Hollywood legendary director

Nicolas Cage was not surprised when he heard Lyman on the other end of the phone invite him to play a role.

This is supposed to be reasonable, isn't it?

A director, looking for CAA's partner agent to find out the contact information of an actor, it is easy to think of this result.

At this time, he was standing by the bedroom window, looking at the night, and after a little thought, he said, "Lyman, I thank you very much for your invitation. I have also heard of the movie project "Furious". but......"

Nicholas Cage's voice became low, "Oh, you should have heard the news of "The Wind Whisperer" too, I'm... a bit bad now, I need to rest for a while, think about it, and adjust myself. Life, so... I'm sorry."

The circle is large, but in the eyes of people like him, it is very small, and a lot of news will be actively concentrated in his ears.

Cage knew about the replacement of the male lead in "Furious", and even knew that Brad Pitt was rejected and out. (Oh, but I don’t know what the negotiated salary terms are. Before the official contract is signed, rarely will Some people proactively say that it is a big taboo in the industry) He also has free schedules, but as he said, his situation is a bit bad recently.

Lyman on the other end of the phone fell silent. He only cared about the right actors, but forgot that Nicholas Cage was on the cusp now.

The failure of "The Wind Whisperer" is not only the bad luck of the investors and directors, but Cage, as the starring role, cannot escape the relationship.

The film was released on June 14th some time ago. The cost of shooting alone was more than 110 million U.S. dollars. The post-screening expenses of publicity, copying, distribution, and media public relations all need to spend money. Zhou only won 36.78 million box office, the North American weekly box office champion, who only sat once, fell rapidly after that.

As of today, June 27, the daily box office has barely accounted for 1.64 million US dollars, and the total box office in North America has reached 43,235,600 US dollars. The reason for the hard work is not because of the big loss?

Investors are not even willing to let go of these little money.

According to this situation, it is a blessing that North America's final box office can exceed 50 million US dollars.

In the overseas market, let alone, everyone knows it is a bad movie and will hit the streets, and no one wants to make a big announcement.Without announcing it, how can there be any momentum?

Film art, film art, after all, depends on market performance.

The theater is not a fool. How could it be possible to show it at a loss of profit? It's better to play old movies, at least that little box office income doesn't need so many people to share.

The major ticket warehouses everywhere are not optimistic, and the power of publicity is not enough. It is even impossible to talk about movie word-of-mouth. Although still insisting on screening, the total box office received is not as much as domestic, and the distribution in various regions The profit sharing between business and cinema will only be even less.

The production cost is 110 million, and the global box office is now less than 70 million. The producer MGM Home Entertainment Pictures must have made a big mess this time.

If it's just that the market isn't optimistic, the movie won't sell well, but the quality and reputation of the movie are not much better.

After the release, there was a wave of bad reviews, and so many film critics joined the carnival, and almost everyone was willing to step on it.

The average score of imdb is only 5.7.In this way, the idea of ​​relying on the offline market and peripheral copyright operations to recoup the cost will only fail.

After the arrival of such blockbuster era, it is not uncommon for the box office to not recover the cost, but relying on the perfect operation of other multi-channels, it can always recover a little blood, and slowly rely on time to achieve profitability.Even "Shawshank's Redemption" was so miserable that year. Later, the quality of the film began to gain momentum, and it became the king of the offline video tape market, and it successfully turned over.

However, the premise of all this requires that the quality of the film is guaranteed, that is, the audience's reputation is better.It's okay to applaud or not to applaud, but not both.

Unfortunately, "The Wind Whisperer" is not very good in these two aspects.

Regardless of the group of film critics, most of the evaluations given by the viewers who have watched it are mostly negative. Like what, the film only knows that it is immersed in the world of gunpowder and fighting, but the portrayal of the characters and their relationship The description is extremely stingy; the literary drama is weak and empty and boring; the background soundtrack of the film lacks new ideas, repeated repeatedly, and quite mediocre...

Anyway, it's a bad movie, boring.

Since 1981, the jury of the Golden Raspberry Awards, which has been held every year, even released a message to the media, saying that "The Wind Whisperer" will definitely be included in the 23rd best film and best director list next year ( This award is ironic. Because of its particularity, it has also become a highly regarded selection event. Well, the first worst actor award, they were awarded to the then President of the United States, but he was an actor. Nader Wilson Reagan.)

Although Nicholas Cage's performance in it is not too bad, but it is all bad movies, and he can't escape the end of the penal punishment.

Therefore, his recent situation is really bad.

Not only encountered the biggest Waterloo in his acting career, but it was also a commercial film with huge investment.

Otherwise, in general, as early as a month or two ago, Nicholas Cage would plan what movies he would pick up later in the film project plan gathered by his agent, so as not to encounter the problem of irregular schedules, but now, Not to mention continuing to play, even a role that has already been taken over, he rejected.

His agent was right. A failure is nothing, but he needs to better choose film projects.

Repeated failure is a precursor to the demise of an actor's career.Many people can attest to this fact.

He needs to calm down and avoid the limelight for a while.

But Lehmann was the first director to invite him after this, and his politeness largely came from this.

However, the risk is still too great, it is a war movie, Cage is really panicked.

After all, I just failed a war film, and another similar one appeared in a blink of an eye. No one was afraid of anyone.

For Nicholas Cage's rejection, Lehman could think of it.

I didn't consider this aspect at first, I just thought about him as suitable.

But forgot, those who are stuck in the quagmire are afraid of sinking deeper.

He sighed silently in his heart. Although he was rejected, Lehman tried to encourage him: "Cage, although the Wind Whisperer is very regrettable, the problem is not with your role-playing. The movie itself has a big problem."

"Thank you, but Lyman..." Nicholas Cage rubbed his forehead and said bitterly: "It is an indisputable fact that the film failed. I can't escape, and I need to make the wrong choice. Come and pay."

"I know, Cage, I understand your worries very well. You don't want to experience the same failure a second time, do you?" Lehman said sincerely: "But please believe me, I'm pretty sure to shoot this A movie, it’s now a good actor, and that’s you."

Lehman’s praise did not impress Nicholas Cage. He had been in the circle for a long time, and he was immune to these things. "But... I'm still sorry, I'm sorry."

Nicholas Cage's tone was very euphemistic, respecting each other and also respecting himself.He doesn't want to befriend a director.

"Can you meet me?" Lehman's words were dull for a while before he continued: "I think you can understand what kind of story it is, what it tells, and what the role is like? Or, listen face to face. As a director, I’m thinking about creative ideas, and I’m considering other things. If I still don’t think it works, then I can reject this film project, okay? Give us a chance to deepen communication with each other."

Lehmann on the other end of the phone showed his sincerity. Nicholas Cage couldn't help but directly refused again. He nodded and said, "Yes, I'm fine. Where and when will we meet?"

"The time is three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. You can decide the location."

"That'time' cafe on Sunset Boulevard near the central square, okay? We will gather there."

"no problem."

"..."

The two exchanged polite greetings, and then hung up.

On this side, after putting down the phone, Nicholas Cage stood by the window sill in a daze, not knowing what to think...

On the other side, Lehmann breathed a sigh of relief after finishing the call.

He originally thought about the salary issue, but now it is really silly to think about it.

I haven't even decided on the candidates, so what's the point of talking about them?

If Nigrass Cage doesn't want to act, he just speaks up and refuses firmly.

What's not bad is that he agreed to meet his request, at least, he can still try hard.

He believes that with his sincerity and a complete idea of ​​creating a film, he still has a lot of chances to persuade Nicholas Cage to take the role of "sergeant" and join the crew of "Furious".

He flipped through the drawers and began to prepare materials.

The rough character script, the drawn sketch of the shots, the detailed shooting plan and the scheduled set-up...

Anyway, the more detailed the relevant information prepared, the better, which can better show his sincerity as a director and an attitude of invitation.

Lehman knew that Nicholas Cage's biggest concern was that "The Fury" would end up with a failure like "The Wind Whisperer", so he had to prove his fullness and confidence, and the possibility of the movie's success was very high.

Only in this way can he be persuaded to act.

Movies are like gambling-gambling, and what he is doing now is to increase his winning side.

Nicholas Cage is such a good card, and Lyman hopes to get it.

Good actors always make better films, don't they.