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Tom Cruise is an actor, he also has the ability to distinguish the depth of the role.

And there is no doubt that Kayden Ian has a considerable performance space.

After reading the character biography, he only felt a little itchy in his heart.

Whether it's from a policeman to an undercover agent, or a complete rebellion from an undercover agent, the whole psychological struggle is deep enough and can be seen as an invisible see-saw collision between the concepts of good and evil and the cruel social reality.

Killing for the sake of murder, brotherhood, love, police precautions and the guilt of killing brothers, extremely cold and a little bit of annihilated Kaden Ian’s humanity, strangling the last point of his persistence, and then completely Throw into the darkness.

This kind of performance with great contrast between front and back characters, with tolerance and explosiveness, can be imagined for the actors' challenges.

His heart moved.

"Lyman, why did his boss choose him as an undercover agent in the first place, and he should be guarded everywhere." Tom Cruise raised his head and asked the doubts he had when he read the biographies.

"Because the mask has been worn for a long time, I can't take it off. Do you remember what his boss said before thinking of this method? It is common for people to be undercover and have a mental breakdown. He is I don’t want to implement this plan."

"Okay," Tom Cruise expressed his understanding holding the biographical biography, "So..."

For a while, he didn't know what to say.

"So, you don't want it, because the character is the biggest villain?" Lyman's ridicule made Tom Cruise stunned, and then chuckled, "Of course not, I just don't know how to express what I want. The determination to play."

"Haha." Lehman said with a smile: "Actually, you haven't read the real script. If you read the entire story, I think you will be more interested."

Tom Cruise admired Lyman's confidence, and he said, "So, can I get this role?"

As soon as this question came up, Lehman did not answer immediately. Instead, he put his smile away and looked at Tom Cruise’s eyes seriously, and said: “Tom, I must first emphasize that once you enter my crew, you You have to listen to the crew’s arrangements, especially in the daily shooting. This, can you do it?" Lehman spread his hands and expressed helplessness, "Know that if you don’t obey the requirements, then the shooting will probably It’s a mess, and I don’t want the actors’ rules to be bigger than the entire crew. Can you guarantee it?”

Lehman's unexpected words also made Tom Cruise seriously think about it, and finally he said: "Is there any request you can say all at once, otherwise we will have to bargain again."

Sure enough, Tom Cruise's attitude towards the role is obviously easy to see, and he is very determined.

"I still don't know your salary... if it's too expensive, I think the crew will find it difficult to afford it." Lehman said softly.After all, the condition for people to downgrade salary is to change the setting of the story, and now it doesn’t change, and I don’t know if the joining conditions will change.

This is also a question that Lehman is very worried about. Although he left a salary space for "Bad Guy", when he thinks of the salary of Heath Ledger and Nicholas Cage, it is bound to be due to the good market performance of "Furious". This aspect also needs to be considered.

But Tom Cruise is far more bold than Lehman imagined. At this time, he said directly: "In this regard, I can promise you that the remuneration of 8 million US dollars plus a 5% North American box office share. how about it?"

Tom Cruise has been in Hollywood for nearly two decades, and he is very clear about the market in the industry. Although he rarely does things like lowering his value, he also does it very well.

Lehman didn’t say anything. This condition was a big concession, and he stretched out his right hand simply and neatly, “After you sign with Paramount, I will send you a complete script. You can join hands more. Consider the changes in your role in reality and the scene."

Tom Cruise could not be more satisfied with Lyman’s recognition, with a hearty smile on his face again, as soon as he grasped Lyman’s right hand, "Then, wait for my news, and I will wait and see. , What a wonderful story you tell."

"of course."

"..."

After leaving Tom Cruise's mansion, Lehman took a ride to Warner Studios.

Entering the leased main studio No. 3, Ryan, Thomas and others are already busy.

As the saying goes, if the army hasn't moved, will the food and grass go first?

Although all the actors are missing, it does not prevent Lehman from starting some preliminary work when preparing for the filming.

It takes time to choose a location and start preparing costumes, props, and sets in advance.

There are also equipment needed during the shooting period of each department.

Ryan was leading the set team to discuss setting issues during shooting, and he saw Lyman approaching.

"Lyman..."

"director......"

"Director Lyman..."

The people in the set group greeted them actively. Lehman nodded to them, then walked to Ryan's side and asked, "How's it going? Did the camera we want come over?"

"Europa Pictures is still very reliable. The ten latest models of Sony cameras have already been bought for us. They can come to us at the latest next week. It will definitely not affect our shooting work."

"Well, although it's not in a hurry, but still keep an eye on it." Lehman still exhorted.

"Yeah." Ryan nodded.

"Also," Lehman asked again, "how is the setting with Paramount Pictures?"

Now filming is becoming more and more popular. It’s the tax rebate subsidies there. Naturally, "Bad Guy" will not stay in Los Angeles for filming. Although the United States always shouts slogans to support movies, but The reality is far from much.

"Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, France..." A series of place names were reported by Ryan. He went on to say: "The conditions for tax refunds are roughly different, but the differences are not very big. Ramon’s people don’t have any ideas, but Europa Pictures hopes that we can go to France to shoot."

"Will this year's subsidy option be added to us?" Lehman was a little surprised.

In other words, although countries such as France, the United Kingdom, and Germany also subsidize the taxation of filming, most of them are digested internally, and even the quota of each year will be divided by local film companies at the beginning of the year. This is also the reason why countries such as Australia and New Zealand that are developing in the future can quickly become hot spots: they treat everyone equally, as long as they meet the standards, they will give tax refunds.

"Well, Europa Pictures has won a place for us."

"Then choose France." Lehmann doesn't care about this, anyway, whoever has the big discount will go for the shoot.

"What about the actors? Tell me about the audition registration."

The main role of the film has long been decided by default.

If the undercover is not accidental, it will be played by Tom Cruise; the undercover brotherhood fighting side by side with the gang will be played by Nicholas Cage; the second figure of the gang will be played by Heath Lay, the second leader of the gang. Played by Jie.

This is something that Lehman has considered, and they have been designed according to their respective images.

The character like Nicholas Cage has been killed all the way from a young gangster. He is not stingy in character, and the most important thing is loyalty; while the character of Heath Ledger is a bit moody, and he likes to kill the whole family when he is moving. He is very neurotic. There are quite a few shadows of later generations of "clowns", but "clowns" are more crazy and have a more weird personality.

As for other roles such as policeman, gangster, undercover wife, informant, etc., they have no goals.

In other words, he has a general character image, but he needs specific reference to the actor candidates.

"The situation is not bad. As soon as the information about our role to be recruited spreads, there are quite a few people who signed up, and brokerage companies such as CAA and Williams have also sent a batch of lists. Would you like to see it?"

Ryan handed Lehman several application forms.

Lehman looked at the first one, which was provided by CAA. There are 6 candidates. The undercover boss who has the most important role in the rest of the scene. They recommended Morgan Freeman. As for the other roles, they are Allen Eckhart. , Gray Ash, Harvey Potterfield.

The undercover wife recommended Gwyneth Paltrow.

I have to say that CAA is still quite powerful. Although Lehman has been committed to keeping his studio from allowing CAA people to intervene too much, Lehman's list of recommendations for the time being felt pretty good.

CAA also gives full play to their advantages. It not only tailors the selection list of actors from the setting of the script characters, but also has enough actor resources for them to do so, and they can choose one out of ten, appropriate and high-quality—— This shows the confidence of CAA by only recommending one actor candidate for each role.

It can only be said that CAA is indeed a CAA.

"Let's notify these lists and ask them to prepare for the audition. Let's choose a time to screen."

After reading the recommended candidates given by the major brokerage companies, Lehman also saw many familiar names, such as Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Alba, Vanessa Pa Ladis...

But anyway, before the formal audition, it is impossible to rashly decide on the role. Lehman is not familiar with them again, so what's the use of just knowing the name.

Unlike Heath Ledger, Nicholas Cage and other actors who have worked with him, everyone has a basic understanding, and it is easy to cooperate like that.

Just like Heath Ledger had only heard Lehman say, he immediately agreed to vacate the April to June schedule.

It can't be compared.

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