After finishing his work, Ronan left the film crew and walked out of the building. As soon as he reached the lobby on the ground floor, he saw a blonde woman waving at him.
"Hey, Ronan," Katherine Hagel walked up to him directly, accompanied by a bald man. "Long time no see."
Ronan smiled in response. "Hello, Katherine."
He was aware that the Roswell crew had resumed shooting, but he had been busy since he got Katherine Hagel's number. If he hadn't run into her today, he might have forgotten about her.
The bald man extended his hand over Katherine Hagel. "Hello, Mr. Anderson."
Ronan shook his hand. "Hello..."
Katherine Hagel introduced, "This is my agent, Dean McClaren."
The bald man smiled and said, "Just call me Dean." He didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point. "A couple of days ago, I saw the materials sent by Sandsea Entertainment to William Morris, Death Is Coming and Ace Agent. Both are interesting projects, so I wanted to talk to you about them."
Ronan had sent out so many invitations and finally someone responded. He nodded immediately. "Let's talk in my office."
He led the two back to the office on the second floor.
Katherine Hagel curiously looked around the office. It was simple and ordinary, seemingly nothing special.
"Congratulations on the success of your last movie," she said, trying to please him. "A movie with a box office of fifty million dollars right before my eyes, it's unbelievable."
Ronan humbly replied, "It's just luck."
"Luck is also a manifestation of strength," Katherine Hagel smiled brightly. "You planning two projects this time is really amazing."
Ronan smiled but didn't say anything in response.
Dean coughed lightly, reminding Katherine Hagel to stop. This girl had potential, but sometimes she was hard to understand.
"Mr. Anderson, the story and creativity of the Death Is Coming script are quite interesting," Dean, who was relatively inexperienced at William Morris, temporarily just an ordinary agent, but still had his own judgment, said, "Director James Huang's ability to direct horror movies has been fully demonstrated in The Human Purge, I believe this project will be successful."
This half-compliment and half-analysis made people feel comfortable. Ronan confidently responded, "Thank you."
Dean looked at Katherine Hagel and continued, "The materials you sent to William Morris indicate that Death Is Coming needs a female lead, a young, beautiful, and talented actress. What do you think of Katherine?"
Ronan asked Katherine Hagel, "Does it conflict with the Roswell schedule?"
"No," Katherine Hagel replied immediately. "The shooting for Roswell will end early next month."
So far, a total of twenty-two episodes had been shot for this TV series, and according to the information she received, there would be no renewal.
In other words, she needed to find a new job.
Ronan looked Katherine Hagel up and down. The actress was around twenty years old, roughly 5'9" tall, with a graceful demeanor. Both her figure and appearance were top-notch.
Just looking at her appearance, she was indeed good.
The only not-so-good impression was how quickly she changed her attitude when they first met.
But that didn't matter much. Most people in Hollywood were like this, and sometimes even he was like this.
"I'll inform the casting director," Ronan said officially. "Let him add Katherine to the audition list."
Upon hearing this, Katherine Hagel frowned slightly. Competing with those young actors? That was not what she wanted.
Dean smiled and said, "Katherine is a star. Mr. Anderson, stars shouldn't be treated the same as ordinary actors, right?"
Ronan didn't make a big deal out of it in this regard and said, "Katherine, you'll directly participate in the final audition. Dean, you can go find the casting director, Jason, tomorrow."
For someone who could play a supporting role in a sci-fi series, basic acting skills shouldn't be a problem.
Moreover, participating in the third round of auditions didn't necessarily mean passing. The selection of actors depended not only on auditions but also on factors such as remuneration.
Katherine Hagel looked at her agent, seemingly wanting him to negotiate better terms. Dean shook his head slightly. This was already a good offer.
Would they negotiate without auditioning directly? She wasn't Julia Roberts; that was impossible.
Dean didn't mention Katherine Hagel's matter anymore. "I looked at the materials of your other project, Ace Agent, it has an interesting setting. But there's something I don't quite understand. Why make an Arab the protagonist? This might lose the North American market."
Ronan's financing couldn't hide from someone who paid attention. He said half-truthfully, "It's the requirement of the investors."
Dean expressed some regret. "What a pity for this subject matter."
Ronan didn't continue the topic. Instead, he asked, "Do you have any suitable actors or directors to recommend? I don't want newcomers."
Dean closed the documents and said, "I have a director client here, British, who has participated in the filming of many TV series before. He shot a romantic film last year, which won an award at the Brussels International Fantasy Film Festival."
"A romantic film?" Ronan frowned.
"He said he's best at shooting action scenes, but there are too few opportunities to shoot action films in Europe," Dean continued, "So he came to Hollywood."
Ronan nodded lightly. "Okay, I'll meet with him."
The choice of the director for the film crew was a two-way street. If you liked me, I might not like you, and vice versa.
After thinking for a while, Dean said, "Okay, I'll bring him over tomorrow morning."
Generally speaking, new directors in Hollywood were in their thirties, and there were even many in their twenties.
However, to Ronan's surprise, the director Dean brought was a man who looked about fifty years old just by his appearance alone.
This British director had tousled hair, a sturdy figure, a face covered with rough, stubbled whiskers typical of a British man. When he didn't furrow his brows tightly, deep wrinkles would appear on his forehead. He wore ordinary round glasses, and his eyebrows were thick and dark.
Ronan's first impression of this director wasn't very good because he looked like a European art house director.
For a commercial film company owner like him, European art house directors were too terrifying.
"Let me introduce you." Dean did the introductions for Ronan. "This is Director Paul Gringras..."