Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"Boss, can I take a day off?" Portia cautiously called Chen Zhao.

"Okay, there's nothing going on tomorrow anyway." Chen Zhao said.

Portia was very excited and Chen Zhao didn't make things difficult for her.

The next day, Portia contacted the Screen Actors Guild.

I also got the address of the studio from the Screen Actors Guild.

Although the Screen Actors Guild has resources, their biggest disadvantage is that they cannot guarantee any role.

Even if it's a supporting role, they can't guarantee it.

Major film companies will cooperate with the Screen Actors Guild, which is mutually beneficial.

But this cooperation is very fragile.

To put it bluntly, the Screen Actors Guild has the power to recommend, but not the right to decide.

For example, when a movie starts shooting, the producer will send the actors' union a form of the required actors' roles.

This form is not only given to the Screen Actors Guild, but will also be sent to major agencies.

In this regard, the Actors Guild is not as advantageous as the agency.

Because the managers of the agency will help their artists with public relations and travel.

The Screen Actors Guild will not help its registered members move around.

Portia hurried to the set.

She still doesn't know what role she is interviewing for.

There were a lot of people in the audition studio today, and they were all like her, low-level actors.

But it can be seen that the producers should have released quite a few characters today.

Although they are all low-profile roles, they are very important to every actor present who comes to audition.

Every actor has heard various stories before entering the industry.

Before a certain actor became famous, how hard he worked, how he started as a young actor step by step, and finally became famous.

This story is applicable to entertainment circles all over the world.

Of course, this is also true.

But this is still a minority.

In fact, most famous actors.

Their first role may be one with a close-up and dialogue.

There are only a few people who perform as part-timers without any foundation and become famous in the end.

However, most of the actors who are able to enter Hollywood have the idea of ​​​​doing it or becoming successful.

Even though they know that the chance of winning the jackpot is very slim, they still keep going.

They live in slums and work three jobs a day.

But as soon as they get a role, they will spend half a year's salary on clothes and makeup, working hard for a role that more than a dozen or even dozens of people are competing for.

In Hollywood, there are many unspoken rules for getting roles by selling your looks.

And this unspoken rule is not limited to men and women.

Portia was given her script, along with the requirements for the role.

Her script was just one sentence, but there was one close-up.

For a performer like her, one line or one close-up is already a lucky break.

For today's audition, Portia specially wore clothes and shoes purchased in Ginza, Japan.

And she was lucky today, because she felt that she fit the role very well.

The auditions were conducted by the casting director and a camera director, both of whom were assistant directors.

Two people set up a stage in front.

Then the actors go up one by one, perform a performance, and read their lines.

The process was very quick, with less than thirty seconds of performance time per person.

The unified answer from both of them was, thank you for your cooperation, please go back and wait for notification.

"Portia, you look so beautiful today."

At this time, a wavy girl came over and said hello to Portia.

"Anlisa." Portia turned her head and looked at the woman.

Anlisa, like Portia, is an extra.

They came to Los Angeles around the same time and were roommates at one point.

But the difference between them is that Anlisa already has a brokerage company.

And Portia is still a "lonely ghost".

Anlisa seems even prettier than she was a year ago.

She seemed to have had some minor plastic surgery.

From a female perspective, Portia could still tell what minor surgeries Anlisa had undergone.

It seems that she should have made some money in more than a year.

Portia also wanted to get a little straightened out.

She had always felt that her jawbone was a bit large.

If you want to slim down a little, you can make yourself more feminine.

However, the cost of bone reduction surgery is not cheap, at least more than 8,000 US dollars.

"Your clothes don't seem cheap." Angela pulled Portia's clothes.

Her behavior was a bit rude and seemed very impolite.

Portia pulled back her clothes.

Anlisa covered her mouth and chuckled: "Your taste is still so bad. You should ask me to be your adviser. I can give you correct guidance."

Portia said with a dark face: "Don't touch my clothes, you may not be able to afford the compensation."

"You know, this outfit looks really tacky on you."

In Hollywood, there are no real friendships between women.

Even for actresses like them who are not famous.

When they were competing for the same role, Anlisa set the alarm clock in Portia's room back by two hours and cut up the clothes she prepared.

In the end, Portia naturally missed the role, while Anlisa successfully grabbed the role.

Their friendship and roommate relationship ended.

Portia turned to leave, and Anlisa looked at Portia's back.

Although she talks about Portia's dressing sense.

But in fact, Portia's clothes are worth a lot of money.

And it matches Portia’s temperament very well, fashionable and sexy.

And they were auditioning for the same role today.

And the positioning of this character is that of a fashionable woman.

So Portia's appearance made Anlisa feel threatened.

Anlisa went up and probably kicked the heel of Portia's high-heeled shoes with her toes.

"Oops..." Portia immediately lost her balance and sat heavily on the ground.

The heel of her high-heeled shoes broke, and her originally tight clothes also tore apart due to the range of movements.

"Portia, are you okay?" Anlisa pretended to go up and help Portia.

Portia didn't know it was Anlisa's method, but as soon as she stood up, there was a tearing sound.

It turned out that Anlisa deliberately stepped on Portia's clothes.

In an instant, half of Portia's clothes were ripped off.

Her originally sexy and dignified outfit now made her look like a beggar.

"Haha..." There was a roar of laughter in the audition studio.

"Ah..." Portia hugged her chest and covered her face and fled the scene.

In fact, both the two assistant directors and the actors who auditioned on the spot knew what was going on.

And this kind of thing happens so much in the audition studio that they are numb.

But they will not show sympathy to the actress who was tricked.

It can only be said that she does not have the mentality of a real actor.