Chapter 258： heroine candidate

After the crew preparations were on the right track, with Thomas watching, Lyman was also very relieved.

In this way, he can put all his energy into finding actors.

But for a while, I don't know who is right.

In particular, the candidate for "Maggie", the absolute heroine, needs to be carefully considered.

Eva had read the script. As an actress, she really wanted to challenge herself, but was rejected by Lyman.

Not to mention that she has recently received several commercial performances and mv advertisements under the operation of Johnson, the schedule will be very tight, and he wants to let the actors fully take the role, to gain muscle and become a lightweight player. Female boxer's match.

To this end, he also invited several professional boxing coaches to form a training group to specialize in this direction.

Although the cost of "Million Dollar Baby" is not too high, the requirements for actors are still quite high.

Even if Eva can endure hardships, her performance foundation is still a little tender. Now she is far from the female fairy of later generations, who can easily control various roles.

The most important thing is that the shape is not suitable, it is too beautiful, and it will feel contrary to the audience.

Early the next morning, while Lyman was in his office working on a storyboard for the script, Johnson came over with the documents.

"Here are some cast profiles that I've delineated."

"Well, let it go first."

After completing this part of the split shot creation, he picked up the material and looked at it.

These are naturally some suitable actors selected by Johnson for the heroine "Maggie". As caa's agent, as long as he is given some casting criteria, he can give several sets of good proposals to select candidates.

Of course, these girls are not well-known, and most of them are recognized by people in the industry.

Actresses who are willing to gain muscle, fitness, boxing training, and can't pay too much, really don't have any big stars willing to come and try.

"Well, the looks are too sweet, no... This is not bad, the temperament is very good..." Lehmann turned the information of these actresses page by page, some were eliminated directly, and some entered the first Second round of training.

"Okay, just these few, find a time to tell them to come and try it."

After Lehman circled, he spoke to Johnson.

Watching him nod and leave with the document, Lyman is immersed in the world of movie scripts again.

......

At eight o'clock in the evening, in a community apartment building in Los Angeles.

Hilary Swank ended a hard day and dragged her tired body home.

There is only one mother in the family, sitting on the sofa watching TV. There are pizzas, vegetable salads and other foods on the table.

"You're back." Mother stood up, helped her take off her coat, and gave her a hug.

"You can eat first, you don't have to wait for me."

Whenever she said this, her mother just smiled, but it still wouldn't change.

Come to think of it, this scene has been repeated countless times.

Since her parents divorced when she was 15 years old, she and her mother have been relying on each other for warmth.

"How's it going today, is it going well?"

At the dinner table, my mother asked with some concern.

"No, I went to audition for the roles that Yorke mentioned, but I was brushed off in the first round." Hilary Swank lowered his head and said a little dull.

Mother showed a helpless smile, "It doesn't matter, there is always a chance."

"Ok."

After eating and taking a shower, Hillary was lying on the bed in her pajamas, inexplicably sentimental.

She thought she would have a good life as an actress, as bright as the newspapers said in the movie, but in fact, any industry has a bottom, a dark bottom, and unfortunately, she is one of them.

She never had a good time. At the age of 16, she dropped out of high school and went to Los Angeles with her mother to seek development in the entertainment industry. At that time, they lived in the car, and the expensive rent was like a fence, which firmly isolated them. .

Later, my mother found a job, and she also appeared in some TV series one after another.

Life is slowly getting better, at least, renting a house, no need to wander anymore.

In 1999, her luckiest day, she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in "Boys Don't Cry", and finally won.

But this award did not bring her anything, her salary is still a measly tens of thousands of dollars, (sometimes she receives a play in a year or two, one can imagine how poor her living conditions are, let alone Still in Los Angeles, where the wealthy gather, the standard of living is already high).

Although she has earned people's respect, the cost of a bad cold is enough to drain her savings.

Sometimes, she also wondered if it was time for her to quit.

So many years of acting has taught her a lot, but there is a cruelest fact in front of her: if an actress wants to make a breakthrough in Hollywood, her impressive appearance seems to be more important than her acting skills.

My mother is also old, and she has to go out to work every day...

The more she thought about it, the worse she felt, Hilary Swank decided to talk to her mother.

"Let's go back to our hometown. We have saved some money over the years. We can go back and start a small business."

"Why do you think this way?" Mother was puzzled. "Didn't you say that many directors praised you for your talent? You have won awards. If you don't continue to be an actor, why would you have to go back to your hometown and choose to give up?"

"I'm 30 years old this year, Mom." Saying this, Hilary Swank couldn't bear the pressure that life had brought her, and burst into tears.

What's the use of such days?

She doesn't even dare to get sick, and she doesn't dare to talk about love. She is already 30.

The mother held her, a little silent.

After a long time, it seemed that enough to vent his emotions, Hilary Swank became stronger again.

Just as he was about to go back to his room to rest, his phone suddenly rang.

"Hey Hillary, are you there?"

It was from broker York.

"Is there a problem?"

"Of course there is something a big happy event, we have a chance."

On the other end of the phone, York was so happy that he didn't know how to express it, and kept repeating the words to seize the opportunity.

"What chance?" Hilary Swank continued.

"For the new play directed by Lyman Last, his agent just called to let me inform you that he will go to Firefly Studios for audition at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

"Is it really him?" Hilary Swank couldn't believe it.

"It's true," York emphasized. "It's the heroine audition for Million Dollar Baby, you know, the heroine, or against a director like Clint Eastwood, that's Eastwood, you know what I'm talking about, don't you?"

"I understand, I understand." Hilary Swank only felt that her heart began to beat wildly. What does it mean for the play of two major directors? Without the agent's repeated emphasis, she also knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her.