The Best Director

Chapter 270 Who will play if I don't?

"Kelly is a very kind hearted, simple girl who wants to be a facilitator whenever things get tense or not so good, but she usually just tells bad jokes and makes things more awkward, and then she complains 'I can't stand you guys!'..."

This role is not so difficult to understand. She does not have complicated and contradictory mentality. She is more of a normal expression of love at the beginning of love, with a slightly weird and funny side, so the difficulty of playing it is not high. But that's just an ordinary request; a character without too many bright spots in the setting, a carefree, kind and innocent repairman girl, how can she be played interestingly and brilliantly? It depends on the vitality brought by the actors.

It is undeniable that actors who lack aura work very, very hard, and may just make Kelly cute and lively, just like other similar characters; Take Serenity to a new level and make Serenity even more interesting.

At this time, in the bright audition room, the white girl standing in front of the interview tables of Wang Yang, Joss Whedon and others is a talented freshman actor. She is about m tall, petite and immature, with dark brown hair hanging down her shoulders, and her right forehead is covered by some long bangs; her chiseled face is not shocking, but she has a fresh and lovely girl next door a feeling of.

"You know that Kelly is an orphan. She has never read any books since she was a child, and she can recognize the words wrongly. Captain Mal discovered her talent for repairing, so he 'used' her to do hard work. But Kelly knows that the captain is a hard-talking person. She The feelings for Captain Marr are not just the captain and his subordinates, but like a brother or a father, more brothers! Ok, think about it for yourself first."

After talking about some of Kelly's explanations, Wang Yang looked at the stubborn girl in front of him with a pensive expression on his face, and leaned against the back of the chair with his arms crossed in satisfaction. Joss Whedon next to her is also looking at the girl, which is very different from the Kelly Frye he had in mind at first, it is younger, less sweet, not the pure cute and stupid, but with a touch of Independent pride. But Fantastic Yang has modified Kelly's character settings a lot, for example, she is her first love.

"How do you feel about the appearance?" Wang Yang glanced at Wei Deng and asked softly. Joss Whedon expressed his doubts in his heart: "Is she a little too young? She is not yet 17 years old, she looks 15 or 16 years old." Wang Yang shrugged slightly and said with a smile: "Maybe it has something to do with my name. , I prefer younger actors." Whedon smiled, and Wang Yang said seriously: "About 17 years old is very suitable, a funny little girl. I began to miss my 17 years old..."

Joss Whedon slapped Wang Yang on the shoulder with a smile; Joshua, one of the production assistants next to him, scanned the girl up and down. For some reason, he had some familiar feelings. Although he was short, his eyes The unique taste of the girl... You can tell that she is the worst girl in the school.

"Start the audition, Alan, turn around and have a look." After a while,

Wang Yang got up and came to the camera, looked at Alan Page who got up on the screen of the machine, and started the audition.

The white girl who auditioned was Ellen Page. She was born on February 21, 1987 in Halifax, Canada. In 1999, he continued to star in the role of "Maggie McLean" in "t-ny", which was adapted into a TV series in 1999, and then appeared in the series "Trailer Park Boys", "Ottawa" and "Wet Season". debut.

Last year, he appeared on 6 major screens with "Broken Family", and in the past two years, he also filmed TV movies such as "All or Nothing", "Ghost Cat", "One Touch", "The Poorest Harvard Girl", "Love That Boy" and so on. . She was nominated for the "Young Artist Award" when she made her debut at the age of 10, so although no one in the United States and Hollywood knows who Ellen Page is, she is a well-known child star in Canada, with her age-appropriate acting skills and amazing talent. With numerous praises, his acting career is bright.

And according to the future information, she won the leading role in the five-year film "Hard Candy" from the human competition. The success of "Hard Candy" made her soar, and the empty praise became real Achievements, successfully entered the big screen. After that, she was active on the set of independent films, and finally became popular with the version of "Juno" in 2007.

Four years ago, if she was not only 12 years old, Wang Yang would have asked her to play Juno when he wanted to shoot the story of "Juno". Of course, Natalie Portman's performance was very good and mature. Juno is as charming as anyone. Acting geniuses like Natalie Portman, Heath Ledger, and Ellen Page, no matter what role they are given, will look for the bright spots in it, and their understanding is extraordinary. It can be said that the director favorite person.

"Okay, here we come." Ellen Page responded, stood up and complied with the audition requirements very skillfully and confidently, with front, side and back, putting her head into a ponytail...these are all basic procedures, but this is Miracle Yang's Audition, it feels really good.

She doesn't have any idols, Patti Smith (the rock star) is one; Magic Young is one, one of her favorite directors with whom she looks forward to working together. It is impossible for her not to have heard of Miracle Yang. She heard about it when she was 11 years old. There is a guy who made movies with 10,000 US dollars and grossed more than 300 million. age.

This guy is getting more and more crazy, and she also really likes his funny words, and there are a few pictures of him lying on the street.

A few days ago, the manager suddenly received an invitation to audition for "Firefly". Wonderful Yang? "firefly"?

Although she is not well-known, if it is an invitation from other people's directors or big productions such as "Spider-Man" and "X-Men", she will definitely refuse without even asking her parents. Hollywood plays some messy roles, she just wants to make a few decent movies. But now it's ung-ang, so she flew from Canada to Los Angeles all at once.

"Alan, if Kelly has a crush on a young, handsome and capable doctor, she is very enthusiastic but doesn't confess, but just keeps hinting." Wang Yang looked up at Peggy over there, which is naturally a test of her understanding and ability. Regarding the direction of character creation, he asked: "Do you think Kylie has an inferiority complex?"

Under the watchful eyes of several people, Peggy thought about it calmly. A simple-minded, carefree, young girl with a fledgling heart, Kelly should represent beauty, and low self-esteem is a gloomy and negative emotion, not low self-esteem. It can only be a beautiful first love mentality! Peggy frowned slightly, and replied confidently: "No, I don't think she has low self-esteem. Kelly is waiting for the doctor's confession. She likes boys who take the initiative and be more romantic. This is the beginning of her ideal relationship, so she will Passionate and suggestive."

She is a master at auditioning, she knows how to show her confidence, and said with a smile: "If she has low self-esteem, I think Kelly may have shrunk to the sofa beside her."

"Ha! Kelly won't." Wang Yang smiled, and indirectly gave her a "yes" reply. The next few questions further proved Ellen Page's understanding ability. The script positioning of Kelly's role, some answers different from the "standard answers" are also very convincing, and it is reassuring to let her shape the role. Joss Whedon nodded with satisfaction from time to time, completely eliminating the doubts just now; Joshua saw her calm and smart appearance, and his sense of familiarity became stronger and stronger...

Famous is not as good as meeting, and meeting is worse than being famous! Wang Yang nodded in admiration. Compared with understanding, Peggy's self-confidence and bravery gave people a thumbs up. This little bastard is only under the age of 17, "Music Music" and "Juno" made him audition too many girls in this age group of 17 and 18, except for Natalie Portman, almost none of them can compare Looking at Peggy's performance, she was almost "too much" confident.

"I know exactly what I say and think. Kelly is such a person. Of course, if you disagree, you can tell me why, and I will think about it." Peggy's attitude is so arrogant and confident, but also With a modesty.

But there is no doubt that he likes it, and any director likes it. The reason why Wentworth Miller has been auditioning for many years but has always failed is a lack of confidence and convincing. Peggy starred in the first film and television works at a young age. With this unique self-confidence of "I am not a mortal".

"Okay, next is the performance part. You have read your script, and now the assistant is Captain Marl, the first paragraph." Wang Yang gave Peggy a thumbs up and glanced at Joshua, He focused on Alan Page's upcoming performance, and he believed that there would be no disappointment. Joss Whedon, who was not familiar with Peggy, was also full of anticipation. He saw a huge aura from the answers to the questions.

Peggy looked in the direction of the camera seemingly without any psychological pressure, adjusted her breathing to achieve the best state, and had already been familiar with those few pages of the script.

"Kelly, what are you doing!" Joshua next to the camera looked at the script in his hand, he already knew who Ellen Page made him feel like, Natalie Portman, that kind of "Genius" feeling. Emotionally invested, he yelled, "Kelly, our main bumper just fell off!"

"Everything is fine, Captain, the main bumper...no big deal!" Peggy flicked her bangs on her right forehead, and smiled with her lips pursed, as if to comfort her: "Don't worry!" Her eyes were quick again Turning the ground, as if to say: "Who can blame this?" Joshua read the line: "No big deal? We are going to crash! You told me that the entrance coupler will last a week!"

Peggy interrupted him in a calm tone: "I told you six months ago." She complained: "I told you again a month ago, you said you didn't have any money, but I know you bought it..." Yue Shu Ya interrupted her: "My ship will not crash!"

The exquisite and natural micro-expressions, the tone and emotion that almost blend into the characters... It really is one of the most beautiful butterflies. After seeing these facial expressions, Wang Yang can already confirm that Ellen Page can play Kelly well, and it will be very interesting. Just like when he auditioned for Heath Ledger not long ago, he looked at Joss Whedon, grinned and asked silently, "How is it?"

"Oh." Joss Whedon scratched his bald forehead. This time he was even more shocked. The 24-year-old Heath Ledger has been famous for a long time. Who is the 16-year-old and 9-month-old Ellen Page? Now he knows, another amazingly gifted genius. He raised his eyebrows: "The kind of actor who can make people modify the character setting." The acting skills revealed by Peggy are so mature and real, and they contain exciting explosive power...

"Joss, this little girl has the ability to bring super surprises." Wang Yang said softly to Whedon. Watching Peggy's performance over there, Joss Whedon nodded in agreement: "I can see that she is not an ordinary girl."

The performance questions ended section by section, and Ellen Page's performance was amazing from beginning to end. Of course, this is relative to the requirements of the audition stage, but "Kelly" seems to be a piece of cake for her.

"Cut! Haha, very, very good!" Wang Yang turned off the camera, walked towards Peggy in the field with a smile, and said, "Alan, you have an incredible performance, which is in line with our expectations for 'Kelly'." Request." Joss Whedon said "yes" a few times, and Joshua scratched his head, "Another genius?" Peggy smiled, and Wang Yang, who walked up to her, said with a smile: "We sincerely invite You play this role, are you going to be Kelly?"

"Hmm..." Ellen Page showed a mouthful of white teeth with a smile, and immediately settled in the audition room? Kind of a joke, but cool! She nodded: "Yes, I want to be Kelly." She is very satisfied with "be" instead of "t (playing)", which should be the attitude of making movies. While shaking hands with Wang Yang, she raised her head and smiled and said, "To be honest, Kelly and I are very different, but I'd be happy to try this type of girl, and it's your movie."

"This is the fun of acting, isn't it? You can become another person." Wang Yang let go of her hand, looked at her immature smiling face, and said with a smile: "Welcome to "Firefly." Peggy nodded: "Thank you."

When Ellen Page left the audition office, as soon as the door was closed, Joss Whedon asked happily, "Yan, where did you find this little guy? She was born for acting." Wang Yang spread his hands and smiled, "Canada."

Seeing Ellen Page walking out calmly, her manager and her graphic designer father Dennis Page immediately surrounded her, asking with questioning expressions: "How is it?" Ellen Page Ji shrugged, walked past them, and said, "Who will play if I don't play?"

"Canadian actress Ellen Page joins 'Firefly' as Serenity's Repairman Crew 'Kelly'."