The My Hollywood System

Chapter 15

Will soon realizes that June's mood is deteriorating after a free nude show he gets. It was not that he did not understand the reason behind it.

They had spent a lot of time together in the past few days, and to him, Will was one of the few people who believed in him.

Although she acts confident in her skills, she seeks validation due to the constant failures she experiences, and Will gives her it.

"I need to talk about this later."

Will thought inwardly as he quietly glanced at June, who pouted his lips with an unhappy expression.

Nothing good would come out of talking about things like this in the middle of an audition.

He did not want any external factors to ruin his first film. So, she decided to face him after the filming ended.

For now, he just wanted to continue the audition.

"Do you think there will be more strippers?" Will asked John who was still laughing while thinking of a nude dance performance in public.

"Once in a while, someone is desperate. They will do anything for the role, and fifteen thousand is a lot of money, so they don't mind sleeping with or seducing someone. You know the unspoken rules of Hollywood, don't you?"

Will nodded and decided not to think too much about it.

Hollywood is at the center of many immoral things, and sleeping with someone for a role is one of those everyday things.

Sometimes, even a famous actress or actor would do it. Just to play a part in a big movie.

That is why it is said that the more you ride in Hollywood, the more you will dirty your soul.

Will doesn't know if his soul will stay clean or not. But she is very opposed to sleeping with someone for a role or getting someone to sleep with her for one role, and that is one thing she will never change her mind.

Auditions continued for hours as more and more people came. A small audition like this would still get 300-400 people, but it was still difficult to find a good actor and actress.

Most people came for money and did not even understand the basic essence of [The Blair Witch Project].

While some of them just want to try out the lead role. Still, it was extremely difficult to find someone with quite good skills.

Then, some will start crying after being rejected. Will has trouble dealing with them because he feels bad.

But he can't do anything.

Crying will not get the role of an actor. People are always desperate in places like Los Angeles, and most of them won't even be third-rate actors no matter how hard they struggle.

It is a cold and harsh reality of Hollywood.

By the time they passed by over 100 people, it was already lunch. Other than June, they only found four more actors to fill supporting roles, and Will slowly started to get anxious.

No matter what, he needed to sign two lead actors other than June today.

After lunch, a thought slowly began to mess with his head.

In that case, he should be back again tomorrow, but Will is already planning to find the crew he needs and start filming next week.

Any delay would mess up his plan like this.

"Will, don't worry. We'll find another clue today."

june said, noticing her anxious expression.

"We need to hurry. The scheduled time to complete this is 17:30, and it's already 15:07. You should lower your requirements and only choose those with basic skills. With this method of shooting, really good actors don't matter."

john advises, a little annoyed at sitting too long in the cafe. If they could finish early, the work would also be finished.

"I can't just pick anybody."

"I know, but at least you have to give 100k to good actors.15k a lot for fighters, but most of them wouldn't be fighters if they were good actors."

He simply nodded in response to that, and at that moment, a black man walked into the cafe.

He looked around a bit before heading towards Will.

"Hello, is this where the [witch Blair project] audition took place?"

"Yes, I'm the director and producer. What's yourname?"

The black man was surprised to see the director who was very young, but he said nothing and introduced himself.

"Marcus Brown."

Marcus sat down after that, and Will started reading his portfolio. To be honest, he wasn't a bad choice, and he gave the same vibe that Will was looking for in one of the main characters, Joshua Leonard.

But until now, there have been many people who Will thinks fit the role, but none of them have the acting prowess to support the character.

He looked young, the same age range he wanted, and he had a unique charm about him. But Will still had doubts about his acting skills.

Will tells her to act as part of a movie in which the three friends fight amongst themselves when they realize they are lost. The fight is a unique arc in the movie as most of the horror part starts after this.

Josh's character has been weird all along because he was devastated, like his friends, that they were missing, and he was mad at Mike because he kicked the map out of frustration.

Josh is also the character who disappeared for the first time in the movie. Overall, like the other two leads, Josh is a special part of the film, without which the film would not be thrilling.

As soon as Marcus replayed the given scene in his mind, he began to act accordingly. John, who had yawned and wanted to go home, looked at Marcus in wonder, his mouth still wide open because he had forgotten to yawn.

Will, looking at Marcus, widened his eyes slightly; after a while, they turned into curves as he smiled gently.

He finally found a second clue.