From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

From the eighties all the way to the third decade of the twenty-first century, Tom Cruise has become an important symbol of Hollywood. Although he has experienced ups and downs and faced career crises, he has ultimately continued his brilliance. This is a kind of ability—

It's impossible to rely on luck alone.

But somewhat surprisingly, Tom Cruise's reputation among Hollywood staff is not as positive as imagined, at least the casting directors don't like him.

Thinking about it carefully, it's not hard to understand.

The reason is not complicated.

In the future, in order to occupy as much of the bonus share as possible, Tom Cruise will control the life and death of the crew alone. From the director to the main supporting roles to the screenwriter, all will be handpicked and personally contacted by him. In other words, the job of the casting directors will only be to help pick extras.

Casting directors have no use at all, it's hard to imagine they would like Tom.

Of course, that's the future. Currently, actors participating in box office revenue sharing is not mainstream in Hollywood, the twenty million club is. Tom Cruise also doesn't have great power for the time being, but he has gradually started to interfere with the crew—

He needs to be the absolute protagonist of the work, so all other supporting roles are not allowed to use first-line actors, even the golden supporting roles rarely use those familiar faces. Even if it's not for profit sharing, the spotlight should completely surround him alone.

This is a business strategy.

At this year's summer premiere of "Spider-Man", why were media reporters so excited when Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt appeared one after the other?

The reason lies in "Interview with the Vampire" released in 1994. That year, Tom and Brad co-starred in this work. At that time, Kirsten Dunst, who was still a child, became an instant hit through this work.

However, the two actors, Tom and Brad, fought fiercely for the leading role on the set. Later, when the movie was released, Brad encountered a wave of criticism, while Tom stole all the limelight, which led to the two people falling out in private.

Later, Tom and Brad avoided each other as much as possible.

After eight years, because of "Spider-Man", because of Kirsten, and more importantly because of Anson, the three main actors of "Interview with the Vampire" reunited, which instantly ignited media enthusiasm. Even if the two people never really appeared in the same frame from beginning to end, being on the same stage was enough to make the media lively.

In fact, not only Brad, but Tom later almost cut off cooperation with other first-line actors, and had many unpleasant incidents with casting directors, screenwriters, directors, and producers, all of which paved the way for Tom to gradually evolve his works into a one-man show.

Fighting for the leading role, this is an eternal topic in the entertainment industry.

Therefore, facing Anson's joke just now, Marcia's failure to respond directly still allowed him to feel the disdain hidden in her expression and tone.

However.

Small talk, stopped at small talk.

Anson just mentioned it casually, and he didn't continue to ask. After exchanging a tacit look, the afternoon's audition officially kicked off.

Subsequently, it also indirectly proved Marcia's foresight:

The good show is yet to come.

Not long ago, Anson himself was also a member of the army of actors who frequently auditioned. James Franco and Chris Evans are still participating in auditions one after another, so seeing future superstars or familiar faces in the audition team is foreseeable.

Anson has also slowly gotten used to this.

However, the actual situation is still slightly different.

Truly seeing the faces that will shine on the big screen in the future, still young, still ignorant, like uncut gems appearing in front of you for an audition, striving for a role with awkward and clumsy performances, that feeling is still somewhat different, even slightly absurd.

Moreover, the familiar faces are far beyond imagination. For a moment, it's unclear whether there are too many Hollywood works so that actors are everywhere, or whether there are too few Hollywood works so that actors who are just starting their careers seize any opportunity to show their faces, or perhaps a combination of both possibilities.

In short, it's dazzling.

For example, Megan Fox.

This little wildcat beauty, who later became popular all over the world with her sexy look in "Transformers", is still young now. Just turned sixteen, she looks pure and innocent, wrapped up tightly, completely like a conservative Catholic girl.

Anson admits that he didn't recognize her at first. He saw the name on the resume and confirmed it again. Now he barely recognized her facial features, but he still couldn't imagine that the girl in front of him would later become famous for her sexiness. Her whole temperament and facial features are far from the future impression.

However, a beauty embryo does have a good foundation. She has already starred in two works. Last month, she just participated in the filming of Will Smith's "Bad Boys II".

Unfortunately, Megan is still playing small roles so far. She is trying to find more acting opportunities.

Moreover, this actor's lack of acting talent is also consistent. Her AI face paralysis acting is eye-opening, and even her basic line skills are not good.

If Megan appeared in "The Butterfly Effect", then she could only be a tool person, unable to bear any role weight, and unable to interpret any plot content.

Thinking about it carefully, Michael Bay's use of Megan in "Transformers" is definitely a stroke of genius. That is the correct way to open it.

For example, Amanda Seyfried.

This seventeen-year-old girl, you can see her big eyes on the movie screen, but you didn't expect her eyes to be more conspicuous in real life.

Like a Barbie doll.

Before and after 2004, when she emerged with "Mean Girls", Amanda was more active in the television circle. Her figure can be seen in works such as "Veronica Mars" and "House, M.D.", until "Mamma Mia!" truly opened up the situation and gained a foothold in the film field.

Her figure can be seen in works such as "Letters to Juliet", "Red Riding Hood", "In Time", "Les Misérables", "Ted", "Mank", and so on.

All along, this actor has appeared in different works as a vase-like beauty. Later, in David Fincher's "Mank", people finally saw her acting talent.

Somewhat surprisingly, Amanda's audition can show her thinking.

She prepared a monologue, excerpted from the classic stage play "Death of a Salesman". It can be seen that she is trying to study the role and ponder the lines.

Although the performance is slightly young, it can be seen that she has indeed prepared seriously, even if she has only performed in soap operas so far, without any big screen experience—

Anson was deeply impressed by her.

After all, Anson himself has auditioned step by step in this way.

As far as Anson knows in the distant future, Amanda's roles are still more limited to the scope of sweetness with a hint of evil, like a fox. This makes Anson can't help but think:

If given her some space, can she interpret the edges and colors of the character?