Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 430 441 [Will I become the next Nao Miwotz]

Los Angeles.

Brownie Apartments.

This is a famous actor's apartment. Those who come here to rent houses are all new actors from North America or all over the world who are trying to make their way into Hollywood.

It is a bit similar to the later Hengpiao or Beipiao, except that most of these new actors have already gone through the most basic stage of being an extra.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Cate Blanchett pushed open the door of the apartment with a bag of food and walked in. Just as she was about to go upstairs, the glass window in the reception room on the first floor was suddenly opened, and the chubby landlord shouted: "Hey, Kate, there is a message for you."

Leave a message!

Cate Blanchett's eyes lit up, and she hurried over with food in her arms: "Brownie, what's the message? Which crew is it from?"

She had just come to the United States from Australia not long ago. Although she had bought a new American cell phone card, the contact information she left when submitting her resume was basically the phone number of the reception room on the first floor of Brownie Apartments.

The main reason was that the cell phone signal was not very good during that period. Secondly, cell phone calls were still very expensive. For Kate, who had just arrived in the United States and had spent a lot of money, she naturally wanted to save as much as possible.

The chubby landlord Brownie finished his pizza and said, "It's a call from the Art Film Company. It seems that they want you to go for an interview for an assistant position and ask you to call them back."

After saying that, he took out a piece of paper with the phone number written on it and handed it over.

"Thank you." Cate Blanchett took the paper excitedly. She didn't expect that her resume was successfully submitted.

The fat landlord Brownie asked curiously, "Kate, aren't you interviewing actors? Why are you interviewing assistants?"

Cate Blanchett shrugged her shoulders and said, "Brownie, you know, I'm from Australia. I've almost used up all my savings during this period. I have to find a job that can support myself and earn rent for you."

"You're right!"

The fat landlord agreed: "Kate, I have seen too many new actors like you who come to Hollywood to make a living. Almost 99% of them end up leaving Los Angeles and Hollywood in disgrace. Do you know why?"

Cate Blanchett curiously asked: "Why?"

"Because they see themselves as future Hollywood stars."

As the fat landlord spoke, he picked up another piece of pizza from the table and took a big bite. While chewing, he continued, "They have always dreamed of becoming famous overnight, but they have no idea how celebrities, especially female celebrities, survive. They are obsessed with movies and disdain to work. In the end, they can't even pay my rent, so they can only run away in disgrace."

At this point, he said contemptuously: "Not everyone can be the next Naomi Watts."

Hearing the name, Cate Blanchett became interested, "Hey Brownie, I heard from the tenant next door that Naomi Watts used to live in your apartment. Is that true?"

"Of course it's true."

The fat landlord nodded vigorously. "Watz has lived with me for more than a year. He finally starred in director Lee's Chicago. Last year, the North American box office sold more than 8000 million US dollars and the global box office was 1.3 million US dollars. He has become a well-deserved Hollywood star. This year, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and will soon participate in the Oscars."

"Oh, by the way, I remember you're from Australia. Naomi Watts is also from Australia. When she first rented a house with me, she often couldn't find a job as an actress. But she supported herself by doing odd jobs and also enrolled in acting classes to improve herself."

"I believe that if it weren't for these experiences and learning, Watts would never have won the leading role in Chicago. She was not famous at the time, except for some films she had made in Australia."

This is true.

Cate Blanchett was also from Australia and she was very impressed by Naomi Watts.

It's not because she is so great, but because she went from an unknown Australian actress to starring in a Hollywood movie that had both great box office and critical acclaim, and became a real hit.

I wonder how many Australian actors envy her.

In addition, there was Nicole Kidman, a heavyweight Australian actress who not only starred in many Hollywood movies, but also successfully hooked up with the famous Tom Cruise and became his wife.

It is no exaggeration to say that Nicole Kidman is the envy of all actresses.

My husband is handsome, rich, and a top Hollywood star.

"You're right Brownie, I will work hard."

I thought of two of my fellow countrymen, both of whom were unknown in Australia, but after coming to Hollywood for just one or two years, they became famous and became Hollywood actresses that everyone envied.

While Cate Blanchett was envious, she naturally also wanted to become such a big star.

"I believe you can do it. If you insist that actors shouldn't have extra work, then you'll never succeed in Hollywood."

The fat landlord said this, and after eating the last bite of pizza, he took a tissue from the table, wiped his hands, opened the drawer and took out a flyer.

"this is for you."

"What is it?"

"A flyer for Hugh Laurie's acting school."

The fat landlord smiled and said, "Hugh Laurie is a second-tier actor who starred in Sense and Sensibility. His acting skills were recognized by the Berlin Film Festival. He recently opened an acting training class. Since it has just opened, the tuition is very cheap. If you have any ideas, you can call him."

"As long as you say that I, Brownie, recommended you, you can get a discount on the tuition. At the same time, as the first batch of students to register, Hugh Laurie promised to provide you with three opportunities to audition for the crew."

"This is not something that a normal acting training class can promise. Believe me, sometimes people's fate is just a little bit away, just like Watts, she was successfully selected as the leading actress during the interview for the crew of Chicago."

Although he knew clearly that Brownie was promoting this acting training class so enthusiastically in order to earn commissions,

But I have to admit that Cate Blanchett was moved.

She has been in Los Angeles for a few months and has submitted her resume to countless crews. She has also interviewed many crews during this period, but has not won a valuable role.

Either a supporting role or a supporting role.

It is definitely impossible to say that there is no chance. More than once, casting directors have put forward some conditions, but the roles they promised were too small.

A role with just one line isn't worth much for Cate Blanchett.

She is not a newcomer who knows nothing. She is a well-known drama actress in Australia. In 1993, she won the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer, and in 1994 she directly won the Best Actress award.

Last year, she played the leading female role in an Australian mini-series, working with Hugo Weaving. (Elrond, the Elf Lord in The Lord of the Rings)
"Okay Brownie, I'll seriously consider it, but obviously, I don't have that much money to pay for acting training classes right now."

Cate Blanchett shrugged: "I'll wait until I make some money as a personal assistant."

"You have a point. Working hard to earn money to improve yourself and pay the rent is the key."

Brownie didn't say much. He had been running an apartment here for more than a decade and knew that most of the men and women who chased actors were in a bad financial situation. Every year, countless people came to Los Angeles with great ambitions, but left in disgrace because they couldn't make money. Some of them completely degenerate for money and become the darlings of parties.

Went back to my room.

Cate Blanchett couldn't wait to put down the bag, took the phone and the message, sat on the chair, and started calling back.

"Hello, this is Art Film Company."

"Hello, I'm Cate Blanchett. You called me this afternoon and asked me to interview for an assistant position?"

"Please wait."

There was a sound of flipping papers on the other end of the phone, and soon the person who answered the phone said, "Yes, Miss Cate Blanchett, your interview time is tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, the interview location is Art Film Company, the address is..."

"Please wait, I'll take a note."

Cate Blanchett quickly searched around for paper and pen, and finally found one, and began to write down the company address reported by the other party.

The phone hangs up,

Cate Blanchett breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the address in her hand and suddenly remembered that she seemed to have the address of the other party's company. She couldn't help but sighed helplessly: "It seems that I am really affected by this job."

She doesn't have much savings now, so she should have found a job a long time ago.

It was just an ordinary odd job like waitress or salesperson, but Cate Blanchett was a little reluctant to do it because she was, after all, a well-known figure in the Australian drama world.

If people knew that she traveled all the way from Australia to North America just to work part-time here, her competitors in Australia would probably laugh their heads off.

Cate Blanchett came to Los Angeles from Sydney with great ambition. Before leaving, she held a party and invited many colleagues and friends to come. She expressed confidence that she would make a name for herself in Los Angeles and Hollywood.

But reality still dealt her a heavy blow.

She is quite pretty and thinks her acting is pretty good, but this is Hollywood, and countless outstanding filmmakers from all over the world are eager to come here to prove themselves.

Become famous and earn US dollars by the way!

the next day.

A little after eight in the morning, at Art Film Company.

"Honey!"

When Naomi Watts saw Li Yishu coming, she walked up to him enthusiastically, hugged him directly, and kissed him on the face.

Li Yishu put her arm around the other's waist and said with a smile, "Nawo, why are you here?"

Naomi Watts smiled and said, "When I heard that you were back, I asked for leave from Wu."

She is currently filming "Face/Off", playing the leading female role, but this movie is still dominated by men, so it is just a vase role.

But for Naomi Watts, this is also a big movie with an investment of 20 million US dollars, so she naturally doesn't care whether it is a vase role or not.

What's more, these days, the heroines in Hollywood movies are almost all just vases.

"How is the filming progress of the "Face/Off" crew?" Li Yishu asked curiously. Wu Yusen's "Face/Off" officially started filming in mid-February and has been filming for a month now.

Naomi Watts said: "Nicholas's acting is great, and with the script you provided, the crew is filming very quickly. I think we will be able to wrap up early next month."

"Really? That's great, I guess I have to go check it out."

Li Yishu didn't expect that the crew was about to wrap up, but this shooting progress should be quite slow for Wu Yusen.

"That's great, dear." Naomi Watts' eyes lit up and she quickly said, "How about tomorrow? Let's go to the crew together!"

The crew of "Face/Off" mainly shot in Los Angeles, and also went to Chicago to shoot, but now all the scenes are concentrated in the Columbia Pictures Center.

"No problem." Li Yishu nodded, glanced at his watch, and said, "Let's go. Since you're here, I'll take you to interview my new assistant."

It’s called an interview, but in fact it has been confirmed, there is still a process to go through, and there is only one person to interview.

"New assistant?"

"Aren't I going to collaborate with Jack Cheng on a new film? We're planning to hire a new assistant. By the way, this new assistant is also from Australia. Her profile shows that she's also an excellent drama actress."

Interviewing assistant for a drama actor?

Naomi Watts was surprised at first, but then became very alert.

Before she met Lee Yi-su, she had been in Hollywood for a while, so she knew that some people would do anything to get a role.

The most typical example is her fake sister Nicole Kidman.

During the filming of a movie, she successfully seduced Tom Cruise with her beauty and even got the famous Hollywood playboy to marry her.

Now the two are known as the golden boy and girl of Hollywood. It can be said that Nicole's methods are really superb.

Naomi Watts' eyes sparkled as she said, "I didn't expect he's a drama actor. I've got to meet this fellow countryman."

The two followed Amy's secretary to the reception room.

There was a click.

The moment the door was opened, Cate Blanchett, who had been waiting in the room for a long time, immediately stood up from her chair.

Cate Blanchett was surprised to see that in addition to the female secretary who had received her before, there was also an Asian man coming in, and there was a familiar face next to him.

Why is Naomi Watts here?

The female secretary introduced: "Ms. Blanchett, this is Art Director Li."

Art Lee!
This name, combined with the other party's Asian appearance, and Naver next to her, Cate Blanchett immediately thought of movies such as "Chicago" and "The Sixth Sense", as well as the honors of the four major European gold awards won by Lee Yi-su.

The person I serve is actually the great director Art Li!
At this moment, she felt extremely lucky.

Will I become the next Nicole Kidman or the next Nao Milwaukee?

(End of this chapter)