Hollywood legendary director

"call......"

Inside a high-end apartment.

Heath Ledger exercised in the room for more than half an hour before rushing to the shower for breakfast, tired and sweating.

Just as he was about to look at the script and find out what suits his role audition invitation, the agent called and notified a message: news about a movie.

Yes, the lawyer role added in "Old Nowhere" is really no more suitable than him.

Because Heath Ledger has a high character understanding and script interpretation ability, this aspect is the performance talent that an actor needs, in other words, God enjoys food.

In the past two years, Heath Ledger has been polishing in the independent niche film circle. Without him, the opportunity is rare.

A young, not handsome enough, or an Australian actor, the chances of acting are far from many.

Even when he was invited by Lehman again, Heath Ledger was naturally very tempted, because he knew that participating in this work would have room for him to play, which was both enjoyment and career help.

Standing in front of the full-length mirror, Heath Ledger put on a leather jacket, fiddled with the hair with wax to fix it, and when it felt good, he boarded the agent's car and went out.

On the other hand, just as "Smiths" climbed toward the 200 million mark in North America, and the cumulative overseas box office had exceeded 100 million, "Water Monster in the Lake" was officially released in North America.

This announcement and investment cost more than 72 million U.S. dollars in project production, and achieved an impressive result of close to 300 million in North America, almost declaring that it will be among the top three in the North American annual list in 2005.

As for "Goblet of Fire", it happened that the subsequent decline was too fast, and it eventually fell to more than 291.7 million. The total box office in North America was a little lower than "Water Monster in the Lake" by 1 million, but this work has too many fans overseas. , The global gross box office is actually higher, earning a full 892 million, which is a lot more than the 725 million in "Water Monster in the Lake.

This also proves once again that after the sequel movie has accumulated momentum, its ability to attract gold is powerful.

Taking into account the distribution agreement signed with Warner, this part of the box office, the theater will first allocate 321.25 million, and Warner is drawing more than 53 million in remuneration plus more than 16 million in publicity expenses (shared by both parties), as well as various tax transactions. As the sole producer, the film industry has left about 243 million in box office revenue.

Then, after deducting film production costs, actor box office incentive bonuses and behind-the-scenes expenses, the box office profit should be 223 million US dollars.

If you take into account the distribution of the benefits of the filmmakers in terms of online and offline and copyright promotion, a hot commercial film can at least bring about 400 million US dollars in credit to the company.

Of course, this amount of money cannot be returned in two or three years.

It is estimated that the first funds can be accounted for 200 million, which is the acceptable range of profit sharing.

However, this is enough to make Mann Media happy.

When Heath Ledger came to the Firefly Building, he saw this kind of staff style.

With a smile on his face, he works with all kinds of passion.

With emotion, Lehman also met with Heath Ledger.

After passing the script to the other party, he couldn't wait to read it.

Lehman talked about his thoughts on the role.

"Lawyer Lucas is an intellectual with an elite education background under universal values. He believes that his knowledge can bring him a good life. But he is not justice, and he often plays with words to commute or escape his employer when he is defending. Punishment by law, you can imagine that he is a very gentle egoist."

"Of course, self-interest is not a mistake, and it is not shameful to use the weapon of law to get wealth. A person with knowledge knows how to use rules better than someone who has no education. Lucas knows how to use rules."

"But one day, the rules were broken. A very bad homicide occurred in a mine. The deceased was wiped with a knife on his neck, and the corpse mine was abandoned. The mine owner didn’t want to be discovered that he was not abiding by the rules. So he found a lawyer to find a solution for him. The lawyer was worthy of his price. After Lucas came to this remote northwestern place, he quickly contacted the police to actively solve the case and divert the sight of the illegal operation of the mine."

"And the mine owner is not a good person. He sent someone to kill the dead miner to prevent the person from escaping. The reason for the deceased's escape was that he picked up a piece of gold and felt that he didn't have to wait if he became rich. At this......"

In the office, Lehman explained the beginning of the script in detail, and then said: "Lucas is a character with a little hypocrisy, wearing a mask, likes to exchange knowledge for wealth, ill-gotten wealth does not matter, so he will follow the mine. The owners conspired to carry out everything, this role, I need this kind of effect, can you understand what I mean?"

"Sven's scum, right."

Hearing this answer, Ryan, who was sitting at the side, couldn't help nodding.

Looking at Lyman who was also satisfied, he also secretly admired.

As for Heath Ledger, he is more satisfied with the role.

The more challenging the role, the more he likes it.

Since his debut, he has the opportunity to play a film with enough space, and Lehman has provided the majority of roles.

Speaking of it, even if they haven't seen each other for more than a year, a few people are not unfamiliar. This is an unspeakable understanding.

"OK, try the role."

Lyman stepped aside, while Heath Ledger closed his eyes and brewed his emotions.

In fact, the mood of Lucas's role is not big, he always serves himself, in order to have a better life, can enjoy life more, and use all available means.

He looked up again, and Heath Ledger stood up, with a very polite smile gradually on his face, with a slightly flattering tone: "Sir, I have any questions for you to answer."

That kind of smile, the smile is very professional, but the eyes have a sharp look.

Lyman glanced at Ryan, "How do you feel?"

Ryan raised his eyebrows, "tailor-made, isn't it?"

"Alright." Lehman said to Heath Ledger, who was thinking about the role: "You take the script back and read it a lot. Remember to notify your agent to sign the contract. If nothing happens, the movie will be in February next year. Power on."

Heath Ledger left with satisfaction.

Lehman was also very satisfied.

When he was writing this character, he had the image of Heath Ledger in his mind. As expected, he had a gentle scum temperament.

He is sunny enough, but not handsome enough, and there is always a gloom hidden under his face.

Moreover, the salary of Heath Ledger is affordable enough compared to his strength, because Heath Ledger is not suitable for taking the line of a dominant male protagonist, so his worth is difficult to increase.

In other words, he is not "traffic" enough, nor can he "traffic", and he has no intention of "traffic", so Hollywood will not let actors like him serve as commercial starring actors.

Indeed, Heath Ledger is limited in this regard, it is difficult to get ahead.

But there are no absolutes in the world. If you don't count the performance of the mainstream screen alternative characters, it can also burst out of great charm.He will wait until his personal Hollywood pattern.

After all, the production and shooting of the "Batman" project is already in the hands of Firefly, and they have a certain degree of initiative.

Although Warner was very tempted by the profit of the "Mystery of Chivalrous Shadow" project, and has always wanted to renegotiate to capture the revenue of Firefly for the film series.

But Lyman never let go. After all, it was what they deserved, and Firefly was not greedy.

As for Nolan, Ya is now obsessed with "Fatal Magic" to practice his own film style, basically paving the way for "The Dark Knight".

Of course, Nolan has yet to finalize the second script, and the subversion of the role of the clown hasn't started at all, but if you just touch it, Nolan will recognize it.

After all, the second "Batman" is the one that bears Nolan's personal mark.

He is no longer satisfied with recreating the scenes in the comics, but reading the comics through the comics, forming the dark city of Gotham he wants to shape the worldview he wants and the villain who serves the plot.

By the second day, Heath Ledger's pay had been determined.

Lucas is an important actor in the movie. In theory, he is the third protagonist and has a relatively large number of roles. After some negotiations, it is actually 4.2 million.

Then, Lehmann was preparing to continue casting roles for the movie, and Zach Schneider came to the door with a movie planning case.

Yes, after "New York Tour", Zha Dao also has new ideas.