Chapter 139 This Kind of Thing Is Obvious

After John Aniston learned of Eric's invitation, he quickly agreed without thinking. Between soap opera actors and TV drama producers, few people would choose the former, whether Hollywood is a screenwriter, actor or The directors at the upper level, when their careers have progressed to a certain level, will develop in the direction of producers.

To this end, John Aniston also resigned from some positions at NBC, while greatly reducing his role in "Our Days". Although he is in his fifties this year, about the same age as Geoffrey, his career is not much weaker than when he was young.

Although the box office share of "Home Alone" and "Pretty Woman" has not been recovered at all, because of Eric's two huge loans, Firefly is not short of money, and the budget of each episode of this TV series is two About 100,000 US dollars, fully produced, the total investment is only 5 million US dollars, which is only equivalent to the investment of the movie "Cry on a Island".

With the addition of John Aniston, the "Friends" project started quickly in early May. The crew rented two giant soundstages at Twentieth Century Fox to arrange all the scenes in "Friends", the previous life "Friends" It was basically shot at Warners Studios in Los Angeles.

Although Eric didn't want Fox to be involved in the show, it would be too deliberate to go to Warners or Columbia for things like renting a soundstage. At a meeting, Eric did not suggest building a studio dedicated to "Friends", but he was opposed by Jeffrey and John. The two agreed that the cost would be too high, and Eric had no choice but to do so. For the time being.

As for the actors, Eric also imagined that it would be perfect if he could gather all the six people from the previous life. "Friends" appeared five years earlier than the previous life. Therefore, according to the time, several leading actors, even the oldest Lisa Kudrow is only twenty-six years old, and the other actors are also between twenty and twenty-four years old. They started acting at this time, and ten years later, this group of actors will not have obvious age marks on the camera.

The reason why the previous "Friends" ended in the tenth season, although the actor's salary is part of the reason, but the most important thing is that the actor's age is no longer suitable for this classic to continue. In the tenth season, Li, who played Phoebe, Shah Kudrow is 41 years old and has already started playing the role of a mother on the big screen, and it would be very inconsistent to be as cute and funny as a young man in this film.

Of course, the six people who have gathered in their previous lives are destined to only think about it. Matthew Perry, who played the young stupid thief in "Home Alone" through Aniston's introduction, is now a first-line movie actor. A superstar to act in a sitcom is a fool's errand.

As for the others, Eric did store some of their movies in his memory, but before this year, Eric could only find Courteney Cox played a small role in "Cocoon", Others don't even have a shadow now, and if they want to find it, they are looking for a needle in a haystack. In this case, Eric can only patiently start to select replacements for the other five friends among the candidates.

On Sunday, May 10, the filming of "Dark War" has come to an end. During the next week's working days, as long as there are no major accidents, the film can be successfully closed.

Therefore, Eric was able to find time today to conduct the final audition for the actors of "Friends". This was also the last round of screening. Because of Eric's previous requirements, the first job the crew performed was the actor's audition. Therefore, only use Ten days later, the sets in the two rented Fox studios are still in the early stages of construction, and the selection of actors has entered the final round.

In Eric's plan,

During the later period of "Dark War" from mid-May to mid-June, several classic scenes of "Friends" were filmed and inserted into the movie, and the official shooting of this TV series will have to wait at least until July "Dark War". After the release, according to the plan given by Fox, the response of the TV series will be placed in early September, just as the summer season of the movie ends and the autumn season of the American drama begins.

Moreover, Eric is only expected to spend two weeks to shoot the first two episodes of the TV series in person. After completing this, he needs to non-stop preparations for the second half of the two movies, as well as the other three. The release of the movie is worrying, basically, there will be no leisure time in the second half of the year.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Eric walked into the company and saw many men and women waiting in the corridor. These people obviously knew Eric. After Eric appeared, they all took the initiative to say hello to Eric. Several young girls also unabashedly threw meaningful eyes at Eric. Eric turned to everyone. Nodding his head, he kept walking into the audition room.

He hadn't seen the cast list for the final round before, and since all the actors had no clue, Eric had to do the interviews himself, instead of casting like "Cry on the Island" and "Scent of a Woman" When it was time to draw a circle like that.

"Jeffrey, John, good morning." Walking into the audition room, I saw that Jeffrey and John Aniston were already waiting here, the two were chatting head to head, and only stood when Eric appeared. Get up and say hello to Eric.

"Good morning, Eric."

"Eric, good morning."

Eric walked to the back of the long table and sat down. A blond female assistant took the initiative to get in front of Eric, put a stack of documents in front of Eric, and bent over to introduce Eric: "William Sir, this is the full list of actors who are interviewing today, and the order has been marked on it."

When the girl spoke, she didn't know whether it was intentional or not. Her chest just faced Eric, and the top button of the white shirt was not fastened. Eric could easily see the beautiful scenery of the girl's chest.

D**, yes, it seems that I can't hold it with one hand. Eric thought so playfully in his heart, and at the same time glanced at the side, how John Aniston could not notice the scene here, of course his face would not be very good.

The crew of "Friends" was set up by him through his personal connections in the TV circle. The blonde was also a more experienced staff member he found. Now the girl seduces his daughter's boyfriend in front of him. How happy is John Aniston, Eric thought to himself that the girl wouldn't stay on the set for long.

However, maybe the girl didn't know too much about the relationship between John Aniston and Eric, or understood but didn't take it to heart, so she seduced Eric in front of John. As Eric is now worth hundreds of millions at a young age, any woman with a little ambition in Hollywood will go out and try it. It is not the first time that Eric has encountered this kind of seduction.

"Okay, I understand," Eric nodded when he had eaten enough of the little tofu delivered to his door after the girl's introduction.

"Then, my name is Linda Grant, Mr. Williams, you can call me Linda." The girl straightened her waist, showing off her splendid figure wrapped in a professional suit, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Thank you, Miss Linda," Eric thanked the girl with a smile.

John Aniston's voice finally sounded: "Linda, let the young people waiting for the interview outside prepare, we will start right away."

"Okay, Mr. Aniston." The girl nodded, and walked out of the audition room with her beautiful buttocks wrapped in a dark skirt.

"Cough, Eric, Linda... already married, and his husband is the recording engineer of the crew." John Aniston didn't know what to think, whispering in Eric's ear while the girl was going out Such a sentence.

Eric shrugged innocently: "John, I didn't do anything."

"Eric, although it's inevitable to have a show in Hollywood, you'd better be careful not to hurt Jenny. She's actually a very simple little girl."

Eric nodded with a guilty conscience: "Don't worry, John, I will pay attention."

John Aniston shook his head: "Actually, I hope you can take the initiative to break up with Jenny."

Eric immediately refused: "I won't break up with Jenny unless Jenny leaves me voluntarily."

After Eric finished speaking, he secretly added another sentence in his heart, even if she wants to leave me, I will try my best to catch the little girl back. Of course, this kind of words must not be said, otherwise John Aniston will not be guaranteed not to do it. what happened.

John Aniston certainly couldn't have guessed Eric's psyche, tapped him on the shoulder, and started auditioning.

Eric had the opportunity to look down at the list of auditioners.

Sure enough, at first glance, there are no well-known movie stars in the future. Eric did not watch many American dramas in his previous life, so people in the circle of American dramas who don't know them can tell the past. After all, there are young people in their twenties. There are very few who can make their debut. After more than ten years, when American dramas become more and more sophisticated and can even challenge the status of movies, these people are already in their thirties and forties. Even if they appear in American dramas, they are all those inconspicuous supporting roles.

I flipped through the long pages of the audition list, but I couldn't find a familiar name. Boringly turned to the last page, which was a list of actresses for Phoebe Buffy, Eric finally found a familiar name, and a very familiar one: Nicole Kidman, This made Eric a little surprised. How could Nicole Kidman come to apply for a TV show?

Eric checked the spelling carefully and determined that the name was completely correct, so he beckoned to Linda Gran who came in again, and the blonde immediately approached graciously: "Mr. Williams, what's the matter? ?"

"Where is the detailed cast information? I want to see the cast of the cast in the afternoon."

"Please wait."

Linda responded and walked out. After a while, she walked in with a few folders: "Mr. Williams, it's all here."

"Thank you, just call me Eric," Eric thanked, ignoring the curious eyes of Jeffrey and John Aniston next to him, and began to rummage, and soon found Nicole Kidman data file.

With just a glance, Eric recognized the woman in the photo posted on the profile, with brown wavy hair, round face, blue glasses, a very sexy nose, and thin lips.

After a quick glance, the girl's resume is stuck on an Australian TV series called "Innocent", and she has also participated in several TV series and movies before.

That is to say, the "Voyage Over the Horizon" that made Nicole Kidman break into Hollywood is gone. Is this also the butterfly effect that he brought?

Eric rubbed the corners of the paper and thought, and finally had to admit that this must be the case. Since he published "Jurassic Park" last year and stepped into Hollywood through a "Return to Seventeen", Everything in this world has changed. This reminds Eric of the dominoes he saw in his previous life. As long as the first piece of dominoes is pushed, then thousands of dominoes will fall down next. This is the most vivid interpretation of the butterfly effect.

According to the time in memory, Nicole Kidman should have participated in "Across the Horizon" before coming to Hollywood, and then quickly hooked up with Tom Cruise through "Ambition of Thunder", disturbing Cruise's original Her family became Mrs. Cruise, and she has since jumped from an unknown vase actor to Hollywood's top vase. More than ten years later, she also won the Oscar for Best Actress.

Thinking of these trivial information, Eric can only draw a conclusion that this is a very powerful woman.

Among the several women before and after Cruise, she is the only one who has developed the best. Even after her divorce from Cruise, not only did her career not suffer, but it improved to a higher level and soon entered the 2000s. 10,000-dollar club, and successfully won the Oscar for Best Actress.

Others, such as Cruise's first wife, did not leave any impression at all, and the last wife, Katie Holmes, did not get any benefits from Cruise. As Mrs. Si, no man even wanted or dared to date her.

During the interview process all morning, the more Eric thought about this woman, the more interested he became. Taking advantage of the noon break, Eric winked at the female assistant who had been trying to seduce him, and came to the end of the corridor. stairwell.

"Eric, what's the matter?" Linda looked at Eric curiously and nervously. She felt that she was not ready yet. This little director wouldn't want to do anything here.

"That's it, Linda," Eric took out a page of information: "This Miss Nicole Kidman, after her interview in the afternoon, you take her to my office and let her wait there. Me, I want to talk to her alone."

Linda took the information, looked at Nicole Kidman's photo, and found that this woman was far more beautiful than herself, she was a little disappointed but nodded: "Okay, Eric, I will tell her, you ...is there anything else?"

Eric shook his head honestly: "No more."

"Oh," Linda lowered her head and rubbed the toes of her high heels on the concrete floor a few times. She just mustered up the courage to raise her head to say something, but found that there was no one else in front of her.

"This little guy who doesn't understand the style is really... so annoying." The girl stomped her feet, turned around and walked back in disappointment.

After an afternoon of audition, the remaining five roles have been preliminarily determined. Eric also met Nicole Kidman, who participated in the audition at about four o'clock in the afternoon. Compared to Sha Kudrow's image, Nicole Kidman is too beautiful.

Monica Geller's character has already settled on a brunette beauty, somewhat similar to Courteney Cox, and if Phoebe Buffy chooses another big beauty, this sitcom will definitely be a bit distortion. Therefore, Eric, John and others basically unanimously did not consider Nicole Kidman, but chose another girl with a relatively ordinary appearance.

All the auditions ended at five o'clock. Eric and John Aniston and others had been discussing the shooting plan of "Friends" in the conference room until more than seven o'clock in the evening before everyone left.

Eric's mind was full of messy thoughts, and he almost forgot what he had instructed the female assistant before. He only remembered when he walked out of the company's office building, and hurriedly turned back. Now that it is all dark, Eric is not sure whether Nicole Kidman will leave early, but this is unlikely. With the intelligence of this woman, it is impossible for Eric to leave early. It is estimated that Eric will leave early. Even if she doesn't show up tonight, this woman will patiently stay in her office all the time.

Pushing open the door of the office, I saw the figure of a woman sitting on the sofa. In the office, only the lamp on the desk was turned on, and it looked very dark. Eric recognized the other person at a glance and saw Eric open the door. Come in, the girl also stood up.

Eric closed the door, turned on the light in the office, and said, "Hello, Miss Kidman."

"Hello, Mr. Williams." There was no impatient look on the girl's face, she took two steps forward with a faint smile, and took the initiative to reach out and shake Eric's hand. Eric glanced inadvertently, It was found that the girl was barefoot, with high heels on the side.

She is such a careful woman, she can even notice details like her height. Eric is just over 1.8 meters now, and Nicole Kidman is probably the same height. The girl may feel that if she wears high heels and is taller than Eric, it may make him unhappy to do so.

Eric sighed in his heart and went back to his seat to sit down: "I'm sorry, Miss Kidman, I kept you waiting for a long time, I have been in a meeting just now."

"It's okay, Mr. Williams, you can call me Nicole."

"Okay, Nicole, also, just call me Eric." Eric said, leaning his body on the leather seat, stopped talking, and carefully looked at the woman in front of him.

Nicole Kidman didn't rush to ask Eric's intention to keep her waiting here. Maybe she felt that she didn't need to ask at all. This kind of thing is obvious, isn't it?