know why she got into the dilapidated van by accident.
After getting into the car and chatting, Sarah learned that the full name of this guy named QB was Quinn Bai. He was only one year older than her. He was not only the screenwriter, but also the male lead of the drama and her future partner.
"Actually, this is my first time as a heroine..." Sarah held the seat belt, feeling a little nervous.
"I know..." Bai Quinn focused on the road and spoke calmly, "After CAA recommended you, I watched "Swan Ferry" and "All My Children". Of course, "All My Children" was too long.
, I only picked a few episodes to watch.”
"Wow! Where did you see that? In fact, I have never watched these two TV series of mine. I was still young when I was filming "Swan Ferry", and I thought filming was very tiring and boring..."
"Blockbuster, I work part-time at Blockbuster. It's easy for me to find the videos of these two TV series."
"So you decided to let me audition after watching my performance?"
Of course Bai Quinn couldn't say, I'm looking for your videotape to know whether you will become famous in the future.
The result was that the memory fragment was not activated. If Sarah's audition performance had not been unexpectedly good, they would have chosen another New York girl named Katilyn Kitts, because that girl was not only cheaper, but also taller, and Bai Quinn.
Standing together makes them look better together.
But after the audition, Bai Quinn decided that Bonnie was the girl.
Sarah has a fierce and decisive temperament, which is more in line with the style of the entire movie.
The content of the "notes passed" between Bai Quinn and Chris was exactly how they were communicating about whether to choose Sarah.
"Yes, you played a junior high school kid on 'All My Children' and you won an Emmy for that role, but 'Kendall Hart' and 'Bonnie' are quite different, so we have to
See what you are like now."
This hit home for Sarah. As a child star, her oldest role was just a junior high school student. Now that she has transitioned into adult roles, it is difficult to find a job. Otherwise, she would not have been out of work for nearly a year.
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When every production crew is casting, they will hesitate when they see an 18- or 9-year-old girl, can this girl play an adult well?
Even if she once won the "Emmy Award for Outstanding Young Character in a Drama Series" for her role as "Kendall Hart", it would be difficult to gain points for her.
It is generally believed in the industry that young actors all use their craftsman-like acting skills. When they grow up and continue to act like child stars as adults, it will look artificial. Therefore, child stars all need to go through a period of transformation.
Therefore, most production crews would rather only use 24- or 5-year-old actors to play 17- or 18-year-old characters. Although there is less youthfulness, mature actors can perform more stably.
Sarah happened to be in this embarrassing period. Her grown-up body could not turn back to play the role of a junior high school student. She finally found a more suitable "Romeo and Juliet", but failed in the competition.
Sarah asked angrily: "Then, who is better at acting now or when I was a junior high school student?"
"Of course it's you now." Bai Quinn would never make the wrong choice no matter how he chose this kind of question.
Feeling that something was wrong in the atmosphere, Bai Quinn quickly changed the subject: "So, you grew up in New York?"
"That's right."
"Me too. I graduated from Dalton High School last year. You just graduated too, right?"
Dalton Middle School, Claire Danes, who stole "Juliet", seems to be studying at Dalton Middle School. Oh, no, that girl seems to have stopped studying long ago to concentrate on acting. Even if she stopped studying, she is still from Dalton!
Sarah looked out the window and replied: "It's been two years since I graduated. I earned enough credits and graduated early. I didn't plan to go to college anyway."
"As a star, you must have been very popular in school, right? Did you join the cheerleading team?" Bai Quinn tentatively brought the topic to cheerleading and football, areas where he had once been famous.
"I don't have that time. In order to film, I skipped more classes than I took. When I wasn't filming, I had to make up for classes to catch up, let alone activities like cheerleading."
"Which school?"
"Columbia Grammar Preparatory School." Sarah's tone was flat.
This really shocked Bai Quinn. This is a prestigious private school! There are rich people in it! Compared with this school, Dalton Middle School is a little worse.
But as a result, Bai Quinn suddenly felt that the girl in the co-pilot was not so cute.
Probably due to the influence of the original owner's experience, he looked down on the rich girls in Dalton High School and thought they were stupid and superficial. When the original owner first entered school, the rich girls looked down on him and bullied him from time to time. When the original owner grew taller,
After getting married, they got in shape, became the quarterback of the team, and became a star player. They took the initiative to stick with her again, and the original owner slept with several of them as a revenge.
"I never thought that a young lady from a wealthy family would become a child star."
"I'm not a rich person. I'm from a single-parent family. My mother is just a kindergarten teacher. I earn my tuition fees from acting in commercials."
Sarah didn't know why she took the initiative to say this. Maybe she wanted to tell him that she was different from those girls who were born with golden keys.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned this." Bai Quinn apologized.
The two fell silent.
It was the rush hour at this time, the bridge was jammed with traffic, and the urging horns sounded one after another, which was annoying.
Bai Quinn still spoke: "Sorry, I don't mean anything else. I just want to say that I was raised by my mother alone. She worked hard to earn money and sent me to a good school, but in fact I am incompatible with it."
Sarah found that she had a lot in common with this man, including her parents' divorce, an exhausting childhood, and an marginalized and isolated high school life...
"But I don't actually envy them," Bai Quinn continued, "It's just that my reincarnation skills are good, I will surpass them in the future."
"So you chose to be an actor..." Sarah was also talking about herself.
Bai Quinn nodded, "This is one of the few ways that ordinary people can change their destiny."
Sarah also agrees with this, otherwise she could go to college instead of preparing to burn everything and go to Hollywood to work hard.
Feeling that the atmosphere was in place, Bai Quinn said: "So, let's work together to make this movie, let's make it a blockbuster and become popular all over the country! I, Bai Quinn, want to make a lot of money and join the 20 million club! I want to win
Oscar!"
"I, Sarah Michelle Gellar, want to be on the cover of Vanity Fair! And I want to win an Oscar!"
Cars stuck on the bridge honked their horns to support the two's vows.
Very good! This morale-boosting speech is very good! It will definitely arouse the enthusiasm of this little girl and give me a good performance when the time comes!
Seeing that Sarah's blue eyes were shining, Bai Quinn thought that his workplace PUA had worked, but he never thought that what was stirring up was something else.
When the car drove to the Upper East Side, it was already dark.
Sarah got out of the car, took a step, but suddenly turned around and lay on the open window, her half-length blond hair falling like a waterfall, "Thank you for sending me back."
"Are you going to invite me up for coffee?" Bai Quinn joked.
"If you wish, my mother makes delicious coffee."
"No, no, thank you for the invitation."
"Wait, but I can treat you to dinner. There's a Burger King on the corner."
"Thank you!" Bai Quinn pointed to Mr. M next to him, "Why don't we go nearby? It's easy to park here."
"McDonald's? No, no! I've been listed as an unwelcome customer by all McDonald's in New York..."
Bai Quinn got out of the car and locked it, and said, "Oh my God, what have you done?"
Chapter completed!