My Hollywood System

Chapter 14:

Now that John was present, there was no need to delay the audition. Will wanted to settle on most of the actors today, and the first one to audition was actually June.

Since she was tagging along with him for some days now and they were also actively talking about the script, she already had a good understanding of both the plot and her character.

In [The Blair Witch Project], there were three main characters, two of them male and one female.

June was going to audition for the female lead, Heather, and by now, she had already gotten a great grasp of this character.

Even in Will’s mind, he had already selected June as the female lead.

After all, she was pretty experienced, and they had already talked a lot about the movie. There was no reason for him not to consider her for the role.

He felt like she could do the role perfectly.

The audition was just something to dissipate even a tiny bit of doubt in his mind.

“I will give you a scenario, and you need to act it out.”

Will said after June sat in front of him. Now that the audition had begun, her eyes didn’t look playful anymore, and they were resolute like she would do her best to pass the audition.

From the back, John saw the change in her atmosphere and smiled before moving his eyes back to the playboy magazine.

“Think that you are sleeping in a tent, and you hear the sound of grass rustling and twigs breaking. You feel like you have heard footsteps outside the tent. What will be your first reaction?”

“Give me a minute to think.”

June said and closed her eyes, imagining the scenario in her mind.

She was trying to imagine everything and how she’d react if she was really put in such a situation.

“Mr Dawson, would you mind stomping your foot as I act?”

June asked John, and John just smiled at what she was doing. Putting his magazine aside, he said.

“Just call me John, and why not? Let’s do it your way then.”

Will, who was waiting for June to start acting, was slightly impressed by her actions. She was telling John to stomp his foot to make the sound of footsteps, so she could better indulge in the situation.

“3, 2, 1 and Action!”

Will counted down, although the situation didn’t have any dialogues, June had to show how afraid and terrified she’d feel if she was Heather.

The acting shouldn’t feel like an ‘act’ and should feel real and natural.

June was now immersed in her character and acted like she was alone in the middle of a forest at night, getting scared of low noise and gulping in fear.

Even though it was clearly a coffee shop they were doing the audition in, June’s performance made it seem like they were already on the set of a horror movie.

Without a doubt, her acting skills were really way above average; it could even be called expert level after she gets more hands-on experience. She could give seasoned actors a run for their money, all she needed was a chance, and Will would become that chance for her.

“Okay, cut. Well done, June, welcome on board, officially.”

Will said that with a smile on his face. He was already sure that June was a good actress. But he had to make sure of it, personally and officially.

June, who had a terrified expression seconds ago, was now beaming with smiles. She ran towards Will and hugged him tightly.

“Uh, umm…good job.”

Will said, feeling surprised and speechless at the same time by the sudden hug.

“Well done, June. Director Evans, it seems you have got an eye for talent.”

John praised. He was used to coming and overseeing auditions from new directors, but rarely has he seen that someone brought by the director was anything good.

Most of the time, new directors would involve their friends and family in movies to lower the costs, sacrificing the quality of the movie with untrained actors. John was expecting the same from June since Will has brought her to audition himself.

But June was outstanding. Although John was no professional in acting, years of attending auditions had given him a keen eye to judge these actors and actresses.

After hearing John’s comment, June returned to reality and realized what she was doing.

She immediately loosened her arms and backed off. Although she seemed a bit embarrassed at the abruptness, there was nothing bad about hugging each other, so she just smiled sheepishly and waited for Will to proceed with the auditions.

After that, people kept coming to give auditions for the roles, mostly because of the high pay. There wasn’t really anyone super talented or overly good, but Will had to work with whatever he had.

During the auditions, a fat guy had also come with his manager. He said he’ll audition on his own script instead of the one by the director.

Will reluctantly agreed, and the fat guy started acting. His acting was more of a gag-filled drama, which didn’t match the theme of a horror story at all.

He would have been a good comedic character if only the movie had any comedy. Will told him to act in a horror scene, and although he did the horror scene, somehow, he even made a horror scene seem comedic.

Maybe it was due to his body type, or maybe his way of acting, but he wasn’t cut out for a role in a horror movie. And even if he was, he was more suited for movies like [Scary Movie].

Will had to reject him for some self-explanatory reasons. After him, there was a crazy girl who took out her upper clothes and tried to seduce Will on performance.

She went as far as to feel all his body, kissing him even from his lips to his necks. Will felt like Simon Cowell from America’s Got Talent from his previous life.

Although Will, as a man, secretly enjoyed the strip show, he rejected that girl too.

As he proceeded with the auditions, the number of people gathering around to see what was happening increased by a notch.

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//DreamNote//

Hello 🙂

Release schedule will be 1ch/d for sometime, and later I will increase it to 2ch/d. For now, I would rather focus on quality rather than quantity.

Please don’t forget to drop your power stones. They are the source of my motivation to write more.