前阵子，女演员安妮·海瑟薇带新作品《The Idea of You》接受了《V》杂志的采访…
"The Idea of You" is a romantic love movie that Hathaway has not been in contact with for a while, in this movie, Anne Hathaway and actor Nicholas Grasin staged a 16-year-old sister-brother relationship, Hathaway plays a 40-year-old single mother, when taking her daughter to the music festival, she met the 24-year-old band lead singer boy played by Nicholas, and the two fell in love...
（《The Idea of You》剧照）
This time, Anne Hathaway is not only the heroine, but also the producer of the film.
（《The Idea of You》剧照）
During the interview, Anne Hathaway recalled her audition experience as a rookie actor as a producer, revealing a shocking revelation...
(Anne Hathaway)
In the 2000s, that is, in the early part of her career, there was a straightforward "spark test" when the crew auditioned for roles - after the unfamiliar actors and actresses passed the first audition, they needed to take turns to do some intimate acts in front of the director and others, so that the director could test which two people had more sparks, more CP sense, and more suitable for playing opponents...
Hathaway also experienced this spark test, and once had to kiss 10 actors who came to audition at once...
Others will say, "Aren't you excited that today we have 10 people coming, and you have been chosen to be the heroine, and you want to make out with all of them?"
At that time, Hathaway would always question if there was something wrong with her, because she was not excited at all, but felt disgusting.
But in those days, it was normal in the film industry to ask actors to be intimate with each other to test chemistry. For example, "Twilight" stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, the first time they met, they were taken to director Catherine Hardwick's house, and began to kiss in her bed, while Hardwick was next to him with a small video camera...
(The Twilight Zone)
According to Hardwick, Robert and Christine auditioned in bed, and Robert kissed so hard that he fell out of bed, and she had to step forward and persuade Robert to calm down...
In this environment, although Hathaway has already won the role, she still has the pressure of being replaced, and she is worried that if she refuses to kiss, she will be labeled as "difficult", and she may also be replaced by other actresses...
So she could only pretend to be excited, and then kiss them one by one...
In fact, until now, the "spark test" was a common audition procedure, but it has become much milder. It usually involves only a few regular scenes (as opposed to kissing), basically takes place in the final round of auditions, and doesn't let an actor kiss all the candidates...
For example, "The Hunger Games" used the director to do the "spark test" remotely on Zoom...
Director Lawrence, actress Rachel Ziegler and actor Tom Bryce met via video, Lawrence asked Ziegler to sing one of his favorite songs, "Wildwood Flower", Bryce listened to her sing, and Lawrence silently observed the reaction between the two...
(The Hunger Games)
The audition video of "Outlander", the closest contact between the male and female protagonists is like this, and you can see the strong chemistry...
（《Outlander》）
"Oppenheimer" because of the large nude scenes, the selection of actors also focused on spark testing, Cillian Murphy and Florence Pu were placed in a room, all the producers and directors sat at a table to watch, to see if there were any sparks between the two,
But Killian didn't know what the director team was watching, and they thought it was so "stupid"...
(Oppenheimer)
Especially during the resumption of work during the epidemic, the Hollywood Film and Television Industry Association issued a 22-page guidance document, hoping that if there is a plot that requires "intimate acts" in film and television works during the epidemic, it is best to delete or change it to computer synthesis.
I won't even be allowed to shoot the kiss scene, and the audition will be even more likely to be risky...
And Hathaway also thought of a no-brainer test method during this audition, avoiding close contact with a group of young people in their twenties...
She didn't answer a single kiss at the audition, instead asking each actor to choose a song they thought their character would enjoy, have her character dance, and then do some short jam sessions together.
For example, Hathaway sat in a chair as if they had just returned from dinner or a walk, pressed play, and danced with the auditioners, thus selecting Nicholas Grasin...
Nicholas chose a song by the rock band Alabama Shakes, and in the sound of the music, the two looked at each other and laughed, dancing easily, and the spark came naturally...
（《The Idea of You》剧照）
Hollywood has developed to this day, and the Fei Ren CP sense spark test has finally withdrawn from the stage of history...