Finishing The Game: The Search For A New Bruce Lee Page #3

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what I can do

is I can put you into group A.

- Do you mind if I use your phone?

- Of course. We have a pay phone outside.

One of your current clients

will be auditioning.

Oh, Troy.

I got him this amazing opportunity.

Not the usual Oriental bit part.

I'm talking leading yellow role

in a film with serious distribution.

That's like Nixon visiting me in Watts.

It just don't happen, baby.

- Thunder, I need to talk to you.

- Not now, Troy.

- Hey, now.

- We got this dynamite interview going.

Troy, look...

- Man, we're... Look, Troy...

- Thunder, listen to me.

Why, huh?

Why did you send me here?

- It's a big part.

- This is not a part. It's a body-double gig.

But it's an opportunity.

I... I can't believe

you're actually trying to sell me on this.

Look, Troy, come on, man.

Look what's out there.

You don't wanna go back

to playing delivery boys.

No, of course not.

But this?

This is even more insulting.

Troy, what have you got to lose?

You know what?

You ain't doing sh*t

for colored people, Thunder.

Troy, hold it, man.

Look.

You're making a big mistake.

Yeah.

- Big mistake.

- OK!

OK!

OK, hello, everyone.

Hi.

Hello... Don't stand behind me.

Thanks so much. Over there.

Hi, everyone. I wanted to welcome you

to the auditions for The Game of Death.

My name is Eloise.

I am the casting director.

This is Ronney.

He's the director of the film.

I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate

you being here today.

I'm very grateful and I appreciate

your time and patience. Absolutely.

So, look, to find the best man

for the role, guys,

we are going to have

three rounds of auditions.

Not six, three.

It's just so you can all see this.

OK, and it's gonna be

a really, really fun process.

So how about,

just to kick it off,

raise your hand if you have

formal conservatory training

with an emphasis

on Shakespeare.

- Wow. That is...

- Good for you.

Very good for you.

I love the classics. Excellent.

How about all of you eager people

with your hands up in the air

can follow Cassie here

right out that door?

Thank you so much.

It's pretty simple. I have found over the

years that actors with all of that training,

they spend so much time

connecting to their inner truth,

they don't connect to the average

moviegoer, you know what I mean?

And our Bruce Lee needs to be the kind

of guy Middle America can really relate to.

Someone... someone like Larry in Omaha

would drink a Bud with.

You know what I mean? The last thing we

need is some educated, snooty Bruce Lee

to alienate America.

Right, Ronney?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

So what's gonna be

happening during today's audition?

Well, today, in this round,

we give the actors sides -

these pages right here

with basically their lines on them.

And, um...

it's a cold reading today,

meaning the actors

have never seen the lines.

Specifically, what qualities

are you looking for from these gentlemen?

Well, it depends on the person.

Everyone brings something different,

but I would like to see the relationship

between the text and the subtext.

It's very important what an actor brings in

on his own, which is in-between the lines,

but what he also does

with the text, you know?

You offended me.

You offended my family.

Great. Thank you.

My name Remi Nguyen.

I would like very much

to be part of your movie.

In my village in Vietnam, I dreamed of

being on the big Hollywood movie screen.

My parents, they would be

proud to see me that way.

But they didn't make it

out of Saigon.

I dedicate this to them.

OK. Let's get started.

You offend me.

You offend my family.

That was nice.

Can I give him a note?

Can you try it one more time?

But I want you to think about

your family stuck in Saigon.

You offended me.

You offended my family.

You have offended me!

You have offended my family!

You offended me.

You offended my family!

You offended me

and you offended my family.

Hi-yaaah! Whoo!

Can we lose the glasses?

I'd really like to see...

I wouldn't bother. I think he's just bad.

I think he's just... I think...

I think you're not ready for this.

I don't... Let's not... Let's move on.

You offended me.

You offended my family.

Mm-hm.

Can you hold on one second?

I think

we should ask him to do a move,

see if we can inspire

some more aggression.

- Is that all right?

- Oh, yeah.

OK. Maybe just to get

a little bit more voice out of you...

I see the outfit. Do you know a little karate,

a little jujitsu or something?

I do.

Would you mind... Maybe you can say

the line, this time doing some type of move.

You offended me.

You offended my family.

- Better.

- Way better.

- A lot better.

- Way better.

- There he is.

- Here I am.

- The man.

- You look great, Breeze.

- Do I?

- Yeah, you look fantastic.

Thank you, brother.

Thank you.

- I have a question, though.

- Shoot.

- You are a powerful agency.

- That's the word in the street.

You cats are in the Hollywood big three,

am I not right?

- Number one in the big three.

- Wow.

- That must mean you have a lot of muscle.

- Might makes right.

How many feature films have I starred in

in, let's say, past two years?

- 14.

- Wow! You cats remembered.

Of course.

You're a star, Breezy.

Oh, stop that. Stop.

- Just the truth, man.

- Thank you.

- But I'm a bit confused.

- Why is that?

If you cats

are such a powerful agency

and I'm such a big star,

then why the f*** am I standing here

like a motherfucking idiot

at this goddamn

motherfucking cattle call?

There must've been

some sort of mix-up.

- A little confusion, that's all.

- Confusion?

What is so f***ing confusing

about offer-only?

- We'll straighten it up.

- Do you know how humiliating this is?

I can only imagine.

It's awful. It's awful.

Breezy.

I know this place, it's like

a concentration camp, it's beneath you...

It's offer-only, you dig?

You got it.

Trust me, I'll take care of this.

Let's take care of this, fellas.

- It's done.

- Good.

I thought

he was completely contrived.

He had no subtext, you know?

There were no layers.

Yeah. Yeah, I mean,

I don't disagree.

I completely hear what you're saying.

He's not a very strong "actor," you know,

but as I understand it, we're looking for

a star, not an "actor," you know?

And, I mean,

they're completely different animals.

For star searching, I think it comes down to

something more immediate and visceral.

- Like what?

- Fuckability.

I simply ask myself,

"Do I want to f*** that guy?"

Since we're looking for the new Bruce Lee,

the question should be:

"Do I need to f*** this guy?"

- You know?

- Give me an example.

- Charlton Heston.

- Are you serious?

Oh, yeah. How do you think he got to be

Moses, Ben-Hur, the guy with the apes?

The world wants to f***

Charlton Heston.

This guy, here,

he's no Charlton Heston, but I'd f*** him.

After a few gin and tonics,

I would f*** him silly.

I mean,

he deserves a callback for sure.

All right, well, who...

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