Hollywood legendary director

Saturday, July 18.

Scarlett got into the agent's car, started from home, and stopped within 20 minutes. The agent who completed the driver's task waved and watched her client walk into the new line studio.

She looked very happy. After all, she was the only female character in "The Avengers", and she didn't have to compete with Gwyneth for the few shots.

It can be said that her special status as a female superhero only began to appear in this movie.

"Morning, everyone."

When they came to the fitting room, Scarlett greeted several staff members.

"early."

Just sitting down and being fiddled with the haircut he needs, Scarlett asked suddenly, "Where's the director, what time do we turn on?"

"It's in a small meeting, maybe I can start shooting around 10 o'clock." The stylist replied in a uncertain tone.

"Oh......"

Thinking about the results of "Steel 2", I don't know what will happen to this more powerful project.

"It's all here, right, okay, let me talk about things to pay attention to during the shooting."

At the other end, in the room of the studio, the heads of the various departments of the crew, representatives of the labor union, representatives of the fire insurance team, Ryan, Kevin, Thomas and others gathered together.

"Because this is the first collection of superheroes, so the first point is to keep it secret. I don't want to see that the content of the filming on the set will be spread all over the sky before the film has entered the promotional stage, okay? It is not allowed to be released in advance. On the actor's side, everyone can only have their own line-ups. In addition, for security work, don't let irrelevant personnel come in for sneak shots." In the last sentence, Lehman even looked at the crew. The fire protection fund of the guarantor of various insurances.

Of course, the cast and crew can't stay in Hollywood for long without this sense of secrecy, so it's just a wake-up call.

"How is the communication with the New York City Hall?"

"They promised to cooperate with us, but the road section shooting can only be in the early hours of the morning." The location group said.

"Just arrange it..."

A morning meeting lasted for more than two hours. For such a big project, there are a lot of chores that need to be determined every day, but when it starts, it is easier, at least for Lehman.

...

The competition for Hollywood actors is actually quite fierce.

When the older generation of movie stars retired, the breastfuckers (that is, the idol niche) are highly restricted by age. Whether they can transition smoothly or not, it’s still a matter of two. This also makes the popularity and performance of the new generation of superstars more and more popular. not enough.

However, the market for male actors is more universal than that of actresses. The strange thing is that the proportion of male fans in Hollywood is obviously larger, but in terms of support and purchasing power, female audiences have always been preferred. This is why women More and more actors can only be used as vases. This is a choice of the market, not a choice of capital.

After all, for any studio, good female themes are rare. Instead, the actor is caught and the risk is lower.

From this perspective, the pursuit of trends and the greatest possible benefits will be the most valued.

For Leo today, "Inception" is to paint a layer of gold paint on his golden statue, and he becomes more shining.

Even if everyone has different criteria for judging success, after the first day, the film is very impressive and the sales curve of "Friday=Saturday>Sunday" can basically be regarded as a long-term trend.

In other words, a sci-fi blockbuster with a cost of 160 million U.S. dollars and no publicity costs has directly seen the 300 million draw line in North America.

On the car driving to Ohio, Leo learned from the extremely happy agent that "Inception" scored 60.4 million US dollars in the box office, airborne to the top of the weekly list, and 16,000 US dollars in the screening data of the single hall.

Was the 60.4 million high in the first week?

not tall.

Monster-level sales data have been exaggerated in recent years, and "Avatar" has only been drawn for a few months.

However, this result is more than 8 million higher than the box office predicted by the Columbia headquarters. According to them, this movie has Leo and Heath Ledger. It does attract fans, but the fans alone are the most. The data on the first day is brighter, and the decline will be rapid. After all, "Inception" is an original project, and its subject matter itself has no audience base.

Give another example.

Since "Titanic", the leading star of Leo's personal best drawing result is "Island Suspicious Cloud" in late 2009 with his old partner Martin Scorsese.

But now, "Inception"'s $60.4 million has become the highest box office in the first week of his career as an actor, and its final figure has surpassed the $165 million of "Innocent", becoming the second film to cross North America by 200 million. Daguan, and even 300 million box office works in North America.

Moreover, this kind of data only talks about original science fiction subjects, undoubtedly there is a great possibility of winning the first place in history, which is also the reason why Leo's agent is happy.

For them, Leo’s market appeal has always been in the years he has been honing his acting skills, but it is obviously declining. In recent years, the real-time performance of big-name actors such as Cage, Bell and Smith has fallen behind. Many, under such a prerequisite, to be able to receive a film that is not bad at the box office, it is simply happy, and the superstar style directly stabilizes and rises.

"We are first, "The Witcher Apprentice" is second, and "Toy Story" is third."

The agent happily confronted Leo with the transcript, "I heard Liam said, if nothing else, we will be able to exceed 100 million by next Wednesday, about 250 million globally."

"Yeah. I want to say hello to Director Nolan, Mr. Lyman, and call me." Leo still has a good EQ. Even if he is tired every day, he doesn’t make a few greeting calls, of course. Yes, other actors are the same, even if they don’t mention it, the agent is happy to maintain the relationship between the directors.

When I hung up the phone, drove into the venue, and got off the car, many reporters were surrounded.

"Leo, can you talk about the results of "Inception"? What do you think of the first week of taking 60.4 million, becoming a new benchmark for your career."

"Can you talk about your thoughts on the role of Cobb? He killed his wife with his self-righteous arrogance."

"What do you think of Director Nolan?"

These are reporters who have been specially taken care of by the event party or Sony and Blue Butterfly Pictures. The questions asked are not tricky and routine, and his own mood is very good, just like the agent’s excitement. Existence eased the embarrassment that he hadn't sold hot works in recent years, even if he was to get rid of the image of milky sect, actively transform, and pave the way for career planning with mature acting skills gradually recognized by the audience.

People like him are also afraid of falling behind.