Chapter 836
When Hugo got home, he found that Alex and Charlize were not at home, neither were Carl nor Fokin, the house was empty, and there was no anger at all. After calling, he found out that Fokkin and the band members were in Al bar, while Carl was in Chicago.
Alex's absence from home was to be expected, as he landed his first official film role at the end of March, signed in mid-April, and was waiting to start filming.
Alex, who performed well in "Happy Family", obviously got a lot of attention. After that, he actually had auditions one after another, but some were rejected and some were rejected by Carl voluntarily. After all, none of them were suitable. character of. This time the work is called "The New Good Man (The. Good. Old. Boys, also translated as: Wilderness I Love)", which is a movie about western cowboys.
The director of "The New Good Man" is Tommy Lee Jones, who competed fiercely with Hugo at the Oscar not long ago. This work is Tommy's first challenge to the director's debut, and the story is set in Texas. State, the heroine invited in "Mississippi in the burning (Mississippi. Burning)", "life intersection" and other works have a good performance in Frances - McDormand (Frances. McDormand) starred.
Since the season of "Happy Family" was over and Alex was free all summer, he auditioned.
Alex auditioned for the role of the male lead's nephew. This role competed with Matt Damon, who left Joseph to stay at International Innovation Management. In the end, Alex won the role, although not the main character. Not the first supporting role, just a small role, but still a big step in success for Alex.
The reason why Carl chose this work for Alex to star in is not because he can become popular, but because he hopes that Alex can perform next to Tommy, Francis, and other actors with solid acting skills. Learning, and the ability of a cowboy character to differentiate itself from the comedic imagery in "Happy Family," led Alex to seek a breakthrough.
Alex presumably started filming around the time Hugo was on his way to Cannes.
But Karl was not in Texas, but in Chicago, which surprised Hugo. After inquiring, I learned that it turned out that Charlize's work had also progressed.
Two days ago, Karl won a role for Charlize. Although it was just a trick, Karl still took Charlize to Chicago to work. This is a classic horror movie series, "Children. Of. The. Corn", which tells the horror stories that take place in the cornfield, each of which is the protagonist of the child, and has now been filmed Part three.
Charlize gets a trick in it, one that has no name or lines, but the character has a special meaning, and the director is pretty sure there will be close-ups. This is also the reason why Karl won the role for Charlize. On the one hand, it is because Charlize must have income to maintain his life, otherwise Charlize will use up his income from starring in "Beverly Leaps" and modeling; It is Charlize who needs the opportunity to perform in front of the camera to accumulate experience and polish his acting skills. So, even if it's just a trick, but at least it's not a vase, Carl won it.
So the house has been empty for two days, and it seems deserted.
Looking at the empty house, Hugo is still a little uncomfortable. For the past two years, he has become accustomed to a lively situation when he comes home. Even if Alex is filming "Happy Family", he can always Go home on time at night, because TV drama crews have commuting time-especially sitcom crews, work is no different from normal white-collar workers.
But now, Alex's career has gradually started to climb slowly, and Charlize's quiet career has also begun to take off. In the future, I am afraid that there will be more and more free time at home.
But Hugo just sighed. Strictly speaking, my friends have developed their careers, which should be something to be happy about. I hope that Alex and Charlize can make great progress in their future careers. . Therefore, compared to the loss, Hugo was more happy, and his mood soon relaxed.
"The refrigerator is empty, what about dinner tonight!"
You don't need to look back to know that the voice was from Samora, which made Joseph say gloomily, "Didn't you just eat biscuits at the company?"
"Hey man, as you said, it's just cookies." Samora started rummaging in the cupboard with a troubled look on her face, and soon found a big bag of onion rings, and was instantly happy.
Joseph reluctantly said, "Alex will be very sad to know that you stole it again." In order to maintain her figure, although Charlize will not go on an exaggerated diet, she still tries her best to control these junk foods. , these snacks at home are either Alex's or Samora's left over when he came over.
"Hey, he ate my whole bag of snacks last time, and I haven't pursued it yet!" Samora walked briskly to the hall, sat down on the sofa, and generously handed the onion rings in front of Joseph.
Joseph pushed it away silently, and Samora pouted, "Are you sure this method is effective for losing weight?"
In order to keep his body healthy, Joseph has been losing weight, so every time he sees Samora eating the sea in front of him, he is always very entangled. In fact, Samora is not slender, but he is younger than Joseph, and his body is better than Joseph.
Joseph rolled his eyes. He had given up on the topic of arguing with Samora about losing weight. Anyway, the result of every argument was that he was secretly drooling. He looked at Hugo and changed the subject, "Tomorrow's draft, you are going to be at home. Look, or go to the scene?"
Hugo was slumped on the back of the sofa a little tired, but when he heard this topic, he immediately sat up excitedly, "Of course I have to go to the scene! Such a rare opportunity, I must go!"
Samora, who was sitting next to him, also showed a happy smile, "Yeah, it's hard to get tickets for this kind of talent show. You won't be able to feel the atmosphere if you don't go to the show."
Joseph was not surprised by this answer, but he still said, "I'm just worried that you won't be able to adjust the jet lag when you come back from a long flight."
I didn't want to, but Hugo waved his hand directly, "How can I miss the ticket that Steven finally found for me!"
What they are talking about at this time is the annual draft of the National Football League (NFL). Like the NBA, the draft is the selection of fresh blood from the rookies of college players and overseas league players to join the league. For medium. For Chinese audiences, the NBA draft is naturally more familiar and close, but for American audiences, the NFL will always be the focus of attention, and the annual draft conference attracts millions of people.
According to statistics, the live viewing rate of LeBron James becoming the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft in 2003 was only half of that of Carson Palmer becoming the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft in the same year; The time is from March to May every year. This time period is when the NBA playoffs are in full swing, but the live broadcast ratings of an NFL draft can easily beat the live broadcast ratings of the NBA playoffs.
Under such circumstances, the NBA will try to avoid NFL games when arranging the broadcast of the game - including the draft.
It can be said that the NFL's momentum in the United States is unmatched.
The 1994 NFL draft was arranged at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles (The. Forum), and next year's draft will be hosted by New York - because although Los Angeles is passionate about football, every year the game is played. The attendance rate was not ideal, so the league decided to move the draft to New York, where the passion for football is more intense.
A month ago, Steven Spielberg asked Hugo if he wanted to go to the draft to watch the draft, and Hugo was naturally ecstatic. As a result, Steven gave Hugo four tickets. He came back early this time. In addition to the tour is about to kick off, wanting to go to the scene to watch the draft is also an important reason. It is indeed a very rare experience to participate in the prosperity of the national carnival in the United States, not to mention, it is estimated that Adam Lancaster will be very jealous.
Hugo was also excited at this time, he looked at Joseph, "By the way, didn't you just say that Peyton Manning chose the University of Tennessee last time? Well, how? Has Paul started training with him?"
Paul, the younger brother of Joseph, is a professional football player currently serving as wide receiver, and last September he entered the University of Tennessee, which has a long history of football. In February, Peyton Manning caused a stir when he held a news conference to announce that he had chosen the University of Tennessee instead of his father's alma mater, the University of Mississippi.
The Manning family is the most successful family in American football history. The family originated from Payton's father, Archie Manning. Brilliant, and then entered the NFL New Orleans Saints, but unfortunately, trapped in the overall strength of the team, Archie was not able to continue the glory of college in the NFL.
After Archie retired, he had three sons, Cooper, Payton and Eli. The eldest son Cooper is a star wide receiver at the University of Mississippi, but unfortunately he had to interrupt his career early because of congenital spinal stenosis; the second son Payton and the youngest son Eli are both quarterbacks. After entering the 21st century, Payton And Eli are among the most successful quarterbacks in NFL history, Payton is known as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
Hugo has a special liking for Payton, and a long time ago he admired the veteran who was nearly forty years old and still created countless brilliance on the field. So, back in the early 1990s, Hugo was even more excited, because he could witness the rise of a legend, especially when he heard that Paul actually joined the University of Tennessee!
Joseph naturally couldn't understand Hugo's feelings. Now Payton can only be regarded as a high school football star with very limited influence in the country, so he laughed, "The new semester starts in September, summer training. The camp is also in June, so it’s not that fast.”