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With Yu Lanlan's strong insistence, and after five days of negotiations, the "Hard Candy" crew finally had a male lead. Murphy paid a one-time payment of $40,000 for this, although the current James F. Lan Ke can't compare with the future, but he has also played major roles in two film and television dramas, which is not his real worth.

Murphy is very clear that James Franco entered the crew for an impure purpose, but he doesn't care, everyone is just getting what they need.

So far, the filming crew of "Hard Candy" has been officially formed. Including Murphy, there are only 14 people in total, and three of them are unpaid interns, which can be said to be extremely economical.

In fact, Murphy also really wants to do all the work by himself and save all the salary offered, but this is obviously impossible. He is only one person. Although he has studied systematically in the film school, he cannot be proficient in all films. Work behind the scenes.

There are two main actors in the film, namely the little girl Hailey and the photographer Jeff. In addition, the one with the most scenes is a female neighbor of Jeff, who has been forced by Murphy to give Jessica Chastain a cameo.

There is also a girl who died tragically in the opening scene. Murphy has also finalized the candidate, but the other party has very few scenes and will not enter the crew until the shooting starts.

The other passers-by roles are basically cameo by Murphy and the crew, and the waiters who will inevitably appear during the filming of Milton Cafe are played by the people from Milton Cafe. Old Lynch also specially prepared for this. a period of time.

Even if this is in Los Angeles, it is still a rare opportunity for ordinary people to appear in a film.

"Let me make an introduction."

In the warehouse that served as a temporary studio, Murphy, Carey Mulligan and James Franco met for the first time, and he, the director, took the initiative to introduce, "Kerry, this is James Franco, Great actor."

Then he turned and introduced, "Jim, this is Carey Mulligan, the future English rose."

After Murphy finished speaking, he took the initiative to take a step back.

"Hello, can I call you Kerry?" James Franco put on a charming smile, took the initiative to step forward and stretched out a hand, "I'm James Franco, you can call me Jim ."

Seemingly just seeing his face clearly, Carey Mulligan said in surprise, "How is it you?"

"We met again." James Franco's hand was still there.

Carey Mulligan didn't mean to shake his hand, turned his head directly, and said to Murphy, "Murphy, he is not a good person."

James Franco's smile was stiff, and he withdrew his hand resentfully, his face somewhat embarrassed.

Murphy couldn't figure out what happened between the two people, and quickly settled down, "Kerry, what happened? Jim is a very good actor."

"Humph..." Carey Mulligan just snorted twice.

Few girls this age would like someone who exposes themselves.

Looking at James Franco, Murphy didn't want to worry about what was going on with these two people, and the agent of Carey Mulligan came over in a while, and he didn't have time to waste with these two people.

Murphy went to the simple desk, took out two schedules, handed them to James Franco and Carey Mulligan, and exhorted, "I ask you to put all the scenes in the schedule before shooting. once again."

Actors go through a lot of rehearsals before shooting every movie, and Hard Candy is no exception.

The knock on the door rang at this time, and after Murphy called to come in, the agent named Bill Rossis pushed open the door, still carrying the packaged juice and coffee, and came over to say hello to Murphy first. Serve coffee, followed by the same polite chat with James Franco and a cup of coffee.

It has to be said that if you want to become a qualified entertainment agent, being able to handle interpersonal relationships and be well-rounded is a must-have skill.

Murphy is a director for the first time, and the current James Franco is not too obvious, and even the location of the rehearsal is only a warehouse, but Bill Rossis did not show any contempt, at least on the surface. .

In Hollywood, stars can be arrogant and defiant, but agents are not.

Since Carey Mulligan is underage, agents or acting guardians are generally on the job site. Murphy has no problem with this, and James Franco is not stupid. Although Murphy seriously suspects that he has other purposes, he has never When I saw Carey Mulligan start, they all behaved politely, even if there were occasional sets of words, it was a normal way of chatting.

"Director Stanton..."

After a few people finished their drinks, Bill Rossis reminded Murphy at the right time, "Kerry still has classes in the afternoon, and work must end at twelve o'clock."

Murphy nodded and gestured to James Franco, "Let's start."

At the beginning of the rehearsal, James Franco read a monologue first, which seemed to be warming up and looking for a state in this way. He has quite a lot of experience and is not the kind of actor who is a part-time waiter. Murphy is not too worried. After simply looking at it for a while, his eyes fell on Carey Mulligan.

In the first audition and several subsequent communications, the girl showed a certain foundation of acting skills. She has been performing in the troupe since she was in elementary school in the UK. What she lacked was a real performance opportunity.

In Murphy's eyes, this girl's acting talent is not top-notch, but not bad.

Of course, he is just a novice, so he may not see it accurately.

A few minutes later, Carey Mulligan and James Franco began rehearsing for the first scene, which they had just met.

James Franco walks towards Carey Mulligan from behind, "Hayley..."

Carey Mulligan turned around and wiped his lower lip lightly, as the script wrote, "Jeff?"

There was a bit of surprise in her voice, but it wasn't like that on her face. Carey Mulligan just showed that she didn't like James Franco very much. With her character, her emotions were almost written on her face, even if Without using the camera close-up, Murphy could see the disgust in those bright eyes, and even wrote the words "I'm going to kill you bad guy" on his face.

"Kerry..." Murphy interrupted their rehearsal and beckoned, "Come here."

Scratching her short blond hair, Carey Mulligan walked across the desk where Murphy was sitting and asked, "Did I do something wrong?"

She could read a lot from Murphy's expression.

Murphy immediately remembered that she was not an ordinary girl. She was very rebellious. She pondered a little and changed her rhetoric, "Kerry, do I remember the time we talked in the cafe?"

"Well." She nodded lightly, "I will never forget it. What determines our future is never what we think, but what we do."

Murphy laughed, looked at her, then at the inexplicable James Franco.

Carey Mulligan is naive and rebellious, but not an idiot. He understood immediately, leaned closer and lowered his voice and said, "I know that an actor must have the professionalism of an actor, don't worry, Murphy, I won't let you down. ."

The voice was not loud, but the warehouse was not big, James Franco and Bill Rossis heard it and looked at Murphy at the same time.

James Franco tilted his head and found that his handsome face and charming smile, which had been very useful before, were not as useful as a few words from the guy opposite.

The other party seems to be very good at dealing with girls of this age, and is simply the best object of his learning.

Bill Rossis, a professional entertainment agent, is different from the eccentric James Franco. He knows how rebellious Carey Mulligan is, and he also knows that this is a very difficult girl, if not a long-time client Zhu. Lianne Fellowes' introduction, he will definitely not be her agent.

He could even imagine that this rebellious girl who forced her parents to have no way out and had to let her step into the entertainment industry would turn this small crew into chaos.

But all this appeared in front of him completely overturned the previous point of view. This rookie director named Murphy Stanton was able to suppress Carey Mulligan... No, more precisely, he was using extremely clever Way to manipulate Carey Mulligan.

Interesting... Bill Rothys folded his arms and looked over there without saying a word.

He had some doubts that Carey Mulligan was going to play this role because he was making a fuss, did he also have something to do with this little director named Murphy Stanton?

If that's the case, it could be a talent.

Seeing that Carey Mulligan realized the problem, Murphy stood up, nodded her approval, and spoke again when the girl showed a happy smile.

"Kerry, look at the scene we were rehearsing just now, Hailey didn't like Jeff, very disgusted, didn't she?"

"Yes." Carey Mulligan nodded hastily.

"Jeff said that Hailey was very mature," Murphy briefly analyzed for her, "but she wished she was an idiot, and Hailey just wanted to make Jeff think she was an idiot, so..."

Murphy looked at Carey Mulligan, who was not too savvy, and said, "So Hailey naively eats chocolate cake, likes those bands, and likes cool T-shirts. This is completely the performance of a naive girl. This allows Jeff to let his guard down and mislead him in the wrong direction."

"Bingo." Murphy snapped his fingers, "I have to say you're really smart."

Carey Mulligan is just a bait to attract James Franco. Even if he is not there, the independent rehearsal of the male and female protagonists as mentioned before can not really be realized. The agent Bill Rossis will basically accompany Carey Mulligan. around.

These Murphys have long considered.

On the other side, Carey Mulligan raised his chin unconsciously and smiled very cutely, but this smile was only given to Murphy alone.

Looking over there, James Franco's heart was pounding, as if he was about to burst out of his chest. He took a deep breath and suppressed the boiling blood.

What a great guy, James Franco's eyes fell on Murphy, and he said that if he had such means, he would not always aim more and gain less before.

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