Chapter 139
After receiving an invitation from Eric, John Aniston quickly agreed with almost no consideration . Between being a soap opera actor or a TV producer, few people would be willing to choose the former, as whether it was a screenwriter or an actor from Hollywood, they were nothing compared to the top-level directors . As one's career progressed, to a certain extent, it will always develop in the direction of a producer .
To this end, John Aniston resigned some of his positions at NBC, while at the same time greatly reducing his role in《Days of Our Lives》 . Although he is already in his fifties this year, and his age is equal to Jeffrey’s, but his career is not much weaker than when he was young .
Whilst the box office dividends of «Home Alone» and 《Pretty Woman》 are not recovered at all, fireflies are not short of money, because of Eric's two huge loans . The budget for the production of each episode of this TV series is about 200,000 USD . The total investment is only 5 million US dollars, equivalent to the investment of «The Others» .
The Friends project quickly started in early May with the addition of John Aniston . The crew rented two giant studios from the 20th Century Fox to shoot all the scenes in Friends . In his past life "Friends" was basically all shot in Warner Studios in Los Angeles .
Although Eric didn't want Fox to participate in the TV series, it would be too deliberate to go to Warner or Columbia if renting a studio . At a meeting, Eric suggested that they build a studio dedicated to Friends, but he was opposed by both Jeffrey and John . The two agreed that it was too costly and not worth the losses . Eric therefore had to give up temporarily .
As for the actors, Eric fantasised that if he could gather the six people from his past life, then that would be perfect . "Friends" was appearing five years earlier than in his previous life, so according to the current date, several of the starring actors were only 20 to 24 years old, and even the oldest Lisa Kudrow was only 26 years old . If they started to act now, then after ten years, the actors will not have obvious age marks in the camera .
The main reason why the past "Friends" ended in the tenth season, although the actor salary is part of the reason, but the most important thing was that the age of the actors was no longer suitable for this classic to continue; As in the tenth season, playing Phoebe is a forty-one year old Lisa Kudrow, who had already played the role of a mother on the big screen . It would have been very out of sorts for her to continue to appear as a young woman .
Naturally, gathering the same set of six from the past was doomed from the start if one thought about it . Matthew Perry, who played one of the young thieves in «Home Alone», is now a premier movie actor, and anyone who tries to make a Hollywood star work on a sitcom is simply an idiot .
As for the others, Eric did have some of their movies in his memory . But before this year, Eric only had an impression of Courtney Cox playing a small role in 《Cocoon: The Return》 . The others didn't even have a shadow now . It would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack, so Eric could only patiently start picking replacements for the other five friends from among the applicants .
On May 10th, Sunday, the filming of 《Running Out of Time》 has reached the last act . In next week of working days, so long there is not too big of an accident, the filming will have finished smoothly .
Therefore today, as Eric could find the time, he carried out the final 《Friends》 audition, this was the last audition, as because of the Eric's request beforehand, the crew carried out the first auditions, therefore they have only used ten days of time . The sets that were being built in the two Fox studios were in the initial building period, as auditions of actors entered the last round .
In Eric's plan, during the late period of Mid-May to Mid-June, the classic shots of 《Friends》were to be shot so they could be inserted into 《Running Out of Time》, and the official shooting of the TV series was only after the release of 《Running Out of Time》in July . According to the plan given by Fox, the release of the TV series will be in early September, just after the end of the summer movie runs, as the fall of American dramas begins .
Moreover, Eric was expected to spend only two weeks to personally film the first two episodes of the TV series . After completing this matter, he will need to continue the preparation for the two films in the second half of the year, and moreover also he also needs to work for the release of the other three . Basically, it is impossible to have the leisure time in the second half of the year .
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Eric walked into the company and saw many men and women waiting in the hallway . These people obviously knew Eric . After Eric’s appearance, they all greeted Eric . Several young girls openly looked at Eric with profound gazes . Eric then faced everyone, nodded and walked into the audition room .
He hadn't seen the final round of actors until now, and all the actors also had no clue Eric would be conducting interviews . It was not like «The Others» and 《Scent of a Woman》where everyone was drawn from his circle .
"Jeffrey, John, good morning . " Into the audition room, Eric saw that Jeffrey and John Aniston had been waiting here, and the two were whispering to each other . When they sensed Eric’s arrival they stood up to greet Eric .
"Good morning, Eric . "
"Eric, morning . "
Eric walked behind them to a long table and sat down . A blonde female assistant took the initiative to go up to Eric and put a stack of information in front of him . She also bent over and spoke: "Mr . Williams, this is the full list of interview actors today, and the order has been marked above . "
When the girl spoke, Eric did not know whether it was intentional or not, but her chest was positioned just right . In front of Eric's face, the top button on the white shirt was not fastened, and Eric easily saw the beautiful scenery of the girl's breasts .
D**, yes, it looks like you can't hold it . Eric thought so thoughtfully, and glanced at the side, noticing how John Aniston couldn't see the scene, and thinking that his face would certainly not be too good if he saw .
The crew of "Friends" was built of his own network in the TV circle . The blonde is also a more experienced staff member he has found . Now that Eric is his daughter's boyfriend, in order to make sure John Aniston is happy, Eric was left guessing how long this girl can stay part of the crew .
However, perhaps the girl did not understand the relationship between John Aniston and Eric very well, or she understood and didn't care, so she continued to make moves on Eric in front of John's face . With Eric being a young man at his current age, Hollywood has several ambitious women who are willing to try and attract his attention . This is not the first time Eric has encountered such bait .
Once the girl had finished spoken, and Eric had eaten enough of the proverbial tofu that was before him, he nodded: "Well, I understand . "
"So, my name is Linda Grant but Mr . Williams, you can call me Linda . " The girl straightened up and consciously or unconsciously showed her wonderful body wrapped in a professional suit .
"Thank you, Miss Linda," Eric smiled as he looked at the girl and thanked her .
The voice of John Aniston finally rang out: "Linda, let the young people waiting for the interview prepare, then let's start right away . "
"Okay, Mr . Aniston . " The girl nodded and turned around . The beautiful buttocks wrapped in a tight skirts went out of the audition room .
"Cough, Eric, Linda . . . is married, her husband is the sound engineer of the crew . " John Aniston didn't know what to think . When the girl went out, she whispered to Eric . Such a seductress .
Eric shrugged innocently: "John, I can't do anything . "
"Eric, although it's inevitable that things are going on in Hollywood, you'd better be careful not to hurt Jenny, she's actually still a very simple little girl . ”
Eric’s guiltily nodded: “Rest assured, John, I will pay attention . ”
John Aniston shook his head: "Actually, I hope that you can break up with Jenny on own initiative . ”
Eric immediately refused: "Unless Jenny takes the initiative to leave me, I will not break up with her . "
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