Chapter 157 Auditioner No. 48

The first ones who auditioned were all small roles. Although they were not the kind of passers-by who only flashed by in the camera, they didn't have many lines.

This kind of role is very simple, and basically anyone with a little acting skills can do it.

Therefore, most of the actors who apply for auditions are just those who usually play minor roles, and some of them don't even have an agency.

Therefore, Nanaya also hopes to find one or two good talents among these actors through interviews, even if they are still lacking in some aspects, as long as they have development potential.

[Erque Studio] currently has too few actors. No, it should be said that the only actor who can truly be considered the studio's own is Ryougi Shiki.

Ori has now left the role of an actor and has completely moved behind the scenes. As for the members of Trier, their contracts are all in Washimine's hands, so they are considered semi-outsiders.

In fact, Illya's contract is in the hands of the agency, but although the little loli is just a mixed-race, she looks too much like a white person.

Therefore, there are very few roles that little Loli can play.

Therefore, Nanaya hopes to expand the cast of the studio.

However, after several auditions, Nanaya was still not particularly satisfied with any actor.

"Sure enough, picking up bargains is not something I am suited to at all."

Nanaya complained that although he had gone very smoothly in selecting the actors, none of the good talents he wanted showed up.

"It can't be helped. If there really were such a person, he would have been poached by a major firm long ago. It wouldn't be your turn to pick someone. You need to be content."

Shiki, who was sitting on the judges' panel with Nanaya, crossed his legs and complained.

This guy was specially invited by Nanaya to help him with the audition, in order to choose a suitable "Asagami Fujino" as much as possible.

Although the setting of the character of Asagami Fujino is not complicated, it is not easy to play her well as a character who is on the verge of mental collapse all year round.

It can be said that this is a role that requires both acting skills and good looks.

Nanaya was afraid that his eyesight was not good enough, so he specially called Shiki, who had just returned to China, to help him watch it.

After all, this guy is making art films, so his control over the actors' acting skills must be much better than Nanaya's.

For Shiki, this was also a good opportunity to reserve actor information (and see beauties) for his future movies, so he came here happily.

But this guy wore sunglasses the whole time, crossed his legs, and looked cynical.

Nanaya really wanted to ask the security guard to throw him out.

"Don't worry, it's not the role you mentioned yet." Shiki said, fiddling with his glasses, "I'll watch it when the auditions officially start."

[That is to say, you didn't look carefully at all just now. ]

Nanaya curled his lips.

"By the way, how's your new movie going?" Nanaya remembered that when he just returned to Japan, Shiki was still filming in Hawaii.

Shiki said lightly: "The filming has been completed. What remains is post-production and then going to various major film festivals to sell it."

"That's really easy. Compared to you, I am totally useless. I was born to be a hard worker."

"Get lost! If possible, I also want a global box office of $500 million!"

Shiki stared at Nanaya and said, "It's a pity that my romance movies are only average at the box office except in Japan."

Nanaya said, "After all, most romance movies can only be successful in their home country."

Romance movies, comedy movies, and horror movies are the three types of movies that are most likely to produce a surprise hit, but they are also the three types of movies that have the strongest regional flavor.

Because these three types of themes are closely related to local culture and have strong regional labels.

Therefore, it is difficult for these three types of films to perform particularly well once they are separated from their local and cultural circles.

Some of them are classics, the kind that can enter film history.

"That's right, let's start the next group."

Shiki answered while playing with a pen - because smoking was prohibited in the audition room, he couldn't play with cigarettes.

"You don't need to order me around!"

Nanaya complained, then signaled to the staff to let the actors who were auditioning in.

"How's your writing going?"

During the break between the actors' performances, Nanaya picked up Shiki's notebook and flipped through two pages.

"Hello!"

She protested, but it was of no use.

"It's too brief." Nanaya said as he flipped through his notebook. "Write it in more detail, such as your evaluation of the actors' expressions and their level of involvement. Write them all down."

"Are you a teacher?"

Shiki took back the notebook unhappily.

"Sorry, I am your teacher now. As a student you have to obey my orders." Nanaya replied proudly, holding his chin.

"He's right." Shiki leaned back further so that he could bypass Nanaya's body and see Shiki.

"Girl, although you are a little more talented in acting than your brother, your performance started too late. You need to work harder, otherwise you won't be able to play the popular role of [Ryougi Shiki]."

"Tsk, there's no need for you all to educate me one by one!"

Shiki replied hatefully, but the notes she wrote next were much more detailed than before.

It seems that she did listen to what he said to some extent.

The next character to audition was Araya, a magician whose name and experience were a joke, and who was also the most thorough magician among passers-by.

Nanaya didn't know whether Mushroom was clear about the meaning of the word "Araya" when he wrote this character.

If not, it is a coincidence called the world's malice; if so, it is Mushroom's own bad taste.

Considering Mushroom's love for Chinese culture, this is really hard to say.

In the end, the role was taken by a male actor with an arrogant look, because this guy was as annoying as Shonan Rantaro when he performed.

The next audition was the highlight of the day - Fujino's audition.

However--

"Okay, thank you for your performance. We will let you know if you pass the audition."

At Nanaya's signal, the actress who was auditioning in front of her bowed and left.

"Not at all. This woman kept covering her face. God knows if she was laughing or not."

After the actress left, Nanaya complained directly.

The actress who was auditioning just now seemed to be covering her face from time to time in order to hide her lack of expression.

This bad habit made Nanaya extremely annoyed.

Shiki nodded in agreement: "Yes, covering your face is the worst thing to do in any performance."

"Because the audience can't see the actors' expressions?" Shiki asked uncertainly.

"Yes." Nanaya pointed at his eyes and said, "And the woman was covering her eyes when she covered her face. This is the most fatal thing. In general scripts, except for very rare cases, even if the characters cover their faces, they only cover their mouths, and the eyes will never be covered."

"Blocking the eyes means losing communication with the audience, and in this case, the audience will be confused about the character's current emotions."

Four Seasons added.

"How many auditions have you had now?"

"Halfway already."

Shiki took a look at the number and replied, "It seems that there will be no good stuff. How about you let Miss Matsushima Nanako play the role? If you explain it clearly, I think the other party will not disagree."

"How is that possible?"

Nanaya directly rejected the proposal because he simply couldn't bring himself to do it.

"Then let's go to the next one." Nanaya glanced at the sign, "No. 48."

The door of the audition room opened, and a woman in a dark blue dress and long black hair walked in. She glanced at the people sitting behind the judges' table, then slowly walked in front of the crowd.

"Hello everyone."

After saying that, the other party just looked at the judges' seats, and his purple eyes calmly met Nanaya's gaze, as if waiting for something.

Nanaya felt a little strange. You know, most actors would introduce themselves after coming in, although Nanaya and Shiki had no intention of remembering it.

[Is this an attempt to go against the grain, or is this simply his personality? ]

Nanaya knew that some actors would deliberately do something that went against common sense in the hope of gaining recognition from the director and judges. He even knew that some people would deliberately show their careful side, such as putting away the props they had used, or picking up things left behind by the staff.

In this regard, Nanaya said that it was all because of drinking too much chicken soup that caused poisoning. For a director, whether to use an actor will only depend on two factors. One is whether the actor is suitable for his role, and the other is the resources the actor himself has.

The rest of the personality stuff is just nonsense, because there are so many people with bad personalities in the entertainment industry.

But one has to admit that no matter whether the other party did it on purpose or was just like that in her nature, this long-haired lady did attract Nanaya's attention.

Of course, the main reason is that the other person is really good-looking, and beautiful women will always be treated preferentially wherever they go.

"Well, let's get started. After all, there are still many people waiting behind us."

Nanaya held his chin and said, "The time limit is 3 to 5 minutes. I hope you can perform as an injured pain-free patient. If your performance is not good enough, I will stop it directly. Do you understand what I mean?"

In fact, they will not stop directly. Regardless of whether they will be accepted in the end, Nanaya will at least let these actors perform for at least 3 minutes. Saying this sentence is to increase the sense of urgency for the actors and let them release their performance as much as possible.

Asking the auditioning actors to perform for the full three minutes is simply the most basic respect for these actors.

This was Nanaya's last kindness as a director.

"OK."

The other party nodded, and then stood there motionless, just looking at Nanaya with a dull look.

"Aren't you going to start?"

Nanaya asked after waiting for a minute.

"But."

The beauty No. 48 answered slowly, "Aren't patients with pain-free syndrome supposed to not feel anything?"