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Weintraub let out an exclamation, and then began to mumble something.

"Are you sure this is Pat Morita? I always thought he was just a comedy clown, and Miyagi needed a real actor to play it."

"Yes, I got him to shoot some footage. If you think he's doing well, then we'll get him back."

Weintraub finally let go. "Okay, that's really good. But I don't know if he's been able to perform so well all the time. Is this the first time he's read a script? Or did you give him some pointers beforehand?"

"It's the first time I read the script, he's pretty good, I think we can find him and play with Danny, who we chose, to see if there is any chemical reaction."

"Okay, just invite him to try."

A few days later, the audition director called back the four candidates, this time with Pat Morita reading the script. "

Weintraub auditioned for the second round with Susan. The four Danny candidates took turns reading the script with Pat Morita.

"Sure enough, Ronald didn't lie to himself. Morita's performance was stable and excellent, and the temporary pairing of the four actors performed very well. The unique emphasis of the East Ying people's English speaking, and regardless of grammar, regardless of word order, often the object is advanced. The inversions of the sentences all have the characteristics of people born in the real East Ying."

Weintraub put a big stone in his heart, and he had to admit that the original director Elvisson was correct in choosing Morita.

And Ronald used this method to present Morita's performance directly in front of his eyes, which was more useful than saying it a thousand times.

"Very well, I'm here today, please go back first. We will notify your agent at any time if there is further news." Ronald said to Morita.

"Thank you. Thank you Mr. Weintraub." Morita bowed slightly, then got up to leave.

"Aren't you going with this script? Maybe you will use it in the future." Ronald said, seeing Morita turn around, handing over a complete script, and winking slightly.

Morita seemed to understand, and his lips trembled a little with excitement. If there is no more role, he will go back to Hawaii with his wife to host a live canvassing event for the congressman, sit on a talk show in a bar,

I will carry the memories of the TV series "Happy Times" all my life, and I will tell my grandson the story of my grandfather's life in the future.

Ronald's wink made him understand that this opportunity opened a narrow door to him again.

"Morita is really good. Now it's Danny's choice to consider." Weintraub waited for Pat Morita to walk out of the room, stretched, and then said to Susan, Ronald and others.

"Your choice?" he asked Ronald.

"I still like Ralph Mazio." Ronald reversed the tape he had taken with a Sony VCR, then connected it to the TV in the audition room, and found the part about Ralph, to Wintraeu. Bu said:

"Look, even when Ralph is reading the script, his lines are very smooth, and if he hadn't occasionally turned his eyes away to read the script, you wouldn't have noticed that he was reading."

"But Charlie Sheen isn't bad either, he's more photogenic and doesn't look like Latino."

"But he's really Latino, and his father, Martin Sheen, whose real name is Estevez," chimed in Dupont, the audition director.

"I know, but he doesn't look alike, and Ralph Mazio looks like a Latino face. Your script says Danny Weber is Irish."

"I know, this really bothers the audience. Let's do this, let's change the name of the protagonist, let's call it..." Ronald looked at Susan, "What is the name of the average Latino?"

"Um... let's call it Daniel? Daniel, and then have a Latino surname."

"Let's call it LaRusso, my gardener's last name," Weintraub continued. "Ralph might be a better fit, but it's not conclusive. I think Charlie Sheen is good too."

"Jerry, but Charlie Sheen is underage, and if we choose him, our shooting costs will become very high." Susan Eakins remembered what Ronald said, eager to get in front of Weintraub Show it off.

"You're right, Susan. I didn't expect you to be able to enter the role so quickly, so let's choose Ralph Mazio." Weintraub happily took a sip of coffee.

"Then it's the heroine's question," Weintraub asked. "Do you have any suitable candidates?"

"These are the candidates we are optimistic about," said the audition director Penny Dupont, handing over a bunch of audition photos and resumes.

"Lee Thompson, Jennifer Gray, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elizabeth Shue..."

Ronald also leaned in and took the audition pictures that Weintraub handed him over.

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Leigh Thompson and Elizabeth Shue are old acquaintances. Ronald had a preference for Leigh Thompson. Her natural and smooth acting is more suitable for the role than Elizabeth Shue. Some of the subtle emotions between Ali and Danny require a talent with better acting skills.

As for jennifer grey, and sarah jessica parker, Ronald found one thing in common, they both grew a big hump with a twist in the middle nose.

Ronald had met Sarah Jessica Parker, who had previously played supporting actress Rusty in "All In". Her big nose is more eye-catching, and her already long face is even more ugly.

Jennifer Gray is okay, her nose is only slightly larger than the average, and the hump-like turn is not very obvious.

"I think Jennifer Gray and Sarah Jessica Parker are very good, and the other two are fine too. Let's all call in to audition." Weintraub quickly commented.

"Um..." Ronald stroked his hair, of course knowing Weintraub's idea of ​​favoring his own race. These two girls, among all the candidates, belong to the bottom in terms of beauty.

"I think this one is good too," Ronald pointed to another photo.

"Helen Hunt? I know her father, and we share a rabbi." Weintraub looked at Ronald's recommendation.

"It's a Jew again," Ronald looked at Hunter's nose. It wasn't too big, and the hump wasn't obvious. And there is not much Jewishness in appearance. It seems to be similar to Helen Slater, of mixed blood and of secular Jewry.

Most of the devout Jews in the world come from Eastern Europe, especially the country of Poland, where there is a large group in New York. The genetics of the noses of these Eastern European Jews are particularly evident.

With the key candidates, the audition director Penny Dupont began to mark the list, and she suddenly remembered an important thing, "By the way, these candidates of ours, except for Elizabeth Sue, who is studying at Harvard, are all auditioning for John Milley at the same time. Erth's 'Red Dawn', if they come to be selected, they will probably have to sign an exception."

"Exceptions?" Weintraub didn't understand the truth in these filmings either.

"That is, if they, if they choose that side, they can resign here."

"Okay, who called him Milius." Weintraub gave Elizabeth Shue some weight in his heart. Milius is the screenwriter of many of Coppola's blockbuster films. Last year, he directed "Conan the Barbarian", which also got very good box office results, and is now the darling of Hollywood.

The gossip said that his director's worth has reached 1.2 million US dollars, plus a rifle of any style that he likes.

Several people discussed key candidates and said goodbye.

But the next day, Weintraub called Pat Morita alone and asked him to meet at the company.

"Hi, Pat, please sit down." Weintraub asked Morita to sit down in the office, and then had a gentle chat with him.

"To invite you over today, I want to tell you personally that you were chosen by the crew to play Master Miyagi. I may have made the biggest mistake in the world before and almost rejected you as the perfect candidate, so I think it's up to me today It is most suitable to come and tell you the good news in advance."

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Weintraub." Morita looked very moved and thanked Weintraub again and again for his high regard.

"By the way, why do you have an Americana name like Pat?" Weintraub asked.

"It's the name of the priest who raised money for my polio treatment when I was a kid, and I'm grateful for him, plus my name is hard to pronounce in English, so I got the American name Pat."

"Oh, what's your Dongying name? I think the actor who played Master Miyagi has a Japanese name. In this case, the audience will feel very emotional."

"My Eastern name is Noriyuki, Morita Noriyuki (noriyuki morita)."

"Okay, then I'll sign Morita Noriyuki in the movie subtitles for you. You can ask your agent to sign the contract."

Pat Morita, who went out of Weintraub's office, found a phone booth and quickly dialed out.

"Hey, Ronald, it's me. Weintraub really called me. He said he wanted to officially sign with me, thank you." Morita swallowed a little more.

"Congratulations, if you are free, you can cooperate with the audition more. We can discuss the details of the plot. You are of Japanese descent, and there are some details of the life of the Eastern Ying people. If what I wrote is wrong, you can bring it up and correct it. "

"Okay. But there is one more thing, Mr. Weintraub asked me to sign Morita Noriyuki, saying that this is the only way. But my name in the Screen Actors Guild is Pat Morita. It's very troublesome to change my name, can I talk to him? Tell me not to change."

"This?" Ronald thought for a while, but he should not go against the producer's small request. Anyway, Weintraub agreed with his opinion on the casting, although Ronald carefully disguised these opinions. It became Weintraub's own idea.

"Well, when the time comes, put a quotation mark on 'Zizhi', so that the union and the tax bureau will not trouble you."

"Pat "Norizhi" Morita?" Norizhi became a nickname, which should meet Weintraub's requirements.

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