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76 Soul Catcher

"What do you want from Chris? Can you tell me first?"

Bai Quinn behaved very friendly.

The two looked at each other and nodded slightly to each other.

They all knew that Quinn Bai and Christopher Moriarty, the president of Wedmark Image, were cousins. Since they had bumped into each other, there was no harm in talking to him.

So, Ben Affleck took the lead and said:

"It's like this... QB, we have a movie project we are working on with Miramax."

Matt Damon follows right up:

"We wrote the script, and we both starred in it..."

Ben Affleck nodded:

"Harvey bought the script last year and started preparations..."

Matt Damon looked worried:

"He originally asked Mel Gibson to be the director. Under the guidance of the script doctor, we revised the script based on Mel's opinions..."

Ben Affleck also squeezed out a painful expression that he is very bad at:

"But you know what happened last year, Mel criticized the commander-in-chief, and Harvey was a staunch supporter of the commander-in-chief..."

"So Miramax and Mel's collaboration is over."

"Then director Michael Mann..."

"He made our character become a car thief, and also asked Ben's character to die in the end..."

"So the cooperation cannot continue..."

"Harvey spent $1 million on our script..."

"He still hopes that this project will succeed..."

"But we are really tired of inappropriate directors wasting everyone's time..."

"So Harvey suggested that we come to Mr. Moriarty and he is willing to let Widmark Image participate..."

"The premise is that Mr. Moriarty can hire a suitable director..."

"Just as he persuaded Mr. Oliver Stone..."

The two of them explained the whole story very clearly.

Widmark Pictures invited great director Oliver Stone, who had no intention of joining the project, which surprised many people who were originally not optimistic about the "American Psycho" project.

Now that the "King of Paparazzi" has been mobilized, it is impossible for this kind of thing not to spread in Hollywood, and it has also been exaggerated and interpreted into a new Hollywood urban legend.

Even partner Harvey, out of desperation, sent over Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to try his luck.

In fact, through the words of the two people, Bai Quinn could easily guess the problem.

These two people need the say and control of the project and do not want to be led by others, but obviously it is impossible for Harvey to let two inexperienced newcomers have the powerful power of producers, which will bring down the entire project.

If it collapses, no one will have trouble with money.

So besides the executive producer, the director is the most important controller. Mel Gibson was able to suppress these two people with his huge reputation in the industry, but unexpectedly he turned against Harvey and was kicked out of the project because of his severe criticism of the Arkansas leader.

The new director who replaced Mel Gibson apparently had a disagreement with the two over his creative ideas, and he was kicked out of the crew by unknown means.

Ben Affleck probably didn't have much hope for the audition. When he auditioned just now, he worked harder to introduce himself than to perform the video clips. In detail, it turned out that coming to audition was fake and seeking cooperation was real.

Both of them are actors who have activated character fragments, especially Matt Damon. The number of activated fragments has almost matched that of DiCaprio. Since he took the initiative to send them to his door, Bai Quinn will naturally not let them go.

Whether Harvey really has the intention to cooperate, or it is just some small tricks between the two, he has to have a hand in this project.

Power, that wonderful aroma...

So Quinn Bai made a friendly appearance and said: "Have you brought the script? Chris and I will study it during the lunch break... We have two auditions in the afternoon, and I think we will be free around... four o'clock,

If you are not in a hurry, you can take a rest at the coffee shop opposite... Okay, Ben, I have your phone number, you can come back when I call..."

The two left happily, and when they turned the corner, they pushed each other excitedly and started playing.

Bai Quinn shook his head and returned to the audition site with a thick stack of scripts.

After sitting down and briefly flipping through the script, Quinn, who was already very familiar with the script specifications, immediately discovered that Ben and Matt had provided not only the final version of the script, but all the versions of the script that had ever been experienced.

The name of the script is "Good Will Hunting" (I prefer the translation of "The Sun Is Like Me", but this version is not very popular). The first version was actually four years ago, in 1992, written by Matt

Created by Damon.

Later, Ben Affleck joined, and in 1994, the two worked together to complete the second version, which is the official version.

There is a transaction record included in it, which records that the script was purchased by Warner's Castle Rock Production Company in 1994, and then the two people probably accepted the production company's opinions and completed the third version of the script.

It was more troublesome than expected, and even Harvey's Miramax was the second production company to take over the project.

The next transaction records show that Miramax owned the rights to the script, which resulted in a fourth version, possibly with Mel Gibson on board, and a fifth version, with revisions by the director who proposed the project.

Version.

Until the last edition, which is the sixth edition.

Just in time for lunch break, Bai Quinn decided to read the sixth version of the script first.

Once he read the script, Bai Quinn fell deeply into this story that seemed mediocre at first, but upon closer inspection made people feel sympathetic and moving.

On the surface, he is a fallen mathematical genius who is torn between the "bad self" of genius and the "good self" of mediocrity. Finally, with the help of a psychiatrist and the encouragement of friends, he changes his attitude and actively embraces life.

But in fact, it was not just the young math genius who was saved. Everyone around him was affected by him, including his math professor, childhood friend, girlfriend, and most importantly, the psychiatrist who saved him, and also in the process.

He found his true self and got rid of the haze left by his wife's death.

This script, like "American Psycho", is also a "love at first sight" series for Quinn.

The question now is whether I and Wedmark Image can participate in this project, and can the film be successfully completed after participating? How can the film be guaranteed to be successful?

Time was running out. After reading the script, Bai Quinn only ate a sandwich brought by the Furio Gang and threw himself into the new round of auditions.

The next ones are the second male lead and the third male lead. Since the characters are all young white Wall Street elites with excellent family backgrounds, they were put together for the final round of auditions.

Quinn didn't care too much about these two supporting characters. His mind was still stuck in Matt Damon's script. When he came back to his senses, Chris and Oliver Stone had already finalized these two roles on the spot.

.

They are the feminine and handsome Jared Leto and the baby-faced Brendan Fraser.

Jared Leto, in the memory of the original owner, this name was often mentioned for a period of time. He once partnered with the original owner's middle school girlfriend Claire Danes in "My So-Called Life".

Quinn Bai had never seen him before. A quick glance at Jared Leto during the audition almost brought memory fragments, but maybe it was because Quinn Bai's mind was always on the script, and the feeling disappeared as soon as it came.

Passed away without leaving any clear message.

This was the first time this situation had occurred, which made Bai Quinn quite worried.

In order to avoid this kind of problem happening again in the selection of the heroine, after the supporting actor was finalized, Bai Quinn quickly took the opportunity to wash his face. When he came back, he saw a girl he knew on the folding chair at the audition.

"Miss Taylor, if I need you to dye your hair blonde, would you accept it?"

The casting director is asking a routine question.

"I can."
Chapter completed!
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