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Recently, strong convection landed on the west coast, and Los Angeles was inevitably affected.

The two Hemsworth brothers who came from Australia sat in the hotel room, watching the majestic rain outside the window.

Brother Chris shrugged his shoulders, moved his shoulder blades, and endured the boring wait without knowing the results, and complained from time to time, "This ghost weather, I miss the comfortable sunshine on the farm."

On the side, brother Liam didn't bother to talk about it.

"jingle."

A doorbell came from the door, and Liam stood up immediately, "Come here, I'll open the door."

After speaking, Chris also stood up and watched the newly assigned agent walk in after coming to the United States.

The selection of actors for this Marvel project is not limited to the United States. Even for the promotion of various regions, entertainers from many countries have been invited.

For example, the determined role of Rocky will be played by Tom Hiddleston. This Cambridge graduated with outstanding temperament and a sense of melancholy. The role of a prince is almost easy to come by. There is no sense of alienation. Where do people go? It fits well.

And the two of them were among the actors who auditioned for the "Thor" crew. Director Taiga Widiti, the New Zealand director who filmed "Thor 3" and "Terminator: Genesis" in the original time and space, and Jackson The director also has a unique understanding of blockbuster shooting, rich studio experience, and management and scheduling skills.

In recent years, Hollywood and New Zealand have really produced directors who can make blockbuster movies...

After the agent came, congratulated the two for entering the final round of audition, but still need to wait for the final selection.

Chris and Liam were a little bit excited. They wanted to come. Both of them were in the Australian local circle. They had acted in several TV series. They had a little fame in Australia. Among them, Chris also won the Best Newcomer Award, but In Hollywood, the performance of the two has little influence on them, and they have more performance experience than the pure newcomers, and the competition is very stressful——

Of course, both of them feel lucky, but don't want some results to be held in someone's hands. If it is not for the purpose of lowering prices and increasing the topic of hype, the leading actors of the two projects can be determined before the director is selected.

After all, for Lehman, the choice of actors is much simpler than the director, without having to think about other subtle aspects.

In the office of Marvel Studios.

The director Joseph Russell and his brother Anthony, Kevin and Lyman, who have been identified as the "American Team" project, are making the final confirmation of the project.

Because of the failure of the previous film project, the salary of these two is not high. They add up to 700,000 US dollars. They are very willing. After all, such a high budget is very tempting for the director. There is no need to deduct the budget. , The filming is not full of fun.

"Look at the selected actors first. Steve of the US team is played by Chris Evans, Bucky: Sebastian Stein, and Hugo Weaving and Tommy Lee Jones will join. Ji Ding is Liv Tyler..."

A bunch of Balabala, mostly from the original team, except for the popular choice, she chose the elf queen Taylor to replace the original actress Haley Atwell, who is familiar with the director but whose temperament is not good.

Anyway, the heroine has few scenes and doesn't cost much, and Taylor is only 280,000, or because she starred in "Stranger" some time ago, the box office was very good and the salary rose.

But I want to leave a deep impression on the audience with these few shots, and magnify the sadness that Steve's little crush has not been responded to.

In other words, it can make the audience understand the regret of the American team and the regret of not being able to dance. The temperament must be challenged. Otherwise, the sense of substitution—Taylor is much stronger than the original one, not only the face, temperament, but also passerby.

As Joseph and Anthony listened, they basically didn't make any comments. They just echoed a few words about suitable candidates.

To intervene in the main role of such a big production, but also to negotiate and play with the major agencies, they are definitely not qualified, but some small supporting roles Lehman gave them, leaving some voice on the actors.

People have their own preferences, and Lehman understands this psychology.

Just like some time ago, David Fincher opened a new work, co-produced a movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" with Warner, Paramount, and his own studio. He didn't also name Brad- Pete participates, otherwise the project will have to be shelved...

Speaking of it, Pete is already worse than his previous life. Without "Smiths", "Zombie World War", "Furious", the pay is not up, and because several failed works were undervalued by capital, if not for this The second old friend David Fincher supported it. It took a few years for this guy to finally get a basic salary of 16.5 million plus a portion of the North American box office share, and his position was slightly stabilized...

As for the male protagonist Chris Evans, he was born with a comic face. He played Thunderbolt a few years ago. The image is still good and the salary is not high. In addition, he hasn't done anything in the circle. Worrying about image public relations to help him wipe his ass, even if Lehman didn't speak, Kevin Fitch would make him the number one candidate.

why?

Too suitable, to perform the kind of aura that the American team needs, with a good personality in private, no bad hobbies, and no reason not to choose.

And whether it is caused by preconceived feelings or the cost and return of the business, this role must be given to Chris.

In the future, he will definitely rely on his personal charm to give extra points to the role, just like Downey did to Iron Man Stark, the three actors carefully selected by the Marvel Big Three, only Donny Marvel’s senior executives have opinions and gains. Surprise, the other two are derived step by step from various aspects from dozens of candidate lists.

You will find that two Chriss with the same name are more likely to make mainstream audiences like them than many Hollywood actors who have made the best news over and over again.

Another point is that Kevin Fitch neither likes to work with strong directors, nor does he like to work with actors who have a strong desire for control. These three, including Downey, are not the kind of people who are not the kind of people who are gesticulating on performance, even All three of them are more humorous and witty, and they all contribute to image management.

Of course, if you want to bind two Chriss, Hemsworth is very easy to handle. The first 2 million is signed. The same long contract shows that the box office and surrounding conditions are slowly increasing, and also agreed to the independent series. Give more, the remuneration of the linkage will reduce the salary.

On the contrary, Evans is now better than the other two giants. Although there is nothing to get a very eye-catching box office results, but they are also firmly established among the second-tier movie stars, but the contract is a lot of trouble.

In other words, the brokerage company behind him is very shrewd. It may be that he has noticed some changes in attitudes. The first film pays 7 million yuan, but what makes Lehman a little relieved is that Chris Evans himself is also willing. Sign a long contract.

In this way, as long as there is no high cost explosion, Lehman can accept it.

After all, in original time and space, Marvel only made mistakes on Robert Downey Jr., a little careless. Later, all the role actors who were not low in the scene actually signed a long-term contract. This lack of uniformity would basically be out at the audition stage, otherwise No. 2 can't be filmed at all. If there are no binding restrictions, several main creators will each get tens of millions in pay, and the cost of actors alone will be terrible, and the world's 1 billion will not necessarily pay back.

Therefore, when dealing with the major brokerage companies, everyone is actually looking for a balance within their own limits.