Made in Hollywood

"Sorry, sir."

Just as he walked to the backstage entrance, Duke was stopped, "You can't go in here."

"I'm a director..."

"Feel sorry……"

Obviously, the other party doesn't know him at all. This can be said to be the sadness of directors in this era. Except for the hot movie and hot topic time, ordinary audiences rarely pay attention to the director standing behind the scenes. Many people who like a director's movie do not. It's normal to know the director himself.

Duke was also a little helpless. After he came with his mother last night, he deliberately checked the poster of "Forty-second Street". It was indeed the familiar name. Tonight, he took time to come again, but was stopped.

"I'm a director and I'm looking for one of your actors to star in my work."

This is Duke's real purpose, but the other party doesn't believe it at all. There are probably not a few liars who came here under this banner in the past.

"Who are you looking for? I can pass it on for you."

"I'm looking for Miss Jones." Duke handed over a card. "This is my business card."

"Duke Rosenberg?"

The man was not surprised, but looked at Duke suspiciously, as if he didn't believe that the director who caused a violent reaction in the summer would be so young.

"Please wait a moment." Perhaps the business card did work, the man muttered to his companion, turned and walked inside.

The backstage of the theater is not as glamorous as the stage, and it is even a bit rundown. Sitting in the narrow dressing room, several young girls are busy removing makeup. Light base makeup.

She is very aware of her strengths and weaknesses, as long as a suitable light makeup can make her look radiant, if not, she will be pale and listless.

The knock on the door suddenly sounded, someone opened a crack in the door, showed his head and talked to the people outside, and then shrank back.

"Kate, this is for you."

The woman seemed to have an ordinary relationship with her, and threw a card on the dressing table in front of her.

"And your admirers?"

Another plump young woman next to her seemed to have a good relationship with her, and picked up the card directly, "Kate, my admirers used to mix business cards among flowers and gifts, but someone is so ignorant that they only sent a card. a business card."

"No matter what you send, for me, there is only one place to go."

The woman named Kate didn't seem to care. "That's the trash can, isn't it, Rachel?"

"That's because the person who moved you didn't show up."

Rachel shrugged. When she turned her head back, her sarcastic smile flickered. She knew that although the woman next to her had experienced the failure of breaking into Hollywood, her heart was higher than the sky.

"Maybe the person who gave the business card is a big Hollywood director!" Only she could hear the sarcasm in the words she said later.

But when she turned over the white back and saw the front of the business card with only the name, occupation and phone number, she suddenly opened her eyes, as if she couldn't believe it at all...

This can't be true, can it? The famous Hollywood director, the most famous one who has recently risen, is really waiting outside for this woman?

Subconsciously, Rachel wanted to throw the business card into the trash can at her feet.

But she is smart, and Kate next to her is not an idiot, so she quietly leaned over, "Whose name would surprise you so much?"

After saying that, he took the business card back.

Before Kate could see the name on the business card, Rachel suddenly said, "Hey, sisters! There is amazing news! Kate just received a business card from Hollywood director Duke Rosenberg!"

There was no exclamation in the dressing room, and there was no celebration of the legendary sisters' affection. Jealousy and indifference!

"Congratulations, Kate, you have another chance to develop in Hollywood."

The words that suddenly sounded seemed to be congratulations, but with other flavors that could not be suppressed, "I hope you will come back as a successful person this time."

Kate seemed to turn a deaf ear to these words, and her eyes drifted across Rachel's face like a needle. This woman made her a public enemy in the dressing room with just one sentence.

And no one knows whether this business card is real or not. If it is fake, she will be constantly laughed at by these women.

"Kate, I don't mean anything else..." Rachel looked innocent.

Nodding, Kate packed her handbag, put on her coat, and walked towards the door. Just as she walked out of the dressing room, she heard the sound of high heels landing behind her, and Rachel actually followed.

"Let's go together." She looked like a sister.

"Sorry, Miss Vichy." Kate turned and walked towards the dressing room, "I forgot to bring something."

Seeing the back disappearing at the door of the dressing room, Rachel scolded 'Bichi' in a low voice and walked forward. If the business card is real, the director from Hollywood must be waiting at the backstage exit...

"Director Rosenberg, please take a seat."

The theater manager shook hands with Duke and instructed the people next to him, "Hurry up and invite Miss Jones!"

Just now, when he passed by the backstage exit, he saw Duke, hesitated for a while, but went forward to chat a few words, then confirmed Duke's identity, and hurriedly invited him to the manager's office.

"I didn't expect you to be interested in our repertoire too."

Hearing the other party's compliments, Duke also said politely, "It's wonderful, tonight is my second time here."

After a few words of courtesy, there was a knock on the door, and a woman about 5 feet 6 inches tall walked in with her feet on flat shoes.

She has dark brown, almost jet-black long flowing hair, amber-like charming eyes, and is born with a unique romantic temperament. Her delicate face is both classical and wild, and her body wrapped under a tight coat is simply Synonymous with glamorous and sexy.

When she looked at Duke quietly, she was completely elegant in the style of a British classical lady; when she shook hands with Duke enthusiastically, she was full of hot and wild beauty.

"Hello, Director Rosenberg..." She seemed incoherent, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it was really you."

"You're welcome, Miss Jones."

Having directed so many films, the other party has no Oscar-level acting skills in the future. Duke can tell whether it is a performance or not. "I watched your song and dance performance yesterday and today, and I was very impressed."

"Thanks." She glanced at the theater manager, then sat down on the sofa next to Duke. "Call me Kate or Catherine."

"You talk." The theater manager stood up at this time, "I still have work to do."

After the theater manager left, Duke quietly observed her, and the other party sat there quietly, like the most elegant British lady.

"Kate, your singing and dancing performances are very contagious." Duke didn't have time to waste, and went straight to the subject, "I wonder if you have plans to go to Hollywood?"

"Hollywood?" She hesitated, then said, "Actually, I went to Los Angeles in '92, but I got nowhere, so I went back to London."

She knew how hard it was for an outsider to get into Hollywood, and if she wasn't British but from continental Europe, she wouldn't even be able to get those small roles.

"You came from a musical background, you should know about "Chicago"?"

Seeing her nodding, Duke continued, "Now the film adaptation rights of "Chicago" are in my hands. I will put it on the big screen in a year at most, and I have been keeping an eye out for suitable actresses."

That's right, Duke bought the film rights to "Chicago" from Broadway.

The right actress?

Catherine Zeta Jones was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that what the director in front of him could describe as a suitable actress must be one of the two heroines. .

Hi, because this is an opportunity to be the heroine, and it is based on a Broadway classic musical. She is a musical actress. She has learned to dance since she was six years old, and she has won the All England Tap Dance Competition. There is nothing more suitable than this. She rushed into Hollywood roles.

As for surprise...

It is from the style of the opposite director. If he directed such a movie himself, what kind of terrifying effect would it be?

Zeta Jones simply can't imagine what the world's expression would be like if Duke Rosenberg, a director dubbed by the media and fans as an explosive maniac, was to direct a musical.

Shocked to the eye? Lost your teeth laughing? It still feels like the end of the world is coming...

"Can I?" she asked tentatively.

"If you are interested in auditioning, you can study the role of Velma when you have time."

The current Catherine Zeta Jones is not the future, Duke will not naively think that she can have future acting skills, and will not guarantee anything, "Your singing and dancing skills are very good, I personally think you are very suitable for this role, if If you can meet my requirements."

Through two nights of observation, Duke has enough confidence in Catherine Zeta Jones' singing and dancing, but his acting skills are far from satisfactory.

He looked at his watch, guessing that the mother of a visiting friend was about to return to the hotel, stood up and said, "If you are interested, you can call me."

"Mr. Rosenberg..."

Catherine Zeta Jones, who has been thinking all the time, seems to have made a decision. She took her bag, took out her business card, and handed it to Duke, "If the film starts to prepare, please let me know? Thank you!"

In this film, the heroine's performance is the top priority. Duke thought about it and said, "Your singing and dancing is not a problem, but your acting skills need to be improved. I hope to see your excellent performance during the audition."

After speaking, he stopped staying, walked out of the theater, and hurried towards the hotel.

Zeta Jones, who remained in the manager's room, had called her agent to ask her how she could improve as much as possible in a year's time.