Audition director Lynn Stamaster is a veteran professional audition director. He was the first audition director in Hollywood to leave his name alone on the opening credits of a movie. He is highly respected in the industry and is generally considered to be the casting director.

One of two founders of this position.

The last time he was asked to find a Superman actor, he completed the task perfectly and found the very handsome Christopher Reeve.

So this time the producers Serkind and his son asked him to come out again, hoping that he could create another miracle and find another girl from Krypton for the American audience.

The casting director first searched in Los Angeles for two weeks and met hundreds of candidates. In fact, there were only two people who impressed him.

One is the nationally popular youth idol, Brooke Shields. This girl has the right hair color, good image, and acting skills...forget it, acting is not important in this movie, and there is a lot of time to slowly train her. She is also old enough to learn acting.

It's time.

The other is a black-haired girl, slightly less tall, only five feet and five inches. But her natural eye movement allows her to complete the image of Superman's Kryptonian cousin who wakes up with a kiss. This is a

It's a completely different acting method from Brooke Shields, but he thinks it can work just as well.

This time, the Selkinds hope to repeat the success of the Superman movie series and sign a contract with the Supergirl actress for three live-action Supergirl movies, so that her salary can be kept within a more reasonable range.

So compared to Brooke Shields, who had already asked for a high price, he still believed that the dark-haired girl would win the final casting, if there was no better candidate during this trip to New York.

Looking at a large number of audition photos sent by his assistant, the casting director Lin En began to read them one by one. The more important thing about casting is to rely on intuition, so he usually does not look at the resumes behind the photos, but first picks out the candidates.

Take photos that you are satisfied with, and then look at the resume carefully in the second round.

New York is the largest candidate place for actors besides Los Angeles. There are many acting schools and Broadway here, and many TV series are produced here.

Having to go through hundreds of photos one by one, the casting director couldn't help but feel a little tired and his eyes were a bit presbyopic.

"Hey, who is this?" A girl with big blue eyes jumped out, making his eyes light up.

This time he did not select the photo and then look at the resume as usual, but immediately turned to the back to look at the girl's name.

"Helen Slater, graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts, has a history of appearing in TV series and commercials."

It turned out to be her. The casting director had received a call from the industry asking for help and mentioned Helen's name. But even without the call, this girl was perfect for Superwoman, except for the color of her hair.

He covered Helen's dark brown hair with his hand and imagined what blonde hair would look like.

"Have her come over for an audition." The casting director asked his assistant to call.

Helen Slater was accompanied by her mother for the first round of auditions, while Ronald was busy with other things.

Gerald had TV station business to deal with. Anyway, the first round only selected the seven or eight key candidates to be recommended in the future. He had already said hello.

"How's it going? Did the casting director take a fancy to you?" Helen's mother saw her daughter coming out a few minutes after entering. She didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing. There were girls and parents who came to audition around, so she pulled her daughter up.

After getting into the car, I asked Helen.

"I don't know either. He asked me to come back and wait for notification."

"That should be a good thing, right? You can ask Ronald later."

"Of course it's a good thing. I hope you will be included in the final recommendation list, so I will ask you to wait for notification." After meeting Helen, Ronald answered her question. With his father looking after him, it is impossible for him to miss the final interview opportunity.

Not given.

Ronald has done a lot of audition work. If he knows this kind of relationship, he will at least give him a real audition opportunity in the later rounds.

"How are you today?" Helen asked him.

"A small distributor wanted to ask me to make another youth film, but I asked my agent to turn it down, but he came to New York after pursuing me," Ronald replied.

"Then did you agree?"

"No," Ronald shook his head. This small distributor is called Atlantic Distribution Company. It is essentially a small distributor like Roger Corman's New Age Company. It has some small and old theaters all over the country.

Distribution channels.

On the one hand, Ronald doesn’t want to repeat himself in another youth film right away. On the other hand, if he wants to direct a youth film, the big ones include Universal and Paramount, and the small ones include former boss Roger Cole.

Man, there is no need to deal with new institutions. There are many scammers in this industry, so you have to be careful.

"Ah, I'm so nervous. What if I don't make the final audition list?" Helen was a little nervous. After all, this was her first movie audition.

"I came to inform you that I will go to the second round of auditions tomorrow." A few days later at noon, Helen came excitedly to tell Ronald the good news.

"Very good, just calm down..."

"Okay, I know how to do it. Gerald has already told me how to order it." Helen was in high spirits and confident.

"Oh, I'm getting nervous again." In the afternoon, Helen began to get nervous again. "If you call me so early tomorrow morning, will I be the first in line?"

"There's nothing wrong with being the first one. I know some casting directors like to put the most promising ones in the first audition."

"Really?" Helen relaxed a little.

"Of course, your appearance is so outstanding, if I were to be the casting director, I would choose you, that's right. Film casting is mainly about choosing the right appearance and acting skills..."

"Acting skills aren't so important... I understand." Helen looked a little sad, "But there are so many beautiful girls in New York, and those who go there tomorrow will definitely be the best of the best."

"You will always be the most beautiful one in my heart..." Ronald began to say nice things and asked Helen to relax a little. If she stays so nervous, she won't be able to perform at her best for the audition tomorrow.

But Helen's idea is not unreasonable. For such a popular Superman spin-off movie, there must be many very beautiful girls who will audition. Although Helen is beautiful, in the film industry, beauty is just a ticket.

Of the actresses I have seen since I entered the industry, which one is not a beauty that stands out among ordinary people?

I have to find a way to help her relax, and then go to the audition with confidence tomorrow.

"Do you still have your Supergirl uniform?" Ronald asked Helen.

"Are you there? What?"

"You might as well put on this uniform and go to the audition." Ronald thought of an idea.

"Is this okay?" Helen didn't expect that Ronald was talking about this.

"You know, when auditioning, the most important thing is the photogenic effect. See if your image and role are suitable.

If you can put on a Supergirl uniform to shoot an audition video, on the one hand, it can let them intuitively feel what you look like in the uniform, and on the other hand, it can also show your determination."

The more Ronald thought about it, the more he was right. Dressing up like a character to audition would definitely leave a very deep impression on the producer. When filming "Famous", the actresses were also required to wear ballet costumes to dance.

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"That's it. You look beautiful in uniform. You will definitely conquer the audition director and producer."

Helen was dubious, but seeing that Ronald was so sure, she took out the Supergirl uniform, put it on her body, and made gestures in the mirror.

"It seems that the waist is a bit big. I'll ask Aunt Karen to change it for you." Ronald saw that Helen's slender waist made the uniform a bit too big, and he used his hands to help her tighten it, which immediately revealed her proud figure.

"Okay, will it be too much trouble Karen?"

"It doesn't matter. It's too late to go to your home on Long Island and ask your mother to change it for you. Aunt Karen is very good at making clothes. She used to make all of Donna's clothes."

"It's very simple. If you're only wearing it once, I'll just pack it in the back for you." Aunt Karen looked at Helen's appearance after putting on the uniform, and then decisively pushed out the sewing machine.

After changing her clothes, Helen put them on again, and sure enough, her superwoman figure was now revealed.

"There seems to be a mark on the back of the uniform." Ronald touched his chin and saw.

"By the way, does the Superman family all have a cape?" He remembered that in the Superman movie, Christopher Reeve flew in the sky wearing a scarlet cape.

"Is there a Supergirl too?"

"Yes, there must be."

"Well..." Ronald scratched his head, "Wait a minute, I'm going to buy a Superman cape.

Soon Superman's cape was bought, and Aunt Karen helped cut it short according to Helen's height, and used a sewing machine to seal the hem.

Ronald helped Helen Slater put on her cape, and sure enough, a heroic superwoman appeared.

"Very good, just wear it like this." Ronald thought it was very good.

Helen went home with her modified uniform and cloak.

Ronald watched Helen go away at the door.

"What's wrong?" Aunt Karen saw Ronald standing at the door, and Helen's taxi was no longer visible.

"Hmm... I don't know. Seeing her dressed like this today, I think she will definitely get this role."

"Don't be like this, you are all good children." Aunt Karen touched Ronald's shoulder. She knew that Ronny was thinking of his ex-girlfriend Antonia.

"I seem to understand what her father Gerald thinks. If Helen only plays a supporting role, there is a high probability that she will stay in New York, not far from her parents, to act in small theater plays, or to be a high school drama teacher.

I advised him to let Helen pursue her dream. Am I doing the right thing?"

In front of his aunt, Ronald had no reservations.

"Aunt, you had your own ideas before marrying your uncle, right?"

"Yes, I married Steve right after I graduated from high school. Originally, I wanted to go to Manhattan to find a job. But I have never regretted the time I spent with Steve, and our daughter Donna." Aunt Karen

Hugged Ronald.

"Americans are born free, and we are born with the right to choose our dreams.

Just like you, Ronnie, if you didn't pursue your dream with all your strength and didn't even finish college, how could you have directed a debut film with a box office of 30 million yuan at the age of twenty-two?" Aunt Karen pulled Ronald back into the house.

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"I know, I will go back and get my college diploma." Ronald smiled. His aunt was still obsessed with graduating from college.
To be continued...