The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1281 Across Time and Space
"Hey, Dallas!"

At the call, Dallas straightened his back with a start, but because he straightened his knees too hard, he lost his balance and almost performed a stunt of wrestling on the ground. He staggered forward two steps, flapped his hands a few times, and barely stood firm. He immediately raised his head and chest and pretended nothing had happened.

Looking up suddenly and seeing clearly what was in front of him, Dallas breathed a sigh of relief—

Not Anson.

Dan-John-Miller has a long face, is thin and tall, like a bamboo pole, and always has an expressionless look on his face.

"Are you ok?"

There was no change in his expression when he spoke these words of concern, and it was hard to tell for a moment whether he was truly concerned or just watching the fun.

But Dallas couldn't care less at this point, and kept waving his hands to show that he was fine.

Larry Bagby, who was standing nearby, smiled, trying to show his friendliness, but his butcher face and short flat hair made his smile look ferocious and chilling.

"Are you nervous?" Larry inquired.

Dallas straightened his neck, his defense mechanism fully activated, and he attacked subconsciously, "No, I'm not nervous. You are nervous, you and Dan John are all very nervous."

With just one sentence, Larry could feel the tension and anxiety in Dallas, which was more effective than any words. Larry did not defend himself, but pointed his finger back and forth between himself and Dan John.

"You should have seen Anson when we first met. I seriously thought I was going to pee my pants any second."

Dan John nodded. "He means it."

Larry, "Hey, Mr. Miller, please don't act like you don't have any."

Dan John nodded, "Me too."

He looks like an honest boy and doesn't hesitate when it comes to criticizing himself.

Dallas relaxed a little, "Really? You guys met Anson?"

Larry, "Yeah, it was incredible! I thought, it's just Anson Wood, a little 16-year-old kid, nothing special, and then I stood in front of him and said, 'Hi, I'm Anson Wood.'"

puff.

Dallas burst out laughing, "Are you serious?"

Larry spread his hands. "Of course. Do you know how Anson answered?"

Dallas shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.

Larry, "He said he was Larry Bagby. Can you imagine my shock that he knew my name was Larry Bagby?"

"I was a nobody, and even the audition director didn't know my name, but Anson knew it. Not only did he resolve my embarrassment, but he also said my name accurately. God, I almost had a cerebral hemorrhage at that moment."

Dan John, aside, “That’s when he nearly peed his pants.”

Dallas couldn't hold it back any longer and burst into laughter.

Larry Bagby and Dan John Miller are both young actors. Although they are over 30 years old, they still have no works in Hollywood. They are not even familiar faces in TV series. "Sing Along" is the most important performance opportunity in their careers.

In the movie, they will play Johnny Cash's early partners, the other two members of the "Tennessee Three", Luther and Marshall.

Although Luther and Marshall never made a name for themselves, they remained friends with Johnny and accompanied him for most of his career, pursuing their musical dreams with their own craft.

In other words, they not only won the opportunity to work with Anson and Reese, but also to accompany Anson and appear on screen with him.

To some extent, the same is true for Dallas. Every time he appears in the film, Sam Phillips is closely related to Johnny Cash. Dallas finally reacted a little bit late, and looked at the two people in front of him in astonishment.

"Wait, wait, wait, you appear in every scene with Anson, and so do I; but why, you get to see Anson, but I don't?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dallas' face turned pale and bloodless.

"Did Anson exclude me? He invited you to meet alone but deliberately didn't invite me?"

"Oh, God!"

As soon as a thought popped up, it flooded my head in the next second. All kinds of random thoughts exploded instantly and I couldn't stop them at all.

Larry witnessed it all and couldn't believe his eyes. He waved his hands repeatedly to try to stop Dallas, and finally he just shouted and interrupted him.

"Stop! Dallas, stop, stop, stop! Things are not what you think."

Dallas finally braked, his eyes cleared a little, and looked at Larry in surprise.

Larry let out a long breath, "Fortunately, I stopped you in time, otherwise if your imagination had run wild, who knows where it would have flown to."

"It's not what you think."

"Don't misunderstand..."

Larry kept on talking, but didn't start explaining. He noticed Dallas's murderous look and cut off his words. He blinked and got to the point immediately.

It turned out that during this period, Anson and the August 31st band were working in the recording studio, and Anson realized that their working model might be able to inspire the two actors, not just Reese, so he called Larry and Dan John to the recording studio to join them.

Johnny Cash went to Memphis with a dream of music. He and Vivian got married in Memphis. However, the reality of life was cruel. Johnny had no idea how to start his music career. In order to make a living, he had to work as a salesman to earn a living.

These are the salespeople who used to go door-to-door with catalogs and sell products face-to-face.

The only thing he could do was drink, play music and sing with his two friends, Luther and Marshall, who were maintenance workers, during his break time.

His work was so-so and his sales were so mediocre that he could barely pay his rent.

Vivian begged Johnny to give up his dream of music. Her father arranged a job for him so that they could leave Memphis and seek a stable life. The two had an argument, which made Johnny fall into despair.

In the difficult situation, Johnny finally plucked up the courage and took the initiative to go to Sun Records to promote himself and got himself an audition opportunity.

This is not only an audition, but also the last chance to hold on to your lifeline.

However, during the audition, Sam Phillips was not interested in the gospel songs that Johnny performed, because gospel songs were popular in the market and had already been popular everywhere. He did not need these mediocre imitations. He wanted to see if Johnny had something of his own.

Johnny needed to improvise on the spot, but he, Luther and Marshall had never practiced before. When his life was hanging by a thread, Johnny started singing.

Here is a very important detail:

Marshall played the cello and Luther played the guitar.

Whether it was the last audition opportunity that hung by a thread, or the performance that was rushed without any discussion, coupled with the similar combination of instruments, every detail of the Tennessee Trio and the August 31st Band were cleverly combined in different time and space.

The different situations in the two time and space echo each other.

So, Anson made the call, and Dan John and Larry joined Reese in the recording of the August 31st band.

Thanks to this, they had already had experience working with Anson before joining the crew.

(End of this chapter)