King of Hollywood

The sky was full of clouds, as if rain were dropping at any moment, yet people walking in classically styled streets were not accelerating their own pace. Weather like this is too normal for them, and they basically carry umbrellas when traveling in this weather.

It doesn't matter if you don't have an umbrella, most of the shops around offer free umbrellas, just remember to return it the next time you pass by. It would be better if there was a tavern, just go in for a drink and come out and maybe stop.

British style taverns have become part of their culture, and Romans are said to have opened taverns in Britain more than 2,000 years ago. However, in the 18th century and even earlier, such pubs were more often small hotels in rural areas, offering accommodation in food and beverage trafficking.

Such small hotels and taverns have an important place in the history of England and even Europe as a whole, and many European and American fantasy novels and games have no shortage of characters, such as Taverns in Heroes Invincible to recruit heroes, or Gandalf in the Ring wants Frodo to go to the Jumping Horse Hotel and wait for him.

As the times evolved, taverns began to change, adding a number of local features, such as, at the end of the 18th century, with the boom in industrialization in the UK, taverns became a breeding ground for workers.

In modern times, although many historic taverns have begun to fall, many Brits still like to come here for a drink, play pool and throw darts, and talk to friends about things.

Pushing open the tavern door, Adrian looked around, walked into the corner, and sat down in front of a man, about fifty years old, with glasses on, looking down at what was written on the little book.

“Sorry, Mr. Neville, I'm late.” He took off his hat and smiled with apologies.

“It's all right, Mr. Corwell,” he raised his head immediately, saying in a typical London cavity, "I understand your situation, and journalists can be really annoying at times. ”

“Sounds like you don't think I ruined famous English novels?” Adrian asked with interest.

“A director must be held accountable for his work, provided he has done so.” Mike? Neville shrugged, "I did not comment until then, and I will certainly make my point after that, praise or criticism. ”

Adrian smiled a little: "Thank you, so we can skip the discussion of weather and other trivial things and go straight to the subject - you can call me Adrian, so I can call you Mike. ”

“Of course.” Neville smiled, reaching out to the waiter and asking for two black beers.

“Although you only said a few words on the phone, it sounds interesting. It's a romantic romantic comedy, right?” Neville recalls, "the idea of transforming the feelings of male and female protagonists through weddings and funerals is fresh. ”

“In fact, I've named the script" Four Weddings and a Funeral. "” Adrian smiled and couldn't see the other expression at all, "the male lead was an English prodigal and then met a woman who was independent and somewhat conservative at the wedding, an impression of the contrast and the sparks wiped out from each other would certainly be very appealing if they were well organized, combined with a big article at the wedding and the funeral. ”

Neville shrugged, not continuing to discuss the issue, but shifting the subject: “So many directors across the UK are so much better than me, but why did you come to me, Adrian? ”

Adrian couldn't help but laugh and shook his head before answering: “You know, Mike, a lot of directors have asked me that before you, why would I find them? ”

“Oh?” Neville frowned, revealing his curiosity.

“You know, in addition to being a director, I also have a lot of identities, like producers, like investors, like bosses in Bosworth, and -- writers --” Adrian said, "I went into the movie business because I wrote a few good scripts, so I always had a lot of ideas in my story, and I had a lot of syllabuses in the writers' union. I'd love to convert them all into movies, but you know a man can't do that much, so when I own my own movie company, I start looking for people who can show these stories on the big screen. So far I have found several directors and have negotiated with them, although they are all still in preparation, but I believe in my own vision. I've seen your movie, Mike, and I'm sure you can make it very well. ”

Neville pushed the glasses on the nose push beam and then smiled. “Sounds amazing. So many scripts are... you wrote them all by yourself? ”

“No, no, no, it's the outline,” Adrian shook his head with a smile, "I did the original scripts by myself, I locked myself in the bedroom at the earliest, I hadn't been out for three months, I typed on typewriters every day, and I was still surprised to recall that, at that time, I forgot so much. But then I became a director, and with my own film company, I stopped working so hard. Generally, it was up to me to provide an outline for other writers to supplement it. If I had any questions, I would give them an opinion to modify it until I was satisfied. My writers were excellent. ”

That's true, although Adrian couldn't have paid the writers very well due to an agreement between the producers' union and the writers' union, the level of welfare was one of the best in Hollywood, so the company signed a number of excellent fixed writers, like Jules? Mann's female writer.

“I know you're a little worried, Mike, about whether the script will retain its British sense of humor, after all, I've had enough negative stories about me for a while.” Adrian said a mouthful of black beer and frowned. He didn't like the smell. The bitter taste reminded him of Chinese medicine, which had been away for a long time.

Maybe we should add some chocolate? I thought about it in my heart, but I never stopped saying, “You can rest assured that if you promise, I will let you choose the English writer to perfect the script, and I will give you enough authority to take charge of the film, you can shoot it as if you want to, I will do all the logistical work for you, in fact I have even considered the stars of both sexes, I believe they are absolutely suitable. ”

“Sounds like… I don't seem to have an excuse to refuse.” After a few minutes of silence, Neville sighed and glanced straight into Adrian after the lens: “Shall I choose the writer to work with? Is everything filmed the way I want? ”

“Of course." Adrian nodded hard.

“Well, it's settled.” Neville raised the cup immediately.

Ding, a slight chirp.

Look at Mike? Neville left the tavern and Adrian waved his arm and stretched a long lazy waist. Although he made it clear that his attitude would not interfere with the director's work, the place to intervene was to intervene.

For example, Neville could have gotten Richard? Curtis took over as a writer, and they were friends. Adrian doesn't mind that, anyway, "Four Weddings, One Funeral" would have been Curtis' work, but if the other person's writing didn't meet his requirements and refused to modify it, he would have definitely let him go.

It's not impossible, although the status of writer is not high, Curtis is, after all, a well-known writer - albeit mostly a television screenplay - and Adrian is another * * person.

Now this edition of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" has been modified by Adrian, and he's been thinking about finding a comedy film for Dennis since the Cannes Film Festival, and it just so happens Thompson and Hopkins talked about Mike? Neville, this reminds him of that acclaimed romantic comedy film from '94.

After talking to Neville and judging that they had not received such a script, Adrian decided that it would be "Four Weddings, One Funeral". Anyway, Dennis is British, and the London cavity is good. The first movie was British, and how can it be better? Grant's eight-legged eyebrows, the look of his sad face all day should be handsome, plus a very plastic act, it's perfectly fine to perform this character.

After deciding to put Dennis in the lead, an arrow double sculpture came out of Adrian's head, and so did the actress, Julia? Roberts.

Although Julia will slowly escape the title of the box office poison over the next few years, it was the Wedding of My Best Friends that really brought her back to the top. Adrian didn't even think about the movie at first, it's just that there aren't many romantic comedies that have been unanimously praised by critics and have had hundreds of millions of boxes, and they need to be used at the best possible time.

So Adrian thought it seemed like a good thing to have her star in "Four Weddings, One Funeral," but then the plot had to be adjusted. The actress in the original movie was a woman with a light, private life disorder, and Julia's ability to gain the favor of the vast majority had nothing to do with her consistent strong independent and autonomous screen image. If she lost this trait, it would only slide the future into the unknown, so Adrian set the actress's personality as an independent, slightly conservative woman, and the male lead became a very casual wanderer.

It doesn't affect the whole movie, "Four Weddings and a Funeral," the main point of view in English humor, alternative interpretations of love and marriage, details of weddings and funerals, just Mike? Neville is well regulated, and the new version will never lose to the old version of memory. And Adrian, with all the work he's done, naturally won't allow anyone to change things in key places, even Richard? Neither can Curtis.

Neville actually understands this, but Adrian, though not explicit, is clear in his tone: it doesn't matter as long as a few key points remain intact. So he finally promised, and for a director, under the current system of producers, there are not many situations where he can gain the power to squander at will.

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