Ace Hollywood

The meeting with Michael was destined to be disappointing. In fact, this should not have come as a surprise to Daniel. If there is a better candidate, it is obvious that Melissa will not be the only one who came to the set.

"Although I asked you to think carefully, Tracy is indeed a good choice." Michael was a little embarrassed, "I don't know many people in this regard. Some friends of CAA are not particularly well-known."

Powerful agents are not so enthusiastic about newcomers. The golden age of actors in Hollywood has passed. Although superstars like Tom Cruise still have a strong voice, actors are no longer as important as before in the general environment. This directly leads to the fact that agents don't need to contact actors so much at the beginning, in order to leave them with a friendship when they didn't make their fortunes.

The current practice among top agents is that instead of spending energy on new actors, it is better to wait for them to grow up. After all, actors always need agents, and they, these powerful agents, can provide the necessary support for actors to further their careers. Premium resources.

This is also the biggest reason why it is extremely difficult for small brokerage firms to succeed.

Daniel was about to surrender when the phone from Tracy rang. It's not that he hasn't thought about impressing investors with the few films he remembers in his mind, and then embarking on another path, but now he has no reputation, no connections, and few film projects attract investment. When people see it, they cry and want to invest. In that way, he's no different from someone holding a script and waiting for investors to buy him. Even if he knew in his heart that the movie would be a success, which dreamer didn't think so? Rather than waiting hopelessly like that, it is better to accept Tracy's arrangement.

But in the end, Daniel's reluctance still made him determined to procrastinate. The contract hasn't been read yet, which isn't a bad excuse.

This is the first time Daniel feels his own smallness and powerlessness. The more than ten years of acting experience in China has hardly played any role in this aspect. The difference between the film circles on both sides of the Pacific is too great. On top of that, having to seek help from the few friends he had was very embarrassing and uncomfortable.

The first phone call to give him hope came from... Allie Larter.

Ellie's voice sounds better, and maybe being able to help Daniel give her a more convincing explanation of her choices, see, if I don't do that, I'm going to be like Daniel.

"You mean the leading actor in "Death Comes"?"

The crew of "Death is Coming" does lack a leading actor, not because no suitable candidate can be found, but because there are too many candidates. The movie is script-driven and almost completely relies on hints and clues set by the script. It means that there are no performance requirements for actors. From the first round of auditions to the present, from the director to the producer to the investor, I have received countless calls.

Daniel knew that even if he auditioned, he had little hope, but he decided to give it a try.

The audition was arranged very quickly, and Daniel also quickly met the producer Ellie was committed to. To be honest, although he was bald and slightly fat, he didn't look so disgusting.

The audition performance is also very simple, just a panicked performance in the face of the hint of death.

Daniel didn't know if he was too sensitive, and the producer looked at him with something special.

Soon he got the answer. On the night of returning from the audition, a young man named Devin walked into the producer's room.

This is what Ellie told him, what Ellie said later,

It was the producer's hint to him that he was more interested in Daniel than in Devon.

He almost dropped the phone in shock, and then even laughed, "God, he's a, what a man, he's a killer!"

"Go to hell, I admit it, Tracy is Tracy, I will sign with her next time I call, damn it."

After Daniel vented, he lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

He once dismissed the darkness of Hollywood, thinking it was just an excuse for losers. In his detached vision, the future should be bright, with big hits at the box office and countless awards.

What a joke.

This is not China, and he is no longer a significant figure.

Here, he's one of those losers, one utterly overshadowed by Hollywood's dark shadows.

So what about being a butt seller? Just get out of this maddening situation, right? Daniel even turned around the thought.

Of course, this is beyond his bottom line after all.

Daniel was silent for two days in the rented house, until the phone rang again, and he answered it calmly and resignedly, "Trey—"

"Mr. Sandler, hello."

"Well?"

"Hello, we met once on the crew of "Death Comes". I'm Kusa Damon."

Daniel remembered that he seemed to bring another actor to the audition, an actress, for an insignificant role. When the assistant director auditioned, he was waiting outside, chatting with Daniel by the way.

"Kusa, hello."

Kusa makes an offer, and Daniel has no intention of turning it down.

The two met at the Blue Jasmine Cafe.

"You look a lot more haggard than you did a few days ago." Cusa stirred the sugar cubes, he didn't seem to intend to start the conversation step by step, but seemed a little aggressive, "Have you been baptized by Hollywood's rules? That old pervert, Terra I know all about his habit. You should suit his appetite, but now it seems that you should have refused. "

Daniel is surprisingly unemotional.

Kusa didn't care, and just went on talking, "I have been in the industry for three years, because I don't want to be an assistant to a big agent, so I have been bringing in newcomers. Some of them are very smart, and they rely on their bodies to get some opportunities. Me, others can't accept that their eden is actually a brothel, choose to leave Hollywood. But it seems to me that you are neither, you have no intention of selling yourself, and you have no intention of leaving here, because there are some not so good choices ?”

This is a sharp man.

"What do you want to do?" Daniel crossed his fingers on his chin, "Mr. Damon, what is your purpose?"

"Sign you."

Daniel laughed.

"Aside from the CAA sign, Cusa, what else do you have? Don't call me mean, because I just discovered that this is the lingua franca of Hollywood."

"No, of course not. I now confirm that you have options that look better than me, but are not good enough, can you tell me?"

"Why not? Tracy Jacobs, do you know her? If I meant to, I would have been a UTA person a few days ago."

"Johnny Depp?" Cusa's tone changed from doubt to certainty, "Tracey's ace has rejected you? I'm really curious, how do you know. Logically speaking, such information shouldn't be It’s something a newcomer can find out.”

"Kusa, why?"

Cusa Damon was turning his coffee cup. The first time he saw Daniel, he felt that he was a young man with unlimited potential. Of course, his appearance was outstanding enough, but there was still an unspeakable quality in him. Tell Cusa that this boy without an agent will give him a big surprise, so he inquired about some information from the crew and contacted Daniel.

He was actually spotted by Tracy Jacobs.