Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 27 Monica's Efforts
Link leaned back on the couch, tapping his fingers on his knees, carefully sizing up the woman in front of him, wondering whether or not to let her try out for the role of wife in Paranormal Activity.

This role was originally to be played by an amateur. It is not difficult to perform and any woman with a basic acting skill can do the role.

It's just that Monica Bellucci is too beautiful and her figure is too eye-catching. Using her to shoot this kind of pseudo-documentary horror movie will easily make the audience pay too much attention to the actor's figure and appearance, reducing the horror element in the movie.

However, this is a live-action movie documentary, which will film the daily lives of the male and female protagonists, including chatting, cooking, eating, brushing teeth, playing, and being intimate, etc. Using a beautiful actress with top looks and figure can also add some selling points to the movie.

She can also play the leading female role.

"Monica, the new movie is a horror film. The heroine is an ordinary woman with an average appearance and figure. I need to see what you look like without makeup. Is that convenient?"

"Sure! Director Link, can I use your restroom for a moment?"

"there!"

Link pointed in the direction of the restroom.

Monica stood up and walked barefoot into the bathroom. She came out after a while with her makeup much lighter. Her appearance, which originally had a score of 9, had dropped to around 8 points, but she was still a beauty.

She is tall with curvy figure, and even if she puts on ordinary clothes, her sexy curves cannot be concealed.

If she were to play this role, we would probably need to hire an extra professional makeup artist during filming.

But you can try it.

Whether she will be the heroine in the end depends mainly on Monica's wishes and performance.

"Director Link, is there anything else that needs to be adjusted? Please let me know and I will definitely do it."

Monica Bellucci put her legs together and placed her hands on her belly.

"Wait a minute, this is the script, read it first and then decide whether you want to act in this movie."

Link stood up and took out the script of "Paranormal Activity" from the drawer.

"Paranormal Activity" is an experimental film. All the film shots were shot indoors. There are four actors in total, more than a thousand lines of dialogue, and the script is not very content.

Monica Bellucci spent more than 20 minutes reading the entire script.

Monica held the script and hesitated.

Although the heroine has a lot of roles in this movie, more than the hero, the film production cost is too low and the artistic level is not high, so acting in this movie will not help her career much.

However, this hesitation only lasted three seconds before he gave up.

She originally developed her career in Italy, and after her divorce she went to Paris, France, where she worked as a fashion model, but her performance was average.

I came to Hollywood last year and auditioned many times, but I only got a small role in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who is also an Italian.

She was unsuccessful in auditions for other movie roles because her appearance was too outstanding. She was not famous enough to play the leading role, and playing a supporting role would easily steal the show. She was unwilling to play an extra.

Due to poor work performance, she fell into financial difficulties and had to move from a comfortable resort hotel to a low-rent youth apartment.

She now needs a job to solve her life problems, and she also needs a popular movie to help her gain a foothold in Hollywood.

Among the limited connections, Link is the best choice.

When they first met, Link was a reckless, ordinary boy.

When they met for the second time, Link couldn't pay the rent and was almost homeless.

She had seen Link at his most miserable state and thought that he was just one of the countless ordinary dream chasers in this youth apartment.

But after that day, things began to change.

Link's name appeared more and more frequently in the media, and posters for "Buried" also appeared on billboards in major cinemas in Los Angeles.

When they met again, Link had become a famous Hollywood director, movie star, worth millions, and the object of countless people's pursuit. Being able to play the leading role in his new movie was definitely a good opportunity that could not be missed.

"Director Link, I want to try this role. I hope you can give me a chance."

Monica Bellucci looked at Link with just the right amount of weakness on her face.

"Okay, you can try. But before filming, you need to do some preparation, become more ordinary, and understand how horror movies are performed. If the audition is too bad, I can only apologize to you."

"I understand. I will try my best."

Monica Bellucci nodded, and the smile that bloomed from the corners of her lips and eyes made her appearance even more beautiful.

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After discussing the script, Monica Bellucci stood up and said goodbye.

Link didn't try to stop him.

He could see that Monica was ready to sacrifice herself in exchange for her role, and Link also had the idea of taking advantage of her, but taking advantage of her meant taking responsibility, and he didn't want to take responsibility, nor did he want to get himself into trouble.

Before the woman lies on the bed willingly, he will not put his hands on the woman's thighs or waist and touch them, as this would appear very indecent.

Even if a woman does not object, smiles and accepts his affection in person, she will still classify him as a vulgar man and secretly despise him when she talks about him in her heart or behind his back.

As an old filmmaker, I have seen this kind of thing too many times.

Now that he is in Hollywood, there are countless high-quality beauties. He does not need or bother to use this method to capture prey.

While we were moving in the morning, our agent Sam Haskell came to our door.

Sam Haskell is an agent for WMA William Morris Agency. He is 38 years old, a German-American. His maternal grandfather is Chinese and he is one-eighth Chinese.

He has an ordinary appearance and a stature of neither tall nor short. Apart from a pair of brown-black pupils and thick and neat sword-like eyebrows, there is nothing else worth mentioning about him.

This was Link's second encounter with Sam Haskell.

The last time was during the promotion of Buried in New York.

After the huge success of "Buried", the three major Hollywood agencies - Creative Artists Agency CAA, William Morris WMA, International Creative Management ICM, and UTA United Elite Agency which was established last year, all sent people to contact him, hoping to sign him.

Link considered that he currently did not have many brokerage matters that needed the help of the agency.

I also don't want to be told what to do by the agency after joining it, and have them insert some inappropriate actors, which would lead to a decline in the quality of the film.

So I didn't accept any recruitment from any agency.

However, after talking with Quentin Tarantino and others yesterday, he also changed his views.

The entertainment industry is a circle and also a world of its own.

In the circle, there are many small factions centered around several major brokerage companies. Each faction fights against each other for fame and profit.

These things may seem annoying, but this is the norm in the entertainment industry. Those who have not entered the circle are not considered to have officially stepped onto the Hollywood stage and are considered to be wanderers.

It is extremely difficult for such people to develop steadily in Hollywood and reap all the benefits and advantages.

Especially an Asian face like Link.

It is also something you can consider finding an agency to help manage agency affairs, including handling some news and publicity work, helping with public relations for film awards, contacting actors and crews, etc.

This matter has its pros and cons. Whether to join and which one to join depends on the sincerity of the brokerage companies.

(End of this chapter)