"In my opinion, Charlie is an honest and kind young man, he is just a preparatory school student, he is looking forward to being able to enter Harvard, Yale and other Ivy League schools, so as to start his own life, he is elegant, gentle, energetic and ignorant, this is an age that is exploring the world, he has some of his own ideas, but he is not firm enough, this is an age in fluctuations, his outlook on life, values, and worldview is completing the final shaping process."

At this time, Hugo stood in front of the four of them, talking eloquently, completely without the nervousness before entering the conference room, not because he was not nervous, but because the sufficient preparation gave him enough confidence that he could express his opinion on this issue freely.

Hugo has an indescribable charm, vibrant, confident, warm but humble and soft. In the eyes of Allen and others, they couldn't help but listen carefully to Hugo's remarks, and as a screenwriter, Beau Goodman's understanding of the role is naturally more profound, and there is still no look in his calm eyes, but only he knows that he is listening carefully, and his ears are sensitive.

"Such a young man, on the surface, does not seem to have too many bright spots, maybe he is one of the countless students who do nothing, and he can't be found at all when he is thrown into the crowd. But at the same time, I don't want to deny his excellence, not only because of his excellent learning, but also because of the kindness of his heart, which is also the best thing about him. ”

Hugo confided out all the understanding of Charlie's role in his head in one breath, and after he finished speaking, the nervousness was unconsciously left behind, "Do you want me to show a person's good qualities in thirty seconds?" I don't know if it counts if leading the old man across the street counts, and there is nothing I can do about it. If it was the role of Lieutenant Colonel Sred, it would be possible. ”

Alan was amused by Hugo's last teasing, "Then do you want to try to play a line from Lieutenant Colonel Slade?" Looks like you're ready. ”

"Oh, no, no." Hugo hurriedly waved his hand, and this time he took out the script that was already slightly broken in his hand, and fell into the eyes of the four people in front of him, Hugo couldn't help but smile awkwardly, and put the script behind him again, "I don't think I can perform better than Pacino, to be precise, I don't think I can handle the role of Lieutenant Colonel Slade." ”

"Because of age?"

"Not only my age, but my acting skills are not enough now." After Hugo finished speaking, he showed a sincere smile.

"Why, don't you think you're a person with great acting skills?" It was director Martin who spoke, and his expression was now much more relaxed, and he could even faintly see a smile in his eyes. However, Hugo was so engrossed in the audition questions that he didn't notice it.

"No, I don't think so." Hugo didn't hesitate too much and replied directly.

"Don't you know that if an actor is not confident in himself, it is difficult to convince others, and even standing in front of the camera can become very difficult." Martin glanced down at Hugo's resume, which recorded in detail Hugo's trajectory after his debut in the "small restaurant", and each of these works became Hugo's mark, allowing Martin to make accurate judgments.

"An actor needs to be confident, but at the same time, an actor needs to have a good understanding of himself. I'm not a great actor, otherwise I wouldn't have been seen in the recent newspaper headlines, would I? "At this time, the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor became Hugo's cover, covering up the fact that his soul was crossed over, although Hugo had been an actor for five years before this, he had not received formal acting learning at all, all by watching movies, learning the actors' interpretation of the roles." But I'm willing to learn because I have enough talent, and I'm willing to put in the corresponding sweat. ”

Acting skills are not practiced in a day, even if there are talented people, the current Hugo may not be strong enough, but it does not mean that Hugo will still have no strength a year later.

Hearing Hugo's answer, Martin didn't say anything more, his eyes were still on Hugo's resume, and the screenwriter Bo, who had been sitting next to him and had not spoken, spoke at this time, "Then can I know what preparations you made for the audition for the role of Charlie?" ”

"Actually, I did have a line for the audition." Hugo's words made the four people in front of him focus on him again, which made him a little nervous again. Hugo took a deep breath and asked, "Can I?" ”

Alan nodded and gave permission.

Hugo knew that this was the time for him to show his strength, and he had to show all the strength he had at the moment. The scene Hugo prepares for the audition, which is the part where Charlie enters the cabin to meet Lieutenant Colonel Slade for the first time, is very brief, but it concentrates on Charlie's panic and youthfulness as a student when he first meets the grumpy lieutenant colonel.

"Sir?" Hugo clapped his palms as if it were a knock on the door. After finishing speaking, Hugo looked left and right, and suddenly realized: Joseph did not follow up. God, he was really unresponsive, he didn't realize this until now, if Joseph wasn't there, then who was going to help him play? Hugo couldn't help but be annoyed by his confusion, presumably Joseph was not allowed to enter the conference room, and he didn't realize it.

Just as Hugo was hesitating whether to play two roles by himself and continue the scene, Bo's voice suddenly sounded, "Don't call me sir!" Beau is sixty years old this year, and his voice quality still has a lot of similarities with Al-Pacino, although his voice is a little rigid and has no acting skills, but just a play is enough for Hugo.

Hugo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with some nervousness and some stammering, "I, I'm sorry." Hugo's gaze crossed the heads of the four judges, deliberately staggering the focus, looking at the chaotic shooting behind him, his eyes fluttering unconsciously because of nervousness, "I mean 'sir,' sir." ”

"Oh, an idiot, isn't it?"

Such straightforward words made Hugo suddenly become restless, he looked back at the door, as if he wanted to get out of here, he wiped the sweat from his palms on the sides of his pants with some nervousness, "No, sir...... That, uh, this ......" Hugo wanted to find someone for help, because he couldn't find an accurate word to call each other, but there was no one else around at all, his eyes looked at Beau-Goodman who was helping him play, "Uh, lieutenant, yes, sir, lieutenant ......"

"Lieutenant Colonel! In the twenty-six years of service, no one has ever demoted me to the fourth level in a row. ”

Hugo's gaze couldn't help but droop, revealing a dazed and helpless look, slightly pursed his dry lips, and stood jerkily in place, at a loss.

"Come in, stupid!" Beau didn't know exactly where Hugo's performance ended, so he continued to read the lines, but Hugo looked up and said with a slightly shy smile, "My performance is over." Hugo felt that such a short performance was indeed too short.

Different from the last audition of "Big River Love", Hugo had a hearty pleasure in his heart after performing his lines, and after performing this seemingly very simple scene today, Hugo seemed to have some vague experience.

Acting skills are not just about making expressions and reading lines, if there is no way to combine the emotions and expressions of the lines and convey them together, then what will be presented will only be an image of facial paralysis. The reason why acting skills can make characters vivid is because actors give characters vivid media such as lines, expressions, and bodies, so as to outline the characters.

In fact, Hugo has always known this, watching so many classic movies is not a day job, but it is not until today that Hugo really realized this in his performance.

For example, in the scene just now, although it seems to be just a few simple lines, it shows the honesty and kindness of Charlie's character, including his softness when he does not dare to fight back head-on in the face of Lieutenant Colonel Sred's strength, and his nervousness when he makes mistakes again and again, and even has the idea of running away, but because of a sense of responsibility, he chooses to continue to stand in place, and then continue to make mistakes.

This scene is the simplest way to present Charlie's personality. This is also the reason why Hugo chose this scene for the audition, nervous, jerky, flustered and other emotions have always been saved during the audition process, and it will not be so difficult for Hugo to enter the situation. Judging from his appearance just now, it is very good.

"It's only thirty seconds before and after this scene, so why don't you show it at the beginning?" Although I have to admit that Hugo's expression just now is very good, Alan was not so excited that he couldn't help himself, but forced himself to calm down and continued to throw questions.

"Because I don't want you to treat me like an idiot and just come here to mess around, I want you to know that I've done a lot of research into the character and found the best part of Charlie's personality to show off, and I want you to know my efforts." Yuguo told the truth and directly confessed his thoughts.

This scene is actually not very difficult, if Hugo performs this scene as soon as he comes up, it is estimated that he will be kicked out in less than a minute, and he is considered lazy and insincere by Allen and others. But now that Hugo has expounded all his thoughts, he will perform this scene again, accurately grasping the character traits of Charlie, and this scene has achieved the effect of adding points.

"Then did you ever think that we would let you go before you performed this scene." Alan wasn't so easy to fool around, and still asked reluctantly.

Hugo couldn't help but show a shy smile, but his eyes still looked at the four people in front of him clearly and firmly, "No, in fact, I originally prepared another scene, about three minutes long, but after I came in, I was too nervous, and you only gave me thirty seconds, which made me a little nervous." I thought it would definitely not work to read the lines with the script, so ...... Finally I had an idea, and here we are. ”