At this moment, an electric blue supercar made a bend in the open space like lightning piercing through the sky, and stopped steadily at the door of the studio with its body sideways.
Right from the appearance of this supercar, which you know is definitely expensive just by looking at the model, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone inside and outside the studio.
The sharp-eyed person has already recognized the brand and model of the car: "Bugatti EB110! There are only 31 cars in the world, and the price is 480,000 US dollars! "
Although the United States is a country that walks on wheels, and the average family generally owns 2-3 cars, but in this era when Ford and Dodge are running all over the place, small cars with low fuel consumption in Japan are becoming more and more popular. The middle and upper classes buy high-end cars like Lincoln City and Porsche 911, which are priced at about 100,000 US dollars. In comparison, a limited edition Bugatti Veyron is a complete cross-dimensional blow.
The staff and actors in the studio have already started to talk about it:
"Wow, awesome!"
"Dean and Terry have already arrived, could it be that another big-name actor is coming to visit the class?"
"How many TV actors have you seen drive a Bugatti? I think maybe the movie actor went to the wrong set. "
"Or maybe it's a investor who is overseeing the work."
However, the young man sitting in the sports car clearly did not meet everyone's guesses: he looked about 20 years old, with thick dark hair, a light gray and dark blue baseball shirt, beige slacks and brown oxford shoes, and a very Terminator-style sunglasses hanging on the bridge of his nose. In short, the whole person is cool, but it is difficult for people to guess his identity correctly.
After getting out of the sports car, the young man took off his sunglasses, and his face was clearly revealed, which made everyone's eyes shine. If it's just because of his handsome features, it could not make things to that extent. To be honest, are there still few beauties in Hollywood?
It is the handsome face of the young man, coupled with the mysterious aura of those rare dark green eyes, coupled with the temperament of the whole person. His aura seems radiating like the sun but has the depth of the ocean. This description is indeed unimaginable. But that's how they feel!
When everyone inside and outside the studio looked at the young man curiously, trying to guess the identity of the other party—many people guessed that it was the second generation of stars living in Beverly Hills, or the son of an important person in the studio.
But Yamon Goffman suddenly walked out of the crowd and waved to the young man: "Will, come here, everyone is waiting for you." "
Director Schuster saw William's face and his eyes lit up. But then he seemed to suddenly remember something, and his brows furrowed slightly.
As soon as YAmon Goffman saw the director's face, he knew what the other party was pondering something, and quickly winked his eyes at William.
William understood.
He had read the script of the nineteen episodes of the second season of "Louis and Clark" in advance, and knew Philip's role and positioning in the script - Philip was just a slightly ordinary and weak ordinary person at the beginning, but later because the virus in his body was stimulated, the whole person was manipulated by the virus developer. Thus, he played a cold-blooded killer in most of the shots, the kind of killer who killed people like numbness and blood sprayed his face without blinking. And then at the end of the plot, after the conspiracy of the virus developer was crushed by Superman, he came back to his senses, turned back into an ordinary sunny and energetic youth.
It can be said that in the script of this episode, Philip who is manipulated and who is free from control are two completely different people, and the actor who plays this role must at least have a little acting skills and be able to convey two completely different temperaments to the extreme.
William in a baseball shirt looks like an ordinary, no, at most an overly handsome high school boy, and everyone who has seen him will not doubt that he can complete Philip's role when he is not manipulated. But Philip's mature and cold temperament when he is manipulated, probably few people think that a young man who is still in school can perfectly express it.
William was too young after a;;.
In Hollywood, actors who are nearly 30 years old still play young 17 or 18-year-old high school students. How about actors who are seventeen or eighteen years old play mature young people in their mid-twenties? It can't be said that there is absolutely none, but it is very, very rare - presumably this is the director's concern.
William needed to free everyone from those prejudice.
As he walked towards the director, he took off his baseball jacket, revealing a black crew-neck T-shirt underneath.
The close-fitting cotton fabric tightly binds William's body, outlining the perfect muscle lines, which is not exaggerated like Mr. Arnold. But it fully shows that the owner of the body is doing sufficient exercise every day.
A baseball jacket gives people a youthful look, and a good figure and a simple T-shirt make this underage teenager look like a real man.
But the biggest change is William's facial expression, and the change in temperament brought about by the change in his expression.
William's spine was straight, his posture was straight, he took the same distance with each step, the standard was as if it had been set in advance, his lips were pursed, his face was expressionless. His eyes were staring at the director, and his green pupils exuded an inorganic, empty look.
To be more precise, William Bradley at this moment doesn't look like seventeen or eighteen, but like twenty-five or twenty-six.
Yamon Goffman, the agent in a gray suit, looked at William who was walking towards the director step by step, and suddenly remembered a movie he watched a few years ago - William's facial expressions and even body movements now resemble the liquid robot killer T-1000 in "Terminator 2" released in 1991. The T-1000 does not even consider itself a thinking individual, but rather an asset to the organization.
Although he did not speak, the momentum displayed by his body language was intimidating. Although he did not make excessive movements, his eyes were also conveying the message that life has no value in the eyes of these "assets", and if he received an order to "kill", then these "assets" would not hesitate to carry them out.
"William Brandley is at your disposal, sir."
When William finally walked up to the director, he thought back to his Boy Scout experience and said in the most militarized voice.
There is just an undulating, emotionless voice.
Schuster's eyes lit up again, he smiled at the corner of his mouth, and finally showed a satisfied expression to William. He then turned his head and said to the assistant director: "Very good, it's him, hurry up and take the actor to makeup." I'm going to ask him to appear in an hour. "
Yamon Goffman smiled and threw a satisfied look at William.
William couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth after knowing that he had won the role, and his expression suddenly came alive.
Although the original purpose of being an actor was to make more money so that Madeleine would not have to work part-time every day, after spending more and more time in front of the camera, William really fell in love with the feeling of acting.
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Hollywood has five major agencies: Innovative Artists Agency, or CAA for short; William Morris Agency, abbreviated as WMA; International Innovation Management Corporation, or ICM; United Elite Brokerage Company, abbreviated as UTA; and Endeavour Talent Agency, or Endeavor for short.
William Morris Agency is the oldest agency in Hollywood. The remaining four of the five major star agencies in the United States combined still pales compared tothe existence of William Morris Agency in terms of historical foundation. Hollywood Golden Age superstars like Clark Gable, Marlan Brando, and now half the popular Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Stallone, etc. are all WMA-signed actors.
Yamon Goffman is a 30-year-old agent at the WMA agency who holds a contract for five actors and a screenwriter.
Because Yamon does not secure an A-List or B-List actor's agency contract, many people may think that he is just an ordinary idle agent. However, despite not having strong connections in Hollywood—aside from being Jewish—Yamon, who works entirely on his own, has achieved remarkable success.
Becoming a real agent at the age of 30, with a TV actor he signed even being nominated for an Emmy Award, is no small feat. Many agents who joined WMA in the same year as Yamon are still working in the mailroom, receiving and sending emails, or serving as assistants to other agents. They are not considered "real agents" and may not qualify to represent talent until they are 35 or 36 years old, and even then, they often start with graphic models.
Hollywood is both vast and small. A-List talent comes and goes, but the B-List is more stable and easier to quantify. Most contracts for famous directors and actors are concentrated in the hands of the partners at the five major agencies. These partners often disregard young agents without influential backgrounds. For young agents to succeed, they must either have strong connections or personally bring a star to C-List status or higher.
Yamon Goffman doesn't have a powerful background. No one in his family works in Hollywood productions or agencies, so he has to pursue the latter route.
Speaking of the acquaintance of Yamon and William, it is also a coincidence.
Yamon's ex-girlfriend is a beautiful, mature woman—not only seven or eight years older than Yamon but also a well-known TV actress. In a family drama that began airing on ABC in 1994, she played a supporting role: a lonely and unfulfilled housewife whose husband was too busy with work to notice her.
William had just auditioned for a role with two episodes, portraying a teenager from another family in the community who helped neighbors repair their lawns on weekends to earn pocket money.
Then there's a plot reminiscent of The Graduate: a romantic and beautiful housewife and a young high school student who struggles with his morality. While there's no explicit bed scene, the story includes numerous moments of seduction and teasing, and the housewife is portrayed as perpetually cool and composed.
To prevent the impulsive young man who plays her boyfriend from taking advantage, or to ensure that sparks don't fly between the two during filming, Yamon kept visiting the set during the TV series production. However, after the series wrapped up, Yamon's relationship with his girlfriend took a sharp downturn after the honeymoon phase. Despite this, Yamon managed to single-handedly discover William.
Yamon approached William and cleverly gained his trust, first by helping him solve a minor but tricky issue, then by suggesting that William join SAG (Screen Actors Guild). This move significantly smoothed William's path as an actor.
The Screen Actors Guild is the largest actors' union in the United States, founded in 1933. Actors in the U.S. are freelancers but can choose to join the union, which provides various protections and benefits. For example, SAG ensures fair pay, health insurance, labor benefits, and safety measures on set. They even address catering issues to guarantee that actors receive reasonable and healthy meals, rather than being served cheap fast food like burgers and fries.
Of course, joining SAG comes with a cost. The initiation fee alone is $3,000, and annual membership fees are based on an actor's after-tax income: a minimum of $58 every six months for those without work, totaling $116 annually. Actors earning $200,000 pay 1.85% of their after-tax income; those earning between $200,000 and $500,000 pay 0.5%, and those between $500,000 and $1,000,000 pay 0.25%, with a cap of $6,566 annually. This cap exists to attract influential stars like Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, and Tom Hanks, who might otherwise find the fees too high. However, the fee structure places the greatest financial burden on middle-class actors, much like taxes in the U.S.
Despite the cost, SAG membership offers many advantages to aspiring Hollywood actors. For example, production crews often prefer hiring union actors for convenience, granting members better opportunities in auditions. Additionally, SAG members typically earn higher pay than non-union extras—around $100 per hour compared to $70 for non-union actors in 1995. The guild also organizes lectures featuring Hollywood veterans and celebrities, which members can attend for free. In Hollywood, joining SAG is akin to finding a "home base" for one's career.
Yamon believed himself to be a perceptive judge of talent. From the moment he first saw William, he thought this handsome young man had a bright future and could become Hollywood's next Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt. Yamon was so dedicated to William during the TV show's production that he even neglected his girlfriend for a time. After gaining William's full trust, Yamon extended an offer of collaboration, which William eagerly accepted.
Of all the contracts Yamon managed, William's stood out as the most promising. It wasn't just because of William's striking looks; Yamon noticed that William possessed both high IQ and EQ. More importantly, William lacked the restless ambition that drove many young actors to seek overnight fame. Instead, he was disciplined, talented, and hardworking.
With a bit of luck, Yamon was confident that Hollywood's next B-List—or even A-List—star could emerge under his guidance.
While William was in makeup and costume, Yamon stood on the studio floor, pondering recent Hollywood productions and strategizing how to secure the right roles for his client. Suddenly, a man with a round belly and unbuttoned shirt approached him.
"You're William Brandley's agent?" the man asked.
Yamon snapped out of his thoughts, recognizing him immediately as Robert Singer, one of the producers of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The Jewish agent's face lit up with enthusiasm, though he kept his smile professional.
"Yes, that's right! I'm William's agent, Yamon Goffman." He handed Singer his business card.
"Handsome young man—he doesn't lose to Tom Cruise. You've got a good eye, and you're moving fast," Singer said. "I'm supervising another TV series that's currently looking for a supporting role, about four or five episodes. I think Brandley would be a good fit. Can he audition tomorrow?"
Four or five episodes? That's a recurring supporting role! Yamon's heart raced, but he maintained his composure and responded professionally: "Of course! Could you provide the time, location, and project details?"
"90210," Singer replied.
Yamon froze for a moment, then licked his lips. "90210? A supporting role for four or five episodes?"
Singer nodded.
Yamon was about to accept immediately when commotion near the dressing room caught everyone's attention. Remembering that William should be finished with makeup by now, Yamon turned to look.
When William stepped out, Yamon almost stopped breathing. The makeup artist had styled him to perfection—he looked radiant.
"Wow," someone whispered. "How did they manage to make him look even more stunning?"
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